This, ladies and gentlemen, is a special show.

With this edition, The Tasting Room is now being heard on Radio 1410 THE BUZZ, formerly CFUN, in the greater Vancouver area.
That’s Vancouver, Victoria and Vancouver Island, Whistler to Hope and a long way South into Washington State in the US.

To honour all our new listeners we present a Tasting Room Primer, memorable segments and highlights from our first 8 months of programming.

Rob Feenie, the Iron Chef, talks to us from this year’s Vancouver Playhouse Wine Festival.

John Clerides of Marquis Wine Cellars in Vancouver is a wine expert who lays it all out. Frank and outspoken, the kind of info we can all use.

Anthony von Mandl, the creator of Mission Hill Estate Wines brings his special charm and vision to the show. It’s been quite a season for Mission Hill - Winery of the Year, named one of the Top Five Wine restaurants in the world by Travel & Leisure Magazine, and global sales. It’s all covered.

Two of the best wine voices anywhere are George Sui and Park Heffelfinger from Memphis Blues in Vancouver and Kelowna. They are funny and crazy about wine and food.

Then Vikram Vij will join us. The New York Times calls Vij’s the best Indian fusion restaurant in North America. It’s true. It helps he’s straightforward, charming and funny.

Gina Gallo, along with her brother, is the winemaking head of the Gallo Empire. She was the feature guest on our first Women Only special.

Steve Page - a Bare Naked Lady. What can we say, he really knows his wines.

Howie Segal from Pagliacci’s restaurant in Victoria, BC - a slice of Brooklyn.

Jason Priestley, actor, director, producer, who is the sometimes co-host of our show, is one of the new partners of Black Hills Winery in Oliver, BC, home of Note Bene. He joins me for an exclusive interview.

Wine Diva Daenna Van Mulligen, www.winediva.ca, our regular featured guest, enlightens our show with her knowledge of wine. WineDiva.ca is the most popular wine website in Canada. She makes us better. We’ll be talking new wines this week.

Enjoy!!!