The Barrel Room

Hey Winenerd! Thanks for tuning in. Send us a text! Sitting down with Mark Ramm who is the Regional Export Manager for Angove Family Winemakers in Australia's famous McLaren Vale appellation and the Riverland, was like chatting up an old friend; Familiar, warm, engaging with an ever-present Aussie likability you'd expect from a good mate. Mark has been working with the now 5th generation Angove Family for 27 years and he's never looked back from his earlier career in banking. His involvement...

Hey Winenerd! Thanks for tuning in. Send us a text! Richard da Silva is a terroir-driven Vigneron-Winemaker who clearly does things his way. Sometimes controversial, occasionally unconventional, but always with care and a deep understanding of his many vineyards and terroirs scattered throughout a few established GI's that he commandeers with his wife Twylla and winery team. His family roots go way back to the mid '50's when they emigrated from Portugal and settled in the South Okanagan...

Hey Winenerd! Thanks for tuning in. Send us a text! #TopDrop Vancouver is a unique wine festival whose focus is to provide a platform for terroir-influenced, handcrafted wines and the people behind them. One of those people is Nikos Zacharis. He is the Sales & Export Manager for the world of KIR-YIANNI wines in Naoussa + Amyndeon, GREECE. They are crafting some of the very top wines from the country and we sat down to discuss so much about their history and influence on Greek wines throu...

Hey Winenerd! Thanks for tuning in. Send us a text! Christine Coletta is the post-modern matriarch of wine in BC. The owner + founder of Haywire Winery (formerly Okanagan Crush Pad in Summerland--renown and colloquially known simply as OCP). It's the foremost concrete fermenting winery in North America. In 1990 she developed BC's first Appellation System which is still ongoing today and she is cited as one of the industry's most innovative marketing experts. From crowdfunding winery ow...

Hey Winenerd! Thanks for tuning in. Send us a text! Hi! I'm WineGuyTy and THIS is the Barrel Room! Hear conversations with notable winemakers, winery owners, vineyard managers, cellar rats and possibly anyone from the world of wine who has an interesting tale to tell and whose contributions are bringing us wine nerds some of the best juice made on the planet. The barrel room is a place of much activity. There'll be lots of discussion, some experimentation, some contemplation and yes most cert...