Spill the Wine Episode 50: Your introduction to a brand new line of wines! A visit to Wending Home Estate Vineyards & Winery

We celebrated our 50th episode with our very first podcast in front of a live audience at Wending Home Estate Winery. Winemaker Ron Giesbrecht, who is responsible for one of my favourite wine analogies (wine is the chicken of the vineyard) joined us once again to chat about some unique grape varietals. Auxerois is a sibling to Chardonnay which is grown in Alsace and starts off with a note of melon. Ehrenfelser is a German grape from the 1920s which is a crossing, not a hybrid. After discussing those wines, Ron introduced his new Small Batch label of wines, beginning with the new non vintage Riesling (the détente Riesling) The story of this wine is incredibly interesting and you'll learn a lot about the flash détente process. We also previewed the new Farmers Marquette, a wine which won't be on the shelves until 2027. We end the episode with questions from the audience too!  You'll definitely enjoy this episode!

Produced by Lukas Sluzar, recorded May 20, 2026

Show notes: www.wendinghome.ca

Wines sampled: Auxerois, Erenfelser, (non vintage0 Détente Reisling, Farmers Marquette