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SOMMTALKS Wine Tasting Series with Vance Rose of Grieve Family Wines
December 30, 2016

SOMMTALKS Wine Tasting Series: Grieve Family Winery Winemaker Vance Rose Walks Through a Tasting Winemaker Vance Rose talks to us and shares several of the estate grown Sauvignon Blancs from Grieve Family. Watch a few of the videos of the property then...

Master Somm Willie Sherer Taste Wines for the Holidays
December 23, 2016

Happy Holidays to you All! What better way to toast this holiday season than will wine suggestions from MS Willie Sherer at Redd Restaurant Today, it’s a fun and interesting conversation with the venerable Master Sommelier Willie Sherer at Redd Restaur...

Biodynamic Winery DaVero Owner Ridgely Evers on Olives, Grapes, the Land
December 18, 2016

DaVero Farm and Winery’s Owner Ridgely Evers Talks with Ua Healdsburg California is home to DaVero Farms and Winery. Over thirty years ago, Owner Ridgely Evers and his team began importing olive trees from Tuscany to produce their stellar oils,

Healdsburg Shines with Romantic Honor Mansion
December 11, 2016

Hear more about the quaint but luxurious Honor Mansion, a destination for visitors to Healdsburg. With just 13 rooms, each unique, the four-acre property is surrounded by gorgeously landscaped grounds that include a croquet field, putting green,

SOMMTALKS Wine Tasting with Tom Hinde of Yao Family Wines
December 06, 2016

Yao Family Wines This week, we’re back to Napa Valley for Part 2 the story of Yao Family Wines with Tom Hinde, President and Director of Winemaking. Learn how the five-time NBA All-Star got his start in wine then launched his own winery on Main Street ...

Wine for the Holidays: Hugh Davies of Schramsberg
November 28, 2016

Holiday Wine Tasting with Hugh Davies This is Part 2 of an interview with Hugh Davies of Schramsberg Vineyards and Davies Vineyards. This week, we taste a line-up of wines: two sparklers and one Davies Cabernet blends from this historic property.

Napa Valley Film Festival 2016 with Anthony Bell of film Decanted
November 21, 2016

Napa Valley Film Festival 2016 Screens Wine Film Decanted Recording from Yountville, California, we are in the Napa Valley to celebrate the release of the film Decanted, which weaves an in depth story of winemaking in the Valley.

Stewart Cellars Winemaker Blair Guthrie Talks from Yountville
November 16, 2016

Yountville’s New Tasting Room Stewart Cellar’s Winemaker Blair Guthrie Get an inside peek into Winemaker Blair Guthrie’s new project in Yountville: Stewart Cellars. The New Zealand native makes wine from some of the top properties in Napa Valley such a...

SOMMTALKS Wine Tasting Series with Amy Lutchen of Del Frisco’s Chicago
November 11, 2016

Tune in for Part 2 of my conversation with Amy Lutchen of Del Frisco’s Chicago. During this tasting episode, we taste with Amy. The first wine is the lovely and sprightly Castell d’Age, Rose Cava,  from Catalonia, Spain.

Fulcrum Wine’s David Rossi Talks Pinot Noir Across California
November 05, 2016

Cubs Win the World Series Excuse the delay in content.  The Chicago Cubs distracted my podcast posting after winning the last three games of the World Series in a row to take the titles. Go Cubs Go, as we say in Chicago! Fly the W! Now,