Summary: <a class="a2a_button_facebook a2a_counter" href="https://www.addtoany.com/add_to/facebook?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Ftastingroomradio.com%2Foctober-21st-2017-intervinlurethe-fighting-five%2F&linkname=October%2021st%202017-InterVin%2FLure%2FThe%20Fighting%20Five" 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%2Foctober-21st-2017-intervinlurethe-fighting-five%2F&linkname=October%2021st%202017-InterVin%2FLure%2FThe%20Fighting%20Five" title="Twitter" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http%3A%2F%2Ftastingroomradio.com%2Foctober-21st-2017-intervinlurethe-fighting-five%2F&title=October%2021st%202017-InterVin%2FLure%2FThe%20Fighting%20Five"></a><br> InterVin/Lure/The Fighting Five<br> <br> InterVin 2017 – The Gold Medal Rundown with The Wine Diva<br> Chef Ned Bell releases his cookbook book LURE. He wants your attention.<br> The Fighting Five take on The Supreme Court. I couldn’t be happier.<br> <br> <br> THE SHOW <br> <br> Daenna Van Mulligen – The Wine Diva <br> It’s the results of the 2017 Intervin wine awards.<br> <br> 65 wines struck gold at the 2017-18 InterVin International Wine Awards, an intensive three-day blind tasting competition. 1,200 wines from 16 countries judged by a panel of distinguished sommeliers, wine writers and winemakers.<br> “The increase in gold medal winners at this year’s InterVin wasn’t a matter of our standards slipping. The overall wine quality surged, thanks to incredibly strong categories of Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Syrah,” says Christopher Waters, editor of VINES Magazine and head judge of the InterVin International Wine Awards. “InterVin Gold Medals are awarded only those wines judged to be truly exceptional.”<br> <br> Which is why Daenna van Mulligen – The Wine Diva joined me to talk about the Gold Medal Winners.<br> Here are the top 10 wineries from this year’s competition…<br> <br> <br> * Cassini Cellars <br> * Church & State<br> * Wolf Blass<br> * La Frenz<br> * Taylor’s <br> * Nk’Mip<br> * Quails’ Gate<br> * Peller (Niagara)<br> * Inniskillin<br> * Cedar Creek<br> <br> <br> <a href="http://www.winediva.ca">www.winediva.ca</a><br> <a href="http://www.intervin.ca">www.intervin.ca</a><br> <br> Chef Ned Bell LURE. Sustainable Seafood Recipes from the West Coast.<br> <br> Every chef has a cookbook in them. Ned’s was far more than recipes and photos.<br> He’s on a mission.<br> To change our thinking on the World’s oceans and the fish and shell food in them.<br> He is seriously committed to holding restaurants, chefs, governments, industries and all of us accountable.<br> <br> WE are the keepers of this planet and WE must make our living here sustainable.<br> <br> Make no mistake, Ned’s also making sure that when you do buy local and sustainable he’s got the recipes to make the table rock.<br> It’s a really fine book and when you’re thinking about Holiday gifts, this book not only gives the owner all the info to set a great table but reminds them that we must leave the planet and its oceans as we found them for our children.<br> Ned is a force. On today’s show he’s also a leader, a speaker and someone who must be paid attention to.<br> <br> <br> But it’s also a book.. you know, words on paper. Nothing that can harm you.<br> <a href="http://www.figure1publishing.com/book/lure/">http://www.figure1publishing.com/book/lure/</a><br> <a href="http://www.chefsforoceans.com/">http://www.chefsforoceans.com/</a><br> <br>
