Apr 17, 2019
It’s a hilarious backstage conversation centering on one question: ‘what was the best year in Rock n’ Roll?’ Sloan’s Jay Ferguson & Chris Murphy. Terry intercepted the band as they were touring Vancouver Island. Terry says it’s 1965, Chris picked 1968, and Jay settled on 1984. Plus, Chris and Jay share their thoughts on the best year of Sloan’s career.
(a dozen winery interviews and lots of new releases)
For 9 years the wineries of Okanagan Falls have gathered up their new Spring releases and headed for the West Coast.
This year we find them at The Terminal City Club on Hastings. A grand heritage building. Funds raised go to BC Hospitality Foundation.
The whole Group
From the northern tip of Skaha Lake to the hills above Vaseux Lake the Okanagan Falls wine region in the South Okanagan was blessed with the land that the ice age left behind.
When the huge glacier came through and formed the valley, it managed to created pools and hollows. Each one today has become its own growing terroir. A combination of silt and rock. Each vineyard can have a completely different expression of wine.
Best of all, the days are hot and bright and the nights are cool. Possibly the best growing combination that nature can provide.
In 2018, the B.C. Wine Authority gave Okanagan Falls their own sub-region designation.
Oliver’s Golden Mile was the first local region to get appellation status.
Similkameen, Kelowna, Lake Country, Peachland, Summerland, Naramata, Penticton, Oliver and Osoyoos — are expected to be recognized within the next few years. The process is, in a word, glacial!
Leslie D’Andrea – Vice Chair of OFWA (OFWA.ca)
Blasted Church – John Bayley Vineyard Manager (blastedchurch.com)
Crescent Hill – Tysha Pope – Family member (crescenthillwinery.com)
Liquidity – Ruth Hanbury President (Liquiditywines.com)
Wild Goose – Leslie Matheson marketing manager (winegoosewinery.com)
Pentage – Julie Rennie co-owner (Pentage.com)
Bonamicci – Mario Rodi owner/partner (bonamiccicellars.com)
Noble Ridge – Jim D’Andrea Owner/Chair (nobleridge.com)
Stag’s Hollow – Linda Pruegger Owner (stagshollowwinery.com)
BC Hospitality Foundation – Dana Lee Harris Exec Director
(bchospitalityfoundation.com)
Synchromesh – Alan Dickinson Founder (synchromeshwines.ca)
Meyer Family – Chris Carson winemaker/viticulturist (MFVwines.com)
Nighthawk – Christy Bibby co-owner (nighthawkvineyards.com)
Ben Bryant – Chief Winemaker at Mission Hill
Sal Howell – Deane House
Galasa Aden – CDC Deane House
Colin Linden – Wine Choices in Nashville
Apr 5, 2019
British author James D. Grant, aka Lee Child, talks to Terry about the Jack Reacher book series. Child shares his thoughts on the big screen adaptations of the book, and the casting of Tom Cruise as the title character. Plus, Child provides insights into his writing process and his appreciation for Canadian actress Cobie Smulders.
Mar 22, 2019
Colin James talks to Terry about his recent JUNO Award win for Blues Album of the Year for his latest record, ‘Miles To Go’. It’s the first time Colin has been recognized with the award in 20 years. Plus, the pair discuss Colin’s collaborations with Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, the early days of his career, and his top 3 favorite blues musicians of all time.
Songs included:
40 Light Years
National Steel
Freedom
Just Came Back
Mar 16, 2019
Terry welcomes Canadian musical icon, humanitarian, and hit-maker Tom Cochrane to the podcast. Tom is currently on a Western Canadian tour in support of latest release, Revisited. The chat was recorded in person at The Port Theatre in Nanaimo. It begins with a look at one of Tom’s biggest hits to date: ‘Life is a Highway’. Tom discusses the genesis of the song, and the influence Terry had on the track.
The podcast also features new recordings of “Life is a Highway,” and “Big League” from Tom’s new album Revisited.
(Wine Royalty & The Canadians)
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:
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.boissetcollection.com/
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
FairviewCellarsWineShop
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.
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.
…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
Uncorked and Untapped in Parksville
Black Hills pours new releases.
La Stella leans Italian!
Vancouver Somms
Okanagan Falls Wineries pour new releases in Vancouver
Brigitte Raye Orto Astisan Pasta (bad dog bread) North Vancouver
Tom Seaver – Singular pitcher and winemaker
Mar 12, 2019
Terry talks wine with two titans of vino: Gina Gallo & Jean-Charles Boisset, recorded at the 41st annual Vancouver International Wine Festival. 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.
The first 6 tunes may give you a sense of what Saturdays’ Stew will flow like…
The Band Live in front of 600,000 fans at Watkins Glen with a Chuck Berry tune.
John Fogerty with Dawes
Carlos Del Junko also Live
Big Headed Todd and the Monster take on the Stones Beast of Burden
Candy – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
And new Matt Anderson tune that signals he has turned a corner as a performer.
Then..we make room for
The Meters
Chief Monk Boudreaux
Delbert McClinton
Mark Knopfler
Doug Sahm
Florence and the machine
Allman Brothers Live
John Hammond –The Song is 2:19 written and produced by Tom Waits
Lake Street Dive
Ryan McMahon
Tomato Tomato
Dave Gunning.
And it’s all just a set up for our guest this week.
The Barber of Bop
The Bad Boy of Broadway
The Cutter of Chops
The King of Clippers and Hits
Rich Hope.
Born in Edmonton..developed his music career in Vancouver. By his own admission, Rich was never going to get played on most radio stations. They just didn’t get where he was coming from.
Rich Hope’s music is a fine mix of Texas Roadhouse, Doug Sahm Swagger, The Clash at their best and a solid belief in the music that got us to where we are today.
Check out the review quotes from The Vancouver Sun’s fine music writer
Stuart Derdeyn.
“ the album ranges to the soul rocker in Heartbreaker to the Sterno-gargling blues crooner of Paranoia Blues”
“Golden Clouds: Possibly the highlight of the album, this Status Quo-meets-Fabulous Thunderbirds boogie has as near perfect a bass/drum snap intro as you’ll ever hear. Plus, Hope drops in the kind of guitar solo around the 2:45 mark that lead players should study”
Running Shoes: “Like the Sir Douglas Quintet roaring with methamphetamine”
“Watch his website richhope.ca.”
If you want to hear the whole interview – please subscribe to Mulligan Stew Podcast
FYI – The only way we could get this interview done was for me sit in his barber chair at
| Mulligan Stew | March 09 2019 | |
| Welcome to The Stew | TD Mulligan | www.mulliganstew.ca |
| back to Memphis (live) | The Band | Live at Watkins Glen |
| someday never comes | John Fogerty | wrote a song for everyone |
| Just your fool (live) | Carlos del Junko | Just Your Fool |
| www.deanehouse.com | www.mulliganstew.ca | |
| Beast of Burden | Big Headed Todd and the Monsters | Rock Steady |
| Candy | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | Mojo |
| Mulligan Stew Podcast | Spotify Google Play. Apple Podcasts | |
| Some kind of Love | Rich Hope | I’m all yours |
| Better than you want | Matt Anderson | Halfway home by morning |
| Dog days are over (live) | Florence and The Machine | MTV Unplugged |
| Am I wrong | Keb Mo | Keb Mo |
| The Stew Year 23 | TD Mulligan | www.mulliganstew.ca |
| Talk to me | Delbert McClinton | Heard it on the X |
| Good Kisser | Lake Street Dive | Free Yourself Up |
| Mulligan Stew | www.ckuaradio.com | |
| I ain’t got you | Jimmy Reed | Very best of |
| Coming UP – Rich Hope Interview | www.mulliganstew.ca | |
| Fire on the Bayou | The Meters | Anthology |
| Big Chief (live) | Big Chief Monk Boudreaux | The Musical Mojo of Dr John |
| I used to could | Mark Knopfler | Privateering |
| www.coyotebanff.com | NEXT – New Music | |
| Self Help Book | Ryan McMahon | In line for a smile |
| Take on me | Tomato Tomato | Canary in a Coal Mine |
| I wish I was wrong | Dave Gunning | Up against the sky |
| Boom Boom | JL Hooker | Best of |
| Up Next – Allmans. Doug Sahm. Rich Hope Interview | www.mulliganstew.ca | |
| One Way Out (live) | Allman Brothers | Live at Fillmore East |
| Wasted Days Wasted Nights | Doug Sahm | Top Collection |
| 2:19 | John Hammond | Wicked Grin |
| Rich Hope Interview | ||
| Creepstone | Rich Hope | I’m all yours |
| Rich Hope Interview | ||
| Blow away | Rich Hope | I’m all yours |
| Rich Hope Interview | ||
| 5 cents a Dance | Rich Hope | I’m all yours |
The 41st VanWineFest Part One – The Californians!
By the Numbers..
• Over 25,000 wine fans
• 16 countries
• 160 wineries; including 53 from featured region California
• 50 participating restaurants, hotels, caterers
• 1,450 wines.
• 42,000 bottles poured and/or purchased (2018 stats)
• 82,000 wine glasses used (2018 stats)
Our Numbers …
32 interviews..
25 winemakers
7 CEO’s or General Managers.
Sleepless nights – 2
Hours budgeted for all interviews – 3
Minutes to missing last Harbour Air flight – 1
41 years ago the Vancouver International Wine Festival opened their doors to the World’s wineries.
Only one showed up. Robert Mondavi brought his California wines to pour that day.
Some say California saved the show.
And so, here we are 41 years later and California is the feature region at the 41st VanWineFest.
What a line up. We couldn’t talk to them all but we did do pretty well.
Seventeen Californians and one certain Washington Red Mountain newbie.
Have a favourite California wine? Check the list below. See if it’s there or see if it’s there but go looking for a new California pal.
FYI – Next Week Gina Gallo. Jean Charles Boisset and 15 Canadian winemakers
Here’s why I immediately liked Jon Bonne.
“ Not all pink wine need be Summer water But Whispering Angel should be cast into some Miltonian iteration of Hell”
Jon Bonné is one of the most influential American voices on wine. He is the senior contributing editor for PUNCH, and the author of The New California Wine and The New Wine Rules.
www.punchdrink.com
Jon Bonne
In 2016 the Wine Enthusiast awarded Bonterra as its American Winery of the Year because of its commitment to organic farming and it’s quality of affordable wines. Bonterra is the most popular organic wine in the USA.
Fetzer’s bourbon-barrel-aged Zinfandel 1000 Stories debuted in 2014. In the five years since, production has exploded from 5,000 cases to more than 140,000 annually!
www.bonterra.com
www.fetzer.com
A New Zealand native, McAllister earned a bachelor’s degree in viticulture and enology from Lincoln University in Christchurch, New Zealand. His deep passion for winemaking has taken him all over the world, from New Zealand to Australia, Chile and Cyprus. Since moving to California, in addition to his work with La Crema, McAllister has also made wine for Wild Ridge, crafting elegant Pinot Noir from vineyards on the rugged Sonoma Coast.
www.lacrema.com
Lange Twins
Randy Lange is a fifth-generation winegrower.
During the 1870’s his Great-Grandparents, Johann and Maria Lange, settled in Lodi. By 1916 they had the family’s first grape-ranch. It was on this ranch where their dad, Harold, was born in 1920.
In 1974 they decided to farm on our own. They finally built Lange Twins winery in 2006.
FYI – Lange Lodi vineyard produces spicy old-vine Zinfandel, concentrated Bordeaux-style wines and lively Rhone-style reds and whites—many from organically or sustainably farmed vineyards.
www.langetwins.com
Ondine Chattan –
Chief Winemaker Share a Slash/Cannonball/Cowboys and Angels
High Dive and Astrolabe
Ondine is a passionate Sonoma County winemaker with experience ranging from cult boutique producers to notable household name brands. Her love of the diversity of Sonoma and California at large fuels her enthusiasm for making a range of varietals from Sauvignon Blanc to Cabernet. Started her career at Cline, Beam and Geyser Peak.
www.shareasplash.com
Emma Swain, CSW and CEO of St. Supéry Estate Vineyards and Winery has worked in the wine industry for more than 20 years. Emma started in finance, before joining Niebaum-Coppola Winery and later worked at Sebastiani Vineyards and Winery for thirteen years as Chief Operating Officer
“Our primary focus is on Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet Sauvignon, “We’re a 100 percent Estate Winery, which means that we grow and produce everything that we make, without a drop of anything else coming into the process. Of the more than 530 wineries in the area, there are only a handful in the Napa Valley that are 100 percent Estate.”
www.stsupery.com
Paul Wagner was honored by the American Wine Society as the winner of its annual Award of Merit for 2018. Other recipients of the award include Robert Mondavi, Gina Gallo, Warren Winiarski, etc
“Paul has influenced the way the public drinks wine and thinks about wine”
Paul Wagner has been an instructor for Napa Valley College’s Viticulture and Enology department for the past 23 years. In addition, he teaches at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone, is a guest lecturer at many universities and has spoken at more than 80 conferences throughout the world on wine, wine education, wine tourism, public affairs, and wine marketing.
www.rickandpaulwine.com
After an obligatory stint in Napa Valley he made his way to Ridge in 1989. David’s duties include managing the historic Monte Bello vineyard in the Santa Cruz Mountains, the Whitton Ranch at Geyserville, and the Lytton Estate vineyards at Healdsburg, as well as monitoring and helping all Ridge growers in Sonoma, Napa, Santa Clara, and San Luis Obispo Counties.
Ridge’s fame started when it was placed fifth in the 1976 Judgment of Paris tasting. At the 30th anniversary tasting in 2006 it went several steps further, with its 1971 Monte Bello Cabernet winning first place in the original vintage category and the 2000 ranking top for new vintages.
www.ridgewine.com
In 2005, Silverado Vineyards pioneering winemaker Jack Stuart stepped down as general manager, and Russ Weis took the reins. Russ, a senior vice president with Robert Mondavi (launched Opus One), brought more than twenty years winemaking to Silverado. He is extremely passionate about the winery: “We enjoy an amazing array of meticulously cared for estate fruit. Even in the most challenging years, our vineyards guarantee us a level of quality which we can be proud to call Silverado.”
Silverado makes around 85,000 cases each year, of which 22,000 are Chardonnay and the rest Bordeaux-style wines. The vineyards are in cool climate Napa regions, Carneros and Stag’s Leap.
www.silveradovineyards.com
Born and Raised in Napa. In September of 2002 she tried selling grapes to Chuck Wagner. He declined the fruit but hired her to work with him.17 years later she’s Mountain Cabernet Winemaker for Caymus Vineyards. Harvest also has her own family winery Duhig, in Coombsville.
www.wagnerfamilyofwine.com
Also born and raised in Napa, Kristen brings two decades of viticulture and winemaking on three continents to making the whites at J Lohr.
Along the way she worked with mentors Zelma Long at Long Vineyard and Milla Handley at Handley Cellars.
www.jlohr.com
Ray lost his winery to the Napa fires. The house his Father built and the buildings attached.
Surprisingly his wines mostly survived. Signorello was designed like a Bordeaux Chateau. Everything farmed in-house for the past 40 years. His surviving vines included 38 year old Chardonnay vines with the Cab vines not that far behind.
Ray Signorello
Ray was pouring his fabulous Signorello Estates Cab but also his new wines Fuse, Edge and Trim.
Signorello is Located in the heart of the Silverado Trail. Just North is Stags Leap and just West is Oak Knoll. There’s a new winery being built this year.
Ray on Social Media and Millennials
“They’re different from Gen X and Baby Boomers. They seem to be more interested in trying wines they haven’t heard of before – off-beat stuff – not necessarily the blue chip Napa Valley. So the challenge is how do we in Napa Valley make sure we’re engaging them”
www.signorelloestate.com
Randy Ullom
I cannot think of another winemaker who has stayed with the same winery for 28 years.
Randy oversees 12,800 acres of estate vineyards in cooler coastal California winegrowing regions. One third each in North Coast, Monterey and Santa Barbara counties.
www.kj.com
A native of Santa Rosa Randy grew up tending the small family Muscat vineyard on their property.
He and his family promptly build a small cellar into a hill on their property and started production. As one does in wine country. Randy has interned at Piper Sonoma and Far Niente before spending 23 years with Korbel and Draxton Wine.
Geyser Peak was named Sonoma Winery of the Year in 2018 by The New York International Wine Competition. Farming in Sonoma plus The Russian River and Alexander Valleys.
www.geyserpeakwinery.com
Fifth generation winemaker and winegrower Karl Wente grew up working at Wente Vineyards and expanded his experience at the Peter Michael Winery in Sonoma and Brown Brothers winery in Australia. In 2013, Karl was named one of Wine Enthusiast’s “40 Under 40.
www.wentevineyards.com
Thank You to :
James Murray – Tech and production
Kristine Wilkinson (ThinkMilk.ca)
Bailey Jelinski (Milk)
Anna Stuber (Milk)
Gina Gallo and Jean Charles Boisset
Barry Olivier
Matt Dumayne
John Skinner
Valeria Tait
Stefan Arneson
Chris Jentsch
Randy Picton
Roland Kruger
Victor Costa
Bill Eggert
Chris Wise
Ross baker
And the Nova Scotians!!
Mar 4, 2019
Vancouver-based guitarist, singer-songwriter and barber Rich Hope gives Terry the lowdown on his brand new album, ‘I’m All Yours’. Did we mention it all happened while Rich gave Terry a haircut? The pair bond over a shared appreciation for Doug Sahm. Rich introduces us to four tracks from the new record, which he describes as “a reverent stew of rock, blues, soul and R&B”: “It Comes Alive”, “Heartbreaker”, “Some Kind of Love”, and “Blow Away”.
