Summary: <a class="a2a_button_facebook a2a_counter" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tastingroomradio.com%2Fmay-12th-2018%2F&linkname=May%2012th%2C%202018-Vintage%202017-%20Deane%20House%20Calgary%20%26%20Savio%20Volpe" 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%2Fwww.tastingroomradio.com%2Fmay-12th-2018%2F&linkname=May%2012th%2C%202018-Vintage%202017-%20Deane%20House%20Calgary%20%26%20Savio%20Volpe" 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%2Fwww.tastingroomradio.com%2Fmay-12th-2018%2F&title=May%2012th%2C%202018-Vintage%202017-%20Deane%20House%20Calgary%20%26%20Savio%20Volpe"></a><br> Vintage 2017. Deane House Calgary & Savio Volpe (awards, house wine & Nicks)<br> <br> The SHOW<br> Vintage 2017. New releases. <br> The invitation was just too good to pass up.<br> <br> Be the first to sample some of the finest wines of the new vintage! Join Treve Ring and a panel of top BC winemakers from across the province to discuss the 2017 vintage, future predictions for BC winemaking, and enjoy the first taste of these outstanding wine.<br> <br> Many of these wine events are new release pours. To their credit Wine BC offer the media a really informative seminar and study of the wines, components and comments from their winemakers. Those of us invited can taste, study growing season notes and ask any and all questions. Then pass important information on to you..the wine fan. The bonus was that Treve Ring hosted the seminar and added her own comments and comments.<br> <br> GUESTS:<br> Nikki Callaway – Winemaker at Quails Gate West Kelowna. Very likely her last pour as she’s heading to the Naramata Bench.<br> <a href="https://www.quailsgate.com">https://www.quailsgate.com</a><br> <br> Andy Gebert – Owner/Winemaker at St. Hubertus Estate Winery – East Kelowna.<br> <a href="http://www.st-hubertus.bc.ca">www.st-hubertus.bc.ca</a><br> Matt Dumayne – Winemaker at Haywire, Narrative and Okanagan Crush Pad. Summerland.<br> Mark Hopley – Winemaker at Hester Creek Golden Mile Bench <a href="http://www.hestercreek.com">www.hestercreek.com</a><br> Michael Clark – Winemaker at Clos du Soleil Similkameen Valley <a href="https://www.closdusoleil.ca">https://www.closdusoleil.ca </a><br> Yannick Treffot – representative for Roche Wines Naramata Bench <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rochewines/">https://www.facebook.com/rochewines/</a><br> <br> <a href="http://www.winebc.com">www.winebc.com</a><br> Deane House – Calgary (Sal Howell & Chef Jamie Harling)<br> <br> Best New Restaurants of 2016: Alberta<br> “If a restaurant conceived by acclaimed restaurateur Sal Howell, with a menu created by chef Jamie Harling, wasn’t anything less than superb, I would have been sorrowfully disappointed. Lucky, there isn’t much to nitpick about when it comes to dining at what is currently one of the most buzz worthy restaurants in Calgary.”<br> December 3, 2016, by Dan Clapson The Globe and Mail<br> <br> Sal Howell has earned awards and accolades over the years with the iconic River Café on Princes Island in the Bow River.<br> “Canada’s Best 100 2017”<br> Right around the bend where The Bow meets The Elbow (the confluence as locals like to say)<br> Is Deane House. Moved there many years ago.<br> It’s a series of gorgeously decorated rooms, each with its own distinct character and like River Café is a champion of seasonal, local and sustainable food.<br> Chef Jamie Harling connects daily with local farmers and ranchers and his own on-...
