I sat down with Filipe Ferreira who is the owner + winemaker at Quinta da Foz in Douro, Portugal in town for the exclusive annual Top Drop event. Because of very tight scheduling we had limited time together but boy, we sure covered a lot of ground! Originally from the Dão region, he saw huge potential in this winery founded by the Calem family ove…

#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…

Harry Hertscheg has helmed the Vancouver International Wine Festival--the largest of its kind on the planet--for over 2 decades. He's a multi-faceted + talented Director whose history working in radio & the Arts paved a fascinating foundation for his current post. From the early days of VIWF inception, to the deep correlations between music & wine;…

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…

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 activ…

Join WineGuyTy in The Barrel Room LIVE at VIWF with renown 4th Generation Winemaker Dr. Laura Catena of Catena Zapata Winery & Luca Wine Brands in Mendoza, Argentina, as we delve into the latest happenings at the Pyramid; in the cellar; with a brand new book, and her recent appointment to WSET, the Wine & Spirits Education Trust. LINKS: VIWF: https…