June 3rd, 2017- Top Drop!

June 2, 2017 00:50:50

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Its Top Drop Vancouver 2017. Kurtis Kolt presents his 4^th annual gathering of small, hands on wineries who are passionate about their craft.

“The Most Awesome Wine Event of the Year” – Vancouver Magazine

And the bad boys of smoke, Park and George from Memphis Blues BBQ bring the do’s and don’ts of BBQ Season.

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Top Drop 2017

Kurtis Kolt

Kurtis Kolt

Embarking on its fourth year, Top Drop Vancouver was a two day trade and consumer event being held at the Roundhouse in Yaletown and various Vancouver restaurants bringing together a collection of small, hands on wineries, craft breweries, cideries and food purveyors who are passionate about their craft. Their focus is terroir-influenced, handcrafted wines, and the people behind them.

This is what Top Drop “believes”

– They believe in the importance in farming one’s own fruit and/or being constantly engaged with grape-growers to ensure sustainability and a high standard of viticultural practices.

-They believe in wines that reflect their vintage, and wines that aren’t suffocated by vinicultural trickery.

-They believe in winemaking decisions that are made by a winemaker, and not by a board of directors or marketing team.

– They believe in those who take chances.

-They believe these kinds of wines, honest wines of integrity, need a time and place to have their story told.

– They also believe craft beer, cider, along with authentic and sustainable produce, dairy, meat and seafood are part of the same conversation, which is why they’re proud to showcase some of our best in those areas.

We stopped at four seminars:

Stranger Things – (Wildebeest) Wineries that have stuck their necks out to share something unique with the World. Some of the strangest wines of Top Drop 2017.

Herdade do Esporão – Alentejo, Portugal (Pedro Vieira)

Vina Falerina – Elqui Valley Chile (Paulo Flessati. Winery Family)

Fattoria Colmone Della Marca Marche Italy (Giovanni Meschine. Owner)

Masseria Li Veli – Puglia, Italy (Giuseppe Gullo, Manager)

All About Bubble – (Chambar)

Okanagan Crush Pad – Summerland ( Christine Coletta co-owner)

Organics and Biodynamics (L’Abbitoir)

(The Brothers Pender)

Tawse Winery – Niagara Escarpment ( Paul Pender, Winemaker)

Little Farm Winery – Similkameen Valley, BC ( Rhys Pender MW, Co-Owner/Winegrower)

Of Grape and Site (Cin Cin)

What did the winemaker see in the site, the blend, or the clone that compelled them to make at least two different expressions of the same grape?

Shane Taylor – Sommelier of the Year (Cin Cin)

ShaneTaylor Cin Cin

Synchromesh Wines – Okanagan Falls, BC. ( Alan Dickinson, Owner/Winemaker/Farmer)

Bachelder – Burgundy/Oregon/Ontario (Thomas Bachelder, Winemaker)

Thomas Bachelder – Top Drop

Cambria Estate Vineyard and Winery – Santa Maria Valley, California (Denise Shurtleff, Winemaker)

Many thanks to Kurtis Kolt for the support and congratulations for 4 years of spectacular growth!! Top Drop Vancouver,
proudly supporting the B.C. Hospitality Foundation.

www.topdropvancouver.com

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@TopDropYVR

Twitter:

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BBQ Season – Do’s and Don’ts

Park Heffelfinger and George Siu Co-owners of Memphis Blues BBQ.

George Siu and Park-Heffelfinger

These guys are not just in the BBQ business..they live it and breath it.

They talk smoke like some talk wine.

And speaking of wine..their drink menu includes some of the best pairing wines, a great list of bourbons, beer and whiskey.

Park and George make BBQ fun!! The boys walk and talk us through the do’s and don’ts of Q. It’s a Master Class in smoke!!

Multiple locations in BC and Alberta.

January 1999 George Siu and Park Heffelfinger had a stopover in Memphis while flying from New Orleans. Lunch was a Pulled Pork Sandwich, and it was love at first bite.

Since then, they have attended the World Barbecue Championships in Memphis where they conducted extensive research. They were able to reproduce the recipes at home, and decided to bring Authentic Southern barbeque to Canada.

http://www.memphisbluesbbq.com/

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STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON

John Schreiner – ICON

Cider Special

Bloom – BC/VQA Spring-Summer releases

Annual food, wine and fishing special with

Rhys Pender, John Weber, Chef Mark Filatow at Skitchine Lodge.

2017 Vancouver Wine Festival – Two 1 hour specials

OK Falls Spring Pour

Naramata Bench Spring Pour

Prawn Festival Kick Off

A gaggle of Somms at Unswoerth

Chefs John Bishop/Umberto Menghi and Quang Dang

Mulligan Stew May 27th 2017-Holger Petersen and Paul Kelly Interviews

May 27, 2017

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PLAYLIST:

Welcome to The Stew	with TD Mulligan	Guests Holger Petersen & Paul Kelly
Gimme some lovin (live)	Traffic	Welcome to the Canteen
Ain’t nothiing stopping us now	Tower of Power	Ain’t nothing stopping us now
stateboro blues (live)	Greg Allman	Greg Allman Live – back to macom
www.canadahouse.com	coming UP Talking Music 2	with Holger Petersen
Lemon Squeezer (live)	Fleetwood Mac	Shrine 69
Mulligan Stew – 21 years and counting	Holger Petersen NEXT
Holger Petersen interview	Talking Music 2
good golly miss molly	Little Richard	Best of
blue Monday	Fats Domino	best of
Holger Petersen interview	Talking Music 2
every day I have the blues (live)	BB King	Anthology
Holger Petersen interview	Talking Music 2
get out my life woman	lee dorsey	best of
life is a carnival (live)	The Band	Live at Academy
Mulligan Stew – with tdm	Coming UP McCartney, Blue Rodeo, Mike Farris
Every Night (live)	Paul McCartney	Live at MTV Upplugged
Lost Together	Blue Rodeo	Lost Together
Terry David Mulligan – The Stew
Whiskey	Joey Landreth	Whiskey (EP)
A change is going to come	Mike Farris	Edmonton Folk Fest Sampler
www.coyotesbanff.com	Coming UP – Tedeschi Trucks
I pity the Fool (live)	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Live at the Fox Oakland
Next on The Stew	Paul Kelly – Charlie owen – Live from Railtown
Paul Kelly interview	Live from Railtown

to live is to fly	Paul Kelly & Charlie Owen	Death’s Dateless Night
Paul Kelly Interview	Live from Railtown
Nukkanya	Paul Kelly & Charlie Owen	Death’s Dateless Night
Paul Kelly Interview	Live from Railtown
Bird on a wire	Paul Kelly & Charlie Owen	Death’s Dateless Night
Thanks to Paul, Charlie, Maddy and Memphis
From little things, Big things grow	Paul Kelly & Charlie Owen	Best of
Sonnet 73	Paul Kelly & Charlie Owen

May 27th, 2017 – “4th Annual BC Pinot Noir Celebration”

May 26, 2017 00:50:40

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The SHOW

Without-a-doubt one of the most anticipated wine events of this summer is the 4th Annual BC Pinot Noir Celebration to be held at the beautiful Linden Gardens in Kaleden, just South of Penticton. Saturday August 19th. A one day event from 3-10PM.

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Linden Gardens

They have room fir 350 guests and are expecting 34 BC wineries.

ALL pouring their best Pinot Noir. With food from Joy Road Catering,

Mike Bernardo from Vij’s group, Matt Batey (formerly from Mission Hill now The Nash in Calgary) and Alex Sielmann from Frog City Cafe. Its a celebration because BC is showing signs of becoming a Pinot destination. For example they poured 13 Pinot noir year one, 16 in year two, 26 in year three and 34 this year.

: Matt-Batey

: Mike Bernardo

: Alex Sielmann

Guests today include Vikram Vij, JAK Meyer (Meyer Family Vineyards) David Patterson (Tantalus). Kurtis Kolt (Georgia Straight) Mike Bernardo (Vij’s Group)

Make your plans and check the link. bcpinotnoir.ca

Jane Ferrari- Yalumba

When pressed, Jane describes herself as the Yalumba storyteller and what a story she brings this time.
Jane will introduce all of us to The Caley. Its not often I’ll bring you the story of a $500 bottle of wine but this wine is very special.

It`s The Caley.

Fred Caley Smith was a man in possession of green thumbs, inquisitive eyes and tired feet.

In 1893 he set out on a two-year journey that would take him through Europe, North America, the Middle East and Indian subcontinent in search of new markets for the wines and canned fruits produced at the Barossa estate established by his grandfather and still known today as Yalumba.

Fred’s pen was perceptive and prolific, but even more valuable than his journalism are the letters he sent home at a rate of one every couple of days for the entirety of his trip.

The letters tell tales of how the wines of colonial Australia were finding their way in the world, of the latest developments in horticultural practice and how a thoughtful and curious young man engaged with a world that couldn’t have been more different from the small Barossa town of Angaston to which they were sent.

They were compiled, bound and stashed away in the family archive at Yalumba, where they gathered dust until they were recently called into service to help launch the most ambitious wine Yalumba has produced in its 168-year history.

The wine is called The Caley, not just in honour of the adventurous Fred but as a reference to the path Yalumba has travelled to this point and the direction in which it’s headed.

Australia’s oldest family-owned winery is many things, but flashy isn’t one them, and its various vinous offerings have always come into the world with a quiet confidence rather than a big splash.

This was Yalumba making a clear statement of intent.

A scan of the tasting schedule provided clues: a session exploring Yalumba’s history with cabernet followed by something similar with Barossa shiraz, then culminating with a look at the company’s fabled history of blending the two.

It didn’t require Sherlockian powers of deduction to work out the wine we were waiting for would be some form of that blend.

Yalumba has always been at the forefront of the peculiarly Australian practice of blending cabernet and shiraz, going right back to the days when we commonly called such wines claret.

In fact before the idea came to call the wine The Caley it went by the working title Super Claret.

The Caley is a truly great claret.

Aromatically it’s beguiling rather than bombastic, an ethereal fragrance drawing you deeper in to the wine.

It’s beautifully polished and impeccably poised. This thing is weighted like a jockey set for a big Spring, not a single gram of unnecessary fat. Barossa shiraz puts just enough supple cladding on the well-constructed frame Coonawarra cabernet provides.

It’s layered and finely etched, beautifully tapered and finely threaded with micro-fine tannins.

This is a wine that more than lives up to the high hopes held for it.

Jane also walks us through new very special pours from Yalumba.

Im told they’re currently in BC

The Octavius, $130

The Menzies, $70

The Signature, $75

The Caley will arrive in about 3-4 months.

www.yalumba.com

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STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON:

Top Drop Vancouver 2017

BC ShellFish events in Courtney/Comox

John Schreiner’s new book ICON

BC Cider Special

BC Spring/Summer releases at Bloom

Mulligan Stew May 20th 2017-Ron Sexmith and Marc Cohn Interviews

May 20, 2017

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The one-of-a-kind Ron Sexsmith joins Terry David Mulligan this weekend on Mulligan Stew. A celebrated singer and extraordinary songwriter, Sexsmith will take TDM through his fifteenth studio album, The Last Rider. (And, as anyone who follows Ron’s Twitter account already knows, prepare yourself for a few puns along the way.)

This week’s show also has Terry’s full interview with singer-songwriter Marc Cohn. The inspirational Grammy-winning artist touches on his work, his life.

And, following to a donor email, TDM does a little deconstruction of a Van Morrison’s “Real Real Gone” and its subtle allusions to other influential musicians like Wilson Pickett and
James Brown.

PLAYLIST:

and when I die (live)	Blood Sweat and Tears (David Clayton Thomas)	In concert
one room country shack (live)	Blood Sweat and Tears (David Clayton Thomas)	In concert
and when I die (live)	Blood Sweat and Tears (David Clayton Thomas)	in concert
TD Mulligan	www.canadahouse.com	NEXT – U2
Crooked old world	Leeroy Stagger	Love Verses
Still havent found what Im looking for (live)	U2 (with choir live)	single
Travelling Riverside blues	Eric Clapton	Session for Robert J
Mulligan Stew – Year 21	TD Mulligan	Guests Ron Sexsmith & Marc Cohn
Real Real Gone	Van Morrison	Still on Top
Midnight Hour	Wicked Wilson Pickett	In the Midnight Hour
Try Me	James Brown	Get on Up – The JB Story
If you need me	Solomon Burke	Very best
Rainbow	Gene Chandler	Beg, Scream and Shout Box set
Little Red Rooster	Sam Cooke	Night Beat
www.coyotesbanff.com	Mulligan Stew – TDM	Coming UP – Ron Sexsmith Interview
Mercy now	Mike Farris	Shine for all the people
Just your fool	The Rolling Stones	Blue and Lonesome
www.mulliganstew.ca	NEXT Ron Sexsmith Interview
Ron Sexsmith Interview
Shoreline	Ron Sexsmith	The Last Rider
Ron Sexsmith Interview
It won’t last for long	Ron Sexsmith	The Last Rider
Ron Sexsmith Interview
Radio	Ron Sexsmith	The Last Rider
Ron Sexsmith Interview
Secret Heart	Ron Sexsmith	Ron Sexsmith
ron sexsmith interview
Worried Song	Ron Sexsmith	The Last Rider
Mulligan Stew with TD Mulligan	NEXT Marc Cohn Interview
Marc Cohn Interview	with tdm
Walking in Memphis (live)	Marc Cohn	Live in NYC 1992
Marc Cohn Interview
Listening to Levon	Marc Cohn	Join the Parade
Marc Cohn Interview
Fever (live)	Marc Cohn	Live in NYC 1992
September Fields	Frazey Ford	Indian Ocean

May 20th, 2017 – Culinary Legend! Jeremiah Tower

May 16, 2017 00:50:49

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The Culinary Legend himself Jeremiah Tower with comments from Chef Ned Bell and San Francisco’s Foodie Chap: Liam MayClem.

DJ Kearney with a yuge list of wines to pair with Spot Prawns and Christopher Silva from St Francis Wines on Sonoma.

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“Jeremiah Tower’s menus were a complete re-evaluation of not just American food and ingredients – but food itself.”

ANTHONY BOURDAIN Producer

Anthony Bourdain

Jeremiah Tower – The Last Magnificent

The new Documentary that opened last weekend – JEREMIAH TOWER: THE LAST MAGNIFICENT –explores the remarkable life of Jeremiah Tower, one of the most controversial and influential figures in the history of American gastronomy.

Jeremiah Tower

Jeremiah Tower began his career at the renowned Chez Panisse in Berkeley in 1972, becoming a pioneering figure in the emerging California cuisine movement. After leaving Chez Panisse, due in part to a famously contentious relationship with founder Alice Waters, Tower went on to launch his own legendary Stars Restaurant in San Francisco. Stars was an overnight sensation and soon became one of America’s top-grossing U.S. restaurants.

Chez Panisse

Featuring interviews by Mario Batali, Anthony Bourdain, Ruth Reichl and Martha Stewart, this delicious documentary tells the story of the rise and fall of America’s first celebrity chef, whose brash personality and culinary genius has made him a living legend.

When you walk into your favourite restaurant and see an open kitchen, farm to table dining, farmers and farms mentioned in the menu that’s just some of the legacy of Jeremiah Tower.

We start the show with two plugged in culinary stars. First is Ned Bell: Executive Chef Ocean Wise Canada

Chef Ned Bell

…and second is a bit of a legend himself Liam Mayclem, The Foodie Chap of KCBS-SF.

Liam Mayclem

They both paint a verbal picture of Jeremiah Tower.

http://jeremiahtower.film/

http://www.oceanwise.ca/

www.cbssf.com/foodiechap

Facebook: Last Magnificent
Twitter: Last Magnificent
Instagram: Last Magnificent

DJ Kearney – Wine Director at NewDistrict.ca

Last weekend DJ was the final guest on our LIVE broadcast from the 11^th annual Spot Prawn Festival kick off.

She brought with her a large list of recommended wines to pair with most spot prawn recipes but the show was so busy I felt we didn’t really give her the spotlight she and the wines deserved.

She is after all, a very special wine educator. She gives you all the information you need and entertains at the same time.

Thanks Deej.

Here’s THE LIST!

Cipes Blanc de Noirs 2008

Mission Hill Perpetua Chardonnay

Hedges Sauvignon Blanc

St Hubertus Reisling

Culmina R&D White Blend

Haywire Pinot Gris

Tightrope Rose

The Meyer Rose

St Francis – Chris Silva (President/CEO) Sonoma

Fifth-generation Sonoma County native, Christopher Silva is firmly rooted in Sonoma County agriculture. He was raised in a family of Petaluma dairy farmers, and nine years after graduating from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, he retired from practicing law to join St. Francis Winery. At the age of 38, he became President & CEO of St. Francis in 2003. He understands firsthand that a farmer’s footprint and intimate knowledge of the soil, microclimates and terroir of the region are the most important ingredients for healthy vines.

Chris Silva

As President & CEO of St. Francis Winery & Vineyards, Chris has a specific focus: crafting world class Sonoma wine. St. Francis is best known for luscious, elegant, fruit driven Sonoma County Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and “Old Vines” Zinfandel. Additionally, St. Francis was named “#1 Restaurant in America” by Open Table in 2013 and 2015 in recognition of its farm to table wine and food pairings offered on site to Winery visitors each day.

“Our time at St. Francis will not be measured in years. It will be measured by the contributions each one of us makes—as individuals—to constantly improving the quality of our grapes and our wines. ‘Good enough’ is contrary to our mission.”

Chris gives us a Master Class in St Francis ZIN.

http://www.stfranciswinery.com/

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STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON

The return of Jane Ferrari – Spokesperson for Yalumba and The Caley
Cider Special
BC Shellfish Festival

Mulligan Stew May 13th 2017- Tedeschi Trucks Band Interview

May 11, 2017

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But most of all, I was struck by the visual of an 11-piece outfit that includes men, women, black people, and white people standing on the same stage — sharing, collaborating, dancing, celebrating, and above all working together toward a common goal. The music itself was a thoroughly American amalgamation of blues, soul, jazz, and funk. But Tedeschi Trucks Band hit hardest that night as a reiteration of an idea about America that seemed to have been discarded in a road-side ditch earlier that week. That the election didn’t kill the compassionate spirit of this country — particularly the ways in which that spirit is manifested in American music, our nation’s greatest export — filled me with so much unexpected hope. Like that, Tedeschi Trucks Band became my new favorite live band.
Steven Hyden – UPROXX

Susan, Derek and I go over a lot of subjects including the death and life of Leonard Cohen. Bob Dylan, Bands that do it right, honest music, songwriting in this political climate, and their place in today’s music.
Also highlight tracks from the new Live LP – including Bird on a wire, Let me get by, Within you Without you, I pity the fool, Don’t know what it means, Just as Strange!
On March 17^th, 2017, Tedeschi Trucks Band l released their second live album and first ever concert film, Live From The Fox Oakland, on Fantasy Records. Led by the husband-and-wife duo of guitar master, Derek Trucks, and singer-guitarist, Susan Tedeschi, the 12-piece ensemble’s breathtaking live show is captured here over 15 blistering tracks.
Watch the full 10-minute powerhouse performance here: https://youtu.be/h0kXfPrHHcw.
For a band that spends hundreds of days on the road a year, it was important to choose the right time for their second live album. As Derek explains, “we’ve been wanting to properly document the progress of this band for a while and it really felt like we were hitting our stride and firing on all cylinders last fall.”Tedeschi adds, “it was special capturing the live performance from Oakland. The audience was great and the band played with passion. I am thankful we captured the band at this moment in time.”

On July 1, they will launch their third annual Wheels of Soul tour, this year featuring like-minded roots-rockers, The Wood Brothers, and bona fide rock legends, Hot Tuna.
Album Track List

Don’t Know What It Means
Keep On Growing
Bird On The Wire
Within You, Without You
Just As Strange
Crying Over You
These Walls (featuring Alam Khan)
Anyhow
Right On Time
Leavin’ Trunk
Don’t Drift Away
I Want More (Soul Sacrifice outro)
I Pity The Fool
Ali
Let Me Get By

Film Track List

Don’t Know What It Means
Keep On Growing
Bird On The Wire
Within You, Without You
Just As Strange
Crying Over You
Color Of The Blues
These Walls (featuring Alam Khan)
Leavin’ Trunk
I Pity The Fool
I Want More (Soul Sacrifice outro)
Let Me Get By
You Ain’t Going Nowhere

PLAYLIST:

A World Between	Royal Wood	Ghost Light
Try a little tenderness	Otis Redding	My Blueberry Nights
Satan pulls the strings	The Avett Brothers
Sweet little 66	Steve Earle	Exit O
www.CanadaHouse.com	Coming UP – Bob Marley Live in Boston
Lively up Yourself (live)	Bob Marley and the Wailers	Easy Skankin Live in Boston 78
17 Horses	The Crooked Brothers	Lawrence, Where’s my knife?
The Stew – Year 21 and counting	Coming UP – Tedeschi Trucks Special	Next – The Frames Live
Lay me down/Ring of Fire (live)	The Frames	Set List (live)
Cry Love	John Hiatt	best of
Lowdown	Eric clapton/Steve Winwood	Live from madison Square Garden
www.coyotesbanff.com	WWW.MULLIGANSTEW.CA
Lola (live)	The Kinks	Come Dancin
Love the one you’re with (live)	Crosby Stills Nash	CSN 2012
Good to be young	Royal Wood	Ghost Light
NEXT – Tedeschi Trucks Live from The Fox Oakland	Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks
Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks Interview
Bird on a wire	Tedeschi Trucks band	Live from The Fox Oakland
Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks Interview
Let me get by	Tedeschi Trucks band	Live from The Fox Oakland
TDMulligan	Mulligan Stew
Within you Without you	Tedeschi Trucks band	Live from The Fox Oakland
Mulligan Stew – TDMulligan
Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks Interview
I pity the fool	Tedeschi Trucks band	Live from The Fox Oakland
Susan Tedeschi & Derek Trucks Interview
Don’t know what it means	Tedeschi Trucks band	Live from The Fox Oakland
Susan Tedeschi Interview
Just as Strange	Tedeschi Trucks band	Live from The Fox Oakland
Thank you for listening –	www.mulliganstew.ca

May 13th 2017-Live from the Spot Prawn Festival Vancouver!

May 11, 2017

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Tasting Room Radio is LIVE this Saturday at 10am!!

It’s the 11th Annual Spot Prawn festival at
False Creek Fishermen’s Wharf
1505 West 1st Ave
Kits

Click here to listen!

It’s one of Vancouver’s most popular events of the Year..The Spot Prawn Fest.
Vancouver’s best chefs show up for cooking demos – everyone with a ticket gets a plate with prawns and other goodies..plus Terra Breads.
AND there’s R&B Brewing and Evolve Cellars pouring as well.
Presented by Chefs Table Society of BC

In 2006, it was Organic Ocean’s Steve Johansen, along with Chef Clark, Ocean Wise, and other members of the Chefs’ Table Society that helped create a groundswell of support for the local spot prawn fishery. Prior to that, almost all spot prawns caught off the coast of B.C. were shipped directly to Asia where they are revered for their sweetness and delicate texture. With local promotion of the spot prawn season, this group of sustainability champions helped generate a wave and launch the annual Spot Prawn Festival.

The majority of spot prawns are now enjoyed in B.C. and the rest of Canada, making this local, ocean-friendly seafood choice a delicious seasonal ingredient, and helping to reduce the pressure placed on other unsustainable prawn fisheries.

SATURDAYS GUESTS INCLUDE

Chef Ned Bell Ocean Wise Executive Chef
Chef Rob Clark Co-Founder and The Fish Counter
Chef Weimar Gomez Yew @ Four Seasons
Chef Dino Renaerts Bon Vivant Group
Christa-Lee McWatters Bond Evolve Cellars
Leslie Fenn – Owner of R&B Brewing
Steve Richards – Exec Director Pacific Prawn Fishermen’s Association
Chef Robert Belcham – Campagnolo
DJ Kearney – New District.ca and Wine Educator

STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON

Feature length interview with Chef Jeremiah Tower Legendary ground-breaking Chef. Subject of a new Documentary Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent
Produced by Anthony Bourdain.
Cider Special.
John Schreiner – His new book BC Icon

Mulligan Stew May 6th 2017-Marc Cohn Interview & Peter McCaffrey tribute

May 6, 2017

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Mulligan Stew has been on the air for 21 years (on CKUA radio Alberta)
Now the West Coast version has a home at Roundhouse Radio in Vancouver.
For almost 20 of those original years, one of the sponsors was Canada House Gallery in Banff.

The man who started the gallery along with his wife Marika was Peter McCaffrey. He was a huge music fan. Loved the Stew so much he sponsored it for 18 years.
Peter passed away April 29 2017, listening to the radio with his daughters and family.
On this show, we will honor his memory and play some of the songs his daughters say were some of his favorites.

And our special guest in the last 30 minutes of The Stew is Grammy Winner Marc Cohn. (Walking in Memphis)
Writer, Singer, Dad, gunshot survivor, realist and a very fine performer.
He plays The Norman Rothstein Theatre in Vancouver Monday night.

PLAYLIST:

I’m a man	Chicago	Very best of
Don’t know what it means (live)	Tedeschi Trucks Band	Live at Fox Okaland
A whiter shade of pale	Procol harum	Best of
www.canadahouse.com	Special guest today Marc Cohn
Pride and joy	Marvin Gaye	best of
How good it feels	Lake Street Dive	Side Pony
Down in the Valley	Otis Redding	Otis Blue
Remembering Peter Belfry McCaffrey 1933-2017	Founder of Canada House	Mulligan Stew CKUA
Tighten up your wig	Steppenwolf	Steppenwolf Live
Joe Strummer & Joey Ramone	Leery Stagger	Love Versus
Trouble in Mind (live)	The Wood brothers	Live at the Barn
Come back baby	Ray Charles	Hallelujah
www.coyotesbanff.com	Mulligan Stew – Hour One	Coming UP – Butter and Muddy
Mystery Train (live)	The Band and Paul Butterfield	The Last Waltz
Mannish Boy (live)	The Band and Muddy Waters	The Last Waltz
Mulligan Stew – Year 21	Special guest today Marc Cohn in 30 minutes
Midnight Rider	Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings	single
American Woman	Bachman Cummings	single
Black tears	Imelda May (with Jeff Beck)	Life Love Flesh Blood
Send in the Clowns	Judy Collins	The very best of
Hallelujah	kd lang	The Juno Awards
TD Mulligan	Mulligan Stew Hour Two
Ahard rains gonna fall	Leon Russell	Leon Russell best of
www.mulliganstew.ca	NEXT – Marc Cohn
Marc Cohn Interview	with tdm
Walking in Memphis (live)	Marc Cohn	Live in NYC 1992
Marc Cohn Interview
Listening to Levon	Marc Cohn	Join the Parade
Marc Cohn Interview
Fever (live)	Marc Cohn	Live in NYC 1992
September Fields	Frazey Ford	Indian Ocean

May 6th, 2017- Naramata Bench pour new releases!

May 5, 2017 00:50:41

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Eight winemakers/owners from The Naramata Bench pour on the Coast and a brief interview with the legendary culinary star Jeremiah Tower (Chez Panisse/Stars)

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The SHOW

Some wine fans consider the drive down the Naramata Bench one of the best anywhere.

You have wineries on both sides of the road. Some above and some below the road.

At the bottom of the slope is the blue jewel known as Okanagan Lake. Crisscrossing the road is what’s left of the old Kettle Valley Rail Line..now a famous bike and walking path.

You’re surrounded by rows and rows of vines, orchards, beautiful wineries, restaurants and Sun for days.

Spring truly has arrived when The Naramata Bench wineries po ur their new releases for their many fans on the coast. Here’s the guest list:

Anthony Buree – GM Therapy Vineyards http://therapyvineyards.com/

Kathy Malone – Winemaker Hillside Winery http://www.hillsideestate.com/

Gavin Miller – Winemaker Upper Bench Winery (and Creamery) http://www.upperbench.ca/

Valeria Tait – Chief Winemaker Bench 1775 http://www.bench1775.com/

Val Tait

Jeff Martin – Owner/Chief Winemaker La Frenz Winery http://www.lafrenzwinery.com/

LaFrenz Jeff and Niva Martin.

Will Hardman – Winemaker Deep Roots Winery http://www.deeprootswinery.com/

Garron Elmes – Winemaker Lake Breeze (Small Winery of the Year) https://lakebreeze.ca/

Bob Tennant – Co-Owner Terra Vista Winery https://www.terravistavineyards.com/

All the info you need from the artists who craft Naramata Bench Wines.

www.naramatabench.com

: Hillside

: Deep Roots

: terra vista

: Garron Elmes lake breeze

Jeremiah Tower – The Last Magnificent

The new Documentary that opening this weekend – JEREMIAH TOWER: THE LAST MAGNIFICENT -explores the remarkable life of Jeremiah Tower, one of the most controversial and influential figures in the history of American gastronomy.

Jeremiah Tower

Tower began his career at the renowned Chez Panisse in Berkeley in 1972, becoming a pioneering figure in the emerging California cuisine movement. After leaving Chez Panisse, due in part to a famously contentious relationship with founder Alice Waters, Tower went on to launch his own legendary Stars Restaurant in San Francisco. Stars was an overnight sensation and soon became one of America’s top-grossing U.S. restaurants.

After several years, Tower mysteriously walked away from Stars and then disappeared from the scene for nearly two decades, only to resurface in the most unlikely of places: New York City’s fabled but troubled Tavern on the Green. There, he launched a journey of self-discovery familiar to anyone who has ever imagined themselves to be an artist. Featuring interviews by Mario Batali, Anthony Bourdain, Ruth Reichl and Martha Stewart, this delicious documentary tells the story of the rise and fall of America’s first celebrity chef, whose brash personality and culinary genius has made him a living legend.

When you walk into your favourite restaurant and see an open kitchen, farm to table dining, farmers and farms mentioned in the menu that’s just some of the legacy of Jeremiah Tower.

Today’s show has a brief conversation about Chez Panisse and Stars. The entire conversation will air here in two weeks. Watch for the film… it’s out Friday!!

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Next Week – LIVE from Spot Prawn Festival at Granville Island Fishing Docks

Guests include Chefs Robert Clark, Ned Bell, Rob Belcham and more

Two weeks – Jeremiah Tower, the complete interview

Follow up to Cider Week. A Cider Special

Icon – John Schreiner’s great new book on cellaring BC Wines.

April 29th, 2017-Patio Wines

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Looking for the best “Patio Wines” AND talking to a dozen winemakers from Okanagan Falls!

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It’s the 5^th annual Okanagan Falls Winery Association Spring Wine Tasting at Earls in Yaletown.

One of the best events in the calendar year. Everybody shows up. Owners, winemakers and principals.

They pour all their new offerings and the best of their portfolio. There was even a table filled with nothing but OK Falls Pinot Noir.

At the same time, I was writing my food and wine column for Living Magazine. The theme in the next issue was looking ahead to Summer. They suggested I recommend Patio Wines.

So, one of the questions I asked was “What’s your best patio wine?” (fyi – I’m not a big fan of the term patio wine..I happen to think it sells great/complex wines short, as though they were a throwaway!)

Here’s the line up of wineries and guests . (in somewhat alphabetical order)

Blasted Church Elaine Vickers/Winemaker blastedchurch.com

Blasted Church

Blue Mountain Christie Mavety/ family & marketing www.bluemountainwinery.com

Crescent Hill Teresa Murray Wiseman/Owner www.crescenthillwinery.com/

Kraze Legz/Skaha Gerry Thygesen/Owner-WM www.krazelegz.com/

Liquidity Winery/Bistro Ian MacDonald/Owner www.liquiditywines.com/

Meyer Family Wines Janice Stevens-Meyer/Owner www.mfvwines.com/

Meyer Family

Nighthawk Vineyards Christy Bibby/Co-Owner www.nighthawkvineyards.com/

Noble Ridge Leslie/Jim D’Andrea / Owners www.nobleridge.com

Painted Rock Lauren Skinner/ Family & marketing www.paintedrock.ca

Lauren Skinner. Painted Rock

Pentage Julie Rennie – Co-Owner

www.facebook.com/Pentage-Winery-179523385395966/

Synchromesh Alan Dickinson /Owner-Winemaker www.synchromeshwines.ca/

Wild Goose Roland Kruger www.wildgoosewinery.com/

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