Podcasts about Mount Eden

For the last five years the route 64 bus fare has been virtually free at just one cent to tag on, but come Sunday a full fare will apply. The bus service was originally established to accomodate for the closure of the Mount Eden railway station and the city's CRL project. But with 1.1 million passengers using the service since it began, it's quickly become a cost-effective staple for those wanting to get around Mount Eden, Grafton and Kingsland. Reporter Louise Ternouth hopped onboard for one of its last days as a one cent ride.

When Michael Beattie became Deputy Chairman of Stewards for the Hunter And North Western Racing Association in 1985 he wasn't made welcome by all of his new colleagues. In fact one senior member of staff was clearly unhappy about the appointment of the bloke he called  “the brash young steward from Grafton”. Beattie's lifelong tendency to call a spade a spade has earned him a reputation as a tough, hard operator- some have branded him a “bully”. Others have testified to his fairness and his insistence on listening to every shred of available evidence  Few have ever left a Beattie inquiry without knowing exactly where they stood. The sixty six year old has swapped stewarding for racing administration on a couple of occasions over more than fifty years in the industry. This is a podcast with a straight shooter who tells his life story with candour, humour and a touch of showmanship. Michael talks about his good fortune in landing back in his beloved hometown of Grafton as CEO of the Clarence River Jockey Club.  He talks of the dozen Grafton Cups he's overseen since returning to the northern rivers. He's a great admirer of the 2022 Cup winner Arapaho. Michael talks of early days in Grafton when his favourite entertainment was the Friday night ABC television coverage of the Harold Park trots. He couldn't wait for Fridays to come. He revisits the 1971 Miracle Mile win by freakish Western Australian pacer Mount Eden. The performance made a lasting impression on the budding racing aficionado. He takes us back to the heady days when he'd climb a Jacaranda tree outside the Grafton racecourse to watch the horses come down the straight. Finally his father Les agreed to take him to the races as a paying customer. Michael's a good storyteller and regales us with some entertaining yarns- like the one about his offer to a prominent trainer who always seemed to be short on helpers. He's always been able to open doors. At just fourteen years of age in 1973, he put a proposal to the four race clubs who used the Grafton racecourse. We're talking about 37 race meetings a year. Next thing young Beattie was writing all of the racebook form for those four clubs.  Michael tells the story of a winner on Ramornie day 1973 owned by a respected Doctor who wanted him to strap the horse no matter what. You'll enjoy the rest of the story. He takes us through the rigorous procedure he had to follow in quest of a job with NSW Government Railways. It was worth the trouble. The former international steward looks back on his appointment as a cadet with the Northern Rivers Racing Association (NRRA), and an introduction to the tough task of handicapping. Michael's desire to spread his wings saw him apply for an important new job in 1985. He was 26 when appointed Deputy Chairman of Stewards with the Hunter and North Western Racing Association. He remains grateful for the enormous experience he gained over fourteen years. His first stint as a racing administrator came in 1999 when he successfully applied for the CEO's role with the Gosford Race Club. He gained invaluable experience over almost seven years. Michael reflects on a conversation with trainer Joe Janiak who'd indicated he might set rising sprint star Takeover Target for the 2004 Pacesetter Stakes. That conversation took a few twists and turns. Michael looks back on Gosford Committee meetings when he persuaded board members to consider purchasing more real estate around the racecourse. He remains gratified that there's now sufficient space for Racing NSW to develop a huge training complex in the future. He reflects on the surprise phone call from former high profile steward John Schreck advising him of an upcoming position with the Macau jockey Club. Michael took the job but opted out of his contract less than a year later. The reason for his change of mind is perfectly understandable. It was back to Sydney and a new role as Chairman Of Stewards for Harness Racing NSW at precisely the time the dreaded EI virus made its presence felt in Sydney. Michael takes us through some highlights and lowlights of his time at the helm of harness racing. He recalls another surprise approach from the Macau Jockey Club who were keen to get him back for another stint. The offer came shortly before the infamous “green light scandal” dealt the trotting industry a crushing blow. Michael responds to the reputation he's carried for years as a very tough man to deal with in the stewards room. He doesn't deny the claims but believes his fairness more than counterbalances his stern disciplinary measures. He talks about his current online involvement in the buying and selling of local thoroughbred bloodstock. To date he's moved some 400 horses for northern rivers owners. He has the backing of the CRJC Committee who are delighted to see most of the money being recycled in the region. This is the story of a country kid who made things happen from a very early age. It's unlikely anybody could tell it better than the man himself. A very entertaining podcast from a true blue Aussie racing tragic who happened to be blessed with multiple talents.  He didn't waste one of them.

Episode 221 Sponsored by: River Road Family Vineyards and Winery We were joined by filmmaker Chris McGilvray and our own Richard Ross in the studio! They take a deep dive into Chris' seven-year journey documenting family dynamics and generational shifts at Mount Eden winery, highlighting the key roles of Mexican-American workers, music, and sound design. They conclude by exploring the profound importance of wine, legacy, and land in the winemaking industry. Links:  https://www.edenfilm.info/ https://www.nomadicbearproductions.com/ Sponsor: River Road Family Vineyards and Winery Credits: The Wine Road podcast is mixed and mastered at
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Fresh off a medal tour of the Great American Beer Festival, Mount Eden is a Barrel Aged Saison that flaunts the flavors of Kiwi, Quiunce and White pepper with a healthy finishing of Nelson Sauvin Cryo at bottling. The results is a complex balance of kiwi and lemon with subtle oak flavors with a small hint of acidity to finish.

Figures for the first three months of this year show the longest wait was 97 days at Rimutaka prison to see a medical officer and 91 days to see a dentist at Otago Corrections facility, with the average wait time just over 45 days. The average wait time to see a nurse at Mount Eden jail is almost 9 days with a maximum delay of 79 days. Lawyer and Howard league secretary, Buster Thompson speaks to Lisa Owen

Frances Loo is the owner and operator of Chapters Book & Tea Shop in Auckland's Mount Eden and hosts a romance readers club. She joins Emile Donovan.

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Tanya Hansen has the morning's top stories from the WCBS newsroom. 

Have you lost control of your sex drive? Sexual function — defined by factors like desire, arousal and pleasure — in men and especially women decreased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic, research and experts say. Thankfully, there are ways to get back in the groove — and coping with stress, which drastically spiked during the pandemic, is key. In the headlines on #TheUpdate this Tuesday, we were preparing for the first true taste of winter. Parts of the Northeast were preparing for a coastal storm that's expected to dump a foot or more of snow and pack 60 mph winds in some areas. The nation's largest school system in New York City said it was switching classes to remote learning and closing its buildings for the day. In the Bronx, authorities say one person was killed and five others wounded following a dispute between two groups of teenagers at the Mount Eden station at the start of the evening rush hour. And in Washington, Former President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to extend the delay in his election interference trial and ultimately find him immune from prosecution on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 election loss. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brandon-julien/support

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Get up and get informed! Here's all the local news you need to start your day: One person is dead and five others are injured after a subway shooting at the Mount Eden train stop in the Bronx on Monday. No arrests have been made. Meanwhile, polls are open in eastern Queens and Long Island, where voters are replacing ousted Congress member George Santos. Also, the city health department wants to ban smoking tobacco or using e-cigarettes while dining outdoors. Finally, the New Jersey legislature passes a new bill with changes to how the state enforces town requirements to build more low-income housing.

After almost thirty years in business, an Auckland cakery this afternoon closed its doors for the final time, blaming tighter household budgets and the soaring cost of ingredients like butter. The City Cake Company in Mount Eden was run by the late Maureen Keene and her daughter Tracey Baird, but grief and compounding costs have taken over. With the company in liquidation, owing $30,000, today was the last day customers could get their sweet fix, with everything half price, in the hopes nothing would go to waste. Louise Ternouth and Camera Operator Marika Khabazi were there. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6345976572112

We can't believe it 90 Episodes and holy crap! We got a great one as we venture south of Napa to the famed and fantastic Santa Cruz Mountains were Mount Eden Vineyards Jeffrey Patterson join us on the Cork & Taylor Wine Podcast to dish about the vineyards and delicious wines!Please Subscribe, Rate and Review. Also, we all love to share a glass of wine with our wine friends so share the Cork & Taylor Wine Podcast.Also, Please consider supporting the show as it would be appreciated. This helps me offset  expenses to continue to run and grow the Cork & Taylor Wine Podcast. Thanks! Lukewww.patreon.com/corkandtaylor

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Today Ann and Pamela share their Freaky Friday stories. Ann shares the most unbelievably lucky story that makes us question whether it can really just be 'luck', and Pamela shares a spooky story about the windmill farm cottage in Mount Eden. Send your Freaky Friday stories to jesse@rnz.co.nz

Eden Park is gearing up to host another Women's World Cup match, with Italy and Argentina talking to the field tonight. It's Auckland's third match of the tournament and Eden Park is hoping for another big crowd. Our reporter Louise Ternouth joins us now from Gina's Italian Kitchen in Mount Eden where the excitement is building. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6331732569112

Auckland's iconic landmarks Mount Eden, One Tree Hill, and Rangitoto are all evidence of the 360 km2 volcanic field that lies beneath our largest city. The field has erupted at least 53 times in the past 250,000 years, each time in a new location, resulting in many small hills and pits across the Auckland landscape. Volcanologists have been studying the magma source deep beneath the city to get clues to where the next eruption might occur. The chance of an eruption is very small but the consequences for residents would be large. GNS volcanologist Graham Leonard is co leader of the DEVORA programme which has been assessing the risk.

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Protests in Auckland on Saturday helped the last minute decision to can another controversial event. The Council's nixed an anti co-governance meeting in Mount Eden tonight, as well as a protest group's booking immediately after. The group are now planning a rally outside. On Saturday, more than 2000 loudly protested at an anti-transgender rally, including tomato juice being thrown at the speaker. The Council's Claudia Wyss says they didn't want altercations. "Following the weekend's events, we were just taking a much more careful approach to this and we wanted to be sure that we could keep members of the public safe." LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tonight on The Huddle, Transporting NZ CEO Nick Leggett and Ben Thomas from Ben Thomas Capital NZ joined in on a discussion about the following issues of the day: Marama Davidson apparently meant to say white cis men cause the majority of sexual violence, but omitted sexual from her outburst. Does she still need to apologise for Saturday's comments? Auckland Council has banned two opposing co-governance events from going forward at a Mount Eden hall, citing safety concerns. What does this say about New Zealand, are we still capable of civil conversations.  Not one speed camera sign has been put up since the policy was announced in 2019, how can the Government continue to argue it's not just for revenue gathering? Are you more likely to buy a packet of chips that says the bags are compostable? LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Heavy rain is hitting Auckland, with the city wary after intense flooding on Friday. A band of rain passed over the city around 6am on Wednesday morning. RNZ's Jeremy Rees spoke to Corin Dann from Mount Eden.   

Getting to Mount Eden Vineyards in California's Santa Cruz Mountains is an adventure! The drive is up a twisty mountain road with lots of hairpin turns and steep drop offs. A good portion of the road - at the topmost part - is unpaved. But then you arrive at the peak, 2000 feet above Silicon Valley, and the breathtaking views, not to mention the wines, are totally worth the journey. The Marys sit down with winemaker Jeffrey Patterson, one of the best known vintners in the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA, and all of California. He's been crafting world class Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon from this historic vineyard for more than 40 years. Join us and discover the magic of Mount Eden.

Frustration is running high as family-owned business Glengarry Wines has been victim to more than 40 ram raids in the 18 months to November. The business has also been targeted by the same group of thieves twice in the same week. Glengarry Wines general manager Liz Wheadon says the continued break-ins have an emotional cost to everyone working there. Wheadon questions how this can keep happening, while it looks as though those who are doing it aren't having anything happen to them. LISTEN ABOVE  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Nova Perrill Nova Perrill, winemaker for Foppiano Vineyards, is back on California Wine Country with Steve Jaxon and Dan Berger. He was on the show back in 2018 on this episode, and again this time in 2019. His last appearance was here, in 2021. Giovanni Foppiano founded Foppiano Vineyards in 1896. It is one of the oldest family-owned wineries in California. Try to imagine, as they do here, how Healdsburg in the 1890s was pure potential. The winery survived Prohibition by shipping dried grapes as a home winemaking kit. To ship to dry states, they had to add a flyer with a warning not to add water and sugar or else it would ferment. Nova tells about how he got started in the wine business. He studied at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a degree in Ecology. He liked marine biology, having grown up on the coast. Then he took a Master's in Crop Science. At the time the school was a dry campus and they learned about winemaking but did not make any. He got a job at Mount Eden where he laid the foundation of his knowledge, from start to finish. “Talk about grape to bottle, that was the experience I needed... Everything after that is creativity. Foppiano Vineyards Tastings They taste the first Foppiano wine, a Carignane. Foppiano Vineyards' location is south of Healdsburg, at the northern tip of the valley. It gets sunshine, but also cooling influences from the river. They grow all the usual French varietals that are grown here. Click the logo to visit our sponsor Bottle Barn online for up-to-the-minute bargains on wine, beer and spirits. Harry Duke asks Nova Perrill about how he made that transition from studying marine biology to winemaking. Many winemakers have told about a similar turn in their early career path. Nova tells about how he was never really committed to the first path and he also knew he had great interest in all things natural. He moved to the Santa Clara Valley after college and he simply sent his resumé to every winery in commuting distance. With agriculture, you have to enjoy working on nature's demands and timetable, no weekends, etc. “Grape growing is not this extravagant lifestyle… You've got to be able to appreciate that if you're going to make it.” Join the Rodney Strong mailing list to receive special offers, information on new releases, and more. Nova has brought some wines (pictured above). He brought a 2016 Chardonnay from Foppiano Estate. The acidity is keeping it lively and fresh. It has some creamy lemon curd flavor. Foppiano Vineyards does estate and reserve tastings and also large-party tastings. You can make reservations but drop-ins are also welcome. Nova Perrill explains that they strive to be casual and low-key. Being a historic winery and vineyard they try to capture that feeling for their guests. It is located right off Old Redwood Highway. It is only about five minutes from Healdsburg. Their wines are also available at Bottle Barn.

KC Loo Fruit Centre is a family run business that has been selling fruit and veges in Mount Eden for over 60 years. With inflation at a 32 year high we gave resident food price reporter Leonard Powell $40 and sent him along to meet Glennis at KC Loo, to find out what he could get for that much money. Here's what Glennis put in Leonard's shopping basket.

Auckland's multi-billion dollar City Rail Link (CRL) project is a public transport dream providing a key link in the city's rail network or business owners' nightmare with construction impacting business for several years. The currently costed NZ$4.4 billion project will connect Britomart to Mount Eden via a 3.5 km long double-track rail tunnel with two new underground stations being constructed, Te Wai Horotiu near Aotea Square and Karanga a Hape near Karangahape Road. After COVID lockdowns impacted operating schedules and facing delays in our supply chain and labour shortages, the 2024 completion deadline is in limbo. The question on every Aucklander's lips is - when will the CRL be up and running? Wilhelmina Shrimpton spoke to City Rail Link CEO Dr Sean Sweeney about when we could see an update on the project's completion date.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Seit #11 bekommt Ihr eine Woche lang täglich was auf die Ohren. Und zwar Insider-Tipps zu allem Schönen, was Ihr in und um Auckland auf jeden Fall nicht verpassen solltet! Den Anfang hat in #11 meine Freundin Petra gemacht, ich habe vorgestern berichtet, Simone habt Ihr gestern in Episode 13 kennengelernt. Heute teilt Dave seine Tipps mit Euch. Ich durfte auch mitmachen... Auf meinem Instagram-Account könnt Ihr die Tipps auch nochmal nachlesen und Fotos dazu anschauen. 1. Bethells Lake und weiter nach Bethells Beach. Boogie Board oder ein Stück Pappe fürs Dünen-Surfen mitnehmen! 2. 177 Kilometer raus (2,5 Stunden) auf die Halbinsel Coromandel und die einstündige Schmalspurbahn-Tour auf der 'Driving Creek Railway' machen. Kostenpunkt: Erwachsene 39$/Kinder 17$. Der Töpfer Barry Brickell hat sich dort verewigt und sein Lebenswerk wird vom Freundeskreis fortgeführt - es lohnt sich und ist irgendwie immer noch ein echter Geheimtipp. 3. Galbraith's Alehouse - ein gemütlicher Pub (Holztische, Kaminfeuer innen und netter Bereich draußen!) in Mount Eden auf der Mount Eden Road. 4. Bei Grabone.co.nz und bookme.co.nz findet Ihr auch immer mal gute Deals zu einigen der Aktivitäten Bis morgen! Ach so - und hinterlasst sehr gerne eine gute Bewertung für meinen kleinen Podcast, damit er wachsen, gedeihen und gefunden werden kann. Fragen an mich? Immer gern her damit. Hier oder auf meinen Instagram-Accounts: *Aliki_Tsiantoulas und/oder *PodcastAlikiinNeuseeland Dort gibt's auch Fotos und Videos zu meinen hier geteilten Geschichten (und mehr...) Wenn Ihr Schmuckliebhaber seid oder Eure Liebste/Liebsten gern beschenkt, könnt Ihr natürlich auch immer gern in meinem Etsy-Shop vorbeischauen: "Aliki in Neuseeland" https://www.etsy.com/de/shop/alikiinnewzealand --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/aliki7/message

Our most lighthearted case yet! Andi talks to Ayla about George Wilder, a prison escapee. He was first sent to New Plymouth prison in 1961 for burglaries, thefts and car conversions. In 1962 at age 25 he escaped by climbing the prison wall and escaping into the country and was caught 65 days later. He was transferred to Mount Eden prison and had an extra 3 years added to his 4-year sentence. 6 months later, he escaped again, despite patrols every 30 minutes in his unit. He used hacksaw blades and a homemade key which he got from other inmates, cutting the lock from his door before going around the unit and asking if anyone else wanted to escape. George and 3 prisoners escaped to the yard and then used sheet ropes to lower themselves down the prison wall. The 3 prisoners were caught a few days later, but George was not caught for 172 days. By this time, he had both national and international coverage. He survived by breaking into people's homes, eating their food and then leaving them thank you notes. Once caught, his new sentence was 13 years, longer than what most murderers were getting. However, he managed to escape again! With two other prisoners and a sawn-off shotgun, George kidnapped a prison warden and took him to a house 1.5km away, taking the people inside the house captive too. 3 hours later George was caught. He was released on 20th June 1969.HELPFUL LINKS:Check out George's song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwOV6N2_RsY Support the showListener discretion is advised, our content will not be for everyone.Music by Kyle Hsieh

A native Californian, Jeffrey Patterson graduated from U.C. Berkeley in 1975 with a degree in biology. While in Berkeley, he witnessed and participated in the emergence of northern California's fine wine and food culture. An enthusiastic wine drinker and collector, Jeffrey decided to pursue a career in the wine business and, in 1979, enrolled in the U.C. Davis viticulture and enology program, where he studied for two years. In 1981, Patterson became assistant winemaker at Mount Eden Vineyards. He had visited the Santa Cruz Mountain winery in 1978 and believed Mount Eden, with its long history of fine wine production, would be an ideal place to practice his craft. Today, with over 30 years' experience at California's original boutique winery, Jeffrey and Ellie Patterson live in the house Martin Ray built on Mount Eden in the early 1950s, surrounded by the winery's historic estate vineyard and a panoramic view of the now-famous Silicon Valley. Find out more about Mount Eden Vineyards at https://www.mounteden.com.

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The number of inmates infected with Covid has doubled in just a few days inside the country's only privately run prison. There's now 109 inmates who are positive at the Auckland South Corrections Facility - run by Serco. That's up from 50 on Friday. There's also two cases at the Mount Eden jail. Joining us now is Corrections' Deputy National Commissioner Leigh Marsh.

Althea Stevens, who represents Claremont, Concourse, Concourse Village, Highbridge, Morris Heights, Mount Eden, Morrisania in The Bronx, discusses the need to address mental health and provide other resources to young New Yorkers and their families. This interview was conducted by students in CUNY Lehman College's Department of Journalism & Media Studies, in partnership with City Limits.

Pierina Ana Sánchez represents the north Bronx neighborhoods of Kingsbridge, Fordham, University Heights, Mount Eden and Mount Hope. Sánchez, who was just appointed as chair of the Council's powerful housing and buildings committee, talks about her plans on affordable housing, NYCHA, and gentrification. This interview was conducted by students in CUNY Lehman College's Department of Journalism & Media Studies, in partnership with City Limits.

Public health teams having more background information could've made a difference in the deaths of two Covid patients.An independent review panel found the deaths earlier this month were potentially preventable.The first was a person living in Manukau and the second in Mount Eden.Both were living alone at the time.Northern Region Health Coordination Centre lead Margie Apa told Heather du Plessis-Allan the cases were delegated to teams outside the region and didn't have access to underlying health issues.“So as public health units don't have access to our regional clinical system, so they couldn't go in and have a look.”LISTEN ABOVE

A prisoner from Mount Eden jail is in hospital under guard after becoming ill with Delta, and two others with the virus are in quarantine at the prison. Corrections says all three of the prisoners were infected separately outside of the jail and there has been no spread within the facility. It says prisons are following strict protocols with new arrivals essentially isolated in bubbles for the first 14 days before joining the general prison population, with both staff and prisoners supplied PPE. There have been six Covid cases in our jails since the pandemic started and right now about 65 percent of inmates across the country have had their first Pfizer shot. Corrections Chief Custodial Officer, Neil Beales explains what's happening with the three infected inmates. At level 3, prisoners cannot have face to face visitors. Work-to-release programmes and face to face rehab programmes are suspended.

The Hauraki district mayor is disappointed the family are already getting abuse from some members of the community after testing positive for Covid-19. The man who tested positive was released from Mount Eden prison, to a home in Whakatiwai in the Firth of Thames to a family of eight. Mayor Toby Adams told reporter Charlotte Cook he won't be surprised the cases have spread into the wider region.

Cabinet Ministers will meet today to decide if any part of the country is ready to change Alert Levels. Tamaki Makaurau remains at Level 4 until at least midnight Tuesday, and the rest of the country is at Level 2. Yesterday there were 20 new community cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number in the outbreak to 922, but 34 of those cases still have no known link to the original outbreak, raising fears there may be unknown chains of transmission. In Auckland, seven suburbs will be the focus of increased surveillance testing this week as health officials look to crack the mystery Covid cases. Testing will centre on Mount Eden, Massey, Papatoetoe, Otara, Mangere, Favona and Manurewa. Lynn speaks with Covid-19 modeller, Professor Michael Plank from the University of Canterbury.

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The Mayor is on the line and i tēnei ata he's talking to Rachel about the Mount Eden pōhutukawa re-protection, the possible pedestrianisation of Queen St, and the pest-free Auckland campaign. Whakarongo mai! 

A big pōhutakawa in the Auckland suburb of Mount Eden is at risk after the council left it off its protected tree schedule. The community petitioning the authority to protect the century-old native is calling for the mistake to be fixed. Carmina Blewett reports.

Amoy and Althea are joined by Vanessa L. Gibson, candidate for Bronx Borough President.  About Vanessa L. Gibson  Council Member Vanessa L. Gibson proudly represents the 16th District of the Bronx, including the Claremont, Claremont Village, Concourse, Concourse Village, Highbridge, Mount Eden, Morrisania and Morris Heights communities and was first elected to this position on November 5, 2013.  Council Member Gibson was re-elected to the City Council in November of 2017 and is currently serving in her second and final term.  

We are happy to celebrate our podcast's 15th anniversary this week! News You Can Use and Pass On! We have lots of news and awards information to share this week: The Genealogy Guys Podcast and Vivid-Pix announced the winner of the Unsung Heroes Society Grant for scanning equipment and software. It is the Morgan County Partnership in Martinsville, Indiana. They won a scanner and software worth $500! This win will enable then to scan and index much more before their bicentennial in 2022. See our blog for all the details. The Genealogy Guys Podcast and Vivid-Pix announced the winner of the Unsung Heroes Awards. The Individual Winner is Rosemary McFarland of Mount Eden, Kentucky, for her vast work on a wide variety of Kentucky records. The Society Winner is the Eller Family Society for its digitization of decades of their newsletters and chronicles and many other materials. The Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park announced that park volunteer Pat Rand was awarded the Regional Hartzog Award for 2020 for her work on the U.S.-Mexican War Soldiers and Sailors Database. The Federation of Genealogical Societies held its virtual conference on 9/2-4, 2020. They announced a wide range of awards. You can read the full press release in our blog at http://blog.genealogyguys.com/2020/09/federation-of-genealogical-societies.html. FamilySearch has announced RootsTech Connect 2021: A Free Global Virtual Event on February 25-27, 2021. Registration is open at rootstech.org. MyHeritage has announced that their search engine for historical records has been redesigned. It makes searching their treasure trove of 12.5 billion records easier and more intuitive. Read more about that at their blog at https://blog.myheritage.com/2020/08/the-myheritage-search-engine-for-historical-records-just-got-better/ and many other topics. Ancestry will provide for up to 10,000 K-12 teachers across the USA a free 6-month World Explorer subscription. The deadline to apply is September 30, 2020. Ancestry has completed digitization of archives featuring 19 million Holocaust records. They are available free and in perpetuity as part of the Arolsen Archives Collection. Findmypast has added new records to the Wales Probate Index (1544-1858); the Caernarvonshire Parish Registers; Denbighshire Burials; Montgomeryshire Monumental Inscriptions; Scotland, Burgess & Guild Brethren Index; and Scotland, Banffshire & Moray Life Events. Dick Eastman, author of the weekly update for the Plus Edition of Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter, has announced that the newsletter is now offline for a variety of reliability problems. However, he is working with professionals to create a new Plus Edition website and hopes to have the newsletter back up very soon. FamilySearch has partnered with Ontario Ancestors to announce a new book scanning project. They hope to commence the project before the end of 2020. Drew recaps the huge new and expanded collections at FamilySearch. The Guys also talk about what they have been doing with their own genealogy. We'd like to welcome and thank our new Patreon members. Your Patreon support helps us improve our technology and provide even more podcast content to you! You can join us for as little as $1 a month or as much as you'd like to contribute. Visit https://www.patreon.com/genealogyguys to get started. You should also tell your friends or your society about our free podcasts, our free blog, and our Genealogy Guys Learn subscription education website.

More than a quarter of Kiwi kids think reading is a waste of time and more than half only bother if they have to. Would you visit Mount Eden prison if it was a museum? Small towns are often forgotten by the rest of New Zealand - perhaps seen as not having much to offer, or being too far from the beaten track to visit.

Would you visit Mount Eden prison if it was a museum? There are calls to turn it into one - Author and local politician Sandra Coney joins The Panel to discuss.

Historian Mark Derby's latest book Rock College - an unofficial history of Mount Eden Prison. Known as 'The Rock' the imposing Victorian fortress-style building incarcerated those found guilty for more than 150 years, the site of 36 executions, including New Zealand's last hanging in 1957. Old fashioned and out-dated long before it finally closed in 2011, it's survived by stories, myths and legends. Mark discusses tells some of them to Kathryn Ryan.

In 1856, on the lower slopes of Mt Eden - a wooden stockade was built to house the overflowing at the Queen Street Goal. Sixteen of the most troublesome prisoners were transferred to the stockade in September 1856. Three of these men were serving a life sentence, one for stabbing a ship captain in the Bay of Islands, one for rape in the Auckland suburb of Newmarket, and one for killing a Maori with a piece of wood in Chancery Lane, a street in Auckland. In 1865, completion of a new building on the site allowed the now decrepit Queen Street Goal to be demolished. Using mostly prison labour, construction continued, expanding the facilities further. By the mid 1870s, prisoners had completed the outer stone wall, the wall that still stands today. In 1882, prisoners began excavation work on a building; Mount Eden Prison was officially opened in 1888. Visit www.truecrimenz.com for additional information on this case. Including a transcript of this episode, with supporting pictures, sources, and credits.

Austin Beeman explores the beautiful Mount Eden Vineyards in the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA.  Sipping Pinot Noir at 2300 feet of elevation with an epic view of San Jose and Silicon Valley.  Watching vineyard dogs eat experimental grapes directly off the vine.  Seeing the original barrel room. This is an edited collection of Austin Beeman's vertical Tik Tok videos taken at the Mount Eden Vineyards property in September 2019. www.austinbeeman.com *** Kalon by extenz https://soundcloud.com/extenz Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported  — CC BY 3.0  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... Music promoted by Music for Creators https://youtu.be/nja6GXVXpFw

The Subway Emergency Brake Saboteur 72 years ago on May 29, 1947 — United Flight 521 crashes during takeoff from LaGuardia Airport Airbnb and New York City Reach a Truce on Home-Sharing Data The city's number of measles cases have flattened out in data this week showing just 12 new cases since May 20th and 54 new cases in the month of May. This brings the total number of cases observed during the current outbreak to 535 within the city and 940 cases nationwide in 2019. As of May 24, there have been 122 summonses issued to individuals for failing to comply with the city health commissioner's public health emergency plan introduced in April, which required everyone within affected zip codes to show proof of vaccination. Although new cases have been seen in Sunset Park outside the initial Williamsburg cluster, the health commissioner is confident that the high vaccination rates in Sunset Park will prevent the disease from spreading. 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Back in the summer of 2018, a start-up company named Revel brough electric mopeds to the streets of Brooklyn, and this week, Revel announced they will be adding 1,000 more mopeds to their rental fleet. 100 years ago on June 2, 1919 — A bomb explodes outside a judge's home at 151 East 61st Street, killing a night watchman 143 years ago on June 1, 1876 — The Transcontinental Express leaves the New York area to attempt a record-breaking coast-to-coast train trip 4 years ago on May 29, 2015: One World Observatory opens at the top of One World Trade Center A Great Big City has been running a 24-hour newsfeed since 2010, but the AGBC News podcast is just getting started, and we need your support. A Great Big City is built on a dedication to explaining what is happening and how it fits into the larger history of New York, which means thoroughly researching every topic and avoiding clickbait headlines to provide a straightforward, honest, and factual explanation of the news. 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Bounded by Burnside Avenue and Grand Concourse, Devanney Triangle opened as a small sitting park with a series of walkways, 12 benches, and 15 decorative trees and greenery, encompassed by a pipe rail fence. Parks Events City beaches opened last weekend, and now the countdown begins to the opening day of city's public pools. In one month, The Parks Department's free outdoor pools will open on Thursday, June 27. The city's 53 free pools will be open from 11am to 7pm, and the Parks Department even provides learn-to-swim programs and free sunscreen! 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Find more fun things to do at agreatbigcity.com/events. Did you know? New York was the most populous state until the 1960s, and is now the fourth-most-populous state, behind California, Texas, and Florida Weather The extreme highs and lows for this week in weather history: Record High: 99°F on June 4, 1925 Record Low: 42°F on May 30, 1884 Weather for the week ahead: Rain through Thursday, with high temperatures rising to 84°F on Saturday. Thanks for listening to A Great Big City. Follow along 24 hours a day on social media @agreatbigcity or email contact@agreatbigcity.com with any news, feedback, or topic suggestions. Subscribe to AGBC News wherever you listen to podcasts: iTunes, Google Play, or Spotify, TuneIn Radio, Overcast, or listen to each episode on the podcast pages at agreatbigcity.com/podcast. If you enjoy the show, subscribe and leave a review wherever you're listening and visit our podcast site to see show notes and extra links for each episode. 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Nova Perrill is our guest today on California Wine Country with Steve Jaxon and Dan Berger. He is the winemaker at Foppiano Vineyards. (The owner and CEO of Foppiano Vineyards were on CWC last August, here is the podcast page of that episode.) Nova Perrill tells how he took a Crop Science degree at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo then he got hired at Mount Eden, where he learned winemaking and viticulture and where he was as likely to be on a tractor as making wine. It was in the Santa Clara Valley. Dan says that Santa Clara Valley had some vineyards back then but today it is mostly homes. Paul Masson played a critical role in California viticulture. For one thing, he hired Martin Ray. He was instrumental in label laws. We had adopted French names but they didn’t apply to us, as our appellations and micro-climates are different. He thought that they needed their own names. Dan Berger says the first wineries in Sonoma County were in the early 1970s. In the ‘90s when Nova got to Sonoma, they were still stuck on five varietals and since then a lot has happened. Nova Perrill's first vintage was 2004. He was part of a class of winemakers that were in the middle of the second Renaissance, as Dan described it. In the 80s and 90s, winemaking skills were rare and winemakers would find work as consultants in a lot of places. Nova describes the location of the vineyard, in Sonoma County. They are the oldest Sauvignon Blanc vines in Sonoma County. He has the option of finding fruit that favors each of the two main flavor profiles of SV, grassy or tropical flavors. Foppiano Vineyards was founded in 1896 by Giovanni Foppiano. It’s one of Sonoma County’s longest continuously operating vineyards. Every winery is assigned a bonded winery number. They are bonded winery 312, the 312th one opened in California. Next they taste a 2017 Chardonnay. It’s from the Russian River, right off the estate. He describes the location. They are planting Barbera there. This is the last vintage of Chardonnay from there. Dan finds lime flavors and traces of new oak in it. They only made 49 cases of it and it is available at the tasting room. Nova learned not to be afraid of barrel fermentation and ML, and not to overdo it; “balance is everything.” They taste a Cabernet that Dan says this is more like the ones of the 1960s. It is a 1981 so will have some brown color, and more after an hour. They have a new mural out in front, to commemorate the original storefront that they had there. There is an avocado tree that is famous throughout Sonoma County. It produces thousands of avocados. There is a 100-year-old barn and much more. They are open seven days a week and Nova describes it as a diamond in the rough. They don’t to a lot of advertising. Dan notes that sparkling red wine is really hard to make.

It’s time to give Central Coast Syrah its due. Not only does it produce age worthy wines, but you’ll find a wide variety of styles and regions to explore. Wine discussed:  5:48 Stolpman 2017 Syrah So Hot Syrah (Ballard Canyon) 13:52 Samuel Louis Smith 2016 Sandstone Terrace Syrah (Santa Cruz Mountains) 17:25 Joyce 2016 Tondre Grapefield Syrah (Santa Lucia Highlands) Transcript Jameson Fink:  Welcome to Wine Enthusiast's What We're Tasting Podcast. I'm your host, Jameson Fink. Join we as we discuss three fantastic wines, and why each one belongs in your glass. This episode I'm exploring Syrah, from California's Central Coast with contributing editor Matt Kettman, who covers and reviews wines from the region. What We're Tasting is sponsored by Vivino. Vivino is the world's largest online wine marketplace, powered by a community of 30 million wine drinkers who use The Vino app to engage with 2 million wines (including Central Coast Syrah from California) every single day.  So when it comes to the top grape, the top dog in California, especially with red wine, everyone wants to talk about Cabernet. It's the wine people collect, it's the one that can age, it's the one that gets the most love, and press, and it's well-loved for a reason. It's a famous, famous grape. But I think we're giving short shrift to Syrah. it's underrated, it's versatile, and it also belongs in your cellar. So Matt, you have recently made the case for Central Coast Syrah, the area that you cover, as being age worthy. Can you talk about sort of your awakening with Syrah as a grape that is age worthy? Matt Kettman: Yeah, of course. I've loved Syrah since I started liking wine. I've always found it to be kind of one of the more interesting wines out there. And it was actually one of the first wines where I was in a tasting room, I read a note that said "cracked pepper", and I actually smelled cracked pepper. So I was like, "Wow, this isn't all completely made up. There's some truth to these tasting notes." Jameson Fink: Of course, they're completely objective. Matt Kettman:Of course, yes. So that really kind of turned my head not just for Syrah, but for wine in general. This is obviously a dozen or so years ago at this point. So that really kinda made me interested in Syrah. And then over the years I've been lucky enough to try some older vintages from people like Bob Lindquist at Qupe, he's been making single variety Syrah since the 1980s, and doing it really well. And then more recently, a couple things happened. One, I did a long vintage flight with Joey Tensley of Tensley Wines, and we tried every vintage he'd ever made from Colson Vineyard, which is this really remote spot in Northern Santa Barbara County. And they were all phenomenal, and not in ways that you would necessarily expect. Some of the older vintages tasted younger than some of the more recent ones, so it was really kind of eye-opening in that regard. And it also showed how Syrah can really speak of a specific place, and do so while also referring to that year's, the vintage's characteristics as well. And then a little while ago, couple months ago, I had been up at Hospice du Rhône and and tried zillions of different Syrahs and other Rhône varieties from around the world and the region. And I came home, and was hanging out with a buddy in my garage, which is kind of a defacto tasting den of sorts. And we popped open this bottle, this was pretty late at night, but we popped open this bottle of 1987 Qupe from Bien Nacido Vineyard, and we tasted it and we were both like, "This is maybe the best wine we've ever had in our lives." And I actually posted that to Instagram. And people were very not so much surprised, but they were surprised that I would say something like that I guess so publicly. Jameson Fink: Yeah. Matt Kettman: But also that somehow Syrah was up there. And I wasn't really surprised at all, because I had been tasting older Syrahs for a while. And I try to seek out old stuff as much as possible. But it was really just this phenomenal wine that you kept coming back to. And it really had developed beyond secondary and tertiary notes. There were just a lot of kind of crazy flavors and textures going on that were really memorable. Jameson Fink: Yes, I went back and stalked your Instagram, and I saw that post. Your quote is, "Very possibly the best wine I've ever had." And then two of the responses are, "That is quite a statement." "Bold statement." Matt Kettman: Right. No, and I wasn't, I stand by that statement. It was a phenomenal wine. And you know, it was obviously properly cellared and all of that, so it was kept well. You know, I don't know it was kind of mind blowing, which is funny. A lot of people have that happen with crazy old Burgundy, or some Chateau Margaux from 1954 or whatever. But for me it was just a simple 1987 Syrah from Bien Nacido Vineyard, and it was awesome. I taste a lot of great Pinot Noir, so when people ask me what my favorite grape is I usually have to say, "Well, I taste a lot of great Pinot Noir from this region." 'Cause we have that. But Syrah is still kind of my, you know that's the one that ... My heart goes out to Syrah I guess. It's had a lot of struggles over the years. It's been a little bit too widely planted, probably in regions where it doesn't do as well. But I love, especially cool climate Syrah. Stuff that comes from really coastal regions, I think it brings out a lot of the kind of inherent uniqueness to the grape where you start to get these really kind of gamey, meaty flavors. But you also get a lot of the pretty purple flower aromatics too. So I don't know, there's just a lot in Syrah that's there to love. And those flavors and aromas really develop over time as it sits in your cellar. Jameson Fink: Yeah, when you say there's a lot of Syrah, that first one I wanted to talk about was pretty much just for that reason. It's the Stolpman 2017 Syrah So Hot Syrah from Ballard Canyon, 92 points. And it's a wine made without sulfur, a natural wine. And you talk about chilling it down. I'm just wondering, are you tasting a lot more wines like that with no sulfur added, or minimal sulfur and the kind of light weight Syrah that you do wanna put a chill on and enjoy in an ice bucket? Matt Kettman: I'm starting to see more, I guess you'd call them kind of sessionable reds. Lighter reds. They're not all Syrah by any means. Some are Syrah. Ones that you would wanna put a chill on. They do tend to be Rhône varieties, or Cab Franc can kind of show up that way as well. But I've had some Cinsaults recently that were really light, and sessionable I guess. So I am starting to see that. As far as the natural wine movement goes, you know, there's a lot of people, especially in Santa Barbara County, but in other parts of the Central Coast that have always used kind of minimally effective sulfur. So they've never been big on adding too much. I don't see, I know there are a few brands that do it. I don't see a lot of all natural wine branding here, or brands here. There are some, but for the most part people are, I don't know, I guess professional about making their wines here. And they'll put a little sulfur in there to make sure it lasts. What's great about this Stolpman wine was that they tried to do it a different way. So they actually fermented it carbonically for the most part, which is to stay in a closed container without oxygen and without crushing the berries. So their Syrahs tend to be pretty rich and sumptuous, and thick. And that's because they get pretty warm days in Ballard Canyon and it makes the skins thicker, so that will lead to kind of a thicker wine during the fermentation. So for this one, they wanted to make something fresher. So if you ferment it carbonically the juice starts to ferment inside the berries, so you get less skin tan and extraction. So you can make this kind of lighter, fresher wine. And that's what they did. And to keep that freshness, they decided not to add sulfur. I think it was partially kind of an experiment to see how it would go. But it makes this really light, lovely, fresh wine, that really I think does deserve a bit of a chill to properly experience it. It's funny, I was trying to remember where we were, but now I do. We were at the World of Pinot Noir this past March. And the guys from the Stolpman team were walking around with a chilled bottle of this Syrah as kind of an antidote to some of the Pinot. So if you think about it in that way, using Syrah as a refresher for a bunch of Pinot, it kind of goes to show how light and refreshing this particular bottling is. Jameson Fink: Yeah, I was impressed, I was reading your review, and you actually called the aromas joyous. "It's a joyous wine." Matt Kettman: Yeah, I use that when it's, it almost means kind of juicy, or I'll also use the word playful from time to time. It just kind of means it smells like a fun wine. Smells like a wine that you wanna hang out with for the afternoon. And I think it's reflective of sunshine, and kind of that warmth during the growing season leads to some riper flavors. And especially, you know, when a wine's released that young, they bottled that in January. So for a red wine, that's pretty crazy to have it on the market at all at this point. But to have it on the market as early as March and February, right after harvest, it's gonna be just by design extremely lively, and really primary on the palate. It's not the most complex wine in the world, and I think my note kind of eludes to that. It's pretty ... I don't wanna say simple, 'cause that makes it seem kind of demeaning. But it's a light, fresh, fruity wine. And I think as much, for many decades, people have been trying to make these really rich, and layered, and deep wines. And they still do. But it's nice to have another choice in your arsenal there for something that maybe you have with lunch. You can have red wine with lunch and it's not too much. And you can enjoy that and go back to work, and not have to worry about it. 'Cause it's a lighter wine. Jameson Fink: I like the life you live, your lunch life. Matt Kettman: That's right, yeah. Jameson Fink: But I like also you say, "Get it cold and chill out." That's literally the last sentence in the review. I think that's actually, well chilling out is good advice for everyone when appropriate. But get it cold, I think not even just with a wine like this, but I come across wines at restaurants and things like that, the red wines are just way too warm. Matt Kettman: Yeah, and that's kind of the mantra I've heard for the typical American serving practice is that our whites are typically a little too cold in a restaurant, and then the reds are typically too warm. I think that's changing a lot in the last few years, especially as wine has become such a major part of our culture, and Sommeliers are in every single restaurant you go to. So I think there's a little bit more knowledge on that front. But yeah, that is something that I think people tend to forget even when serving at home is that those red wines should be served kind of at cellar temperature, which is not room temperature. It's a little bit more cold. And really you can just throw it in the fridge for 10 minutes and pull it out and you're gonna be probably at a more optimal space than if you just serve it too warm. Jameson Fink: Yeah, I've kinda talked about this concept earlier, but if you can just buy two bottles of any red wine, the same red wine, and put one in the fridge for 20 minutes and serve the other one at room temperature, it's pretty astonishing the differences in the wine, and what flavors poke out. Alcohol dominates for things like that. It's a pretty simple exercise that anyone can do with just two $10 bottles of red wine. You can have it be a little parlor game, and serve it to your friends and say, "Which wine do you like better?" And then be like, "Aha, it's the same wine." Matt Kettman: Right. Yeah. And sometimes chilling it, it'll hide certain flavors, but it's not like it's hiding the bad flavors. It's just allowing other flavors to stand out a little bit more. And in the case of this Stolpman, it allows those crisper fresh fruit flavors to stand out away from maybe some of the warmer, riper aspects. So it's I don't know, I wouldn't chill all, I wouldn't put a big chill on big Cabs, or anything like that. Because you do kind of want, when they're these kind of lush wines, you do wanna experience those full waves of lush-ness. But you know, for a wine like this, it's just great to have a red wine option that you can drink on a sunny day. Sunshine and red wine are not necessarily the best of friends. But chill it down, and they can be buddies. Jameson Fink: That's right. Summer, it's not just for white wine and rosé . I want to shift gears from this really unique Syrah in Ballard Canyon to move onto the Santa Cruz Mountains. And that's a region that's always been kind of, I've never been there, but kind of magical to me, just because some of my favorite wine drinking experiences have been drinking the wines of Mount Eden there. The Cabernet, the Chardonnay, and the Pinot Noir. But I actually hadn't heard of Syrah from the Santa Cruz Mountains, so that's why I wanted to talk about the second wine that Samuel Lewis Smith 2016 Sandstone Terrace Syrah from the Santa Cruz Mountains, 94 points, Editor's Choice. What's your experience with Syrah in the Santa Cruz Mountains? Matt Kettman: Sam Smith, the winemaker there, he started actually down in Santa Barbara County, he worked for Margerum Wine Company down here, which makes a lot of great Rhône wines, now they also make some Pinot and Chardonnay. But he started down here, worked here for a few years, and now he's the winemaker at Morgan Winery, which is actually one of the more famous wineries in the Santa Lucia Highlands, and throughout Monterey. So that's his primary job. And then this is his side label, or his personal label is this Samuel Lewis Smith. So he's really focused on making really I think fairly small batches of really hands-on wine every vintage. So I think in last year's release was really only this Syrah, and then one Pinot Noir that he made from Albatross Ridge which is this other crazy vineyard above Carmel Valley. By anyways, so he's really kind of adept at finding these sites that have not yet been used. So he was able to find some Syrah from there. And it's an excellent wine. Like you thought, there's not a lot of it out there. Another great example of Syrah from Santa Cruz Mountains would be Big Basin, which is a fairly well-known brand. It's not a big brand, but it's fairly well-known. And they're at the top of the Santa Cruz Mountains. And that's where the proprietor there, Bradley Brown grows, he grows a lot of Syrah. Really at the top of the Santa Cruz Mountains, surrounded by redwood trees. Santa Cruz Mountains is mostly dominated on the coastal side by Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, and then on the more inland side by Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and some of the Bordeaux varieties like Cab. Just like what Mount Eden does. They kinda nail the three main ones. Jameson Fink: Yeah, and do you see this wine, the Samuel Lewis Smith as one you wanna hold for a few years, or more than a few years in your cellar? Or crack it open now? Or works both ways? Matt Kettman: You know, I think like you suggested buying two bottles of any wine and doing the cool trick. You should also buy two or three bottles of every wine and drink one now, and drink one in five years, and drink one in ten years. Then you're really gonna get to taste the life of the wine. I do recall that wine having a really solid amount of structure, whereas the Stolpman was much more of, like I said, joyous fun wine to really chill down and drink right now. I believe the Samuel Lewis Smith wines will hold for quite a long time. You know, it's just a really well-made wine. And it has the acidity to keep it alive, and then some tannins to kind of hold it up too. So I think that one's gonna last quite awhile. But it is quite delicious now. So I would be remiss in not advising you to drink at least one of the bottles as soon as you get it. Jameson Fink: We gotta open up a retail wine shop where I'm like, "Buy two bottles," and you're saying, "Oh, buy at least three." Everyone's gonna be walking out of there with at least a case. And then of course you'd get a case discount too. Matt Kettman: That's right. Yeah. Yeah, we'd be good at that. Jameson Fink: We'll have to talk about that offline. Matt Kettman: Yeah. Jameson Fink: And I did hear you mention the Santa Lucia Highlands, so for the third wine, for a third Central Coast Syrah, I chose the Joyce 2016, hopefully I'm saying this right Joyce 2016 Tondre Grapefield Syrah, 91 points, editor's choice. What can you tell me about this Syrah as far as where it fits in with the Samuel Lewis Smith, or is it more of its own unique expression? Matt Kettman: You know, the way it fits in with Samuel Lewis Smith is that like the Santa Cruz Mountains not having that much Syrah, the Santa Lucia Highlands do not have that much Syrah either. You get so much more money for Pinot Noir from regions that are known for Pinot Noir than you do for Syrah. Most places that had Syrah have ripped it out and replanted Pinot. But there are still a few Syrah plantings left. And there's actually some I think smart vineyards that are actually putting in a little bit more Syrah in the Santa Lucia Highlands right now. But overall it's declined quite a bit over the years. I was looking it up earlier today, I couldn't actually find anyone else that made a Syrah from Tondre Grapefield. So I get the sense that Russell Joyce, who's the winemaker for his family winery, Joyce Cellars, I get the sense that he might take it all and make it all. And he must get a fair price for it, because I think that bottle's only like $25 or so. Which for a wine, any wine from the Santa Lucia Highlands, that's a pretty good price. And that wine is also kinda actually fits a little bit in between the Stolpman and the Sam Smith wines, in the sense that it is really ... I remember it being very fresh and vibrant, but also it had a little more structure than maybe the Stolpman did. So I think it's a nice kinda fit in between there. Joyce Cellars is kinda one of the, there's this kind of new guard of Monterey County wine makers, and Russell Joyce, who's I think only in his mid-30s, younger guy. But he's taking the label that I believe his father founded, and he's really kinda upping the quality level, putting more of a younger, hipper vibe to the labels, a little more colorful, a little less old school. And then he's really ambitious about betting on, especially the Carmel Valley. So he and his wife took over this property right in the middle of Carmel Valley. And developed their new tasting room, they put another tasting room in there. Chesta Rosa Winery is also in this spot. And then they built something, I believe it's called the Wine House, something like that. And it's essentially a, I believe it's a wine bar/retail shop/small restaurant. And outside of it are bocce ball courts, and lounge chairs, and all this kind of outdoor fun. And it's right in the middle of Carmel Valley. So the Joyce family really paid for all that, and are kind of betting on that region. So they make wines, they make a lot of Santa Lucia Highland wines, but they also make some Carmel Valley wines. And they're keeping it kind of fun. So this Syrah really fits right into that program.  They're also doing, they do a Gamay wine, which is really cool. And they do a Rose of Gamay I believe. So they're exploring varieties that are really kind of more or less brand new to Monterey County at this point. Or maybe they were there many, many decades ago, and now they're back again like Gamay. Jameson Fink: Yeah, and I'd also be remiss if I didn't mention you wrote up a nice little exploration of the Santa Lucia Highlands if you're a wine tourist, where to go, where to taste, all kinds of things. That's Exploring California's Santa Lucia Highlands, that's on winemag.com. I haven't been to that area, so I don't know what, you obviously just gave us a nice little slice of what's available there. But is it a region that's exciting for wine tourism, or has a lot of possibilities? What is your take? Matt Kettman: Santa Lucia Highlands is a little bit funny, because Monterey County, the government is very I guess aggressive in protecting the historic farming philosophies, and the farming traditions of Monterey County. So they've made it, and I think that's a good thing. But they've made it very difficult for wineries to open tasting rooms in the region, they've made it very difficult for any kind of real hospitality to emerge in that area. So Santa Lucia Highlands sits above the floor of the Salinas Valley. So there's all these little kind of quaint, but fairly poor farm towns. Like Gonzales, and Greenfield, and places like that, that don't have a lot of hospitality infrastructure. At least not the level of hospitality infrastructure that the modern California wine tourists would expect. So there are a handful of places in the Santa Lucia Highlands that do have tasting rooms, and it's beautiful to visit. You can see almost all the way to Monterey Bay on a clear day. And all the way across the Valley to the Pinnacles National Park. So it's really beautiful. But not a lot of people go there, because there's just not a lot of tourist infrastructure. So that article you mentioned, I spent a little bit of time just kind of explaining what I just explained. But then I also say, "If you really wanna taste a lot of these wines, you really have to go into Carmel by the Sea, or Carmel Valley," where most of the tasting rooms are.  So I think in Carmel by the Sea, there's something like 20 or two dozen tasting rooms. And then the same is true in Carmel Valley, there's like two dozen tasting rooms in a mile stretch of road. So that's if you wanna bang out Santa Lucia Highlands tastings, you're gonna be better off trying to do it in the Carmel Valley or Carmel by the Sea. That said, it's certainly worth a day trip to drive through and check it out. And there's rumors of a potential kind of glamping option that might go in along the Arroyo Seco river. Although, like I said, it's a struggle getting any of those things approved. So that'll take probably a number of years to even get close to construction.  But hopefully I think in the future there'll be some places that come online. I think it'd be a smart place to build something if you could. Maybe the cities around there would be more hospitable to that sort of thing. But right now, your best bet is gonna be staying at a chain hotel or motel in Salinas, or one of those little farm towns around there. Jameson Fink: And finally Matt, we've taken a quick little tour of Syrah around the Central Coast, and just kind of to bring it back full circle, you've recently championed Syrah as age worthy from the Central Coast. We've talked about three totally pretty different, unique wines that different styles, different regions. Syrah in the Central Coast, where do you see it going from here? Do you see it growing, or just more of a thing where there's gonna be producers who just love working with it, it's maybe not their bread and butter, but it's certainly something that they're passionate about? Matt Kettman: You know, I think it depends on which part of the Central Coast. If you look at Stolpman, they're in Ballard Canyon, which is really a small appellation, and it's basically an appellation that was made for Syrah. Syrah is always gonna be really strong there. In other regions I think it's gonna probably play second fiddle for a long time, for the years to come. The one thing I will say, though, is that Syrah, and especially cool climate Syrah is kind of a favorite wine for many winemakers, for many sommeliers, for many wine professionals. People can't get enough of it. So as the American wine customer gets more and more educated over the years, I wouldn't be surprised if you see them shift in that direction too. If you see people who used to like Cab and maybe Pinot Noir shifting to liking this cool climate Syrah. Because it frankly is one of the most interesting wines out there. And once you've gotten used to other varieties of more noble varieties, or these standard varieties that our chocolate, vanilla, strawberry world likes, I think Syrah offers this really nice portal into a whole different wine experience. And when you're talking about throwing some age on those bottles too, it becomes even more interesting. So I don't know. I have high hopes for Syrah. But people have been singing its praises for decades now. So I don't know what's gonna happen. Maybe this'll be the third or fourth rebirth of Syrah in the years to come. But you know, I guess it's like a phoenix. The phoenix of the California wine world. Jameson Fink: Rising from the ashes. Matt Kettman: Keeps rising from its own death. Its own demise. So maybe, I don't know maybe we'll enter a new era of Syrah popularity. I hope so, because I think it's good stuff. Jameson Fink: I agree. You're preaching to the choir here. Well thanks Matt, for joining me and talking about Central Coast Syrah. It's a great journey, great education. And I hope someday to hang out with you in the garage, drinking '87 Qupe. Matt Kettman: Yeah. We'll do it. I'll go track down some more bottles. Jameson Fink: You got a folding chair waiting for me? Matt Kettman: I actually have a vinyl covered couch in my garage now. Jameson Fink: Oh wow, okay. I'm gonna look at flights right after this. Matt Kettman: Yeah, all right. Jameson Fink: Thanks again, Matt. Matt Kettman: Okay, thank you. Jameson Fink: And thank you for listening to the What We're Tasting Podcast. What We're Tasting is sponsored by Vivino, buy the right wine. The wines we talked about this episode were the Stolpman 2017 Syrah So Hot, the Samuel Lewis Smith 2016 Sandstone Terrace, and the Joyce 2016 Tondre Grapefield. 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Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens with God's people and members of God's household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone (Eph 2:19-20). Christ was rejected by men, and it led him to death. And through his death, the foundation was laid for the church to be built. He was the chief cornerstone to which the foundation of the apostles and prophets was later added, and now we Christians, as living stones, are also being built into the same spiritual house, which is the church. As you come to him, the living Stone--rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him—you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ (1 Pet 2:4-5). The Bible contains some stories in which someone becomes a sacrifice in order to build a nation or a city that was once built but destroyed. In a sense, these stories all point to Jesus Christ through whom God’s redemptive work for humanity was done and continues to be done. One of such stories is that of Moses. In Exodus 19, God came done on Mount Sinai with the strong sound of trumpet and fire, and the people witnessed the awesome presence of God in a very special way. It was the beginning of God’s people, a holy nation, a kingdom of priests, Israel. This mountain corresponds to Mount Eden in Genesis, and Mount Zion on which the temple was built. It signifies the axis connecting heaven and earth, the center or the foundation of the world. The following chapters of the book go on to tell how the Law was given as a part of the establishment of the covenant, which would serve as the foundation of the life of God’s people. But in the midst of this process, in chapter 32, they made a golden calf, an image for their God, and began to celebrate a festival for themselves. God became so angry, and decided to destroy them all and start over with the family of Moses. Then, Moses said: Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made themselves gods of gold. But now, please forgive their sin--but if not, then blot me out of the book you have written (Exod 32:31-32). It did not happen right away, but as Moses continued to beseech God to forgive them and that his presence would go with them, he finally said, “I will do the very thing you have asked.” And Moses’ last request was: “Now show me your glory.” This glory was the greatest glory that could be given to men. It was the complete forgiveness of the sins of the world and the resurrection of the dead. Jesus, one time, requested the Father in the same way: “… Father, glorify your name!" Then a voice came from heaven, "I have glorified it, and will glorify it again (John 12:28)." By “… will glorify it again,” the Father meant the resurrection of Jesus. God finally said to Moses: There is a place near me where you may stand on a rock. When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and cover you with my hand until I have passed by. Then I will remove my hand and you will see my back; but my face must not be seen (Exod 33:21-23). “This “rock” was the foundation of Israel, and the cleft was the tomb in which he was to be buried. It is interesting to note that Moses had the two tablets of stone in his hands. It is worth meditating upon this because a great truth is hidden in it. Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes (Rom 10:4).