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May 22nd, 2022 –  4th Annual Cowichan Valley Wine Festival

May 21, 2021 Tasting Room Radio 00:48:29

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Cowichan Wine Festival Aug 1-31.   12 wineries – 31 days – 36 wines to be discovered.

 

THE SHOW

2021  4th Annual Cowichan Valley Wine Festival

Sunday, Aug 1 High Noon –  Tuesday, Aug 31, 5 PM.

For all the dark news of 2021 it’s nice to be able to share this week’s Tasting Room Radio with our friends from the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island. The good news they bring is that The Cow is open for business. They will be adhering to covid guidelines and practices.

In all,  12 wineries will be open and welcoming. (for some,  reservations are highly recommended)

You’ll want to make plans early because last year was a complete sell-out.

 

Tickets are $35.00. Your gorgeous glass (and passport) is your ticket. That allows you to get into all 12 participating wineries.

Visit as many wineries as you like and collect stamps in your passport. If you collect all of them you can enter a draw for a Grand Prize.

 

For more info www.tourismcowichan.com

unsworth wines

Unsworth Winery

 

The stories and the pours from 6 valley wineries. Our guest list includes:

 Jim Moody – Owner and Winemaker at Zanatta Vineyards (Duncan)

Bailey Williamson – Winemaker at Blue Grouse (Duncan)

Bailey Williamson Blue Grouse

Lorin Inglis – Manager of Enrico Winery (Mill Bay)

Brent Rowland – Winemaker Averill Creek and Joue (Duncan)

Brent Rowland Winemaker Averill Creek

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Michelle Schulze –  Management  Venturi-Schulze (Cobble Hill)

Dan Wright – Winemaker Unsworth (Mill Bay)

www.tourismcowichan.com

 

 

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON:

Spring Releases from

Clos du Soleil

Alderlea

Fort Berens

2House

Gold Hill

Mt Boucherie

Rust Wine

 

 

Mulligan Stew May 22nd 2021- Happy Birthday Bob Dylan!

May 21, 2021 Mulligan Stew

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Bob Dylan turns 80 years on Monday.

For the many who have lived their lives inside his songs, that, in itself, is a flag they carry high.

Bob Dylan defies description. Always has.

One way to get a clearer picture of the man and his many songs, thoughts, words, and music is to talk to the artists who have played with him or were his peers or followed Bob into a life of music.

This week’s guests on Mulligan Stew include:

David Bowie – on the judgement of Bob’s generation

Robbie Robertson – what did the Band learn from Bob and Bob from them.

Colin Linden – toured in Bob’s band.

The Avett Brothers – playing The Grammys with Bob and Chimes of Freedom LP

Barney Bentall/Steve Dawson – all about Blood on the Tracks

Susan Tedeschi- Derek Trucks – on their two heroes,  Leonard Cohen, and Bob Dylan.

Plus great tracks from Bob.  Thank You for a memorable 80 years, Bob!

Hour ONE has

  • Sly and The Family Stone
  • Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions
  • Steely Dan
  • new Amy Helm
  • The Wood Bros
  • Jon Batiste/Leon Bridges/Gary Clark Jr
  • Etta James
  • Steve Cropper
  • Bob Marley Live
  • Marvin Gaye Live
  • Ry Cooder Live
  • Emmy Lou Harris Live

Have a GREAT long weekend.

 

PLAYLIST:

The Stew May 22 Hour Two is our Bob Dylan turns 80 special
If you want me to stay Sly and the Family Stone Fresh
It’s all right Curtis Mayfield and The Impressions Best of Soul
Peg Steely Dan Aja
Sweet Mama Amy Helm What the flood leaves behind
False Prophet Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways
Is this love (live) Bob Marley and The Wailers Babylon By Bus
www.mulliganstew.ca Coming UP – a one hour Dylan 80th Birthday party
www.deanehouse.com www.river-café.com
Ohio Jon Batiste. Leon Bridges.Gary Clark Jr Soul Soundtrack
What’s going on? Marvin Gaye Live at Kennedy Centre
Dylan Special Guests – Robbie Robertson. Bowie. Greg Keelor Colin Linden. Avett Bros. Barney Bentall & Steve Dawson. Tedeschi-Trucks
Crazy bout an automobile (live) Ry Cooder and Corridos Famosos Live in SF
Goin’ back to Harlan (live) EmmyLou Harris Lillith Fair
www.mulliganstew.ca Bob Dylan Party Hour Two
midnight rider The Wood Brothers Up above my head
I’d rather go blind Etta James Tell mama
Coming Up our Bob Dylan Party Bowie. Avett bros. Colin Linden. Greg Keelor etc
Bush Hog Part 1 Steve Cropper Fire it up
Highway 61 Revisited Dave Alvin From an old guitar
I shall be released Elvis Presley Essential 70’s Masters
www.mulliganstew.ca – Playlist can be found Next – Colin Linden
Colin Linden Interview www.mulliganstew.ca – Bob Dylan Birthday Special
Highwater (for Charlie Patton) Live Bob Dylan Tell Tale Signs
TDMulligan Bob Dylan Party Hour Two
David Bowie Interview bob Dylan Party
Girl from the North Country Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash Nashville Skyline
The Stew May 22 – our Dylan Special. Bob turns 80 www.mulliganstew.ca – Bob Dylan Birthday Special
Greg Keelor Interview TDMulligan
I contain Multitudes Bob Dylan Rough and Rowdy Ways
Steve Dawson Interview for The Stew Dylan Special www.mulliganstew.ca – Bob Dylan Birthday Special
Tangled Up in Blue Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks
Barney Bentall Interview for The Stew Dylan Special TDMulligan
Meet me in the Morning Bob Dylan Blood on the Tracks
www.coyotesbanff.com Coming UP – Avett bros. Tedeschi Trucks. Robbie Robertson
Avett Brothers Interview Bob turns 80
Susan Tedeschi – Derek Trucks Talk about influence of Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan
Robbie Robertson Speaks of the dynamic between The Band and Bob
Forever Young (live) The Band and Bob Dylan The Last Waltz
Baby let me Follow you down (live) The Band and Bob Dylan The Last Waltz

 

EP 156 | Holger Petersen – Doctor of Blues

May 15, 2021 Mulligan Stew Podcast

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Our CKUA Radio Network Neighbour has always been Holger Petersen’s Natch’l  Blues.

It’s the greatest lead-in any show could have. Two hours of blues.

Holger celebrated 50 years of Hosting Natch’l Blues in 2019

But that’s not all Holger has accomplished.

He co-founded Edmonton Folk Festival

Co-founded Stoney Plain Records. (Over 400 releases)

Founded Alberta Music

Sat on Board of Directors for Socan

Inducted into  Folk DJ Hall of Fame  in New Orleans

1st non-American to win Best Public Broadcaster.

Hosts Saturday Night Blues on CBC

Now Holger has been awarded The Alberta Order of Excellence.

And he’s our guest on the Mulligan Stew Podcast. Amazing storyteller.

Here’s the complete interview with the iconic Holger Petersen.  Doctor of Blues

 

May 15th, 2021 – Spring Wine Reviews from Poplar Grove & Tightrope (Naramata Bench)

May 14, 2021 Tasting Room Radio 01:00:58

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2021 Spring Wine Reviews from Poplar Grove & Tightrope (Naramata Bench)

 

THE SHOW

 

Welcome to Tasting Room Radio’s 2021 Spring Wine Release Specials.

This week we welcome Tony Holler co-owner of Poplar Grove plus Graham & Lyndsay O’Rourke from Tightrope Winery. Both on the Naramata Bench.

 

Tony Holler – Co-Owner of Poplar Grove. (Naramata Bench)

When I started Tasting Room Radio we were living on the Naramata Bench and had created a studio in a barn. Outside the windows, I could see the roof of Ian Sutherland’s original Poplar Grove. Then he sold to Tony & Barb Holler and they started to build the new Poplar Grove out my French Doors to the side, up on Munson Mountain. (the one with the PENTICTON sign).

Tony introduces us to the 2021 Spring Releases. They include their flagship Bordeaux blend The Legacy. The 2017 release is coming in September. It won a Gold Medal for Best of Show (by varietal)  at the London Wine Competition and scored 93 points.

Holler team!

The Poplar Grove Spring Releases are:

2020 Rose  Lovely strawberries & Cherries on the nose. melon. citrus. cherries on the palate. Beautiful blend of Merlot/Malbec/Syrah/Pinot Gris/Muscat!

2020 Pinot Gris.  You’re going to love this.  Pear. Peach. Lychee. Citrus. Can be cellared to 2025

2017 The Legacy.  This just in. The blend is 40 Merlot/38 Cab/12 Malbec/6 Cab Franc/4 Petit Verdot. It’s pure Gold!! Cellars to 2031.

Leather. Plum. Tobacco on the nose.  Palate has tonnes of ripe berries, dark chocolate, and caramel.  A true Okanagan Bordeaux!

 

The restaurant is up and ready to go. They have a great patio and fabulous lawn overlooking Penticton and the vineyards.

June 1st they start gourmet picnic options. It’s the Munson Munch.

 

www.poplargrove.ca

 

Lyndsay and Graham O’Rourke – Tightrope Winery (Naramata Bench)

Team O’Rourke – Tightrope

They are a great pair. Graham grows the grapes and Lyndsay makes the wines. It’s called Teamwork!

Graham was one of the founding directors of Sustainable Winegrowing BC (SWBC) and that’s exactly what Tightrope wines are all about. Beautiful fruit made without harming the land, the environment, or people.

The Tightrope Spring Releases are:

2020 Rose – Clean. Dry. Strawberries. Spice. A blend of Pinot Noir/Syrah/Barbera.  Cellar to 2022. $22 at winery

2019 Riesling – Sustainably grown. Cellar now through 2025. $22 at winery. Delicious.

2020 – Pinot Gris. Tropical fruit. Lime. Granny Smith Apples. Handpicked and pressed on the same day.$21.50 at winery

2020 – Sauvignon Blanc/Semillon  80/20. A spectacular White Bordeaux. Achieves a trifecta of clean and dry introduction and then texture. Wait for what? You can’t be both except when the palate also contains ripe mango and peach. Lime and Lemon.

I loved this wine. $22 at winery.

2018 – Merlot  12 months French Oak. Cellar through 2029.  Your gateway wine back to Merlot Land.  $27 at winery.

2018 – Vertigo. A wonderful blend of Merlot 45/Barbera 30/Cab Franc 25.  10 months 50% New French and American Oak

$36 at winery. Cellar this asap. Then count the days until you reward your clever self.

www.tightropewinery.ca

 

 

 

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON:

 

Cowichan Wine Festival

Zanatta

Blue Grouse

Averill Creek

Enrico

Venturi Schultze

Unsworth

Clos du Soleil

Alderlea

Fort Berens

 

 

MulliganStew May 15th 2021- Holger Peterson Interview

May 14, 2021 Mulligan Stew

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I take great pride in being the host/producer of Mulligan Stew Radio on CKUA for 26 years.

Right next door on the radio is Holger Petersen’s Natch’l Blues.  He’s been hosting/producing the premier blues show in Canada for over 50 years.

I am but a pup compared to Holger. Good friends over the years.

Holger has been awarded the Alberta Order of Excellence. For creative services to all Albertans over the years.

We’ll definitely be playing you some blues. All with stories attached.

And check out our playlist – things rock!!

Be safe.  be kind

-TDM

PLAYLIST:

Mulligan Stew May 15 2021
www.mulliganstew.ca Very Special Guest – Holger Petersen-Doctor of the Blues
It hurts me too Van Morrison Latest Record Project
Sail on sailor Los Lobos Native Sons
IOWA Donovan Woods. Aoife O’Donovan IOWA
Better now Serena Ryder. Steve Earle The art of falling apart
Talking about you.I got a woman John Scofield and Dr John That’s what I say
Mulligan Stew – Year 26 and Loving it Very Special Guest – Holger Petersen-Doctor of the Blues
Heard it through the grapevine (live) Amy Winehouse.Paul Weller.Jools Holland Jools Holland Hootenanny
Valerie (Live) Amy Winehouse Amy Winehouse at BBC
Goin Down South The Black Keyes Delta Kream
www.deanehouse.com www.river-café.com
Sharecroppers son Robert Finley single
Tonight I’ll be staying here with you Bob Dylan Nashville Skyline
Out of sight Daniel Lanois Heavy Sun
Stand by me Dominique Fils-Aime Three Little Words
Hard on Me (alt version) Tom Petty Finding Wildflowers
The way you do (the things you do) The Temptations Hitsville
Heard it through the grapevine Marvin Gaye Hitsville
www.mulliganstew.ca Coming UP – Holger Petersen
Lucy in the Sky (for Finley) The Beatles Sgt Pepper
Sister Moon (live) Herbie Hancock and Sting Possibilities
Senor Blues Taj Mahal Blues with a Feeling
Running on Empty (live) Jackson Browne. David Lindley. En Vivo Con Tino Love is Strange
Mulligan Stew – with tdmulligan NEXT – Holger Peterson
Holger Petersen Interview complete interview on Mulligan Stew Podcast spotify.google play.apple podcasts
Nothing Manx Marriner Mainline Hell Bound for Heaven
Holger Petersen Interview complete interview on Mulligan Stew Podcast spotify.google play.apple podcasts
When Love comes to town U2 and BB King Rattle and Hum
Holger Petersen Interview complete interview on Mulligan Stew Podcast www.mulliganstew.ca
Coming back home Amos Garrett. Doug Sahm. Gene Taylor The return of the Formerly Brothers
I’m Shakin’ Long John Baldry Right to sing the blues
Holger Petersen Interview complete interview on Mulligan Stew Podcast
Road of Stone Maria Muldaur and Tuba Skinny Let’s get happy together
www.mulliganstew.ca Podcast on Spotify. Google Play. Apple Podcast

EP 155 | Jordan Hart

May 9, 2021 Mulligan Stew Podcast

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Jordan Hart tells the story of discovering  CKUA Radio.  He asked, “what album am I listening to?”  Told it was a radio station.  CKUA!

His reply was  “There’s no radio station that cool”  With this podcast Jordan has come full circle. Back to CKUA Radio.

In 2019,  Alberta singer/songwriter Jordan Hart embarked on a 100-day straight busking challenge in Toronto, through thunderstorms and snowstorms he played on. Every Sunday, 100 percent of the money he raised was donated to L’Arche Canada.  In L’Arche, people with and without intellectual disabilities live, work, learn, and grow together. L’Arche demonstrates that when persons with intellectual disabilities take their place at the table, they contribute to a more just, compassionate, and vibrant world for all.

The Momentum from his daily busking also culminated in a sold-out show at the Great Hall in Toronto and his career streams also increased by over a quarter of a million. As a featured artist, his work with Lucky Rose on the song ‘’Lost’’ greatly increased his profile.

Jordan has released a fine EP called Only Pieces Of The Truth and with it a confirmation in each of the 7 tracks that he’s destined to become a much bigger artist. Much Bigger.

Add to that discovery that  Jordan is also a natural storyteller.  He talks about life on the streets busking. Being turned down completely by the young woman he wanted to spend his life with. About shooting his video for Freedom with a small group of actors with Down Syndrome.

Have a listen. See if you agree that he’s destined to shine!!

Subscribe to the MulliganStew podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and Spotify

May 8th, 2021 – 2021 Spring Wine Releases  – Hillside and Roche (Naramata  Bench)

May 8, 2021 Tasting Room Radio 00:55:12

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2021 Spring Wine Releases  – Hillside and Roche (Naramata  Bench)

 

THE SHOW

 

Hillside Winery and Bistro       Kathy Malone – Chief Winemaker (Naramata Bench)

A dozen interviews.

That’s how many times I’ve talked to Kathy Malone for Tasting Room Radio.

She speaks on behalf of Hillside Winery and Bistro and been the spokesperson for  The Naramata Bench Wineries Assn.

hillside rose

Kathy is also Chairman of the BC Wine Council.

Trust me of this – she absolutely knows how to make memorable wines.

Kathy brings her new Hillside Spring Releases

(Above/Below means position of vineyard in relation to Naramata Road.  Kathy explains the nuances)

2020 Unoaked Pinot Gris.   Amazing mid-palate.  A winner.

2020 Gewürztraminer.  you can smell flowers and ripe fruit. Ginger and Guava on the palate.

2016  Merlot.  (Hidden Valley. Dickinson Vineyard)  (in pre-release)  (Below)

Coffee. Dark Chocolate. Ripe Cherry  $40.00

2018 Heritage Series Syrah 100% Hidden Valley Vineyard (above) $32.00

Coffee notes. Clove and dark fruit. Currents. Splendid.

2018 Howe Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon. (above) $48.00

Black fruit and chocolate. The long hang time on vine  highlights beautiful flavours.

2015 Mosaic $54.00   Cab. Merlot. Can Franc. Petit Verdot. Malbec.  “Big Mo”

A fine balance of flavours and  discoveries in the mouth. Flying The Flagship of Naramata Bench.

Cellar up to 10 years.

Chef Evan Robertson Hillside Bistro

FYI – The 2020 Rose and the 2020 unoaked Pinot Gris are released.

Kathy introduces us to their wonderful new Chef Evan Robinson and his new menu.

The May fundraiser #HospitalityHustle campaign.$1 from every bottle of Muscat Ottonel.

Bistro Hours – Wed-Sun 5pm-9:30 pm Take out and meal kit Wed/Sun 1-8 pm

Heated outdoor patio dinner service

Tasting Room

Wed/Sun 10am-5pm

 

And check out Kathy Malone’s Virtual Tasting opportunities online.

www.hillsidewinery.ca

 

Roche Winery – Penelope and Dylan Roche

Had Meg and I stayed on the Naramata Bench, Penelope and Dylan would have been our next-door neighbors.

They bring such wonderful spark to the valley.

Penelope grew up in the very heart of French wine country. Chateau Les Charmes – Haut Brion.  Dylan in North Vancouver.

I laugh every time I type that line. But there’s no shortchanging either one of them.

They trained in classrooms and cellars. Learned winemaking all over the World and then chose to make their stand in – the Okanagan Valley!

“Our strength is a combination of experience in vineyard management and winemaking and a precise appreciation of the link between the two”

Roche Vineyards Naramata Bench

Here are their Spring Releases:

 2019  Texture Pinot Gris. floral notes. Apple then lime in the mouth. Very engaging. $21.90

2018 Traditional Pinot Gris. Vanilla. Apple.. Beautiful mid-palate.  Pear and Lemon.  Loved this front to back. WoW. $28.90

2017 nuances entry level Bordeaux but waaaaay better than many. 58 Cab Franc/25 Merlot/17 Cab.  Herbs. Cassis.Blackberry  $32.90

2016 Chateau 41 Cab Franc/35 Cab/24 Merlot vanilla.black currant .pipe tobacco. tannins & acidity. Think cellar. 14 months. 50% New French of course. $49.99

Penelope and Dylan Roche

FYI – They are now open to “futures” on their wines.

The Black Book Wine Club is very popular. Do you like their wines?  Join the club.

Growing and farming under organic discipline.

Tasting Room open 11 am-5pm

For Pete’s sake- try the Chardonnay!

 

Roche has all the talent and smarts to be one of the wineries leading BC into the future.  For me, where they lead, I follow.

www.rterroir.ca

Stories we’re working on:

Cowichan Wine Festival

Tightrope Spring Releases

Clos du Soleil Spring Releases

Alderlea Spring Releases

 

 

Mulligan Stew May 8th 2021- Over I Million raised for CKUA. We celebrate with 2 hours of your music!

May 7, 2021 Mulligan Stew

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The CKUA spring fundraiser was a huge success. Met and matched  the 1 Million Mark Sunday dinner time.
Everyone – donor audience and staff – took several days to reset and here we are, back in  our places and spaces.
After two weeks of talking, I am seriously committed to numbing the mouth and playing all the songs and artists you wanted to hear and I wanted to play.

Many Thanks to all you donors  from myself and Allison Brock ( Wide Cut Country)  for taking us to the top.

FYI – Last Sunday between 3-6 pm you raised almost $100,000.  Yowza.

 

So here’s two hours of almost non-stop music that you asked for in your donation and several that I  wanted to play for you and ran out of time. As we said on the Sunday

Coulda

Shoulda

Woulda

GOTTA

 

-TDM

PLAYLIST:

Mulligan Stew May 8 2021
TDMulligan – The Stew www.mulliganstew.ca
Maybe I’m amazed (live) Paul McCartney and Wings Wings over America
One love – People get ready Bob Marley and The Wailers Legend
Fire on the Bayou The Meters Fire on the Bayou
Rita is gone The Marcus King Band Marcus King Band
Hush Money Lake Street Dive Obviously
WWW.WINEBC.COM The Stew – Coming UP Amy Winehouse & Hozier www.mulliganstew.ca
Cupid Amy Winehouse Back to Black (Deluxe)
Jackie and Wilson Hozier Hozier
Are we running our of love? Amy Helm What the flood leaves behind
I put a spell on you Annie Lennox Nostalgia
Slow Train The Staple Singers Soul folk in America
Love and Happiness Al Green I’m still in love with you
www.mulliganstew.ca Mulligan Stew Podcast – The Strippers Union Spotify Apple Podcasts Google Play
Hearts & Bones/Mystery Train/Wheels (live) Paul Simon The Concert in Hyde Park
Mulligan Stew – www.mulliganstew.ca
Good to me as I am to you Aretha Franklin (Eric Clapton) Life in 12 bars
While my guitar gently weeps The Beatles (Eric Clapton) The White Album
Peace Love and Understanding Wilco Spotify Singles
Crash into me (live) Dave Mathews Band DMBLive Trax Vol 6 (Fenway park)
Hallelujah Brandi Carlille Spotify Singles
Chocolate Jesus Tom Waits Mule Variations
www.coyotesbanff.com Mulligan Stew Podcast – The Strippers Union spotify apple and google podcasts
What is Hip (live) The Tower of Power Live and in Living Colour
Cruisin for a love (live) J Geils Band Full House
I won’t back down (live) Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers An American Treasure
TDMulligan – The Stew. Year 26 www.mulliganstew.ca
Acadian Driftwood (Remastered) The Band Northern Lights Southern Cross
Mulligan Stew Podcast – The Strippers Union Rob Baker (The Hip) and Craig Northey (Odds) Double Album The Undertaking

EP 154 | Strippers Union

May 2, 2021 Mulligan Stew Podcast

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If you are lucky enough to work on the media side of the music business and  if you’re honest in your relationships with artists,  over the years many of them become friends.

Rob Baker and Craig Northey are just such a couple of friends and together they’re making music again as Strippers  Union.

It took 10 years to record and release their third album called The Undertaking.

Craig Northey was leading The Odds and working with a long list of people plus he is  also an important part  of the Steven Page Trio.

Rob Baker was of course a member of one of Canada’s greatest bands The Tragically Hip, who lost their heart and soul with the death of  Gord Downey.

We cover a lot of ground here but always come back to the music of The Undertaking.

Please enjoy the talk and tracks. Thank You Rob and Craig.

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May 1st, 2021- Our First Spring Wine Release Special of 2021!

April 30, 2021 Tasting Room Radio 01:00:56

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Our First Spring Wine Release Special of 2021

 

THE SHOW

  

You can set your clocks by this moment in the year.  Spring shows itself in green “everything”  plus  warmer days and beautiful longer nights.

For the farmers and winegrowers its “Bud Break”. One of  the first signs of life from the wines.

To celebrate, we’ll be presenting a series of these Spring Specials starting with our friends,  the segment sponsors of Tasting Room Radio.

Enrico in the Cowichan Valley, Moon Curser in Osoyoos, The Hatch in West Kelowna.

Next week Hillside, one of the first on the Naramata Bench.

 Celebrate the future with a glass of wine with your family and friends. It’s Spring 2021

 

Develyn Barker –  The ‘Artful Dodger’ of The Hatch (West Kelowna)

 If you’ve never been there, it’s almost impossible to describe the talented community gathered at The Hatch. However, their smarts and passion show in the wines.

The leader is the Fagan of the Okanagan,  winemaker Jason Parkes. JP is the hub of a wine-making wheel called The Hatch.

Please let me give you an example.

Hatch World includes:

Crown and Thieves                                         Spirit and Fizz

Black Swift Vineyards                          Cactus Fruit

Screaming Frenzy                                           The Hatching Post Brewery

Truck 59 Cidery                                     Proper Man – New album 40 Elephants

(Fifty Shades of J and Fifty Beards Old)

This segment is just a small piece of the whole wine picture at The Hatch.

Spring Wine Releases  from Crown and Thieves

2020  Mr. Hickenbothom – Chardonnay

2020 Pinky Blinders – Rose

2020 Little Nipper – Pinot Gris

2020 Winemakers Wench – Blend (Chard. Roussanne. Pinot Gris. Viognier)

 2014 – Scoundrels Punch  $29.00  Amazing blend. 6 years in the barrel. (Hello?  6 years – 29 Bucks?)

2017  Broken Wing – Merlot $38.99

2017 The Arch Doxy – Cab Franc $44.99

And then a tease of two new big reds. (in the photo above)

Fifty Shades of J

Fifty Beards Old.

AND they’re just getting started. Coming up – new wineries, new wines, new ideas.

They will be announcing four new wines every Friday in May

Thanks to our guest Develyn Barker,  The Artful Dodger, and his boss Fagan.

 

www.thehatchwines.com

Beata and Chris Tolley – Founders and leaders at Moon Curser (Osoyoos)

(Best small winery in Canada and the #2 winery of the top 25 in Canada)

 

Winery owners Beata and Chris Tolley.

 

They make a lot of everything at Moon Curser. All with new labels.

Keep an eye out for:

Roussanne Marsanne

Moonlit Viognier Bubble

Dolcetto

Touriga National

Tannat

Syrah. Tempranillo. Petit Verdot.

 

New Spring Releases include:

2020 Arneis. The “little rascal” of Piemonte . Also called Barolo Bianco. They believe it’s the only one grown in Canada. $25.99

2019 Border Vines. 62 Cab/15 Cab Franc/9 Petit Verdot/9 Malbec/5 Carmenere . Big Bold Bordeaux $27.99

2019 Dead of Night. 53 Tannat/47 Syrah. Can be cellared up to 10 years. $39.99

2019 Malbec $31.99. Cellar 7-10 years.

Moon Curser can be contacted online, tastings arranged and wine discovered and purchased.

They open right after May long weekend.

www.mooncurser.com

Lorin Inglis – GM of Enrico Winery (Cowichan Valley)

They’re open for business at Enrico. And weather permitting there’s live music on the patio Saturdays starting May 8.

Here are your 2021 Spring Wine  Releases from Enrico in the Cowichan Valley:

Two bottles of fine bubble.

Celebration (Pinot Gris) $25.50

Revelation (Pinot Noir) $25.50

Coronet  Reserve Petit Milo  $26.50

Tempest Ortega $22.75

Shining Amour (Pinot Gris) $22.75

Red Dragon – a really interesting Pinot Noir Rose $21.25

Lorin and Terry

Lorin teases us with a new field blend that’s coming. And a little info about the annual  Cowichan Wine Festival all August.

www.enricowinery.com

 

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON:

Hillside – Spring Releases and a new Chef

Alderlea says Hello

More new Spring Wine Releases from

Clos du Soleil

Tightrope

Roche