It was great to catch up with Bill Eggert at Tuesday's Great Big Kitchen party held at Inform Interiors on Tuesday evening. Bill, who I usually picture with his boots on working the land back in Oliver, BC, looked in his element pouring his wine in Gastown.
I asked him what people had to look forward to this coming year from his small winery, and his answer was LOTS! Check out the video at our BCWineLover.com YouTube Channel.
Mike is a communications and public affairs professional in addition to being a BC wine industry booster. He and his wife Stacey launched the BC Wine Lover brand in 2007 to share stories about their experiences with people, places and wines on their BC wine country travels. In 2015, Mike was hired as Executive Director of the BC Wine Appellation Task Group, and undertook a comprehensive industry-wide consultation involving hundreds of stakeholders to reform regulations governing wine-making in B.C. The resulting recommendations were overwhelmingly endorsed through a plebiscite, and are leading to the creation of new sub-appellations in the province.
In addition to his blog, Mike’s articles on BC wine have been featured in Huffington Post, Vancity Buzz (now Daily Hive), and Vancouver Sun. Mike now works for BC Care Providers Association as Vice President, Communications and Stakeholder Relations, and continues to be engaged on the future of Canada’s wine industry.
