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November 16th 2013
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Jim Cuddy, Photo: Pollock Heather
We’re talking Rutherford Dust and the new Lake Sonoma label with wine partners Dan Zepponi (Napa) and Tony Stewart (Okanagan).
Imagine being the Cellar Master at 240 yr old Veuve Clicquot. That’s the life of Dominique Demarville. He says Madame Clicquot is still in those cellars. Richard Parsons has run Time Warner, General Counsel for the White House and many more. His wine mentor was Nelson Rockefeller.
Likely one of the reasons why he became the owner of Italy’s Il Palazzone His motto? We drink all the wine we can and sell the rest!! Jim Cuddy from Blue Rodeo plays through the West for Gold Medal Plates. We talk about raising funds for Olympians and why he’s all over Spanish Wines.
Martha Wainwright was a guest on Mulligan Stew last week. After we got through the music talk we discovered a mutual love for wine. Go figure! And the Wine Diva returns with her take on this year’s Vines Magazine/ Intervin Wine Awards.
Who won best of show and the Gold medal winners from BC. Daenna was one of 19 judges. This is the inside dope!! [divider]
THE SHOW
Blue Rodeo, by Dustin Rabin
Blue Rodeo have just released another album. In Our Nature is their 13th studio release in 26 years. Recorded at Greg Keelor’s farm, its decidedly acoustic, in part because of Greg’s hearing loss. I made plans to meet Jim Cuddy – his writing and singing partner – in the lobby of the Fairmont Pacific Rim in Vancouver as Jim was touring and playing as part of the annual Gold Medal Plates Culinary Competition.
We talked about the new music and the addition of guitarist Colin Cripps who plays in The Jim Cuddy Band. The bulk of the talk will be heard on Mulligan Stew @ CKUA radio Saturday Nov 16. Jim and I always talk wine when we get together. Because he has given so much to GMPlates, he’s asked to be part of various trips that are auctioned off..so there are stories there. He’s discovered a new paella dish at Carmen in Toronto and thus he’s washing it down with Ribera del Duero wines. Blue Rodeo’s 2014 tour starts Jan 2-3 in Vancouver. Alberta dates include
- Jan 9 Red Deer
- Jan 10/11 The Jube in Calgary
- Jan 12 Lethbridge
- Jan 16 Fort MacMurray
- Jan 17/18 Jube Edmonton
The Devon Cuddy band opens the shows. www.bluerodeo.com
Martha Wainwright
There’s also a Mulligan Stew connection to the next guest Martha Wainwright..of the legendary Wainwright/McGarrigle Families. Her brother is Rufus Wainwright. Her Dad is Loudon Wainwright 111. Her Mother Kate McGarrigle lost her battle with Cancer in 2010 just months after Martha had given birth to her first child. All of those emotions played out in her current album Come Home To Mama.
At the end of our conversation..I asked Martha about her relationship with wine and off we went. Because she’s pregnant again, she’s stopped drinking but you can tell she’s a wine fan through and through. Way to go Martha. www.marthawainwright.com We’ve aired the story of Plume before on TRR. A really good Napa Cab that come out of nowhere at $25.00 but tasted like $35. It was the result of a partnership between two wine families.
Dan & Tony in the Vineyard
The Zepponi’s of Napa and Stewarts of The Okanagan. Dan Zeponni first wine memory is planting vines along the Silverado Trail at the family vineyard. Tony Stewart and his family did the same above BC’s Okanagan Lake at Quails Gate.
Now they’re making Plume and introducing a new label into their portfolio – Lake Sonoma. Here’s the complete story and how they may just be the Tip of a very large Iceberg. www.lakesonomawinery.com www.plumewinery.com quailsgate.com
Dominique Demarville is the very lucky Cellar Master at Veuve Clicquot. The makers of fine champagne for 240 years. Dom says he can still feel the presence of Madame Clicquot in the darkest corners of the cellars. This quiet conversation made its way through the history of the label, how he felt when he first walked into those cellars and what makes Veuve so unique. We agreed on the value of the bubbles. Best bubbles in the World.
The label has a special place in this world. Whenever someone wants to celebrate a marriage..a graduation, a conquest or to remember someone departed..a bottle of Veuve Clicquot usually finds its way into the occasion. Special place that. Salute!! www.veuve–clicquot.com Richard Parsons/il Palazzone
Richard Parsons
Former Citigroup Inc. Chairman Richard Parsons, whose career in banking and media saw him at the helm of the industries’ biggest companies, is betting he can make money in retirement in the wine-rich Tuscan hills. Twelve years after buying Il Palazzone, a Montalcino vineyard perched on the ancient trail to Rome, Parsons is getting serious about winemaking, turning a hobby into a business. He’s built a new cellar he inaugurated with this year’s harvest and plans to double production of his finest wine, Brunello, turning Il Palazzone into a profitable activity within five years. Despite its name, il Palazzone, or “the big palace” is actually quite a small winery making less than 1,000 cases of Brunello di Montalcino annually.
While the estate is roughly 20 acres, the vineyard area authorized for the production of Brunello di Montalcino is a mere 10 acres. Il Palazzone recently completed construction of a new cellar, designed to blend beautifully into the landscape and minimize its carbon footprint. While the cellar utilizes the best of modern technology, the vineyard still creates its Brunello in the traditional method by aging the wine in large, Slavonian oak barrels for nearly four years. Great story this. www.ilpalazzone.com [divider]
Wine Diva at Intervin
The InterVin International Wine Awards is designed to recognize and celebrate the very best wines available to Canadian consumers. An entirely objective, blind tasting format has been developed that utilizes a team of qualified and respected judges. The panel features wine industry professionals with backgrounds in hospitality, media, education and winemaking. Competing wines are grouped by varietal or style ensuring that each is fairly evaluated.
Judges awarded gold, silver and bronze medals in each category as well as determine the prestigious top awards for the overall best wines. One of the highly qualified judges was Daenna van Mulligen – The Wine Diva. The results are now out but Daenna has her tasting notes and gives us the inside edge on who won what and why. Wines included in our discussion were
Best in Show
- Cavas la Capilla – Malbec
- Tyler Harleton – Pinot Gris
- Taylor Fladgate LBV Port
- Stellars Jay Brut 2008
- Mission Hill Compendium
- Nk Mip Qwam Qwmt Riesling ice wine
- Painted Rock Cabernet and Syrah
- Poplar Grove – Pinot Gris
- Quails Gate – Chenin 2012
- Quails Gate – Dry Riesling
- Red Rooster – Reserve Viognier
- Silk Scarf Malbec-Cab 2009
- Stellars Jay
- Tinhorn Creek Pinot Noir 2009
- Tyler Harleton Viognier. Pinot Gris
- Wild Goose
- Stoney ridge
- Tawse
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STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON
- Carlo Mondavi at Continuum
- The 17th annual Cornucopia. Whistler Wine Festival
- Bistro Seventeen 89
- A Return to La Morra Piedmont
- Beppi Crosariol
November 13th 2013
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Jim Cuddy, Photo: Pollock Heather
We’re talking Rutherford Dust and the new Lake Sonoma label with wine partners Dan Zepponi (Napa) and Tony Stewart (Okanagan).
Imagine being the Cellar Master at 240 yr old Veuve Clicquot. That’s the life of Dominique Demarville. He says Madame Clicquot is still in those cellars.
Richard Parsons has run Time Warner, General Counsel for the White House and many more. His wine mentor was Nelson Rockefeller.
Likely one of the reasons why he became the owner of Italy’s Il Palazzone
His motto? We drink all the wine we can and sell the rest!!
Jim Cuddy from Blue Rodeo plays through the West for Gold Medal Plates. We talk about raising funds for Olympians and why he’s all over Spanish Wines.
Martha Wainwright was a guest on Mulligan Stew last week. After we got through the music talk we discovered a mutual love for wine. Go figure!
And the Wine Diva returns with her take on this year’s Vines Magazine/ Intervin Wine Awards.
Richard Parsons has run Time Warner, General Counsel for the White House and many more. His wine mentor was Nelson Rockefeller.
Likely one of the reasons why he became the owner of Italy’s Il Palazzone
His motto? We drink all the wine we can and sell the rest!!
Jim Cuddy from Blue Rodeo plays through the West for Gold Medal Plates. We talk about raising funds for Olympians and why he’s all over Spanish Wines.
Martha Wainwright was a guest on Mulligan Stew last week. After we got through the music talk we discovered a mutual love for wine. Go figure!
And the Wine Diva returns with her take on this year’s Vines Magazine/ Intervin Wine Awards.
Who won best of show and the Gold medal winners from BC.
Daenna was one of 19 judges. This is the inside dope!!
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Daenna was one of 19 judges. This is the inside dope!!
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THE SHOW
Blue Rodeo, by Dustin Rabin
Blue Rodeo have just released another album. In Our Nature is their 13th studio release in 26 years.
Recorded at Greg Keelor’s farm, its decidedly acoustic, in part because of Greg’s hearing loss.
I made plans to meet Jim Cuddy – his writing and singing partner – in the lobby of the Fairmont Pacific Rim in Vancouver as Jim was touring and playing as part of the annual Gold Medal Plates Culinary Competition.
We talked about the new music and the addition of guitarist Colin Cripps who plays in The Jim Cuddy Band.
The bulk of the talk will be heard on Mulligan Stew @ CKUA radio Saturday Nov 16.
Jim and I always talk wine when we get together.
Because he has given so much to GMPlates, he’s asked to be part of various trips that are auctioned off..so there are stories there.
He’s discovered a new paella dish at Carmen in Toronto and thus he’s washing it down with Ribera del Duero wines.
Blue Rodeo’s 2014 tour starts
Jan 2-3 in Vancouver.
Alberta dates include
- Jan 9 Red Deer
- Jan 10/11 The Jube in Calgary
- Jan 12 Lethbridge
- Jan 16 Fort MacMurray
- Jan 17/18 Jube Edmonton
The Devon Cuddy band opens the shows.
www.bluerodeo.com
Martha Wainwright
There’s also a Mulligan Stew connection to the next guest Martha Wainwright..of the legendary Wainwright/McGarrigle Families.
Her brother is Rufus Wainwright. Her Dad is Loudon Wainwright 111. Her Mother Kate McGarrigle lost her battle with Cancer in 2010 just months after Martha had given birth to her first child.
All of those emotions played out in her current album Come Home To Mama.
At the end of our conversation..I asked Martha about her relationship with wine and off we went.
Because she’s pregnant again, she’s stopped drinking but you can tell she’s a wine fan through and through.
Way to go Martha.
www.marthawainwright.com
We’ve aired the story of Plume before on TRR.
A really good Napa Cab that come out of nowhere at $25.00 but tasted like $35.
It was the result of a partnership between two wine families.
Dan & Tony in the Vineyard
The Zepponi’s of Napa and Stewarts of The Okanagan.
Dan Zeponni first wine memory is planting vines along the Silverado Trail at the family vineyard.
Tony Stewart and his family did the same above BC’s Okanagan Lake at Quails Gate.
Now they’re making Plume and introducing a new label into their portfolio – Lake Sonoma.
Here’s the complete story and how they may just be the Tip of a very large Iceberg.
www.lakesonomawinery.com
www.plumewinery.com
quailsgate.com
Dominique Demarville is the very lucky Cellar Master at Veuve Clicquot. The makers of fine champagne for 240 years.
Dom says he can still feel the presence of Madame Clicquot in the darkest corners of the cellars.
This quiet conversation made its way through the history of the label, how he felt when he first walked into those cellars and what makes Veuve so unique. We agreed on the value of the bubbles. Best bubbles in the World.
The label has a special place in this world. Whenever someone wants to celebrate a marriage..a graduation, a conquest or to remember someone departed..a bottle of Veuve Clicquot usually finds its way into the occasion. Special place that.
Salute!!
www.veuve–clicquot.com
Richard Parsons/il Palazzone
Richard Parsons
Former Citigroup Inc. Chairman Richard Parsons, whose career in banking and media saw him at the helm of the industries’ biggest companies, is betting he can make money in retirement in the wine-rich Tuscan hills.
Twelve years after buying Il Palazzone, a Montalcino vineyard perched on the ancient trail to Rome, Parsons is getting serious about winemaking, turning a hobby into a business. He’s built a new cellar he inaugurated with this year’s harvest and plans to double production of his finest wine, Brunello, turning Il Palazzone into a profitable activity within five years.
Despite its name, il Palazzone, or “the big palace” is actually quite a small winery making less than 1,000 cases of Brunello di Montalcino annually. While the estate is roughly 20 acres, the vineyard area authorized for the production of Brunello di Montalcino is a mere 10 acres.
Il Palazzone recently completed construction of a new cellar, designed to blend beautifully into the landscape and minimize its carbon footprint. While the cellar utilizes the best of modern technology, the vineyard still creates its Brunello in the traditional method by aging the wine in large, Slavonian oak barrels for nearly four years.
Great story this.
www.ilpalazzone.com
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Wine Diva at Intervin
The InterVin International Wine Awards is designed to recognize and celebrate the very best wines available to Canadian consumers.
An entirely objective, blind tasting format has been developed that utilizes a team of qualified and respected judges. The panel features wine industry professionals with backgrounds in hospitality, media, education and winemaking.
Competing wines are grouped by varietal or style ensuring that each is fairly evaluated. Judges awarded gold, silver and bronze medals in each category as well as determine the prestigious top awards for the overall best wines.
One of the highly qualified judges was Daenna van Mulligen – The Wine Diva.
The results are now out but Daenna has her tasting notes and gives us the inside edge on who won what and why.
Wines included in our discussion were
Best in Show
- Cavas la Capilla – Malbec
- Tyler Harleton – Pinot Gris
- Taylor Fladgate LBV Port
- Stellars Jay Brut 2008
- Mission Hill Compendium
- Nk Mip Qwam Qwmt Riesling ice wine
- Painted Rock Cabernet and Syrah
- Poplar Grove – Pinot Gris
- Quails Gate – Chenin 2012
- Quails Gate – Dry Riesling
- Red Rooster – Reserve Viognier
- Silk Scarf Malbec-Cab 2009
- Stellars Jay
- Tinhorn Creek Pinot Noir 2009
- Tyler Harleton Viognier. Pinot Gris
- Wild Goose
- Stoney ridge
- Tawse
www.winediva.ca
www.intervin.ca
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STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON
- Carlo Mondavi at Continuum
- The 17th annual Cornucopia. Whistler Wine Festival
- Bistro Seventeen 89
- A Return to La Morra Piedmont
- Beppi Crosariol
Mulligan Stew Nov 9th
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This week on the Stew…
Emmy Lou Harris
Rolling Stone Johnny Rivers. Greatest Hits.
Fire on the Bayou. The Meters. The greatest Mardi
Gras concert.Ever
Brand New Day. Sting. All this time.
Give it back to you. Bare Naked Ladies. Grinning Streak.
You can never hold
Back Spring. Ton Waits. Orphans
Deacon Blues Steely Dan. A decade of
Blinded by the light. Bruce Springsteen. Live in Dublin
Diggin on James Brown. Tower of Power. Best of james Brown
Calling out to you. Tedeschi Trucks band Made up Mind.
Angel Eyes. EmmyLou Harris. Light of the stable.
Never too late Blue Rodeo. In our Nature.
We exist. Arcade Fire. Reflector.
Wooly Bully. Ry Cooder &Corridos Live at great Am.
Famosos. Music Hall.
Hard Times Blues. Eric Clapton. Clapton.
Got to serve somebody Mavis Staples. Tangled up in blues.
Host. Takes a break. For quick nap.
Lemon Squeezer. Fleetwood Mac. Shrine 69.
Somebody got a hold. Etta James. Best of.
Hold on. Alabama Shakes Boys & Girls.
Death have Mercy. Harry Manx and
Kevin Breitt. In Good we Trust.
Comfortably Numb (live). Van Morrison and
Roger Waters. At the Movies.
All you need is Love. The Beatles Beatles 67-70.
Long Distance Call (live) Muddy Waters etc. Fathers and Sons.
November 9th 2013
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It seemed too good to be true. An offer to not only visit Barolo during harvest but also attend the Truffle Festival in Alba as the guest of Batasiolo. Begun in 1882, Batasiolo started with just 7 acres. They have become a winery that makes 10% of all Barolos. Our host: Fiorenzo Dogliani. A family so ingrained in the Piedmont wine region that they have a town named after them. Join us – Barolo and Truffles? It IS a dream come true!
THE SHOW
Il boscareto
For centuries Dogliani has been a name synonymous with the distinctive wines of Piedmont. Both as a picturesque town that has long been famous for wines produced from Dolcetto – Dolcetto di Dogliani – and today as the family surname of one of Piedmont’s most famous producers of Barolo. Fiorenzo Dogliani, CEO of the Dogliani family’s Beni di Batasiolo winery, runs the family enterprise, Batasiolo SPA. In addition to the winery, Batasiolo SPA has embraced a wine-country destination lifestyle with its newly built, 38-room luxury hotel and spa, Il Boscareto which was opened in Serralunga d’Alba in 2009.
- Il Boscareto Hotel and Spa
The Dogliani family’s winegrowing history spans four generations in Italy’s Piedmont region and traces its origin to just seven and a half acres of Nebbiolo vines in Barolo. With the launch of Beni di Batasiolo in 1978, the company’s vineyard holdings now total 345 acres from nine vineyard sites and four growing regions: Barolo, La Morra, Monforte D’Alba and Serralunga D’Alba.
Fiorenzo Dogliani
As CEO, Fiorenzo directs the company from the Beni di Batasiolo winery located in La Morra Cuneo. In the late 1950s, Fiorenzo is credited with reaching beyond the borders of Piedmont to market the family’s wines to restaurateurs in nearby Milan. It was this bold first move that established a presence for the company’s wines on the domestic market and foreshadowed Fiorenzo’s future role as an evangelist for the Piedmont region on the world market. Fiorenzo was among the first Piedmontese winegrowers to travel extensively to promote his wines Fiorenzo’s early efforts helped raise visibility for the company’s long-lived Barolo and Barbaresco wines and establish a reputation for quality, one that is rigorously pursued at Batasiolo. By 1979 he was traveling to New York and Toronto introducing the trade and consumers alike to joys of Nebbiolo, an effort that helped speed the evolution of American palates at the time towards the appreciation of dry, sophisticated wines.
Richardo March
Canada is the number four market in the World for Batasiolo. In order to talk to Fiorenzo and also travel the Piedmont district we needed a translator, wine expert and driver and we found him in Richardo March. Director of US and Canada sales for Batasiolo.
www.batasiolo.com http://www.boissetfamilyestates.com http://www.barolodibarolo.com/inglese/ http://www.lonelyplanet.com/italy/liguria-piedmont-and-valle-daosta/piedmont
Kimberly and Ziggy in Alba
Also along for the trip and guesting on the special were: Our host and organizer of the trip … Kimberly Charles – Charles Communications & Associates in San Francisco. http://www.charlescomm.com/ Ziggy Eschliman, known to most simply as The Wine Gal. Her radio shows are broadcast throughout wine country and are available on the internet. As a leading American speaker, consultant, and wine writer. Ziggy is a driving force behind a national movement toward making wine hip, fun and accessible. http://www.ziggythewinegal.com
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The World Wine Guys MIKE DeSIMONE and JEFF JENSSEN, also known as the World Wine Guys, are wine, spirits, food, and travel writers, educators, and hosts. They are award winning journalists as well as best selling and award winning authors. Mike and Jeff are the Entertaining and Lifestyle Editors at Wine Enthusiast Magazine and are regular travel and wine contributors for The Huffington Post. DeSimone and Jenssen are the authors of the best-selling Wines Of The Southern Hemisphere. Mike and Jeff are members of the International Food, Wine, and Travel Writers Association, The Society of Wine Educators, and The James Beard Foundation. http://worldwineguys.com/
The Truffle Master
Truffles everywhere
The famous ‘Tartufo d’Alba‘ is a marvelous gift of nature and a symbol of the rich cuisine of Piemonte. The truffle was known in antiquity, not just for its inherent culinary qualities but also as an aphrodisiac! Scientists discovered that truffles contain a volatile alcohol with a strong musk flavor, a chemical brother of testosterone. No doubt this is something the ancients knew all along. The secret to enjoying the truffle is to avoid using it with other strong flavors. It is perhaps best served as an antipasti, buttered on whole meal toast or over pasta as shards with butter and parmigiano reggiano cheese. In a country where food equates with love as one of life’s great pleasures, ‘tartufi’ are literally worth their weight in gold. The delicate white truffle variety, only served raw, grows in Northern Italy and Umbria. Piedmonte is the heart of white truffle country, where the famous Alba festival provides a magnificent backdrop of Romanesque ruins, Gothic spires and Baroque bell towers every October. Thank you Batasiolo. Thank you Kimberly and thank you Italy!!
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Stories we are working on:
- The Lake Sonoma Story
- Dominque Demarville – The Cellar Master at Veuve Clicquot
- Martha Wainwright – singer/songwriter/wine fan
- Richard Parsons – Ill Palazonne
- Thierry Threlfall – sommelier of the Year pours his new wine TNT
- Carlo Mondavi returns to Vancouver
- 2012 World Winemaker of the Year Jorge Riccitelli of Bodega Norton
- 2013 Cornucopia Wine festival – Whistler
November 6th 2013
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It seemed too good to be true. An offer to not only visit Barolo during harvest but also attend the Truffle Festival in Alba as the guest of Batasiolo. Begun in 1882, Batasiolo started with just 7 acres. They have become a winery that makes 10% of all Barolos. Our host: Fiorenzo Dogliani. A family so ingrained in the Piedmont wine region that they have a town named after them. Join us – Barolo and Truffles? It IS a dream come true!
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
THE SHOW
For centuries Dogliani has been a name synonymous with the distinctive wines of Piedmont. Both as a picturesque town that has long been famous for wines produced from Dolcetto – Dolcetto di Dogliani – and today as the family surname of one of Piedmont’s most famous producers of Barolo. Fiorenzo Dogliani, CEO of the Dogliani family’s Beni di Batasiolo winery, runs the family enterprise, Batasiolo SPA. In addition to the winery, Batasiolo SPA has embraced a wine-country destination lifestyle with its newly built, 38-room luxury hotel and spa, Il Boscareto which was opened in Serralunga d’Alba in 2009.
- Il Boscareto Hotel and Spa
The Dogliani family’s winegrowing history spans four generations in Italy’s Piedmont region and traces its origin to just seven and a half acres of Nebbiolo vines in Barolo. With the launch of Beni di Batasiolo in 1978, the company’s vineyard holdings now total 345 acres from nine vineyard sites and four growing regions: Barolo, La Morra, Monforte D’Alba and Serralunga D’Alba.
Fiorenzo Dogliani
As CEO, Fiorenzo directs the company from the Beni di Batasiolo winery located in La Morra Cuneo. In the late 1950s, Fiorenzo is credited with reaching beyond the borders of Piedmont to market the family’s wines to restaurateurs in nearby Milan. It was this bold first move that established a presence for the company’s wines on the domestic market and foreshadowed Fiorenzo’s future role as an evangelist for the Piedmont region on the world market. Fiorenzo was among the first Piedmontese winegrowers to travel extensively to promote his wines Fiorenzo’s early efforts helped raise visibility for the company’s long-lived Barolo and Barbaresco wines and establish a reputation for quality, one that is rigorously pursued at Batasiolo. By 1979 he was traveling to New York and Toronto introducing the trade and consumers alike to joys of Nebbiolo, an effort that helped speed the evolution of American palates at the time towards the appreciation of dry, sophisticated wines.
Richardo March
Canada is the number four market in the World for Batasiolo. In order to talk to Fiorenzo and also travel the Piedmont district we needed a translator, wine expert and driver and we found him in Richardo March. Director of US and Canada sales for Batasiolo.
www.batasiolo.com http://www.boissetfamilyestates.com http://www.barolodibarolo.com/inglese/ http://www.lonelyplanet.com/italy/liguria-piedmont-and-valle-daosta/piedmont
Kimberly and Ziggy in Alba
Also along for the trip and guesting on the special were: Our host and organizer of the trip … Kimberly Charles – Charles Communications & Associates in San Francisco. http://www.charlescomm.com/ Ziggy Eschliman, known to most simply as The Wine Gal. Her radio shows are broadcast throughout wine country and are available on the internet. As a leading American speaker, consultant, and wine writer. Ziggy is a driving force behind a national movement toward making wine hip, fun and accessible. http://www.ziggythewinegal.com
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The World Wine Guys MIKE DeSIMONE and JEFF JENSSEN, also known as the World Wine Guys, are wine, spirits, food, and travel writers, educators, and hosts. They are award winning journalists as well as best selling and award winning authors. Mike and Jeff are the Entertaining and Lifestyle Editors at Wine Enthusiast Magazine and are regular travel and wine contributors for The Huffington Post. DeSimone and Jenssen are the authors of the best-selling Wines Of The Southern Hemisphere. Mike and Jeff are members of the International Food, Wine, and Travel Writers Association, The Society of Wine Educators, and The James Beard Foundation. http://worldwineguys.com/
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The famous ‘Tartufo d’Alba‘ is a marvelous gift of nature and a symbol of the rich cuisine of Piemonte. The truffle was known in antiquity, not just for its inherent culinary qualities but also as an aphrodisiac! Scientists discovered that truffles contain a volatile alcohol with a strong musk flavor, a chemical brother of testosterone. No doubt this is something the ancients knew all along. The secret to enjoying the truffle is to avoid using it with other strong flavors. It is perhaps best served as an antipasti, buttered on whole meal toast or over pasta as shards with butter and parmigiano reggiano cheese. In a country where food equates with love as one of life’s great pleasures, ‘tartufi’ are literally worth their weight in gold. The delicate white truffle variety, only served raw, grows in Northern Italy and Umbria. Piedmonte is the heart of white truffle country, where the famous Alba festival provides a magnificent backdrop of Romanesque ruins, Gothic spires and Baroque bell towers every October. Thank you Batasiolo. Thank you Kimberly and thank you Italy!!
Stories we are working on:
The Lake Sonoma Story
Dominque Demarville – The Cellar Master at Veuve Clicquot
Martha Wainwright – singer/songwriter/wine fan
Richard Parsons – Ill Palazonne
Thierry Threlfall – sommelier of the Year pours his new wine TNT
Carlo Mondavi returns to Vancouver
2012 World Winemaker of the Year Jorge Riccitelli of Bodega Norton
2013 Cornucopia Wine festival – Whistler
Jim Cuddy Interview
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Mulligan Stew Nov 2nd
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Two – count em – two guests on this Stew. Martha Wainwright..of the Wainwrights – has two dates at festival Hall Calgary Nov 7/8. 
We talk about the loss of her Mother Kate and life amongst The McGarrigles/Wainwrights. Also wonderful stories about Sing me the Songs, the film she and Rufus shot in tribute to their Mother (it will show in Calgary) And her fourth studio LP Come Home to Mama!! Catch her this time around if you can because she’s pregnant and taking time off to be a Mom. 
The High Bar Gang has yet to tour but that’s because getting them all together is like herding cats. I talk to Barney Bentall and Colin Nairn about The Gang and how it all came to be. This is not Mulligan Stew music per se but these are absolutely Mulligan Stew people.
PLAYLIST
| Hang Loose | Alabama Shakes | Boys and Girls |
| Help Me | Harry Manx | West eats Meet |
| I dont need no Doctor | Joan Osborne | Bring it on home |
| Lindi Ortega | Interview | Tin Star CD |
| All these cats | Lindi Ortega | Tin Star CD |
| Lindi Ortega | Interview | tin star |
| Tin Star | Lindi Ortega | tin star |
| Host | TDM | Mulligan Stew |
| Into the Mystic (live) | Van Morrison | At the movies |
| Barney bentall. Colin nairn | The High Bar gang | Interview |
| Paul and Silas | The High Bar Gang | Lost & Undone |
| Barney and Colin | The High Bar Gang | Interview |
| Hand in hand with Jesus | The High Bar Gang | Lost and Undone |
| Barney and Colin | The High Bar Gang | Interview |
| Green pastures in the Sky | The High Bar Gang | Lost and Undone |
| Barney and Colin | The High Bar Gang | Interview |
| all my Tears | The High Bar Gang | Lost and Undone |
| Hour Two | Of Da Stew | Hallo |
| Crazy bout an automobile | Ry Cooder & Corridos Famosos | Live at Great Amerciacan Music Hall |
| Route 66 | John Mayer | Cars Soundtrack |
| Son of a Preacher Man (live) | Joss Stone | Introducing Joss Stone |
| Sailing Shoes | Randy Newman. Valerie Carter | Rock and Roll Doctor |
| Breakdown (live) | Tom Petty/Heartbreakers | Pack up the Plantation |
| Host | tdm | the stew |
| Martha Wainwright | Interview | Come Home to Mama CD |
| Proserpina | Martha Wainwright | Come home to Mama |
| martha Wainwright | Interview | |
| Martha and Rufus Wainwright | I am a Diamond | Sing me the Songs |
| Martha Wainwright | Interview | |
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MY VANCOUVER – THEN & NOW: TERRY DAVID MULLIGAN
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by LAURA GOLDSTEIN in VANCOUVERITES on October 31, 2013
Terry David Mulligan, veteran radio and TV broadcaster, actor and wine connoisseur.
Photo: Terry David Mulligan
My Vancouver – Then & Now Series
As one of the most desirable cities in the world in which to live, Vancouver has played a pivotal role in the destinies of many athletes, performers and creative minds. Whether as a stepping stone at the beginning of their long careers (Academy Award –winner Jim Erickson); a safe harbour for immigrants to start again (Prima Ballerina, Chan Hon Goh ) or reaching the pinnacle of their life’s work here ( NHL’s ‘Captain Canuck’, Trevor Linden, ) the celebrated personalities of this new Inside Vancouver Series by Laura Goldstein, all have one thing in common: MY VANCOUVER THEN & NOW is immeasurably in their hearts.
It seems Vancouver’s Terry David Mulligan has lived multiple lifetimes with hundreds of yarns to prove it. From Royal Canadian Mountie to eclectic radio host; film and television actor; 14-year Western correspondent and VJ for Citytv’s MuchMusic then host of MuchWest; author and wine connoisseur.
“I’ve interviewed almost everyone,” quips Mulligan matter-of-factly and immediately jumps into a barrage of great anecdotes and juicy trivia. “I had a great working relationship with Janis Joplin. She’d break out the bourbon in a taped interview – drink me under the table- but I’d get so drunk I could only use the first half of the interview!” he admits.
“I had to record three interviews with Jimi Hendrix in Vancouver in 1968, I was so nervous. I didn’t realize until after the interview that he spent summer’s here in Vancouver at his grandmother Nora’s house. I thought he came from London. That experience made me a better interviewer.”
His book, Mulligan’s Stew published in 2011, is the ultimate smorgasbord of rock ‘n roll anecdotes during Vancouver’s summer of love: hanging out with Cheech and Chong or shopping with Jim Morrison on Davie Street. “ Morrison was looking for Hemingway books and Beatle boots and was always quoting poetry- very hard to make sense of what he was saying,” reminisces Mulligan.
Born in New Westminster, B.C., Mulligan’s first career was as an RCMP officer in Red Deer, Alberta from 1960 to 1964. “But I just wanted to be involved with music and got pulled into radio,” he says. “When I phoned my Dad to tell him I had left the Mounties, he didn’t speak to me for a year.”
Mulligan’s passion for music was obviously contagious- he was given the opportunity to create and program Canada’s first underground rock station CLKG-FM, now CFOX. For 15 years he has produced and hosted Mulligan Stew, a weekly 2-hour music program of hot tracks for Alberta’s Public Radio Network, CKUA and The Tasting Room, a travel, food and wine show, for BC Radio.
Next time you are watching the X-Files (shot in Vancouver) or The Fantastic Fouramongst many others, don’t be surprised to see Mulligan in a character role.
He was named Broadcaster of the Year in 2012 by the British Columbia Association of Broadcasters.
“We had a beautiful old renovated farmhouse on the Naramata Bench in the Okanagan for 4 years but when our kids moved to Salt Spring Island, we wanted to be closer to them and our grandchildren, so my wife Meg and I moved back to a heritage home in North Vancouver,” says Mulligan who produces many of his broadcasts from his home studio.
Irreverent, opinionated and very witty, Mulligan championed the government’s ban on cross-border wine shipping by driving into Alberta with 10 bottles of B.C. wine. (He wasn’t prosecuted and continues to be a staunch supporter for Parliament to overturn the antiquated law dating back to Prohibition.)
He and good buddy, fellow Vancouverite, Jason Priestley, “ we met years ago when we’d audition for acting roles at the same time- me in the Dad roles – he as my kid, ” collaborate on a celebrity wine show, Hollywood & Vines shot on locations all over the world. Now in it’s 3rd season, it’s syndicated on the UK’s Travel Channel and Super Channel in North America.
“We wanted to demystify wine for people- make it fun and entertaining. Jason is so well versed about wine, he could be a sommelier,” says Mulligan. “He has over 5,000 bottles in his home wine cellar! He’s the pro- I’m the schmo who just co-hosts and edits. ”
MY VANCOUVER – THEN & NOW: TERRY DAVID MULLIGAN
hello
by LAURA GOLDSTEIN in VANCOUVERITES on October 31, 2013
Terry David Mulligan, veteran radio and TV broadcaster, actor and wine connoisseur.
Photo: Terry David Mulligan
My Vancouver – Then & Now Series
As one of the most desirable cities in the world in which to live, Vancouver has played a pivotal role in the destinies of many athletes, performers and creative minds. Whether as a stepping stone at the beginning of their long careers (Academy Award –winner Jim Erickson); a safe harbour for immigrants to start again (Prima Ballerina, Chan Hon Goh ) or reaching the pinnacle of their life’s work here ( NHL’s ‘Captain Canuck’, Trevor Linden, ) the celebrated personalities of this new Inside Vancouver Series by Laura Goldstein, all have one thing in common: MY VANCOUVER THEN & NOW is immeasurably in their hearts.
It seems Vancouver’s Terry David Mulligan has lived multiple lifetimes with hundreds of yarns to prove it. From Royal Canadian Mountie to eclectic radio host; film and television actor; 14-year Western correspondent and VJ for Citytv’s MuchMusic then host of MuchWest; author and wine connoisseur.
“I’ve interviewed almost everyone,” quips Mulligan matter-of-factly and immediately jumps into a barrage of great anecdotes and juicy trivia. “I had a great working relationship with Janis Joplin. She’d break out the bourbon in a taped interview – drink me under the table- but I’d get so drunk I could only use the first half of the interview!” he admits.
“I had to record three interviews with Jimi Hendrix in Vancouver in 1968, I was so nervous. I didn’t realize until after the interview that he spent summer’s here in Vancouver at his grandmother Nora’s house. I thought he came from London. That experience made me a better interviewer.”
His book, Mulligan’s Stew published in 2011, is the ultimate smorgasbord of rock ‘n roll anecdotes during Vancouver’s summer of love: hanging out with Cheech and Chong or shopping with Jim Morrison on Davie Street. “ Morrison was looking for Hemingway books and Beatle boots and was always quoting poetry- very hard to make sense of what he was saying,” reminisces Mulligan.
Born in New Westminster, B.C., Mulligan’s first career was as an RCMP officer in Red Deer, Alberta from 1960 to 1964. “But I just wanted to be involved with music and got pulled into radio,” he says. “When I phoned my Dad to tell him I had left the Mounties, he didn’t speak to me for a year.”
Mulligan’s passion for music was obviously contagious- he was given the opportunity to create and program Canada’s first underground rock station CLKG-FM, now CFOX. For 15 years he has produced and hosted Mulligan Stew, a weekly 2-hour music program of hot tracks for Alberta’s Public Radio Network, CKUA and The Tasting Room, a travel, food and wine show, for BC Radio.
Next time you are watching the X-Files (shot in Vancouver) or The Fantastic Fouramongst many others, don’t be surprised to see Mulligan in a character role.
He was named Broadcaster of the Year in 2012 by the British Columbia Association of Broadcasters.
“We had a beautiful old renovated farmhouse on the Naramata Bench in the Okanagan for 4 years but when our kids moved to Salt Spring Island, we wanted to be closer to them and our grandchildren, so my wife Meg and I moved back to a heritage home in North Vancouver,” says Mulligan who produces many of his broadcasts from his home studio.
Irreverent, opinionated and very witty, Mulligan championed the government’s ban on cross-border wine shipping by driving into Alberta with 10 bottles of B.C. wine. (He wasn’t prosecuted and continues to be a staunch supporter for Parliament to overturn the antiquated law dating back to Prohibition.)
He and good buddy, fellow Vancouverite, Jason Priestley, “ we met years ago when we’d audition for acting roles at the same time- me in the Dad roles – he as my kid, ” collaborate on a celebrity wine show, Hollywood & Vines shot on locations all over the world. Now in it’s 3rd season, it’s syndicated on the UK’s Travel Channel and Super Channel in North America.
“We wanted to demystify wine for people- make it fun and entertaining. Jason is so well versed about wine, he could be a sommelier,” says Mulligan. “He has over 5,000 bottles in his home wine cellar! He’s the pro- I’m the schmo who just co-hosts and edits. ”