California Wine Country

California Wine Country


Latest Episodes

Nicola Pellacani of Saintsbury Winery
October 10, 2025

Nicola Pellacani of Saintsbury Winery joins Dan Berger and Daedalus Howell on California Wine Country today.Dan Berger explains that Saintsbury has been around for about 40 years with a record of getting better and better all the time and Nico will tell

Christian Adams, The German Wine Collection
September 19, 2025

Christian Adams with the German Wine Collection is back on California Wine Country with Dan Berger and Daedalus Howell. His last time on CWC was this episode in November of 2024. The last time he was on CWC was this episode last November . The name Fumé B

Christian Adams, German Wine Collection
September 19, 2025

Christian Adams with the German Wine Collection is back on California Wine Country with Dan Berger and Daedalus Howell. The last time he was on CWC was this episode last November .The name Fum Blanc is still used by about 10% of the bottlers of Sauvigno

Kim Stare Wallace plus Brian Pruett, Dry Creek Vineyards
September 12, 2025

Kim Stare Wallace and Brian Pruett are our guests on California Wine Country with Dan Berger and Daedalus Howell. Brian is the winemaker at Dry Creek Vineyards and this is his first time on California Wine Country. Kim’s last time on the show was th

Clark Smith
September 05, 2025

Dan Berger, Clark Smith and Clark’s book Postmodern Winemaking.Clark Smith, one of our most frequent guests, is back again on California Wine Country with Dan Berger and Daedalus Howell. His last time on CWC was this episode on Dec. 6, 2024, when h

Winemakers Greg Morthole and Chris O’Gorman
August 29, 2025

Winemakers Greg Morthole and Chris O’Gorman join Dan Berger and Daedalus Howell on California Wine Country. Greg is the winemaker at Davis Bynum.They are here to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Davis Bynum’s wine company. He was a pioneer i

Jamie Peters, WineSong
August 22, 2025

Jamie Peters from WineSong is our guest here in the studio on California Wine Country with Dan Berger and Daedalus Howell.The Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens, September 5 and 6 will host Winesong. Dan Berger has invited Jamie Peters from Winesong to ta

Ferragosto with Dan Berger and Harry Duke
August 15, 2025

Ventura Smalley, Harry Duke, Cathy Ratto and Dan Berger.Dan Berger and Harry Duke are in the studio together on California Wine Country today on the Italian holiday of Ferragosto. Our expected guest was not available.California Wine Country is brought

Michael Browne
August 08, 2025

Winemaker Michael Browne is our guest on California Wine Country with Steve Jaxon and Dan Berger. Daedalus Howell is sitting in for Steve Jaxon today. Michael has brought a few wines today.The first pour is a 2020 Santa Rita Hills, made under his Cirq l

Rex Pickett, Author, plus Trevor Durling from BV
August 01, 2025

Todays pre-show guest is Rex Pickett, author of Sideways. The main show guest is Trevor Durling, Winemaker from BV, Beaulieu Vineyard. This show was recorded on August 9, 2017 eight years ago. Due to a technical glitch, there is no recording of the live