December 17th, 2016 – Gift Wines, Wines for Parties, Budget Wines

December 15, 2016 00:50:37

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It’s Wall-to-Wall Wines featuring the reviews and stellar expertise of Master of Wine Rhys Pender, Consultant and teacher DJ Kearney and Georgia Straight Wine Columnist and consultant Kurtis Kolt.

If you’re looking for Gift Wines, Wines for Parties, Budget Wines for yourself and need to know the best wines of the Year in BC and the world..THIS is your show.

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Let’s face it, this time of year we’re faced with a lot of decisions.

We can’t help you with most of them BUT we can help you with your wine selections.

The guests reviewers on this show are three of the very best in Canada.

Respected by their peers and the industry itself.

We’ll cover gift wines/Wines to take to parties/Budget wines for Yourself/Outstanding wines of the year from BC and the World.

Enjoy!!! Happy Holidays!

DJ Kearney

DJ Kearney

DJ is a judge, writer, instructor and educator at the highest levels in the wine world.

She has just been made Director of Wine at New District, a very new and distinct wine group. (that story next year)

DJ Kearney’s 15 years in the wine industry embrace teaching, wine writing, wine criticism, and wine presentations for festivals and industry trade organizations. She has trained thousands of sommelier candidates throughout North America for the International Sommelier Guild and the Wine and Spirits Education Trust, and has travelled extensively to the wine regions of the world. Although a global wine expert, she naturally has a special devotion for the wines of her home region. For many years DJ has been an industry advisor and ambassador for B.C. wines, teaching and presenting on behalf of the industry. Recently she toured Decanter’s Steven Spurrier through the Okanagan and Similkameen Valleys, and curated the historic Judgment of B.C. tasting in Vancouver. For the past several years she’s been the Drink Editor for Vancouver Magazine, and critic/contributor for WineAlign.

Gifts:

The perfect 2-pack:

Hamilton Russell Chardonnay 2014 Hemel-en-Aarde Valley, South Africa $44.99 (BCLDB)

Torres Mas La Plana Cabernet Sauvignon 2010 Penedes, Spain $56 +315838 (BCLDB)

Champagne gifts:

Champagne Roederer Brut Premier N/V $61.99 +268771 (BCLDB)

Champagne Pierre Gimonnet et Fils Brut Premier Cru Cuis N/V $80 (fine private stores)

What I’m taking to the party:

Chateau La Gravelle Muscadet de Sevre et Maine Sur Lie 2014 $16 +411006 (BCLDB)

Pesquié Terrasses Rouge 2013 $17.49 +708750 (BCLDB)

Best of BC:

C.C. Jentsch Syrah 2013 (winery direct or private wine stores)

Le Vieux Pin Ava 2014 $25 $34.90 (winery direct or private wine stores)

Little Farm Chardonnay Mulberry Tree Vineyard 2014 $26 +841783 (winery direct or private wine stores)

Moraine Malbec 2013 $24 (and their Pinot Noir 2013, Syrah 2013 and Viognier 2013) (private stores or winery direct)

Blue Mountain Blanc de Blancs R.D. 2008 $39.90 +402594 (winery direct or private wine stores)

CedarCreek Platinum Riesling Icewine 2014 $53 (winery direct or fine wine stores)

Best Canadian’s to try:

Benjamin Bridge Brut N/V $50 +313106

Thomas Bachelder Niagara Pinot Noir 2012 $60+ (private wine stores)

Best ‘over-deliver’ wine

Emiliana Coyam 2012 Colchagua, Chile $27.49 +845321 (BCLDB)

World Beaters

Domaine Pattes Loup Chablis 2012 $40 (private wine stores)

Altos Las Hormigas Malbec Reserva Valle de Uco 2012 $30.99 +522870 (BCLDB)

Domaine Faiveley Nuits Saint Georges Premier Cru Les Damodes 2012 $112 +809343 (BCLDB)

Pio Cesare Barolo 2010 $65 (private wine stores)

Blandy’s 5 year Old Verdelho Madeira $27 +845818 (BCLDB)

DJ Kearney (@djwines) | Twitter

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Kurtis Kolt

Kurtis Kolt

His background is in running restaurants around Vancouver, most recently managing Gastown’s Salt tasting Room until 2010 when he received the Sommelier of the Year Award at the Vancouver Wine festival.

He’s been profiled by Wine Enthusiast Mag, run the wine program at James Beard House in NY, been a tasting participant at Wine and Spirits Mag and educated through London’s Wine and Spirit Education Trust, The Court of Master Sommeliers and the Winemaking Program at UC Davis.

Kurtis is an in demand consultant and advisor.

Currently he’s the Wine Columnist at The Georgia Straight. His column is called The Bottle.

Gifts

Bella Wines 2013 Sparkling Blanc De Blancs – Oliver West Side – $23.90/750 ml, $14.90/375 ml

Bella Wines 2013 Sparkling Blanc De Blancs – Oliver East Side – $23.90/750 ml, $14.90/375 ml

BellaWines.ca

Parties

Gonzalez Byass Nutty Solera Oloroso Sherry – $15.99 – B.C. Liquor Stores

Budget wines for yourself

Christophe Pacalet 2011 Beaujolais Villages – $20.99 – B.C. Liquor Stores

Outstanding wines of the year, BC and the World

Clos du Tue-Boeuf 2013 Cheverny ‘Rouillon’ – $27-32 – Private Wine Stores

Robert Mondavi Reserve To Kalon Vineyard 2012 Napa Fume Blanc – $41.99 – B.C. Liquor Stores

Lock & Worth Winery 2013 Square One Cabernet Franc V.3 – $30 – LockAndWorth.com

Taittinger Comtes de Champagne 2005 Blanc de Blancs – $199.99 – B.C. Liquor Stores

http://www.kurtiskolt.com/

Kurtis Kolt (@KurtisKolt) | Twitter

Rhys Pender

Rhys Pender is Canada’s youngest Master of Wine.

A passionate educator, wine lover, judge, writer, and grape grower/farmer, Rhys has worked in the wine industry since he was a teenager. In 2004 Rhys began taking on the grueling Master of Wine program. This culminated in Rhys becoming Canada’s youngest Master of Wine in 2010, one of only approximately 300 in the world.
Rhys runs a WSET wine school and consultancy through his business Wine Plus+ and between travelling around the world can be found with his boots in the dirt at his small 4 acre vineyard and winery in the Similkameen Valley – Little Farm Winery. He is a regular contributor to Canadian publications such as Montecristo, Taste, Savour, Wine Trend and Good Life Connoisseur. In addition to judging for Wine Align, Rhys judges wine competitions internationally such as the Decanter World Wine Awards, Vancouver Magazine Wine Awards and the Dallas Morning News Wine Competition

BEST INTERNATIONAL OF YEAR:

1 Chateau Haut Brion 2010 ($1599, 766618)

2 Ridge Monte Bello2010 ($283, Marquis)

3 Wynns 2010 John Riddoch CabernetSauvignon (~$100, not sure availability)

BEST BC:

4 Orofino 2014 Wild Ferment Syrah – Scout Vineyard ($29, sold out)

5 Van Westen Vineyards 2013 Voluptuous ($30, winery) (current vintage is 2011)

GIFT:
6 Château Dereszla 2008 Tokaji Aszú – 5 Puttonyos (500ml) ($44, 285643)

7 Taylor Fladgate 1985 Vintage Port($229.99, 149377)

8 Croft Vintage Port 1994 ($144.99, 686550)

9 Château Carles 2005 Haut-Carles Fronsac, Bordeaux, France ($79, 399253)

10 Mount Pleasant 2007 Elizabeth Semillon ($21, 664862)

11 Wynns Coonawarra Estate 2012 Black LabelCabernet Sauvignon ($21.99 til Jan 2, 502039)

HAVE AROUND HOUSE FOR HOLIDAYS:

12 Perrin 2012 Vacqueyras – Les Christins ($23, 585315)

13 Domaine de Babio 2011 Minervois ($17.49, 928531)

14 Château Bonnet 2013 Chénas Beaujolais, France ($21, 821769)

15 Régis Boucabeille 2013 Les Terrasses Côtes du Roussillon Villages, France ($20.49, 464883)

16 José Pariente 2011 Rueda (Verdejo) Rueda, Spain ($28.99, 884502)

17 Grao Vasco 2011 Dao, Portugal ($7.49 special, 14977)

18 Haywire 2013 The Bub ($29.90, winery)

www.wineplus.ca

Rhys Pender MW (@WinePlus) | Twitter

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NEXT WEEK Christmas Eve

A look back at the 38^th annual Vancouver International Wine Festival – with feature region Italy!!

Guests include

Michaela Morris – House Wine
Stevie Kim – VinItaly
Gurvinder Bhatia – Quench Wine Editor – Edmonton
Daenna van Mulligen – The Wine Diva
Harry Hertscheg – Executive director of Festival
Riccardo Tedeschi – Tedeschi Amarone (family owner/winemaker) Veneto/Valpolicella –
Barone Francesco Ricasoli (32nd generation Ricasoli) Tuscany/Chianti Classico –
Fiorenzo Dogliani – Batasiolo. Piedmont CEO (Richardo March.. Export Director)
Daenna van Mulligen – The Wine Diva
Michael Bartier – Bartier Bros BC
Chris Wyse – Burrowing Owl BC
Harry McWatters – Time BC
Ezra Cypes – Summerhill BC
Thomas Perrin – Famille Perrin France

Jim Robertson – Stoneleigh NZ
Eduardo Montresor – Montessor . Veneto Italy
Loren Gil – Gil Family Estates Spain

Dec 31 New Years EVE show

Hour Two of the 38^th Annual VanWineFest.

Guests include

Daenna van Mulligen – WineDiva.ca
DJ Kearney – NewDistrict.ca
Kurtis Kolt – Georgia Straight
Rhys Pender – Master of Wine
Matt Dumayne – WM Haywire
Andrew Winsor – WM Tinhorn Creek
John Freeman – WM Waterbrook (Washington)
Poplar Grove – Stefan Arnason, Winemaker
David Phillips – Michael David Winery (Cali)
Mark DeVere – Mondavi (Cali)
Ted Seghesio – Seghesio
Marilisa Allegrini – Owner-CEO – Allegrini
Ermenegildo Giusti – Owner – Giusti
David Scholefield – Haywire Advisor
Stefano Benini – Int Export Director/Family member Marchesi De’Frescobaldi
Gabriele Tacconi – WM – Ruffino (1^st visit to Canada)

Mulligan Stew December 17th-It’s our first Christmas Stew of 2016!

December 13, 2016

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I wait all year for these two shows..
The Christmas Stew Part One and Part Two.
2016 is going to be special for a number of reasons…
One – Besides the show on the 17^th – We are on air Saturday December 24^th. Christmas Eve. (can’t remember when the last one happened)

The Christmas Stew Christmas Eve will end with an hour of Christmas in the Round. A holiday tradition that stated at CBC 1979.
Two – several of the originals are with us this year.
Shari Ulrich and Rockin’ Roy Forbes.
Also bringing stories and songs to perform are
Barney Bentall
Bill Henderson
Jim Byrnes
We’ll also play Christmas music that was suggested by over 5,500 people who responded to a Facebook Live event that we did.
BTW you can subscribe to my new Facebook page dedicated to Mulligan Stew here: @mulliganstewmusic

Three – In the last segment of the show this Saturday (17^th) I’ll be giving away 2 pairs of tickets to the January Blue Rodeo shows in Edmonton and Calgary.

EDMONTON ALBERTA: AUG 10, 2014. Jim Cuddy and Greg Keelor of Blue Rodeo perform on the main stage during Folk Fest in Edmonton August 10, 2014. JASON FRANSON/EDMONTON JOURNAL. folkfest-Sunday

So
If you would like to see Blue Rodeo, Thursday, January 19^th, at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Edmonton; or on Saturday January 21^st at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Calgary, and you have not won anything from CKUA in the past 30 days…
…email me at [email protected]
Thank You Live Nation..
Check out the Christmas Stew Playlist below.
And that photo of Dave GoGo..on the top of GoGO Mountain south of Naniamo??
He was getting his game face on..the official greeter at their Christmas Tree Farm.
Hope you like the tunes..and that the Holidays treat you well.
See you next week for something really special.
-TDM
Also… Coyotes menu, as promised:

WINTER DINNER SPECIAL ’16

PLAYLIST:

The Christmas Stew Part One	Dec 17th	Playlist mulliganstew.ca
Fairytale of New York	The Pogues (with Kirsty McColl)	Christmas
Everyday willo be like a Holiday	Carole King	A Holiday Carole
Santa Clause is coming to town	The Crystals	Christmas Gift
Merry Christmas	Steve Pineo	Steve Pineo Christmas LP
White Winter Hymnal	Fleet Foxes	Fleet Foxes
The Christmas Stew Part One	www.canadahouse.com
Please Come Home	Jann Arden	A Jann Arden Christmas
Christmas all over again	Tom Petty	A very special Christmas 2
The Christmas Stew Part One	with Terry David Mulligan
Next Week Christmas in the Round Year Two Part Two	Coming UP – Sting. Tom Waits. BBKing
Jingle Bells	James Taylor	James Taylor at Christmas
The girl with the Holiday smile	Lyle Lovett	Songs for the Season

Mary had a baby	Bruce Cockburn	Winter
The is The Christmas Stew Year Two	playlist mulliganstew.ca
Soul Cake	Sting	If on a Winter’s Night
It came upon the Midnight clear	Norah Jones	Now. Todays Christmas
Christmas call from a hooker in Minneapolis	Tom Waits	Blue Valentine
The Christmas Stew	TDM
Christmas comes but once a year	BB King	A Christmas Celebration of Hope
This is The Christmas Stew Part One	Face Book @mulliganstewmusic
Happy Christmas	John and Yoko	Power to the People
Santa Claus is coming to town	Bruce Springsteen and the E street Band	My Home Town
Christmas song	Dave Mathews Band	Live at Wriggley Field
Rudy	The Be Good Tanyas	A Winter’s Night
Christmas eve with you	Lindi Ortega	A Tennesse Christmas
The Christmas Stew	Next week – Christmas in the Round
Merry Christmas Baby	Otis Redding	Pure Southern Soul
Cool Yule	Colin James and the Little Big Band	Colin James and the Little Big Band
This is The Christmas Stew Part One	FaceBook @mulliganstewmusic
This is The Christmas Stew Part One	Next week – Christmas in the Round
Baby Please come home	Darlene Love/Phil Spector	A Christmas Gift to you
O come all ye Faithful	Blue Rodeo	A Merrie Christmas to you
Christmas in Prison	John Prine	A John Prine Christmas
Christmas on the Bayou	Dave GoGo	Christmas with the Blues
Great day in /Dec	Joan Osborne	Christmas means Love
The Christmas Stew	www.coyotesbanff.com
Mince Meat TART	Roy Forbes	single
Thanks for listening – Next week Christmas in the Round	www.mulliganstew.ca	FaceBook @mulliganstewmusic
What Christmas means to me	Stevie Wonder	The Ultimate Motown Christmas

December 10th, 2016-Guests include Alex Prud’Homme, DJ Kearney and Harry Hertscheg and more…

December 9, 2016 00:50:41

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Author Alex Prud‘Homme arrives with tales of Julia Child. He wrote her first book My life in France. Now comes The French Chef in America..it’s the rest of Julia Child’s story.

We taste our way through some of the Canadian wines coming to the next Vancouver International Wine Festival, where Canada is the feature region.

Guests include DJ Kearney and Harry Hertscheg.

And finish with stories on Sea Star, Haywire and Left Field Cider.

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Alex Prud’Homme – The French Chef in America: Julia Child’s Second Act

Julia Child is synonymous with French cooking, but her legacy runs much deeper. Now, her great-nephew and My Life in France coauthor Alex Prud’Homme vividly recounts the myriad ways in which she profoundly shaped how we eat today. He shows us Child in the aftermath of the publication of Mastering the Art of French Cooking, suddenly finding herself America’s first lady of French food and under considerable pressure to embrace her new mantle. Every bit as entertaining, inspiring, and delectable as My Life in France, The French Chef in America uncovers Julia Child beyond her “French chef” persona and reveals her second act to have been as groundbreaking and adventurous as her first.

In 2004 Alex helped Julia Child write her memoir, My Life in France, about her “favorite years” — 1948-1954 — when she and her husband Paul lived in Paris and Marseille. (Paul was his grand uncle, his grandfather’s twin brother.) In France Julia experienced “a flowering of the soul” and discovered her raison d’etre in cooking. They worked together for eight months, until Julia died in her sleep two days shy of her 92d birthday. He spent another year finishing My Life in France, published in 2006. The book reached #1 on the New York Times best-seller list. In 2009, it inspired half of Nora Ephron’s film “Julie & Julia,” which starred Meryl Streep.

In 2014, a decade after working on My Life in France, he circled back to answer a few questions about Julia that had tugged at his curiosity: what was it like for the Childs to retire from the Foreign Service in 1961, and settle in Cambridge, Massachusetts? How did Julia first appear on Public Television in 1963, win an Emmy in 1966, and land on the cover of Time in 1967? And what led her to the White House, the Queen of England, James Beard and Colonial food, to leave Public TV for Good Morning America, and to become America’s first true celebrity chef?

Julia Child and Alex Prud’Homme

Julia reached the peak of her celebrity in the Seventies – epitomized by Dan Aykroyd’s famous “Save the Liver!” parody on Saturday Night Live in 1978 . Researching this era Alex discovered a trove of articles, scripts, documentary footage, correspondence, and notes about unpublicized or forgotten aspects of the Childs’ lives. Interviewing Julia’s colleagues, he learned how disciplined, hardworking and resilient she was, how deeply she loved her family and friends, the breadth of her culinary knowledge, the depth of her generosity, creativity, curiosity, and natural humor. “The idea,” she said, “was to take the bugaboo out of cooking.”

http://www.alexprudhomme.com/about-alex/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Child

https://www.facebook.com/JuliaChild

Vancouver International Wine festival – Feature region CANADA (two parts)

The 2017 festival runs from Feb 11 through the 19^th and as always we will be there.

In celebration of Canada’s 150^th Birthday, the 2017 festival features Canada as the theme country with 76 wineries from British Columbia, Ontario and Nova Scotia, nearly one third of which are participating for the first time. This marks the largest gathering of Canadian wineries ever at an international festival. “VanWineFest 2017 offers an unprecedented showcase of Canadian wineries, principals and wines alongside their international counterparts in the Tasting Room,” says our guest VIWF executive director Harry Hertscheg. “Let’s celebrate!”

Pouring and speaking on Ontario wines – Magdalena Kaiser Wine Marketing Association of Ontario

Pouring a speaking on Nova Scotia wines – Asha Hingorani. Canadian Vintners Association

Pouring and speaking on BC Wines – DJ Kearney NewDistrict.ca

DJ Kearney

Part Two – We’re joined by VanWineFest Executive Director Harry Hertscheg who always comes through what the audience wants to hear.

Harry gives newbie’s a quick history lesson and then on to “The Show”.

If you’re looking for answers about this year’s festival, don’t miss this segment.

CANADA

British Columbia

8th Generation Vineyard	Lake Breeze Vineyards
50th Parallel Estate	Laughing Stock Vineyards
Averill Creek Vineyard	Liquidity Wines
Baillie-Grohman Estate Winery	Maverick Estate Winery
Bartier Bros.	Meyer Family Vineyards
Bench 1775	Mission Hill Family Estate
Black Hills Estate Winery	Moon Curser Vineyards
Blasted Church Vineyards	Moraine Estate Winery
Burrowing Owl Estate Winery	Nk’Mip Cellars
C.C. Jentsch Cellars	Noble Ridge Vineyard & Winery
Cassini Cellars	One Faith Vineyards
CedarCreek Estate Winery	Osoyoos Larose
Chaberton Estate Winery	Painted Rock Estate Winery
Church & State Wines	Pentâge Winery
Culmina Family Estate Winery	Poplar Grove Winery
Evolve Cellars	Quails’ Gate Winery
Ex Nihilo Vineyards	Red Rooster
Fort Berens Estate Winery	Road 13 Vineyards
Foxtrot Vineyards	Sandhill
Gehringer Brothers Estate Winery	Sperling Vineyards
Gold Hill	SpierHead Winery
Harper’s Trail Estate Winery	Stag’s Hollow Winery
Haywire	Summerhill Pyramid Winery
Hester Creek Estate Winery	Tantalus Vineyards
Hillside Winery	Tightrope Winery
Howling Bluff Estate Winery	TIME Winery
Inniskillin Okanagan Estate	Tinhorn Creek Vineyards
Intersection Winery	Township 7 Vineyards & Winery
Jackson-Triggs Estate Winery	Unsworth Vineyards
LA FRENZ WINERY	Wild Goose Vineyards and Winery

NOVA SCOTIA

Benjamin Bridge	Domaine de Grand Pre
Blomidon Estate Winery	L’Acadie Vineyards
Devonian Coast Wineries	Luckett Vineyards

ONTARIO

Château des Charmes	Inniskillin Niagara Estate
Closson Chase	Jackson-Triggs Niagara Estate
Colio Estate Wines	Pelee Island Winery
Domaine Queylus	Pillitteri Estates Winery
Hidden Bench Vineyards and Winery	Trius Winery

http://www.vanwinefest.ca/

www.canadianvintners.com

www.winecountryontario.ca

www.newdistrict.ca

A trio of artisans: Sea Star/Haywire/Left Field Cider

David Gouge from Sea Star about life on Pender Island and how he’s raised his profile in Vancouver’s best restaurants. www.seastarvineyards.ca

http://seastarvineyards.ca/

Christine Coletta. (Okanagan Crush Pad) After establishing a fine career in wine marketing , CC reinvented herself as co-owner of Summerland’s Okanagan Crush Pad Winery, a custom winemaking facility that is home to the Haywire and Narrative labels as well as wines made for other vintners. They were named Innovator of the Year for 2013 from the Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association and were also celebrated by BC Business Magazine as one of the Top Innovative Companies in BC for 2013. She was inducted into the BC Restaurant Hall of Fame.

If you’re at all interested in the direction BC wines are headed, then look no further than Christine Coletta and those working with her at Okanagan Crush Pad.

www.haywirewinery.com

https://okanagancrushpad.com

Theresa Petersen – Left Field Cider (Logan Lake) Helping to lead the cider breakthrough in BC is this female driven Cidery. Cider works with most BBQ dishes, salads and anything with apples in it and it’s also a perfect patio sipper They are SO left field!!

Theresa Petersen Left Field Cider

www.leftfieldcider.com

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Wines of the Year

Mulligan Stew December 10th 2016-Two hours of tunes to shop and celebrate with!

December 9, 2016

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This week’s Stew tries to capture the buzz of the week.
Many people are planning, connecting and shopping for the Holidays.
So I did the same…
Planning the tunes for a Saturday night on the Eve of Christmas Rush.
Connecting with the audience through Facebook Live
And Shopping for those hard to find tunes. The ones that are in a box somewhere but can’t be found.
BTW you can subscribe to my new Facebook page dedicated to Mulligan Stew here: @mulliganstewmusic

Delbert McClinton seriously kicks things off, complete with a horn section that rips.
Travelling Wilburys
Rosanne Cash and Bruce Springsteen
New Stones
The Band (got a Robbie Robertson interview for you early in Jan)
New Alicia Keys
Cage the Elephant
Wilco
The Beatles.
Honeydrippers
And lots more.

NEXT WEEK Dec 17th – The first of two Christmas Specials..

Two hours of Christmas Stew. A different sound of the season. Some funk, roots, acoustic and everything in between.
Plus we’ll give away tickets to Blue Rodeo concerts in Edmonton and Calgary.

Dec 24th Christmas Eve –
The first hour is music that was suggested by over 5,000 people on Facebook Live!

The second hour is very special. Its Year Two of Christmas in the Round as performed and recorded at Roundhouse Radio in Vancouver.
Bringing Christmas memories and Christmas songs to share with each other (and us) are
Shari Ulrich
Roy Forbes
Bill Henderson
Jim Byrnes
Barney Bentall
Cheers TDM

PLAYLIST:

He will break your heart	Delbert McClinton	Delbert McClinton
Take me down	Gary Clark Jr	Take me down
Tweeter and the Monkey Man	The Travelling Wilburys	Vol 1 (The Collection)
Mulligan Stew CKUA Radio
Sea of heartbreak	Rosanne Cash (Bruce Springsteen)	The List
I wish I was	The Avett bros	True Sadness
Got to Move (live)	Fleetwood Mac	Boston Blues 1970
This is Mulligan Stew with tdmulligan	playlist www.mulliganastew.ca
Commit a Crime	The Rolling Stones	Blue and Lonesome
Shape I’m in (live)	The Band	Testimony
Come see about me	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Revelator
Back to life	Alishia Keys	Queen of Katwe
Terry David Mulligan – Mulligan Stew Year 21
Good Rockin Tonight	Elvis	Sun Sessions
Calling Elvis	Dire Straits	The Very best
Mulligan Stew CKUA Radio	playlist www.mulliganastew.ca	at mulliganstewmusic
Long Time Wrong Time	Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings	Give the people what they want
Skinny Legs	Lyle Lovett	I love everybody
Ain’t no rest for the wicked	Cage the Elephant	Cage the Elephant
www.coyotesbanff.com	coming UP – Wilco. Beatles. BBKing & Eric Clapton
You never know	Wilco	Wilco (The Album)
Come Together	The Beatles	Box Set
The Thrill is gone	BB King and Eric Clapton	BBKing and Friends 80
This is Mulligan Stew with tdmulligan	Year 21
All the rage	Elvis Costello	Brutal Youth
Dont be denied	Norah Jones	Day Breaks
Heart of Gold	Neil Young	Harvest
Think of me	Roger Roger	Fairweather
Mulligan Stew CKUA Radio	www.mulliganstew.ca
Good Rockin at Midnight	The Honeydrippers	Vol 1 Expanded EP
Next Week – The Christmas Stew Part One
I go Blind	5440	La Difference – a history unplugged

Mulligan Stew Dec 3rd 2016- December finally!

December 3, 2016

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How best to kick off December? One of the craziest and best months of the
year.
How about doing what we seem to do best- create two hours of the best music
I can find. And get out of the way.
Got new Rolling Stones tracks from Blue and Lonesome. One with Eric Clapton
sitting in.
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One great segment with all LIVE tracks
New Orleans legend Monk Boudreaux, The Big Chief of the Golden Eagles.
Dr. John
The Band
And Little Feat from Waiting for Columbus.
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New Stephen Fearing, Old Neil Young, New Bobby Bazini, Old Van Morrison.
Shovels and Rope trade tracks with The Meters..
There’s some Glen Hansard and Spirit of the West.
Please enjoy..things are going to a little hairy this month.
This week’s Stew is your basic training camp..
Something to get your heart used to the race to the Holidays.
And we have a NEW Mulligan Stew Facebook Page… please click below and like our page!
@mulliganstewmusic
Cheers tdm

PLAYLIST:

Midnight Rider	The Wood bros	Up above my head
Coyote	Spirit of the West	Back to the Garden
Didn’t he Ramble	Glen Hansard	A season on the line
www.canadahouse.com	Coming UP – Spoonful Robben Ford
Spoonful	Robben Ford	Soul on Ten
Low spark of high heeled boys	Rickie Lee Jones	It’s like this
TDMulligan/Mulligan Stew	www.mulliganstew.ca	coming up – Pure New Orleans
Big Chief	Monk Boudreaux	The mojo of Dr John
Such a Night	Dr John and Sarah Morrow	The Musical mojo of Dr John
Don’t do it	The Band	A Musical History
Time loves a hero (live)	Little Feat	Waiting for Columbus
Day or Night (live)	Little Feat	Waiting for Columbus
Mulligan Stew ckua radio	Terry David Mulligan	www.mulliganstew.ca
Madame George (live)	Van Morrison	Astral Weeks Live at Hollywood Bowl
Fools Game	Bonnie Raitt	Silver Lining
TDMulligan/MulliganStew
Miss You	Alabama Shakes	Oxford American: Visions of the Blues
World on a string	Neil Young	Unplugged
Love the deal	Stephen Fearing	Every Soul’s a Sailor
www.ckua.com	FaceBook Live/TDMulligan. RIGHT NOW	Whats your Fave christmas artist?
All of your love	The Rolling Stones	Blue and Lonesome
I can’t quit you baby	The rolling stones and eric clapton	Blue and Lonesome
Leonard Cohen	Bobby Bazini	Summer is gone
Across the great divide	The Band	Rock of Ages
www.coyotesbanff.com	Coming UP – Shovels and Rope	Mulligan Stew
Birmingham	Shovels and Rope	O be Joyful
TD Mulligan – Host and Stew Chef
The Handclapping Song	The Meters	On the good foot

December 3rd, 2016 – Jason Parkes punks the Hatch!

December 3, 2016 00:50:41

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Can a rocker make wine? You bet. Especially if your name is Jason Parkes! The Hatch was named 9^th best winery in Canada and 5^th in BC.

And IS this the weekend to Lick Your Plate?

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Some wine fans follow labels, some follow grapes, some follow regions and some follow Winemakers.

Can I please suggest one winemaker you may want to follow? Jason Parkes!

First of all he’s born in Peachland, so the man knows his fruit.

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He’s fronted two punk bands. OK, that has nothing to do with wine-making but there’s a do-it-yourself attitude in the punk/post-punk community and that works in a vineyard/cellar…

He started making wine in the Okanagan to pay the bills and get his band’s van back on the road.

Now, after multiple harvests, he’s gathered around him a great team of growers, cellar hands and winemakers.

It shows in the wines he creates.

The Hatch

Black Swift
Contempt by Pamela Anderson
Screaming Fenzy
Gobsmacked
Talking Stories

and countless more.

2016 WINE ALIGN AWARDS OF CANADA, THEY WERE NAMED THE 9TH BEST WINERY IN ALL OF CANADA. 5TH BEST IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.

http://www.winealign.com/awards/2016/07/27/2016-nwac-top-25-wineries-in-canada/

Here’s what they say about themselves..

The Hatch is the absolute culmination of the wants and dreams of a select, rare and bizarre cadre of people who are unconcerned about the convention and now have a chance to show the world exactly what real wine, real hospitality and real people are all about. ‘the hatch’ is the direct confluence of all our favourite arts.

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The liquid arts, the visual arts and the living arts; finally together and together forever.

That answers the ‘what’, but also asked is the ‘why’. Why ‘the hatch’? Because the time is long overdue for something like this to enter your life, and more-so; to make your life that much better. Now it’s time to shut-up and go drink some wine.

Jason Parkes brings lots of stories to the edition of Tasting Room Radio. Great fun. Fabulous wines.

Drink the future!!

https://thehatchwines.com

Lick Your Plate – Authors Julie Albert and Lisa Gnat

Yes, they are sisters and best friends, they each have 3 kids and they live within 5 blocks of each other.

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These sisters create a force in any kitchen. Julie writes… Lisa Cooks.

Julie and Lisa have released their third cookbook Lick Your Plate. A follow up to Bite Me and Bite me Too!

The girls write about food and family (family first).

They talk with me about Sloppy Joe’s, Baja Fish Tacos, Slutty brownies and the fact that it takes Twinkies 45 seconds to explode in a microwave!

We do take time to go back and remember their Grandmother. Alice Leiberman welcomed them into her kitchen and very likely set this whole career in motion.

We also get sidetracked into their fave MuchMusic VJ, Bon Jovi and what BC wines I’m recommending to these two Torontonians

Lick Your Plate offers 160 original recipes, several 30-minute dinner ideas, tips, tricks, mouthwatering visuals, funny anecdotes, drool-worthy descriptions of every recipe, and is perfect for everyone from the beginner to the well-seasoned home cook.

“We’re not Martha telling someone to make the eight-hour broth, but we’re also not Rachael Ray saying put cheese on toast. There is that happy medium,” says Gnat, who developed the recipes.

The sisters say they understand the importance of accessible recipes, where all the ingredients can be bought in one shop.

“We love and admire ‘the foodie’ and we’re happy to sit down to a gourmet meal. And we are all about fresh flavours and great food. But we also live in the real world with six kids between us. We don’t always have that sort of time and inclination to go on a goose chase for fig paste,” says Julie.

http://www.bitememore.com/

http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/252970/lick-your-plate-by-julie-albert-and-lisa-gnat/9780147529886/

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November 26th, 2016- ” I’ll have what shes having!”

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DJ Kearney brings New District wine collections called Bubble-licious and “I’ll have what she’s having” for The Holidays.

The final results of the 9^th BC Iconic Reds with John Schreiner and Simon Wosk.

Restaurants under the radar – Todd Braiden at Fat Jacks Boston Bar. Dude!

Emandare ups the bar in the Cowichan Valley. Mike and Robin Nierychlo guest!

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DJ Kearney – Director of Wine/New District

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New District’s philosophy is about curation and it informs everything they do. They do the leg work for you, to expertly hone in on what matters to you in the world of wine. Sign up for the weekly newsletter that carefully selects their best bottles, articles and multimedia content, giving subscribers unique insights into British Columbia’s dynamic emerging wine culture.

And best of all The Curator is DJ Kearney, the best wine educator and expert in the business.

Deej has two offerings this week..plus she has the scoop on their new Store at 41^st and Dunbar.

Holiday Bubble-Licious. 3 Wines.

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I’ll have what she’s having For The Holidays. 6 Winter Weight Wines. All handpicked by DJ.

Check out what’s inside the boxes.. www.newdistrict.ca

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9^th annual BC Iconic Reds – John Schreiner and Simon Wosk

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The BC Iconic Reds took place on November 16. John Schreiner, organizer Simon Wosk and up to 80 attendees tasted everything in the room and chose the Top Five Releases at The Sutton Place Hotel.

2016 Iconic Reds tasting

2016 contenders were:

Church and State Quintessential 2010
CedarCreek Platinum Meritage 2013
Osoyoos Larose Le Grand Vin 2013
Clos Du Soleil Signature Red 2013
Mission Hill Compendium 2012
Laughing Stock Portfolio 2014
Cassini Cellars Maximus 2012
Hester Creek The Judge 2012
Painted Rock Red Icon 2014
Lake Breeze Tempest 2012
Black Hills Nota Bene 2014
Poplar Grove Legacy 2012
Mission Hill Quatrain 2012
Culmina Hypothesis 2012
La Stella Fortissimo 2014
Summerhill “OM” 2012
NK’Mip Mer’r’iym 2014
Lariana Thirteen 2013
Perseus Invictus 2013

To find out how the final five won..just listen to the show.

Our congratulations to Randy Pickton, Justin Hall and their team at NK’Mip Cellars for their first place finish and to all participating wineries for producing such exceptional wines.

The top 5 scorers, as chosen by attending tasters, were:

NK’Mip Mer’r’iym 2014

Laughing Stock Portfolio 2014

Clos du Soleil Signature Red 2013

Cassini Maximus 2012

Hester Creek The Judge 2012

Here’s John Shreiners blog on the competition..

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http://johnschreiner.blogspot.ca/

Restaurants Under The Radar – Todd Braiden at Fat Jacks Pub Boston Bar

I had two thoughts..that there are lots of chefs and restaurants that are my favourites but some of them – for whatever reason – are below the public’s radar.

I’m torn doing these interviews because I want them to stay available but I also want to let you know they exist and are worth the seeking.

Breakfast!

You may remember hearing about a chef who was cooking in Vancouver’s East End in an apartment and you had to find him by word of mouth..the experience was called 2B (the name of the apartment where he cooked.)

One day..he quietly left town and announced he was headed for Boston Bar..in the Frazer Canyon. Didn’t make sense right? But if you knew Todd you just had to believe that he knew what he was doing and wished him luck.

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Years later he’s cooking up a storm 6 kms East of Boston Bar at a diner/pub called Fat Jacks, named after his Father.

He brought the adjoining Mighty Fraser Motel, back to life and made it a destination stop. Really good rooms.

The man has a wicked sense of humour and its reflected in the menu.

He also has a bar next door and pours select BC craft Beer.

Both rooms have a BC wine list and any music playing in the bar or bistro is the best of the best.

We welcome to TRR – The Hell Raiser of Hell’s Canyon Todd from 2B

http://www.themightyfrasermotel.com/

Mike and Robin Nierychlo – Emandare Vineyards (Cowichan Valley)

Mike has always been around the wine business..I first met him when he was doing a wine interview show.

Then he and his wife Robin announced that they had purchased a working vineyard in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island

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A number of years ago, Mike developed an overwhelming passion for wine. He began to spend every available moment nerding out on all things wine-related! This inevitably led to home wine-making in their garage, and many, many other wine adventures.

As Mike explored the vast world of wine, a desire to one day own a winery was born. Although this dream seemed unrealistic, there was always a sense of possibility.

On Sept. 28, 2013, in the pouring rain, he and Robin moved onto their 8.5 acre adventure. They named it Emandare after their last names. M & R.

“they’re also pioneers on the all-natural front—no irrigation, no commercial yeasts, organic farming techniques, and the bare minimum of sulfur. So far the results are stunning—the future of Island wine rests here.” Neal McLennan Vancouver Magazine

We taste and talk the portfolio of wines of Emandare at Marquis Wine Cellars in Vancouver.

http://www.emandarevineyard.com/

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We take a look inside The Hatch.

Feature interview with Jason Parkes Winemaker/Troublemaker

Mulligan Stew November 26th 2016-let the music play!

November 25, 2016

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OK..first things first..
NO INTERVIEWS THIS WEEK
As good as our guests are, there comes a time when you just have to stop talking and let the music play.
So, this week it’s two hours of tunes..wall-to-wall music.
New tunes from Neil Young, Shovels and Rope, Robbie Robertson (interview coming) 100 Mile House, Kirsten Nash & Blue Rodeo.
The Stew also includes wicked tracks from

U2
Tedeschi Trucks Band
Lee Harvey Osmond
Ben Harper/Charlie Musslewhite
Colin James
Led Zeppelin
Billy Cowsill (live)
Bruce Springsteen (live)
The Wood Brothers (Live)
Crowbar (live)
And we finish with three huge tracks
Cold Sweat – Mongo Santamaria
Tighten Up – James Brown Orchestra (live)
Squib Cakes – Tower of Power

Get ready to Dance…Let the music PLAY

-TDM

PLAYLIST:

Testimony (Unity Mix)	Robbie Robertson	Testimony
Why am I treated so bad?	Roebuck “Pops” Staples	Father Father
Above my head	The Wood Brothers	Live Vol 2
Beautful Day	U2	Singles U218
www.canadahouse.com	Mulligan Stew Year 21
Show Me	Neil Young	Peace Trail
O Be Joyful	Shovels and Rope	O Be Joyful
www.mulliganstew.ca	Coming UP – double shot of Colin James
Roll over Beethoven (Live)	Billy Cowsill	Livwe at Crystal Ballroom
Going Down	Colin James	Blue Highways
Queen Bee	Lee harvey Osmond	A Quiet Evil
Midnight in Harlem	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Revelator
www.coyotesbanff.com	Mulligan Stew Year 21
Murder in the first degree (live)	Crowbar	Larger than Life
Better Days	Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band	In Concert
Come with me	Kirsten Nash	The View from here
Hour Two of the Stew	Terry David Mulligan	www.mulliganstew.ca
I’m in I’m out I’m gone	Ben Harper Charlie Musslewhite	Get Up
Old haunts	100 Mile House	Hireath
100 Mile House	Kirsten Nash	The View from here
Bo Diddley Special	Eric Burdon	Til your river runs dry
Mulligan Stew	with TDM
Black Country Woman	Led Zeppelin	Physical Graffitti
Something to hold on to	The Small Glories	Wonderous Traveller
I can’t hide this anymore	Blue Rodeo	1000 Arms
Coming UP on Mulligan Stew	Cold Sweat, Tighten Up and Squib Cakes
Cold Sweat	Mongo Santamaria	Best of
Tighten Up	The James Brown orch..with Maceo parker	Messin Around 3
Squib Cakes	Tower of Power	What is Hip? Anthology
The Stew – Done Like Dinner
I like it like that	Pete Rodrigues	Chef Soundtrack

Mulligan Stew November 19th 2016- Leonard Cohen

November 19, 2016

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Leon Russell, Mose Allison, Sharon Jones, Leonard Cohen. All Gone.
It’s not been a good week.
I believe in the fact that music heals..if not the words, then the music or the groove.
I need all the music I can get!!!
The last 30 minutes of this show will feature two conversations about leonard Cohen by two who knew him very well

Denise Donlon..who has just released an autobiography called Fearless as Possible interviewed Leonard many times at Much Music.
Then when she became label boss at Sony Records Canada, she was Leonard’s label boss.
And much the same when she ran CBC Radio.
Leonard’s death was announced The night she launched her book. They withheld the info from Denise until they were done..then she went into the alley with her friend and had a good cry.
Denise has wonderful stories of the man.
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The second voice you’ll hear belongs to Adam Cohen, Singer/Songwriter and son of Leonard.
I’ve interviewed Adam several times over the years and when I went back to collect his thoughts on his Father I realized he had spoken a great deal about Leonard.
It’s a fascinating collection of thoughts from Son to Father.
RIP Leonard.
-TDM

PLAYLIST:

caravan (live)	Van Morrison and The Band	The last waltz
Boy from Tupelo	Emmy Lou Harris	Red Dirt Girl
dedicated to the one i love	Steve Cripper/Lucinda Williams/Steve Winwood	Dedicated: A salute to the Five Royales
Running on empty	Sam Cash	Tongue in cheek vows
www.canadahouse.com	Coming – we remember Leonard Cohen
Bird on a wire	Willie Nelson	Tower of Song
A song for you	Leon Russell	All day thumb sucker
www.mulliganstew.ca	Coming UP – Clapton & Los Lobos
Cypress Grove	Eric Clapton	I still do
Just a man (live)	Los Lobos	Onbe time One night Vol1
This is Mulligan Stew Year 20	with tdm
Lady madonna	Junior parker	Come Together
Lady madonna	Fats Domino	Fats is Back
www.mulliganstew.ca	Mulligan Stew CKUA
Mushaboon (Mocky Mix)	Feist	Open Season
Mulligan Stew CKUA Radio	in 30 minutes we remember leonard cohen
Petrol Head	Sting	57th and 9th
The shape i’m in (live)	The Band	Testimony
Carry Me	The Kwerks	Lights EP
Broken Bones	Kaleo	A/B
www.coyotesbanff.com	Coming up – We Remember Leonard Cohen
Mambo Sun	T-Rex	Electric Warrior
Superwoman	Alicia Keys	As I Am
I wish you well	Royal Wood	The Burning Bright
Mulligan Stew CKUA Radio	Year 40 with TDMulligan
Denise Donlon remembers leonard Cohen
dance me to the end of love (live)	Leonard Cohen	Live in Dublin
Adam Cohen talks about his Father leonard Cohen	Interviews from past years
Suzanne	Leonard Cohen

November 19th 2016 – Nk’ Mip

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We salute the Winery of the Year – Nk Mip with Daenna Van Mulligen, Chief Clarence Louie and Winemaker Randy Picton

Ollie Powrie – Viticulturist for Villa Maria. Tall tales of fine wines down under.

Valeria Tait – GM and Winemaker for Bench 1775

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Nk’Mip is announced Canadian Winery of the Year in the 2016-17 InterVin International Wine Awards. They also came in second in the International competition against The World.

Clarence Louie – Chief of Osoyoos Indian Band.

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Randy Picton – Head Winemaker

Daenna van Mulligen – The Wine Diva

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Pronounced “in-ka-meep,” North America’s first aboriginal owned and operated winery overlooks Osoyoos Lake in the Okanagan Valley.

Using grapes from the Osoyoos Indian Band’s Inkameep Vineyard managed by Sam Baptiste, winemaker Randy Picton and assistant winemaker Justin Hall produce wines in three tiers: Winemaker’s Series, Qwam Qwmt and Mer’r’iym tiers. The award-winning portfolio includes favourites such as Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, Talon, Dreamcatcher, Merlot, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon and Riesling Icewine.

Nk’Mip Cellars story begins with the people of the Osoyoos Indian Band; strong, independent, and proud, with a rich history as the stewards of the desert landscape. Under the leadership of Chief Clarence Louie – who believes that native independence hinges on economic independence – the band owns the winery in partnership with Constellation Brands Canada. The winery is part of an engaging and ambitious development that also includes a resort hotel, spa, golf course and cultural centre, the spectacular 18,000-square-foot winery is nestled in prime terroir overlooking Osoyoos Lake.

The Wine Diva was one of the key members of the InterVin Judging Team – she gives us the inside scoop on how and why they won!!

We all talk about three outstanding releases that were awarded Gold Medals.

Qwam Qwmt Merlot 2014 – simply outstanding

Qwam Qwmt Cabernet Sauvignon 2014 – who says we can’t grow Cabs?

Qwam Qwmt Syrah 2014 – Great now but give it 3-5 years it will be World Class.

NK’MIP CELLARS 2016 MEDAL WINNERS

2015 NK’MIP CELLARS QWAM QWMT RIESLING ICEWINE
– Gold, InterVin Wine Awards
– Silver, British Columbia Wine Awards

2015 NK’MIP CELLARS WINEMAKER’S DREAMCATCHER
– Bronze, InterVin Wine Awards

2015 NK’MIP CELLARS WINEMAKER’S PINOT BLANC
– Silver, InterVin Wine Awards

2015 NK’MIP CELLARS WINEMAKER’S ROSÉ
– Bronze, InterVin Wine Awards
– Silver, British Columbia Wine Awards

2014 NK’MIP CELLARS QWAM QWMT CABERNET SAUVIGNON
– Gold, InterVin Wine Awards
– Bronze, British Columbia Wine Awards

2014 NK’MIP CELLARS QWAM QWMT CHARDONNAY
– Silver, Chardonnay du Monde
– Bronze, British Columbia Wine Awards

2014 NK’MIP CELLARS QWAM QWMT MERLOT
– Gold, InterVin Wine Awards

2014 NK’MIP CELLARS QWAM QWMT RIESLING ICEWINE
– Gold, British Columbia Wine Awards

2014 NK’MIP QWAM QWMT SYRAH
– Silver, InterVin Wine Awards
– Bronze, British Columbia Wine Awards

2014 NK’MIP CELLARS WINEMAKER’S PINOT NOIR
– Bronze, InterVin Wine Awards
– Bronze, British Columbia Wine Awards

www.nkmipcellars.com

www.winediva.ca

Ollie Powrie – Viticulturist for NZ Villa Maria, NZ

We found Ollie in Whistler for Cornucopia.

Ollie heads up a team of Regional Viticulturists, Vineyard Managers and Grower Liaison Officers scattered throughout New Zealand.

He’s constantly on the road between plantings and vineyards.

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Ollie graduated with a Bachelor of Viticulture from the E.I.T. and Charles Sturt University in 2002 and began his career working for Sacred Hill Wines, working in the Gimblett Gravels sub-region. In 2003 Ollie decided to broaden his skills and experience by accepting a position with a large negociant in the Rhône Valley, France.

By his own admission, he’s obsessed with wine quality, and he sees a hugely exciting time ahead for Villa Maria. He’s passionate about growing grapes in the most sustainable way that enhances the land and local environment.

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Ollie, his wife Rebecca, and daughters Sophia and India live in sunny Napier, Hawkes Bay.

Just how good is Ollie at his craft? He’s very much part of the fact that Villa Maria continues to be New Zealand’s Most Awarded Winery.

Ollie takes us through some of Villa Maria’s most popular wines..

Single Selection Keltern Chardonnay

Taylors Pass Chardonnay

Hawkes Bay Reserve Chardonnay

VM Albarino

Cellar Selection Pinot Noir

Hawkes Bay Cellar Gimblett Gravels Syrah

www.villamaria.co.nz

Valeria Tait – Winemaker and GM at Bench 1775 (Naramata)

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“There isn’t much Malbec grown in BC, and even fewer (any?) blended with cabernet franc. But that’s the beauty of being an adventurous winemaker like Valeria Tate of Bench 1775 in a pioneering wine region like the Okanagan Valley. From her coveted perch on Naramata Bench, she deftly weaves together interesting blends like this, ignoring convention, thankfully, to spark creativity.” Treve Ring / Scout magazine

There was a fire sale of wineries on the Naramata Bench a couple of years ago.

They were all owned at one time by Lang Vineyards.

One was called Soaring Eagle with a hand carved sign you couldn’t miss.

The Viticulturist who helped plan the vineyard was Val Tait. Upon the sale it was re-branded as Bench 1775. The key to any future success was Valeria, who was pals with that land and those vines.

7 years later, she’s now the General Manager and Executive Winemaker There’s a whole wall of hard-won awards and a patio with one of the very best views in the entire province.

I caught up with Valeria at a recent Naramata Bench pour in Vancouver. She proudly takes us through the new portfolio.

Keep an eye on Valeria Tait. She’s a winner and so are the wines.

www.bench1775.com

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A trio of artisans: Sea Star/Haywire/Left Field Cider

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NEXT WEEK Dec 17th – The first of two Christmas Specials..

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Lick Your Plate – Authors Julie Albert and Lisa Gnat

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Restaurants Under The Radar – Todd Braiden at Fat Jacks Pub Boston Bar

Mike and Robin Nierychlo – Emandare Vineyards (Cowichan Valley)

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Ollie Powrie – Viticulturist for NZ Villa Maria, NZ

Valeria Tait – Winemaker and GM at Bench 1775 (Naramata)

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