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EP 324 | Author Luke Whittall and his Sipster’s Pocket Guides Books

October 21, 2024 Mulligan Stew Podcast

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Look who’s on a Roll – It’s this week’s guest,  Author Luke Whittall
 
Luke and his Sipster’s Pocket Guides Books.
In the third volume in the popular  Sipster’s Pocket Guide series, wine expert and educator Luke Whittall presents his latest top 50 British Columbia wines under $50 (including many under $30) and along the way shares his thoughts on wine country and common misconceptions about certain grapes, and offers up tangents on everything from scented candles to middle children to jazz hands.
With food and activity pairings that range from Thai noodles and pool noodles to classic rock and hootenannies, and an index of attitudes that lets you choose a wine based on your mood (come hither, dressed to kill, razzle-dazzle), the Sipster’s guides are equal parts freewheeling and focused.
Divided into chapters on sparkling, white, rosé, red, and dessert wines, the latest volume of Sipster’s will snap you out of a catatonic funk in the liquor store and stick around for a quiet evening paging through a book—perhaps this book and perhaps there’s even a wine for that.
Welcome to Volume 3, where a Viognier can be a lot like a bouncy castle, a red blend that is the icing on top of another layer of icing and also  a wine that will upstage Taylor Swift and Kayne and an adventurous evening calls for a certain Trebianno (not the guy from Friends . . . but then again, maybe?).
The Sipsters series are written in language anyone can understand. Words we all use and can remember a day later.
Make no mistake, Luke knows his wines from the vineyards to the bottle. He just makes the journey much easier than it really is.
We also start TRR with a conversation about vineyard damage & recovery,   plus the coming discovery of BC Wines made with Washington grapes.
So those damaged vineyards, wineries and wine-farming families can survive the next couple of years.
And heads UP – The Sipster’s Ontario Vol 2 is coming – just in time for Christmas.
Then surely, the Luke Whittall film starring Ryan Reynolds. 
Luke Whittall
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Books:
“The Sipster’s Pocket Guide to 50 More Must-Try BC Wines, Volume 3″ 2024 (Touchwood Editions)
“The Sipster’s Pocket Guide to 50 Must-Try Ontario Wines, Volume 1″ 2023 (Touchwood Editions)
“The Sipster’s Pocket Guide to 50 Must-Try BC Wines, Volume 2″ 2023 (Touchwood Editions)
“The Sipster’s Pocket Guide to 50 Must-Try BC Wines, Volume 1″ 2021 (Touchwood Editions)
“The Okanagan Wine Tour Guide” 6th Edition (with John Schreiner) 2020 (Touchwood Editions)
“Valleys of Wine: A Taste of British Columbia’s Wine History” 2019 (Whitecap Books)

August 19th 2024 2024-Author Luke Whittall and his Sipster’s Pocket Guides Books

October 19, 2024 Tasting Room Radio 0:50:02

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Look who’s on a Roll – It’s this week’s guest,  Author Luke Whittall

 

Luke and his Sipster’s Pocket Guides Books.

In the third volume in the popular  Sipster’s Pocket Guide series, wine expert and educator Luke Whittall presents his latest top 50 British Columbia wines under $50 (including many under $30) and along the way shares his thoughts on wine country and common misconceptions about certain grapes, and offers up tangents on everything from scented candles to middle children to jazz hands.

With food and activity pairings that range from Thai noodles and pool noodles to classic rock and hootenannies, and an index of attitudes that lets you choose a wine based on your mood (come hither, dressed to kill, razzle-dazzle), the Sipster’s guides are equal parts freewheeling and focused.

 

Divided into chapters on sparkling, white, rosé, red, and dessert wines, the latest volume of Sipster’s will snap you out of a catatonic funk in the liquor store and stick around for a quiet evening paging through a book—perhaps this book and perhaps there’s even a wine for that.

Welcome to Volume 3, where a Viognier can be a lot like a bouncy castle, a red blend that is the icing on top of another layer of icing and also  a wine that will upstage Taylor Swift and Kayne and an adventurous evening calls for a certain Trebianno (not the guy from Friends . . . but then again, maybe?).

The Sipster's Pocket Guide to 50 More Must-Try BC Wines: Volume 3

The Sipsters series are written in a language anyone can understand. Words we all use and can remember a day later.

Make no mistake, Luke knows his wines from the vineyards to the bottle. He just makes the journey much easier than it really is.

 

We also start TRR with a conversation about vineyard damage & recovery,   plus the coming discovery of BC Wines made with Washington grapes.

So those damaged vineyards, wineries and wine-farming families can survive the next couple of years.

 

And heads UP – The Sipster’s Ontario Vol 2 is coming – just in time for Christmas.

 

Then surely, the Luke Whittall film starring Ryan Reynolds. 

Www.sipsterswinepodcast.ca/books 

 

Luke Whittall

Online:

The Sipster’s Wine Podcast – Sipsters Icons on Substack   WWW.

 

Books:

“The Sipster’s Pocket Guide to 50 More Must-Try BC Wines, Volume 3″ 2024 (Touchwood Editions)

“The Sipster’s Pocket Guide to 50 Must-Try Ontario Wines, Volume 1″ 2023 (Touchwood Editions)

“The Sipster’s Pocket Guide to 50 Must-Try BC Wines, Volume 2″ 2023 (Touchwood Editions)

“The Sipster’s Pocket Guide to 50 Must-Try BC Wines, Volume 1″ 2021 (Touchwood Editions)

“The Okanagan Wine Tour Guide” 6th Edition (with John Schreiner) 2020 (Touchwood Editions)

“Valleys of Wine: A Taste of British Columbia’s Wine History” 2019 (Whitecap Books)

 

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON

 

Zanatta

Pluvio & Ucluelet

Sons of Vancouver

Eau Claire Ruperts Exceptional Whisky

Hester Creek

Fort Berens

Victoria Wine Fest

Winemakers Cut

2025 Van Wine Fest

Jason Parkes Customs

The state of BC Wines 

Fall Wine Releases

New from Niche 

 

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October 19, 2024 Mulligan Stew

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EP 323 | Natalie MacLean – Wine Witch on Fire

October 12, 2024 Mulligan Stew Podcast

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The full title of Natalie Maclean’s  memoir is 
Wine Witch on Fire Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation and Drinking Too Much.
 
For all of you who bought and read Natalie’s  book Red, White and 
Drunk All Over and listened to her podcast Unreserved Wine Talk, this memoir is a completely different read.
She discovers her husband of many years is leaving the relationship and at the same time, her wine rivals decide to tell the wine world that she’s not nearly as accomplished as we think.
Despite multiple awards for her writing and knowledge, Natalie has to rebuild her career, fight for her son and find an elusive second chance in a business that rarely gives you any.
All of this drama is played out in a wine world where many women are taken for granted and rarely given credit for their skills.
Yup – Wine Witch is a thriller. And it’s funny, just in time for Christmas.

You can get Natalie MacLean’s new memoir Wine Witch on Fire: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation, and Drinking Too Much in paperback, ebook or audiobook from these retailers.

She hosts the podcast, Unreserved Wine Talk, and offers popular online wine and food pairing classes at www.nataliemaclean.com.

Mulligan Stew Oct 12th 2024-The Thanksgiving Saturday Stew

October 12, 2024 Mulligan Stew

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Two donor hours on this Stew
The first donor hour is from two Albertans living just outside Houston Texas..in Woodlands.
Big time fans of CKUA.
The hour is a birthday gift from one to the other.
The second donor hour is from a well-known couple who always show up.
This time it’s her highness who’s picking the music. Music gathered in a notebook over a lunch with your truly. I had the soup!

Today – music to cook by, prep by, drive from town to town by and especially music for the Joy of Thanksgiving

New Music 
  • Eric Clapton
  • Van Morrison (live)
  • Kathleen Edwards and Bahamas
  • Leeroy Stagger
  • The Fretless
  • Madeleine Peyroux
  • Jill Barber
  • Classics
  • Earl Hooker
  • Joni – Twice
  • The Trio
  • Crosby Still and Nash (live)
  • Ry Cooder
  • INXS
  • Buena Vista Social Club
  • Hank Crawford and Dr. John
  • Stevie Ray Vaughn
  • Neil Diamond
  • Sting (live)
  • Sam and Dave
  • Roy Orbison and Emmy Lou Harris
  • JB Lenoir
  • The Wood Brothers
  • Elton John
  • And
  • ELVIS

 

PLAYLIST:

Mulligan Stew-Thanksgiving Weekend Terry David Mulligan playlist – mulliganstewdotca
One woman Eric Clapton Meanwhile
Slow down JB Lenoir Passionate Blues
Atlas The Wood Brothers Ways to not love
Big Yellow Taxi (live) Joni Mitchell Archives Vol 4 Asylum Years
A case of you Joni Mitchell and The Joni Jam Joni at Newport folk Fest
Human Touch Kathleen Edwards (& Bahamas) single
Deane House & River Cafe Coming UP – Sting Live and Leeroy Stagger
Englishman in New York (live) Sting with Branford Marsalis Sting – Live in Berlin
Watermelon Pink Leeroy Stagger 3am Revelations
The Thanksgiving Stew TDMulligan NEXT – Roy Orbison and Emmy Lou
That loving you feeling again Roy Orbison and Emmy Lou Harris Duets
Mystery Train Elvis Best of
Honky Cat Elton John Diamonds (Deluxe)
The Thanksgiving Stew with TDMulligan NEXT – Matt, Sue and Sam
So Low, Solo Matt Anderson A Big Bottle of Joy
Nothing in Rambling Sue Foley One Guitar Woman
Soothe me Sam and Dave Best of
Mulligan Stew with TDMulligan Playlist mulliganstewdotca Coming UP – Sweet Caroline
Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond Best of
Coming UP in Hour Two of The Stew Ry Cooder, new Van Morrison, etc -Thanksgiving Weekend
Rich Woman Robert Plant and Allison Krause Raising Sand
Wild Flowers The Trio Complete Trio
Marrakesh Express Crosby Stills and Nash Crosby Stills and Nash
Pipe Dream The Fretless with Madeleine Roger Glasswing
Chan Chan Buena Vista Social Club BVSClub
Terry Mulligan – The Stew Year 28 Next – Ry Cooder & New Van Morrison CKUA
Down in Hollywood Ry Cooder Anthology
Celtic Excavation-Into the Mystic Van Morrison Live at Orangefield
Coyotes Banff – Taste for Adventure Supporting CKUA and The Stew for over 25 years
La Mer Jill Barber Encore
Please come inside Madeleine Peyroux Let’s Walk
Happy Thanksgiving all Take care – serve love Thanks
Never tear us apart INXS Kick
Little Wing Stevie Ray Vaughn Couldn’t stand the weather
Tragick-Magick Hank Crawford and Dr. John Roadhouse Symphony
Happy Thanksgiving from all, at CKUA
Hot and Heavy Earl Hooker Thersa fungus among us

October 12th, 2024- Wine Witch on Fire – The Natalie MacLean Memoir.  

October 11, 2024 Tasting Room Radio 0:39:09

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Wine Witch on Fire – The Natalie MacLean Memoir.  

 

THE SHOW 

I'm A Wine Writer. Here's How I Cut Back On Drinking - Chatelaine

“Natalie MacLean had it all – an accomplished husband, a high-profile wine writing career and an email signature of “Chief of Wine Happiness.”  But her life fell apart when her husband departed, she started to drink too much and a social media mob came after her.

Wine Witch on Fire is the triumphant story of how MacLean pushed back against sexism in the wine industry, found love and drew on her female “witching” powers to turn obstacles into opportunities.”

Francis Dinkelspiel bestselling author of  Tangled Vines

The full title of Natalie MacLean’s book is

Wine Witch on Fire

Rising from the  Ashes of Divorce, Defamation and Drinking Too Much

When I read that Natalie had written a memoir that was both dark, transparent and funny, I knew I had to ask for an interview.

The memoir was surprising in its transparency and elements very familiar to me.

Receiving the wines, studying the info, sipping and at times fully tasting the wines that arrived.

The most interesting wines were always paired with food, as they were intended.

I had page after page of questions written out but in the end, like all great engaging conversations, there was little time to check on notes or questions. Just make sure you’re recording and exchanging any and all opinions and thoughts.

I do hope you like the conversation. The book is even better.

You can get Natalie MacLean’s new memoir Wine Witch on Fire: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation, and Drinking Too Much in paperback, ebook or audiobook from these retailers.

She hosts the podcast, Unreserved Wine Talk, and offers popular online wine and food pairing classes at www.nataliemaclean.com.

The video version of the interview can be found on the terrydavidmulligan YouTube Channel.

www.nataliemaclean.com

#winewitchonfire

@NatalieMacLean

@natdecants

 

Happy Thanksgiving all.

 

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON

The Sipster 3 and Ontario 2

Victoria Wine Festival

Winemakers Cut

The State of BC Wine – Fall 2024

Fort Berens

Jason Parkes Customs

2025 Van Wine Festival

New releases from Sons of Vancouver

Jim Moody – Zanatta Wines

Pluvio and Ucluelet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EP 322 | Kris Kristofferson interview 2006-Blue Moon Marquee (New Orleans Sessions)

October 5, 2024 Mulligan Stew Podcast

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We meet  Blue Moon Marquee – Al Cardinal and Jasmine Colette – on the stage at the Osbourne Bay Pub in Crofton, Vancouver Island.

That stage was the first place they met and then played together many times as Blue Moon Marquee.

They’ve come a long way since that stage.

Juno Winners, sweeping the  2023 Maple Blues Awards and still winning awards,  including this week.

After a decade of stages and touring comes the 5th album New Orleans Sessions. Recorded in New Orleans in two days – Four hours each day. One track Trickster Coyote was a first take. Recorded with some of the very best New Orleans players.

Lots of stories and new music. Also news of the next two projects they intend to present.

They start their next tour October 26th at Festival Place, Sherwood Park.  October dates in Lloydminster, Daysland and Athabaska. – and April 5 at the Arden

(complete interview on Mulligan Stew Podcast)

We start the Mulligan Stew Podcast  Stew  remembering the man  and celebrating the life and music of the late Kris Kristofferson.

From the Mulligan Stew archives we replay the Kris Kristofferson interview we did  2006 backstage at Calgary Folk Festival.

Answering media questions, including my own:

Kris talks about Johnny Cash, Willie and his sons, Hank Williams, movies, performing solo, the Nashville Underground,  songwriters these days John Prine, Todd Snider, Shooter Jennings, and how nervous he gets singing for 12,000 people.

Message from Margo Price:

I’m lighting a candle for Kris Kristofferson and remembering every song he ever wrote. I’m thinking about of how lucky I was to come into his orbit if even for a short time, because he was, without a doubt, one of the best songwriters to ever walk the face of the earth. Kris was, like the words of his song; ‘The Pilgrim, Chapter 33,’ a poet, a picker, a prophet, a pusher, a pilgrim and a preacher and a problem when he was stoned. He was also a song crafter, a storyteller, a movie star, a soldier, a helicopter pilot, an activist, a Rhodes Scholar, a Renaissance man, a father, a family man, a veteran and a true blue American hero. 

Bob Dylan once said, “Kristofferson came into Nashville like a wildcat that he was and just changed everything. You can look at Nashville pre-Kris and post-Kris.” Kris was politically charged, often outspoken and sometimes misunderstood.

 

Please enjoy…honoured to bring you both artists!!

 

Mulligan Stew Oct 5th 2024- Blue Moon Marquee and Kris Kristofferson Interview

October 5, 2024 Mulligan Stew

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We meet  Blue Moon Marquee – Al Cardinal and Jasmine Colette – on the stage at the Osbourne Bay Pub in Crofton, Vancouver Island.

That stage was the first time they met, and they played together many times as Blue Moon Marquee.

They’ve come a long way since that stage.  Juno Winners, sweeping the  2023 Maple Blues Awards and still winning awards, including, this week.

After a decade of stages and touring comes the 5th album New Orleans Sessions. Recorded in New Orleans in two days – Four hours each day. One track Trickster Coyote was a first take.

Lots of stories and lots of new music. Also news of the next two projects they intend to present.

 

They start their next tour October 26th at Festival Place, Sherwood Park.  October dates in Lloydminster, Daysland and Athabaska. – and April 5 at the Arden

(complete interview on Mulligan Stew Podcast)

 

www.bluemoonmarquee.com

 

And during the second hour of  Stew, we’ll remember and celebrate the life and music of the late Kris Kristofferson.

From the Mulligan Stew archives we replay the Kris Kristofferson interview we did  2006 backstage at Calgary Folk Festival.

Answering media questions, including my own:

Kris talks about Johnny Cash, Willie and his sons, Hank Williams, movies, performing solo, the Nashville Underground,  songwriters these days John Prine, Todd Snider, and Shooter Jennings, and how nervous he gets singing for 12,000 people.

PLAYLIST:

Mulligan Stew – Two Guests join TDM Blue Moon Marquee (New Orleans Sessions) and Kris Kristofferson from 2006
Dr Feelgood Aretha Franklin Never loved a man
Brand new day Sting Brand new day (expanded)
Pipe Dream The Fretless with Madeleine Roger GlassWing
Helplessly hoping (live) Crosby, Still, Nash and Young Live at the Fillmore East 1969
You’re gonna get it Jason Isbell and the 400 unit You’re gonna get it
Deane House & River Cafe Coming Up-Blue Moon Marquee and Kris Kristofferson Interview
Chest Fever The Band Music from Big Pink
Gangster of Love (live) Steve Miller Band The Ultimate Hits Steve Miller
Something The Beatles Abbey Road
Blue Moon Marquee interview A.W. Cardinal and Jasmine Colette New Orleans Sessions
Some ol Day Blue Moon Marquee New Orleans Sessions
Al Cardinal and Jasmine Colette Blue Moon Marquee with TDMulligan
Let’s get drunk again Blue Moon Marquee New Orleans Sessions
Complete Blue Moon Marquee Interview on Mulligan Stew Podcast available after Stew ends…
Trickster Coyote Blue Moon Marquee New Orleans Sessions
Mulligan Stew welcomes Al Cardinal and Jasmine Colette Blue Moon Marquee
Black Rat Swing Blue Moon Marquee New Orleans Sessions
Complete Blue Moon Marquee Interview Now On Mulligan Stew Podcast Album is New Orleans Sessions
NEXT on – Mulligan Stew Hour Two 2006 interview with Kris Kristofferson at Calgary Folk fest
Done tore your playhouse down again King Biscuit Boy (Richard Newell) Gooduns
Protection Colin James and Lucinda Williams Chasing the Sun
Gone girl gone Bahamas Bootcut
Sweetheart like you Chrissie Hynde Standing in the Doorway
The Stew with Terry Mulligan Kris Kristofferson Interview Soon From Calgary Folk Fest 2006
Breathless Jerry Lee Lewis Best of
In my life The Beatles Rubber Soul
Howling at Nothing (live) Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats Live at Red Rocks
Coyotes Banff October 24-Nov 7 Taste for Adventure NEXT – Kris Kristofferson
Me and Bobby McGee Kris Kristofferson 16 greatest hits
Kris Kristofferson Interview Media gathering 2006 Calgary Folk festival Recorded by tdmulligan
Help me make it through the night Kris Kristofferson 16 greatest hits

October 5th, 2024- Okanagan Fall Wine Fest!

October 5, 2024 Tasting Room Radio 0:22:58

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2024  Okanagan Wine Festival October 18th – October 27th

 

The SHOW

 

Our guest for the hour is Kimberly Hundertmark – GM of Okanagan Wine Fests

Kimberly Hundertmark

The 2024 Okanagan Fall Wine Festival Celebrates the Most Bountiful Time of the Year.

October 18 through 27th we’re all invited to celebrate the bounty of the beautiful Okanagan Valley this October at the Okanagan Fall Wine Festival.

Traditionally a celebration of the grape harvest, this year’s Festival will focus on the storytellers behind the products that we enjoy from our farms and orchards.

This year, many of BC’s winemakers will be crafting their wines with grapes grown elsewhere due to the severe winter damage, but there is still reason to celebrate what is in our glasses and on our plates.

From October 18th through 27th, the Okanagan Fall Wine Festival along with partners throughout the valley, will host a series of events and experiences sure to appeal to the wine and food enthusiast.

Fall Wine

On Saturday, October 19th , explore six of Lake Country’s Scenic Sip Wine Trail wineries as they deliver curated wine and culinary pairings as part of the TASTE Series. Your pass includes a small bite perfectly paired with a BC wine.

CROPPED is back by popular demand. On Friday, October 25th , Valley First presents CROPPED Kelowna. This ever-popular harvest season event returns to downtown Kelowna at Revelry Food and Music Hub. Experience an evening exploring some of your favourite BC wineries and discovering new ones.

Also features culinary bites by Revelry’s very own Chef Kacia and local artisan producers. Your ticket includes a welcome cocktail, two beverage tickets, and live entertainment by the amazing Ben Dunnill.

As well as their  Signature Events, there will be several special events hosted by individual partners throughout the Okanagan Valley including OC Cultivate at Okanagan College in Penticton.

With Halloween around the corner, check out the Monster Mash 80’s Bash at Sandhill Wines on October 26th .

 

The very popular TASTE Series takes place in two of my favourite spots

The Scenic Sip Series Saturday Oct 18 in Lake Country with 50th Parallel/Blind Tiger/Ex Nihilo/Gray Monk/Intrigue/Peak Cellars

The Second TASTE Series is October 28 in Okanagan Falls. Featuring Liquidity/Mayhem/Meyer Family/Nighthawk/Noble Ridge/Stag’s Hollow/Wild Goose

Check the Festivals website for a full listing of upcoming events and tickets. thewinefestivals.com

Follow them on their  new Instagram account @okanaganwinefestival or on Facebook @okwinefests

 

www.thewinefestivals.com

  

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON

Next Week – Natalie MacLean – Wine Witch on Fire

Pluvio and Ucluelet

New releases from Sons of North Vancouver

Jim Moody – Zanatta Winery

Victoria Wine Festival

Fort Berens

The Full Sipster – including the new  Ontario #2

 

EP 321 | The Fretless – With new album GlassWing

September 28, 2024 Mulligan Stew Podcast

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The Fretless guest on The Stew.
Karrnnel Sawitsky and Trent Freeman – one-half of The Fretless join us.
Saturday in the first hour.
Their album – GlassWing is brilliant. With 3 songs cowritten and sung by Madeleine Roger.
Classically trained, raised on rock, jazz, blues, folk and heritage roots, they take all those influences and combine them into a sound unlike any other
group.
They take 100 year old shanty’s and reshape the song without losing the original melody so it can last another 100 years.
In GlassWing, they write all their own tunes. Three co-written with Madeleine Roger.
There is such joy in hearing violins, violas and cellos driving the beat where normally the drums and bass would be.
Impressive my friends.  Very impressive.
Have a listen to Pipe Dreams!  
The Queen Nancy – named after a car and a make-believe BC Ferry.
Icarus – a Madeleine beauty
Or the lead track Lost Lake.
 
This marks a new chapter The Fretless. With Lights, sound and stage design created especially for this album, these songs and this tour.

The Fretless GlassWing Tour 

  • Oct 3  Fanny Bay
  • Oct 4 Comox
  • Oct 5 Victoria
  • Oct 6 Van
  • October 10 Calgary
  • October 11 Edmonton