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EP 160 | Terry Wickham-Producer Edmonton Folk Music Festival-Taking It To The Streets

June 12, 2021 Mulligan Stew Podcast

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This week’s guest is Terry Wickham. The hard-working and much-admired Producer of the Edmonton Folk Music Festival.

Thing is – there is no Festival this year.

However, after much discussion, they have come up with a Plan B.

To quote The Doobie Brothers they’re Taking it to the Streets.

It reminds me of Dan Mangan’s Sidedoor concept.

Hosts need artists. Artists need hosts.

So, Terry and his team have come up with Taking it to the Streets.

Music fans can offer their street, lawn, backyard, deck, pier.

Artists will all be from the Edmonton area.

Terry explains how you can apply to be a host.

Find the complete details so you can consider them wisely.

And check out the playlist below – Lots of new tunes from

Applications are open for Edmonton-area residents to host a street concert and enjoy the sounds of the folk fest with their neighbors from the comfort of their own front yards. Artist fees, programming, and production are covered by the festival – hosts just need to step forward to organize their street with neighbors. Information, guidelines, and forms can be found at www.edmontonfolkfest.org. The deadline to apply is June 30.

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Mulligan Stew June 12th 2021- Taking it to the Streets

June 11, 2021 Mulligan Stew

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Terry Wickham joins us in Hour Two of The Stew with background on Taking it to the Streets.

It’s a re-think from the Edmonton Folk Music Festival team.

Local music fans, who have space for artists to play in (Backyard, cul-de-sac,  your street,  patio etc.) can apply to host local artists with controlled audience numbers.

Terry Festival Producer of EFMF  says the response has been really good.

They’re looking forward to taking the music out of the festival setting and onto the streets. Best of all it’s featuring  Edmonton artists.

Terry tells us how to apply if you want to host an artist and what size audiences may be in play.

Applications are open for Edmonton-area residents to host a street concert and enjoy the sounds of the folk fest with their neighbors from the comfort of their own front yards. Artist fees, programming, and production are covered by the festival – hosts just need to step forward to organize their street with neighbors. Information, guidelines, and forms can be found at www.edmontonfolkfest.org. The deadline to apply is June 30.

Playlist highlights include New Music From

Joey Landreth

Tedeschi Trucks Band

The Tragically Hip

Kdlang

Norah Jones Live

Pink Floyd Live

Plus

Bob Dylan – Murder Most Fowl

AND

The Doobies

 

And at the end of the first hour a demo single from my pal Jim Foster.  It’s an instrumental called “What?” 

Next week we start The Stew half an hour later as the Festival Radio Specials kick at 430-5-30pm. MST

TDM

PLAYLIST:

Mulligan Stew with TDMulligan Special Guest Terry Wickham on Taking it to the Streets June 12 – 2021
Mess Around Dr John Gumbo
Without you Jimmy Vaughn Do you get the blues?
Begin Again (live) Norah Jones Til we meet again
www.mulliganstew.ca Special Guest Terry Wickham on Taking it to the Streets
Walk of Life (live) Dire Straits On the night
Learning to Fly (live) Pink Floyd Pulse Live
www.deanehouse.com www.river-café.com
Murder Most Fowl Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways
Let it be The Beatles Let it be
TDMulligan – The Stew Year 26 Coming Up – Terry Wickham on Taking it to the Streets
The Steps Haim Women in Music Pt 3
www.mulliganstew.ca Donor supported CKUA Radio
What! Jim Foster The What! Demo single
Coming UP on The Stew – Terry Wickham www.mulliganstew.ca Year 26
Good Times The Lone Bellow Half Moon Light Deluxe
Travelling Riverside Blues Eric Clapton Sessions for Robert J
Beast of Burden Buckwheat Zydeco Where there’s smoke
Angel Dance Los Lobos Just another band from East LA
Twilight Joey Landreth single
Mulligan Stew with TDMulligan Coming Up – Terry Wickham on Taking it to the Streets
Nobody knows you when you’re down and out (live) Tedeschi Trucks Band with Trey Anastasio Layla Revisited Live in Lockn
www.mulliganstew.ca NEXT – Terry Wickham
Terry Wickham (EFMF) Interview Taking it to the Streets Festival
Taking it to the streets The Doobie Brothers Taking it to the streets
Crack my spine like a whip The Tragicaly Hip Saskadelphia
TDMulligan – The Stew Year 26 www.mulliganstew.ca
www.NobleRidge.com Okanagan Falls, BC
Miss Chatelaine St Tropez Mix k.d. lang Make Over
If I were a carpenter 2006 remaster Robert Plant Fate of Nations
See you next week with first Festival Radio special The Stew will start at 5:30.
Heavy Up Mark Knopfler Down the Road Wherever

 

June 12th, 2021- New Spring Releases from Birch Block & Chef Jeff Needs a Miracle!  

June 11, 2021 Tasting Room Radio 01:00:19

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New Spring Releases from Birch Block and Chef Jeff van Geest Needs a Miracle!

 

THE SHOW

 

Its International Rose Day – pour some, buy some, gift some. (It’s a year-round delight, friends)

 First up Block Party 3 from Sarah and Murray Bancroft at Birch Block Vineyard (Kaleden)

 

The Block Party concept came about when Sarah and Murray told me several garagistes ago that they had located a fruit, lamb, and llama farm in Kaleden that was going to be perfect for vineyards and they were starting their winemaking journey.

Because they are such interesting people who lead interesting lives I thought it would make for a journey I’d like to follow.

The ups and downs of winemaking  – starting from scratch – gathering knowledge as you went – sustainable farming – what wines do you want to make.  So many decisions you have to live with.

We covered those subjects in Block Party one and two. Now comes three…

They’ve released the Birch Block Vineyard Pinot Noir Rose.

“We call this rose Endless Summer to enjoy all year long”

It comes beautifully presented. The color is Provence Pink. Unfined and unfiltered in the regular 750 ml format and a stunning Magnum. Mellon and strawberry on the nose. A palette of various citrus stars. Grapefruit, ripe mandarin, and a mouth full of yummy.

WoW!!

You’re going to have to do some serious seeking on both these releases. It’s hugely popular right out of the box.  It’s well worth the homework.

Murray and Sarah also talk about their new canned release Pop Up Piquette (PeeKett)

 

It’s a born again Rose. As Murray explains they get their hands on the Grenache/Mourvedre skins  after they’re pressed .  The take the skins and add water, honey and perhaps more rose and leave it soak for a bit.

What comes out is a lighter Rose. 8% alcohol that originally was intended for the field and cellar workers to have with lunch and not get slower as they rest of the day went on.

It’s called a wine “for the people”

The Birch Block Piquette comes in a 473 ml can. $10 each. It’s going to be wildly popular.

 

Today Sarah and Murray are at a  UBC  fundraising event with Alumni Grads..one of four wineries pouring Rose.

Sarah and Murray

August 20th they’re pouring at a Joy Road Catering  Al Fresco event on Main in downtown Penticton and a virtual wine tasting for a very cool seniors center in Vancouver.

There’s a Pet Nat coming plus other surprises.

You’re going to really like Murray and Sarah. Whether in person or through their wines.

THIS is a winery you really want to follow. The end result is always delicious!

Check out the website and sign up for the newsletter.

www.birchblockvineyard.com

 Executive Chef Jeff van Geest – Miradoro Restaurant. Tinhorn Creek Winery  (Golden Mile)

In the middle of this week Chef Jeff posted on Instagram

Exec Chef Jeff van Geest – Photo The Great Lionel Trudel

 

“ Friends, I need a miracle”

“Things keep going from bad to worse for staffing. I’m willing to work a lot for my business and my kitchen and my team. But I can’t make any more sacrifices and I don’t want to ask more of the staff that I do have. I need a CDC a junior sous and more line cooks. If you know anyone please put them in contact with me. I hate to sound desperate, but I am.


Ironically, St. Anthony died three years ago today and all I can think about is our collective mental and physical health I just want to create a kitchen environment where people can cook with joy and passion. Where are these people? The people I do have are fantastic, but I don’t want to crush their spirits. Please help me spread the word. I’m Looking for people ready to take the next step. I’m willing to take a chance on the right people.”

 

The response was immediate. To count almost 150 replies have come in.

However, the post highlighted two serious problems the culinary industry has to overcome.

An almost complete lack of skilled workers are applying and as mentioned in comments. the toxic environment of some kitchens.

That toxicity has been handed down from kitchen to kitchen over many years. It’s disappearing but not nearly fast enough.

We have two interviews for you.

 One with Chef Jeff at Miradoro and in San Francisco, The Foodie Chap Liam Mayclem who has interviewed 100’s of the best chefs.

From San Francisco to Oakland,  Napa, and Sonoma

Liam reveals that these same conditions and problems exist in Northern California.

I’m asking both guests “what is the role – if any – for the food/wine fan to play”

This is serious gritty stuff. It involves people’s careers and lives but a solution can’t be found until everyone involved – kitchen staff, culinary team, and customers – do their part to make things right.

Please have a listen to these hard-hitting interviews and be aware of the crisis in your kitchens.

More interviews on this crisis next week starting with Chef Michael Allemeier –team leader at one of Canada’s premier culinary training institutes – SAIT in Calgary.

 

https://www.tinhorn.com/Restaurant

https://www.instagram.com/jeff_van_geest/?hl=en

@quintoquorto

@liamMayclem

https://www.facebook.com/FoodieChap/

 

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON

Crisis in the Kitchen

Michael Allemeier – Sait Calgary

Anthony Buchannan – Fine Spring Wines from his 2020 growing season.  Fabulous!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EP 159 | Bruce Cockburn – Celebrating 50 Years of The Junos.

June 5, 2021 Mulligan Stew Podcast, Uncategorized

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Canada’s Music Awards – The Junos – take place Sunday night.

50 years ago,  the first-ever Folksinger of the Year Juno Award went to Bruce Cockburn. Also nominated were Joni Mitchell and Great Speckled Bird (featuring Ian and Sylvia)

 Bruce Cockburn won 12 more Juno Awards  over the past 50 years. He’s nominated again this year for his brilliant instrumental album Crowing Ignites.

We have much to talk about.  Those very early days when he was just starting. “I wasn’t me yet”.

How he has sustained a songwriting and performing career, the moment when he thought perhaps he wouldn’t/couldn’t  write another song and what project changed that possibility.

He touches on the state of radio, folk music, how he stayed engaged as an artist, his instincts that told him  – when writing a new song – that he had already said what the song was about and finding a new way to continue saying what was in his heart,  why he never entertained the idea of being  star and how the songs would come to him if he just “waited for the flash”

The interview includes  Bruce’s personal thoughts on the tragedy unfolding at the Residential School in Kamloops, BC.

This is the complete conversation with music included.

www.brucecockburn.com

June 5th, 2021- Spring Releases from Alderlea, Mt Boucherie, Rust Wine Co, and Modest Wines

June 4, 2021 Tasting Room Radio 01:00:24

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2021 Spring Releases from Alderlea (Cowichan) and Mt Boucherie/Rust/Modest Wines (Okanagan)

 

Every spring brings a flood of new wines and always a few surprises.  This week our guests are

Zac Brown and Julie Powell. Co–owners and winemaking partners.

As Zac explains he learned his winemaking outside of Vienna and then Western Australia.

After he and Julie met and married they became  Garagistes.  Making wine and learning at home.

Julie

Julie came from the large corporate side of life, in human resources. She now counts tractor driving as a serious skill and recently made a white blend called Valerie, named in honor of her late Mother. Zac says it’s the first step into winemaking for Julie.  We talk about all of these moments and milestones.

We also talk about these Spring Releases

2018 Rose- Yup! Get this one. A blended Rose!!

2019 Bacchus $21.90

2019 Valerie (80% Ortega and 20% Viognier) $23.10  (Yummy)

2019 Pinot Gris $23.19

2016  Pinot Noir Reserve $39.80

2018 Pinot Noir $26.00

2018  Contraband (Merlot driven blend) Coming Canada Day $34.60

2016 Matrix (nice blend . Dark fruit. Cassis, Prune. Coffee, licorice) $24.75 WoW!

 

2017 Clarinet  Old Vines Foch. Beautifully grown and blended.

www.alderlea.ca

Jeff  Hundertmark  – Director of  Winemaking  Mt Boucherie / Modest Wines (West Kelowna) Rust Wine Co  (Golden Mile Bench)

Jeff Hundertmark Director of Winemaking / Mt Boucherie. Rust. Modest Wines

I first met Jeff in Niagara where he was holding down multiple winemaking roles and seemed like one busy guy.

He did take time out to ask a series of questions about the Okanagan. As I left the interview we agreed to meet in the Okanagan down the road.

Well, the road has been down.

Jeff is currently the Director of Winemaking at Mount Boucherie, Modest Wines, and Rust Wine Co.

All very distinctive – one from the other.

I do believe with this interview we have set an all-time mark for bottles reviewed or discussed in one interview.

Here’s the road map that Jeff talks us through.

Mt Boucherie  (West Kelowna)

Original Vines Series

-2020 Gewurztraminer  $30.  Impressive  Planted 1986 South Rock Vineyard. Golden Mile Bench

-2020 Semillon OK Falls Lost Horn Vineyards  Block 12. Planted 1990

-2018 Summit  Bordeaux Blend Planted 93/96/97

-2019 PTG (Similkameen) $35. 45% Gamay 36 P.Noir 20% P.Gris. Lazy River Vineyard. Block 17/18/22 (Planted 93/96/97)

 

Modest Wines

Mt Boucherie are growers first. They have the vineyards to play with concepts.

Modest Wines is an edgy experimental label, trying out various vineyards and blends. Affordable.

– 2020 la graves robber.  $27.  81% Sem 19% Sauv. Ok, Falls. Inspired by Left Bank. Raised in the  Westbank. Loved this.

-2020 Eye of the Partridge Rose $25 – Pinot Noir. Similkameen.

-2018 Zed’s Dead Zinfandel  $30 (Similkameen Valley) You may not see this one again. Story on back label.

-2020 The Elder Vicar $22  The Battle in a Bottle Muscat. Pinot Gris. Gew. Riesling. The Vicar is Father Pandosy.

Soaked on skins for 8 hours. 5 minutes and 24 seconds.

2019 By Jove  Sangiovese  $30  Black Sage Bench.  Bravo!

 

Rust Wine Co

Golden Mile Bench – formerly Rustico.

One of the most amazing tastings I’ve taken part in.

From Rust Wine Co Jeff sent

–2018 Syrah GM Bench.  $44 American/French Oak. (42% new) Clones 977/2002  Gravely clay. Mtn rock

-2018 Syrah  Ferreira Vineyard $44 Black Sage Road  Clones 7/2001  Am/French Oak (46% New) Volcanic ash & fine granite sand.

-2018 Syrah Lazy River Vineyard Similkameen. $44  (40% new) Clone 877 Sandy clay loam with limestone and granite

 

Do your own tasting…Everybody pitch in. Gather on the patio or table and decide which one hits the mark. Your mark.

They each have different clones, different soils, different vineyards.

The bonus is – they’re all fantastic.

www.mtboucherie.com

https://mtboucherie.com/collections/modest-wines-1

www.rustwine.com

 

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON:

The return of Birch Block

Anthony Buchannan

2House

Gold Hill

Summer Spirits Special

 

 

 

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Mulligan Stew June 5th 2021- Juno Weekend Special Guest-Bruce Cockburn

June 4, 2021 Mulligan Stew

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It’s June AND  the Juno Weekend.

We welcome back Bruce Cockburn.

Order of Canada. Songwriters Hall of Fame. Canadian Music Hall of Fame. Winner of 13 Junos.

He won the first-ever folksinger of the year Juno (Joni was nominated) and 50 years later is nominated this year for best instrumental album Crowing Ignites.

Bruce and I cover some of those 50 years. See what’s changed along the way. For him, the music and the Junos.

He allows us to play – for the first time anywhere – a new Demo called On a Roll.

Bruce comments on the sad state of what passes for today’s radio, how he stays engaged with folk music (he doesn’t), and a compelling comment on the tragic events taking place at The Indian Residential School  in Kamloops, BC.

The complete interview can be heard  right after The Stew Radio on Mulligan Stew Podcast (Subscribe to Spotify. Google play. Apple Podcasts)

Also tracks from

  • Kat Dancer
  • Amy Helm
  • Stones and Little Feat Live
  • Blue Rodeo (and Sarah McLachlan)
  • New re-mixed kdlang
  • Molly Johnson
  • The Meters
  • John Prine and Bonnie Raitt
  • Colin James
  • Steve Earle
  • Jann Arden
  • Dominque Fils-Aime

Enjoy!!! Share the music!

-TDM

 

PLAYLIST:

Mulligan Stew June 5 2021 – Bruce Cockburn Interview – 50 years of Junos www.mulliganstew.ca
Lonely the Dragon Kat Dancer One eye open
Breathing Amy Helm what the flood left behind
Shotgun Monkey House Friday
Like a Rolling Stone (live) The Rollinbg Stones Strippedf
Fat man in the bathtub (live) Tlittle Feat Waiting for Columbus
www.mulliganstew.ca Bruce Cockburn is tonights Guest
Know where you go/Tell me your dreams Blue Rodeo and Sarah Mclachlan 5 days in May
www.winebc.com Coming up on The Stew kd lang. Greg Keelor Molly Johnson.
Lifted by Love (Club Xanax Mix) kd lang Make Over
Ev’ry wind in the river New Orleans Suspects New Orleans Suspects
Me and Mr Hohner Greg Keelor Share the Love
www.mulliganstew.ca Bruce Cockburn Interview in Hour Two – 50 years of Junos
Inner city blues Molly Johnson Meaning to tell ‘ya
Hand Clapping Song The Meters Struttin’
This is Mulligan Stew – Year 26 – with tdm Bruce Cockburn is tonights guest
Angel from Montgomery (live) Bonnie Raitt and John Prine John Prine Anthology
Black top run Sonny Landreth Blacktop run
Just came back Colin James Take it from the top
Champagne Corolla Steve Earle JT
Mary’s Place Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band The Rising
www.coyotesbanff.com OPEN AGAIN.
In my room Jann Arden Uncover me 2
Stand by me Dominique Fils-Aime 3 little words
Bruce Cockburn Interview – with tdm 50 years of Junos
Going to the Country Bruce Cockburn Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn Interview – with tdm complete interview on Mulligan Stew Podcast
Jesus Train Bruce Cockburn Bone on Bone
Bruce Cockburn Interview – with tdm complete interview on Mulligan Stew Podcast
Cafe Society Bruce Cockburn Bone on Bone
Bruce Cockburn Interview – with tdm complete interview on Mulligan Stew Podcast
On a Roll (demo) Demo from Bruce – Project called Four New Songs First time played on any radio – anywhere. Thank You Bruce

Mulligan Stew May 29th 2021-Roy Orbison and four artists who covered his songs

May 29, 2021 Mulligan Stew

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Let’s celebrate surviving May 2021!!

The first 20 minutes features John Lee Hooker and Eric Clapton, Taj Mahal, and The Neville Brothers.

Then Roy Orbison and four artists who sang Roy’s songs

  • Linda Ronstadt
  • k.d. lang
  • Chris Isaak
  • The Traveling Wilburys
  • New music from Jon Batiste, Lake Street Dive, Liane La Havas, Nuela Charles

AND classic tracks from

  • Jeff Buckley
  • CCR
  • BB King
  • Pink Floyd
  • Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
  • The Beatles
  • The Rascals
  • War
  • Led Zeppelin
  • Isley Brothers

And something new / something old from The Tragically Hip and Art Bergmann!!

Onward to June my friends.

 

-TDM

PLAYLIST:

Mulligan Stew tdmulligan May 29 2021
Boogie chillin’ John Lee Hooker and Eric Clapton Hooker Box Set
West Indian Revelation (75 version) Taj Mahal Music keeps me together
Love the one you’re with-you can’t always get (live) Neville brothers Live on Planet Earth
www.mulliganstew.ca Coming Up – All things Roy Orbison
www.deanehouse.com www.river-café.com
Love hurts Roy Orbison Crying
Blue Bayou Linda Ronstadt Greatest Hits
Crying (live) kdlang Live by Request
Only the lonely Chris Isaak Best of
Not alone anymore The Travelling Wilburys Vol 1
TDMulligan – Year 26 of The Stew www.mulliganstew.ca
Medicine Hat Blackie and the Rodeo Kings King of this town
This is Hip John Lee Hooker Hooker Box Set
It’s alright John Batiste and Celeste Soul Soundtrack
Being a woman Lake Street Dive Obviously
Baby I love you BBKing and Bonnie Raitt Deuces Wild
Mulligan Stew Year 26 (what?) www.mulliganstew.ca
Wheat Kings The Tragically Hip Fully Completely
Montreal Live) The Tragically Hip Saskadelphia
Final Cliché Art Bergmann Crawl with me
La Mort de L’Ancien Regime Art Bergmann Late Stage Empire Dementia
TDMulligan – Year 26 of The Stew www.mulliganstew.ca
Low Rider War Why can’t we be friends
Can’t Fight Lianne La Havas Can’t Fight
Wish you were here (loive) Pink Floyd Pulse
Long as I can see the light CCR Chronicle
www.nobleridge.com Thank you to our Stew Hour Donors – Michael.Maggie-Graeme.Mary
Fool in the Rain (90 Remaster) Led Zeppelin In through the out door
This old heart of mine The Isley Brothers Best of
Nerve Nuela Charles Blissful Madness
Kansas City-Hey Hey hey Hey The Beatles Anthology
People got to be Free The Rascals Freedom Suite
Thank you for being out there -Lets get through THIS www.mulliganstew.ca
Drown in my own tears (live) Jeff Buckley Live at Sin-e
Weird Harold Chester Thompson Powerhouse

 

EP 158 | Daniel Lanois Revisited (and Recut)

May 29, 2021 Mulligan Stew Podcast

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We first interviewed singer/player/producer/writer Daniel Lanois last November.

(7 Grammy Awards. Juno Winner. Order of Canada)

At that time he had recorded his next album Heavy Sun but only the first single (Under a)  Heavy Sun had been released.

That was  all the new music we could talk about so we headed off into his amazing influence on a wing of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

U2, Dylan,  Neville Brothers, Peter Gabriel, Robbie Robertson, and many more. (Neil Young. Emmy Lou Harris, The Killers, Willie Nelson, Brian Eno,)

This coming week he’s headed for a gig on the 10th  in NYC with his band to perform The Songs of Red Dead Redemption 2, the soundtrack to the popular game.

They’re playing in  The Battery and it’s sold out.

Now that Heavy Sun is released we decided to go back and re-cut  the full interview and include  several of the new tracks from the amazing album.

Tree of Tule

Dance On

Mother’s Eyes

Along with the great single (Under a) Heavy Sun

Meet the man who has shaped a huge amount of the music many of us grew up with. And he’s Canadian.

May 29th, 2021- Fresh Spring Wine Releases from Clos du Soleil (Similkameen) and Fort Berens (Lillooet)  

May 28, 2021 Tasting Room Radio 00:43:24

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Fresh Spring Wine Releases from Clos du Soleil (Similkameen) and Fort Berens (Lillooet)

 

THE SHOW

 

Its that time of year. Spring. Leading into early Summer.

Bud break, lots of cutting back last years growth and the wonderful beginning of the growing season.  Again.

This week we head to the gorgeous Similkameen Valley at the very bottom of the Okanagan Valley. The small centers of Cawston and Keremeos are starting to become familiar to wine fans and travelers.

What you may notice first is how hard the land is. Everything the vines are growing in seems composed of shale that’s fallen down the mountain sides. Winemakers and growers tell stories of digging equipment breaking down trying to groom the land. BUT – and it’s a big but – if you can get the vines to take hold in the soil and get down under the top layer of rocks,  then wonderful vineyards can happen. With a minerality like few others.

As hot as the days can be there, the Similkameen River supplies cool air that brings down the heat and cools the valley at night.

 

Michael Clark – GM and Winemaker at Clos du Soleil (Similkameen)

Michael Clark

 

One of the wineries that stands out among the growing number in the Similkameen is Clos du Soleil and  our guest Michael Clark is the  GM and winemaker.

 

They are outstanding because of a dedication to growing , wine craft and sustainable practices.

The whites are concentrated, fresh and crisp. Each labeled with the specific vineyard they were grown in.

The rose is outstanding.

We finish with Signature, their classic Bordeaux Blend. (out in a couple of weeks)

Spring wines we talk about in detail are –(all prices are before taxes)

2020 Fume Blanc –  74% Semillon -26% Sauvignon Blanc. Nose (apple. lemons. lime.) Mouth (grapefruit. guava. floral and flinty minerality) $20.90

2020 Middle Bench Pinot Blanc – Part of the Winemaker’s Series. Nose (Tangerine. Pear. Floral) Mouth (apple. pear. orange. lemon) Elegant! $22.90

2020 Whispered Secret Vineyard Pinot Gris – Also Winemaker’s Series. Nose (lemon. pear. orange) Mouth (apple. peach. wet stone) $21.90

2020 Rose – Le Cote Vineyard.  Really fine.100% Malbec. Nose (roses. dark cherry) Mouth (more of the same and a long finish)$22.90

2018 Signature – Icon Bordeaux Blend.  16 months in French Oak 42% Merlot. 32% Cab 19% Cab Franc

5% Malbec 2% Petit Verdot. blackberry. pepper. mint. cassis. spice. graphite and sagebrush. And a master class in blending. Releasing shortly.$47.90.  Aged and ready to taste now but  you can cellar for many years. Gentle Bliss.

www.closdusoleil.ca

 

Heleen Pannekoek – Co-founder/Co-Owner Fort Berens (Lillooet)

Years ago Harry McWatters and I exchanged views on the winegrowing possibilities in the Lillooet area.

I had fished the area and could see all of the elements necessary to grow and make wine.

Water, land, heat and room.

Harry had done some planting and soil testing and thought it was possible.

Years later I did my first interview with Rolf de Bruin and Heleen Pannekoek from Fort Berens in Lillooet and was very happy to see that Harry was right. Again!

Heleen and Rolf Fort Berens

They’ve been very busy at Fort Berens.

Harvesting Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Merlot &  Cab Franc.

They planted an 18 acre Red Rock Vineyard in 2018 and 2019. Their ultimate goal is to be 100% Lillooet VQA. They now have 38 planted acres.

And this year they release the premier vintage of Gruner Veltliner.

Heleen brings the Spring Wine Releases from Fort Berens

2020 Riesling. From vineyards in Vernon, Kelowna & Lillooet. Nose (lemon. rose) Mouth (apple. pear. lemon) Pair with curry. tapas. prawns and sunsets. $19.99

2020 Dry Riesling. Over 80% fruit from their estate. Nose (Granny Smith apples. Apricot)  Mouth (lime, ripe fruit. freshness) $21.99

2020  Pinot Gris. Made from Dry Creek vineyard in Kelowna and a grower in Lytton. Nose (citrus. kiwi. lime.) Mouth (grapefruit. tropical fruit) $19.99

2020  Gruner Veltliner. Premier vintage of Gru.  Next year they hope to make this fine wine from their own plantings.

Nose (apple, honeysuckle. mixed fruit)  Mouth (wonderful texture. aromatic and creamy) A wine to watch.  $21.99

2020 Rose. 100% Lillooet estate fruit. 80% Pinot Noir 16% Cab Franc. 4% Merlot.  Nose(Yummy) Mouth (Yummier)  Raspberries. Melon. Strawberries. $19.99

Think about Salmon, BBQ, chicken. Prawns.

 

And remember Harry McWatters.  Here’s a toast to Harry!

Harry McWatters

www.fortberens.ca

 

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON

 

Mt. Boucherie

Modest Wines

Rust Wine Co

Anthony Buchanan

 

 

 

EP 157 | Dylan Turns 80

May 22, 2021 Mulligan Stew Podcast

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Bob Dylan turns 80 on Monday the 24th.

As part of our coverage at CKUA, I started digging into old interviews looking for comments on Bob’s music, influence, and legacy.

I’m delighted to bring you a select group of artists who bring insight into the singular artist we’re celebrating.

A man for many. Matched by few.

Bob Dylan – Thank you for those 80 years.

Guests are:

David Bowie

Susan Tedeschi &  Derek Trucks

Robbie Robertson

Colin Linden

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