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Rock And Grapes Presents:
James Oatway
39 episodes
7 months ago
Send us a text Russ Little, trombonist, composer, arranger, and conductor has had a fairly storied career in the Canadian music business. Starting off with a little band by the name of Lighthouse, in the late '60's, Russ had already established himself as one of the scene's go-to studio musicians and was already composing music for Canadian radio and television by his early thirties. A big claim to fame for Russ was being the composer of the theme to SCTV, Canada's biggest comedy ensemble tel...
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Send us a text Russ Little, trombonist, composer, arranger, and conductor has had a fairly storied career in the Canadian music business. Starting off with a little band by the name of Lighthouse, in the late '60's, Russ had already established himself as one of the scene's go-to studio musicians and was already composing music for Canadian radio and television by his early thirties. A big claim to fame for Russ was being the composer of the theme to SCTV, Canada's biggest comedy ensemble tel...
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Rock And Grapes Presents:
Jazz/Funk/Rock Musician Russ Little
Send us a text Russ Little, trombonist, composer, arranger, and conductor has had a fairly storied career in the Canadian music business. Starting off with a little band by the name of Lighthouse, in the late '60's, Russ had already established himself as one of the scene's go-to studio musicians and was already composing music for Canadian radio and television by his early thirties. A big claim to fame for Russ was being the composer of the theme to SCTV, Canada's biggest comedy ensemble tel...
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1 year ago
59 minutes

Rock And Grapes Presents:
Dobbin Estate
Send us a text This week I visit Dobbin Estate. Dobbin Estate has been designed to be a premium winery and the consulting team of Ann Sperling and Peter Gamble have made certain that all conditions are perfect for this ambitious endeavour. With North and South facing slopes, Dobbin Estate is primed to bring forth Riesling, Chardonnay, and Cabernet Franc with a European sensibility that comes though in your glass. Ontario wines have grown by leaps and bounds, and the Ontario Wine Industr...
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1 year ago
1 hour 18 minutes

Rock And Grapes Presents:
Steve Meyer/Al Coury Part II
Send us a text Again we skip the Grapes and go directly to the Rock. Former record exec from Capitol Records, Steve Meyer, and Part II speaking about the great Al Coury, Vice President of Capitol Records, co-fouder of RSO Records, and founder of Network Records that eventually led him to Geffen Records. It's another week of Rock talk. Next week we're back on track with the Ontario Wine Industry!
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1 year ago
26 minutes

Rock And Grapes Presents:
Capitol Records Steve Meyer talks about the Legendary Record Exec Al Coury
Send us a text Today we skip the Grapes and go directly to the Rock. Former record exec from Capitol Records, Steve Meyer, speaks with me about the great Al Coury, Vice President of Capitol Records, co-fouder of RSO Records, and founder of Network Records that eventually led him to Geffen Records. Al worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Guns'N'Roses - who else can claim that??
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1 year ago
30 minutes

Rock And Grapes Presents:
John Neudorf and the Rock And Grapes Top Ten Counted Down to Number One!
Send us a text Well, the January Rock And Grapes Count Down has come to an end. I will count down the Top Ten wines until we get to #1, that honour going to Leaning Post, for their 2020 Senchuk Vineyard Chardonnay. Also, Niagara native John Neudorf has a new album coming out, and a lot more to speak about.
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1 year ago
37 minutes

Rock And Grapes Presents:
The Top Wines of Ontario Continues with Lailey's Thomas Reid
Send us a text This week I speak with Thomas Reid, sales and marketing manager for Lailey Winery. This week Lailey has had two wines in the Top Wines of Ontario count down and we will be speaking to Thomas about the 2022 Lailey Riesling and the Stonebridge 2019 Estate Chardonnay. We've got another 13 wines to go before we see who holds the #1 spot on our Rock And Grapes count down.
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1 year ago
31 minutes

Rock And Grapes Presents:
Collab Wine And Beverage's Marc Pistor
Send us a text Season 2 is here! Marc Pistor, of Fogolar Wines and the group effort Collab Wine and Beverage is here to talk about 2024 and what we have to look forward to. Marc and I discuss the Top Wine of Ontario (as chosen by M.S. Bruce Wallner, Nabila Rawji and me) , where his collaborative team has landed so far on the list and what Marc sees for the future of Ontario's wine industry. I don't want to spoil the ending for you - but we need to embrace Ontario Riesling like we've never don...
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1 year ago
31 minutes

Rock And Grapes Presents:
The Year End Wrap Up
Send us a text Well, its been a good start so far. Twenty-five episodes of winemakers, musicians, politicians and record execs, and I think we're getting somewhere. I'd like to thank all of you who have been listening, and I'd also like to thank all my guests thus far. 2023 was only the start and 2024 will bring even more. Look out for The Top 25 Wines of Ontario coming out in January of 2024. And look for a new Rock And Grapes Presents website to accompany all I'm doing with the podcast.&nb...
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1 year ago
47 minutes

Rock And Grapes Presents:
Legendary Rock Photographer Bob Gruen
Send us a text Bob Gruen is regarded as one of THE foremost Rock Photographers in the music business having captured images of Tina Turner, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The New York Dolls, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Ramones, Blondie, Elton John, Kiss and many, many more. He struck up a friendship with John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1971 and became a friend and confidant to both. I thought this a fitting week to have Bob on the podcast, as December 8th marks the 43rd anniversary of ...
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1 year ago
27 minutes

Rock And Grapes Presents:
May Pang discusses "The Lost Weekend: A Love Story" and Lailey Vineyard's Thomas Reid talks premium wine
Send us a text My first guest this week is May Pang. May spent most of 1973 and 1974 being the most important person in John Lennon's life. May and I discuss the new documentary streaming now, "The Lost Weekend: A Love Story", the story that chronicles the years she spent as John Lennon's girlfriend - first at the insistence of Yoko Ono, but then things got....complicated. For any Beatles fan - this is a must-see-documentary. Over the thirty minutes we speak you will learn a...
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1 year ago
56 minutes

Rock And Grapes Presents:
JAZZ.FM91's Ronnie Littlejohn and an update from The Somm Factory
Send us a text Today, Bruce Wallner checks in to discuss the "Best Canadian Sommelier" and the rigours this poor candidate had to endure to take the win. Bruce also updates us on The Somm Factory's upcoming course schedule. Also, I speak with Ronnie Littlejohn, JAZZ.FM’s host of The Gumbo Kitchen. Ronnie's Friday evening show explores New Orleans jazz, swampy funk, second-line brass bands and more. However, Ronnie and I discuss how he ended up being a DJ for this...
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1 year ago
54 minutes

Rock And Grapes Presents:
Canadian Filmmaker Maya Gallus and her new documentary Crush: Message in a Bottle
Send us a text Filmmakers and winemakers collide. This week I interview the award winning filmmaker, Maya Gallus, as we speak about her brand new, light-hearted yet full-bodied film, Crush: Message in a Bottle, the landmark doc featuring a well chosen group of pioneering Niagara winemakers. Bruce Wallner checks in from Halifax this week as he attends Canada's Best Sommelier Competition. Also, it's "last kick at the can" to enter the "Top 25 Wines of Ontario".
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1 year ago
30 minutes

Rock And Grapes Presents:
Master Somm Bruce Wallner, and also Steve Meyer and I talk about The Beatles "Now and Then"
Send us a text This week I am introducing my new sponsor, The Sommelier Factory, which means I'll be speaking with MS Bruce Wallner about the Somm Factory schedule and our upcoming "Top 25 Wines of Ontario". Also, this is your first week to catch CRUSH: Message in a Bottle, the new movie from director Maya Gallus, high-lighting the hard working winemakers of Niagara. And also, former Capitol Records exec Steve Meyer joins me to talk about The Beatles "new" song "Now and Then" - what side of ...
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1 year ago
41 minutes

Rock And Grapes Presents:
Tom O'Brien from Cooper’s Hawk in L.E.N.S. and a quick note from Italy
Send us a text This week I speak with Tom O'Brien from Cooper’s Hawk down in the Lake Erie North Shore region of our lovely Province. Also, I've got a little clip I've stolen from my other podcast so you can hear from Italy about Cab Franc's rising prominence and climate change affecting their choice of varietals. And again, I'll remind you about the upcoming submission deadline for my "Top 25 Wines of the Year" review that will be taking place at the end of 2023.
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2 years ago
26 minutes

Rock And Grapes Presents:
Prince Edward County's Karlo Estates Winery
Send us a text This week I finally make it to The County! I am joined by both Sherry Karlo and Saxe Brickenden of Karlo Estates. We talk specifically about P.E.C.'s different varietals and the way The County brings in customers. Plus: I want your wines! In the past, many of you may know I ran an awards and annual report for the Sommelier group S.O.S.A. Well, this fall I’m going about things a little differently. I’m not sure that anyone needs another wine competition, nor all the entry fee...
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2 years ago
40 minutes

Rock And Grapes Presents:
We talk taxes with MPP Sam Oosterhoff and I'm looking for your wines!
Send us a text If you're in the Ontario wine business you'll want to listen to Sam and I speak about the current situation with the government in this Province. MPP Sam Oosterhoff was kind enough to find time in his busy schedule to speak with me. Also, below is what I sent out last week. I want your wines! see below: In the past, many of you may know I ran an awards and annual report for the Sommelier group S.O.S.A. Well, this fall I’m going about things a little differently. I’m not sure...
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2 years ago
27 minutes

Rock And Grapes Presents:
Rock And Grapes Presents: Submit Your Wines to the Annual Review!
Send us a text In the past, many of you may know I ran an awards and annual report for the Sommelier group S.O.S.A. Well, this fall I’m going about things a little differently. I’m not sure that anyone needs another wine competition, nor all the entry fees that this can lead to. What I’m doing this year is a list of “25 Top Wines of the Year” (the list will be larger in the future but the 25 top entries will be highlighted this year). I know 2020 was a pretty great vintage and after a few con...
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2 years ago
5 minutes

Rock And Grapes Presents:
Winemaker Adam Kern and 1980's D.J. "Brother" Jake Edwards
Send us a text This week Adam Kern and I discuss Kern and Company, Adam's dream being realized. Also, we travel back in time to the 1980's with some fairly socially unacceptable behaviour from "Brother" Jake Edwards, one of the greatest voices on the radio in the 1980's and 1990's before it all changed....
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2 years ago
49 minutes

Rock And Grapes Presents:
Meet Sue Ann Staff
Send us a text Sue Ann gives me the low-down on the 6.1% beer and wine fee, the ongoing taxation of wine makers, the marketing of wines in Ontario and how it all affects her operation and her outlook on the future of being a Niagara winemaker.
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2 years ago
58 minutes

Rock And Grapes Presents:
London Born Wine Co. and Tyler Stewart from the Barenaked Ladies
Send us a text This week I speak with Sarah Hoare from the London Born Wine Company in Vineland, and from The BNL, drummer, Tyler Stewart, we find out how TV producer Chuck Lorre tracked down The Barenaked Ladies and convinced them to write and record the biggest TV theme song in history for The Big Bang Theory.
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2 years ago
45 minutes

Rock And Grapes Presents:
Send us a text Russ Little, trombonist, composer, arranger, and conductor has had a fairly storied career in the Canadian music business. Starting off with a little band by the name of Lighthouse, in the late '60's, Russ had already established himself as one of the scene's go-to studio musicians and was already composing music for Canadian radio and television by his early thirties. A big claim to fame for Russ was being the composer of the theme to SCTV, Canada's biggest comedy ensemble tel...