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THE GOOD LIFE with JILL DITMIRE

A 30-minute weekly on-location lifestyle series profiling Midwestern food and wine. Each week The Good Life takes viewers on a culinary tour across Indiana, the Midwest and the world visiting some of today's most talented chefs, exciting restaurants and interesting wineries. Host Jill Ditmire takes viewers into the kitchens of the Midwest’s most talked about restaurants to learn the secrets behind their signature dishes and visits local wineries to taste and discuss their wines. She offers viewers amusing stories and recipes, mini-travelogues of exciting destinations, value wines from the whole world and the opportunity to learn from chefs, wine makers and many others.

 
WHEN?
Saturday
6:30 pm
Wednesday
7:30 pm
WFYI Public Television

 

 

 

 
 
LINKS

 • Episode Descriptions
 • Featured Wines
 • Featured Recipes

 


What is Agri-Tourism?

The main objective of agritourism is to attract visitors to the countryside and to improve the potential income of small farms and rural communities.

Agri-Tourism

 
EPISODE DESCRIPTIONS
Show 703 ..more Visit Starlight Indiana and Learn more about the environment at the Forestry Resource Center View this segment Play Streaming Media
Taste wine and enjoy the fun at Huber Orchard and Winery or Gifts and goodies at the Joe Huber Family Restaurant View this segment Play Streaming Media
Your Neighbor's GardenView this segment Play Streaming Media
Cooking Pasta with a WFYI Viewer View this segment Play Streaming Media
Wine for Pastas View this segment Play Streaming Media
Show 702 ..more Take a trip on the Indiana Uplands Wine Trail View this segment Play Streaming Media
Visit wineries on the Southern half of the trail, French Lick, Winzerwald, Turtle Run and Huber View this segment Play Streaming Media
Cooking dishes with Southern Indiana ingredients View this segment Play Streaming Media
Show 701..more Take a trip on the Indiana Uplands Wine Trail View this segment Play Streaming Media
Visit wineries on the Northern half of the trail, Oliver, Butler and Carousel View this segment Play Streaming Media
Cook with Chef Matt at The Oceanaire in Downtown Indianapolis View this segment Play Streaming Media
Wines for seafood View this segment Play Streaming Media
Show 613 Circle City Grillin’ View this segment Play Streaming Media
VV-2000 Bremerton Langhorne Creek Sauvignon Blanc View this segment Play Streaming Media
More Thrills from the Grille View this segment Play Streaming Media
Christmas Trees View this segment Play Streaming Media
Show 612 Plums, Cherries & Coconuts...Oh My! View this segment Play Streaming Media
Duck, Duck, Dwight! View this segment Play Streaming Media
VV: 2000 Joseph Drouhin Domaine de Vaudon Chablis View this segment Play Streaming Media
Sierra, Cooper & Everything but the Kitchen Sink! View this segment Play Streaming Media
Show 611 Gill on the Grill View this segment Play Streaming Media
Patio Palate Pleasers View this segment Play Streaming Media
Thrilled by the Grill View this segment Play Streaming Media
VV: 1997 Chateau La Commanderie Saint Estephe View this segment Play Streaming Media
Grape Goodies View this segment Play Streaming Media
Show 610 He's not Selfish with his Shellfish View this segment Play Streaming Media
VV-2000 "Hugel" Cuvee Les Amours Pinot Blanc View this segment Play Streaming Media
He's Baaack! View this segment Play Streaming Media
Sommelier with a Difference View this segment Play Streaming Media
An Indy Original View this segment Play Streaming Media
Show 609 Bistro Maestro: Part Deux View this segment Play Streaming Media
Bistro Liste de Vin View this segment Play Streaming Media
VV: 1998 Domaine des Girasols Rasteau View this segment Play Streaming Media
Nouveau Chateau View this segment Play Streaming Media
Show 608 Super Summer Soup! View this segment Play Streaming Media
Groovy Gadgets! View this segment Play Streaming Media
That's a Lotta Strata! View this segment Play Streaming Media
VV: 2000 La Lastra Vernaccia Di San Gimignano View this segment Play Streaming Media
Bistro Maestro! View this segment Play Streaming Media
Show 607 Cooking at the Indianapolis Art Center View this segment Play Streaming Media
VV-1997 Bosco Montepulciano d'Abruzzi Pan View this segment Play Streaming Media
Dishin' with Daina View this segment Play Streaming Media
Betty's Better Bakeware View this segment Play Streaming Media
Berries View this segment Play Streaming Media
Spit Take 2002 View this segment Play Streaming Media
Show 606 Life in the Slow Lane View this segment Play Streaming Media
Honey View this segment Play Streaming Media
A Grape Day at Chateau Harrison View this segment Play Streaming Media
VV-1998 Oliver Leflaive Les Setilles Bourgogne View this segment Play Streaming Media
Dishin' with Daina View this segment Play Streaming Media
Tasty Terroir View this segment Play Streaming Media
Show 605

Wild Winds B & B & B View this segment Play Streaming Media
Simply Satek View this segment Play Streaming Media
Mint View this segment Play Streaming Media
VV - 2000 Feraud-Brunel Cairanne Cotes du Rhone View this segment Play Streaming Media
New Vino from New Zealand View this segment Play Streaming Media

Show 604 Run Turtle, Run View this segment Play Streaming Media
Melons View this segment Play Streaming Media
Dishin' with Daina View this segment Play Streaming Media
VV-2000 Benziger Carneros Chardonnay View this segment Play Streaming Media
Where in the World is Winzerwald? View this segment Play Streaming Media
Show 603 It's all Keen-O at Deano's Vino View this segment Play Streaming Media
Harvest Moon Farm View this segment Play Streaming Media
VV-1998 Chateau Cissac Haut Medoc View this segment Play Streaming Media
It's Shagalicious! View this segment Play Streaming Media
Show 602 Table for Two at R Bistro View this segment Play Streaming Media
VV-1999 Dr. Fischer Riesling-Spatlese View this segment Play Streaming Media
Chalk One Up! View this segment Play Streaming Media
Dishin' with Daina View this segment Play Streaming Media
The Pride of Posey County View this segment Play Streaming Media
Show 601 Everything's Coming Up Tomatoes View this segment Play Streaming Media
Heartwarming Recipes for the Busy Cook View this segment Play Streaming Media
VV-1999 Terre di Corzano Chianti View this segment Play Streaming Media
Show 513 Spicy Thai Pasta
Vintage Value
A visit with Chef Dave Foegley.
Show 512 Cooking with Soy
Vintage Value
A visit to a brewpub.
Show 511 Strawberry Soup
Vintage Value
Wine and Cheese pairing
Gourmet goodies
Indiana Lamb
Catering tips.
Show 510 The Spa Life at the Villa on Delaware
Eggplant Milanese
Vintage Value
All American Aprons.
Show 509 A visit to Frasiers Gourmet
Cooking class with Chef Tony Hanslits
How to pick pots and pans
Knife skills
Blackbean Brownies.
Show 508 Alternative Eats in Bloomington - Tiramisoy and Baja Nachos with Chef Rachel Wylie
The Bakehouse
A wine tasting
Wine and cheese pairing
Vintage Value
Guinness and Harps “licks and picks.”
Show 507 South of France fun and drinks
Petanque
Something Different surf and turf with Chef Steven Oakley
Vintage Value
Interview with a winemaking great: Daryl Groom of Geyser Peak, California
Wine and cheese pairing
Guinness and Harp chat.
Show 506 Simmons Winery – farm market/vineyard/harvest/winemaking at one of the state’s newest and most productive wineries
Alternative Eats cooks with Chef Dave Foegley at award-winning Peter’s Restaurant; Soul satisfying soup
4-H Anniversary cookbook recipes
Toffee cookie bars
Eggstra Special Pasta.
Show 505 Chef Joe Heidenreich at Agio restaurant
Veal Marsala
Chocolate Tiramisu
Baking tips from the pros
Spanish wines
Vintage Value
Great domestic cheese finds plus wine to make the experience even tastier
Guinness and Harps “licks and picks.”
Show 504 Indy International Wine Competition 2001
Indy’s hottest chefs compete to make food that keeps your heart healthy
Vintage Value
Alternative Eats at the Fort Wayne Country Club
Best tasting, best selling products to hit the store shelves
Robert “Barker” picks and pans.
Show 503 Wine and Food of Southern Indiana
Huber Orchards and Winery
Winemaking
Capriole Goat Farm
Yegerlehner
Show 502 French Lick Winery
Granita
Vintage Value
Cooking with Chef Steve Oakley at Something Different Restaurant
Show 501 Broad Ripple adventure
Cooking with Chef Tony Hanslits at Tosa
Bread making
Ferrin’s Fruit Winery
Chocolate wine
Vintage Value.
Show 413 Jill and Wine enthusiast Don Marsh Jr. take you on a culinary tour of Lower Michigan.
Show 412 Join Jill and basketball star Stephanie White McCarty in the kitchen as Stephanie talks about her amazing career at Purdue and now with the Indiana Fever, while preparing one of her favorite party dishes.
Show 411 Jill and Don Marsh Jr. discuss great wines under ten bucks.
Show 410 Jill takes viewers to one of the city's most unique and fun wineries.
Show 409 Jill joins the fun at Chateau Thomas Winery in Plainfield for the annual Cajun Festival.
Show 408 Jill heads to Valparaiso to visit Anderson’s Orchard and Winery, where visitors can enjoy u-pick apples and pumpkins, home made baked goods, a farmers market and, of course, wine.
Show 407 Jill takes viewers to Butler Winery and Vineyards in Bloomington for the 2000 Vignoles Harvest.
Show406 Jill takes viewers to the 2000 Indy International Wine Competition for a behind-the scenes look at wine judging and an insider’s taste of some of the most awarded wines in the world.
Show 405 Jill takes viewers to the “Disneyland” of wineries - Huber Orchard and Winery in Starlight, Indiana.
Show 404 Jill takes viewers to Madison, Indiana, for a tour of the city’s restaurants, antique shops, beautiful scenery and wineries.
Show 403 Jill and wine enthusiast Don Marsh Jr. take you on a scenic visit to
Ohio, near Lake Erie, to North and South Bass Island, home of Firelands Winery Vineyards.
Show 402 Join Jill as she takes you to the 2000 London Wine Trade Fair.
Show 401 Join Jill as she tours some of the most beautiful and prestigious wineries and vineyards in France.
Shows 311-313 Wine, food and fun from around the state, US and the world.
Show 310 Chef Pierre shows Jill how to make a traditional French Christmas
dessert, Buche de Noel.
Shows 308 & 309 Wine, food and fun from around the state, US and the world.
Show 307 Jill takes viewers to Chateau Pomije winery near Cincinnati to tour the vineyards and taste the wines of winemaker Terry Shumrich.
Show 306 Jill discusses the wines of France and offers good values and food pairings for each.
Chef Gianfranco DeCarlo shows Jill how to create a unique vegetable crudités.
Shows 301-305 Wine, food and fun from around the state, US and the world
Underwriters for The Good Life with Jill Ditmire this season:

Indiana State Department
of Agriculture

The Financial Center

Red Gold

The Indiana Christmas Tree Growers Association
765.755.3345