California Wine Country

California Wine Country


Latest Episodes

Bob Lindquist of Qupé Winery - California Wine Country
August 02, 2017

Bob Lindquist, Qupé Winery's winemaker, is today's main guest. First, Steve Jaxon welcomes Tim McDonald to the studio with Barry Herbst and co-host Dan Berger. At the start of the hour they are waiting for the arrival of Bob Lindquist of Qupé Winery,

Chardonnay and Burgundy - California Wine Country
July 26, 2017

Without their expected guest today, Steve Jaxon, Dan Berger and Barry Herbst taste and discuss Chardonnay and Burgundy, and also discuss the value of acidity in wine and how the wine market changes from year to year especially when a great vintage like...

William Knuttel Winery - California Wine Country
July 19, 2017

William Knuttel, winemaker of William Knuttle Winery and partner in Ottimino Wines, Square Peg and other labels as well. (We thought we were featuring Ron Rubin Vineyards but Ron was a late scratch.) - Bill has also just launched Knuttle Family with h...

WineSong with Jamie Peters - California Wine Country
July 12, 2017

Jamie Peters is today’s guest, here to talk about WineSong, which holds its 33rd annual fund raiser next August. We hear all about WineSong from Jamie and Dan, including food, wine, music all at the Mendocino botanical gardens.

Trecini Winery & Foley Family Wines - California Wine Country
July 05, 2017

Steve Jaxon welcomes Cathy Vicini from Trecini Winery, Robert Smith, master somellier at Foley Family Wines and Carina Sterzenbach, special events coordinator for Foley Sonoma. Along the way we hear what Steve and Dan thought of the movie Sideways.

Dan Berger and Barry Herbst - California Wine Country
June 28, 2017

Barry Herbst from Bottle Barn joins Steve Jaxon and Dan Berger this week. (Due to a schedule mixup, Trecini Wines will be on the show next week instead of this week.) - First they taste the Yannick Rousseau Colombard,

Bob Cabral Wines - California Wine Country
June 21, 2017

Bob Cabral joins Steve Jaxon and co-host Dan Berger, along with Tom Simoneau and Barry Herbst, for today’s California Wine Country, including a toast to the first day of summer. Bob Cabral is currently winemaker at Three Sticks Winery but is here to ta...

Michael Beaulac, Pine Ridge Vineyards - California Wine Country
June 14, 2017

Michael Beaulac, Pine Ridge Vineyards winemaker, joins Steve Jaxon and Dan Berger on California Wine Country this week. - Dan introduces Michael and tells how he has been making wine for a long time and Dan appreciates his style,

Alexander Valley Vineyards - California Wine Country
June 07, 2017

Today’s guest is Harry “Hank” Wetzel III, owner and general manager of Alexander Valley Vineyards. The interview contains Hank's nice summary of malolactic fermentation in winemaking. - Dan introduces Alexander Valley Vineyards as one of the iconic So...

Kunde Family Winery & Martin Ray Winery - California Wine Country
May 31, 2017

Jeff Kunde of Kunde Family Winery and Kate Noble of Martin Ray Winery join Steve Jaxon & Dan Berger on California Wine Country today. Barry Herbst from Bottle Barn also joins us. For everything about these wineries, visit their websites: