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In this video, Anthony and Geoffrey take you to Okanagan Falls to taste some of the sub-region's top sparkling wines, explaining why it's home to some of the Okanagan Valley's best bubbles.

Our latest video takes you inside the Anselmi family business in northern Italy’s Veneto region. Learn why the family abandoned the Soave DOC, instead embracing the IGT Veneto designation for wines from one of the best properties in the Soave Classico zone.

Black Hills Estate Winery outside the town of Oliver, has a storied history as one of the oldest and leading estates in South Okanagan. Its annual release of Black Hills became a Canadian phenomenon, selling out year after year within hours, similar to what was happening with California's wines. The winery continues to lead the way as it prepares to reset its vineyards in the wake of the devastating freeze that wreaked havoc across the Okanagan. This time, the emphasis is on the future of Black Hills and is more vineyard-focused than any one wine. To that end, Ross Wise is a native New Zealander with a Bachelor of Viticulture and an Advanced Diploma in Wine Science from the Eastern Institute of Technology in Hawkes Bay. He is the GM and Winemaker at Black Hills and one of a rare group can add Master of Wine and viticulturist to their title.. The latter is something Wise has continued to nurture as the winery expands into organic and regenerative viticulture, given all the potential implications of climate change in the Okanagan Valley. We caught up with Ross, who was dealing with the aftermath of one of the severest cold snaps ever experienced in the Okanagan Valley, which would impact the valley vineyards for decades. Thoughtful, ever humble and mindful of his customers, he explains how Black Hills is coping with the many changes they have and will face in the future.

Anthony interviews Ross Wise MW, the Director of Winemaking and GM for Black Hills Estate Winery near Oliver, British Columbia, shortly after learning that their 2022 Bona Fide had garnered one of the few platinum medals at the 2024 National Wine Awards of Canada. Check Anthony's note on this wine, and Geoffrey Moss's article on the red blend category, which will be published July 26.

We speak with Marica Bonomo, part of the third generation at Monte del Frà, near Verona, Italy. The Venetian estate was originally a monastery back in the 15th century. Today, the winery exemplifies how the region has become more than just Amarone.

We first encountered Eric Monnin during Covid in a Zoom video discussing Project 'B,' Boutinot’s first reach into Canada after years of selling its international portfolio of wines across the country. We met Monnin, head winemaker for Boutinot International, at the 45th Vancouver International Wine Festival to discuss his work in Cairanne and the vineyards they call the Croissant Côte-d'Or.

Anthony appeared on Osoyoos radio station Bounce 1240 with Brock Jackson, May 8, 2024. He reported on his observations visiting vineyards in the Similkameen and South Okanagan valleys and conversations with winegrowers in the area.

Terralux Estate Winery is still under construction, and it hopes to add to British Columbia’s growing number of impressive winery facilities by the fall of 2024. The winery and its estate vineyard sit in the northern shadows of Mt Boucherie and will undoubtedly add even more glitter to the West Kelowna winery trail. They bottled their first wines in 2018, working with their West Kelowna estate grapes and two other sites they own in Okanagan Falls and the Similkameen Valley. We spoke with Kevin Rossion, the winery's General Manager and Vineyard Manager at the recent Vancouver International Wine Festival and asked him to explain Terralux's direction. He talked about vineyards and wines and revealed some of the stunning details going into the winery. Kevin invites you all to visit the winery site and take in the pop-up tasting room, available all summer until the project comes to fruition later in the year.