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August 28th, 2021 – The Okanagan Reconnect Week Two – Naramata Bench

August 27, 2021 Tasting Room Radio 01:07:15

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The Okanagan Reconnect Week Two – Naramata Bench

(Presented by Thompson Okanagan Tourism Association)

THE SHOW

It’s week two of our Okanagan Reconnect!

This week we are gathering at Hillside Winery and Bistro  on the Naramata Bench

Tasting Room Radio was conceived in a studio in a barn on The Bench in 2007.

So we’ve come full circle.

Our winery and food guests were asked to bring two wines to profile.

 

Rickard and Jill Richardson Branby – Sperling Vineyards ( final week 1 guest)

Rickard & Jill Richardson Branby-Sperling

Sperlingvineyards.com  Sperling Organic 2018 Pinot Noir & Sperling Pet Nat

Jay Drysdale –  co-founder and winemaker Bella Wines

Jay Drysdale and Josie

Bellawines.ca Estate Chardonnay made ancestral method and 2016 Reserve Eastside Trad Method

Master of Wine Marcus Ansems – co-founder and winemaker Daydreamer Wines

Master of Wine Marcus Ansems (Daydreamer)

Daydreamerwines.ca 2019 Amelia (Syrah/Viognier) & 2019 Orange Wine (100% Viognier)

Exec Chef Ned Bell and Sommelier Emily Walker – Naramatainn.ca

Chef Ned Bell

Emily brought L-ST Projects Ambient Chardonnay (Alyssa Hubert) & 2020 jocko a light Cab Franc (Kelsey Rufiange Echo Bay) BRAVO to both.  Thanks Emily.

Emily Walker

Penelope and Dylan Roche –  co-founders/winemakers of Roche Wines

Penelope and Dylan Roche – Roche Wines

www.rterroir.ca    2020 Pinot Gris Texture & Nuances (Bordeaux Blend) (such promise)

Kathy Malone – Chief Winemaker Hillside Winery  hillsidewinery.ca

Chef Evan Robertson. Kathy Malone Winemaker & Shelann Sleegers Wine Club Hillside Winery and Bistro

2020 Muscat Ottonel & 2015 Mosaic (Bordeaux Blend) History in a bottle

Evan Robertson – Exec Chef  Hillside Bistro/Shelann Sleegers – Wine Club Manager 

 

 Associate Producer Corey Wood has edited video versions of the interviews with Jay Drysdale, Marcus Ansems, Ned Bell, and Emily Walker. They can be found on YouTube https://youtu.be/uralP29wDOE

THANK YOU TOTA!

https://www.totabc.org

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON

NEXT WEEK

At Moon Curser…(Osoyoos)

John Weber – Orofino (Similkameen)

Wild Bill Eggert – Fairview Cellars (Golden Mile)

Justin Hall – Estate Winemaker   Nk’Mip (Osoyoos)

Chef Jeff Van Geest – Miradoro. Tinhorn Creek (Golden Mile)

 

 

EP 170 | Vince Ditrich – The Liquor Vicar

August 21, 2021 Mulligan Stew Podcast

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Vince Ditrich has been a pal for many years.  Lives in the neighbourhood but we spend 20 years bumping into each other. Me as a broadcaster and VJ.  Vince as the drummer of legendary Celtic/punk band Spirit of the West. SOTW is no more. They lost their leader, the brilliant John Mann to Alzheimer’s. Here’s to you John.

Vince has been writing for years – with an on line column called Random Note Generator. Now comes his first of three books about Tony Vicar. Failed rock star and his crazy circle of friends and enemies.

Enjoy!

Liquor Vicar takes place in a fictional town on Vancouver Island called “Tyee Lagoon”.

Tony Vicar, a life-long local and wannabe rock-star, well past his shelf life for achieving any success, and not particularly musically talented anyway.

He is reduced to DJing rural weddings and for an extra hundred bucks throws in an Elvis impersonation. He becomes dark and cynical at the state of his life and career, but at his worst moment meets Jacqueline O’Neil, known by all as Jacquie O.

 He gets a job working at ‘Liquor’, the only liquor store in Tyee Lagoon, owned and operated by a crusty character nicknamed Ross Poutine. Poutine’s trademark mangled grammar and mysterious goat-like odour give him a unique identity in the town.

After a rotten dinner date, the curmudgeonly Vicar and his bubbly date Jacquie come across a terrible car wreck on the road home. Vicar gives aid and everyone present seems to think he has miraculously brought one of the victims back to life.  Word gets out about Vicar’s miraculous roadside ministrations and almost immediately he becomes a celebrity; after a little national and international attention his fame skyrockets, leaving him confused and questioning everything about his life. He never saw himself getting famous for THIS reason! It’s the first of three Liquor Vicar books.

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Mulligan Stew Aug21st 2021- Music to MOVE you!

August 21, 2021 Mulligan Stew

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We only have 90 minutes this week but that Hour and a half is going to MOVE YOU.

The first 30 include Clapton with Delaney and Bonnie, New Colin James, New Alison Krauss, and Robert Plant, New Los Lobos, New Walk off the Earth with Scott Helman, and old Marvelettes and Ben E King.

Hour two kicks off with New Jackson Browne, New William Prince, and Alison Russell.

LIVE tracks from Bob Marley, Amy Winehouse, Leonard Cohen, and New Tom Morello and Bruce Springsteen and Eddie Vedder doing Highway to Hell

We wrap up the last 30 with Toots, Johnny Cash and Joe Strummer, Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and salute the birthday of John Lee Hooker with two fine tracks.

 

The Podcast is with Vince Ditrich. Spirit of the West drummer turned author.

He’s just released the first of three books about failed rock star Tony Vicar called The Liquor Vicar.

 

PLAYLIST:

Mulligan Stew Aug 21 2021 www.mulliganstew.ca
Bottle of red wine Eric Clapton (with Delaney and Bonnie) Eric Clapton (EC Mix)
Down on the Bottom Colin James Single
Can’t let go Robert Plant – Alison Krause Raise the Roof
www.mulliganstew.ca Coming UP – Ben E King and Los Lobos
Stand by me Ben E King Don’t play that song
Native son Los Lobos Native Son
www.deanehouse.com www.river-cafe.com
Please Mr Postman The Marvelettes Please Mr Postman
you give me more Walk off the Earth -Scott Helman single
Black widow The Tarantulas Up on the roof. Gems from the Atlantic Vault
This is Mulligan Stew – with TDMulligan www.mulliganstew.ca Coming UP – Jackson Browne
Love is Love Jackson Browne Downhill from Everywhere
Stir it up (live) Bob Marley and The Wailers Live 75
Highway to Hell (live) Tom Morello (with Bruce Springsteen and Eddie Vedder) single
Now you know (live) Amy Winehouse At the BBC
Closing time (live) Leonard Cohen Songs from The Road
TDMulligan – The Stew Year 26 www.mulliganstew.ca
Back in the USSR The Beatles White Album
www.nobleridge.com Mulligan Stew Podcast – Vince Dietrich New Book The Liquor Vicar
I’ve got dreams (to remember) Toots and the Maytals Toots in Memphis
Redemption Song Johnny Cash and Joe Strummer Unearthed
Mulligan Stew Podcast – The Liquor Vicar Vince Deitrich Coming UP – John Lee Lord
Miss you so (live) John Lee Hooker Alone Vol 1
I’m in the mood John Lee Hooker and Bonnie Raitt Hooker Box Set
Run William Prince single
Persephone Alison Russell Alison Russell
www.mulliganstew.ca Mulligan Stew Podcast – Vince Dietrich New Book The Liquor Vicar
Fool In the rain Led Zeppelin In through the out door

 

EP 169 | Dan Mangan

August 13, 2021 Mulligan Stew Podcast

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The final interview from the 2021 Calgary folk music festival.

Dan Mangan – artist, entrepreneur, father, husband, and surprisingly a great middle-distance swimming champion.

Two time Juno winner

Dan’s most recent album was More or Less. (2018)

After many years of small venue performances, Dan co-founded Side Door Access with Laura Simpson.

“We believe artists deserve more control and fewer gatekeepers, and that an empowered arts community will produce the most  interesting, diverse and daring ecosystem of expression”

What started out as a local support system for artists (and audience) was completely re-arranged to bring music to all of us during the pandemic. Everyone involved at Side Door was swept along by a flood of requests and opportunities. Including Dan Mangan.

Now he’s seeing light at the end of the Covid tunnel and can start to pick up the remnants of his music and performing career.

When we talked a couple of weeks ago, Dan was getting ready to engage in his first public performance in many months at the Calgary Folk Music Festival.

Dan and I cover some of the above and more.  You can look forward to a steady flow of songs and albums to come from Dan in the next year and a half.

This is the complete interview.

Thank you Dan!

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Mulligan Stew Aug 14th 2021-Stew mid-August in a very strange 2021

August 13, 2021 Mulligan Stew

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It’s the Stew mid-August in a very strange 2021.

Some of these Stews are shaped by the very first tracks chosen for play.

In this case, it’s Jim Byrnes and Wilson Picket’s 99 and a half  (just won’t do) from his Long Hot Summer Days Album.

The beautiful groove sets the tone for the show.

Songs that have a “settled” feel to them but you won’t break out in a sweat if you dance to them.

  • CCR – Midnight Special
  • Sugaree – The Dead
  • Can’t let go – Lucinda Williams
  • Rainbow – Robert Plant
  • Refugee (live) – Tom petty and the Heartbreakers
  • Fancy man blues – the Stones
  • D’Yer Maker – Sheryl Crow
  • Are you ready (live)  Bob Dylan
  • Sam Roberts
  • Johnny Cash
  • The Beatles
  • Steve Marriner
  • Whitehorse
  • Dave Alvin
  • Fleet Foxes
  • Miss Tess
  • New Ariel Posen and Corey Wong

Have a great Saturday night!!

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PLAYLIST:

Mulligan Stew Aug 14 2021
It’s Saturday Night and this is The Stew www.mulliganstew.ca
Ninety nine and half Jim Byrnes Long hot Summer nights
Sugaree (live) Grateful Dead Live at Fox Theatre St Louis
www.winebc.com Coming up Lucinda. Robert Plant. Jackson Browne. Stones
Can’t let go Lucinda Williams Car Wheels on a gravel road
Rainbow Robert Plant Digging Deep Subterania
Spare Tire Ariel Posen – Corey Wong Spare Tire
Heads UP – Dan Mangan on the MulliganStew Podcast www.mulliganstew.ca Next – Tom Petty Live
Refugee (live) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Live Anthology
Fancy man blues The Rolling Stones Rarities (71-2003)
D’Yer Maker Sheryl Crow Tuesday Night Music Club (deluxe)
This weeks MulliganStew Podcast – Dan Mangan The complete interview Spotify. Google Play. Apple Podcasts
In my life Johnny Cash CASH
For no one The Beatles Revolver
Golden Hour Sam Roberts Band Lo-Fantasy
www.mulliganstew.ca Coming Up – Bob Dylan Live
Are you ready (live) Bob Dylan Trouble no more
Highway 61 Dave Alvin from an old guitar
Baby. What you want me to do Whitehorse The Northern South Vol 2
MulliganStew Podcast – Complete Dan Mangan Interview www.coyotesbanff.com
I am all that I need.arroyo secco.thumbprint scar Fleet Foxes Crack Up
Gamblin Man Miss Tess Miss Tess
Dan Mangan on the Podcast – Don’t miss www.mulliganstew.ca
Thanks for listening – Be careful out there. www.mulliganstew.ca
Honey Bee Steve Marriner Hope Dies Last

August 14th, 2021-SUMMER SPIRITS with Davin De Kergommeaux

August 13, 2021 Tasting Room Radio 01:06:16

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SUMMER SPIRITS with Davin De Kergommeaux

THE SHOW

 My spirits education began and ended with the same bottle of  Lemon Gin.

My brother Denis and I were the youngest members of the Kamloops Rube Band.

All the other band members were college-age or dads.

Denis and I tried to keep up with “the boys” when we did parades or road trips.

As much as we liked the first taste of lemon gin, we HATED ourselves the morning after.

 

For me, it only took one bottle and I never went back to spirits. That is until I met Davin de Kergommeaux at the Canadian Whisky Championships in Victoria.

Davin has been an author and whisky reviewer/judge for over two decades.

Davin De Kergommeaux

His books Canadian Whisky The Portable Expert, The New Portable Expert, and The Definitive Guide to Canadian Distilleries are invaluable to those of you seeking support and deep information on whisky and spirits.

www.canadianwhisky.org

So.  When I decided to do a Summer Spirits special – Davin was a natural co-host.

I asked two things of him:

Please recommend spirit makers who are also storytellers

and…   stop me when I get stupid.

He was great on the first ask and on the second request,  Davin almost gave up on me.

 

Davin’s recommendations were

Caitlin Quinn – Head Distiller at Eau Claire Distillery, Turner Valley, Alberta.

Negroni. Old Fashion. Rupert’s Whisky Sassafras.

www.eauclairedistillery.ca

Caitlin Quinn – Eau Claire

 

Jake Clark –  Consumer Engagement Manager  Strait and Narrow – Custom Handcrafted Gins/Pacific Coast Cocktails

Grapefruit Rosemary/Pear Rhubarb/Peach Elderflower/Lemon Lavender  (Makers of 1908 Gin)

www.straitandnarrow.com

 

Bob Baxter – President & Co-founder Yukon Brewing Company

Spiked Seltzers –  Cherry and Lime/Pineapple Ginger/Raspberry/Basil/Mango Hibiscus and a great Lemon Lavender Radler (German Shandy)

www.yukonbeer.com

Bryce Parsons – Master Distiller  Last Best Brewing. Calgary.

The man who created 52 different gins in one year.

Last Best Afterglow Gin & Soda – Savage Love  Tom Collins – Fortunella Citrus Iced Tea

 

www.lastbestbrewing.com

 

Colin McDougall – Corby’s Spirits Portfolio Consultant.

JP Wiser’s 18-year-old Whisky and Lot 40 Dark Oak 100% Rye Whisky

The man is a storyteller. Enjoy the tales.

www.corby.ca

 

Thank you Davin De Kergommeaux, Letittia King, Rob Roycroft and Heather Gillespie at Yukon Brewing.

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON:

The Okanagan Re-Connect

A food and wine tour of The Okanagan.  At Least 20 winery interviews over 3-4 weeks

Next week

Chef Mark Filatow – Waterfront Wines

David Patterson – Tantalus

Jason Parkes – The Hatch

Sperling Vineyards

Ellen Walker Mathews – TOTA

Christine Coletta/Matt Dumayne – Haywire/OCP

 

Mixology at Duncan Firehall

 

EP 168 | Tom Wilson

August 7, 2021 Mulligan Stew Podcast

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Tom Wilson.  A true rock and roll Rennaisance Man

Rocker. Roots shapeshifter. A folkie and a punk.
Singer, songwriter, author, and Mohawk Warrior.
This time around we talk about getting back on the road after the Pandemic. The many projects he set in motion once he was locked down.
The most interesting thought Tom shares is that he’s “ not that guy anymore”
Writing different songs that will take him in a new direction.
Will we follow?  Let’s find out.
And a lovely human being.
Tom Wilson is our guest this week. The complete interview.

Mulligan Stew Aug 7th 2021-Halfway through Summer!

August 7, 2021 Mulligan Stew

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PLAYLIST:

Mulligan Stew Aug 7 www.mulliganstew.ca Let’s have some fun
99 1/2 Jim Byrnes Long hot summer days
midnight special CCR Willy and the poor boys
Sugaree (live) The Grateful Dead Live at the Fox St Louis
www.winebc.com www.mulliganstew.ca
Can’t let go Lucinda Williams Car wheels on the gravel road
Rainbow Robert Plant Digging Deep Subterannia
Spare tire Ariel Posen Corey Wong Spare Tire
MulliganStew Podcast Tom Wilson www.mulliganstew.ca
My Cleveland Heart Jackson Browne Downhill from Everywhere
Honky Tonk Woman (live) The Rolling Stones Stripped
Reeling in the years (live) Steely Dan Steely Dan Live
MulliganStew Podcast Tom Wilson The complete interview
A song for Barcelona Jackson Browne Downhill from Everywhere
Late in the Evening (live) Paul Simon Concert in Hyde Park
Strong Enough (live) Sheryl Crowe Live from The Ryman
Mandonlin Wind (live) Rod Stewart (and Ron Wood) Unplugged and seated
Coming Up – a bag of Motown www.nobleridge.com
Midnight in Harlem (live) Tedeschi Trucks Band Revelator EP
MulliganStew Podcast Tom Wilson The complete interview Spotify Google Play Apple Podcasts
Signed Sealed Delivered Stevie Wonder Hitsville
Tears of a clown Smokey Robinson and the Miracles Hitsville
What’s going on Marvin Gaye Hitsville

 

August 7th, 2021 -Michael Allemeier (SAIT) & Singular Winemaker:  Anthony Buchanan  

August 5, 2021 Tasting Room Radio 00:47:11

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“I need a miracle” –   Michael Allemeier (SAIT) and the singular wines of  Anthony Buchanan.

 

THE SHOW

In June  Exec Chef Jeff van Geest  at Miradoro Restaurant /Tinhorn Creek posted an Instagram message that started with

“I need a Miracle”. 

He simply couldn’t find enough kitchen staff to begin serving those amazing meals. He wasn’t alone in his search.

We talked to Chef Jeff and The Foodie Chap Liam Mayclem in San Francisco to see if the same thing was happening there. (Yes, it was)

The Kitchen

The second story within this situation was a shout out about the “toxic” nature of some better restaurants. Head chefs screaming at staff. An attitude that’s disappearing but not nearly fast enough.

I wanted to seek one more voice to make sense to this crisis.  Michael Allemeier is an instructor in Calgary  at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT).  He spent many years in this culinary world.  His last Exec Chef position was The Terrance at Mission Hill Winery. The Terrace was named one of the Top 10 winery restaurants in the World.

Michael Allemeier (SAIT)

Now Michael is instructing students who will become the new kitchen staff in many of our lives.

I thought it was important  to know what he was telling them in their classes about these two situations.  Lack of staff and toxic environments.

His comments are telling in this two part interview.

www.sait.ca

Anthony Buchanan – Winemaker and co-founder of Anthony Buchanan Wines

 

“a slightly different approach to winemaking” quote from Anthony.

To anyone looking for wines that speak to you in  a different “language”,  the winemaker/artist to seek out is Anthony Buchanan.

Anthony Buchanan

I think it started with a Garagiste event several years ago.  I had been tasting, spitting and talking  most of the afternoon and in the last tent were Anthony Buchanan and his wines. It took me a long time to walk away from that tent.

Not only did I instantly like the man, I was completely won over by his wines.

His Pinot Gris tasted like none of the others that day. Same with his reds. I was gobsmacked.

Anthony Buchanan and family

Then some time later I tasted his Pinot Blanc. It was my favourite BC White of the Year. I don’t mean it as a knock on any other whites but to have a first taste lift your soul is just remarkable. AND he’s just announced that the 2020 Pinot Blanc has just been released. As good as the 2019 was, Anthony is on record as saying the 2020 is more “dynamic and complex.” 100% barrel fermented using low house toasts. Heads up – only 120 cases.  And-GO!

 

 

So, its time to get caught up with one of the  most interesting and independent winemakers in Canada.

Check out the wines we taste and talk about – I think you’ll see a pattern.

2020 GAD – Grape, Apple and Dandelion. The grape is an outstanding Viognier. The dandelion is your inhale. Has the jam to be a game changer

2020 Semi carbonic Malbec Rose. Unfined. Unfiltered. 2 months neutral oak. Self described “funky”

2020 Viognier. 2019 was sold out Not surprising as Anthony says its one of his best. New one coming.

Snafu – Skin fermented white blend. Clean biodynamic wine. (Chard-S Blanc-Muscat-Viognier)

Trois – Orange and Amber wine (Gew. Chardonnay Musque. Sauvignon Blanc)

Fubar – Red Blend (Zwei-Gamay-Pinot Noir-Syrah-Muscat)  Beaujolais influenced

Gamay – best yet

Ancestrale Method Sparkling. (wild ferment brut) (whole cluster Chard-Pinot Gris-Gamay)

Pinot Noir (rich black fruit – sage -floral notes- spice)

Whole Cluster Syrah.  Featuring foot treading by daughter Ashlyn

Gruner – (coming next year perhaps)

And two named for  his children

Ashlyn – wild ferment Pinot Noir 115/667. (Black Sage Gravel Bar) Old World style – New World climate.  Some foot crushing.

Some 20%  new oak. Lots of neutral.

Lawson – the is the one that got my attention. Pinot Blanc. 70% Neutral French. 30% concrete. Barb Phillip was right!

 

www.anthonybuchananwines.ca

www.storiedwinesandspirits.com

 

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON

The Okanagan Re-Connect

Some 15-20 wineries from North to South

Summer Spirits Special

A return to Tightrope

Maverick!!

 

 

July 31st, 2021- BC Women in Wine with Sandra Oldfield and Rathjen Cellars

August 4, 2021 Tasting Room Radio 00:49:55

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More BC Women in Wine with Sandra Oldfield and Rathjen Cellars

 

THE SHOW

 

 

Sandra Oldfield – Elysian Projects

 

Sandra Oldfield

Sandra Oldfield is one of the founders of Tinhorn Creek Vineyards in Oliver, BC.  She was its winemaker for 20 years and CEO and President for 8 years until its sale in the fall of 2017.  Sandra now runs her own consultant company with her husband Kenn.

Elysian Projects helps BC wineries with a wide variety of issues including business and finance, marketing, human resources, social media, sustainability, and health and safety.  She is a member of the  BC Tourism Engagement Council for the Minister of Tourism and was named one of Canada’s Top 100 powerful women in 2016. You can find her most Wednesday nights at 8 p.m. PT on Twitter hosting the hashtag #BCWineChat, which she founded in 2010.

She drives a 1957 DeSoto.

Her blog is SandraOldfield.com.

Sandra Oldfields Desoto

This is the second feature special we’ve done called BC Women in Wine.

Keeping in mind that the wine business has always been a male-dominated industry, Sandra shines a light on three women who rise above the fray and stand out as leaders.

 

Sandra has lots of choices but seems to intuitively know which ones belong together.  This time they are

Christine Coletta – Okanagan Crush Pad/Haywire. Narrative etc.

Christine-Coletta-OCP

Christine Coletta is one of the founding members of the BC Wine Institute and the BC VQA program, and she has helped to mentor a number of professionals in the food and wine industries over the last 30 years.

Through her crush work at Okanagan Crush Pad, she has also been involved in the start of a number of new wineries in BC. Her guidance, support, and mentorship have landed her the nickname, “Godmother of BC Wine.”

https://okanagancrushpad.com/

  

Keira LaFranc  – Winemaker at Stags Hollow

 

Keira LeFranc’s young winemaking career was made possible through being at the right place at the right time.  BUT she came prepared with education, talent, passion & skill!

LeFranc earned a biology degree at the University of Alberta in Edmonton and then headed to New Zealand to earn a post-graduate diploma in viticulture and enology.

Back home, she landed a job as a cellar hand at Stag’s Hollow in 2017 She was promoted to assistant winemaker under winemaker Dwight Sick.

When Dwight moved on to Moraine Winery on the Naramata Bench in  2018,  Keira was finally promoted to winemaker.

www.stagshollowwinery.com

 

Paula Cooper  – winemaker at CC Jentsch

Paula worked by the side of Sandra Oldfield as winemaker at Tinhorn Creek for 10 years. She took that experience to CC Jentsch on the Golden Mile Bench.  When Chris Jentsch passed away Paula became the link between winemakers.

Paula considers herself a cellar master as well.  Taking care of Chris’s craft.

(a future guest on Tasting Room Radio)

www.ccjentschcellars.com

 

 

Michael Rathjen  –   Rathjen Cellars (Saanich. Vancouver Island)

Mike Rathjen moved to Vancouver Island in 2011 with a passion for wine, farming, and food culture. Over the next five years, he honed his winemaking skills in his basement (AKA the ‘Wine Bunker’) while building relationships in the local farming community.

Together with his friend and business partner Colin Mann, Mike founded Rathjen Cellars in 2016 with a business model based off leased farmland and a focus on supporting the local food system.

Bunker Red from Rathjen Cellars

Mike prefers the title ‘winegrower’—seeking to diminish the variable of winemaking to allow further exploration and expression of Vancouver Island as an emerging wine region.

Rathjen Cellars source all of their fruit from six vineyards on the Saanich Peninsula and two vineyards in the Cowichan Valley.

 

I’ve always been impressed with the wines I’ve tasted from Mike and I think you will be too!  Tasting and talking about their Auxerrois, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir.  Yum.

https://rathjencellars.com/

 

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON:

The Okanagan Re-Connect

15-20 wineries from North to South

Summer Spirits with Davin de Kergomeaux