Summary: <a class="a2a_button_facebook a2a_counter" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Ftastingroomradio.com%2Fmay-6th-2017%2F&linkname=May%206th%2C%202017-%20Naramata%20Bench%20pour%20new%20releases%21" title="Facebook" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_button_twitter" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/twitter?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Ftastingroomradio.com%2Fmay-6th-2017%2F&linkname=May%206th%2C%202017-%20Naramata%20Bench%20pour%20new%20releases%21" title="Twitter" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http%3A%2F%2Ftastingroomradio.com%2Fmay-6th-2017%2F&title=May%206th%2C%202017-%20Naramata%20Bench%20pour%20new%20releases%21"></a><br> Eight winemakers/owners from The Naramata Bench pour on the Coast and a brief interview with the legendary culinary star Jeremiah Tower (Chez Panisse/Stars)<br> <br> <br> The SHOW<br> <br> Some wine fans consider the drive down the Naramata Bench one of the best anywhere.<br> You have wineries on both sides of the road. Some above and some below the road.<br> At the bottom of the slope is the blue jewel known as Okanagan Lake. Crisscrossing the road is what’s left of the old Kettle Valley Rail Line..now a famous bike and walking path.<br> <br> <br> You’re surrounded by rows and rows of vines, orchards, beautiful wineries, restaurants and Sun for days.<br> Spring truly has arrived when The Naramata Bench wineries po ur their new releases for their many fans on the coast. Here’s the guest list:<br> <br> Anthony Buree – GM Therapy Vineyards <a href="http://therapyvineyards.com/">http://therapyvineyards.com/</a><br> Kathy Malone – Winemaker Hillside Winery <a href="http://www.hillsideestate.com/">http://www.hillsideestate.com/</a><br> Gavin Miller – Winemaker Upper Bench Winery (and Creamery) <a href="http://www.upperbench.ca/">http://www.upperbench.ca/</a><br> Valeria Tait – Chief Winemaker Bench 1775 <a href="http://www.bench1775.com/">http://www.bench1775.com/</a><br> Jeff Martin – Owner/Chief Winemaker La Frenz Winery <a href="http://www.lafrenzwinery.com/">http://www.lafrenzwinery.com/</a><br> Will Hardman – Winemaker Deep Roots Winery <a href="http://www.deeprootswinery.com/">http://www.deeprootswinery.com/</a><br> Garron Elmes – Winemaker Lake Breeze (Small Winery of the Year) <a href="https://lakebreeze.ca/">https://lakebreeze.ca/</a><br> Bob Tennant – Co-Owner Terra Vista Winery <a href="https://www.terravistavineyards.com/">https://www.terravistavineyards.com/</a><br> All the info you need from the artists who craft Naramata Bench Wines.<br> <a href="http://www.naramatabench.com">www.naramatabench.com</a><br> <br> <br> Jeremiah Tower – The Last Magnificent<br> The new Documentary that opening this weekend – JEREMIAH TOWER: THE LAST MAGNIFICENT -explores the remarkable life of Jeremiah Tower, one of the most controversial and influential figures in the history of American gastronomy.<br> Tower began his career at the renowned Chez Panisse in Berkeley in 1972, becoming a pioneering figure in the emerging California cuisine movement. After leaving Chez Panisse, due in part to a famously contentious relationship with founder Alice Waters, Tower went on to launch his own legendary Stars Restaurant in San Francisco. Stars was an overnight sensation and soon became one of America’s top-grossing U.S. restaurants.<br> After several years, Tower mysteriously walked away from Stars and then disappeared from the scene for nearly two decades, only to resurface in the most unlikely of places: New York City’s fabled but troubled Tavern on the Green. There, he launched a journey of self-discovery familiar to anyone who has eve...
