Show Introduction and Preview with Executive Producer & Co-Host Andy Harris

SoCal Restaurant Show

Winemaker Paul Warson oversees the operations of Moraga Bel Air, a 16 -acre estate vineyard and winery unusually located in the exclusive Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles. On Saturday, October 26 area wine aficionados will have the very special opportunity to visit the estate from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for a Harvest Boot Camp. It’s a “Crush Course” with Winemaker Paul for an up-close and in-depth look into what makes Moraga Wine so special. Guests will have the rare opportunity to see the vineyards and observe harvest and crush. Reservations are essential and the group size will be limited for the comfort of all guests. Winemaker Paul Warson joins us with all the quaffable details of the October 26th Harvest Boot Camp at Moraga Bel Air.

“After plenty of research and development with flavors from many of our California cultures, Cali Dumpling has deliciously reinvented the dumpling landscape and created an exciting, one-of-a-kind menu. These are dumplings done different and are available frozen online, at select grocery outlets or at their new restaurant in Orange.” The Cali Dumpling restaurant is now open seven days a week in the City of Orange, “featuring delicious organic potstickers with California-inspired sauces!” Proprietor and Chef Allan Tea joins us with all the steaming details.

The Great American Beer Festival held annually in Denver is the premier U.S. beer competition, crowning the finest beverages in over 100 beer and cider styles. Long Beach has an emerging craft beer scene as evidenced by their performance at the Great American this year. The 5-year old Trademark Brewing took home one Gold and one Silver. Ian McCall of ISM Brewing was awarded a Bronze (their first year) for Plough & Harrow in the Saison category. Ian McCall taps the keg on all the Long Beach craft beer happenings.

“Wine Educator and Wine Journalist Maiah Johnson Dunn tells heart-forward stories about New York wine.” She joins us to uncork her varied path to wine and her current duties at the multi-faceted New York Kitchen culinary and beverage education center in Canandaigua, NY, Finger Lakes. “After a 13-year career in experiential and event marketing, Maiah transitioned to the wine and hospitality industry. Her shift began with Chasing Grapeness, an Instagram account turned wine pairing dinner series focused on increasing industry diversity, equity, and inclusion. Following two sold-out dinners in 2020, she started writing about wine and never looked back. Maiah is the Beverage Education Manager at New York Kitchen in Canandaigua, New York, where her focus is building a warm and inviting educational space for everyone. Quarterly she co-teaches a class called DEI Over Wine, which breaks down the concepts of DEI into easily digestible conversations over a glass.”

Our own Chef Andrew Gruel, the menu-maker behind the full-service Calico Fish House (in the Sunset Beach area of Huntington Beach) provides another timely and informative “Ask the Chef” segment where he responds to listeners’ thoughtful inquiries. Chef Andrew has spoken about continuing supply chain concerns negatively impacting the restaurant industry. He is a big proponent of enhancing the domestic supply chain and the benefits therein. Chef Andrew explains.

All of this and heaping helpings of extra deliciousness on this week’s not-to-miss show!