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Join wine commentator Terry David Mulligan for some great fun learning about wine and those that both make and drink it on Tasting Room Radio. "I take the daily conversations between chefs, sommeliers, wine growers/owners/makers, writers, artisans and throw in the occasional celebrity and see how the mix works. Tasting Room Radio is the radio version of an audio blend, a Meritage for the soul."
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Tasting Room Radio Feb 11, 2012 | Playhouse Wine Festival primers from The Wine Diva and Director Harry Hertscheg. The Diva also has three great wines for Valentine’s Day. Hockey Writer and Wine Fan Tony Gallagher steps into the Tasting Room. Mission Hill and Winemaker John Simes win a big award in London. Chef Ned Bell reshapes the menu at Yew Restaurant in the Four Seasons Hotel, Vancouver. THE SHOW Our regular wine reviewer Daenna van Mulligen – The Wine Diva – has a double dip for you. Daenna Van Mulligen First she’ll pass along some tips for anyone considering attending the 34th annual Playhouse International Wine Festival In Vancouver Feb 27- March 4! Trust me on this, for first timers or the casual wine fan, you need all the information you can use. She also talks about the event she’s hosting. Secondly, Daenna presents for your consideration, three bottles that work well with the romance of Valentine’s Day. Stoneboat Pinot Noir $25 Fresita $15.95 Jadot Beaujolais Village $19.99 www.winediva.ca www.winescores.ca Tony Gallagher is the Province columnist focusing chiefly on the NHL, He covered his first game in 1972 and has covered 22 Stanley Cup Finals. He was recruited by The Province when he graduated from UBC where he was writing for the campus paper in the late 60s and began working in hockey when the New Westminster Bruins of the WHL came west from Estevan, Sask. In 1972 he moved on to the WHA Vancouver Blazers and in 1976 became the paper’s lone beat writer doing the Canucks. He was promoted to general columnist in 1987 and left the paper in 1989 to host a national, network open line radio show called ‘Gallagher on Sport’ on the Satellite radio network. He returned to the paper as NHL columnist two years later and also wrote extensively on the NBA. Of course, Tony is the voice of reason on TEAM1040’s Canucks pre-game show Tony lives in Vancouver with his wife of 33 years. Two of their three sons are lawyers practicing in Vancouver, and their youngest is studying engineering at the University of British Columbia. What the sports fan may not know is that Tony Gallagher is a big wine fan. Like yours truly, he’s learning AS FAST AS HE CAN. We talk hockey, who the wine guy is in the Canucks dressing room and what Tony’s tasting lately. It’s all fun because Tony tells great stories. Join us. One more small item: for many years when Bob Hope delivered a killer punch line and while the audience laughed..Hope would put a certain smile on his face to wait out the laugh. Tony Gallagher That’s the same smile Tony’s wearing. Thank You http://www.theprovince.com/columnists/Tony_Gallagher.html Harry Hertscheg Harry Hertscheg is the Executive Director of the 34th annual Playhouse International Wine Festival. He’s the guy with all the numbers. 180 wineries 1700 wines 30,000 bottles 64 events 15 countries = 25,000 visits between Feb 27 to March 4th When you’re presented with over 1700 hundreds wines being shared by over 25,000 people, you want to know the lay of the land. Harry’s the guy to follow. He tries every year to get to all 64 events. Chile is the featured wine Region and Cabernet’s are being spotlighted this year. I wish someone had presented Harry’s information to me when I first started attending. Enjoy the info. We hope it all comes in handy. http://www.playhousewinefest.com/ Mission Hill Family Estate is the 2011 recipient of the coveted IWSC Trophy as the ‘Canadian Wine Producer of the Year’ at the International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC) in London, United Kingdom. The award came as a complete surprise to Mission Hill Proprietor Anthony von Mandl who was presented the award in front of 600 international wine luminaries at the historic Guild Hall in London by this year’s IWSC President, Prince Robert of Luxembourg, Proprietor of Château Haut-Brion in Bordeaux, F[...] | 2/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tasting Room Radio- Alberta Feb 8th | What the heck is a “Dishcrawl” and why is it in Edmonton and Calgary? BC”s Mission Hill Family Estate was named Canadian Wine Producer of the Year by the International wine and spirit Competition. We talk to winemaker John Simes. Calgary’s Corey Wood has completely re-invented the Tasting Room Radio Website. He’s guesting to try and explain the whole thing to me. A Luddite! Our first Playhouse Primer. Its fast approaching in Vancouver. We talk to The Wine Diva and Director Harry Herscheg. And we finish with an Alberta Mini Meadery Special. Guests are Fallen Timber from Water Valley and Chinook Arch, Okotoks. The SHOW Dishcrawl is a national foodie start-up founded on the premise that “Food is the best way to bring a community together”. Rapidly expanding into new markets, Dishcrawl holds monthly progressive food adventures all over the United States and Canada. Also in Portland, Edmonton, Calgary, California’s Bay Area and Tri-Valley, Washington D.C., Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa. Dishcrawl is currently located in the Silicon Valley and on the web at www.dishcrawl.com. The basic idea is for 30-50 people to meet in an area of a city and then walk and eat their way through the neighbourhood. We talk to Teresa Lin in Edmonton and Jessica James in Calgary. Calgary’s next Dishcrawl is Feb 28th. Edmonton’s is sold out. Info at www.dishcrawl.com. Mission Hill Family Estate is the 2011 recipient of the coveted IWSC Trophy as the ‘Canadian Wine Producer of the Year’ at the International Wine & Spirit Competition (IWSC) in London, United Kingdom. The award came as a complete surprise to Mission Hill Proprietor Anthony von Mandl who was presented the award in front of 600 international wine luminaries at the historic Guild Hall in London by this year’s IWSC President, Prince Robert of Luxembourg, Proprietor of Château Haut-Brion in Bordeaux, France. In addition to the 2011 IWSC Trophy for ‘Canadian Wine Producer of the Year’, Mission Hill Family Estate won 19 individual medals at the IWSC competition, including: Gold Medals for the 2009 Reserve Riesling Icewine, 2005 Select Lot Collection Riesling Icewine and 2009 Reserve Vidal Icewine. A complete listing of awards is available at www.iwsc.net Mission Hill Family Estate The IWSC award comes on top of Mission Hill’s recent ‘Winery of the Year’ award at the 2011 InterVin International Wine Awards Competition. Mission Hill was also featured in Wine Spectator magazine with three of the winery’s red wines – 2007 Compendium, 2007 Quatrain and 2007 SLC Syrah – earning scores of 90 points; while its signature Bordeaux-inspired wine, 2007 Oculus, scored 91 points. This is the first time a Canadian winery has ever received 90+ scores for its red wines from this publication. Our guest is the man who made those wines John Simes, Winemaker. John Simes missionhillwinery.com Calgary’s Corey Wood is one busy guy. He and his team create web sites and design that speak to all platforms. Corey Wood I have little or no internet or social media skills. He saved my bacon! I’ve asked him to guest and explain to me and YOU what he did to the website and how everything works. www.mezzmedia.ca www.woodmarcom.com The Vancouver Playhouse International Wine Festival, Canada’s premier wine show, will run from February 27th to March 4th, 2012. The Playhouse Wine Festival is one of the biggest and oldest wine festival events in the world. In 2012, the Theme Region will be Chile and the Global Focus, Cabernet(s). The Festival features a week of special events including the Bacchanalia Gala Dinner + Auction, wine seminars, wine minglers, winery dinners, and lunches and brunches at fine restaurants and hotels.. Our guests are Daenna van Mulligen – The Wine Diva, who explains her events. Daenna Van Mulligen … and Harry[...] | 2/7/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tasting Room Radio Feb 4th | HELLO VANCOUVER! Saturday 10 AM TEAM 1410 Wayne Gretzky!! He’s not the whole show mind you but he sits in this week. Jason Priestley starts the show! While were in Hollywood we bump into George Clooney and talk about WHY he drinks wine only in Italy. (He thinks its medicine and he’s right) Then The Wine Diva has wine suggestions for your Super Bowl weekend. A quick reminder from Tourism Vancouver about the last two days of “Dine Out” And the star of the show..The respected wine mind with a mouth that roars..John Clerides from our title sponsor Marquis Wine Cellars The SHOW The Great One. Wayne Gretzky. Wayne Gretzky We sit down with Wayne in a hockey rink (Natch) to talk about Gretzky Wines, Gretzky Foundation and what effect he, Dan Aykroyd and Mike Weir had on the Niagara Wine Community.. Gretzky Wines were recently sold to Peller with an eye to the continued growth of the winery and the wines. My apologies for the rink noise..just as we started, The Leafs came out and did a shoot around. www.gretzkyestatewines.com Thanks to John DeVries and The Duke for the audio assist. Jason Priestley is one busy guy. He’s directing, acting, co-hosting HollywoodandVinesTV with me and he’s currently in his biggest role ever..DAD. JP’s also a big wine fan and likes to fondle his 5,000 bottles of wine. We talk wine (doh) and Call me Fitz, his very successful HBO Canada comedy series. He also talks about missing his competitive driving days. Call Me Fitz http//www.hollywoodandvinestv.com http://www.hbocanada.com/callmefitz/ Even though he was just passing through… down a red carpet in Hollywood… George Clooney took the time to step over and say hello. We’ve done interviews together for a number of years and we always ended up talking about wine. This time it’s about George’s theory that Italian red wine is medicinal… and he’s drinking as much Barolo and Brunello as he can. I’ve never seen the man look so “Healthy”! George Clooney http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000123/ Daenna Van Mulligen The Wine Diva, Daenna van Mulligen returns with Super Bowl wines for the weekend. I’ve bolded the ones we talk about Click here for list. www/winediva.ca www.winescores.ca I’ve met a LOT of wine experts over the past 10 years. Most were passionate, knowledgeable and all were opinionated. Very few put it all together like John Clerides at Marquis Wine Cellars. If a winemaker asks him for an opinion, he delivers in spades. That’s what I like about him. Straight up. Honest. Truthful. Blunt. He’s put more noses out of joint than I can recall but people in and around wine know, he’s been honing his craft for 25 years and totally knows what he’s talking about. I interviewed John in his “office” which is nothing more than a glorified stock room and the boxes are winning! We talk about what kind of wine town Vancouver is… ”used to be a bunch of old guys sitting around a table… now its 20-30 year olds…who are passionate” We talk about what wine was last years best seller and then get him to recommend wines from his store. Sure hope you like him… because he’s going to be around the show a lot. John has travelled extensively though Australia, Washington, Oregon, California, Italy, Spain, France and Austria, sourcing unique, flavourful, undiscovered wines. Even after 25 years his quest for discovery remains unabated. You will most likely find John in either one of three places, at Marquis Wine Cellars assisting his clients, in a vineyard or cellar somewhere in the wine world, or his most preferred location: at the local ice rink playing hockey. John Clerides http://www.marquis-wines.com/ It’s the last 2 days of Dine Out Vancouver… there’s still time to get out in your neighborhood and experience all the foods that Vancouver has to offer. [...] | 2/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tasting Room Radio – Alberta Feb 1 | Yowzah!! Its February..why it’s almost SPRING!! Here’s your Alberta show for this week.. Wayne Gretzky!!! He’s not the whole show mind you but he kicksoff Part 2 this week. Jason Priestley starts the show then while we are in Hollywood, we bump into George Clooney and talk about WHY he drinks wine only in Italy. (He thinks its medicine!) Then The Wine Diva has wine suggestions for your Super Bowl weekend. A Wine Monkey and a Barbarian bring us the good news about wines of Spain and Argentina. After #99 , its Chef Michael Smith and his new cookbook… and finally Bruno LaPlane, representing DiamAndes in Argentina. Along with legendary consultant Michael Rolland, they make I Million bottles of Clos de los Siete and much more. The SHOW Jason Priestley is one busy guy. Jason Priestley He’s directing, acting, co-hosting HollywoodandVinesTV with me and he’s currently in his biggest role ever..DAD. JP’s also a big wine fan and likes to fondle his 5,000 bottles of wine.We talk wine (duh) and Call me Fitz, his very successful HBO Canada comedy series. He also talks about missing his competitive driving days. www.hollywoodandvinestv.com http://www.hbocanada.com/callmefitz/ Even though he was just passing through… down a red carpet in Hollywood… George Clooney took the time to step over and say hello. George Clooney We’ve done interviews together for a number of years and we always ended up talking about wine! This time it’s about George’s theory that Italian red wine is medicinal..and he’s drinking as much Barolo and Brunello as he can. I’ve never seen the man look so “Healthy”! http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000123/ The Wine Diva, Daenna van Mulligen returns with Super Bowl wines for the weekend. Bolded wines are the ones we talked about! Daenna Van Mulligen www.winediva.ca www.winescores.ca 1. Alamos Chardonnay, Mendoza Argentina, 2010 – (BC – $14.99 ) 2. Beringer ‘Founders’ Estate’ Merlot, California, 2009 – (BC – $19.99 ; AB – $20.00 + price will vary; ON – $19.95 ) 3. Campo Viejo Crianza Rioja Spain, 2007 – (BC – $16.99 ; ON – $14.45 620997) 4. Concha Y Toro Casillero del Diablo Carmenere, Rapel Valley Chile, 2010 – (BC – $13.99 ; Widely Available – $11.00 -$14.00 across Canada) 5. d’Arenberg ‘The Stump Jump’ Red, McLaren Vale Australia, 2009 – (BC – $14.99 ) 6. Edge Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley California, 2009 – (BC – $29.99 ) 7. El Petit Bonhomme, DO Jumilla Spain, 2010 – (BC – $14.99 ) 8. Firriato Branciforti Nero d’Avola, Sicily Italy, 2009 – (BC – $13.99 ) 9. Francis Coppola Diamond Collection Syrah-Shiraz, California, 2009 – (BC – $24.99 ) 10. Hess Select Cabernet Sauvignon, California, 2008 – (BC – $22.99 ) 11. Noble Vines ’337 Cabernet Sauvignon’, Lodi California, 2009 – (BC – $19.99 ; AB – $13.00 + price will vary; MB – $19.98 ; NF – $18.98 ) 12. Robert Oatley Shiraz, Mudgee Australia, 2009 – (BC – $19.99 ; MB – $19.99 ; AB – $20.00 approx) 13. Three Thieves “The Show’ Malbec, Mendoza Argentina, 2010 – (BC Private Wine Stores – $19.00 + price wil vary) 14. Twisted Old Vine Zinfandel, California, 2010 – (BC – $19.99 ; AB – $10.00 ; NF – $14.99 ) 15. Wyndham Estate Bin 555 Shiraz, South Eastern Australia, 2008 – (BC – $16.99 ; Widely Available – $16.00 to $18.50 across Canada) We’re heading back to Cornucopia in Whistler for a re-visit. Paul Watkin and Keith Nicholson form a formidable wine pair at Wine Monkey. Here’s what the Wine Monkey website says: “The Following website contains coarse language, no violence, no BS, some wine gibberish, hopefully some random nudity, a lot of wine drinking and other relat[...] | 1/31/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The SHOW- January 28th | The Wine Diva returns as the star of the film Budget Bottles – The Sequel. ALL under $17 It’s a wine tour of Alberta wine minds..We ask 4 of the best to answer the question “What was the surprise wine of 2011 and what will it be for 2012” I’m hoping you’ll search out the answers. Barney Bentall and Ed Robertson from Bare Naked Ladies are the feature musicians at the Canadian Culinary Championships Feb 11-12 in Kelowna. We talk. We rock. A tribute to Robbie Burns and Scotch with Ranald Watson from Springback Distillery, Campbeltown, Scotland The SHOW… Daenna van Mulligen returns as The Wine Diva..this time it’s Budget Bottles - Under $17.The Sequel Wines include: Gehringer Bros Twisted Old Vines Stoneleigh Montalto Nero D’Avola The Ned Sauvignon Blanc Beringer Stone Cellars Vina Mariola Utiel-Requena Fazi Battaglia Verdicchio WineDiva.ca Karen Anderson-Calgary Food Tours Karen Anderson is looking for Manly Men. Her Calgary Food Tours has scheduled a Superbowl Saturday food tour built especially for guys. It includes bison chili to start, a brewery tour, steak dinner, a tasteful lingerie show and shopping for valentines gifts plus wine stops. Check out her website for all the details. Check out the other tours she has planned www.calgaryfoodtours.com The Canadian Culinary Championships – The Gold Medal Plates returns to Kelowna for the finals Feb 11-12 9 of Canada’s best chefs go head-to-head. Canadians wines, ciders and beer are showcased and the entertainment is not bad either. Barney Bentall Barney Bentall and from the Bare Naked Ladies Ed Robertson join us on the show. They have performed together at various regional competitions this year..so for them it’s a wrap as well. Barney talks about biking through Burgundy and Bordeaux with people who’ve bid on the trip at these events..and Ed reminds me that he doesn’t drink but is a huge foodie. So we end up talking music , food and wine. WHAT is not to like? Ed Robertson-Bare Naked Ladies http://www.goldmedalplates.com/ccc.html And because it’s Robbie Burns Day, we find Ranald Watson in Calgary. He’s with the Springbank Distillery in Campbeltown, Scotland and he’s passing through Calgary pouring his pure heaven. He’ll give you do’s and do nots of Scotch tasting. And a brief history of how Scotch came to be. www.springbankwhiskey.com Slainte – Your Health Someone please pour a dram over the Burns statue in front of the Hotel MacDonald! LISTEN TO PODCAST HERE NEXT WEEK.. We take Vancouver..with Wayne Gretzky, Jason Priestley, George Clooney and The Wine Diva has wines for your entire Super Bowl Weekend. | 1/27/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Alberta January 25 | Back and forth in Alberta. What WAS the surprise wine of 2011 and what are the predictions for 2012? Four different Alberta views! We head for one of my favourite dining spots – breakfast, lunch or dinner it doesn’t matter Coyotes in Banff. The Wine Diva has Budget Bottles under $17. Karen Anderson from Calgary Food Tours has a “Manly Man Superbowl Saturday food and beer” tour for you. …and we even have time for a wee dram. Happy Robbie Burns day, y’all!! The SHOW… Where to begin?? OK. Something I’ve wanted to do since Christmas. Talk to a small handful of wine experts about this question… “What was the surprise wine region, varietal of 2011 and what will it be in 2012?” Guests include Brian Welsh and Jeff Beerwart at Ruth’s Chris Edmonton and Calgary. Karen Anderson at Calgary Food Tours and Kathy Johnson at Coyotes in Banff. Downtown Banff A couple of surprising choices here…including an Alberta Meadery. www.ruthschris.com www.coyotesbanff.com www.calgaryfoodtours.com We stay at Coyotes in Banff to talk to the Three Muskateers who run the wildly popular restaurant. Kathy Johnson, her chef husband, Lucas and co-owner Trudy Wilson. The whole thing ends up in a food fight..with Lucas and Kathy trading food and wine pairing shots. www.coyotesbanff.com Trudy Wilson & Kathy Johnson Daenna van Mulligen returns as The Wine Diva..this time it’s Budget Bottles - Under $17.The Sequel Wines include: Gehringer Bros Twisted Old Vines Stoneleigh Montalto Nero D’Avola The Ned Sauvignon Blanc Beringer Stone Cellars Vina Mariola Utiel-Requena Fazi Battaglia Verdicchio WineDiva.ca Karen Anderson-Calgary Food Tours Karen Anderson is looking for Manly Men. Her Calgary Food Tours has scheduled a Superbowl Saturday food tour built especially for guys. It includes bison chili to start, a brewery tour, steak dinner, a tasteful lingerie show and shopping for valentines gifts plus wine stops. Check out her website for all the details. Check out the other tours she has planned www.calgaryfoodtours.com And because it’s Robbie Burns Day, we find Ranald Watson in Calgary. He’s with the Springbank Distillery in Campbeltown, Scotland and he’s passing through Calgary pouring his pure heaven. He’ll give you do’s and do nots of Scotch tasting. And a brief history of how Scotch came to be. www.springbankwhiskey.com Slainte – Your Health Someone please pour a dram over the Burns statue in front of the Hotel MacDonald! NEXT WEEK.. we take Vancouver With George Clooney leading the charge plus… Superbowl weekend wines from The Diva! | 1/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Show January 21st | Great News to tell you!! Bell Media in Vancouver and with it a lot of the West Coast have agreed to air Tasting Room Radio every Saturday at 10am on Team 1410. We start Feb 4th. Things are going to get really interesting on the show and the website. So many stories to tell. So many interview possibilities. And because they’re a sister sports station to Team 1040, we include even more of your Sports Stars talking wine and food in the show. Hello Vancouver and The Island. It’s a Double Dip of The Diva. First Daenna Van Mulligen reviews some of her Top 50 wines of 2011. Some of these are big buck bottles. All are worth every penny. In the second half of the show The Diva comes back with budget bottles for 2012.. We head back to Memphis Blues BBQ and talk pig and wine with George and Park. The return of Harry McWatters…and with him his own wine!! Enjoy!!! THE SHOW Memphis Blues BBQ is a fixture on the West Coast They’re making plans to head into Alberta soon so I thought a return to their Commercial St store in Vancouver’s Little Italy was in order. Course I also used then occasion To launch my book Mulligan’s Stew at the same time. Co-owners Park Heffelfinger and George Sui are the odd couple of BBQ. They BBQ’d a whole pig for the occasion and followed it up with great wines. Some very surprising. So, it’s a crash course in smokey meats and wine..but because it’s George and Park..it’s going to be funny and fun. George Sui Park Heffelfinger The Wine Diva loves her wines and wine lists. She has two segments on this show. She starts off the show and her first list. Wines between $20 and $50.00 Herder Josephine 2008 Painted Rock Chardonnay 2010 AstroLab NZ Sauvignon Blanc 2010 Foxtrot Chardonnay 2009 Joie reserve Chard 2009 CayMus Zinfande Accordini Valpollicela Repasso Verona 2007 Belle Glos Pinot Noir Rodney Strong Pinot Noir 2009 Summa Ques Howling Bluff Sin Cera Blend 2009 Hester Creek The Judge. 2008 Luigi Bosca. Reserve Malbec. Laughing Stock Syrah/Viognier Harry McWatters is a leader in the thriving British Columbia wine industry in which he has been involved for over 40 years. He was founder of British Columbia’s first estate winery, Sumac Ridge Estate Winery in 1980 and founder of See Ya Later Ranch Estate Winery in 1995. In the spring of 2000, Sumac Ridge Estate Wine Group was sold to Vincor Canada and Harry continued as president of Sumac Ridge and See Ya Later Ranch as well as being a Vice-President of Vincor Canada. Harry “retired” as President of Sumac Ridge Estate Winery effective April 30, 2008. On May 1, 2008, Harry established Vintage Consulting Group Inc. and the Okanagan Wine Academy.. Now he’s back with his own wine, a beautiful World class Meritage. When you see the names Harry McWatters and Richard Cleave on a bottle- BUY IT!! The man is a living history of Canadian wine..i had a ball talking to him. Hope you like it. www.harrymcwatters.com Daenna starts of the second half of this weeks Tasting Room Radio with budget bottles - all well under $20.00 Penfold Koonunga Hills 2008 Shiraz/Cab Spier “signature” Chenin Blanc 2011.Stellenbosch S Africa Prospect Ganton and Larson Project Birch Canoe Pinot Blanc 2010 Peter Lehmann. Barossa Blonde 2009 Sauvignon Blanc 2009 Robertson Sauvignon Blanc 2010. S Africa 2010 St Hubertus Chasselas 2010 Trapiche “Astica” Sauvignon Blanc 2010 Argentina Argento Reserva Bonardo 2010 Bodegas Castano. La Casona Old Vines GSM. 2009 Spain Canepa Carmenere 2010 Chile d’Arenberg The Stump Jump 2009. Jacobs Creek Reserve Shiraz 2008 Grey Monk Pinot Noir 2009 Pascual Toso. Malbec 2009 Trapiche Reserve Malbec Argentina 2009 www.winediva.ca www.winescores.ca NEXT WEEK – Alberta Show a quick wine tour of Alberta’s sommeliers. What was the wine of 2011 and what’s the breakout wine for 2012. The Wine Diva and I talk budget bott[...] | 1/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The SHOW January 18 – Alberta | Great News to tell you!! Bell Media in Vancouver and with it a lot of the West Coast have agreed to air Tasting Room Radio every Saturday at 10am on Team 1410. We start Feb 4th. Things are going to get really interesting on the show and the website. So many stories to tell. So many interview possibilities. And because they’re a sister sports station to Team 1040, we include even more of your Sports Stars talking wine and food in the show. Hello Vancouver and The Island. It’s a Double Dip of The Diva. First Daenna Van Mulligen reviews some of her Top 50 wines of 2011. Some of these are big buck bottles. All are worth every penny. In the second half of the show The Diva comes back with budget bottles for 2012.. We head back to Memphis Blues BBQ and talk pig and wine with George and Park. Richard Harvey is One of the best wine minds in Canada. He’s just one of the reasons why Calgary’s MetroVino is a must stop for locals and travelers. We hope to have Jason Priestley finish off the show. However, right about now he’s a Dad first. Celeb is a very distant second. Enjoy!!! THE SHOW The Wine Diva loves her wines and wine lists. She has two segments on this show. She starts off the show and her first list. Wines between $20 and $50.00 Herder Josephine 2008 Painted Rock Chardonnay 2010 AstroLab NZ Sauvignon Blanc 2010 Foxtrot Chardonnay 2009 Joie reserve Chard 2009 CayMus Zinfande Accordini Valpollicela Repasso Verona 2007 Belle Glos Pinot Noir Rodney Strong Pinot Noir 2009 Summa Ques Howling Bluff Sin Cera Blend 2009 Hester Creek The Judge. 2008 Luigi Bosca. Reserve Malbec. Laughing Stock Syrah/Viognier Daenna starts of the second half of this weeks Tasting Room Radio with budget bottles – all well under $20.00 Penfold Koonunga Hills 2008 Shiraz/Cab Spier “signature” Chenin Blanc 2011.Stellenbosch S Africa Prospect Ganton and Larson Project Birch Canoe Pinot Blanc 2010 Peter Lehmann. Barossa Blonde 2009 Sauvignon Blanc 2009 Robertson Sauvignon Blanc 2010. S Africa 2010 St Hubertus Chasselas 2010 Trapiche “Astica” Sauvignon Blanc 2010 Argentina Argento Reserva Bonardo 2010 Bodegas Castano. La Casona Old Vines GSM. 2009 Spain Canepa Carmenere 2010 Chile d’Arenberg The Stump Jump 2009. Jacobs Creek Reserve Shiraz 2008 Grey Monk Pinot Noir 2009 Pascual Toso. Malbec 2009 Trapiche Reserve Malbec Argentina 2009 www.winediva.ca www.winescores.ca Memphis Blues BBQ is a fixture on the West Coast They’re making plans to head into Alberta soon so I thought a return to their Commercial St store in Vancouver’s Little Italy was in order. Course I also used then occasion To launch my book Mulligan’s Stew at the same time. Co-owners Park Heffelfinger and George Sui are the odd couple of BBQ. They BBQ’d a whole pig for the occasion and followed it up with great wines. Some very surprising. So, it’s a crash course in smokey meats and wine..but because it’s George and Park..it’s going to be funny and fun. As Jim Cuddy told us last week..when he tours with the Cuddy Band or Blue Rodeo, one of the two wine stops he makes in Western Canada is MetroVino in Calgary. Some wine stories try to win you over with volume. Fair enough. That works. Richard Harvey’s MetroVino is more a boutique, with everything in the store hand selected, usually by the staff on their travels around the World. They can tell you the stories behind the wine. Which means..there are no bad bottles. Just good choices What a relief. Richard returns to TRR and fills us in on some of the programs he has going in the weeks ahead. A return to Volnay The “let’s get serious” Series Sangiovese 6 ways www.MetroVino.com And as for Jason Priestley…the kids have taken over the kitchen and he can’t find the phone or the new puppy. Please Hold. Wait..He’s found the phon[...] | 1/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Show January 14th | Jim Cuddy returns to Tasting Room Radio. we talk music, recording and touring as a solo artist and , as always, we finish with our usual wine chat. We return to Salt Spring Island and revisit Bruce Wood at the very popular Bruce’s Kitchen. And a feature interview at Hawksworth in Vancouver with Louie Tolaini. He went from poverty in Tuscany to a trucking empire in Winnipeg and spending 35 Million on his Sienna winery, Tolaini Estates. Consultant Michael Rolland. We finish with a fascinating story about farm raised Coho salmon. Except the farm is in Agassiz in the Frazer Valley. If you haven’t heard about Bruce Swift and Golden Eagle you will.The owners of the Vancouver Canucks, members of the Aquilini family have just purchased the farm and intend to change the salmon industry in Canada.This whole event takes place at Rain City Grill on English Bay, Vancouver. Naturally we finish off with Rain City Chef Jennifer Peters and her take on this new sustainable Coho. THE SHOW Welcome to TRR. We begin in one of the World’s most blessed spots..Salt Spring Island..just up the Coast from Victoria, BC. At the centre of life on SSI is Ganges and at the centre of Ganges is …Bruce’s Kitchen, owned and operated by Bruce Wood. In 2007 Wood moved to Salt Spring and was immediately immersed in a life he revels in; one he’d sought for a long time. As owner, chef and teacher at Bruce’s Kitchen in Ganges, he continues to indulge his passion for fresh, local, seasonal fare. His open kitchen is a lively convivial haven for locals and visitors alike. Savoury smells permeate the air, while Wood waxes poetic about his most recent food find or cooking technique. Recipe exchanges flourish with regulars. Wood’s concept of “eat here for lunch/take us home for dinner” has thrived. His intimate small-group “communal dinners” are popular, tasty events served with gusto, grace and a good glass of wine. In fact, it’s all good for Wood. Salt Spring Island is home and in his home you are always welcome in the kitchen. Bruce and I talk about his New years Eve menu…which you can see on Bruce’s website..under Bruce’s Pantry www.bruceskitchen.ca/ Pierluigi “Louie” Tolaini immigrated to Canada and enjoyed over 45 years of success as an entrepreneur. He built TransX shipping into one of the largest private shipping companies in North America. He returned to his homeland in 1998, and for a mere 35 Million purchased 160 acres of the best land available in the Chianti Classico region of Tuscany, and constructed a state-of-the-art winery. His goal: to bring leading edge technology and skilled winemakers together to make the best wines in Italy. His wine consultant is Michael Rolland.This interview, during a tasting at Hawksworth Vancouver, covers Louie’s escape from Tuscan poverty to his return to Italy as a major league winery owner. www.tolaini.it/index2.htm (with thanks to Fiona Morrow – Globe and Mail) The second half of this weeks show begins with the return of Jim Cuddy. Cuddy and Mulligan He’s touring Canada with the Jim Cuddy Band in support of their latest cd Skyscraper Soul. He’s in Red Deer Wednesday night Edmonton Friday then Calgary Banff and Medicine Hat. As in the past we work our way through music, all things Blue Rodeo, east vs west and always finish with wine talk. Jim is a serious wine fan and collector His two favourite stops when touring the West are MetroVino in Calgary and Marquis Wine Cellar in Vancouver www.jimcuddy.com Bruce Swift is remembering his first attempts to generate interest in his B.C.-farmed coho salmon. It was four years ago, and the trip from his property in Agassiz, B.C., to Vancouver was a disaster. There wasn’t one person who would take it,” he recalls. “I came back and had to cull 1,500 to 2,000 fish. We shipped them all to the mink farm.”How times have changed: Mr. Swift | 1/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Show January 11th – Alberta | Jim Cuddy returns to Tasting Room Radio. we talk music, recording and touring as a solo artist and , as always, we finish with our usual wine chat. We return to Salt Spring Island and revisit Bruce Wood at the very popular Bruce’s Kitchen. And a feature interview at Hawksworth in Vancouver with Louie Tolaini. He went from poverty in Tuscany to a trucking empire in Winnipeg and spending 35 Million on his Sienna winery, Tolaini Estates. Consultant Michael Rolland. We finish with a fascinating story about farm raised Coho salmon. Except the farm is in Agassiz in the Frazer Valley. If you haven’t heard about Bruce Swift and Golden Eagle you will.The owners of the Vancouver Canucks, members of the Aquilini family have just purchased the farm and intend to change the salmon industry in Canada.This whole event takes place at Rain City Grill on English Bay, Vancouver. Naturally we finish off with Rain City Chef Jennifer Peters and her take on this new sustainable Coho. THE SHOW Welcome to TRR. We begin in one of the World’s most blessed spots..Salt Spring Island..just up the Coast from Victoria, BC. At the centre of life on SSI is Ganges and at the centre of Ganges is …Bruce’s Kitchen, owned and operated by Bruce Wood. In 2007 Wood moved to Salt Spring and was immediately immersed in a life he revels in; one he’d sought for a long time. As owner, chef and teacher at Bruce’s Kitchen in Ganges, he continues to indulge his passion for fresh, local, seasonal fare. His open kitchen is a lively convivial haven for locals and visitors alike. Savoury smells permeate the air, while Wood waxes poetic about his most recent food find or cooking technique. Recipe exchanges flourish with regulars. Wood’s concept of “eat here for lunch/take us home for dinner” has thrived. His intimate small-group “communal dinners” are popular, tasty events served with gusto, grace and a good glass of wine. In fact, it’s all good for Wood. Salt Spring Island is home and in his home you are always welcome in the kitchen. Bruce and I talk about his New years Eve menu…which you can see on Bruce’s website..under Bruce’s Pantry www.bruceskitchen.ca/ Pierluigi “Louie” Tolaini immigrated to Canada and enjoyed over 45 years of success as an entrepreneur. He built TransX shipping into one of the largest private shipping companies in North America. He returned to his homeland in 1998, and for a mere 35 Million purchased 160 acres of the best land available in the Chianti Classico region of Tuscany, and constructed a state-of-the-art winery. His goal: to bring leading edge technology and skilled winemakers together to make the best wines in Italy. His wine consultant is Michael Rolland.This interview, during a tasting at Hawksworth Vancouver, covers Louie’s escape from Tuscan poverty to his return to Italy as a major league winery owner. www.tolaini.it/index2.htm (with thanks to Fiona Morrow – Globe and Mail) The second half of this weeks show begins with the return of Jim Cuddy. Cuddy and Mulligan He’s touring Canada with the Jim Cuddy Band in support of their latest cd Skyscraper Soul. He’s in Red Deer Wednesday night Edmonton Friday then Calgary Banff and Medicine Hat. As in the past we work our way through music, all things Blue Rodeo, east vs west and always finish with wine talk. Jim is a serious wine fan and collector His two favourite stops when touring the West are MetroVino in Calgary and Marquis Wine Cellar in Vancouver www.jimcuddy.com Bruce Swift is remembering his first attempts to generate interest in his B.C.-farmed coho salmon. It was four years ago, and the trip from his property in Agassiz, B.C., to Vancouver was a disaster. There wasn’t one person who would take it,” he recalls. “I came back and had to cull 1,500 to 2,000 fish. We shipped them all to the mink farm.”How times have changed: Mr. Swift’s farmed Coho are now an exclusive delica[...] | 1/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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