Mulligan Stew May 30th 2020-Music to heal and renew

May 30, 2020

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How was your week? Memorable or immediately forgettable?

For those of you who had a memorable week…Joyous tracks from

Morning Dew – The National

10^th Ave Freeze Out (live) – Miami Steve and Bruce Springsteen

Trapper – Mark Knopfler

In the air – great new track from The California Honeydrops

Let Them in – The Bros. Landreth

Mrs Robinson (Live) – Paul Simon

Makin’ Whoopee – Dr John and Rickie Lee Jones

Get Back – The Beatles with Billy Preston

A Battle of The Bears

Grizzly Bear Blues – Corb Lund

Grizzly Bear- The Youngbloods

Grizzly Bear – Angus and Julia Stone

For those who had a forgettable week..music to heal and renew

Worries man – Willie nelson and Toots

Funny how time slips away – Lyle Lovett

Compared to what – John Legend and The Roots

Hear me Lord – Bonnie Raitt

Dear mr Fantast – Traffic

Paint it black – The Stones

Like a rolling stone (live) The Stones

Keep on Pushin’ – Mavis Staples

Six Strings Down – Jimmy Vaughn

Walking Blues (live) – Eric Clapton

Don’t shuffle me back – BareNaked Ladies and The Persuasions

Love and Elbows – tdm

NEXT WEEK – Mike Plume – new music

PLAYLIST:

Mulligan Stew	May 30 2020
Your Saturday Night Stew	with tdmulligan
walking blues	eric clapton	unplugged deluxe
six strings down	jimmy vaughn	This is Jimmy Vaughn
keep on pushing	mavis staples	reason to believe
morning dew	the national	day of the dead
www.eauclairedistillery.ca	Next – Knopfler. Stones.Traffic
10th ave freeze out (live)	little steven and the disciples of soul	soul fire live
THIS is Mulligan Stew – Year 25	www.mulliganstew.ca
Trapper	Mark Knopfler	down the road wherever
paint it black	the rolling stones	50 years
dear mr fantasy	traffic	dear mr fantasy
www.mulliganstew.ca	Next – New Cali Honeydrops . Old bonnie raitt
in the air	california honey drops	single
hear me Lord	bonnie raitt	silverlining
Coming Up – Battle of The Bears and The Beatles	www.mulliganstew.ca
Grizzly bear blues	corb lund	agricultural tragic
Grizzly bear blues	the youngbloods	the youngbloods
Grizzly bear blues	angus and julia stone	grizzly bear
across the universe	the beatles	past masters – box set
www.nobleridge.com	Next – the beatles and john legend & the roots
get back	the beatles with billy preston	past masters – beatles box
compared to what	john legend and the roots	wake up
TDMulligan	www.mulliganstew.ca
worried man	willie nelson and toots	countryman
let ’em in	the bros landreth	undercover
mrs robinson (live)	paul simon	collection
funny how time slips away	lyle lovett	best of lyle lovett live
makin whoopie	dr john and rickie lee jones	anthology
Thank you for listening and donating..you did both right??	www.mulliganstew.ca	be safe
don’t shuffle me back	Barenaked Ladies	ladies and gentlemen. BNL & The persuasions

May 30th, 2020- David Farran Pres. Eau Claire Distillery, Turner Valley & A Revisit to Tofino Food and Wine

May 30, 2020 01:06:35

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David Farran Pres. Eau Claire Distillery, Turner Valley & A Revisit to Tofino Food and Wine

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For years, a huge percentage of the grains that were grown by farmers in Alberta were shipped to The UK to make Scotch. 80% of all that Scotch was made with Alberta Barley.

The distillers who did make spirits in Alberta , made whisky in bulk.

Then David Farran left his management position at Big Rock Brewing and began the dream of starting Alberta’s first ever craft distillery. Eau Claire was born in Turner Valley South of Calgary.

David Farran

David partnered with brewer and distiller Larry Kerwin in 2014 to launch the first micro distillery in Alberta, Eau Claire Distillery.

The spirit maker? Caitlin Quinn, Glaswegian and very talented.

Eau Claire can be found in beautiful Turner Valley..on Sunset Blvd. Yup. The old movie theatre and dance hall building built in 1929.

eau claire single malt

I love the fact that they harvest with Percheron horse teams, trained by The Amish. The only people still harvesting by horse.

Does it make for better spirits? You tell me.

Parlour Gin. Ploughman’s Rye, Cherry Gin, Saskatoon Honey Gin, Dill Pickle Vodka, Three Point Vodka and Alberta’s first single malt whisky.

Prickly Pear equinOx and many more.

They open their Tasting Room first week in June.

Local farmers. Local grains.

“from farm to glass”

www.eauclairedistillery.ca

Remembering The Tofino Food and Wine Festival (2019)

The Tofino Food and Wine fest was always one of the outstanding events on the calendar.

The Gardens

Sure there were lots of other food and wine gatherings, in ballrooms, basements and convention centres. None of them could match holding a wine festival in a beautiful community garden and a RAINFOREST.

Welcome to Tofino

It was organized by Kira Rogers and a wonderful team of volunteers.

We covered the event as part of our Tofino food and craft special.

The Music

Months later a press release arrived from Kira cancelling future events.

“For the past 16 years, our experience in working with the British Columbia LCRB has been positive, constructive, helpful and supportive. In 2019, our 17th year producing this well-loved event, our experience was the opposite: obstructive, hostile, intimidating and rude. We felt like an opponent.”

Way to go LCRB.

While we wait for the possible return of this wonderful gathering, I thought I’d offer the interviews we did last year.

Kira Rogers – organizer

Sara Triggs – Culmina Sales and Marketing Manager Culmina.ca

Rob Hammersley – Owner Black Market Wines BlackMarketwine.ca

Chris Smith – Island rep for Way West Wines waywestwines.com

David Gouge – Owner Sea Star Wines. Pender Island seastarvineyards.ca

Paul Gardner – Co-Owner Pentage pentage.com

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON:

Block Party at The Birth Block Vineyard – a series.

Unsworth

Orofino

Row 14 at Klippers

The Hatch

Road 13

Valeria Tait and Ian Sutherland – 2Houses

BC Wine Lovers Cookbook

Ned Bell

EP 109 | Susana Trilling-Chef. Educator. Oaxaca, Mexico

May 29, 2020

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Susana Trilling is a chef, teacher, caterer, author, TV hostess, food consultant, and director of Seasons of My Heart Cooking School and Sazon de Mi Corazon S.A. de C.V., producing gourmet Mexican products. She’s from Philly.

She owned 2 NYC restaurants, a restaurant in Fremantle, Western Australia, and has lived in Oaxaca since 1988, where her two sons were born and raised on her ranch outside of the city.

She wrote My Search for the Seventh Mole and Seasons of My Heart; A Culinary Journey through Oaxaca, Mexico to accompany her 13 part PBS series, that ran for 6 years.

Susana was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Oaxacan International Food and Wine Festival in 2002 and in 2012 was presented with the Espiga de Oro Award for her work promoting Oaxacan cuisine internationally. She has been featured at many Food and Wine and Cacao Festivals and been a celebrity chef at CIA San Antonio’s annual Paella Challenge.

Please enjoy this mid-afternoon chat with Susana Trilling. If you get a chance Google her complete history. It’s fascinating.

http://seasonsofmyheart.com/

EP 108 | Julius Makarewicz-Nude Beverages Founder

May 23, 2020

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It’s 2013.
In Vancouver, 23-year-old Julius Markarewicz is at a trade show featuring entrepreneurs who have “new ideas”. He’s one of many.
His idea is putting vodka and soda TOGETHER in a can so all we have to do is pour it.
Nude Beverages are now approaching 44 Million cans sold.
This is the story we tell today.

Mulligan Stew May 23rd 2020-Full on Spring!

May 22, 2020

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“Get out my life, woman”…First lyrics sung on Saturdays Mulligan Stew on CKUA Radio…

Written by Alan Toussaint… A big hit by Lee Dorsey in the ’60s but times have changed.

This version is sung by The Wood Brothers – who are the funkiest brothers I know. Speaking of brothers.

The Every Brothers end The Stew with Cathy’s Clown – released May 23 1960.

Also a big hit. The usual wicked harmonies.

In Between “The Brothers”

Van Morrison – Astral Weeks

Promised Land – Bruce Springsteen

Deep Purple – The story behind Smoke on the Water

Elton John – Capt Fantastic released on May 23, 1975

The Who – Tommy released May 23, 1969, My memories of Tommy in Amsterdam and The Keith Moon Moment

We salute the birthday of Bumps Blackwell – who produced

Sam Cooke and all the early Little Richard hits.

William Prince – Pearl Jam – Robbie Robertson – new Dylan – Mae Moore – Sister Rosetta Tharpe – Tom Petty Live – Jimi – Marvin – Colin Linden – Los Lobos – Maceo

Let’s get at it!!!

PLAYLIST:

mulligan stew may 23 2020
get out my life woman (live)	The Wood Brothers	live at nail and tooth
i wish i had answered	manx mariner mainline	hellbound for heaven
Don’t fight it	Phantomm Blues Band	Still Cookin’
eauclairedistillery.ca	Next on The Stew – Astral Weeks
astral weeks	Van Morrison	Astral Weeks
the promised land	Bruce Springsteen	Darkness on the edge of town
www.mulliganstew.ca	Next – Smoke on the Water.Lucy in the sky.Tommy
Smoke on the water	Deep Purple	Machine Head
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds	Elton John	Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy
We’re not going to take it	The Who	Tommy
Playlist www.mulliganstew.ca	The Stew Year 25
you send me	Sam Cooke	Portrait of a legend 51-64
Long tall Sally	Little Richard	Here’s Little Richard
Tutti Fruit	Little Richard	Here’s Little Richard
Mulligan Stew – Year 25	Podcast at mulliganstew.ca
Wasted	William Prince	Reliever
Buckle Up	Pearl Jam	Dance Of The Clairvoyants
Dead end kid	Robbie Robertson	Sinematic
False Prophet	Bob Dylan	Rough and rowdy ways
Love won’t find us here	Mae Moore	Dragonfly
www.mulliganstew.ca	Next – Sister Roseta Tharpe
60 years more	Madeleine Roger	Cottonwood
Strange things happening everyday	Sister Roseta Tharpe	Vol 2
Coming UP – Tom Petty Live. Jimi. Colin Linden. Los Lobos	www.mulliganstew.ca
great wide open (live)	Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers	An American Treasure
Remember	Jimi Hendrix	rainy day dream away
Trouble man	marvin gaye	Greatest Hits
www.coyotesbanff.com	www.deanehouse.com
Don’t let go	Colin Linden. Luther Dickinson	Amor
www.nobleridge.com	coming up los lobos. Everly bros. Maceo
Come on let’s go	Los Lobos	Just another band from East LA
Cathy’s clown	Everly Bros	Best of
Cold Sweat	Maceo Parker	Soundcheck

May 23rd, 2020- OUR RESTAURANTS ARE OPEN – NOW WHAT?/ NUDE BEVERAGES- THE STORY/FORT BERENS

May 21, 2020 00:56:51

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OUR RESTAURANTS ARE OPEN – NOW WHAT?/ NUDE BEVERAGES- THE STORY/FORT BERENS

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First things first – we hope this finds you safe and well.

I’m sure you heard that BC’s restaurants are being allowed to re-open. Be forewarned – they won’t look or feel like what you’re used to.

(the BC Governments document here)

Here are the words that keep popping up under General Considerations:

Consider

Modify

Eliminate

Maintain

Provide

Create

Manage

Support

Ensure

Encourage

…and for the restaurants..directions such as

Remove, used multiple times

Provide

Consider

Limit

Encourage

Here’s a link from Scout Magazine that breaks down the original document and gives you the info you need to know. https://scoutmagazine.ca/2020/05/15/new-table-service-protocols-for-bc-restaurants/

Tasting Room Radio reached out to three leaders in the Food and Beverage industry to get their opinions and reactions.

Andrew Morrison – Editor in Chief www.ScoutMagazine.Ca

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Scott Ward – President/COO Brown’s Restaurant Group https://brownssocialhouse.com/

Scott Ward

Ian Tostenson – President and CEO of BC Restaurant & Food

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Services Assn https://www.bcrfa.com/about-us

We‘ll keep going back to this story as it unfolds.

Julius Markarewicz – Founder of Nude Beverages

julius-makarewicz- in the beginning…

The press release was one of many that day. It said something like “ Nude Beverages is shipping more product to Ontario because in their debut they:

“SOLD OUT”

Nude is Canada’s original sugar free Vodka Soda Brand.

It all started in 2013 when Julius thought he saw a gap in the adult beverage market. Right then he started his plan to launch an RTD (ready to drink) beverage.

But first, he had to convince the BC Liquor Board to sell his discovery in their stores.

Nude was sugar, sweetener, gluten and carb free.

48 hours before the window of opportunity was closed, he sat opposite their headquarters in a Starbucks and drank a lifetime of coffee and let the decision makers across the street know that he was “right there:” if they had a questions.

At the last minute they called and he/they were in.

Nude sold 1Million cans in 2019 with a 30% market share.

It’s been a blur every since. They have now sold 44 Million cans across Canada and in a growing number of US States.

Nude comes seven flavours now with more to follow. Besides the original vodka soda, there’s gin soda, iced tea, tequila soda etc.

Nude feels it’s important to give back to the community and are developing relationships with animal rescue groups as part of their company expansion plans with more charities and movements added every month.

They have also committed to the covid relief efforts.

https://nudebeverages.com/covid-relief-fund/

Julius will bring us up to speed with this two part interview.

www.nudebeverages.com

@nudebeverages

Rolf de Bruin – co-founder of Fort Berens Wines

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With his wife Heleen, they moved from Holland to BC, eventually choosing Lillooet to plant and grow their own dreams, in the form of a vineyard and winery. On a day-to-day basis, Rolf helps lead the Fort Berens team by example and by inspiration. He also manages the sales and marketing for the business. Eleven owners show great teamwork.

Rolf takes us through tasting notes and price points of their new releases

2019 Pinot Gris – 10% barrel age. Yummy! Apples, lemon, vanilla

2019 Riesling – blend of 3 vineyards. Classic honey- grass notes. Apple, pear ,citrus

2019 Rose – 5 clones all from estate. floral nose & strawberries in the mouth

(828-667-777-115-47)

2018 Pinot Noir – from estate, Similkameen & West Kelowna. French Oak. Cherries. berries. Pepper around the edges. (perfect with salmon)

2017 White Gold Chardonnay. Dry Creek Vineyard, Fort Berens Estate.

Aged in French Oak until blending. Texture, acidity, apples and orange. Pasta/chicken

2017 Red Gold– Dry Creek Vineyard.67% Merlot & 33% Cab Franc.(passimento style)

Aromas of blackberries & plums, sage & liquorice. Flavours of spice, dark fruit, oak.

Great with game, beef, hard cheese and a hammock.

www.fortberens.ca

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON:

Block Party – a series.

Eau Claire Distillery

Noble Ridge

Unsworth. Orofino. Row 14.The Hatch. Road 13

(a virtual road trip)

Lock and Worth

Anthony Buchanan

Mt Boucherie

Bartier Brothers

Mulligan Stew May 16th 2020- Salute to Little Richard

May 15, 2020

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Little Richard died hours before The Stew hit the air last week… I felt bad that I couldn’t salute him.

All of my best memories of Richard were in-person memories.

I’ll never forget the first and last times I saw him.

Izzy’s Supper Club. On Georgia Street in Vancouver. late 60’s. The whole big deal.., Full band. Lights. Sound. Impressive.

The band was like a finely tuned machine…

They played the opening riff to Lucille for what felt like 3-5 minutes. Then and only then did Richard walk out and lay his hands on the piano..the room just exploded.

He glared at the band members who weren’t keeping up…

“I’m the Georgia Peach, The prettiest man in the room and the bronze Liberace…The KING of Rock and Roll.”

The last time I saw him was at the opening of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.

I was happy for him..getting in on the first ballot…, the original Hall of Famers.

I’ll be playing a handful of Little Richard classics.

His place in rock is set forever.

Elvis was sexy, Fats was accepted by teens parents, Jerry Lee was just flat-out wild baby, Chuck Berry was like a night train, James Brown made you move. Richard was just dangerous. Adults saw him as a threat to friends and family.

Surprisingly, Bob Dylan and Richard admired and liked each other. Even though they walked very different roads, they saw something of themselves in each other.

In high school, Robert Zimmerman said, upon graduation, he wanted to be in Little Richard’s band.

Dylan is about to release Rough and Rowdy Ways, a new album of original songs. (June 19)

I hope to fit in 2 or the three advance singles…False Prophet and Murder Most Foul.

TWO new sponsors for The Stew.. (while our restaurant friends are on the sidelines)

(Thank You, Jodi Lucas, in CKUA Sales)

The first handcrafted distillery in Alberta and one of Canada’s best Eau Claire Distillery in Turner Valley

And

Noble Ridge Winery in Okanagan Falls, BC. Owned by former Albertans Jim and Leslie D’Andrea (dawn-dree-ah)

Get you some NEW

Stones, Joel Plaskett, Fiona Apple, Lucinda Williams, Gregory Porter.

We start with Toots and finish with Birthday Boy Stevie Wonder and EVERYTHING in between

PLAYLIST:

Mulligan Stew	May 16 2020
TD Mulligan	www.mulliganstew.ca
Take me home Country Road	Toots and The Maytals	Spotify Singles
Wha she go do	Bonnie Raitt	Taking my Time
Mavis	Nathaniel Rateleff	And it’s still all right
Eau Claire Disillery	www.mulliganstew.ca
Don’t try to lay no boogie woogie	Long John Baldry	It ain’t easy
Roll away the stone	Leon Russell	Leon Russell
Medicine Hat	Blackie and the Rodeo Kings	King of this town
Me and my Arrow	Nilsson	The Point
www.mulliganstew.ca	Next – Little Richard
slippin and slidin	Little Richard	Here’s Little Richard
Miss Ann	Little Richard	Here’s Little Richard
TDMulligan	www.mulliganstew.ca
Lucille	Little Richard	Here’s Little Richard
Rip it up	Little Richard	Here’s Little Richard
Mulligan Stew CKUA Radio	NEXT – New Bob Dylan
False Prophet	Bob Dylan	Rough and Rowdy Ways
2:19	John Hammond (and Tom Waits)	Wicked Grin
Living in a Ghost Town	The Rolling Stones	single
This is The Stew with tdmulligan	www.mulliganstew.ca
Corina Corina	Crowbar and King Biscuit Boy	Official Music
3 Al Purdys	Bruce Cockburn	Bone on Bone
Freedom	Colin James	Bad Habits
www.nobleridge.com	Mulligan Stew
Mercy Now	Mike Farris	Shine for all the people
Phoenix	Gregory Porter	All Rise
Stay Safe – thank you first responnders	www.mulliganstew.ca
Complicated Love	Joel Plaskett	44
Bad news blues	Lucinda Williams	Good Souls Better Angels
Heavy Balloon	Fiona Apple	Fetch the Bolt Cutters
www.muilliganstew.ca	www.coyotesbanff.com
I contain Multitudes	Bob Dylan	Rough and Rowdy Ways
Made up Mind	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Make up Mind
Azad	Frazey Ford	U Kin be the Sun
Thank You for Listening and supporting	TD Mulligan
You havent done nothing	Stevie Wonder	Fulfilingness first finale

May 15th, 2020 – The WHISKY SPECIAL, featuring Davin de Kergommeaux, Eau Claire & Shelter Point

May 15, 2020 00:55:44

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The WHISKY SPECIAL, featuring Davin de Kergommeaux, Eau Claire & Shelter Point

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Davin De Kergommeaux – The Definitive Guide to Canadian Distilleries

“There is a movement stirring in Canada’s spirits world”

“There was a time, in the decades after Prohibition, when Canadian whisky was all the rage in America, when a bottle of Crown Royal sat on the bar cart of any serious imbiber. But by the time the renaissance in whiskey making and drinking began in the early 2000s, the Canadian product had long ago been dismissed as bland and bottom-shelf.” (NY Times 2018)

Davin has been featured on Tasting Room Radio a number of times.

He is the voice, face and author who best represents Canadian Whisky.

Check out his bio….

DAVIN DE KERGOMMEAUX is an independent expert who has been writing, talking, and teaching about whisky in all its forms and flavours for two decades. He is the world’s leading authority on Canadian whisky, and has been called “Canada’s unofficial whisky ambassador” as well as being named one of the most influential Canadians in Food and Drink by The Globe and Mail in 2016.

Davin de Kergommeaux

He is a former contributing editor to Whisky Magazine, and has contributed to or co-authored eight other books about whisky, spirits, and cocktails. He now writes full-time, and is regularly featured in many websites and publications, including Whisky Advocate.

De Kergommeaux is the founder and chairperson of the prestigious Canadian Whisky Awards and publishes comprehensive tasting notes on his website, www.canadianwhisky.org.

Penguin Random House has released his landmark book The Definitive Guide to Canadian Distilleries with co-author Blair Phillips.

It begins:

“There is a movement stirring in Canada’s spirits world”

Davin de Kergommeaux is acknowledged as the man leading the movement.

When I first met him I admitted right away that I had no history with his spirits world. (Lemon gin does not count)

So he became my teacher and I hope through Tasting Room Radio he became yours as well.

This book is a huge read. There are over 200 distilleries mentioned… it may take you many months and many sips to read the whole book but what a journey.

Davin talks about tasting and discovering these fine craft Distilleries

Eau Claire – Turner Valley, Ab

Forty Creek – Grimsby. On

Two Brewers – Whitehorse, Yukon

Shelter Point – Campbell River, BC

Rheault – Hearst, On

IronWorks – Lunenburg, NS

Black Velvet – Lethbridge, Ab

Dairy – Almonte, On

Crown Royal

And others…

Two distilleries are featured in the last half of this week’s “Room”

Eau Claire Distillery – Turner Valley , Alberta – just south of Calgary.

Caitlin Quinn Eau Claire

They were the first hand crafted whisky in Alberta. Noted for old school horse farming, a wonderful single malt now in its third batch and their very popular Parlour Gin . Our guest is Glaswegian Caitlin Quinn, Master Distiller.

Eau Claire Single Malt

Shelter Point – Campbell River, BC

When we first started Tasting Room Radio years ago we heard about “this guy on Vancouver Island making whisky”

Shelter Point

That guy turned out to be owner/farmer Patrick Evans. He has 155 hectares to work with and a great team that includes Head Distiller Leon Webb and our guest Distillery Manager Jacob Weibe

Shelter Point

FYI – when asked by officials, they quickly turned their spirits into hand sanitizer for all of us to use. It’s a safeguard against the virus. That commitment alone should solidify OUR commitment to tasting their whiskeys, Gin and Vodka.

www.canadianwhisky.org.

https://eauclairedistillery.ca/

https://shelterpoint.ca/

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON

Fort Berens

Nude Beverages. On a big time roll

David Farran – Founder of Eau Claire Distillery

Unsworth/Orfofino/Row 14/The Hatch/Road 13 – The virtual Road Trip

EP 107 | Jeffrey Katzenberg

May 15, 2020

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Mid-April I was lucky enough to be invited to interview Meg Whitman, the CEO of Quibi.

Quibi is new entertainment art form. A short form mobile video company. Content is intended for viewing on smart phones.

Nothing longer than 10 minutes. News, series, films, documentaries. You name it.

Quibi stands for Quick Bites. It also stands for “ambitious”

Meg’s partner and our guest is Jeffrey Katzenberg,

Former Disney Chair (Little Mermaid – Lion King)

led Disney animation (Beauty and The Beast -Roger Rabbit)

and DreamWorks (Shrek)

It’s fair to say, this is a tough sell..they’re already planning on expanding to TV capability.

Lots of competition. Many choices. As Jeffrey says in our interview… “this isn’t a sprint, it’s a marathon. Check back in a year”

For your information and convenience, we’ve put both interviews together here.

Here’s Meg Whitman and Jeffrey Katzenberg. The Team behind Quibi

May 9th, 2020 – Zooming with Jason and Naomi Priestley!

May 9, 2020 00:50:08

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Zooming with Jason and Naomi Priestley at Home

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Jason Priestley. Naomi Priestley – At Home in North Hollywood, Ca.

The Priestleys

I’ve been very happy to call them friends for a long time.

Jason Priestley and I would see each other at auditions for TV and film roles in Vancouver.

Then he headed for LA and the rest you know.

Jason and TDM

We created and co hosted Hollywood and Vines TV. 3 years of shows from vineyards and kitchens in Italy, USA (California, Washington and Arizona), Mexico and across Canada.

He met Naomi while acting in London. Jay didn’t know it yet but he was “done, like dinner”.

Naydog is a force… We had lots to get caught up on. The kids, the USA and it’s pandemic and political crisis.

Plus three wines. The Rose they were drinking and my two – both with stories attached. Winemakers Cut and “The Mulligan” from Berens and Hitchcock.

Nay asks about returning to The Guadalupe Valley outside of Ensenada Mexico. It was just waking up to the possibilities of winemaking there when we visited over 10 years ago. Now it’s just exploded.

We talk about the status of his current series Private Eyes, thoughts on shooting film and tv down the road and how their family, their neighbours and fellow Californians are handling 2020.

Its casual but a lot of fun. It gets serious a couple of times because it’s a serious time we’re all living in. Cheers. Enjoy!!

Mark Wachtin and Mich Pambrun (Storied Wines and Spirits)

These two interviews were left over from our coverage of Swirl and Untapped in Parksville earlier this year.

Parksvilles gorgeous beaches!

I like these guys and I really like their portfolio. They represent – check this out –

(Vancouver Island)

Rathjen, Unsworth, Wayward Distillation

(Okanagan)

Anthony Buchanan

Bella

Lock and Worth

Desert Hills

Kitsch

Nagging Doubt

Nichol Vineyard

Synchromesh

Ursa Major

Skaha Vineyards

Scenic Road Cidery

Tall Tale

That is an impressive list of clients.

You can tell these guys know their wines and winemakers.

Mark Wachtin

Mark Wachtin

Founder – Storied Wines & Spirits

It’s all about the people—conversations, stories and histories. Vancouver Island raised (free range) with a lifetime in hospitality, Mark’s drawn to smaller, family-run operations, sustainable farming and handcrafted production methods.

Motivated by both the traditional and the new wave of producers, Mark has paired wine and food in world-class hotels, restaurants and eateries. Mark’s commitment is best expressed in his strong relationships with sommeliers, chefs, bartenders, servers and retail product consultants.

Mich Pambrun

Mich Pambrun

North Island Sales & Marketing Representative

Michel Pambrun, former DJ and hospitality pro from Manitoba, is an

Internationally accredited sommelier. Michel celebrates natural, sustainable terroir-driven wines and their environments.

His many distinctions include participation in multiple Gold Medal Plates events curating pairings and perhaps his finest harvest, the raising of two incredible daughters.

http://www.storiedwinesandspirits.com/

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON:

Fort Berens

Davin de Kergommeaux

(The Definitive Guide to Canadian Distilleries)

Nude Beverages. On a big time roll

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