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March 18th. 2023- Guests – Davin De Kergommeaux, and distillery co-founder James Lester

March 18, 2023 Tasting Room Radio 00:40:57

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Guests – Davin De Kergommeaux (author/whisky specialist) and distillery co-founder James Lester

Davin De Kergommeaux – Author &  Whisky Specialist

DAVIN DE KERGOMMEAUX is an independent expert who has been writing, talking and teaching about whisky in all its forms and flavours for two decades.

DAVIN DE KERGOMMEAUX

He is the world’s leading authority on Canadian whisky and has been called “Canada’s unofficial whisky ambassador” as well as being named one of the most influential Canadians in Food and Drink by The Globe and Mail in 2016. Davin is the founder and chairperson of the prestigious Canadian Whisky Awards!

James Lester –  co-founder Sons of Vancouver Distillery

Jenna Diubaldo  Richard Klaus James Lester

Sons of Vancouver is a small distillery on Vancouver’s North Shore. It was born out of a young, foolhardy desire to follow passions and contribute to a growing community of independent distillers. Best known for the ever-popular No. 82 amaretto, the distillery is now running a growing whisky program and is very excited to bring super flavourful rye whiskies to the Canadian market.

Sons of Vancouver has shifted into whisky-making in a big way, with the goal of changing the standard for rye whisky in Canada. After becoming the first craft distillery to win ‘Canadian Whisky of the Year’ at the 2023 Canadian Whisky Awards, achieving this goal never seemed so possible.

They lead with big flavours, and high-rye expressions, and prefer to bottle their whiskies at barrel-proof. By allowing the whisky itself to guide the blend, each bottling is unique and provides an outlet to highlight the many facets of rye grain achieved through fermentation, distillation, and maturation.

Currently, they release whisky in limited quantities, 2 to 3 times per year. In the very near future, Sons of Vancouver will have whisky on shelves much more often. Until then, sign up for their whisky mailing list to keep current on new whisky releases, tasting events, and more!

Watch out for these releases:

Summer Road Trip Across the Mid West

Marshmallows over a Campfire

Cigarettes on a Leather Jacket

PALM TREES AND A TROPICAL BREEZE

‘2023 Canadian Whisky of the Year – Canadian Whisky Awards

The 3rd limited-release whisky from Sons of Vancouver Distillery, this 100% rye whisky was aged in used American oak, blended and transferred into bourbon barrels, and finally, rested in Virgin Islands rum casks. The rum undertones provide breezy tropical vibes that complement the natural rye spice perfectly.


The nose hits with pit-roasted pineapple and vanilla cigarillo, continuing with pine humidor and under-ripe banana on the palate. It finishes with allspice and demerara sugar, leaving you dreaming of daiquiris on the beach.

One of the founding owners of SOV, James Lester  started the distillery alongside best friend Richard Klaus and partner Jenna Diubaldo

 

 

Best of all they also run a 5-day Whisky making school.

Details at https://sonsofvancouver.ca/

and…

https://canadianwhisky.org/

  

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON:

Van Wine Festival

Lt. Governors Awards

New releases from

Hillside

Mt Boucherie

Moon Curser

Unsworth

Mulligan Stew March 18th 2023- Music for A Post Juno Weekend & Wilson Picket Remembered

March 17, 2023 Mulligan Stew

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Hello all:

First things first – a large thank you to everyone who promoted the Couch.

The crew assembled the elements. The actual studio crew on the performance floor and up above working the video and audio.

Thanks to Grant, Dan Mangan, Tom Wilson, Vish Khanna, Jasmine Vickaryous, the hosts who joined me on The Couch, the artists who were guests and the assembled audience.

Also, Gino from Rigolettos who was fantastic and Matt Thirlwell from Vintage West arranged specialty wines for all in the green room.

And what a treat to meet and work with Alex Hall!!

OK…Here’s the deal for Saturday’s show. CHECK OUT THE PLAYLIST!!

We’ll celebrate the birthday of Wicked Wilson Pickett.

 Chuck Berry. Died On March 18, 2017

NEW music from

Steven Stills, Graham Nash Norah Jones and Lucas Nelson, Matt Anderson, Rufus Wainwright and Brandi Carlile, Marc Jordan, Ron Sexsmith, The Wood Brothers, Krasno, Moore Project with Cory Henry, Jill Barber, Ryan McMann, Natalie McMaster, Donnell Leahy and Rhiannon Giddens.

Throw in classics from The Beatles, Bahamas, Dylan, Neil Young, The Blasters, Rickie Lee Jones, Tedeschi Trucks Band, John Fogerty.

 

PLAYLIST:

Mulligan Stew Terry David Mulligan mulligan stew dot ca
Love the one you’re with (live) Steven Stills Live in Berkeley 1971
Right now Graham Nash Right Now
Heart of Gold Neil Young Harvest Moon
Thelma John Lee Hooker Burnin’ Expanded
TDMulligan The Stew Year 27 NEXT – Norah Jones – Lukas Nelson
Let me down on a cloud Norah Jones – Lucas Nelson podcast single
Busted Willie Nelson Don’t know a thing/Songs of Harlan Howard
Deane House River Cafe We thank them both for the support
Let it slide Matt Anderson The Big Bottle of Joy
Sampson and Delila The Blasters Hard Line
Promised land Chuck Berry Best of
The Stew with TDMulligan Playlist – MulliganStew dot Ca NEXT – Rufus and Brandi/Marc Jordan/Ron Sexsmith
Down in the Willow Garden Rufus Wainwright & Brandi Carlile single
Coltrane plays the blues Marc Jordan single
This, that and the other thing Ron Sexsmith The Vivian Line
Chuck E’s in Love Rickie Lee Jones Rickie Lee Jones
Mulligan Stew Year 27 Coming UP – Wilson Pickett medley Mulligan Stew dot ca
Ain’t that something Tedeschi Trucks Band I am the Moon #2
A song for Uncle Ray The Stew TDM
Smoke gets in your eyes The Platters Best of
Coming UP on The Stew A Wilson Pickett Birthday Party TDMulligan
Don’t Fight it Wilson Pickett Best of
Ninty-Nine and a Half just won’t do Wilson Pickett Best of
Midnight Hour Wilson Pickett Best of
Pilgrim The Wood Bros. Heart is the hero
Stay High Eric Krasno. Stanton Moore Corey Henry Book of Queens
TDMulligan – The Stew Coming UP – Springsteen / John Fogerty mulliganstew dot ca
Woman of the House Natalie McMaster. Donnell Leahy & Rhiannon Giddens Canvas
Fire Bruce Springsteen The Promise
Joy of my life John Fogerty single
Coyotes Banff Sponsoring The Stew for over 25 years and always supporting CKUA
Tangled up in Blue Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks
Beautiful Life Jill Barber Homemaker
Lost and Found Ryan McMann single
Ryan McMann Tour dates Next on Mulligan Stew Bahamas Beatles and Berry
Louisiana 1927 Bahamas Live to Tape Vol 2
Penny Lane The Beatles single
Is you is – is you ain’t my baby Taj Mahal Savoy

Mulligan Stew March 11th 2023-Its Juno weekend and we’ll be Live on the Juno Couch on Sunday BUT FIRST it’s the Stew on Saturday

March 10, 2023 Mulligan Stew

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It’s Juno weekend and we’ll be Live on the Juno Couch on Sunday BUT FIRST, it’s the Stew on Saturday.

THE SHOW

 

We’ll salute the brilliance of David Lindley and Wayne Shorter.

 

The first-hour donor suggestion was “curate as you see fit,  maybe keep it bluesy and work in a few live tracks”

 

Great idea.

The bluesy tracks are Shakura S’Aida, Weather Report, Marc Jordan, and Amy Sky,

Live tracks from Los Lobos, Elton John, David Lindley, and Jackson Browne.

New music from Van Morrison, Gord Downie and Bob Rock, Jenn Grant, and Amy Milan, Peach and Quiet, Dan Mangan, Wood bros, John Fogerty, Tami Neilson, Cat Stevens, and Ron Sexsmith.

Remembering David Lindley and Wayne Shorter through Weather Report, Steely Dan, Linda Ronstadt, Joni Mitchell, and Don Henley.

Wayne Shorter was a star in the jazz world. Playing with Miles Davis, Art Blakey, and the Jazz Messengers, Weather Report. He also felt comfortable enough to join other artists as a sideman. Wayne and Joni Mitchell were best friends, Steely Dan’s Aja Album for one, and Don Henley’s Grammy-winning The end of the Innocence.

David Lindley was the sideman’s sideman. He could play anything with strings and had the ability to cover what needed to be done, so that others playing with him had the creative freedom to improvise. He was also blessed with a killer dry wit.

Yes,  we’ll play Jackson Browne and David working together but Running on Empty will be a live track from a tour of Spain and the album Love is Strange.

Also, David Lindley with Ry Cooder from Bop ‘til you Drop and Linda Ronstadt and Heart Like a Wheel.

SUNDAY I’ll be Hosting the fourth annual Juno Couch – From 1-3 (Mtn) Live at CKUA Radio and video broadcast online via Facebook at

https://fb.me/e/AV5sSDeD

Cohosts Dan Mangan and Tom Wilson (Blackie and the Rodeo Kings)

Guests include

  • Angelique Francis
  • Digging Roots
  • Shawn Hall – Harp and Axe
  • Jon Dore
  • Shakura S’Aida
  • Marc Jordan and Amy Sky
  • There will be surprises……

Turn it UP!

-TDM

PLAYLIST:

Mulligan Stew Juno Weekend Terry David Mulligan Details – Mulligan Stew Dot Ca
Pilgrim The Wood Bros Heart is the Hero
Joy of my life John Fogerty Blue Moon Swamp (on off)
You were mine (vinyl sessions) Tami Neilson Our Vinyl Sessions
Honky Cat (live) Elton John Honky Chateau (50th) Royal Fest Hall
Deane House River Cafe CKUA Radio
Here comes The Sun (acoustic) Yusef/ Cat Stevens single
This That and the Other Thing Ron Sexsmith The Vivian Line
The Neighbourhood Los Lobos Disconnected in NYC (deluxe)
This is Mulligan Stew with TDMulligan NEXT – Remembering David Lindley
Late for the Sky Jackson Browne. David Lindley Late for the Sky
Heart like a Wheel Linda Ronstadt and David Lindley Heart like a Wheel
Don’t mess up a good thing Ry Cooder and David Lindley Bop til you Drop
Mulligan Stew (remembering David Lindley) TDMulligan Mulligan Stew dot Ca
Running on Empty (live) Jackson Browne and David Lindley Love is Strange
The Stew – March 11 Juno Weekend Sunday – The Juno Couch 1-3PM
NEXT – we remember Wayne Shorter Jazz Legend Mulligan Stew – TDMulligan
Wayne Shorter – Remembered The Stew – CKUA Thank you Donors
Aja Steely Dan (with Wayne Shorter) Aja
Jericho (live) Joni Mitchell (Wayne Shorter) Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter
The end of the Innocence Don Henley (Wayne Shorter) The End of the Innocence
Birdland Weather Report Heavy Weather
TDMulligan Mulligan Stew Year 27
This loving light of mine Van Morrison single
Lustre Parfait Gord Downey and Bob Rock Raven and the Red Tail Hawk
Beautiful Thing Peach and Quiet Beautiful Thing
Coyotes Southwestern Grill Banff Sponsor for 25 years
Just know it Dan Mangan single
Heart of Gold Shakura S’Aida Hold on to Love
Free Falling Marc Jordan – Amy Sky He Sang She Sang
This is Mulligan Stew Join us Sunday for The Juno Couch 1-3PM Live
How I loved you Jenn Grant – Amy Milan Champagne Promises
Boogie Woogie Waltz Weather Report Best of

 

March 11th, 2023- Okanagan Crush Pad becomes Haywire Wines. Guest is Christine Coletta.

March 10, 2023 Tasting Room Radio 00:38:57

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Headline – Okanagan Crush Pad becomes Haywire Wines. Guest is Christine Coletta.

 

THE SHOW 

Tasting Room Radio began in 2007 in a studio in a barn on the Naramata Bench.

I announced to myself and the audience that I had a lot to learn but each interview and tasting would take me closer to the promised land.

One of the very first interview friends I made was Christine Coletta who had just launched Okanagan Crush Pad with her husband Steve Lornie.

Christine Coletta

 

I knew of Chris because of her leadership at Coletta and Associates.   Her specialty was to market new and established wines to an ever-growing base of wine fans. The wineries needed a voice to speak for them. Christine was that voice.

In our first interviews, Christine talked about Okanagan Crush Pad and the need for small Indy wineries to have a facility to access when harvest came. It was a huge success and much-needed in the Okanagan.

At the same time, Chris and Steve (and their wine friends) started to groom, plant, and plan for their own wines under the Haywire label starting with the Switchback Vineyard in Summerland. Certified Organic in 2015.

The first 6 concrete tanks arrived in 2011 well ahead of the concrete “movement” in the valley.

Pinot Noir, Gamay, Pinot Gris, and Chardonnay love the Okanagan soil and the concrete allows them to be the lively & vibrant style of wine the Haywire team aims to make. Key to the popularity of Haywire wines is the winemaker Matt Dumayne.

Matt and Christine

So, now we come to 2023 and lots of changes at Okanagan Crush Pad.

First, the name is now changed to Haywire. The look of the Haywire release has changed as well… New labels and colors.

A modern tasting room has been constructed right next door to the crush pad and the cellar.

The Haywire winemaking facility is also the home for other unique wine labels that found a place at Okanagan Crush Pad.

Free Form, Narrative, Bizou & Yukon, and the new Garnet Valley Ranch. (more on Garnet Valley  later)

While it was great talking to Chris about the name changes and new facility at Haywire it also gave us an opportunity to do what we most love doing…tasting and talking about new Haywire releases.  Here’s the line-up!!

  • 2021 Haywire Pink Bub
  • 2021 Haywire Switchback Pinot Gris
  • 2021 Haywire Chardonnay 2021 Haywire Gamay Rosé
  • 2021 Haywire Gamay          
  • 2021 Haywire Pinot Noir

 

Check out the new Haywire website – for all the experiences available.

www.haywirewinery.com

 

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON:

Sons of Vancouver/Davin De Kergommeaux

Van Wine Festival

Lt. Governors Awards

New releases from

Hillside

Mt Boucherie

Moon Curser

Unsworth

 

 

EP 246 | Oscar picks from Movie Television

March 5, 2023 Mulligan Stew Podcast

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The Oscar Awards are always one of the stand-out events of any year!

This year is no exception.  It is, after all,  the year following

The Slap!!

The Oscars take place Sunday, March 12 Live from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

For many delightful years, I was the co-host and then the  host of Movie Television for CityTV.

The key to the success of MT across Canada and around the World was the support staff. We talked film 24-7.

That’s what I wanted to recapture with this Episode of The  Mulligan Stew Podcast.

Film fans and film friends just riffing thoughts and calling out the possible winner of various awards.

Actor/Actress

Supporting actor/actress

Director

Screenplays

Adapted Screenplay

Film of the year

 

Our guests and my dear friends are –

Lorraine Clark – Associate Producer

Alfred Tonna – Post Production Director & Segment Producer.

Dan Duford – Producer.

 

Between we four, we have visited 100’s of film sets capturing the inside story of the film and 1000’s of media junket interviews with the stars.

 

Have a listen and see if you agree.

and check out the Video Version of this Oscar session. On terrydavidmulligan YouTube Channel

 

Mulligan Stew March 4th 2023- 2 hours of fine music & remembering Richard Manuel!

March 4, 2023 Mulligan Stew

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UNSPECIFIED – CIRCA 1976: Photo of Band (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

Well, look at that – March. The first weekend in March.

What’s next?  Longer days and nights? New White wines for Spring?  Birds chortling in the trees?
YUP!!!

Well, let’s celebrate with 2 hours of hand-picked music.

NEW music from Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder, Van Morrison, Nathaniel Rateliff and NightSweats, Bob Dylan U2,

Allison Russell and Brandi Carlile.

Classic tracks from Mellencamp and Springsteen, John Fogerty, Colin James, Queen and Bowie, BB King and Eric Clapton, Toots, Bahamas, and Cedrick Burnside. Leslie Feist. Corb Lund and Jerry Rafferty!!

Live tracks from Tedeschi Trucks, Sheryl Crow, and Joan Osborne.

And we remember the life and songs of Richard Manuel of The Band.  Lost on this day in 1986.

“Richard Manuel’s is the first voice you hear on the first Band album Music from Big Pink. After a Robbie Robertson guitar intro that sounds as if it’s being fed through Garth Hudson’s Lowry organ at its most distorted, his aching baritone launches into the first reproachful line of `Tears of Rage`. As it arches over `arms`, you can’t help thinking of Ray Charles, the singer who more than any other shaped this unlikely white soul voice from Stratford, Ontario. And by the end of the first chorus you realize why, in an almost unspoken way, Manuel’s fellow Band vocalists Levon Helm and Rick Danko always looked upon him as the group’s `lead` singer.”
–Barney Hoskyns

 

PLAYLIST:

Mulligan Stew – Stepping into March Terry Mulligan CKUA
It hurts me too Keb Mo The Door
Did you say such a thing? John Mellencamp and Bruce Springsteen Strictly a one – eyed Jack
Monarch Leslie Feist Monarch
The Stew with TDMulligan Year 27 mulligan stew dot ca
Modern Man Bahamas Live to Tape Vol 2
Have you seen the rain? John Fogerty The Long Road Home
Shake your Hips (Live) Joan Osborne Live
Hooray Hooray Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder Get on Board
Louie Louie Toots and the Maytals Funky Kingston
This is Mulligan Stew info and playlist mulligan stew dot ca also On Demand @ckua
Into the mystic Colin James Limelight
Worried man Blues Van Morrison Moving on Skiffle
Old Men Corb Lund Agricultural Tragic
Deane House and River Cafe Sponsoring Mulligan Stew and Supporting CKUA
Under Pressure Queen and David Bowie Hot Space
Right down the line Jerry Rafferty City to City
Be sure to check out Mulligan Stew On Demand at CKUA website Coming UP more Saturday night music
Hour Two of The Stew U2.BB KIng & Clapton. Allison and Brandi And remembering Richard Manuel
I’m on your side (live) Nathaniel Rateliff/Night Sweats The Future
Rock me Baby BB KIng and Eric Clapton Deuces Wild
Mississippi Bob Dylan Fragments
Can’t cry anymore (live) Sheryl Crow Live from The Ryman
Mulligan Stew – coming UP New U2, Allison Russell and Brandi Carlile playlist mulligan stew dot ca
Lydia Margo Price Strays
I pity the Fool Tedeschi Trucks Band Live from The Fox Oakland
Coyotes Banff supporting ckua for over 25 years AND a great restaurant experience
One U2 Songs of Surrender
Steppin Cedrick Burnside I Be Tryin’
You are not alone Allison Russell and Brandi Carlile You are not alone
Days like this Van Morrison Days like this
Thank you Donor Trevor Schuler We remember Richard Manuel from The Band
Across the Great Divide The Band The Band

 

March 4th, 2023 Brad Royale – Kitten Swish . It’s for your Mouth

March 2, 2023 Audio FIle, Tasting Room Radio 00:39:56

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Brad Royale –  Sommelier and Micro-Negotiant. ( Kitten Swish, Tomato Wheels, latest crushing list)

 THE SHOW

 “Like the first bottles released in 2012, all are limited-production, with quirky names and labels derived from photos taken by Royale. There’s Call Me, a 2016 Zinfandel from the renowned Stuhlmuller vineyard in Sonoma, California; the label features a rotary phone.

… and Below the Surface, a 2013 Tempranillo from Rioja, Spain, which features a photo of entwined bodies and is a tribute to the unsung heroes behind every bottle: the growers, printers, graphic designers, shippers, importers. “It’s about all that effort that we forget about when we just grab a bottle off the shelf,” Royale says. “This is a tip of the hat toward what goes into making a great bottle of wine.”

Shelley Boettcher  •  Swerve/Calgary Herald

(Cab Franc-Here and Gone)

 

 

Brad Royale is Head Sommelier for the Concorde Calgary restaurant group with venues ranging from pinball bars, to bbq smokehouses to very fine dinning at  Model Milk,  Bridgette Bar,  to the restaurant  of the year, Major Tom.  Recently,  he was part of the team that opened a new restaurant Barbarella.

Brad Royale

Kitten Swish

Brad started ‘Swish in 2012 as a micro-negotiant company.  He works with small quantities of wine from estate producers They make the wine,  Brad makes a blend from their stock,  the team bottles it at the winery under the Kitten Swish label. Brad has wine imported into BC and Alberta.

 

The most recent was Piquette with Rhys Pender MW from Little Farm but he has bottled wines from Hungary (with John Szabo MS), USA, Spain, Germany, France, and British Columbia ( hopes to make a wine from the island next year).  And has a hand in designing the label artwork.  www.kittenswish.com

Little-Farm-Kitten-Swish-Piquette

Tomato Wheels

A brand new project with a partner based in Vancouver, Moirae Choquette.   She heard the Kitten Swish story on a podcast and reached out to  Brad to help her design her own label.  She wanted Lambrusco!  (Don’t we all)  Brad helped her find a fourth-generation vineyard in Emilia Romagna, Italy and the wine began it’s journey.

A brand new order of that Lambrusco is landing right now in Alberta. www.tomatowheels.com

 

 (Little Farm/Kitten Swish  Piquette)

Kitten-Swish

Brad talks about his current  “been crushing”  list

 – Belargus Anju Blanc (bought the Jo Pithon estate and making hard  Chenin)

– Marchesseau Bourguiel (been crushing Loire Valley a lot in general lately…wicked value)

– Domaine Wachau Gruner Veltliner Kellerberg (available in BC to, sick stuff)

– Aubert Chardonnay (recent visit to Vegas my mission was to taste as much as possible…it’s good to have goals)

 

We cover a lot of ground over the course of this TRR – some of these wines will be harder to find or access from outside Alberta BUT they are well worth the seeking!!

Unlike anything else, you’ll see and taste in your local store.  Promise.

  

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON

 Haywire

Osoyoos Le Rose

Lt Governors Awards

Sons of Vancouver

Davin de Kergommeaux

Van Wine Fest

Mt Boucherie

Okanagan Wine Festivals

Oaxaca Mezcal and Food

 

 

 

 

 

EP 245 | David Landreth Interview

February 25, 2023 Mulligan Stew Podcast

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There’s really no such thing as an overnight success!

Dreams can be experienced but it takes the work of time to find the crossroads between dreams and reality.

The Bros. Landreth dreamt of making music, just like their Dad Wally in Winnipeg.

Wally wanted that too because he kept spinning vinyl at home,  like a music teacher. But no schlock..only the good stuff.

Little Feat, The Eagles, Neil Young, CS&Nash, and Bonnie Raitt.

 

Years later the Brothers are playing at the Winnipeg Folk Festival when they were approached by the headliner – none other than Bonnie Raitt.

She asked if they would send her songs to record because they reminded her of her friend Lowell George from Little Feat.

David and Joey Landreth wrote and rejected many songs. They felt they weren’t up to Bonnie’s standards but eventually – again years later – they sent a song they had recorded  called…     Made up mind.

Just so happens it’s the same song Bonnie heard them play and she said – that’s the song.

Two years later the boys hear from friends in Nashville that Bonnie is recording that song and then she makes it the first single off of Just Like That.

Both album and song go on to win Grammys this year and The Bros. Landreth have become “a thing”.

Because in the music world such  stories are told again and again and just to get the story straight, here’s a discussion with David Landreth about those Grammy moments and the rest of the story.  Well done boys.  FYI Bros. Landreth will get to thank Bonnie personally when they play the Byron Bay Festival in Australia April 6-10

Congrats Wally!!

What a win for Bonnie and great music.

February 25th, 2023-Meet the Makers

February 24, 2023 Audio FIle, Tasting Room Radio 0:48:30

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Meet the Makers / Winemakers from Culmina & Laughing Stock

 

 

THE SHOW

It was just another Friday morning when the happy invitation came in from the delightful  Lindsay Kelm.

Come celebrate the harvest season with Culmina Family Estate and Laughing Stock Vineyards.

Join Winemakers Jean-Marc Enixon and Sandy Leier for an elegant afternoon sampling their latest releases and chatting about the 2022 harvest. We also have a couple of special sneak peeks in store, including the unreleased 2020 vintage of Laughing Stock’s signature Portfolio, and 2017 vintage of Culmina’s flagship Bordeaux blend, Hypothesis

 

Sandy Leier–Winemaker Laughing Stock (Naramata)

Here’s what I knew. I hadn’t spoken to Sandy Leier for years. At the time she was working with the legend Howard Soon at Sandhill and Calona. In 2018, after 15 years as a great team,  she took over from the departing  Howard.  Then a series of projects with Andrew Peller, Gray Monk and Gretzky Wines. Then, this year, a major move to Senior Winemaker at Laughing Stock on the Naramata Bench.  It’s the home of seriously great wines including a Syrah that makes hearts flutter and their red blend Portfolio.  Sandy brings six wines to taste and discover.

(List below)

 

(tdm and Sandy Leier)

Jean-Marc Enixon – Culmina Winemaker – (Oliver)

(tdm and Jean-Marc)

 

Jean-Marc Enixon’s wine career took flight in Toulouse, France. JM gained international experience in Sonoma County, China, then  back to France at Chateau Puy Guilhem in  Saillans as senior winemaking director.

At the suggestion of his wife saying something to the effect of   “how about making some new world wine”

Jean-Marc joined the Culmina Team  as Vineyard Manager and Winemaker in 2016.  Today he pours 7 wines.

As good as he is, perhaps his greatest accomplishment is welcoming two new children to the family while in the Okanagan.

“they’re taking French and I’m taking English”

 Sandy, Jean-Marc and I  tasted and talked about 

Laughing Stock Vineyards.

2021 Viognier

2020 Chardonnay

2020 Pinot Noir

2019 Syrah (new release)

2019 Portofino (new release)

2020 Portofino (unreleased)

 

Culmina Family Estate Winery

2019 Decora

2021 Unicus

2018 Dilemma

2019 Malbec

2018 Cabernet Sauvignon

2016 Hypothesis

2017 Hypothesis (unreleased)

 

www.laughingstock.ca

www.culmina.ca

 

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON:

Township 7

Fort Berens

Hester Creek

Sipster Two

 

Mulligan Stew Feb 25th 2023-Special Guest David Landreth

February 23, 2023 Mulligan Stew

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There’s really no such thing as an overnight success!

Dreams can be experienced but it takes the work of time to find the crossroads between dreams and reality.

The Bros. Landreth dreamt of making music, just like their Dad Wally in Winnipeg.

Wally wanted that too because he kept spinning vinyl at home,  like a music teacher. But no schlock..only the good stuff.

Little Feat, The Eagles, Neil Young, CS&Nash, and Bonnie Raitt.

Years later the Brothers are playing at the Winnipeg Folk Festival when they were approached by the headliner – none other than Bonnie Raitt.

She asked if they would send her songs to record because they reminded her of her friend Lowell George from Little Feat.

David and Joey Landreth wrote and rejected many songs. They felt they weren’t up to Bonnie’s standards but eventually – again years later – they sent a song they had recorded Made up mind.

Just so happens it’s the same song Bonnie heard them play and she said – that’s the song.

Two years later the boys hear from friends in Nashville that Bonnie is recording that song and then she makes it the first single off of Just Like That.

Both album and song go on to win Grammys this year and The Bros. Landreth has become “a thing”.

Here’s a discussion with David Landreth about those Grammy moments and the rest of the story.  Well done boys.

Congrats Wally!!

What a win for Bonnie and great music.

New music from Michael Kaeshammer, Andy Fairweather Low, Eilen Jewell, Marcus Mumford

Also – Harry Nilsson, Dave, and Phil Alvin, The Blasters, Dionne Taylor, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Sarah McLachlan

And a moment in time when Bob Dylan stood in front of a stage as an 18 years old and watched a 22-year-old Buddy Holly perform his last show. (Plane crash three days later)

As Bob tells it, Buddy was also watching him and when Bob later wrote and recorded  the LP Time out of Mind  he felt “Buddy was in the process with me”

So we’ll play them back to back to back and see what transpires.

 

Enjoy!!

PLAYLIST:

Mulligan Stew (Piano Special) Terry Mulligan Interview guest – David Landreth
Hip Hug Her Booker T and the MGs The Albums 62-68
Feeling Happy Dave and Phil Alvin Lost Time
Good to me (as I am to you) Aretha Franklin Lady Soul
Gravity Tedeschi Trucks Band I am the Moon Disc 3
A case of you Prince One Night Alone
Deane House and River Cafe Coming Up on The Stew Billy Preston, Stevie, Lennon, McCartney
Nothing for Nothing Billy Preston Ultimate Collection
Higher Ground Stevie Wonder Innervisions
Imagine John Lennon Imagine
Let it be The Beatles Let it be
Adia Sarah McLachlan Surfacing
The Stew – Piano/Keyboard Special TDMulligan Interview Guest David Landreth/Bros Landreth
Running Dionne Taylor Spirits in the Water
Let the good times roll Harry Nilsson Nilsson Schmilsson
coming UP – David Landreth on Bonnie at the Grammys Details Mulligan Stew dot ca CKUA
The Preacher Michael Kaeshammer Warehouse Sessions
The Fat Man Fats Domino Best of
Slippin and a sliding Little Richard greatest hits
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Cold Irons Bound Bob Dylan Time out of Mind
That’ll be the day Buddy Holly and The Crickets Best of
Maker you feel my love Bob Dylan Time out of Mind
Well all right Buddy Holly The Definitive Collection
Coming UP David Landreth On Bonnie and The Grammys
Sampson and Delilah The Blasters Hard Line
Got me a party Andy Fairweather Low Got me a party
Miles to go Eilen Jewell Gypsy
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All I need is you Harrison Kennedy Thanks for Tomorrow
How Marcus Mumford self titled
David Landreth – Bros Landreth -in conversation with TDM -Complete interview on Mulligan Stew Podcast
Stay The Bros. Landreth Come Morning
David Landreth – On Made up mind complete interview on mulligan stew podcast and tdm You Tube Channel
Made up mind The Bros. Landreth Let it Lie
David Landreth The Bros. Landreth Juno Nominated
Made up Mind Bonnie Raitt Just like that