Month: December 2014

January 3rd, 2015 The Smell of Fame!

December 31, 2014 Weekly Show 00:42:42

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Wall to Wall Celebrities..The Smell of Fame!!
Starring Jason Priestley  (90210/Call Me Fitz) , Jim Cuddy (Blue Rodeo), Bruce McCulloch (Kids in the Hall), Tom Cochrane (New tour and LP) and Adam Cohen (On his Father Leonard and his new Tequila fixation)

THE SHOW

 Not all Tasting Room shows are about wine or food or travel. Sometimes they’re about music,  film and books. And food and wine.
This show is a special cuddle with friends who happen to be famous because what they do – music, film, comedy – they do very well!!

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For example – Jason Priestley.  Jason Priestley A MemoirJason Priestley A Memoir
 World famous as that wuss Brandon in 90210. Fantastic as Fitz in Call me Fitz.
He’s a really fine director, Father and now  writer.
His 2014 book is called Jason Priestley – A Memoir.
Stories about his years on 90210, sharing an apartment with Brad Pitt, crashing his race car In Kentucky and breaking bones from his feet up and having to learn to walk and talk again and  life after 90210.
Jason is also my co-host/co-exec producer on 3 years of Hollywood and Vines TV.
JP really knows his wines and we LOVE to riff on what we’ve been tasting.
www.harpercollins.com/9780062247582/jason–priestley
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How about – Jim Cuddy (Blue Rodeo and the Jim Cuddy Band)   
Jim Cuddy

Jim Cuddy


We know Jim through his amazing singing and songwriting career with Canada’s Blue Rodeo.
Both Jim and his long time music partner Greg Keelor have been awarded the Order of Canada.
Blue Rodeo have won countless Junos and sold out national  tours.
( Not to forget The Jim Cuddy Band and that growing fan base..)
Jim raises funds for various causes including Canada’s Olympic Team through the Gold Medal Plates culinary competition.
On top of all this glory he also loves his wines He’s always ready with an informed take on the latest wine releases..in Canada and around the World.
We welcome back Jim Cuddy.
www.bluerodeo.com
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Bruce McCulloch is a punk..
 Lets start a Riot Bruce McCulloch
Bruce’s new book is called Let’s Start a Riot.  How a Young Drunk Punk became a Hollywood Dad.
It’s about to become a TV series and even perhaps a stage play.
Punk debuts on CityTV Jan 21.
Brings his stage tour to Vancouver Jan 28-Feb 1st at FireHall Arts Centre.
We know Bruce from his brilliant work with Kids in the Hall. He’s a actor, writer, comedian and film director.
 
Bruce McCulloch

Bruce McCulloch


Bruce has stories about growing up in Edmonton, how Kids in the Hall create and his vast knowledge of women and wine.
http://brucio.com/
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 or How about Tom Cochrane….
Tom Cochrane

Tom Cochrane


He’s been a friend ever since we travelled to Africa for World Vision and MuchMusic , many years ago.
Tom and his wife Kathy are spending more and more time in Austin Texas..a great music town.
Its been six years since Tom released his last album but he’s about to reveal his latest collection of songs Take It Home  early in 2015..with a Take it Home  tour I might add.
Tom can now add to his collection of Junos,  Order of Canada and  Walk of Fame induction the name Guest on Tasting Room Radio.
http://www.tomcochrane.com/
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and finally  Adam Cohen…
 He’s just a great guy…,Father, Husband, eye candy, singer, songwriter and son of Leonard Cohen.
Imagine setting out to carve a career in the family business..the baggage you have to carry..the constant comparisons between Father and Son.
Thing is – Adam’s ok with all that. He’s come to grips with his songs and his voice.
Adam Cohen

Adam Cohen


He writes and sounds like his Dad..that’s just the way it is.
Has a really good new album We Go Home..which took shape in his family home in Montreal.
Last time Adam was on the show he was all over great red wines..
This time he schools yours truly on his new passion –  Tequila!!!
www.adamcohen.com
 

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Mulligan Stew Dec 27th- Frazey Ford Interview

December 27, 2014 Weekly Playlists

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FRANCOIS MARCHAND, VANCOUVER SUN
Documentary filmmaker Robert Gordon was driving down a Memphis road when
Frazey Ford stopped him dead in his tracks.
Ford was on the radio singing If You Gonna Go, a song from her 2010 album
Obadiah. To Gordon, it felt as if Ford was channeling the spirit of Memphis
soul, a topic he was documenting at the time, focusing on soul icon Al
Green, producer Willie Mitchell and Memphis’ famous Royal Recording Studio,
where Green cut some of his classic recordings.
He immediately called the radio station to find out who was playing, and
invited Ford to come down to Tennessee.
What Gordon didn’t know was that the Vancouver-based singer-songwriter – who
is also a member of roots-folk trio Be Good Tanyas – had been a longtime Al
Green fan, and that one of her dreams was to one day work with Green’s famed
Hi Rhythm Section: organist Charles Hodges, Sr., bassist Leroy “Flick”
Hodges and guitarist Mabon “Teenie” Hodges.
“(Gordon) looked me up and sent me an email asking if I wanted to come work
with those guys,” Ford said in a phone interview. “It took me about a month
to respond because I was so in shock. I’ve been obsessed with that band and
those particular musicians most of my musical (life).
“It was too much of a bizarre dream come true.”
Ironically, it had never occurred to Ford, who had first heard Green’s
classic album Love And Happiness while sojourning in London in the early
’90s, to reach out to Mitchell and the Hodges brothers on her own.
“In the Be Good Tanyas, I was always used to working with my own band,” Ford
said. “When I set out solo, I took (guitarist) Trish (Klein, also from Be
Good Tanyas) and John (Raham, the Be Good Tanyas’ drummer) – I work within a
circle of people that I knew and was comfortable with. So to go and do a
whole album with these new people was a very expanding experience for me.”
The resulting album, Ford’s superb sophomore solo effort Indian Ocean, was
recorded in multiple separate sessions: In Memphis with Raham, bassist
Darren Parris and the Hi Rhythm Section, and in Vancouver with her regular
crew of Klein, Raham, Parris, guitarist Craig McCaul, backup vocalists Debra
Jean Creelman and Caroline Ballhorn, and pianist Phil Cook.
Ford admitted the initial Royal Recording Studio session was terrifying.
“I was very intimidated to be having to guide these sessions. We just
experimented. I wanted to jam with them. That’s how they play and that’s how
I play. We play by intuition and feel and that’s why it worked between us.
“For (album opener) September Fields, I was in the control room and I was
singing into (Memphis soul singer) Ann Peebles’ microphone. I was so nervous
that I didn’t have a proper headphone mix. I couldn’t hear what they were
doing. I came out of the backroom and they had turned it into this whole
other thing: It sounded like something between Dolly Parton and Love And
Happiness to me – like, wow.”
In a strange twist of fate, Indian Ocean is the last recording Teenie Hodges
appeared on. He died shortly after the album was completed in June from
complications of emphysema. He was 68. Indian Ocean is dedicated to him.
“He was such a wonderful person and we became quite close,” Ford said. “He
would call me before I’d go on tour. He was a lovely, hilarious character.
He went into a coma not long after we did our last session with him and he
had been saying he might come visit. I feel like he held on to finish that
album. He looked good but he was very frail and he was on oxygen the whole
time. He didn’t have a lot of energy but the energy he had he gave to that
album.”
Recorded over a period of two years, Indian Ocean strikes a fine balance
between light and dark, between elegiac, soul-lifting musicality and
confessional, soul-baring lyricism.
Heartbreak, frayed relationships and, Ford admitted, memories of childhood
abuse and trauma resurfaced on Indian Ocean, but not because she had planned
it.
“It was a really challenging album for me,” Ford said. “Some of the stuff
coming out, I was like, ‘Really? Now?’ I couldn’t see the overall picture
for a long, long time. (Obadiah) came out in one fell swoop: Making sense of
family and all this stuff. (Note: Obadiah is Ford’s middle name, inspired by
the name of the family cat.)
“One thing that’s so clear about (the Hi Rhythm Section) is that, in the
tradition of African-American music, you’re not playing a sad song to bring
somebody down. You may sing about the hardest thing but you sing about it in
a way that’s uplifting. You are interested in being truthful and being
expressive and moving through things.”
That’s the spirit Gordon felt when he heard Ford that time while driving his
car. That’s the spirit every listener will hear and feel when giving Indian
Ocean a spin or when seeing Ford live at her two sold-out shows this week in
Vancouver at St. James Hall.
It won’t be painful to dig deep. Rather, it will make you stronger.
“We carry so much unexpressed stuff because we’re so terrified of it. You’re
not alive when you carry too much of that stuff. Life is painful, no matter
what you do. But that movement through, with beauty and courage, is what
we’re mean to do while we’re here.
“This album traverses some heavy, hard things. There’s no particular answer
or particular resolution – just the tides of life.”
Story by: FRANCOIS MARCHAND, VANCOUVER SUN

PLAYLIST:

This is Mulligan Stew Playlist  www.mulliganstew.ca TDMulligan
Feeling Alright (live) Joe Cocker Live at Woodstock
Killin Floor The Electric Flag From his head to his heart to his hands
The way it is The Sheepdogs The Sheepdogs
tdm  your holiday elf playlist www.mulliganstew.ca Coming Up – The CKUA Top 100 for 2014
Heart is a drum Beck Morning Phase
come see about me Tedeschi Trucks Band Revelator
You’ve changed Dave and Phil Alvin Play and Sing songs of Big Bill Broonzey
27 is the new 17 Zeus Classic Zeus
I just dont understand Spoon they want my soul
break Coming UP – More highlights from CKUA Top 100 from 2014 Our guest  Carol ann Murray
The 2014 CKUA Top 100 with our guest Carol Ann Murray Music Co-ordinator CKUA Radio
Let her go Mac Demarco Salad days
Straight through the Light Zeus Classic Zeus
Ive got the World on a String Dr John & Bonnie Raitt Ske Dat de Dat. The Spirit of Satch
carol ann Murray Music Co-Ordinator CKUA The CKUA Top 100 for 2014
Headphones Mounties Thrash Rock Legacy
Poor Howard Robert Plant Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar
Spades Jenn Grant Compostela
Break Be right back with Carol Ann Murray www.mulliganstew.ca
The 2014 CKUA Top 100 with our guest Carol Ann Murray Frazey Ford in 30 minutes
Too Bad So Sad Michael Rault Living Daylight
Backstairs The New Pornographers Brill Bruisers
West Memphis Lucina Williams Down where the spirit meets the bone
tdm  your holiday elf Coming UP  Frazey Ford Her new album Indian Ocean
Almost like the blues Leonard Cohen Popular Problems
so much to learn Adam Cohen We go Home
this is Mulligan Stew wit tdm Coming UP  Frazey Ford playlist www.mulliganstew.ca
Frazey Ford Interview at memphis Blues BBQ Her latest release is Indian Ocean details at www.mulliganstew.ca
September Fields Frazey Ford Indian Ocean
Frazey Ford Interview at memphis Blues BBQ Her latest release is Indian Ocean details at www.mulliganstew.ca
Youre not Free Frazey Ford Indian Ocean
Frazey Ford Interview
running Frazey Ford Indian Ocean
Frazey Ford Interview
These Arms of Mine Otis Redding Live in Paris

December 27th – AN HOUR IN THE OKANAGAN

December 27, 2014 Weekly Show 00:42:12

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AN HOUR IN THE OKANAGAN  – Special Holiday feature
Featuring visits to/with Wild Goose.   Liquidity.   Moon Cursor.   Culmina.   Road 13.   Brodo.   Fairview Cellars.   Local Lounge and Grill.   Howard Soon at Sandhill and the legend – Dick Cleave.
Plus our host Ellen Walker Mathews – Thompson Okanagan Tourist Assn.
Hope your holidays are going well.
  

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  In May of this year I was invited to join other journalists on a 4 day tour of the Okanagan.
I welcomed the opportunity to reconnect in person with many of the winemakers that I’d met when I lived 5 glorious years on the Naramata Bench.
I asked my Host Ellen Walker Mathews if I could duck away both  to interview people I’d missed over the course of a year.
I just had to start at Moon Cursor..makers of very good wines and very good times.
I snuck away from the tour to  include  Richard Cleave..recognized as one of the original and best growers in Canada. He always has an opinion and I counted on that.
I took an hour and visited my friend Joe Luckhurst at Road 13 and the always entertaining Bill Eggert at Fairview Cellars.
Also very much a part of the journey and this special were Roland Kruger from Wild Goose, who had added a Deep South BBQ to the crush pad. Whats better than smoked meat,  to go with their outstanding Rieslings. 
Next it was off to his neighbour Liquidity and its Chef Rob Walker. This was the surprise of the trip…a restaurant so cool you could drop it into Vancouver nightlife and it would thrive.  It helps that it has the same views as their next door neighbour Blue Mountain.
We included a stop at Culmina in the South Okanagan. It’s the home vineyard of Don, Elaine and Sara Triggs. (Jackson-Triggs)
And their famous winemaker Pascal Madevon (Osoyoos La Rose)
What a beautiful vineyard and winery.. When you look at the talent assembled here it all says “here is a winery to keep a very close eye on”.
 Up the road – two fine dining destinations.
First  was Chef Paul Cicconi at Brodo in Penticton.
(There’s a town that can always use a new food destination!)
And  a wonderful visit to his former kitchen,  Local Lounge and Grill in Summerland with host/owners Christa Lee McWatters-Bond, Cameron Bond and Chef Lee Humphries.
 And we finish with  BC Wine veteran winemaker Howard Soon at his new Sandhill winery , right downtown in Kelowna.
 


And that’s it …One Hour in the Okanagan!!  Why not make plans to do your own tour??
www.totabc.org
www.mooncurser.com
www.wildgoosewinery.com
www.liquiditywines.com
www.culmina.ca
www.road13vineyards.com
www.tastebrodo.com
www.fairviewcellars.ca
www.thelocalgroup.ca
www.sandhillwines.ca
www.sandhillwines.ca/Phantom-Creek
 

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STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON

  •  Argentina in an Hour
  • New Zealand in an Hour
  • Jim Cuddy
  • Tom Cochrane
  • Bruce McCulloch

 

Mulligan Stew Dec 20th-Christmas Special part 2 & Jim Cuddy Interview

December 20, 2014 Weekly Playlists

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Blue RodeoBlue Rodeo  with their newly announced holiday album A Merrie Christmas to You.
Although the album includes a couple of well-known Christmas tunes — “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” and “O Come All Ye Faithful” — the rest are a slightly more modern. There are covers of Joni Mitchell, Big Star, Paul Simon, Gordon Lightfoot, the Band and more. There are also two Blue Rodeo originals: Jim Cuddy’s brand-new “Home to You This Christmas” and a re-recording of Greg Keelor’s “Glad to Be Alive.” 
The album was recorded in a week at their very own Woodshed Studio in Toronto. Each song was captured live. 
“The songs are as much about the season as they are about the actual day,” Cuddy said in a statement about the selection of material. “The criteria for choosing material were to find songs that we could actually sing and make our own.” 
The cover art comes from an illustration by Keelor’s great-uncle, who made greeting cards back in the ’20s. The tracklist is below, and the name of the artist who wrote each song is in parentheses. 
 
The RAW interview is posted here for your listening pleasure 

 
A Merrie Christmas to You: 
1. Jesus Christ (Big Star)
2. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane)
3. If We Make It Through December (Merle Haggard)
4. River (Joni Mitchell)
5. O Come All Ye Faithful (traditional)
6. Getting Ready for Christmas Day (Paul Simon)
7. Glad to Be Alive
8. Home to You This Christmas
9. Song for a Winter’s Night (Gordon Lightfoot)
10. Christmas Must Be Tonight (The Band) 
 
 

PLAYLIST:

The Christmas Stew Part Two Dec 20   2014 Your Christmas Elf: TDM
Everyday will be like a Holiday William Bell A Classic Soul Christmas
Rockin around the Christmas Tree Dion Holiday Lounge
Calling to Say Serena Ryder If your memory serves you well
Good King Wenceslas The Skydiggers Angels
The Christmas Stew Part Two playlist www.mulliganstew.ca Coming UP Crowbar and Blue Rodeo
Go tell it on the Mountain Blind Boys of Alabama/Tom Wait Last Month of the Year
The Christmas Stew Part Two playlist www.mulliganstew.ca tonights guest Jim Cuddy Blue Rodeo
Run Run Rudolph Crowbar Single
stay with me Charles Brown Charles Brown’s cool Christmas blues
Break the christmas stew part two In 30 minutes Jim Cuddy guests
Jesus Christ Blue Rodeo A Merrie Christmas to You
Santa Clause Santa Claus James Brown Cool Yule
Christmas Lights Coldplay Now Christmas 5
Maybe this Christmas Ron Sexsmith A Winters Night
Host TD Mulligan Coming Up Jim Cuddy/Blue Rodeo Merry Christmas Everyone
Christmas Tears Eric Clapton A very special Christmas Live
Christmas Fais Do Do Marcia Ball Alligator Records Genuine House Rockin Christmas
Host TD Mulligan playlist www.mulliganstew.ca Next Whitney Houston
Joy to the World Whitney Houston One Wish
Break Coming up Next Jim Cuddy Blue Rodeo A Merrie Christmas to You
Jim Cuddy   The Interview Blue Rodeo A Merrie Christmas to You
O Come All Ye Faithful Blue Rodeo A Merrie Christmas to You
Jim Cuddy   The Interview
River Blue Rodeo A Merrie Christmas to You
Jim Cuddy   The Interview
Home to you this Christmas Blue Rodeo A Merrie Christmas to You
Jim Cuddy   The Interview
Christmas must be tonight Blue Rodeo A Merrie Christmas to You
Merry Christmas from the Family Robert Earl Keen
The Christmas Stew Part Two your christmas elf: TDMulligan playlist www.mulliganstew.ca
Santa’s messing with the Kid Eddie Campbell Jingle Blues
Please come home for Christmas Charles Brown Cool Yule Old School
Christmas must be tonight Bahamas The warm December
Host TD Mulligan the christmas stew part two playlist www.mulliganstew.ca
Best Christmas Ever Julian Moon Single
Merry Christmas Baby Elvis White Christmas
in the morning The Trews/Serena Ryder Christmas single
Santa Claus is coming to town Booker T and the MGs A Classic Soul Christmas
Merry Christmas..Happy Holiday Its 7Pm..everybody on board The Loove Train

Good Rockin Wine of the Week Dec 19th

December 20, 2014 Wine of the Week 0:12:57

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terry-on-radio     TDM on…
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December 20th – Chef Ned Bell – Sustainable Seafood

December 18, 2014 Weekly Show 00:42:41

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James Nevison returns with the 10th edition of Had A Glass/Top 100 wines Under $20
Daenna van Mulligen/The Wine Diva has last minute Wine Gifts..
Yew Chef Ned Bell wins Chef of the Year from his peers.
Hawksworth chef du cuisine Kristian Eligh takes the Golden Medal Plates Competition  in Victoria .

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THE SHOW

 James Nevison/Had a Glass 2015  Top 100 wines under $20  
Had a Glass 2015
James Nevison’s annual,  easy to read  guide for everyday wine is back for its 10th year, with the top 100 wallet-friendly wines for the year ahead.
James will find you the very best value for money across white, pink, red, sparkling and fortified wines.
$10 wines that taste like they’re $30, and $20 bottles that will knock your socks off! Each wine has a full page review, and its label and barcode are included for easy reference at the liquor store. And, for the first time this year, the book contains delicious recipes for wine cocktails. Also included:
• How to taste wine (as opposed to simply drink wine!): James’s patented Four Step Process
• How to buy wine: advice on how to seek out value in the liquor store.
• Food and Wine: pairings covering all the major food groups
 • The Splurge: for life’s moments that trump the bottom line!
With Had a Glass 2015 in hand, you’re guaranteed to find great tasting wines that are also great value.

James Nevison

James Nevison


 
 
 
 
 
 
www.hadaglass.com
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Chef Ned Bell/  Executive Chef Yew Seafood and Bar Four Seasons Vancouver.
 Chef Ned Bell has been named Chef of the Year at the 27th Annual Pinnacle Awards. The awards are presented by publications Foodservice and Hospitality and Hotelier magazines.
Chef Ned Bell Chefs for Oceans

Chef Ned Bell Chefs for Oceans


Ned earned the award for his “profound impact on how chefs and Canadian consumers perceive seafood.” In a follow up feature in the December 2014 issue of Foodservice and Hospitality, Bell is described as a “connector.” More specifically, he is a “curious, self-confident, sociable and energetic person with a special gift of bringing people together” all in the name of enjoying great food and good conversation in a way that looks after the environment.
 
Bell’s advocacy against overfishing and tireless promotion of identifying and sourcing sustainable seafood is in play every day in his role as Executive Chef at YEW seafood + bar, one of the city’s hottest tables, and Four Seasons Hotel Vancouver. Bell led the property to become Canada’s first luxury hotel to be 100 percent Ocean Wise certified.
 
The athletic and outgoing chef took his commitment to the next level in 2014 when he founded Chefs for Oceans, a grassroots movement designed to raise awareness for the importance of sourcing, serving and eating sustainable seafood. From July through September, Bell hopped on his bike and rode more than 8,700 kilometres (5,400 miles) from St. John’s, Newfoundland to Vancouver, British Columbia on a 72-day journey that included 24 special events with like-minded chefs and supporters across the country.
Chef Ned Bell

Chef Ned Bell


TRR welcomes back to the show – our pal Ned Bell.
http://www.fourseasons.com/vancouver/dining/lounges/yew_bar/
www.chefsforoceans.com
http://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/yew-seafood-bar-four-seasons-hotel-vancouver-executive-chef-ned-bell-wins-chef-year-foodservice-hospitality-magazines-annual-pinnacle-awards/
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Daenna Van Mulligen/The Wine Diva – Great Wine Gifts
Wine Diva

Wine Diva


As Daenna says at www.winediva.ca
Who needs more stuff?
There are no concerns about getting the wrong size or if the recipient even has room for another chachka…
A great bottle of wine will always be appreciated. It’s consumable and the rest recyclable.
Give the gift of wine!  
 
 
Painted Rock Cabernet Sauvignon, Okanagan Valley $40.00

  1. Luis Segundo Correas ‘Valle Las Acequias’ Malbec Oak, Mendoza Argentina $22.99
  2. Taylor Fladgate Fine White Port, Douro Portugal $21.99
  3. Fonseca Porto Bin No. 27 Reserve, Douro Portugal $24.99
  4. Serafino Shiraz, McLaren Vale Australia $28.00
  5. Laurenz und Sophie ‘Singing’ Gruner Veltliner, Austria $21.99
  6. Masi Campofiorin Rosso del Veronese IGT, Veneto Italy $19.99
  7. Laughing Stock ‘Portfolio’ Okanagan Valley BC $45.00
  8. Caymus Vineyards ’40th Anniversary’ Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley California $72.00
  9. Blue Mountain Vineyard and Cellars Reserve Brut Okanagan Valley BC $40.00
  10. Tommasi Viticoltori ‘Le Prunee’ Merlot Della Venezie, Veneto Italy $19.99
  11. Cave de Rasteau ‘La Domeliere’ Rasteau, Rhone Valley France $21.99
  12. Jean-Claude Boisset Bourgogne Pinot Noir ‘Les Ursulines’, France $24.99
  13. Maison des Bulliats Gamay Regnie Grand Cru, Beaujolais France $21.99
  14. Quails’ Gate Pinot Noir, Okanagan Valley $24.99
  15. Bodega Beronia Reserva, Rioja Spain $24.99
  16. Perrier~Jouet ‘Belle Epoque’ Brut Champagne, France $199.99
  17. William Fevre ‘Champs Royaux’, Chablis France $31.99
  18. Chateau de Sancerre ‘Sancerre’ Loire Valley, France $29.99
  19. Barone di Valforte Montepulciano d’Abbruzzo, Italy $19.99
  20. Gonzalez Byass ‘Noe’ VORS Aged 30 Years Pedro Ximenez, Jerez Spain $39.99
  21. Antinori ‘Peppoli’, DOCG Chianti Classico, Tuscany Italy $24.99
  22. Negretti DOC Nebbiolo d’Alba, La Morra Piedmont Italy $39.99
  23. JoieFarm ‘A Noble Blend’, Okanagan Valley BC $24.00
  24. Tormaresca ‘Trentangeli’ Castel del Monte, Puglia Italy $19.99
  25. Yalumba ‘Patchwork’ Shiraz, Barossa Valley, South Australia $25.99
  26. Philippe Cambie ‘Les Halos de Jupiter’ Cotes du Rhone, France $23.99
  27. Stefano Farina ‘La Ginestra’ Chianti, Tuscany Italy $19.99
  28. Jean-Marc Brocard Chablis 1er Cru Montmain, Burgundy France $39.99
  29. Longview ‘Yakka’ Shiraz, Adelaide Hills Australia $30.00
  30. Marchesi de Frescobaldi ‘Tenuta di Castiglioni’ Toscana Italy $26.99
  31. Blue Mountain Vineyard and Cellars Reserve Pinot Noir, Okangan Valley BC $36.00
  32. Clos du Soleil ‘Signature’, British Columbia $40.00
  33. Rocland Estate ‘Chocolate Box – Dark Chocolate’ Shiraz, Barossa Valley Australia $24.99

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Kristian Eligh.  Chef du Cuisine Hawksworth in Vancouver.  

Kristian Eligh

Kristian Eligh


Hawksworth Restaurant’s Chef de Cuisine Kristian Eligh proved his culinary prowess , taking home the gold award at the Victoria 2014 Gold Medal Plates competition held at the Victoria Convention Centre. Chef Eligh went head to head with eight of the province’s finest chefs at the prestigious culinary competition and will now go on to compete at the Canadian Culinary Championships, the Gold Medal Plates Finale, in Kelowna on February 6 and 7, 2015.
Chef Eligh wowed the judges and a crowd of hundreds with his dish of confit pork neck, granny smith apple, puffed avonlea cheddar, mâche paired with Meyer Family Vineyards 2012 Tribute Series Chardonnay ‘Kelly Hrudey’ Old Main Road Vineyard.
Ultimately, Chef Kristian Eligh’s dish was simple but vivid with a great wine match, which gave him an edge over his competitors.
Proceeds from Gold Medal Plates go to the Canadian Olympic Foundation, supporting programs that further Canadian high-performance athletes’ pursuit of excellence on the world stage – programs such as Own The Podium and COC’s Athlete Excellence Fund.
Each dish was judged out of 100 points, based on visual presentation (20%), texture (20%), taste (30%), wine compatibility (10%), originality (10%) and wow factor (10%).
Website: www.hawksworthrestaurant.com
http://myvancity.ca/2014/10/31/hawksworth-restaurants-chef-de-cuisine-kristian-eligh-wins-b-c-s-2014-gold-medal/
 

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STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON

Argentina in an Hour
New Zealand in an Hour
The Wine Diva has Bubbles for New Years
Jim Cuddy
Tom Cochrane
Bruce McCulloch
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

TDM- Discusses Beginning in Radio – Interview 1988

December 13, 2014 RAW Interviews

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Radio and television personality Terry David Mulligan talks about his early struggles getting into radio. This excerpt was from the television program Conversation filmed in 1988. The interviewer was Lawrence Crosthwaite. The show was directed and produced by John Richardson.
 

Mulligan Stew December 13th – Christmas Special Part 1

December 13, 2014 Weekly Playlists

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Classic Christmas tunes from…

Otis Redding
Tom Waits.. (not so classic Christmas card from a Hooker in Minneapolis) and
Lyle Lovett – The Girl with the Holiday Smile
James Taylor
The Bruce Brothers – Cockburn and Springsteen
  John Prine
Real Roy Forces – Got me some Mincemeat Tart, Dave “Mr Christmas GoGo, Darlene Love.
U2, Be Good Tanyas, Colin James, BB King, Travelling Wilburys, Roomful of Blues, etc.
 NEW Christmas tunes from
Blue Rodeo
Rod Stewart w CeeLo Green and Trombone Shorty
Lindi Ortega
 And a LOT more..
Wall to Wall Christmas Stew.
So..if you’re doing last minute shopping, in the kitchen getting ready to have guests over or making dinner..You’re Christmas music is all laid out for you..
Just head for CKUA and CKUA.COM
 

PLAYLIST:

James Taylor James Taylor at Christmas
Lyle Lovett Release Me
Bruce Cockburn Christmas
playlist www.mulliganstew.ca coming UP Norah Jones, Sting, Tom Waits
Sting If on a Winter’s Night
Norah Jones Mojo Christmas
Tom Waits Blue Valentine
BB King A Celebration of Hope
playlist www.mulliganstew.ca Coming UP U2, The Wilburys, Blue Rodeo
U2 Christmas
The Travelling Wilburys Christmas single
Aaron Neville Christmas
Joan Osborne Christmas means Love
playlist www.mulliganstew.ca
Blue Rodeo A Merrie Christmas to You
Rod Stewart. Cee Lo Green. Trombone Shorty Christmas Single
The Drifters Christmas singles
playlist www.mulliganstew.ca Next Week Jim Cuddy guests
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Roomful of Blues Christmas 3
Bruce Springsteen Christmas of Hope
The Be Good Tanyas Christmas 4
Lindi Ortega Tennesse Christmas
playlist www.mulliganstew.ca Next Week Jim Cuddy guests
Otis Redding Celebrate the Seasons
Colin james Christmas
playlist www.mulliganstew.ca Twitter@tdmulligan
Darlene Love Phil Spectors Christmas album
Blue Rodeo A Merrie Christmas to You
John Prine Christmas
Next week Jim Cuddy Twitter@tdmulligan
Dave GoGo Christmas with the Blues
Joan Osborne Christmas means Love
Roy Forbes Great Canadian Goldrush
Steve Pineo Steve Pineos Christmas album

Good Rockin Wine of the Week Dec 12th

December 12, 2014 Wine of the Week 0:12:57

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December 13th 2014 – Vikram Vij

December 11, 2014 Weekly Show 00:42:51

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Vikram Vij takes to the streets.   The Wine Diva brings a serious year end wine list,  her Top 50 wines over $20 and 90 points or better.
How does a family from New Jersey move to California  and become one of the best wine making families in Sonoma?   Chris Benziger guests.
Wine Expert Mireille Sauve from The Wine Umbrella brings great background on Languedoc wines!

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 Vikram Vij – 
Born in India, Vikram left home at the age of 20 to begin his culinary journey abroad. Vikram immigrated to Alberta in 1989 and started work at the Banff Springs Hotel.
Vikram Vij
A certified sommelier, Vikram opened his first restaurant, Vij’s, in Vancouver in 1994 to great success. A strict no-reservations policy has led to a nightly line-up outside the restaurant doors. New York  Times food writer Mark Bittman said Vij’s was “easily among the finest Indian restaurants in the world.”  He now operates three restaurants with more in the works  and a gourmet food truck in the Greater Vancouver area, and his line of packaged curries is available at grocery stores across the country. The author of two best-selling cookbooks, he won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2001 and is a judge on Food Network’s Top Chef Canada and Chopped Canada as well as CBC’s Recipe to Riches.  He’s one of the Dragon’s Den hosts.  Thing is we don’t have enough space for his awards..books, deals and press articles but we will say he was just awarded  Surrey’s Businessperson  of the Year.
It’s the Vij’s Railway Express food truck we’re interested in this week.. we find this culinary celebrity working Georgia street in front of his truck..not just shaking hands but WORKING THE STREETS..Hard core Vikram!
http://www.vijs.ca/
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 The Wine Diva  

Daenna Van Mulligen

Daenna Van Mulligen


Deanna van Mulligen loves her wines..She is after all The Wine Diva, with an incredibly popular website www.WineDiva.ca
She loves her wines and wine lists.
This week’s list is a beauty.  It’s the Wine Diva Best of 2014 Over $20.00 and 90 points or better.
She’s tasted well over a 1000 wines this year..these are the best of the bunch!!
 
 
WineDiva, Wine List – TOP 50 $20+ 2014
 Catena ‘High Mountain Vines’ Malbec, Mendoza Argentina $22.99

  1. Frontaura ‘Nexus One’, Ribera Del Duero Spain $24.95
  2. Plume Chardonnay, Napa Valley California $30.00
  3. Vignetti Zabu ‘Il Passo’ Nerello Mascalese~Nero d’Avola, Sicily Italy $22.99
  4. Tommasi Amarone Della Valpolicella Classico DOC, Veneto Italy $59.99
  5. Black Sage Vineyard Zinfandel, Okanagan Valley BC $23.99
  6. Poplar Grove Cabernet Franc, Okanagan Valley BC $35.00
  7. Ferrari~Carano Fume Blanc, Sonoma County California $25.99
  8. Cantina di Negrar Amarone della Valpolicella Classico, Veneto Italy $39.99
  9. Tenuta Dell’ Ornellaia LeVolte, Tuscany Italy $34.99
  10. Laughing Stock ‘Portfolio’ Okanagan Valley BC $45.00
  11. Painted Rock Syrah, Okanagan Valley BC $40.00
  12. Caymus Vineyards ’40th Anniversary’ Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley California $72.00
  13. Bodega Beronia Reserva, Rioja Spain $24.99
  14. Moon Curser ‘Afraid of the Dark’, Okanagan Valley BC $22.00
  15. Cassini Cellars ‘The Godfather’, Okanagan Valley BC N/A
  16. Gonzalez Byass ‘Noe’ VORS Aged 30 Years Pedro Ximenez, Jerez Spain $39.99
  17. Negretti DOC Nebbiolo d’Alba, La Morra Piedmont Italy $39.99
  18. Benjamin Bridge Method Classique Brut Reserve, Gaspereau Valley, Nova Scotia $49.99
  19. Wolf Blass ‘Gold Label’ Cabernet Sauvignon, Barossa Valley Australia $27.00
  20. Marchesi de Frescobaldi ‘Tenuta di Castiglioni’ Toscana Italy $26.99
  21. Black Cloud ‘Altostratus’ Pinot Noir, Okanagan Falls BC $35.00
  22. Meyer Family Vineyards ‘Micro Cuvee’ Chardonnay, Naramata Bench, BC $65.00
  23. Road 13 ‘Jackpot’ Viognier~Roussanne~Marsanne, Okanagan Valley BC $30.00
  24. Belle Glos Pinot Noir ‘Las Alturas Vineyard’, Santa Lucia Highlands, Monterey County, Calif. $43.95
  25. Haywire ‘Canyonview Vineyard’ Pinot Noir, Okangan Valley $35.00
  26. Sandhill ‘Small Lots Program’ Syrah, Phantom Creek Vineyard, Okanagan Valley BC $40.00

 www.winediva.ca
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Chris Benziger – Sonoma

Chris Benziger

Chris Benziger


Still in high school when the Benziger family moved from White Plains, Chris finished his senior year in wine country. He went on to earn a degree in marketing from the University of San Francisco while spending summers, weekends and every spare moment working at the winery. He officially joined the Benziger Family Winery in 1993 as a Brand Manager.
In addition to sales responsibilities, Chris also oversees the home ranch and its many farm related duties, i.e. shepherding the Benziger flock of sheep and cows, tending to the estate vegetable and fruit trees, and producing the Biodynamic preparations for all our vineyards. Chris feels that the only way to communicate the quality of the wines he promotes is by having the soil from the vineyard in which he’s endorsing under his nails. The best impression a winemaker can leave on his wines are his footprints in the vineyards.
 
Benziger in the fog

Benziger in the fog


 
 
 
Representing the other Benzigers..Mike, Joe, Kathy and  Bob ..we welcome back Chris Benziger..Shepherd and stand up guy!
http://www.benziger.com/
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Mirelle Sauve – Sommelier and co-founder of The Wine Umbrella
Perhaps one of the most overlooked wine regions in France is Languedoc.
Surprising considering it is the single biggest wine producing region in the world, being responsible for more than a third of France’s total wine production. As recently as 2001, the region produced more wine than the entire United States.
It hasn’t always been good times in Southern France..there was a enough wine surplus to create “Lakes of wine”
New producers and new wineries are changing the region..all for the better.
One of the best Langedoc experts is Mirelle Sauve from Vancouver’s Wine Umbrella.  
Mireille Sauve
Mireille Sauve
The Wine Umbrella is a collection of professionals who leverage each other’s strengths to promote the enjoyment of great wines in Western Canada.
Mireille Sauvé leads the pack of pedigreed wine pros, her background being that of a Sommelier, wine writer and educator with an unstoppable thirst to bring delicious wines to the masses.
www.thewineumbrella.com

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