Summary: <br> VANWINEFEST – ALL STAR ARCHIVES<br> THE SHOW<br> We’ve been happily covering the annual Vancouver International Wine Festival for 12 years.<br> This year the events start Feb 22 with the Bacchanalia Gala and Auction and ends with the Vintners Brunch March 1.<br> This one hour special will feature some of the highlight interviews from years past.<br> In the grand tasting room, we set up a large round table, fill it with a forest of microphones and invite as many winemakers and principals as possible over the course of one afternoon. Once you set it in motion, it’s always a fantastic blur.<br> <br> We’ll go as far back as 2010 an feature a conversation with Anthony von Mandl introducing us to Marchesi Piero Antinori . Two visionary giants surrounded by rivers of people walking around us.<br> Special.<br> We end the hour with two very special people.<br> Gina Gallo – Gallo Family<br> And her husband Jean Charles Boisset..Raymond. Boisset Collection<br> Here’s the complete line-up filled with winemakers, owners and friends. Rarely do all these wine educators and experts get together like this. Enjoy!<br> Seg 1<br> Harry Hertscheg – Exec Director VanwineFest<br> Chris Gaze – founding artistic director Bard on the beach 2017<br> Kurtis Kolt – educator. Georgia straight wine column. 2016 (Italy)<br> DJ Kearney – Wine educator – consultant – judge<br> Deanna van Mulligen – wine diva.. writer..judge –<br> Rhys Pender – Master of wine -cofounder of Little Farm Similkameen<br> Anthony von Mandl owner/founder Mission Hill 2010<br> Marchesi Piero Antinori – Antinori Italy<br> Segment 2<br> DJ Kearney 2017<br> Harry McWatters – Time..McWatters. Evolve. co-founder of wine in Canada. 2017<br> Ray Signorello – losing his Napa winery buildings To fire 2018<br> Seg 3<br> Ann Sperling – 2017 (Canada)<br> Daenna van Mulligen – The Wine Diva<br> Howard Soon – still at Sandhill and about to get Order of Canada<br> Sandra Oldfield – still at Tinhorn Creek<br> Jon Bonne – Keynote – new California wine 2019<br> Charles Smith – Walla Walla . Before he became CHARLES SMITH 2014<br> Seg 4<br> Gina Gallo – Family member and leader 2019<br> Her Husband<br> Jean Charles Boisset – winemaker & visionary. Raymond. Boisset Collection. Buena Vista family vineyards in Burgundy<br> STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON:<br> Top Drop Victoria<br> Untapped Parksville<br> A day with a Mescal Master in Oaxaca.<br> Locals Only 2020<br> Cider Festival<br> OK Falls 2020 releases.<br>
