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Flashback Podcasts - Part 1

BTS of a wine podcast

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Luke Whittall
Jul 29, 2025
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If you haven’t been following the podcasts that I produce, now is a good time to start. I have been releasing podcasts this summer featuring some true blasts from the past.

If we have just met, I produced a podcast about BC wine from 2009 to 2014 called Wine Country BC. This was back in the ‘olden days’ of podcasting, when feeds had to be hand-coded and most people didn’t even know what a podcast was.

It’s not like that anymore! I’ve found some great interviews from people in the wine industry, some of whom were at the very beginning stages of their careers. Below, you will find the behind the scenes story of what went on to make these podcasts special.

Please consider becoming a subscriber to the Sipster’s Podcast on your favourite podcast player and look for these great Flashback episodes!

Painted Rock’s John Skinner

I mentioned my first experience with Painted Rock a little bit in this podcast. It was one of the first times I’d ever been completely speechless after tasting a wine. My late

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