Shay Code began his quest to become a winemaker years ago, with his time farming in Saskatchewan. There he fell in love with farming. A trip to France began a perfect marriage of a love of farming and a love for great French wine. He purchased in 2016 and planted the initial vines in 2017. For the Code family, it has been a family endeavour from the start, with many weekends and vacations spent in the vineyard establishing their vines.

In 2021, after completing the construction of their home and small winery building, they moved to the vineyard site full time.

Their first crush was in 2019, where he produced wine with Dylan and Penelope Roche on the Naramata bench.

Shay and I do a small tasting, talk about his love of Syrah, and we tour their property where he had a fire scare about 2 weeks prior to my arrival.

Get ready for a fun conversation!!

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Cokie and her wine related video content has gained a huge following on YouTube and Instagram, as she shares her passion, energy, and knowledge of wine.

Cokie is a WSET Diploma graduate, who juggles university life with representing trade bodies for wine missions in areas such as Niagara, USA and Europe. We dive into a variety of topics, including her introduction into wine through some mutual SOMM friends, getting stuck while driving through vineyards, the French and their obsessive lunch schedule and a lot more.

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While travelling through France this summer, we managed to be staying about 30 minutes away from Chateau Canet in the Languedoc region, and I got time to spend sampling some wines and recording an episode with Charlotte Lemstra-Bake.

Charlotte comes from a family of winemakers, as both her father and brother also have their own labels within their stable of wines.

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