Joy in the Summer: alumni UBC Summer Series is a lighthearted, inspiring, three-part podcast that presents a summer of joyfulness and fun as told by UBC alumni; wine, music and geocaching specialists; and stay-in-the-neighborhood athletes, romantics and travelers.  While the series, running from June through September, may be virtual, the adventure, discovery and culinary findings are very real.  Small groups meet in parks to enjoy wine tastings; geo-cachers venture through the North Shore mountains, Mud Bay, Squamish and further afield; virtual runners race from the UBC Vancouver to the UBC Okanagan campus; and, at any time, the glorious and uplifting sounds of music are available on the alumni UBC website. 

In this episode: Wonders of Wine, the culinary segment, tells the story of wine; places Canadian and BC wines in a world context; visits a vineyard in the Okanagan; explains the connection between visual art and wine; and introduces the new-found virtual wine tasting.  Wine writer, educator, presenter, and total wine expert, UBC Alumna DJ Kearny provides the backbone to this episode.  A highlight -- she divulges her three favorite wines (of the day).  UBC Zoology professor Chris Harley joins Kearney. He describes what it’s like to attend a virtual wine tasting –having hosted neighbors in his garden for UBC Alumni’s first event.