Oct 29, 2018
Jann Arden reflects on her book ‘Feeding My Mother: Comfort and Laughter in the Kitchen as My Mother Lives with Memory Loss.’ Terry talks to the Alberta legend about taking on the responsibility of caring for her mother, who suffers from Alzheimer’s, and the process of writing the new book that Jann calls “a love letter to my mother.”
Plus the pair discusses tracks on Jann’s latest record, ‘These Are The Days’.
Originally recorded November 2017
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There are three different elements in today’s show title.
First is Shane Taylor. Sommelier of the Year. As the winner, Shane gets to
make a small lot wine using the grape variety and style of his choice.
Second is Dilettante the wine that Shane created.
If you’ve followed BC wine news, you’ll know that Okanagan Crush Pad is on
a roll. A 45,000 case roll. However, if you talk to ANYONE at OCP what they
really want to talk about is Garnet Valley, the vineyard above Summerland
that they’ve planted with the next generation of vines. The star of the
valley will almost certainly be Pinot Noir. Shane’s Dilettante just happens
to be the first Pinot Noir release from Garnet Valley.
The Third element is Garnet Valley itself. Currently it’s the highest
planting in the Okanagan. With the winemaking and growing skills of Alberto
Antonini and Pedro Parra in play, you know this valley is about to become
very much talked about and admired. Plus its organic all the way.
Chickens in the Vines
Last week, Shane Taylor and Christine Coletta from Okanagan Crush Pad
debuted Dilettante at CinCin on Robson Street in Vancouver.
Shane Taylor is the Wine Director in this very popular restaurant. That means he gets to
pour his own wine for diners in the room. How cool is that?
tdm. Christine Coletta. Shane Taylor
Christine Coletta – Okanagan Crush Pad
Okanagan Crush Pad was founded on a long history of friendship, a mutual
respect for land and wines that articulate “place”, a love of music and
admiration for one-another’s accomplishments. When friends come together in
this fashion, wine flows naturally and easily.
The journey began in 2005 when David Scholefield convinced Christine Coletta
and Steve Lornie to plant a small vineyard in Summerland.
David had a vision for the Okanagan, a young wine region that was trying to find its soul.
Christine and Steve, who have a well-earned reputation of making projects
come to life, began putting his plan in place, first by farming, albeit in a
conventional manner, with the idea to craft wines that were as naturally
beautiful as the Okanagan.
David persuaded Alberto Antonini and Pedro Parra
to come to the Okanagan and with their arrival, conventional thinking went
out the window and a new plan to push the envelope took center stage. Today,
that small vineyard, Switchback, is certified organic.
The team has built a state of the art winery, Okanagan Crush Pad, in Summerland, BC and
established a thriving custom crush business. Winemaker Matt Dumayne heads
the winemaking team, working with Alberto to craft pure wines that
articulate the message of the place where these wines are grown.
Matt Dumayne Winemaker OCP
On the farming side, Christine and Steve purchased a 320-acre Summerland site,
where Pedro has designed a vineyard that could be created on virgin soil.
There, on Garnet Valley Ranch, 40 acres of a potential 60 acres have been
planted according to the principles of precision viticulture. The ranch is
also home to 8 acres of organic field crops and a herd of sheep, guarded by
two lovely Great Pyrenees dogs
It was important that Christine Coletta starts this show. CC is co-owner of
OCP.
We talked about Free Form, her new natural wine that is made the old
traditional way before modern conveniences came along and changed wines.
As Christine says –
“The label of natural wine is very controversial. Like any wine style there
are great ones, good ones, mediocre ones and awful flawed examples. If you
are a wine professional and you sum up the style and say you don’t like it –
in my mind you have no credibility. You haven’t done your homework, you haven’t tasted enough and you fail to recognize that many of the old wine classics from France and Italy are made this way – without additives or high amounts of sulphur”
We also talk about “aging” BC wines…whites and reds.
Christine talks about her 2016 Gamay which was sold to the Norwegian
Liquor Monopoly and 600 cases of portfolio wines were sold to a distributor
in Texas.
We touch on Haywire and other wines they produce.
And of course we talk about “The Bub”, their bubble that’s getting
headlines.
However, as Christine mentions, Dilettante is very special because it’s the
first Pinot Noir from Garnet Valley and shows the way to the future of that
planting.
Finally we talk about Christine receiving The Founders Award at the Okanagan
Fall Wine Festival. It recognizes Christine’s work. As founding executive
directorfor the BC wine institute, She helped shape VQA and co-founded Wines
of Canada.
Perhaps her greatest achievement was to be part of the leading edge of
Canada’s organic farming and winemaking movement.
Her most recent project is on the team that formed the Okanagan Wine
Initiative. Seven BC wineries who united to share resources and to partner
on various projects internationally, across Canada, and in their home
market, British Columbia.
Shane Taylor – Wine Director CinCin
Shane brings an impressive résumé in service, having worked at the Relais
Gourmand White Barn Inn in Kennebunkport, Maine as well as serving at
Glenapp Castle and Chapter One, both Michelin-starred.
In addition, he has achieved impressive accreditation in gaining both his WSET Diploma in Wine
and Spirits, as well as his Advanced Sommelier’s certificate from London’s
Court of Sommeliers, one of the most senior and prestigious recognitions in
the wine world.
Shane Taylor
For the record Dilettante is Garnet Valley Pinot Noir 2017. 600 liter
barrels, rolled by hand. Two tonne stainless steel open top fermenters.
Four weeks on skins, basket pressed in large oak vessels and concrete tanks.
Then blended and bottled unfiltered mid August 2018. 56 cases/12.5%.
Price $29.90
Currently, if you wish to try this groundbreaking Pinot Noir, make your way
to CinCin on Robson Street where Shane is the Wine Director or contact
Okanagan Crush Pad.
https://cincin.net/about/team/
Dana Harris – Executive Director BC Hospitality Foundation
The British Columbia Hospitality Foundation is a charity that raises funds
to support those in the hospitality industry facing financial crisis due to
a health issue. Each year hundreds of hospitality workers across BC face
financial challenges and have nowhere else to turn. The BCHF helps them when
all other options have been exhausted.
Dana Harris BCHF
BCHF also supports students wanting to pursue higher level wine education.
A portion of the proceeds from the sale of Dilettante will go the BCHF. Dana
explains who qualifies and why.
Wines sales from previous winners
Kurtis Kolt-Owen Knowlton-Terry Threlfall-Samantha Rahn-Mike Bernardo-Jason
Yamasaki-Jill Spoor have raised over $30,000 for BCHF.
<https://bchospitalityfoundation.com/> https://bchospitalityfoundation.com/
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STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON:
The Judgment of BC – 2018
Bubble and Blends.
Blasted Church
Fort Berens
CKUA Radio is donor supported. Has been for over 90 years
It’s time for the Fall Fundraiser.
This Saturday
It’s Allison Brock and myself in the Calgary studios at the back of the
refurbished King Eddie Hotel and right across from the National Music
Centre.
Allison will co-host her Wide Cut Country from 10-noon Mtn (9-11 Pacific)
I’ll be riding shotgun and basically staying out of her way.
Then we re-connect Saturday 5-7PM for Mulligan Stew.
I host. Allison rides Side Saddle.
The music will be nothing but the best of the best.
Oct 19, 2018
Author and music journalist Andrea Warner joins Terry to discuss her latest book “Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography.” The Vancouver-based writer shares her thoughts on the many milestones, triumphs, and challenges of the Canadian icon’s life and career. The wide-ranging discussion reflects on the “restless mind” that drives Buffy’s artistic approach, her groundbreaking creative accomplishments, and the price she’s paid for her activism (which included being blacklisted in the US).
“Some of her peers wanted to get famous, and make a bunch of money, and be a part of a scene. She wanted to bring rights to Indigenous people. She wanted to stand up to war, and help lead a peace movement and talk about why that’s important,” Andrea shares. “She’s been actively dismantling colonization and colonial violence from the beginning with her work.”
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Jack : If they want to drink Merlot, we’re drinking Merlot.
Miles Raymond : No, if anyone orders Merlot, I’m leaving. I am NOT drinking any f#*king Merlot!
Sideways
Somewhere on this website is the famous Merlot scene from the film Sideways, spoken with outrage and indignation by the sublime Paul Giamatti as Miles Raymond, failed writer and wine snob.
The film came out in 2004 and the sales of Merlot dropped like a stone. In some markets it has never really recovered.
(Director and Writer Alexander Payne starts the show)
Alexander Payne – Director of Sideways
I had this nagging question hanging over me for a while now.
Is BC Merlot being taken for granted? Has it lost its luster and ranking to the wine fan?
The most planted grape in BC is Merlot but, except for Vancouver Sun wine writer Tony Gismondi, I’m not seeing a lot articles or headlines on BC Merlot.
merlot-on-the-vine
In the next hour you’ll hear from many of BC’s Best Merlot winemakers. Many of the questions are the same…
Is Merlot being taken for granted?
What was the effect of Sideways?
What makes BC Merlot outstanding?
When did you fall in love with this grape?
Have we all changed our wine tastes?
Many of the questions were the same ..but the answers were all wildly different.
Our 12 Merlot guests include
Alexander Payne – Screenwriter and Director of Sideways https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0668247/
Rhys Pender – Master of Wine http://www.wineplus.ca/
Mary McDermott – Winemaker at Township 7 https://www.township7.com/
Mike Raffan – GM at Township 7 https://www.township7.com/
Phil McGahan – Winemaker at Checkmate Wines. (Winner: 2017 Judgement of BC) https://www.checkmatewinery.com/
Jeff Harder – Co-Owner Ex Nihilo https://exnihilovineyards.com/
Peter Lindenlaub – Wagner Family Wines (Napa) http://www.wagnerfamilyofwine.com/
Kane Morgan – Co-Owner Rust Wine https://www.rustwine.com/
Joseph Luckhurst – Managing Partner Road 13 http://road13vineyards.com/
Larry Gerelus – Co-Owner Stags Hollow (OK Falls) https://stagshollowwinery.com/
Rob Summers – Senior Winemaker at Hester Creek http://hestercreek.com/
Michael Bartier – Co-owner and Winemaker at Bartier Bros http://www.bartierbros.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merlot
FYI – International Merlot Day is Nov 7th
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Dilettante – the new wine from Sommelier of the Year Shane Taylor wine director at Cin Cin.
Not just any wine. It’s the first from Okanagan Crush Pad’s Garnet Valley Pinot Noir. It also raises funds for BC Hospitality Fund.
Interviews with Christine Coletta Co-Owner of Okanagan Crush Pad and 2018 winner of Founders Award.
Fall Wines
Welcome back to Mulligan Stew…Year 22.
Mulligan Stew / CKUA Radio October 13th 5-7 Mtn / 4-6 Pacific
Three Guests this week.
First is Jim Byrnes – longtime friend and keep of the blues.
He’s a singer/songwriter/actor and first chair storyteller.
Jim grew up in St Louis, Missouri listening to gospel, blues, and r&b.
Those influences stayed with him to this very day and they show themselves in his music.
Friday Jim is in Calgary at South wood
Saturday night in Edmonton at Parkview Community Centre.
TDM & David Gogo 2016
The second guest is also a long time friend and fine bluesman himself David Go Go
Crazy Dave is releasing his 15th album called 17 Vultures.
It’s a mix of covers and blues standards.
He’s got a great band plus guests like Monkey Junk in studio with him.
We met and did the interview in front of The Modern Cafe in downtown Nanaimo.
The third guest is featured on Mulligan Stew PODCAST (Spotify, Google Play Music. Apple Podcasts)
He’s noted author Michael Barclay and he’s taken up the formidable challenge of capturing the life, times, music and stunning final tour of Gord Downie and The Tragically Hip. Thus the interview we present is 50 minutes long and we still didn’t cover everything.
The book is called The Never-Ending Present: The Story of Gord Downie and The Tragically Hip.
“ The story of The Tragically Hip is the story of Canadian Music. They taught us that there are no dress rehearsals, that the best time is always now, that we should be celebrating the next 150 years – and that we should embrace the never-ending present.”
FYI – the show starts with a wicked Ray Charles classic The Nighttime (is the right time) followed by Aretha, Levon Live, Molly Johnson, kd, Taj, Paul Simon, Tom Petty, Bruce, Wood Brothers, and new music, Dangerous Heart from Joey Landreth and Cold in the Summer from Dan Mangan.
Have a great weekend…
TDM
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| The Night Time | Ray Charles | Live |
| Son of a preacher man | Aretha | Best of |
| Rag mama rag (live) | Levon Helm | Ramble at the Ryman |
| Inner City Blues | Molly Johnson | Meaning to tell you |
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| Lola (live) | The Kinks | Come dance with The Kinks |
| The thrill is gone(live) | The Crusaders and BB King | Royal Jam |
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| Helpless | kdlang | recollection |
| Honky Tonk Women | Taj Mahal | This is Taj Mahal |
| Hang Loose | Alabama Shakes | Boys and Girls |
| Jim Byrnes Interview | ||
| Long hot Summer days | Jim Byrnes | Long hot Summer days |
| Late in the evening (live) | Paul Simon | iTunes Festival London |
| This is Mulligan Stew with TDMulligan | Coming UP – David GoGO talks 17 Vultures | |
| Get Back (live) | Paul McCartney | Bridge School Concerts |
| Breakdown Ilive) | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | Live Anthology |
| Ophelia (live) | The Wood Brothers | Live at The Barn |
| waiting for a sunny day | bruce springsteen | the rising |
| www.coyotesbanff.com | Coming UP – David GoGO talks 17 Vultures | |
| you got lucky | Ridley Bent | Wildcard |
| woogity bop | spyro gyro | wrapped in a dream |
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| dangerous heart | joey landreth | single |
| cold in the Summer | dan mangan | more or less |
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| real real gone | van morrison | enlightenment |
| David GoGo Interview | 17 Vultures | |
| tom Cat Prowl | David GoGo | 17 vultures |
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| shake my head | David GoGo | 17 vultures |
Oct 13, 2018
This week on the podcast, author Michael Barclay talks to Terry David Mulligan about his latest book: The Never-ending Present: The Story of Gord Downie and the Tragically Hip.
“This is not just a story of a band, I think is a story about culture and how we talk about it,” says Michael about his new book. Michael tells us about Gord’s resistance to being considered “Captain Canada”, how The Tragically Hip remained intact and vital for more than 30 years, and the celebration that was The Hip’s Man Machine Poet Tour. Plus, Barclay reflects on one of Downie’s final solo releases Secret Path, his entry into artistic activism, and how the band’s music bound the country together.
Discover the Cookbook from The Wickaninnish Inn. #1 Resort in Canada (Conde Nast)
and face to face with Bella and Lock & Worth
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Condé Nast Traveler this week announced the results of its 31st annual Readers’ Choice Awards with The Wickaninnish Inn recognized as the # 1 RESORT in CANADA.
This is the third time the Wickaninnish Inn has received Condé Nast Traveler’s Readers’ Choice Award, taking the number one spot in both 2013 and 2014, and the second award from Condé Nast this year. In January 2018, the Wickaninnish Inn was given the Gold List Award which highlights the editors’ favorite hotels from the best across the globe.
All of that great news was well timed as we were planning on repeating these interviews we aired back in June.
The second half of the show features two of the outstanding new winemaker/owners in the Canadian wine industry.
Jay Drysdale makes Bella – all bubble. All the time. On the Naramata Bench.
And just down the road is Matt Sherlock from Lock and Worth and Nichol Vineyards.
Both are introducing new winemaking methods and attitude. They both sound like preachers in mid-sermon.
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The Wickaninnish Inn
The Wickaninnish Cookbook – Rustic Elegance on Nature’s Edge
Executive chef Warren Barr and Managing Director Charles McDiarmid
ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2018: “On the furthest west coast of Vancouver Island, the Wickaninnish Inn in Tofino, B.C., has been a destination for visitors from around the world since its opening in 1996, the Pointe restaurant a pillar of the town’s flourishing culinary scene. Their first cookbook gathers signature recipes from former and current chefs and focuses on regional techniques and seasonal west coast ingredients.” The Globe & Mail
Since the Wick first opened in 1996, it has become a destination for travelers attracted by its rustic elegance, warm hospitality, and incredible west coast cuisine. This cookbook highlights the distinctive dishes (and the stories behind them) that have made The Pointe Restaurant a destination dining experience like no other and captures the spirit of spectacular natural surroundings, west coast life, and scenic ocean-to-table dining.
Memorable recipes from the Wick are coupled with signature recipes from current and former chefs–Warren Barr, Rod Butters, Matthias Conradi, Mark Filatow, Justin Laboissiere, Duncan Ly, Andrew Springett, and Matt Wilson–and combine cutting-edge techniques with fresh, seasonal ingredients, to create a distinctly contemporary, west coast cookbook.
Inside you will find both sophisticated and accessible recipes that speak to the Inn’s longstanding commitment to farm- and ocean-fresh ingredients, and strike a harmonious balance between the bounties of land and sea that surround the Inn. The Wickaninnish Cookbook offers a chance to visit life on nature’s edge and discover dishes from one of the most prestigious kitchens in Canada.
Guests on Tasting Room Radio are Charles McDiarmid, Managing Director (His family conceived of and built The Wick)
And current Executive Chef Warren Barr.
Matthew SherLOCK and Ross HackWORTH. Lock and Worth.
Jay Drysdale and Bella…
Matt Sherlock – Lock & Worth (VanCourier)
Want to get a sense of BC’s wine future? Matt and Jay will be the very front, leading the movement.
Honest, single vineyard wines of time and place – priced for everyday consumption.
Mathew Sherlock
“We strongly believe that one should be able to drink high quality, single vineyard (non-commodity), small production wines that are priced reasonably from British Columbia. We plan to be around 20 years from now, not by becoming a large company but by creating a sustainable business within our community. For us, part of that means making wines that always over deliver”
Sherlock and Hackworth farm organically and work the vineyards by hand whenever possible. They use native yeasts for fermentations, limited sulfur, and a gentle touch that avoids punch downs or pumping over or racking during élevage. The wines are bottled without fining or filtration.
Up the road at Bella, is a winery owned by Jay Drysdale and his wife, Wendy Rose. Bella only makes sparkling wines and only works with Chardonnay and Gamay Noir.
Bella ’s annual production is 2000 cases, split between a vineyard series and a natural series. Each wine in the vineyard series highlights a single grape, from a single vineyard, and single vintage. Dry-farmed and organic vineyards from Kelowna to Kamloops supply the fruit. The natural series uses the same vineyards, plus Bella’s four-acre estate vineyard.
The vineyard series wines are made using the traditional Champagne method, with commercial yeasts and sugar added to the wine to trigger a second fermentation. Jay and Wendy make the natural series wines by pressing whole cluster grapes and allowing wild yeast fermentation to begin in neutral barrels.
No additives, allowing fermentation to finish in the bottle. This process is called méthode ancestral and Bella is the first winery in western Canada to use it.
The natural process causes some of the bottles to be cloudy. As Jay has said “Yes, they’re cloudy. Get over it”
Here’s a quote from a go-to wine human Kurtis Kolt in the Georgia Straight
“Natural wine. It’s wine made with minimal intervention. This means organic (and sometimes biodynamic) farming (without the use of pesticides and such), naturally occurring ferments with wild yeasts in the cellar, and winemaking without fining, filtration, or manipulation”.
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A Merlot Special:
Why doesn’t it get more respect?
Oct 7, 2018
This week on the Mulligan Stew podcast, a feature chat with The Bros. Landreth recorded live at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival 2018, including a live rendition of a new song from their forthcoming album. Brothers Joey and David talk to Terry about the Winnipeg music scene, the band’s forthcoming record, and balancing solo projects while keeping the band a going concern.
Depending on what you’re doing this Thanksgiving Weekend..you’ll be wanting some music for gathering, dining, dancing or just laying low.
Check!!
Live tracks from Tom Petty, Sting, Little Feat and Janis Joplin (Live in Calgary) and Van Morrison
New music from David GoGo, Lady Gaga, Dan Mangan, Amy van Keeken, Billy Gibbons. Colin James
And the REST?
Colin Linden, Leeroy Stagger, Howlin Wolf, Bob Dylan, Ann Vreind
Two special interview guests this week.
Alison Brock – Host of Wide Cut Country..with the final update on her Wide Cut Weekend – next weekend
And
The Fortunate Ones – Catherine Allan and Andrew O’Brian return for the second week..It’s the Best of the rest of the interview.
Saturday they are at The Arden.
Happy Thanksgiving
The podcast is The Bros Landreth..at the Edmonton Folk Festival
-TDM
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| ooh baby hold me | colin james | miles to go |
| twistin and groovin | leon bridges | coming home |
| shallow | Lady gaga and bradley cooper | a star is born |
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| Born in Chicago (live) | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | Live from Soundstage |
| if you love somebody (live) | Sting | Best of 25 years |
| Fat man in the bathtub (live) | Little Feat | Waiting for Columbus |
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| just fear | dan mangan | Just Fear |
| alison brock interview | www.widecutweekend.com | |
| no more cheap wine | colin linden | Rich in love |
| Come with me | Amy van Keeken | In dreams |
| Joe strummer and Joey Ramone | Leeroy Stagger | Love Versus |
| Domino (live) | Van Morrison | At the Movies |
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| tell mama (live) | Janis Joplin | Festival Express – Calgary |
| I ain’t Superstitous | Howlin Wolf | London Sessions |
| leopard skin pill box hat | Dylan | the collection |
| www.coyoytesbanff.com | Coming UP – The Fortunate Ones | |
| second line | billy gibbons | the big bad blues |
| everybody sings in Nashville | Ann Vriend | Love and other messes |
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| I just want to make love to you (live) | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | Live Anthology |
| Tomcat Prowl | David GoGo | 17 Vultures |
| The Fortunate Ones Interview | Hold Fast | |
| Hold Fast | The Fortunate Ones | Hold Fast |
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| before you | The Fortunate Ones | Hold Fast |
| Happy Thanksgiving | ||
| Salt peanuts (live) | Charlie Parker | Best of Charlie Parker |