Summary: <a class="a2a_button_facebook a2a_counter" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Ftastingroomradio.com%2Foctober-14th-2017-vanessa-victoria%2F&linkname=October%2014th%2C%202017-Vanessa%20%26%20Victoria%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%2Foctober-14th-2017-vanessa-victoria%2F&linkname=October%2014th%2C%202017-Vanessa%20%26%20Victoria%21" title="Twitter" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http%3A%2F%2Ftastingroomradio.com%2Foctober-14th-2017-vanessa-victoria%2F&title=October%2014th%2C%202017-Vanessa%20%26%20Victoria%21"></a><br> It’s the Vanessa and Victoria Show!<br> Vanessa Wines and Victoria Wine Festival<br> THE SHOW <br> <br> We spend some quality time at the fourth annual Victoria Wine Festival.<br> It was such fun to walk these rooms and meet old friends. Discover new wines.<br> Pouring on the day were:<br> <br> Peter Lindenlaub Caymus Wines (Wagner Family ) <a href="http://www.caymus.com">www.caymus.com</a><br> Jacques LaCoste – Co-Founder<br> Paul Brunner – Blue Grouse (Cowichan) <a href="http://www.bluegrouse.ca">www.bluegrouse.ca</a><br> Chris Turyk – Unsworth Vineyards (Cowichan)<a href="http://www.unsworthvineyards.com">www.unsworthvineyards.com</a><br> Robert Ketchin – NZ Wine Growers (Canada) <a href="https://www.nzwine.com">https://www.nzwine.com</a><br> Curtis McBride – 689 Wines/Killer Drop (Napa) <a href="http://www.689cellars.com">www.689cellars.com</a><br> Katrina O’Reilly Ryan – Chayee Bourras (Argentina) <a href="http://www.bodegabourras.com.ar/">http://www.bodegabourras.com.ar/</a> <br> <a href="http://www.vicwf.com">www.vicwf.com</a><br> <br> Vanessa Vineyards (Similkameen Valley)<br> This is a winery to follow.<br> They have made it known that Vanessa Winery will be nothing less than the best Red Wine makers in Canada.<br> <br> Vanessa is making wines in a valley that looks like a Mars landscape. Tough conditions but if the vines survive and dig deep..perfect for exceptional fruit.<br> Have a look at the winemaking pedigree.<br> The master wine maker is Howard Soon, one of the groundbreaking originals in BC Wines.<br> <br> <br> His signature winery was Sandhill, where he made Small Lots offerings that became the stuff of legends.<br> One of the reasons he was so successful was his ability to recognize the perfect wine growing regions of The Okanagan.<br> <br> <br> One of the vineyards that Howard worked with was The Vanessa Vineyard in the Similkameen Valley.<br> Howard was also smart enough to work with old friends Richard Cleave and Roberts Goltz… who know the valley better than ANYBODY.<br> <br> We talk to Howard Soon, and co-owners Suki Sehcon and John Welson.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> This is going to be a fantastic story to follow.<br> <a href="http://vanessavineyard.com/">http://vanessavineyard.com/</a><br> <br> <br> (Our apologies for the audio issues on this video)<br> <br> STORIES WE ARE WORKING ON:<br> <br> * The Wine Diva judges The Intervin Wine Awards<br> * Ned Bell Lure – The Book<br> * Chef Kristian Eligh – From Hawksworth to Browns..<br> <br> <br> <br> <a class="a2a_button_facebook a2a_counter" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Ftastingroomradio.com%2Foctober-14th-2017-vanessa-victoria%2F&linkname=October%2014th%2C%202017-Vanessa%20%26%20Victoria%21" title="Facebook"></a>
