October 24th,2020 In Ok Falls with Noble Ridge and Meyer/Mayhem

October 24, 2020 00:52:24

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In Ok Falls with Noble Ridge and Meyer/Mayhem

Noble Ridge Vineyard Winery is named for the noble varieties of grapes grown and the ridge that divides the land on which they thrive. This noble name is a statement of values and a reminder of the hard work and dedication on which the winery was built.

Noble Ridge

Jim and Leslie D’Andrea began their winery in 2001. When they purchased the property it had only 3.5 acres of vines. Since then they have planted an additional 20 acres and have grown their dream into an award winning winery. Tending to vineyards and making the wines is all done by hand on site by a team of dedicated workers who strive every day to create exceptional wine that reflects its noble namesake. Guests are always welcome to enjoy the breathtaking views with a picnic overlooking Vaseaux Lake or to spend time exploring the vineyard with a tour.

Our guest is co-founder Leslie D’Andrea. The driving force behind the team at Noble Ridge.

As an interviewer I can tell you she’s the best kind of guest. Ask the right questions and figure out along the way where her brakes are.

She lives for these wines. They reward the seeker. Leslie is the poster child for passionate wines.

She’ll take us through

2019 Stony Knoll Chardonnay

A new vintage of Mingle. (Pinot Grigio, Gewurztraminer, Kerner.)

2017 Reserve Pinot Noir

2015 The One Sparkling

Plus a heads up on the OK Falls Wine Assn open house. A Holiday Theme.

November 14-15.

Noble Ridge itself will be open until Dec 31. Tastings on Friday and Saturday 11-4pm

Open for sales Tuesday – Saturday

www.nobleridge.com

JAK Meyer and Terry Meyer Stone – Meyer Family Vineyards/Mayhem Winery

Several years ago Terry Meyer Stone along with her brother JAK Meyer and their spouses, Andrew Stone and Janice Stevens launched their new custom crush wine project: Mayhem Wines Inc.

JAK is the driving force behind the award winning wines at Meyer Family Vineyards and Meyer Winery.

JAK explains the difference between Meyer Family and Meyer Wines.

Terry and JAK have been crisscrossing each other and their own wine businesses over the last decade.

JAK and Janice at Meyer Family Vineyards and Terry Lynn and Andrew at Anarchist Mountain Vineyards. Both wanted to grow their own brands, but quickly realized that they were becoming each other’s competition with regards to their Chardonnay and Pinot Noir production.

The seed for launching Mayhem Wines was planted one evening over several glasses of wine. Over wine? How unusual.

Australian born NZ raised Ajay Chavan is the winemaker at Mayhem.

For those of you looking for terrific wines at a great price, remember the name Mayhem.

Terry Lynn and I taste our way through their latest releases. Almost all at $15.95!!

2019 Pinot Blanc (here’s the start to your weekend)

2019 Pint Gris. (Lemon. Honey. Ripe stone fruit)

2019 Riesling (Hello Granny). $18.26

2019 Gewurztraminer. Texture and peach in a glass. Great nose.

2019 Sauvignon Blanc a beautiful balance of oak and Meyer Lemon. Spices.

2018 Merlot/Cab Franc. 75/25 New and Used Oak for 9 months. Plum. Herbs. Beautiful dark fruit. OK. Here’s the plan. Buy several. Enjoy several now. Hide at least one or two bottles for 2 years. Will get crazy good. $21.74

JAK takes us through his latest releases. Keep in mind MFV has earned the distinction of being judged one of the top wineries in Canada.

Acclaimed for sublime Chardonnay and Pinot Noirs. Winemaker is Chris Carson.

Small lots. Burgundian in style and manner. 8,000 cases.

2019 Okanagan Valley Chardonnay. Very popular with wine fans. A blend of four different vineyards. Small batches making one perfect blend. Older oak and stainless steel.

Flavours of lemon, apple, thyme. Vineyard planted in 1996. Cellar to 2024.

2018 McLean Creek Road Chardonnay. 100% French oak. 22 New. Cellaring potential of up to 10 years. Glorious.

2018 McLean Creek Road Vineyard Pinot Noir

Clones are Pommard 91

Dijon 114, 115, 667, 777

100 French Oak. 25 new.

Cellar for 10 years

One of the very best wines in Canada.

Www.MFV.com

www.mayhemwines.com

Stories we are working on:

Zoom tasting at Yalumba

Sandra Oldfield – Back Again!!

Fonseca Zoomathon from Portugal

Sam Roberts – Music and Wine

Tightrope

Lock and Worth/Nichol

Taylor Fladgate – Zoom from Portugal

A return to Hillside

Doin’ The Douce in North Vancouver. Douce Diner

Bartier Brothers

EP 128 | The Trial of The Chicago 7- Aaron Sorkin

October 21, 2020

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For people of a certain age…The Chicago 7 represents a disturbing time in
American History.

For those who were too young to have experienced the events all across
America, simply look around you today.

Large groups of protesters in the streets and parks.

Violence between police/militia and citizens. Politics at its center with
changes in cultures a close second.

Racism was a spark…Martin Luther King Jr had been assassinated months
earlier.

1000’s had died in the war in Vietnam and Richard Nixon was in the White
House.

The Democratic National Convention was in Chicago, along with the National
Guard, 12,00 Chicago Police Officers, and 10,000 demonstrators.

The demonstrators were lead by the Yippies (Youth International Party) and
their leaders were Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin along with Tom Hayden and
Rennie Davis. There was an 8th defendant Bobby Seale a founder of the Black
Panther Party.

The lawyers who represented the accused were perfect for this legal battle.
William Kunstler and Leonard Weinglass. The action in the courtroom was so
wild, The 7 and their lawyers were charged with over 150 contempt’s of
court

It’s fair to say that the timing of this film and its subjects are perfect
for today’s audience which has been watching the Trump administration make
many of the same moves as Nixon.

Our guest is Aaron Sorkin, the writer, and director of The Trial of the
Chicago 7. (just premiered on Netflix this week)

You know him from The West Wing and Network. He wrote the screenplay for A
Few Good Men, Moneyball and won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
for The Social Network

This film ranks as one of his very best.

The audio was captured from a virtual press conference several weeks ago…

Enjoy Aaron’s great background on the story and the shoot. Makes the film
experience even better.

Winter Whites! Tasting Room Radio- October 17th, 2020

October 18, 2020 00:56:23

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Winter White Wines – I’m sorry, Winter What?

THE SHOW

It was a comment about a year ago. A winemaker used the phrase “I’m making Winter Whites”.

“A Winter White – what is that?”

Well, it’s a white wine that has enough texture and mouthfeel to pair with Winter roasts, stews, soups, root vegetables etc.

This hour is dedicated to focusing in on white wines than can carry their weight through the Winter.

I sought out winemakers and wine experts who could explain Winter Whites and then recommend wines that we could get our hands on!

Most of us switch from summer whites to increasingly heavier reds when the Winter cool and wet sets in. Fair enough. They go well with stews, soups, confit, Cassoulet and oven birds.

A Winter White has to have weight, texture and the ability to pair with all those dishes.

Fat Chards come to mind, Chablis, some Pinot Gris and Chenins, specifically Vouvrays

Rieslings from Alsace, Soave from Italy, Mondavi Fume. White blends from Chateauneuf-du-Pape

2 Bench White from Tinhorn Creek.(Semillion,Chard, Sauv Blanc, Viognier and Muscat)

Ava from Le Vieux Pin

Yalumba Y Series Viognier. I could go on.

Please don’t forget to include Bubble, Rosé and Roussanne

Our guests include:

Chris Reilly – Head Sommelier at (David Hawksworth’s) Nightingale Restaurant in Vancouver

https://hawknightingale.com/

Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson – Drinks Editor Winnipeg Free Press https://www.winealign.com/profile/43820-Ben-MacPhee-Sigurdson

Kurtis Kolt – Wine Educator, Wine Writer. Judge. http://www.kurtiskolt.com/

Rhys Pender – Master of Wine https://www.mastersofwine.org/en/meet-the-masters/profile/index.cfm/id/dfb8a043-5e4b-e211-a20600155d6d822c

Michaela Morris – Wine writer and judge https://michaelamorris.ca/

Jason Parkes – Winemaker The Hatch, etc. https://thehatchwines.com/

Jason Parkes – The Hatch

Valeria Tait –Gold Hill Winery and 2House www.goldhillwinery.com

Valeria Tait – 2House and Gold Hill

Kathy Malone – Winemaker at Hillside https://www.hillsidewinery.ca/

Kathy Malone

Chris Reilly-Head Sommelier at Nightingale

Here’s Chris Reilly’s List:

2016 Clos du Soleil Capella Sauvignon Blanc/Semillon Similkameen Valley

2013 Haywire Vintage Bubb Okanagan Valley

2016 Gustave Lorentz Pinot Gris Alsace France

2016 Pietradolce Carricante Etna Bianco Sicily Italy

2017 Yalumba “Y” Series Viognier South Australia Australia

Here’s Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson’s List

d’Arenberg The Hermit Crab Viognier Marsanne (McLaren Vale, Australia)

$23

Guigal 2016 Cotes du Rhone white (Cotes du Rhone, France)

$29

60% Viognier, 15% Roussanne, 10% Marsanne, 8 % Clairette, 5% Bourboulenc, 2% Grenache blanc.

Torres 2017 Esmerelda (Catalunya, Spain)

$16.99 BCLDB

Moscatel and Gewurztraminer, spice and stone/tropical fruit with a hint of sweetness.

Testalonga Baby Bandito “Keep on Punching” Chenin Blanc (Swartland, South Africa)

FYI

The Winemakers have lots of suggestions. – One name that pops up 3 times is Ava from Le Vieux Pin.

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON:

Zoom tasting at Yalumba

Fonseca Zoomathon from Portugal

Taylor Fladgate – Zoom from Portugal

Doin’ The Douce in North Vancouver. Douce Diner

David Hawksworth – The Cookbook (Next week)

Liam Mayclem – Conditions in SF and Napa

Heading back to Ampersand

Creek and Gully Cider

EP 127 | Afie Jurvanen/ Bahamas

October 10, 2020

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“I have music; I have a family, a house, a barbecue. I’ve got pants and a
hoodie, I got all kinds of whatever,” he says. “So that’s what I am
struggling with, this deeply internal thing. What are we doing here? We’re
just here on this rock for such a short time, and then we die.”

Afie Jurvanen’s comments from an article in American Songwriter

Afie Jurvanen is the creative spirit behind the artist known as Bahamas.

Afie has just released his fifth album – Sad Hunk

In Sad Hunk he writes and sings about – Forgiveness, dreams. belief, making
a living, family dynamics, cool/not cool,

Afie and his family moved from Ontario to Halifax and it’s reflected in his
spare, settled narration.

And music? His fans are going to love these tunes and it will win over
non-believers.

He’s the real deal..a Juno winning singer/songwriter who’ll be back at the
podium for next year’s awards.

Enjoy this Zoom interview with the funny and very direct Afie/Bahamas.

Mulligan Stew Oct 10th 2020- Afie Jurvanen/Bahamas

October 10, 2020

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Here s the deal…
Early on Afie Jurvanen decided if he was going to make music – his name was
going to get in the way.

So he inherited a character name – Bahamas – because everyone knew that
name and how to say it.

As of Friday Afie is now 5 albums into a very successful career.

At about the halfway point in this interview, Afie says something that
really stops me.

He basically says

“I try and work with people who are a little out of my league. So I have
to work a little bit harder and faster.”

Just for the record – Afie has worked with

The Lumineers, Feist, Howie Beck. , Jason Collett, Jack Johnson, Robbie
Robertson and more.

The album is called Sad Hunk. The cover is a shot of Afie as if he were a
80’s crooner.

I love his view of himself…it shows in the songs and lyrics.

And his sound is unique to himself. Close harmonies have a horn section
feel them. With a layer of funk beneath the wordplay.

The complete Zoom interview can be heard and seen at MulliganStew Podcast

(Spotify., Google Play. Apple Podcast)

PLAYLIST:

Mulligan Stew	October 10 2020
This is The Stew with TDM	Bahamas is our special guest
Mind Eraser	Black Keys	El Camino
Long Tall Texan	Lyle Lovett and Randy Newman	The road to Ensenada
Favourite daughter	Jenn Grant	Love, Inevitable
Cadillac Walk	Boz Scaggs	Memphis
www.rivercafe.com	www.deanehouse.com
Days gone by	Van Morrison	3 chords and The Truth
This is The Stew with TDM	Special Guest – Bahamas	www.mulliganstew.ca
Don’t worry baby (live)	Billy Joel	My Lives
Don’t be denied	Norah Jones	Spotify Singles
Mexican Home	John Prine	Sweet Revenge
Colour of the Blues	John Prine and Susan Tedeschi	For better or for worse
Mulligan Stew	Happy Birthday John Prine
Steve Dawson and Jim Byrnes	One Life Episodes on Music Makers and Soul Shakers Podcast
NEXT – Afie Jurvanen – Bahamas	www.mulliganstew.ca
Afie Jurvanen – Bahamas Interview	New album Sad Hunk
Own Alone	Bahamas	Sad Hunk
Afie Jurvanen – Bahamas Interview	New album Sad Hunk
Done do me no good	Bahamas	Sad Hunk
Afie Jurvanen – Bahamas Interview	New album Sad Hunk
Fair Share	Bahamas	Sad Hunk
Afie Jurvanen – Bahamas Interview	Complete Zoom Interview on MulliganStew Podcast
Half your Love	Bahamas	Sad Hunk
Wisdom of the World	Bahamas	Sad Hunk
www.mulliganstew.ca	Complete Zoom Interview on MulliganStew Podcast
Black and blue	The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer	A real fine mess
Medicine Hat	Blackie and the Rodeo Kings	King of this town
Won’t change the World	Barney Bentall and Jim Cuddy	The drifter and the preacher
When I call your name	The Bros Landreth and Mariel Buckley	Something New. Something Blue
www.coyotesbanff.com	Reservations are recommended
Running scared (Desert Song)	The Strumbellas	Rattlesnake
Compared to what	John Legend and The Roots	Wake Up
Cathedral	Eddie van Halen	Diver Down

October 10th, 2020 – Maenam. The Book with Angus An. Vanessa Vineyards with Howard Soon. Amazing Row 14 at Klippers.

October 9, 2020 01:01:09

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Maenam. The Book with Angus An. Vanessa Vineyards with Howard Soon & The Amazing Row 14 at Klippers.

THE SHOW

Chef Angus An has been a cutting edge fixture in West Coast dining for many years now.

Angus An

His profile in Vancouver started with Gastropod on Fourth Ave in Kitsilano.

It was 2006. Angus was 26.

Even though Gastropod was his dream restaurant and it won countless awards and rave reviews it couldn’t survive the downturn in the Worlds economy and closed in 2009.

He rebranded as Maenam. A new approach to Thai food with freshness, innovation, new flavours and balance featuring seasonal local ingredients. It was a combination of Thai family style dining and street food. Maenam became so popular it was named best Restaurant in Vancouver by Van Mag in 2016. Also best Thai in Vancouver many years running.

Angus and his wife and partner Kate now run a mini empire on the West Coast.

Their brands include

Maenam.
Longtail Kitchen, South East Asian Street Food Concept.
Fat Mao Noodles, Thai-Chinese Noodle Bar in Chinatown Vancouver!
Freebird Chicken Shack, in Chinatown Vancouver!
Sen Pad Thai, on Granville Island!
Popina Canteen – Granville Island

Maenam is a beautiful book..like the food it celebrates – bright, fresh, colourful.

I went looking for two elements.. What wines to pair with a family style dinner..which may have as many as 5-6 dishes..each with its own spices and flavours. Happily Angus asked Kurtis Kolt to handle that chapter and Kurtis pulled it off.

The other feature I wanted to see was the “how to” suggestion list.

How to prepare a crab or lobster , work with delicate spot prawns and oysters.

And the spices..which ones and where do I find them?

Same thing with “ingredients”..its all handled well here.

Angus took me through his seasonal menus & cooking in the book..so you get to hear about Fall and Winter menus.

NOTE* My trusty field recorder decided to stop working just as we got started. I pulled out my iphone and hit record … Angus picked up right where we had left off and saved the day. Apologies for the audio.

One last suggestion – Think about birthdays, anniversaries and Christmas down the road. This book is a perfect gift for chefs and foodies. Or yourself!!

Maenam: A fresh approach to Thai Cooking comes in hardcover and EBook.

www.maenam.ca

Vanessa Vineyards – Howard Soon Winemaster (Similkameen)

Howard Soon

The combination of Similkameen farmland that’s recommended by vineyard developers Richard Cleave and Robert Goltz is the first hint that you’re on to something very special.

Both of those Okanagan legends are farmers and winegrowers of the highest order.

The second hint is that the winemaker working the vineyards and fruit is none other than Howard Soon. He’s in the middle of his 41^st harvest… the longest such streak in Canada, the man who created Sandhill Wines and was awarded the Order of Canada for his devotion to and leadership in Canadian Wine.

Vanessa Vineyards, image Lionel Trudel

With his partnership at Vanessa, Howard has come full circle as over the years he sourced many of his wines from this very vineyard. Even though its been expanded and new plantings are set in the hard soil, they still will only produce 3,000 cases of wine.

Just what Howard loves. Small lots. Very well made.

This time around we taste

2019 Rose

2016 Syrah

2019 Viognier

And then we had a great discussion about the Vanessa Right Bank. Check out the blend

Merlot Clone 181 Bordeaux, France
Cabernet Franc Clone 331 Pyrénées-Atlanliques, France
Cabernet Sauvignon Clone 169 Bordeaux, France

Lots to like here..from the outstanding wines, the leadership, the staff and especially Howard Soon. Bravo!!

www.vanessavineyard.com (Similkameen Valley)

Anna-Maria Klippenstein – Co-Owner and Coordinator Row 14 (At Klippers in Cawston, Similkameen Valley)

Derek Gray – Executive Chef

The Similkameen is not only a rapidly growing wine region but it’s been the organic farming capitol of Canada for a number of years. Klippers Organics has been part of the farming community since 2001.

Klippers is also the home of Untangled Cider.

So what could be better than to plan and build a great restaurant right in the middle of the farms and one farm in particular Klippers Organics.

They’re well known for their fruit and vegetables at farmers markets around the province.

Anna-Maria’s husband and partner Kevin began this dream by including partner and Executive chef Derek Gray. That was key to the direction they wanted to take the business.

Derek had spent a great deal of time creating with the open hearth kitchen at Savio Volpe in Vancouver.

The three of them planned a restaurant that cooked everything on the open hearth..for all the diners to see and enjoy.

Little did they know they would open just in time for a World Pandemic in 2020.

They closed…made changes to abide by the changing health rules…and re-opened to acclaim and many customers.

They use produce that they are surrounded by at Klippers Organics and the hearth and wood fire creates flavours and textures like few others.

The restaurant sources olive oil from Salt Spring Island and balsamic vinegar from the Cowichan Valley. It also gets its eggs and meats from local farmers in the valley.

It’s fair to say, there has been nothing like this dining experience in the Okanagan and frankly the whole of BC.

The menu is wildly engaging. Trust me on this..very few dining experiences you have tasted recently will come close to this.

Here’s a menu from September. Expect October to be different as what’s coming from the fields and fishery into the kitchen changes seasonally.

https://rowfourteen.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Row-Fourteen-Dinner-Menu.pdf

Best of all, they proudly feature a wide variety of Similkameen wines.

www.rowfourteen.ca

www.untangledcider.ca

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON

Zoom tasting at Yalumba

Noble Ridge

Sandra Oldfield – Back Again!!

Mayhem and Meyer – All in the Family

Fonseca Zoomathon from Portugal

Sam Roberts – Music and Wine

Tightrope

Lock and Worth/Nichol

Taylor Fladgate – Zoom from Portugal

A return to Hillside

Doin’ The Douce in North Vancouver. Douce Diner

EP 126 | The War and Treaty

October 3, 2020

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Michael Trotter Jr – Tanya Trotter. The War and Treaty

They are the most interesting couple and the music they make is a heady mix
of blues, gospel, R&B, and country.

Their first album Healing Tide was so good, they ended up with a Grammy
nomination.

They were scheduled to open for John Legend for most of 2020 but you know
what happened there.

Now comes the all-important follow-up Hearts Town. Are they a one-shot wonder or artists
who will be making music for a looooong time?

(I’ll take door #2 Terry!!)

I love the shortlist of influences in their music

Ray Charles

Nina Simone

Aretha

AND

Johnny Cash

Here’s the deal: They bring real stories with their music. Michael’s post
war trauma, Tanya raising 3 kids, and her love for her Mother Judith.

Hearts Town is also about the people around them and their fans.

Listen to the life and death story behind the track 5 more minutes.

The call and response in Lonely in my Grief.

We welcome Michael and Tanya. The War and Treaty and their new album Hearts
Town

Mulligan Stew Oct 3rd 2020-The War and Treaty Interview and more

October 2, 2020

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Is it really October? Didn’t we all just celebrate Canada Day?

Didn’t I just clean the BBQ – for the Summer?

Fine!

Let’s welcome this Late Summer /Early Fall with this first Stew of October and more than 90 minutes of handpicked Saturday night music.

The guests Saturday are Michael and Tanya Trotter. A gifted husband and wife team called The War and Treaty.

How good are they? Their first album Healing Tide was nominated for a Grammy.

Now comes their follow up release Hearts Town.

Filled with the stories of their lives…

.. a tobacco-chewing guy with a MAGA hat. (Hearts Town)

..Michaels post-war syndrome walking him to the edge (Five more minutes)

..a plea for healing (Take me In)

The War and Treaty meet at the crossroads of Country, Blues, and Gospel…and make that sound their own.

Full Podcast available here with Zoom interview as well

The rest of The Stew includes lots of music you can cook and dance to….at at the same time…

Tower of Power, Taj Mahal, Paul Simon Live, Terra Lightfoot, Walk off the Earth, Marc Cohn and the Blind Boys of Alabama, Herbie Hancock, Tedeschi Trucks with Sharon Jones and the Daps Kings, Michael Kiwanuka, Marcus King, Bonnie Raitt, and Norah Jones.

Coming UP…

Bahamas

Sam Roberts

AND THE FALL FUNDRAISER…

PLAYLIST:

Mulligan Stew	Todays Guests – The War and Treaty	www.mulliganstew.ca
so beautiful or so what	Paul Simon	live in nyc – webster hall
new woman’s world	The Avett Brothers	closer than together
sell a song	Sir douglas quintet	Mercury years
home alone	walk off the earth	home alone
www.deanehouse.com	www.river-cafe.com
countrywide soul	jim cuddy band	countrywide soul
www.mulliganstew.ca	NEXT – Neil Young Live	coming up The War and Treaty
walk on (live)	neil young	Live at The Roxy
www.mulliganstew.ca	Podcast is complete interview with War and The Treaty	spotify -google play -apple podcasts
What is Hip?	Tower of Power	Tower of Power
Hello Josephne	Taj Mahal	Maestro
Two Hearts	Terra Lightfoor	New Mistakes
Ride on	Corb Lund and Ian Tyson	Cover your tracks
Mulligan Stew Podcast	Podcast is complete interview with War and The Treaty	(spotify. Google Play. Apple Podcasts)
Walking in memphis (live)	Marc Cohn and Blind Boys of Alabama	work to do
Hip Hug Her.	Booker T and the MG’s	Greatest Hits
This is Mulligan Stew with TDMulligan	NEXT – War and The Treaty Interview with new album	Hearts Town
Michael and Tanya Trotter. War and The Treaty Interview	on Zoom at www.mulliganstew.ca
Hearts town	War and The Treaty	Hearts Town
Michael and Tanya Trotter. War and The Treaty Interview	on zoom Podcast at www.mulliganstew.ca
lonely in my grief	War and The Treaty	Hearts Town
Michael and Tanya Trotter. War and The Treaty Interview	find complete Zoom interview on MulliganStew.ca
Five more minutes	War and The Treaty	hearts town
Michael and Tanya Trotter. War and The Treaty Interview	find complete Zoom interview on MulliganStew.ca
Take me in	War and The Treaty	Hearts Town
Mulligan Stew	NEXT – Watermel Man. Nuela Charles. Michael Kiwanuka
find the complete interview at	www.mulliganstew.ca
Watermellon Man	Herbie Hancock	The Essential Herbie Hancock
Got it bad	Nuela Charles	got it bad
Final Days	Michael Kiwanuka	Kiwanuka
Bring it on home(live)	Tedeschi Trucks band- Sharon Jones. Dap Kings	2015 wheels of soul live at spotify
The well	marcus King	El Dorado
www.eauclairedistillery.ca	Handcrafted in Turner Valley
I don’t want anything to change (live)	Bonnie Raitt. Norah Jones	Bonnie Raitt and Friends

October 3rd, 2020-Fishing, Food, Friends, Fluids – Year 8

October 2, 2020 00:55:10

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Fishing, Food, Friends, Fluids – Year 8

(A Chef, Winemaker, Master of Wine and me)

THE SHOW

For 8 years now, Master of Wine Rhys Pender, Winemaker/Owner at Orofino John Weber, Award winning Chef at Waterfront Bistro Kelowna Mark Filatow and yours truly have gathered once a year to reconnect through fishing. On oceans, lakes, streams, rivers and sharing campfires, food, wines and stories.

2020 has been such a crazy mess on so many levels, that getting away – just for two days – was so the right thing to do.

It was Mark who suggested drift fishing the Kettle River, one large valley East of the Okanagan. There’s no pristine chain of blue lakes down this valley but the river is gorgeous and home to beautiful trout.

Day one we drifted the Kettle River. Fished the rapids and pools for about 5-6 hours..had a spectacular dinner thanks to Mark. It featured the annual Tomahawk Chops cooked on an open fire (this year the fire was a charcoal fueled Weber BBQ)

Dinner cooked all on the charcoal fueled Weber. Dry Aged Beef Tomahawk Steaks.Organic Corn.

Potatoes and Chive sour cream. Tomato and Cucumber Salad. Homemade BBQ Sauce

The wines we poured were like a liquid gift… better and better.

I headed for bed while the other three played campfire dj. I happily slept through the noise.

I put on a master class in campfire coffee- for an audience of one. Me!

When the guys woke up Mark put on his usual healing breakfast – Kale eggs with Rhys’s great bread (photos included) and then off we went.

Day two, we drove Highway 33 East and identified 3 dark pools that looked promising and accessible. So, instead of drifting, we spent the day fishing those pools and walking the river.

Mark had two great fishing days, so did John. Rhys had his moments and I came up completely skunked. But I still spent two days with these friends, on a river and shared fishing, food and fluids.

It’s hard to put into words how wonderful it all felt.

The last dinner was spring salmon I had caught in Ucluelet and we BBQ’d on the fire with a wild variety of wines for pairing.

Dinner

Terry’s salmon with the potato, corn, shishitos and vegetable succotash

Wines in no particular order

Mark

Burge Family Barossa Valley Olive Hill Vineyard Semillon 2006

Clai, Ottocento 2014, Istria Croatia

Jean Bourdy, Cotes du Jura Blanc 2008

Eric Texier, St. Julien St. Alban, 2014, Rhône, France

Stephenson Cellars, Syrah 2008, Columbia Valley, Washington

John

From Orofino:

Gamay bubble 2019

Hendsbee Vineyard Riesling clone 21B 2018

Hendsbee Vineyard Riesling clone 239 2018

Gamay 2019

Plus..

Pozza Vineyard cab franc rosé 2019

SA Natte Valley Cinsault 2017

Domaine de Pothiers “Reference” Loire Gamay

Rhys

Pesquera Ribera del Duero 2011,

St. Urbans Hof Ockfener Bockstein Kabinett Riesling 2011

Terry

Mission Hill 2007 Point Noir

Desert Hills 2006 Mirage

Inniskillin Dark Horse 1996 Riesling Ice Wine

We talked of Covid19, the state of wineries and restaurants this year and what 2021 may bring, wines we brought, about each of their careers and of course, fishing.

www.orofinovineyards.com

www.Waterfrontrestaurant.ca

www.littlefarmwinery.ca

Next year? Let’s just say “It’s under discussion.”

Thank you gentlemen..it was an honour and a dream.

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON

Angus An – Maenam Cookbook

Zoom tasting at Yalumba

Noble Ridge

Sandra Oldfield – Back Again!!

Vanessa

Mayhem and Meyer – All in the Family

Fonseca Zoomathon from Portugal

Dining at Row 14 in Cawston

Sam Roberts – Music and Wine

Tightrope

Lock and Worth/Nichol

Taylor Fladgate – Zoom from Portugal

Mulligan Stew Sept 26th 2020- All Tunes for a Saturday evening!

September 26, 2020

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Hello Stew Heads…

No interview today…2 hours of tunes for the start of your hard-earned Saturday night.

Kick off with Ry Cooder, The Jerry Garcia Band, new Bahamas, and a remixed Instant Karma from John and Yoko.

There’s a boogie set with John Lee Hooker/David Wilcox/Colin James

Remixed Goats Head Soup from The Stones.

Hour two starts with Little Feat Live/Jann Arden & Jackson Browne and a great new track from War and The Treaty. (next weeks guests and podcast)

Speaking of MulliganStew Podcast.

This week it’s one of the most unknown legendary figures in rock. Bert Berns. Wrote huge hits. Produced stacks of soul hits, hung with the mafia and has an amazing documentary you might want to check’ out HERE.

Cheers. Wash your mask

-TDM

PLAYLIST:

The Stew	Sept 26 2020
TDMulligan	Donor Supported CKUA. Mulligan Stew
Jesus on the Mainline	Ry Cooder	Anthology
The way you do the things you do (live)	Jerry Garcia Band	Jerry Garcia Band
Trick to Happy	Bahamas	Trick to Happy
www.mulliganstew.ca	NEXT – John and Yoko/Bonnie Raitt/Colin James
Instant karma (Ultimate Mix)	John Lennon and Yoko Ono	Gimme some truth
www.deanehouse.com	www.River-cafe.com
Angel from Montgomery (live)	Bonnie Raitt	Road Tested
www.mulliganstew.ca	Terry David Mulligan
Boogie Chillin’	John Lee Hooker and Eric Clapton	King of the Boogie
That hypnotizing boogie	David Wilcox	Out of the woods
Boogie Funk	Colin James	Blue Highways
Donor supported CKUA Radio	www.mulliganstew.ca
Angie	The Rolling Stones	Goat’s Head Soup Re-Issue
Lousiana 1927	Aaron Neville	Warm your heart
Just a boy	Mark Knopfler	Down the road wherever
The Stew – with tdm	Coming UP – New music from The War and Treaty
Dancing with Mr D	The Rolling Stones	Goat’s Head Soup Re-Issue
playlist at	www.mulliganstew.ca
waiting for a miracle (live)	Jerry Garcia Band	Jerry Garcia Band
Yes, we can	Allen Toussaint	Our New Orleans
Strong Enough	Ray LaMontagne	MonoVision
We get by	Mavis Staples	We get by
www.coyotesbanff.com	Its taco time at Coyotes
Lousiana 1927	Randy Newman	Greatest Hits
Can you see me	Maya Rae	Can you see me
Daybreak	Ariel Posen	How long
Mulligan Stew	www.mulliganstew.ca
Backstroke (live)	Albert Collins	Alive and well
I lost my way	Matt Anderson	Weightless
Old men	Corb Lund	Agricultural Tragic
Fat man in the bathtub (live)	Little Feat	Waiting for Columbus
Good Time	Eric Gales	Middle of the Road
The Stew with tdmulligan	www.mulliganstew.ca
Unloved	Jann Arden and Jackson Browne	Living under June
Take me in	The War and Treaty	Hearts Town

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