California Wine Country

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John Buechsenstein, winemaker & author - California Wine Country
March 07, 2018

John Buechsenstein is today’s guest on California Wine Country with Steve Jaxon and Dan Berger. John is a winemaker and has taught about wine at UC Davis, as an adjunct professor in UC Davis Extension, since he was a graduate student there,

David Ramey, Winemaker - California Wine Country
February 27, 2018

The featured guest on California Wine Country today is David Ramey, who is the winemaker for Ramey Wine Cellars and Sidebar Cellars. - Steve Jaxon begins by citing the timeline on the Ramey Wine Cellars website and David tells about how he started mak...

John Pepe, Winemaker, Pech Merle Winery - California Wine Country
February 21, 2018

John Pepe, winemaker at Pech Merle Winery, joins Steve Jaxon and Dan Berger in the studio today. Barry Herbst is also in. Bruce and Cheryl Lawton own the Pech Merle property and started the winery, and John Pepe is their winemaker.

Simi Winery and photographer George Rose - California Wine Country
February 14, 2018

Simi Winery is the subject of today’s show, featuring their two winemakers, Susan Luker and Lisa Evich, with Tom Simoneau, Steve Jaxon and Dan Berger. Also in today are George Rose, wine photographer and Barry Herbst from Bottle Barn.

Byron Kosuge, Winemaker - California Wine Country
February 07, 2018

Byron Kosuge, winemaker, is today’s guest on California Wine Country with Steve Jaxon and Dan Berger. Byron Kosuge is the winemaker at his own label, B Kosuge Wines, and he is or has been the winemaker at several other wineries in California and one in...

Balletto Vineyards - California Wine Country
January 31, 2018

John Balletto and Anthony Beckman from Balletto Vineyards are back with Steve Jaxon and Dan Berger on California Wine Country today. - Dan says that their secret is controlling the source of fruit from every single grape all the way to the bottle,

Personal Favorites and Competition Winners - California Wine Country
January 24, 2018

Personal favorites and competition winners are at the center of this edition of California Wine Country with Steve Jaxon and Dan Berger. Barry Herbst is also in for today's show. Since everyone in the wine business is in Sacramento at the Unified Sympo...

Clark Smith and Steve Ausburne - California Wine Country
January 17, 2018

Steve Jaxon welcomes Clark Smith of WineSmith to the show today. Also in studio are co-host Dan Berger, Barry Herbst of Bottle Barn and Steve Ausburne from Thumbprint Cellars. (This is a repeat podcast of a show recorded live on March 15, 2017,

Rebecca Robinson from ZAP - California Wine Country
January 10, 2018

Rebecca Robinson is today’s featured guest on California Wine Country with Steve Jaxon and Dan Berger. Rebecca is the Executive Director of ZAP, Zinfandel Advocates and Producers. - ZAP will be holding ZIN EX, the Zinfandel Experience,

Dan Berger and Barry Herbst Favorites - California Wine Country
January 03, 2018

Dan Berger and Barry Herbst join Steve Jaxon to talk about some of their personal favorite wines, on California Wine Country this week. (This show is slightly abbreviated due to time constraints from a Golden State Warriors' NBA basketball game being b...