The Sipster's Wine Podcast
Luke Whittall
Hello Sipsters! Welcome to the newest podcast about a new way to experience wine. There will be no simplified point scores or effusive tasting notes – only experiences with wine. Based on the popular books "The Sipster’s Pocket Guide to 50 Must-Try Wines" from Ontario and British Columbia, this podcast will feature conversations with people who experience wines in their own way – wine lovers, winemakers, winery owners, influencers, and wine collectors. Pop the cork on your podcast app and enjoy the wine experience! Hosted by author and wine industry professional Luke Whittall.
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Episode 27 - It's here!
The Sipster's Wine Podcast
04/26/23 • 36 min
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What's here? The Sipster's Pocket Guide to 50 Must-Try BC Wines, Volume 2 is now out!
Buy it at Mosaic Books in Kelowna!
Buy it at Munro Books in Victoria!
You can buy it here! You can buy it there!
You can buy it everywhere!
You can also buy it directly from me by sending me an email. Let me know how many you'd like, if you'd like them signed and personalized, and where they are shipping to and we will work something out using e-transfer. Also, if you are in the Okanagan, I can also arrange to personally hand you a copy somewhere. (Now, THAT is customer service!)
Oh, and there is also wine touring information on this podcast too.
The Okanagan Wine Tour Guide by John Schreiner and Luke Whittall
Uncork BC (not a paid partnership or affiliate link - I'm not smart enough for that yet I guess...)
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Crushing It Niagara Style with Graham Rennie and Matt Loney
The Sipster's Wine Podcast
12/14/23 • 62 min
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You will hear 2 other voices on this week’s podcast and those will be of Graham Rennie and Matt Loney. Graham is the found of The Niagara Custom Crush Studio in Vineland, Ontario and Matt Loney is the General Manager. They are innovative and pushing the envelope for a new style of custom crush facility. They are just getting started now but they are on track to become a focal point in Niagara’s wine industry, acting as an incubator for new brands to get established and as a home base for their own brands. Graham’s flagship is Rennie Estate Winery, which produces some of the most amazing red wines ever to come out of Ontario, in my opinion. That’s why I featured one in my first volume of the Sipster’s Pocket Guide to 50 Must-Try Ontario Wines. I sat down with Graham and Matt to taste through some of their portfolio and what you will hear now is the discussion that happened at that tasting.
If you have not heard of appassimento styles of wines, you should really check this out because Ontario is really making some beautiful wines using these techniques.
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Chilling with Sue-Ann Staff, Part 2
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12/06/23 • 34 min
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Want some history? How about finding out what American outlaw Jesse James did to leave his mark on the Staff family property. This is part 2 of my conversation with Sue-Ann Staff of Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery in Jordan, Ontario.
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Chilling with Sue-Ann Staff, Part 1
The Sipster's Wine Podcast
11/29/23 • 55 min
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This is the second podcast that I recorded while travelling in Ontario. The voice you heard at the beginning belongs to Sue-Ann Staff, from Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery located south of Jordan, Ontario on the top of the escarpment.
Sue-Ann was such a bundle of joy to chat with. She had prepared a wonderful tasting through some of the key wines in her portfolio and chatted about the long and storied history of the land she now farms as well as her own history as a winemaker. This podcast has it all – century-old grapevines, American outlaw gangs from the old west, and tons about Icewine that you never knew from a winemaker that knows it better than anyone else in the country.
This episode is Part 1. Part 2 is coming next week.
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On Seven Vineyards in Niagara on the Lake
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11/22/23 • 61 min
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Vittorio de Stafano from On Seven Estate Winery joins me in this conversation about starting a super-premium winery with a focused portfolio build on Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. His Chardonnay left me utterly speechless when tasting it for the first time last winter when I was writing the first volume of the Sipster's Pocket Guide to 50 Must-Try Ontario Wines. On Seven was high on my list of Must-Visit wineries while I visited Niagara this fall. This was recorded November 2023 on location in the house that overlooks the vineyard in Niagara on the Lake.
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Full of Rigour and Whimsy
The Sipster's Wine Podcast
10/25/23 • 57 min
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This is the defacto Part 2 of my previous episode with Jess Hopwood from Farm to Glass Wine Tours. In this podcast, you will hear the voices of Jody and Costa Gavaris from Rigour and Whimsy Winery in Okanagan Falls, along with Jess and I as we taste through a few wines from their portfolio. You'll hear the ambience from the cellar as well as the humour and fun (or is that whimsy?) of time well spent enjoying wine together.
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Join the Club - Carl Boucher is here!
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10/18/23 • 70 min
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This might be get loud. Do not adjust your devices. This is what real enthusiasm for wine sounds like. Carl and his wife Mira are partnered in running Carl's Wine Club. Carl joined me recently in the Sipster's studio for a chat about Canadian wine. He's got an amazing perspective on it and tastes so much wine over the course of his working year! Nobody in this country has the unique perspective that he has and it was fascinating to hear his views. He brought along a bottle of Merlot from Ontario producer Bella Terra that we taste while talking about the stigma that still surrounds wine in this country.
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Getting Busy in Season 2!
The Sipster's Wine Podcast
10/11/23 • 29 min
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The fall is always a busy time in the industry and even though I no longer work in the cellars as part of the harvest, I am still busy busy busy. I'm kicking off the second season of The Sipster's Wine Podcast with tons of announcements!
PLUS! You will get to hear excerpts from the Sipster's Pocket Guides - BC Volumes 1 and 2 as well as a sneak preview of a chapter from the soon-to-be-released Sipster's Pocket Guide to 50 Must-Try Ontario Wines.
Links from this episode:
Summerland Reading October 24thKelowna Canadian Italian Club
Wines featured in this podcast:
Gehringer Brothers Old Vines Auxerrois
Moon Curser Dolceto
Nagging Doubt Siegerrebe
Lola Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Franc
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When Wineries Don't Get It Right
The Sipster's Wine Podcast
08/30/23 • 37 min
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You never know who you're going to meet when you work at a winery. This is a recent conversation with Kaila Kliewer, formerly a wine sales professional on the coast with a background in hospitality, who I actually met 10 years ago! (That's a good story too...) We share a similar interest and appreciation in wine but also a similar point of view over the industry from the perspective of working at VQA stores. She shares some stories about her experience in wine and also a not-so-good recent experience at a winery that left her frustrated.
Out stunt wine in this podcast is the OAK Estate Winery Lavish.
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The One with Laura Milnes
The Sipster's Wine Podcast
08/02/23 • 36 min
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I first met Laura in early 2018, I believe through social media (although it was a bit of a blurry time in my life at that point so I might be wrong). In any case, we spent the afternoon chatting about wine and looking at the lake in the warm spring sun. Laura was not like other people that I had talked to about wine. Her questions to me where very different and I liked that immediately. We stayed in touch and I always thought back to that conversation and how great it would have been to capture it for a podcast. Problem was, I wasn’t doing a podcast at that time.
However, within the year she created a vlog to accompany her blog, called Silk and Coupe and she invited me to be a guest on it. She interviewed me about my first book, which hadn’t even been released at that point) and we again went our separate ways. But we stayed in touch casually over the years and when I found out that she was going to be in the Okanagan visiting family, I jumped at the chance to finally get a podcast interview with her.
Her evolution as a wine personality is unique in that she has experience with all of the major wine producing regions in Canada. In this chat, we get into Dad Wines & Natty Bros, and how she learned to hold a wine glass properly. Of course, the infamous Titty Tees will make an appearance too. She’s outspoken, opinionated, very well spoken, and informed. Enjoy part 1 of my conversation with Laura Milnes.
Crushable Wine Club
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FAQ
How many episodes does The Sipster's Wine Podcast have?
The Sipster's Wine Podcast currently has 73 episodes available.
What topics does The Sipster's Wine Podcast cover?
The podcast is about Leisure, Hobbies, Canada, Podcasts, Wine, Arts and Food.
What is the most popular episode on The Sipster's Wine Podcast?
The episode title 'Chilling with Sue-Ann Staff, Part 2' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The Sipster's Wine Podcast?
The average episode length on The Sipster's Wine Podcast is 43 minutes.
How often are episodes of The Sipster's Wine Podcast released?
Episodes of The Sipster's Wine Podcast are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of The Sipster's Wine Podcast?
The first episode of The Sipster's Wine Podcast was released on Oct 17, 2022.
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