December 6th, 2025- Swirl Around BC Wine Expo / Part Two

THE SHOW 

 

It’s the annual BC Wine gathering designed to showcase many of the wines from all the regions in BC.

Wine Growers of BC named it Swirl Around BC Wine Expo 2025. 

SWIRL AROUND BC WINE EXPO - Kurtis Kolt

The daylong celebration took place at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Vancouver.

 

60 wineries from across the province were all set up to welcome everyone attending.

Winemakers, proprietors and industry leaders.

We all came to reconnect with each other and discover the best of what BC’s wine community has to offer.

As always, I couldn’t interview everyone but thanks to Kelly Josephson from Wine BC, I was able to do 15 in total. Thank you, Kelly.

There were two walkaround tastings plus timely,  intimate and thought-provoking seminars designed for trade and media professionals.

 

Just a note:  The Seminars interview that we did last week was so vital to the future of BC wine,  that we’ve decided to finish this special feature with a replay.

Check out the guests in that segment (below).

 

 

Swirl Part Two Guests are 

Grant Stanley

Grant Stanley – Winemaker and GM Spearhead Winery (Kelowna)

Mike Cox – Sales and Marketing The Hatch (West Kelowna)

Adam Woodward – Winemaker/Production Manager Privato (Thompson Valley)

Robbie Hundertmark – Wine BC Ultimate BC Wine Ambassador (Mission Hill)

Ron Kubek – Co-Owner Lightning Rock (Summerland)

 

Seminar – BC’s Fresh New Wave. 

Kelcie Jones – Sommelier/Educator/Panelist – This is Wine School

Kurtis Kolt – Sommelier/Educator – Panel Moderator

Kurtis Kolt

Seminar – An Alternative Approach for BC Wine. Rethinking the changing market

Christine Coletta – co-owner Haywire, etc.

Christine Coletta

spearheadwinery.com

privato.ca

thehatchwines.com

lightningrockwinery.com

www.winebc.com

Kurtiskolt.com

Thisiswineschool.com

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON

Fort Berens – New releases

Hester Creek – Just released

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