Two parties one show. The place is Osoyoos, BC..serious desert wine country. It’s their first annual Celebrity wine auction..
And the release party at Black Hills Winery..the maker of the legendary Note Bene!!
Lots of celebs. Lots of food and wine..what’s not to like?

Segment 1

3 of the four organizers of both events..Producer Chad Oakes (Hollywood and Vines TV) and Glenn Fawcett (Black Hills) and Star Chef Ned Bell.

An overview of why we’re all gathered, what charity we’re supporting and what wines are being poured.

Segment 2

Here’s your other organizer and the guy who helped bring the celebs to town… Jason Priestley and local wine expert chosen to pour the Note Bene - Jay Drysdale

Segment 3

a double dip of star power… David Cubbit from The Medium and Oz actor/musician Cameron Daddo

Segment 4

The one, the only Bruce Greenwood, the star of this summer box-office champ Star Trek. Funny. Informed. Admired.

Segment 5

The Canadian Tenors performed and as they were being whisked away to yet another stage, we caught up and talked quickly about wine, of course and their new David Foster album.

We also had to find time for the man who makes Note Bene and Alibi and Carmenere..Black Hills winemaker Graham Pierce.

Segment 6

The Wine Diva Daenna Van Mulligen reviews the wines of Black Hills.

Segment 7

While we’re in Osoyoos, we decided to talk food (and wine) with Paul La Grange from Passatempo and then downtown to Bibo and partners Peter Barclay and Brad Lazarenko.

Segment 8

We may have saved the best for last. The wine world changed in 1976 in Paris, when the French invited California winemakers to match their best reds and whites with theirs.

It was called The shot heard round the World… The Judgment of Paris.
The wines were judged by the best French wine experts and to their shock and horror, they chose the Stags Leap Cab as their red and the Chateau Montelena as their white. Both from California.

It changed wine forever.

Which makes Chateau Montelena winemaker Bo Barrett, a very special guest. If you saw the movie Bottle Shock..he was the surfing/hippie dude.