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Liquor Plus Radio 10: Tasting Notes Mainetes 2006 Seleccion Two things of note about this wine… where it’s from and the fact that is a blend. Jumilla is an often overshadowed region of Spain, at least in our market. Jumilla is just south of La Mancha and is relatively non-desript. For years it produced wines for blending when other regions had short falls, but now with some serious care and attention the terroir is finding its stride. The climate can be very dry and warm and the soils pretty aus...

Liquor Plus Radio 10

Show Notes Episode 10 Liquor Plus Radio Wine Talk Week 6/52 2012 It has been a few weeks since my last post. I think my body and brain just told me to relax a bit; dial it back as the creative juices had run dry. I’m not saying they are back but the caffeine cursing through my veins right now has got my fingers tapping keys. Last week I was confirmed as a Speaker at both EatDrinkTweet in Penticton (Feb. 17-19, 2012 http://allshewrote.ca/eatdrinktweet/ ) and then the following week on a retail pa...

Liquor Plus Radio Episode 7: Wine Talk Jan. 16, 2012 Ghosts of Culture Past

Show Notes Wine Talk Jan 16 – Ghosts of Cultures Past There is lots of talk about the wine culture in Victoria, Duncan and in BC in general. There is also a lot of talk about the brewing culture that is rapidly developing here. Unfortunately that talk is either focussed or heavily laced with criticisms of government and its representatives in regulation and enforcement. I say unfortunately because the laws, rules and policies that are currently in place are not the current or previous government...

Liquor Plus Radio Episode 8: Wine of the Week Jan 17 Pentage 06 Barrel Fermented Chardonnay

Episode 8 Show Notes Wine of the Week Jan 17-23, 2012: Pentage 2006 Barrel Femented Chardonnay This wine exhibits both the beauty and ugly side of the BC wine industry. The fact is that our local home grown industry is tiny in relation to California, South America or Europe. In fact I believe that the annual production in the tiny Italian region of Umbria more than doubles that of BC. So when there is a great vintage and a particular stellar wine from that vintage, demand is not restricted to ou...

Liquor Plus Radio Episode 6: Brew of the Week Jan. 11-17, 2012 Spinnaker's 'Lion's Head' Cascadia Dark Ale

Episode 6 Show Notes Beer of the Week Jan 11-17, 2012: Spinnaker’s ‘Lions Head’ Cascadia Dark Ale Close your eyes for a moment and put yourself in the following position. It’s 1888 and you have been stationed in Bombay (Mumbai) India for the last 6 months. It’s 40C with the humidity of about 96% so it really feels like 48C. You have been standing in the direct Indian sun for over 2 hours and you are in your regimental dress uniform. The sweat is trickling down the back of your neck and your only...

Liquor Plus Radio Episode 5: Wine of the Week Jan 10 - Bonarda

Show Notes Wine of the Week Jan 10-16, 2012: La Chamiza Bonarda When you drive through the streets of Mendoza Argentina there is a clear Italian influence on the architecture and cutlture. Many of the street names are Italian names which makes perfect sense when you consider that the majority of the immigrants that built Mendoza came from Italy in the 1860’s. A whole bunch came from the Marche region which is located on Italy’s East Coast. With that pedigree it is not too hard to see how such a ...

Liquor Plus Radio Episode 4: Brew of the Week Jan 4-12, 2012

Show Notes: Liquor Plus Radio Episode 4: Brew of the Week Jan. 4-Jan. 10, 2012- Phillips & Garrison Brewing ‘Mash Up’ Baltic Porter Program Note: Liquor Plus Radio was designed to be raw and done in one take. Authenticity is the name of this game... Collaborative brewing efforts are growing in popularity amongst craft brewers and I can see why. They offer the same kind of cache and imagery that a winery gets when they speak of a Single Vineyard wine. The collaboration between the Phillips Br...

Liquor Plus Radio Episode 3: Wine O' The Week Jan. 3, 2012

Show Notes: Liquor Plus Radio Episode 3: Wine of the Week Jan. 3-Jan. 9, 2012- Wild Goose Vineyards 2010 As many of you know I’m not a huge fan of Pinot Gris and it is not because there is a dearth of great options. The reason is that the majority are poser wines without any soul. Harsh…. Maybe, but there are too many watery, fruit cocktail syrup versions on the market and they are crowding out the few spectacular ones that are on the market. Wild Goose vineyards is located in the Okanagan Falls...

Liquor Plus Radio Episode 2: Alberta Premium Whisky

Maybe it is the nature of the business in BC or maybe it’s just that there are millions and millions of choices for you to spend your Whisky dollar on and the law of averages eventually takes over. What I mean by this is if there are 600 choices of Canadian Whiskys, the chances are not good that the best bang for the buck will necessarily be the leading, heavily advertised brands. I think this plays out beautifully in the most recent edition of Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible. In the Bible there are 3...