Marcelo Retamal is the head winemaker of Vina De Martino in Chile, twice voted Chilean Winemaker of the Year. He has such a love of terroir that he has travelled all over the world to better understand the relationship between land and man. Under his guidance Martino has begun to make one of the best Carmenere wines in the World. He’s joined by Guy Hooper, De Martino’s North American Export Director.

Harry Hertscheg is the Executive director of the 31st Annual Playhouse Wine
Festival. One of the wine world’s best. He gives us an update on the events taking shape and we talk about the very important spotlight this year on BC wines. This is info you can use. Early bird ticket on sale now. www.playhousewinefest.com

Daenna Van Mulligen is Winediva.ca - This week she reviews a number of wines that made her Top 100 Wines under $20.00. Just in time for gift giving.www.winediva.ca

Greg Garland is the pride of Kaleden, BC. He’s also the man in charge of the wildly busy kitchen at Umberto’s Trattoria in Whistler. With the Olympic Games a year away, we find out how he got the gig, what is his best dish, how he’ll handle the crush and where the hell is Kaleden?
http://www.umberto.com/truck.htm

Euan Mitchell is a Scotch expert. He comes to Canada to pour us some Arran Whiskey and we found him at Salt restaurant in Vancouver. Arran is the only distillery allowed to make a Robbie Burns official edition. They also use casks and barrels from some of the world’s best wineries. For example, a whisky of theirs is made with Sassacaia Casks. How to order Scotch, the properties of great Scotch and who’s drinking it are just some of the topics discussed.
We also talk NHL Hockey as Euan had just seen his first game, Nucks/Leafs.
www.arranwhiskey.com

Mario Belag – Can one man be an artist, a free spirit, Swiss, a world class bike rider, a pianist and a great winemaker, why not? Mario Belag is just that man. He has made Terralsole in one of the wine world’s most beautiful spots, Montalcino, Italy, for over 20 years. He comes bearing Super Tuscans. www.terralsole.com

Jason Roberts is a TV host, Executive Chef, Producer and Author. He’s also a spokesperson for Yellowtail Wines. You may have seen him on his TV show Jason Roberts Taste or read his cook books Elements and Graze. This interview covers a lot of that ground.
www.jasonroberts-LIVE.com / www.manicj.com
Through a technical glitch, one of the segments from Cornucopia in Whistler did not get on air in Vancouver, so if it’s ok with everyone we’ll run it again this week.
It features Colleen Wilkinson from New Zealand Wines, Kelley McElearney from the fine California winery Ehlers, and Janet Dorozynski, from Vines Magazine

And, there might be a surprise or two…stuff even I don’t know.

Hang in there – it’ll be fun

Next week:
A visit from Jason Priestley.