Summary: <a class="a2a_button_facebook a2a_counter" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Ftastingroomradio.com%2Fjune-3rd-2017-top-drop%2F&linkname=June%203rd%2C%202017-%20Top%20Drop%21" title="Facebook" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/twitter?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Ftastingroomradio.com%2Fjune-3rd-2017-top-drop%2F&linkname=June%203rd%2C%202017-%20Top%20Drop%21" title="Twitter" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http%3A%2F%2Ftastingroomradio.com%2Fjune-3rd-2017-top-drop%2F&title=June%203rd%2C%202017-%20Top%20Drop%21"></a><br> <br> Its Top Drop Vancouver 2017. Kurtis Kolt presents his 4th annual gathering of small, hands on wineries who are passionate about their craft.<br> “The Most Awesome Wine Event of the Year” – <a href="http://vanmag.com/drinks/the-most-awesome-wine-event-of-the-year/">Vancouver Magazine</a><br> And the bad boys of smoke, Park and George from Memphis Blues BBQ bring the do’s and don’ts of BBQ Season.<br> THE SHOW<br> <br> Top Drop 2017<br> Kurtis Kolt<br> Embarking on its fourth year, Top Drop Vancouver was a two day trade and consumer event being held at the Roundhouse in Yaletown and various Vancouver restaurants bringing together a collection of small, hands on wineries, craft breweries, cideries and food purveyors who are passionate about their craft. Their focus is terroir-influenced, handcrafted wines, and the people behind them.<br> <br> This is what Top Drop “believes”<br> <br> – They believe in the importance in farming one’s own fruit and/or being constantly engaged with grape-growers to ensure sustainability and a high standard of viticultural practices.<br> -They believe in wines that reflect their vintage, and wines that aren’t suffocated by vinicultural trickery.<br> -They believe in winemaking decisions that are made by a winemaker, and not by a board of directors or marketing team.<br> – They believe in those who take chances.<br> -They believe these kinds of wines, honest wines of integrity, need a time and place to have their story told.<br> – They also believe craft beer, cider, along with authentic and sustainable produce, dairy, meat and seafood are part of the same conversation, which is why they’re proud to showcase some of our best in those areas.<br> <br> We stopped at four seminars:<br> <br> Stranger Things – (Wildebeest) Wineries that have stuck their necks out to share something unique with the World. Some of the strangest wines of Top Drop 2017.<br> <br> Herdade do Esporão – Alentejo, Portugal (Pedro Vieira)<br> Vina Falerina – Elqui Valley Chile (Paulo Flessati. Winery Family)<br> Fattoria Colmone Della Marca Marche Italy (Giovanni Meschine. Owner)<br> Masseria Li Veli – Puglia, Italy (Giuseppe Gullo, Manager)<br> <br> All About Bubble – (Chambar)<br> Okanagan Crush Pad – Summerland ( Christine Coletta co-owner)<br> <br> Organics and Biodynamics (L’Abbitoir) <br> (The Brothers Pender)<br> Tawse Winery – Niagara Escarpment ( Paul Pender, Winemaker)<br> Little Farm Winery – Similkameen Valley, BC ( Rhys Pender MW, Co-Owner/Winegrower)<br> <br> Of Grape and Site (Cin Cin)<br> What did the winemaker see in the site, the blend, or the clone that compelled them to make at least two different expressions of the same grape? <br> Shane Taylor – Sommelier of the Year (Cin Cin)<br> Synchromesh Wines – Okanagan Falls, BC. ( Alan Dickinson, Owner/Winemaker/Farmer)<br> Bachelder – Burgundy/Oregon/Ontario (Thomas Bachelder, Winemaker)<br> Cambria Estate Vineyard and Winery – Santa Maria Valley,
