California Wine Country

California Wine Country


Latest Episodes

Joel Aiken from Scattered Peaks
July 08, 2020

Joel Aiken, winemaker of Scattered Peaks is our guest on California Wine Country with Steve Jaxon and Dan Berger today. Barry Herbst and his daughter Emily Herbst are also in the studio today. - Joel Aiken was winemaker at Beaulieu Vineyard for many y...

Don Huffman, Rockville Cellars, wine closure expert
July 01, 2020

Don Huffman is our guest on California Wine Country with Steve Jaxon and Dan Berger today. Don produces wine under the Rockville Cellars label and he is also an expert in wine closures. Visit Don Huffman's Twitter page for up-to-the-minute information....

Erica Stancliff winemaker at Trombetta Family Wines
June 24, 2020

Erica Stancliff is back on California Wine Country with Steve Jaxon and Dan Berger. Erica Stancliff is the winemaker for Trombetta Family Wines, which she founded with her mother. Dan Berger is also back in the studio, after Coronavirus quarantine.

Greg La Follette, Alquimista Cellars
June 22, 2020

Greg La Follette is back on California Wine Country today, with Steve Jaxon. Dan Berger is still away but will be back. It's the first proper show in several months, after many weeks off due to Coronavirus precautions. -

Merry Edwards with Heidi van der Mehden, Merry Edwards Winery
June 10, 2020

Today's California Wine Country podcast is another repeat show in our "Women in Wine" series, because there is no new show today, as our regular schedule is still subject to interruptions due to Coronavirus issues.

Longboard Vineyards Oded Shakked
June 03, 2020

Oded Shakked, owner of Longboard Vineyards, is back on California Wine Country this week, and we also have Tom Simoneau on the phone from his vineyard in Alexander Valley. Tom and Oded were last on California Wine Country in person together on March 28...

Danica Patrick’s Somnium Wine
May 27, 2020

Karen Hart from North Bay Biz magazine joins Steve Jaxon today on California Wine Country, to talk about Danica Patrick's new winery Somnium, which is the cover story in the May 2020 issue of the magazine, the Women in Business issue.

John Jordan CEO of Jordan Winery
May 20, 2020

John Jordan, CEO of Jordan Winery, joins Steve Jaxon on California Wine Country, by telephone. Also calling in is Tom Simoneau. They will do a long distance tasting of a Jordan Chardonnay and a Cabernet Sauvignon,

Ornella Molon, winemaker in Italy
May 13, 2020

We continue our series on women in the wine business, where we repeat podcast episodes while we don't have new shows, due to issues arising from the Coronavirus. This episode featuring Italian winemaker Ornella Molon was originally broadcast on May 15,...

Remembering Mary Ann Graf with Barbara Lindblom
May 06, 2020

We continue our series of podcast episodes featuring women in the wine business this week, since there is no new show today due to Coronavirus coverage on home station KSRO in Santa Rosa. This episode with Barbara Lindblom remembering Mary Ann Graf was...