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January 17th, 2015 – Dine Out Vancouver & The International Wine Festival

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THE WINE DIVA previews the highlights of the 37th Vancouver International Wine Festival and

we join Dine Out Vancouver for Mini Tours of  Craft Beer and Distillery shops.  Featuring stops at Bomber Brewing, Strange Fellows. Odd Society and Yaletown Distillery.   

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THE SHOW 

Two big  upcoming events in Vancouver.

Dine Out Vancouver takes place Jan 16 – Feb 1. And The 37th Annual Vancouver International Wine Festival Feb 20 – March 1. 

Dine Out 2015

Dine Out 2015

 

 

As expected The Wine Diva – Daenna van Mulligen – is totally involved in the upcoming Wine festival. She has just posted her recommended highlights at www.winediva.ca

 

Wine Diva

Wine Diva

 

 

… and she brings those highlights to this week’s Tasting Room Radio show.

Spectacular Dinners, cutting edge Seminars,  plus the essential do’s and don’ts in the tasting room.

Since 1979, the festival has raised $8.3 million for the performing arts in Vancouver. The charitable beneficiary

is Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival.

They are expecting 25,000 wine fans.

The Vancouver International Wine Festival is one of the biggest and oldest wine events in the world, offering something for every level of wine drinker, collector and trade professional. Winery principals (winemaker, proprietor, senior executive) representing 170 wineries from 14 countries will be in attendance to pour and discuss their wines. Every year, this international festival shines the spotlight on one country or region, and that region has more wineries, wines and events than any other. There is also a global focus. For 2015, the regional country is Australia and the global focus is Syrah.  

Vancouver Wine Festival

Vancouver Wine Festival

The heart of the festival is the Acura International Festival Tasting

Room at the Vancouver Convention Centre, where 750+ wines are

available for sampling, with an additional 165 wines available at

the trade tasting. More than 825 additional wines will be served

at special events orbiting the tasting room, including a gala dinner

+ auction, wine seminars, trade events, and food and wine pairing

affairs such as winery dinners, lunches and brunches at top

Vancouver restaurants and hotels.

See complete details at www.vanwinefest.ca 

Tasting Room Radio will be presenting two complete shows from the Trade Tasting events. Your host this year – Daenna van Mulligen.

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Dine Out Vancouver 2015

The 13th annual Dine Out Vancouver Festival is bigger and better than ever with more than 70 food-themed events plus a record-setting 277 restaurants dishing up prix fixe menus at $18, $28 and $38 price points (many with BC VQA wine pairings available at an additional cost). The festival runs from January 16 to February 1.

The diverse mix of restaurants participating in the 2015 festival allows diners to sample many of the city’s top-rated restaurants (like Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar, West and Chambar), and an impressive array of multicultural flavours (from sushi and Indian to First Nations cuisine), as well as new openings (like Shirakawa, Exile Bistro, Blacktail and Gyoza Bar). From North Vancouver to Langley, Dine Out touches all corners of Metro Vancouver.

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This week we’re taken on a teaser mini tour of craft beer and distillery participants.

Guests include:

Yaletown Distillery – Craig Harris  GM

Odd Society – Mariam Karp  GM

Bomber Brewing – Blair Calibaba  Head Brewer

Strange Fellows Brewing  –  Iain Hill 

Off the Beaten Path – Bonnie Todd

La Grotta Del Formaggio – Rachel Parker

Vancouver Brewery Tours – Ryan MacKay

Famoso – Ryan Chillibeck   

Tourism Vancouver – Lucas Pavan  

Blair Calibaba

Blair Calibaba

Miriam Karp

Miriam Karp

Craft Distillery Tour

Craft Distillery Tour

 

Off the Eaten Track

 

 

 

 

Next week..we talk to three chefs and give you Dine Out restaurant suggestions you can use.

 www.dineoutvancouver.com      

 

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STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON

 Wine Diva has budget bottles UNDER $16

Dine Out Vancouver – The Food coverage

Chefs, Menus, wine pairings

A Wine Diva tour of Sardinia and Piedmont, Italy.

Argentina in an Hour

January 17th, 2015 – Dine Out Vancouver & The International Wine Festival

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Tasting Room Radio B_BANNER2
 
THE WINE DIVA previews the highlights of the 37th Vancouver International Wine Festival and
we join Dine Out Vancouver for Mini Tours of  Craft Beer and Distillery shops.  Featuring stops at Bomber Brewing, Strange Fellows. Odd Society and Yaletown Distillery.   


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THE SHOW 

Two big  upcoming events in Vancouver.
Dine Out Vancouver takes place Jan 16 – Feb 1. And The 37th Annual Vancouver International Wine Festival Feb 20 – March 1. 

Dine Out 2015

Dine Out 2015


 
 
As expected The Wine Diva – Daenna van Mulligen – is totally involved in the upcoming Wine festival. She has just posted her recommended highlights at www.winediva.ca
 
Wine Diva

Wine Diva


 
 
… and she brings those highlights to this week’s Tasting Room Radio show.
Spectacular Dinners, cutting edge Seminars,  plus the essential do’s and don’ts in the tasting room.
Since 1979, the festival has raised $8.3 million for the performing arts in Vancouver. The charitable beneficiary
is Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival.
They are expecting 25,000 wine fans.
The Vancouver International Wine Festival is one of the biggest and oldest wine events in the world, offering something for every level of wine drinker, collector and trade professional. Winery principals (winemaker, proprietor, senior executive) representing 170 wineries from 14 countries will be in attendance to pour and discuss their wines. Every year, this international festival shines the spotlight on one country or region, and that region has more wineries, wines and events than any other. There is also a global focus. For 2015, the regional country is Australia and the global focus is Syrah.  
Vancouver Wine Festival

Vancouver Wine Festival


The heart of the festival is the Acura International Festival Tasting
Room at the Vancouver Convention Centre, where 750+ wines are
available for sampling, with an additional 165 wines available at
the trade tasting. More than 825 additional wines will be served
at special events orbiting the tasting room, including a gala dinner
+ auction, wine seminars, trade events, and food and wine pairing
affairs such as winery dinners, lunches and brunches at top
Vancouver restaurants and hotels.
See complete details at www.vanwinefest.ca 
Tasting Room Radio will be presenting two complete shows from the Trade Tasting events. Your host this year – Daenna van Mulligen.
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Dine Out Vancouver 2015
The 13th annual Dine Out Vancouver Festival is bigger and better than ever with more than 70 food-themed events plus a record-setting 277 restaurants dishing up prix fixe menus at $18, $28 and $38 price points (many with BC VQA wine pairings available at an additional cost). The festival runs from January 16 to February 1.
The diverse mix of restaurants participating in the 2015 festival allows diners to sample many of the city’s top-rated restaurants (like Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar, West and Chambar), and an impressive array of multicultural flavours (from sushi and Indian to First Nations cuisine), as well as new openings (like Shirakawa, Exile Bistro, Blacktail and Gyoza Bar). From North Vancouver to Langley, Dine Out touches all corners of Metro Vancouver.
Mussels
 
 
 
 
 
 
This week we’re taken on a teaser mini tour of craft beer and distillery participants.
Guests include:
Yaletown Distillery – Craig Harris  GM
Odd Society – Mariam Karp  GM
Bomber Brewing – Blair Calibaba  Head Brewer
Strange Fellows Brewing  –  Iain Hill 
Off the Beaten Path – Bonnie Todd
La Grotta Del Formaggio – Rachel Parker
Vancouver Brewery Tours – Ryan MacKay
Famoso – Ryan Chillibeck   
Tourism Vancouver – Lucas Pavan  
Blair Calibaba

Blair Calibaba


Miriam Karp

Miriam Karp


Craft Distillery Tour

Craft Distillery Tour


 
Off the Eaten Track
 
 
 
 
Next week..we talk to three chefs and give you Dine Out restaurant suggestions you can use.
 www.dineoutvancouver.com      
 

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STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON

 Wine Diva has budget bottles UNDER $16
Dine Out Vancouver – The Food coverage
Chefs, Menus, wine pairings
A Wine Diva tour of Sardinia and Piedmont, Italy.
Argentina in an Hour

Mulligan Stew January 10th 2015

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Dan ManganClub Meds is New music from
Dan Mangan and Blacksmith..its a game breaker for Dan the Man. Beautifully constructed songs backed by musicians who totally get where he’s leading them.
A Dan Mangan interview is coming to The Stew in the next couple of weeks.
We also feature tracks from  TOP the 1993 release from Tower of Power.  Wicked good.
 Got some Ricky Lee Jones, Live at Red Rocks
King Biscuit Boy and Crowbar
Lou Reed
Led ZepplinA really cool set featuring a Led Zeppelin Sandwich.
Its filled with Joe Cocker and Bono/Edge covering Beatles songs..playing the role of the “bread” is Darlene and Poor Tom from Led Zeppelins Coda LP.
 
 
New music from Steve Earle, Jerry Lee Lewis, Guster, and of course Dan Mangan
Motown tracks from Smokey Robinson and Edwin Starr.Jerry Lee Lewis
..
 
Oh..and don’t forget Los Lobos, Little Feat and Javina Magness.
 
A solid two hours of music..music for your Saturday night.  
Let me know what you think on twitter @TDMulligan
 
 

PLAYLIST:

Nobody loves me like you do Janiva Magness Blues ain’t Pretty
West LA Fadeaway Los Lobos Tin Can Trust
Forgetery Dan Mangan & Blacksmith Club Meds
TDM – talking Coyotes Banff Coming up Tower of Power
It all comes back Tower of Power TOP
I second that emotion Smokey Robinson Hitsville
Outside looking in Bruce Springsteen. E Street Band The Promise
This is Mulligan Stew playlist at www.mulliganstew.ca Coming up more Tower of Power
The Educated Bump Parts 1 & 2 Tower of Power TOP
i like it like that Pete Rodrigues Chef Soundtrack
Youngblood Rickie Lee Jones Live at Red Rocks
25 miles Edwin Starr Hitsville
This is Mulligan Stew with TD Mulligan playlist www.mulliganstew.ca
Mighty Crazy King Biscuit Boy 20 years of Stoney Plain
Badly bent king Biscuit Boy and Crowbar 20 years of Stoney Plain
tdm Talking Canada House playlist at www.mulliganstew.ca coming UP  Lou Reed
A walk on the wild side Lou Reed Transformer
This is Mulligan Stew at  tdmulligan playlist www.mulliganstew.ca
Darlene Led Zeppelin Coda
Come Together Joe Cocker Across the Universe Soundtrack
Lucy in the Sky Bono/Edge Across the Universe Soundtrack
Poor Tom Led Zeppelin Coda
This is Mulligan Stew with terry david mulligan coming UP   news music from stev earle & Jerry Lee Lewis
The Tennesse Kid Steve Earle Terraplane
The Mississippi Kid Jerry Lee Lewis Rock and Roll lives
This is Mulligan Stew TD Mulligan Coming Up Dan Mangan and Blacksmith
Kid Dreams Guster Evermotion
Offred Dan Mangan & Blacksmith Club Meds
I’m leaving it up to you Jimmy Vaughn and Lou Ann Barton Plays Blues, Ballads and Favourites
Glad all over Dave Clark 5 The Hits
tdm playlist at www.mulliganstew.ca
Soul with a Capitol S Tower of Power TOP
Cold Cold Cold (live) Little Feat Waiting for Columbus
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January 10th, 2015 – New Zealand in an hour…

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Dying to get to New Zealand but cant seem to get away..Not to worry. We went last year.
TRR presents New Zealand in an Hour 


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THE SHOW 

Last March I had the pleasure of touring various outstanding wine regions in NZ.
What drove the various stories was New Zealand’s remarkable sustainability record.
Tasting Room Radio broadcast four hours of interviews over the course of 2014 but there were so many interviews I realized other shows could be created..
Thus New Zealand in an Hour!!   

Yealands by the Sea

Yealands by the Sea


94% of all NZ wines are farmed under sustainable practices.
It’s not so much a program as a way of life. New Zealanders are all about being green..
We start in Auckland, then Hawkes Bay, Marlborough and finally Central Otago.
 Our guests include
Auckland:
We talk to our “host” Phillip Manson, the man in charge of New Zealand’s Sustainability efforts.
He’s proud of New Zealand’s reputation. So he should be. www.nzwine.com
On the Ferry heading for  Waiheke Island..just off the coast from Auckland..we visit Mike Spratt at Destiny Bay, maker of only three wines.  three Bordeaux influenced red blends..one of which,  Magna Praemia,  is the most expensive wine in NZ.  Mike, his scientist wife Ann and winemaking son Sean lead a stellar team.  http://www.destinybaywine.com/
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mike-spratt-destiny-bay
Before we leave the dormant volcanoes of beautiful Auckland we visit just one more winery.
The most awarded winery in all NZ – Villa Maria!!  www.villamaria.co.nz
Sir George Fistonich has spent five decades at the forefront of New Zealand’s wine industry
that he helped develop. As an icon of the New Zealand wine industry, Villa Maria is known for
bold and industry-changing moves such as moving to 100% screw cap through to the
emphasis on sustainable practices in every area of the family owned company.
Villa Maria Estate was named the supreme winner at the New Zealand Sustainable Business Network awards in November 2012
Here’s  the man himself, Sir George Fistonich.    
Sir George Fistonich  Villa Maria

Sir George Fistonich Villa Maria


 
 
 
 
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Elephant Hill     Hawkes Bay
 
Elephant Hill is a stunning and innovative winery estate and restaurant located on the idyllic Te Awanga coast, in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand.
Elephant Hill

Elephant Hill


They create 2 very fine chardonnays , Sauv blanc, a white & red blends called Le Phant Blanc/Rouge and a 5 star Viognier and favour Syrah on the Red side..
We sit down in their fabulous restaurant with Viticulturist Jon Peet and sales and marketing leader Vince Labatt.
The word I get from the NZ wine business is..watch these guys..they’re very good.
 
http://www.elephanthill.co.nz/
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 Pask     Hawkes Bay    
On our tour of NZ #1 we talked to Kate Ranburnd the famous winemaker  at Pask.
Hawkes Bay is a short flight from Auckland. http://www.hawkesbaynz.com/
Hawke’s Bay’s long, hot summers and cool winters offer the best weather for growing grapes. The climate is dry and temperate. Hawke’s Bay is renowned for its horticulture with large orchards and vineyards on the plains.
Maori

Maori


Hawke’s Bay is one of New Zealand’s warmest, driest regions and this has made it one of the country’s leading producers of wine; notably red wines – cabernet sauvignon, merlot and syrah – but also with some quite stunning whites.
They are working on being the Syrah Capitol of NZ.  www.winehawkesbay.co.nz/
Pask Winemaker and Managing Director Kate Radburnd is one of New Zealand’s most acclaimed winemakers. She commands an international reputation for her extensive record of award winning wines and her vision and contribution to the industry.
Pask’s 59 hectares of vineyards are located on Gimblett Road where Chris Pask was first to plant in the region now known as the Gimblett Gravels Winegrowing District®.
Kate Randburnd  Pask

Kate Randburnd Pask


Formed over 100 years ago when the Ngaruroro River changed its course, the light, stony soils of the region are low in nutrients, completely free draining, and create the perfect environment for growing premium quality grapes. Their  very first vintage of 1985 Cabernet Sauvignon was awarded 5 stars in Cuisine Magazine. Since then Pask wines have consistently enjoyed gold medal and  trophy success in London, Australia, Asia, the United States, Canada and New Zealand across a range of varietals and winestyles.
 Kate holds the role of Deputy Chair of the Wine Institute of New Zealand, has been a Director of the Wine Institute of New Zealand and New Zealand Winegrowers since 1999, and is Chair of Judges at New Zealand’s oldest wine competition, the New Zealand Royal Easter Show Wine Awards.
Kate has also been instrumental in the development of the Sustainable Winegrowing New Zealand program and led Pask to be among the first group of wineries in the country to secure ISO environmental accreditation.
Kate  spent five years as Chair of the SWNZ advisory/working group, which at that time saw the introduction of the winery programme under the scheme.
Four of her  labels command the wine world’s attention
Declaration
Gimblett Road
Roy’s Hill
Kate Radburnd
 Loved this interview..Enjoy!!  http://www.pask.co.nz/ 
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 YEALANDS  Marlborough   
Yealands

Yealands


You want Character?
You want baby goats in the vineyard?
How about a visit to one of NZ most successful organic wineries Yealands. Named after the character owner Pete Yealands.  
Peter’s trademark “can do” attitude is the stuff of legend.
Peter has a track record of making pioneering, innovative plans come to fruition – and his successes have been recently chronicled in a book “A Bloke For All Seasons – the Peter Yealands story”.
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He has developed seven of his own vineyard sites in Marlborough, plus several others under contract for other companies. However his entrepreneurial vision extends well beyond grapes. Early on, Peter recognized the potential to farm Greenshell mussels commercially and in 1971 was issued with New Zealand’s first marine farming license. Thanks to his efforts in designing innovative technologies and helping establish aquaculture in the region, marine farming now contributes $160 million a year to New Zealand’s export earnings.
In the mid ’80’s Peter established one of New Zealand’s most successful deer farms, specializing in stud animals and embryo transplants. This 2,000 hectare property in Kaiuma Bay in the Marlborough Sounds won a rural environment award in 2003. 

Peter, wife Vai and son Aaron now focus their energies on building Yealands Estate into a global brand.
Pete was on the road when we got there so our guest today is Michael Wentworth the General manager.
FYI  Yealands makes 1.2 Million cases. All sustainably grown.
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STAETELANDT –  Dorien Vermaas  Co-Founder  Marlborough.
While Ruud is hands on in the winery, Dorien has had her finger on the pulse of the marketing / sales of StaeteLandt Wines since the beginning. Her background as a marketing manager in larger companies and her love for wine has certainly given her the edge when it comes to understanding this intricate side of the business.
Dorien Vermaas  Staete landt
 
Her bright and bubbly personality are a true asset to the company. Along with Ruud, her philosophy is to produce wines of character and integrity – words that sum up her attitude to all she has done for StaeteLandt Wines
 
 
 
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FELTON ROAD  Central Otago  
Nigel Greening  Felton Road

Nigel Greening Felton Road


One of the world’s finest Pinot Noirs. No Question.
 This Central Otago icon produces stunning biodynamic wines year after year. These guys really know their stuff.
In 2010 Felton Road was designated a Grand Cru winery of New Zealand. This Grand Cru status, currently only held by two other wineries (including Ata Rangi), recognizes the premier producers of Pinot Noir in New Zealand.
Winemaker Blair Walter is a master of less is more, Pinots are unfined and unfiltered and challenge the very best the world has to offer.
Felton Road is situated on warm, north facing slopes of glacial loess soils in Bannockburn, in the heart of Central Otago. The modern gravity fed winery receives 100% estate grown fruit from its three vineyards that are all farmed biodynamically and are fully certified by Demeter. Minimal intervention in the winemaking with such practices as wild yeast, no fining or filtration, allow the unique vineyard characters to further express their considerable personality.
Felton-Road-Vineyard-Central-Otago-Tourism

Felton-Road-Vineyard-Central-Otago-Tourism


Since the first vintage in 1997, Felton Road has acquired a formidable worldwide reputation.
Felton Road is one of the legendary names in New Zealand wine. They’re probably the most famous of the Central Otago wineries, making some highly regarded Pinot Noirs.
Felton Road Pinot Noir
It was my great pleasure  to spend a number of hours talking to Owner, part time chef and team leader Nigel Greening.
Looking for one of the best wineries anywhere in NZ?  you’ve just found it.  Felton Road.
 www.feltonroad.com  


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STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON:

  • Argentina in an Hour
  • The Wine Diva has the highlights of this year’s Vancouver Int Wine Festival
  • Budget bottles under $16.00
  • Wines from Spain, Portugal.

 
 

Mulligan Stew January 3rd 2015

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2 hours of the best music we can lay our hands on..
A mix of old school vinyl, CD’s, MP3’s plus lost and  found internet bangers.
R-6377017-1417808065-9659.jpegThe feature album is called The Oxford American Southern Music Issue – TEXAS.
Every year my Edmonton friends Chelsea and Christopher Evans-Rymes send me the Oxford American Music Issue Magazine .with CD attached.  It’s their 16th Edition.
From that LP we’re going to play
Talk to Me – Los Super 7 (featuring Delbert McClinton)
Anything you want – Spoon
Calling Card from Rory Gallagher kicks things off
Throw in some Neil Young (Unplugged)
Paul Simon (ITunes Festival in London)
Beck ( (Morning Phase)
Jason Mraz (Beautiful Place) kick s off hour two.   A segment that has only Four Tracks
Herbie Hancocks When Love comes to town (featuring Joss Stone and Jonny Lang)
van-morrison_lVan Morrison’s Astral Weeks (Live at the Hollywood Bowl)
And Aretha Franklin’s Never loved a man (the way I love You) – Live in Paris.
history2Speaking of LIVE..the last 30 minutes kicks off with one of the best live bands EVER..J Geils Band with Hard Driving Man & First I look at the purse
Sam and Dave , Jimmy Vaughn, Keb Mo and Janis Joplin finish off The Stew.
 

TDM & Tom Cochrane -Kenya-World Vision

TDM & Tom Cochrane -Kenya-World Vision


 
 

PLAYLIST:

The Host of todays Mulligan Stew is TD Mulligan.. The Playlist at www.mulliganstew.ca Jan 3 – 2015
Calling Card Rory Gallagher Crest of a Wave
Talk to me Los Super 7 featuring Delbert McClinton Oxford American Southern Music Issue – Texas
Mr Soul Neil Young UnPlugged
Long time gone Billie Joe and Norah Jones Foreverlys
Host TDMulligan – The Playlist at www.mulliganstew.ca Coming Up – Royal Wood & Marvin Gaye
The Light of Dawn Royal Wood The Burning Bright
Mercy Mercy Me Marvin Gaye Hitsville Box Set
www.MulliganStew.ca at   tdmulligan Coming UP Paul Simon Live
Hearts and Bones/Mystery Train (live) Paul Simon iTunes Festival in London
Host   TDM Talking New yearsa at Coyote in Banff www.coyotesbanff.com
Wilbury Twist The Travelling Wilburys Travelling Wilburys Collection
Route 66 The Rolling Stones Englands Newest Hitmakers
Million Miles from Yesterday Govt Mule High and Mighty
Blue Moon Beck Morning Phase
anything you want Spoon Oxford American Southern Music Issue – Texas
www.mulliganstew.ca  Twitter @tdmulligan Coming UP – Va Morrison. Aretha Franklin . Both live
anything you want Jason Mraz Jason Mraz’s Beautiful Place
Astral Weeks/I Believe Ive transcended Van Morrison Live at Hollywood Bowl
When love comes to town Herbie Hancock with Joss Stone & Jonny Lang Possibilities
Never loved a man (Live) Aretha Franklin (live in paris) Delta Meets Detroit
Host   TDM playlist www.mulliganstew.ca Coming UP – Sam and Dave. Keb Mo . Janis Joplin
Hard Driving Man (live) J Geils Band Anthology – House Party
First I look at the Purse (live) J Geils Band Anthology – House Party
You dont know Sam and Dave Stax – 50th
Mulligan Stew – TDMulligan Talking Canada House 2015 canadahouse.com
without you Jimmy Vaughn Do you get the Blues?
I’m gonna be your man Keb Mo Blues Americana
Bye Bye Baby Big Brother and the Holding Company / fewaturing janis Joplin Oxford American Southern Music Issue – Texas

January 3rd, 2015 The Smell of Fame!

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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/jasonpriestley
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How aboutJim 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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STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON

 New Zealand in an Hour
Argentina in an Hour

Mulligan Stew Dec 27th- Frazey Ford Interview

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Follow Frazey: @FrazeyFord
 
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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

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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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THE SHOW

  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

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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