Barclay Robinson joins Road 13

By: Anthony Gismondi

Old vines and good times lead the next iteration of Road 13 Vineyards along the Golden Mile Bench

British Columbia

Road 13 Vineyards, the well-known Golden Mile Bench winery, joined the Anthony von Mandl owned BC Iconic Wineries group last year and is currently undergoing a complete transformation in the vineyards, at the winery and in the bottle.

We caught up with the newly arrived winemaker Barclay Robinson and founding family member Joe Luckhurst to talk about next directions.

Robinson boasts an unusual path to winemaking beginning his wine life as a certified professional sommelier in Calgary restaurants and hotels for a decade. From restaurants to Brock University, he completed his BSc (honours) in Oenology and Viticulture in 2009. He arrived in BC after spending the last seven years at the highly acclaimed Foreign Affairs Winery in Ontario's Niagara Peninsula. Robinson loves big reds and is excited to be working with some of the finest syrah vines in North America. Listen in as he talks about the next chapter at Road 13 and where he hopes to take the winemaking and wines in the near future.

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89/100Road 13 Rosé 2019Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada

87/100Road 13 Chip Off The Old Block Chenin Blanc 2019Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada

87/100Road 13 Viognier 2018Similkameen Valley, British Columbia, Canada

88/100Road 13 Riesling 2018Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada

89/100Road 13 Fifth Element Red 2017Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada

89/100Road 13 VRM Viognier Roussanne Marsanne 2017Similkameen Valley, British Columbia, Canada

89/100Road 13 Jackpot Syrah 2017Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada

88/100Road 13 Syrah 2017Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada

88/100Road 13 GSM Grenache - Shiraz - Mourvèdre 2017Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada

88/100Road 13 Syrah Malbec 2017British Columbia, Canada

88/100Road 13 Roussanne 2017Similkameen Valley, British Columbia, Canada

87/100Road 13 Seventy-Four K 2017Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada

89/100Road 13 Sparkling Chenin Blanc 2015Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada

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Anthony Gismondi

Anthony Gismondi is a Canadian wine journalist and one of North America's most influential voices in wine. For over 37 years, he has been the wine columnist for The Vancouver Sun. The twice-weekly column is distributed across Canada through the Postmedia Network to millions of readers. He is also the host of the BC Food & Wine Radio Show, which is broadcast in 25 markets across B.C. and available globally as a podcast on all the major platforms. He launched Gismondionwine.com in 1997, which now attracts more than one million monthly users from 114 countries. It remains a valuable resource, offering tasting notes, insightful wine stories, and videos for the trade and consumers. His extensive collection of videos featuring wine personalities is available on the Gismondi on Wine YouTube Channel.