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EP 91 | Alan Doyle Interview

January 23, 2020 Mulligan Stew Podcast

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Who doesn’t like Alan Doyle? Artist. Actor. Author. The favorite son of Petty Harbour and all of Newfoundland.
His solo career after Great Big Sea has achieved lift-off in Canada and now USA and Britain.
I found him in Toronto, waiting out the monster snowstorm that took over the East Coast.
We’re talking about his new EP Rough Side Out. Due Valentines Day
 
And his tour dates across the West starting Feb 25 in Lethbridge
Followed by The Hat, Red Deer, Calgary. Edmonton, Lloydminster, Fort Mac & Grand Prairie.
Alan also reveals that this EP has a country lean, still with Maritime influences.
There’s a great cover of John Mellencamp’s  Paper in Fire from his game-changing Lonesome Jubilee.
A dollar from each ticket goes to his support of addiction and mental health organizations.

ALAN DOYLE ROUGH SIDE OUT TOUR

Wednesday, February 19 – Mae Wilson Theatre – Moose Jaw, SK
Thursday, February 20 – Conexus Arts Centre – Regina, SK
Friday, February 21 – Burton Cummings Theatre – Winnipeg, MB
Saturday, February 22 – TCU Place – Saskatoon, SK
Sunday, February 23 – Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium – Brandon, MB
Tuesday, February 25 – Yates Memorial – Lethbridge, AB
Wednesday, February 26 – Esplanade Theatre – Medicine Hat, AB
Thursday, February 27 – Central Alberta Theatre – Red Deer, AB
Friday, February 28 – Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium – Calgary, AB
Saturday, February 29 – Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium – Edmonton, AB
Sunday, March 1 – Vic Juba Community Theatre – Lloydminster, AB
Tuesday, March 3 – Keyano Theatre & Arts Centre – Fort MacMurray, AB
Wednesday, March 4 – Grande Prairie Live Theatre – Grande Prairie, AB
Thursday, March 5 – PG Playhouse – Prince George, BC
Friday, March 6 – Chilliwack Cultural Centre – Chilliwack, BC
Saturday, March 7 – Vernon Performing Arts Centre – Vernon, BC
Sunday, March 8 – Queen Elizabeth Theatre – Vancouver, BC
Tuesday, March 31 – Grand Theatre – Kingston, ON
Wednesday, April 1 – Centennial Hall – London, ON
Thursday, April 2 – FirstOntario Concert Hall – Hamilton, ON
Friday, April 3 – Danforth Music Hall – Toronto, ON
Saturday, April 4 – Danforth Music Hall – Toronto, ON

PLAYLIST:

Mulligan Stew – Year 25 Jan 25 2020
Paying the cost to be the boss (live) BB King Live at BBC
Driven to tears (live) Sting Bring on the night
God must be a boogie man (live) Joni Mitchell Shadows and Light
www.deanehouse.com Coming Up – Alen Doyle Interview
Heartbreaker Alabama Shakes Boys and Girls
You don’t want to hear it Ron Sexsmith Heritage
Johnny Coolman Colin James Rooftop and Satellites
Coming Up – Alan Doyle Intervieww www.mulliganstew.ca
Cisco Kid War The World is a Ghetto
Revival Gregory Porter Revival
Red eyed and blue Wilco Being There
Little bit sweet The Wood Brothers Kingdom of the Mind
www.mulliganstew.ca Complete Alan Doyle Interview on Podcast
Rita is gone The Marcus King Band The Marcus King Band
Hey Hey (song for Gord) Leeroy Stagger Strange Path
Champagne Corolla Justin Townes Earle Kids in the street
www.mulliganstew.ca Complete Interview at Podcast (link on left)
Alan Doyle Interview Complete Interview MulliganStew Podcast -mulliganstew.ca
We don’t wanna go home Alan Doyle (Deane Brody) Rough Side Out
Alan Doyle Interview complete interview on MulliganStew Podcast
Paper in Fire Alan Doyle Rough Side Out
Alan Doyle Interview complete interview mulliganstew podcast
Beautiful to me Alan Doyle A week at the Warehouse
www.mulliganstew.ca Next – Heading for New Orleans
The Stew in New Orleans www.mulliganstew.ca
Good Rockin’ Tonight Roy Brown Best of
Rocking Pneumonia and the boogiew woogie flu Huey “piano” Smith Have a good time
The Stew – in New Orleans TDM
Im walking Fats Domino best of
Tutti Fruiti Little Richard Best of
www.mulliganstew.ca with tdm
Long Tall Sally The Beatles Best of
Dixie Chicken Little Feat Dixie Chicken
www.coyotesbanff.com Thank you for listening and donating
Goin back to New Orleans Dr John ( with Nevilles and Al Hirt) Goin’ back to New Orleans

Mulligan Stew January 18th 2020- Tonight We Dance with Laura!

January 18, 2020 Mulligan Stew

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Saturday night we’re going to be Dancing with  Laura.

Laura Ryan-Walsh passed away October 9  2017.

She was a teacher and a great Mother. From Newfoundland but spent most of her life in Calgary

Long-time listener to CKUA and Mulligan Stew.

Her daughters Erin, Megan, and their Father Adrian all were involved in this one-hour donation.

The Ryan and Walsh families will be listening in Calgary, St John’s, Florida, Dubai, and Grande Prairie.

Laura loved great music and she passed that love on to her family and friends.

The Stones, Cohen, Van, Otis,  Aretha, Dylan, Neil Young, The Band, and the blues. We’ll play them all.

Old Crow Medicine Show

Including Wagon Wheel from Old Crow Medicine Show ..which for Laura’s birthday the family rewrote the lyrics to.

I’m told that in the final weeks of her life..she asked for and received a small radio beside her bed so she could listen to CKUA and The Stew.

Toward the end of her life when she could no longer walk, a nurse walking by her hospital room commented that she was always smiling.

Laura replied “You’ve got to smile if you can’t dance”

Saturday night we dance for Laura…

 

Check out the Saturday Night Playlist..

Linda Ronstadt = Willing “live”

Tom Waits

ZZ Top

New Frazey Ford

New Jackson Browne

Rhiannon Giddens

Mavis Staples

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Chuck Berry

Dylan “live”

John Hammond

Share the Music Like Laura!

PLAYLIST:

Welcome to Year 25 of Mulligan Stew with Terry David Mulligan 18-Jan-20
Willing (live) Linda Ronstadt Live in Hollywood
Fish in the Jailhouse Tom Waits Orphans
Me N Annie Low Cut Connie Hi Honey
www.deanehouse.com Coming UP – ZZ Top and new Frazey Ford
waiting for the bus ZZTop Best of
Jesus just left Chicago ZZTop Best of
Mulligan Stew with TDM www.mulliganstew.ca
Azad Frazey Ford Azad
The heart of a Saturday Night Madeleine Peyroux The Perfect World
The Stew www.mulliganstew.ca
The Weight (live) Mavis Staples – I’ll take you there
Love is Love Jackson Browne Artists for Justicce And Peace
Better get it right, the first time Rhiannon Giddens Freedom Highway
Playlist for The Stew at – www.mulliganstew.ca
99 1/2 just won’t do Sister Rosetta Tharpe Decca Singles
Johnny B Goode Chuck Berry Best of
TDMulligan Coming UP – Bob Dylan does The Sister
Ain’t No Man Righteous – Not No One (live) Bob Dylan Trouble No More – Bootlegs Vol 13
I knew Ive been changed John Hammond (with Tom Waits) Wicked Grin
www.mulliganstew.ca Coming UP – Dancing with Laura
Young Blood The Band Til the night is gone. A tribute to Doc Pomus
Dance me to the end of Love Leonard Cohen Various Positions
Son of a Preacher Man Aretha Franklin Best of
Glad Tidings Van Morrison Moondance
www.mulliganstew.ca
Playlist. Podcast. Stew Radio and Tasting Room Radio
Heart of Gold Neil Young Harvest
King of July The Radio Grande Town and Country
Shrimp and Grits Tedeschi Trucks Band Revelator
This is Year 25 of Mulligan Stew www.mulliganstew.ca
Like a Rolling Stone (live) The Rolling Stones Totally Stripped
These arms of mine Otis Redding best of
Stateboro Blues Taj Mahal Taj Mahal
Oakland Stroke Tower of Power Back to Oakland
www.coyotesbanff.com Next – Old Crow Medicine Show and Dylan
Wagon Wheel Old Crow Medicine Show This is Old Crow Medicine Show
Thank you for listening and Thank You for Dancing with Laura
Forever Young Bob Dylan The Best of

 

 

EP 90 | Daniel Lanois

January 17, 2020 Mulligan Stew Podcast

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I used to see musician Daniel Lanois at least once a year as he toured Canada with various bands..pedal steel was his specialty.

I can’t begin to explain the joy I had watching his career explode.

From his music-filled home growing up in Hull, Que to  his Mothers move to Hamilton Ontario

Daniel and his brother Bob were born to play and sing.

They built a small studio in her basement and that became their light at the end of the tunnel.

Daniel produced enough music with local bands that the one and only Brian Eno asked to meet him and they started working together.

This lead to Grammy-winning albums with U2, Bob Dylan plus  Peter Gabriel, Robbie Robertson, Emmylou  Harris, Neil Young, The Neville Brothers, Willie Nelson.

Think about the body of work…Unforgettable Fire, Joshua Tree, Oh Mercy, Time out of Mind, Wrecking Ball, So & Us just as a starter.

-Needless to say, I hadn’t seen Daniel for many years – 21 to be exact – when I found him backstage at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival of a couple of years ago.

We started trying to figure out where we last saw each other…

It was a studio in Calgary recording a charity single called Land – with The Tragically Hip, Midnight Oil, Crash Vegas, Hothouse Flowers, etc.

The single was Land – to bring awareness to clear cut logging in  Clayoquot  Sound.

Let’s meet one of the world’s greatest producers Daniel Lanois backstage in Edmonton.

https://www.daniellanois.com/

 

January 18th, 2019 – The 5th Pinot Noir Celebration in Kelowna

January 17, 2020 Tasting Room Radio 00:59:46

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The 5th Pinot Noir Celebration in Kelowna

 

 THE SHOW

The 2019 BC Pinot Noir Celebration brings together BC’s top 35 Pinot Noir producers for an unforgettable festival-style tasting experience. The event kicked off with a reception and keynote address by Madeline Puckette, certified sommelier and author of New York Times Bestseller, Wine Folly: The Essential Guide to Wine.

Kurtis Kolt

To put this gathering in proper perspective, here’s an overview from writer/judge Kurtis Kolt:

My big take-away is how local Pinot Noir reflects its terroir of origin, rather than its producers trying to emulate other iconic Pinot regions around the world, from Burgundy in France to the Russian River Valley in California.

No matter which B.C. region it hailed from, each one had a freshness and purity of fruit, along with juicy acidity—a common trait in B.C. wine. I was quite impressed that compared to other reds—from Bordeaux-inspired blends to Syrah—the B.C. Pinot Noirs were all tasty and approachable, whether we were looking at current, more fruit-forward releases, or bottlings as far back as a 2006 from Averill Creek on Vancouver Island. It had started to exhibit those more savoury, tertiary notes like sarsaparilla and sun-dried tomato, but still had great structure and was buoyant on the palate.

 Kurtis, who guests on this special,  makes the comment that Pinot Noir is the one wine that can be grown from coast-to-coast in Canada.

All 35 wineries pouring at the event were accepted through a high profile sommelier tasting panel.  They were determined to be the best of the best.

Our owner/winemaker guests are:

 Jak Meyer – Meyer Family Vineyards/Organizer

Grant Biggs – Kitsch/ Organizer

David Paterson – Tantalus/ Organizer

Jason Parkes – The Hatch

Madeline Puckette – Keynote speech and Wine Folly Author

Grant Stanley – Spearhead

Ben Bryant – Mission Hill

Jenn and Kent Molgat – The View

Chris Carson – Meyer Family and Carson

Dan Wright – Unsworth

Paul Pender – Tawse and Hidden Bench

Rhys Pender – Master of Wine and Panelist

Kurtis Kolt – Wine Educator and Panelist

Paul M Bruner – owner of Blue Grouse

Andy Johnson – Owner of Averill Creek

Tyler Knight – Co-owner of Lightning Rock

http://www.bcpinotnoir.ca

https://winebc.com/

 

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON:

The 2019 Garagiste  at Sperling Vineyards

The 2020 Victoria Whisky Festival

Food, Wine &  A Mescal Master in Oaxaca

Field Blends – Are we in or out

 

 

 

 

 

Episode 89 | Remembering John Mann-And Critics Choice Awards

January 11, 2020 Mulligan Stew Podcast

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Jan 11, 2020

John Mann. leader of Spirit of the west  actor…songwriter. wild spirit

when his friends found out he was stricken with early-onset Alzheimers they gather at the commodore ballroom in Vancouver  Nov 2017 and raised funds for his day to daycare.

I was honored to host the event but between working the microphone I did interviews with his closest friends – the fellow musicians

Saturday there is a celebration of life in Vancouver for John. and for those who can’t be there, we want to remember him here.

Jim Cuddy, Alan Doyle, Sarah McLachlan, Colin James, Jim Byrnes, Ed Robertson, and BNL, Craig Northey and Odds, Barney Bentall, Dustin Bentall, Shari Ulrich, Daniel Lapp, the Spirit Kids..and Spirit of the West and of curse John partner Jill Daum. Sail on John.

We finish with an update on the 25th Critics Choice Awards in Los Angeles…Our guest is Joey Berlin CEO

Winter Whites! Tasting Room Radio-January 11th 2020

January 11, 2020 Podcast, Tasting Room Radio 00:55:02

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Winter White Wines – If they exist, what are they? 

THE SHOW

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

I’m sorry – what?

 

“A Winter White – what is that?

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

OK..what whites have that ability?”

That’s where the whole idea got started.  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 we could get our hands on.

Our guests include:

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

https://hawknightingale.com/

Nightingale Restaurant

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

Kurtis Kolt – Georgia Straight Wine Writer 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 https://thehatchwines.com/ 

Jason Parkes – Winemaker The Hatch

Valeria Tait – GM and Winemaker at Bench 1775  https://www.bench1775.com/

Val Tait

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

Kathy Malone

If you join us for the hour you will indeed find out that Winter Whites do exist and we’ll tell you which wines to look for.

Here’s Chris Rielly’s List

Chris Rielly Head Sommelier at Nightingale

2016 Clos du Soleil Capella Sauvignon Blanc/Semillion 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 Aus

Here’s Ben’s List:

 

Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson

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

$23 Everything Wine

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

$29 Everything Wine

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)

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

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON:

2020 VanWineFest

A day with Master Mescal Maker

Sosima Olivera in  Oaxaca

Searching for the 7th Mole

We welcome  Row Fourteen

And Orofino in The Similkameen

 

Episode 88 | Celebration of Black Cinema-Kasi Lemmons

January 4, 2020 Mulligan Stew Podcast

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January 4th 2020

On Monday December 2nd 2019

Terry attended  the first ever Celebration of Black Cinema Awards in Beverly Hills, California.

Honoured were

Eddie Murphy –Career Achievement Award

Nia Long – (Boyz in the Hood)

Chiwetel Ejoifor – (12 Years a slave/Lion King)

And our special Guest Kasi Lemmons

For three decades Kasi  has been an award winning director, writer, actress and educator.

She directed her latest film Harriet to great acclaim. It’s the story of iconic American heroine and civil rights pioneer  Harriet Tubman.

The second guest is a friend,  Shawn Edwards. BFCA film critic who helped to bring the awards to reality and hopes to become a filmmaker himself.

Mulligan Stew Jan4th 2020- Remembering Artists Lost in 2019

January 3, 2020 Mulligan Stew

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Had I tried to honor those we lost for the entire decade…I would have needed a whole month of Stews.

So, we remember and salute artists who passed on in 2019.

Clydie King (Jan 7)  Her credits are so impressive but we play

The Stones  –  Tumbling Dice. Exile of Main Street)

Linda Ronstadt – Heart Like a Wheel

Bob Dylan –Saved

Joe Cocker /Mad Dogs and Englishmen – Live at Fillmore East –  Cry me a River.

Robert Hunter (Sept 23) – Lyricist for Grateful Dead –

Truckin’

New Orleans lost three famous stars within weeks of each other.

 

(June 6)– Junko partner  Gumbo

Dr John/Mac Rebennack  (June 6)– Junko partner  Gumbo

Dave  Bartholomew

Dave  Bartholomew (June 23) –  Jump Children

Fats Domino – Blue Monday – Dave wrote it

Fats Domino  – The Fat Man –  Ditto

Art Neville

Art Neville (July 22)

The Meters   Fire on the Bayou

The Neville Brothers – Hey Pocky Way

Mark Hollis

Mark Hollis (Feb 25)  Talk Talk  It’s my life

Hal Blaine

Hal Blaine ( March 11)

The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations

The Ronettes – Be My Baby

And that’s just the first hour !!

It’s 2020- Let’s get busy!

-TDM

PLAYLIST:

Welcome to Year 25 OF Mulligan Stew www.mulliganstew.ca Jan 4 2020
Cry me a River (live) Joe Cocker – Mad Dogs and Englishmen (Clydie King) Live at the Fillmore East
Heart like a wheel Linda Ronstadt (Clydie King) Heart like a wheel
Tumbling Dice The Rolling Stones (Clydie King) Exile on main street
Saved Bob Dylan (Clydie King) Saved
www.deanehouse.com Artists lost in 2019
Truckin’ Grateful Dead (Robert Hunter) American beauty
It’s my life Talk Talk It’s my life
Mulligan Stew with tdmulligan NEXT – we remember 3 New Orleans Masters
Junko Partner Dr John Gumbo
Jump Children Dave Bartholomew Classic NO R&B
Blue Monday Fats Domino (Dave Bartholomew) Swings
The Fat Man Fats Domino (Dave Bartholomew) Fats Domino
www.mulliganstew.ca NEXT – The Meters and The Neville Brothers
Fire on the Bayou The Meters Essential
Hey Pocky Way The Neville Brothers Hey Pocky Way
Welcome to Year 25 of Mulligan Stew www.mulliganstew.ca
Good Vibrations The Beach Boys (Hal Blaine) Best of
www.mulliganstew.ca Coming Up – Eric Clapton Live . Sheryl. Bonnie. Mavis
be my baby The Ronettes (Hal Blain) Best of
Willie and the HandJive/Get Ready (live) Eric Clapton Crossroads 2 Live in the 70’s
Live wire Sheryl Crow. Bobbie Raitt. Mavis Staple Live Wire
www.mulliganstew.ca with TD Mulligan
King of July The Radio Grande Town and Country
www.coyotesbanff.com NEXT – The Avett Brothers. Wilson Pickett
Locked up The Avett Brothers Closer than together
Midnight Hour Wilson Pickett Hi Five
Welcome to Year 25 of Mulligan Stew with TD Mulligan
Working for the Man Barry Allen and the New Rebels Speed of Dark
Water or Gasoline Blackie and the Rodeo Kings Swinging from the chains of Love
Mulligan Stew with tdmulligan First Stew in 2020
Dedicated to the one I love The Shirelles Tonights the Night
Delusion Zara Marie Living in the Lost and Found
Soulbque G Love (with Roosevelt Collier) The Juice

 

December 21st, 2019 – The 41st VanWineFest Part Two

December 20, 2019 Tasting Room Radio 0:56:08

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The 41st VanWineFest Part Two

(Wine Royalty & The Canadians)

 

THE SHOW  

It’s part two of this year’s VanWineFest.

Last week we profiled “The Californians”.

Except for the first two interviews here,   the rest of this Tasting Room is with The Canadians.

 

Our Guests are:

 Gina Gallo – Gallo Family Wines

Jean Charles Boisset –  Boisset Collection.  Raymond Wines.

 Separately they are iconic/driven personalities.

Together as husband and wife  they are one of the best known  families in the Wine World.

Gina is a member of the Gallo family, pioneers of wine-making in California. Jean-Charles is a French vintner and owner of Boisset Collection, which operates two dozen wineries in California, France and Canada.  Has created a wine with John Legend called LVE.

Jean, Gina and Terry

Gina and Jean-Charles!

Met. Married. Created Twins. Ran their Empires. All the while Gina Battled and Beat Back Cancer.

Honoured to welcome them both.

https://www.gallofamily.com

https://www.boissetcollection.com/

Chris Wyse –   President. Burrowing Owl Estate Winery

Wyse-family

Chris is the oldest son of founders Jim and Midge Wyse.

Today, with its dramatic vantage point in the middle of the vineyard, Burrowing Owl Estate Winery is a winemaking facility that combines state-of-the-art technologies with proven, classic winemaking traditions. A gravity-flow system handles ripe grapes delicately, preserving their rich fruit character.

https://www.burrowingowlwine.ca

Barry Olivier – President/Brands  Aquilini Red Mountain Wines

Barry Olivier – Aquilini

Aquilini Wines   headed to the Vancouver Wine Festival to introduce themselves to Canada for the very first time.

They were  pouring

Aquilini Horse Heaven Hills Syrah Rose 2017

Aquilini Red Mountain’s Grand Vin is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon

The Second Wine, Aquilini Red Mountain Family Blend,. The Family Blend is constructed of varying levels of Cabernet, Syrah, Merlot and occasionally Petit Verdot.

(If you follow Barry and Aquilini, you’ll see the birth of a  wine icon.  This is a story that will be fun to watch unfold)

https://aquiliniredmountain.com

 

John Skinner       Proprietor/ Painted Rock

Matt Dumayne  Winemaker/Okanagan Crush Pad

John Skinner

John Skinner is a leader in and out of the vineyards.

“It is now 13 years since the planting of Painted Rock’s estate and the property is living up to its potential in every regard. Winning 2014/2015 InterVin International “Winery of the Year” and recent generous reviews in Jancis Robinson’s newsletter validate the progress made by the team and steel its resolve. At Painted Rock there is a firm belief that by aiming highly and working cooperatively, British Columbia wines can compete with the finest in the world.”   Painted Rock Website

http://www.paintedrock.ca/

Matt Dumayne is the winemaking leader at Haywire, Free Form and Narrative. All at Okanagan Crush Pad.

Matt Dumayne Okanagan Crush Pad

As well as making articulate wines from its organically-certified home Switchback Vineyard, Okanagan Crush Pad is designed as a hub for local winemakers. Heritage techniques, modern knowledge and the spirit of collaboration fuse to form a vanguard for the Okanagan’s next generation of winemaking. Okanagan Crush Pad’s labels include the single vineyard Haywire collection, Narrative series and Campus wines.

http://okanagancrushpad.com/

 

Chris Jentsch – Owner/Farmer CC Jentsch Cellars

Valeria Tait –  GM and Winemaker  Bench 1775,

  

Val Tait

 Wines from Bench 1775 are produced with the unique expression of fruit grown in the Okanagan Valley from three vineyard locations: Oxbow Vineyard, on the original Golden Mile in Osoyoos, South Okanagan, and at Paradise Ranch Vineyard and Soaring Eagle Vineyard in the Central Okanagan.

Carefully managed vineyards and beautifully balanced wines could not be produced without an amazing team led by Viticulturist/Winemaker Val Tait and  supported by Alain Sutre, wine consultant extraordinaire from Bordeaux France.

https://www.bench1775.com/

Chris Jentsch is a farmer first, then winemaker and finally, a great guy.

Chris Jentsch

At the first Judgment of BC pitting 12 BC Wines against 12 acknowledged global benchmarks  C.C. Jentsch Syrah 2013 from the Okanagan Valley ranked first among the flight of Syrah.

“Long-time Okanagan farmer Chris Jentsch is the guy behind C.C. Jentsch Cellars, a gentle giant of a man whose strong, enveloping handshake exudes decades of hearty farming experience and makes my own handshake seem downright dainty. A warm, humble gentleman.” Kurtis Kolt – Georgia Straight

http://www.ccjentschcellars.com/

 

Randy Picton  – Senior  Winemaker Nk’Mip

Randy Picton

As an exceptionally talented and innovative winemaker, Randy is totally committed to the challenge of producing world-class, award-winning wines.

Randy has handed the day to day winemaking to Justin Hall.

A proud member of the Osoyoos Indian band, Justin works with Randy  to craft the award-winning wines of Nk’Mip Cellars.

http://www.nkmipcellars.com/

 

Stefan Arnason – Winemaker Poplar Grove

Stefan Arnason

 In 2008, Stefan Arnason took on the position of Winemaker.  Each year, Stefan and his team handcraft the Poplar Grove Wines.

Poplar Grove is focused on six core wines: Chardonnay, Pinot Gris, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Syrah and an Icon blend called The Legacy.

https://www.poplargrove.ca/

 

Bill Eggert – Winemaker (and Troublemaker) at Fairview Cellars

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Outspoken. Gifted. A Mentor. Educator. Closet Musician.

Understands winemaking in the Okanagan like no other.

His labels tell you everything about his wines and his character.

Madcap Red. Two Hoots. Bucket O’ Blood. The Bear.

 http://fairviewcellars.ca/

 

Ross Baker –  Winemaker Quails Gate

Quails gate Winery

Ross has been an integral part of the  winemaking team since 2013 and was the protégé of former Winemaker Nikki Callaway. A native of Kelowna, Ross  previously worked at Villa Maria Estates in Marlborough, New Zealand and also at both Red Rooster Winery and Kettle Valley Winery.

https://www.quailsgate.com/

…and finally Nova Scotia arrives in Vancouver.

Keeping an eye on The Maritimes.

Bruce Ewert –  Owner/Winemaker   L’Acadie Vineyards

Rachel Lightfoot – Winemaker Lightfoot and Wolfville

Gillian Mainguy – Sales/Benjamin Bridge

http://www.lacadievineyards.ca/

https://lightfootandwolfville.com/

https://www.benjaminbridge.com/

 

Thank You to :
James Murray – Tech and production
Kristine Wilkinson (ThinkMilk.ca)
Bailey Jelinski (Milk)
Anna Stuber (Milk)

Meg Mulligan

Corey Wood

John De Vries