October 25th, 2025
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Michal Mosny (Winemakers Cut) & James Lester (Sons of Vancouver)
The SHOW
Michal Mosny – co-founder and winemaker Winemaker’s Cut
Michal and Martina Mosny – Winemakers Cut
Michal and Martina Mosny were making wine in Slovakia years ago.
They watched a tv series called Hollywood and Vines. They saw the hosts walking vineyards and talking to the winemakers of the Okanagan Valley.
Jason Priestley and I were the hosts.
Impressed with the wines being grown and the beauty of the Okanagan Valley, they decided to move to Oliver, BC and make their own wines. Called the winery Winemaker’s Cut.
Years later, I finally meet Michal at a Victoria wine gathering. He’s pouring the very popular Winemaker’s Cut portfolio and tells me the story behind the wines and their dreams.
Michal suggested making a wine with Jason and myself to celebrate the story. That’s how Q&A wines became part of Michals portfolio.
So, here we are much later, meeting again in Victoria. His portfolio continues to grow at District Wine Village in Oliver.
Chard, Cab Franc, Pinot Noir, the Bohemian Wines, Boho wines, Madama Butterfly Sparkling and the “Crafted in BC”
Sparkling, Sauv Blanc, Rose, Muscat and Gruner. Plus the NO/Low from The Opera Room next door.
Winemakers Cut has a some surprises coming. Michal walks us through some of them.
Some stay secret projects.
James Lester – Founding Partner at Sons of Vancouver.
“One of the benefits of being a small, independent distillery is that we each have our hands on every part of the whisky-making process, from mashing to bottling. Every bottle is hand-filled, sealed, and labelled with care by a member of our whisky-making team.”
I first met James after SOV had be named Canadian Whisky of the Year in 2023 for their Palm Trees and a Tropical Breeze.
It was so unexpected no one from SOV bothered to go to the event. It was David beating a gang of Goliath’s.
Now, of course, everything they make is followed so much they have their own YouTube Channel.
By allowing the whisky itself to guide the blend, each bottling is unique and provides an outlet to highlight the spectrum of flavours naturally developed through fermentation, distillation, and maturation. Expressions are often left at cask-strength to provide a well-rounded whisky with a robust mouthfeel.
Sons of Vancouver Numbered Whiskies are released 8 – 10 times per year, in very limited quantities. Releases tend to sell out the same day (or sometimes within a few minutes). Signing up for their whisky mailing list is the best way to find out about releases and get your hands on a bottle.
Recent limited releases include
#15 Palm Trees and a Tropical Breeze (2025)
#16 Palm trees and a Tropical Storm (2025)
Both are Sold Out BUT if you get yourself signed up on the whisky mailing list, you can make your own game plan.
Check out the yearly RYE HARD Whisky Advent Calendar. 24 bottles of sheer adventure.
Also don’t miss Realms of Rye – Release #3 “menthol and evergreen”. Unfiltered, no flavouring, no colouring.
And finally –
Congratulations to James on his marriage this year. Ceremony in Ucluelet and Honeymoon in Mexico City.
STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON
Noble Ridge
Tantalus
Township 7
