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Corcelettes Estate Winery GM and winemaker Charlie Baessler explains what lees are and how he uses them to build flavour and texture in his popular chardonnay, made from grapes grown on their estate in the Similkameen Valley.

Township 7's winemaker Mary McDermott demonstrates some of the techniques she uses to make her impressive sparkling wines from grapes grown in their Langley vineyards.

Bernardino Sani, Argiano’s CEO & Winemaker, is always energizing when he tells the Argiano story. He focuses on his Super Tuscan, Solengo, while providing background on the category, a category which righted the ship of the Italian wine industry. Sani is excited to share that their intensive soil study and a conversion to organic growing has come to fruition in the taste of the wine, and he shows us a fantastic discovery made in the vineyard that week.

After 15 years of beating the biodynamic drum in British Columbia, Gabriel and Ezra Cipes share the family's vision of farming and community and what they have learned from experience. If you do nothing but watch the first minute of the video and listen to Gabriel Cipes' aria about what it means to consume a biodynamic wine, you will know all you need to know about the Cipes family and their conviction about going organic and biodynamic and taking the valley with them on the journey.

Okanagan-based Quails' Gate winery and its owners, the Stewart family, embrace change with a new, experimental line of wines as part of its plan to transition to the next generation. Join us as we discuss, the plan, market demands, climate change and several other factors behind the decision.

Peter Fraser has been wowing the wine critics almost since his arrival in 2000 at McLaren Vale's famed Yangarra Estate. Noted Australian MW Andrew Caillard says, "Peter Fraser consistently produces some of Australia's finest grenache and shiraz wines. He is a brilliant specialist with southern Rhône varieties, and almost everything he touches is gold."

Eugenia Keegan, now the VP of Jackson Family Wines Oregon, chats about the wines and the people of the region as she highlight's JFW's Oregon properties: Penner-Ash, WillaKenzie, Zena Crown, and Gran Moraine. Keegan shares her opinions on many topics, including why Oregon and the Willamette Valley are unique and, in the end, should only be measured against themselves.

The first video in our "A Year in the Life of a BC Winegrower" series, we drop in on four wineries in the midst of their spring tasks. We take a closer look at some of those tasks that will ultimately affect the wine in your glass a year, or more, from now. Featuring: Harper's Trail in Kamloops, Summerhill Vineyards in East Kelowna, Da Silva Vineyards on the Naramata Bench and Covert Farms near Oliver.