Wine Talks with Paul K.
Latest Episodes
Redux: Defining Natural Wine w/ Molly Hill and Ed Masciana
We are joined by Molly Hill of Sequoia Grove Winery to talk all about Natural Wine. We discuss the importance of attentive farming and harvesting in natural wine, dry farming vs. wet farming, and the natural value scale.
French meets LA....in Arnaud Debons of San Antonio winery
As I was podcasting with Santo Riboli...the 3rd generation owner of San Antonio Winery...I was pleasantly interrupted by Arnaud Debons, the Frenchman who makes wine in DTLA (Downtown Los Angeles). Sit back and hear his philosophy on wine making...
Best LA Wine Story. San Antonio Winery. Meet Santo Riboli.
So Cal has a rich wine history. San Antonio Winery is smack dab in the middle of it.
Ed and I peel it back some more. Hear about wine pricing, trying to make money and more.
Ed has been hanging around the Wine of the Month Club for over 50 years....he is the author of Short Cuts on Wine and a wine educator. He has been on the floor selling wine in the best shops in LA, blending wine for his negociant label, working the...
Rich Hartenberger makes all the wine making decisions. Listen how.
A visit from Rich Hartenberger shows us that you can make it in this business but it takes tenacity and passion. Listen to the family trek to California, how they chose Paso Robles and how it works now. You just have to love it for it to work.
Owner of the oldest winery in Napa, Peter Mondavi Jr., of Charles Krug Winery sits with me in his tasting room.
A conversation close to my heart....Charles Krug Vintage Select Cabernet Sauvignon literally started the WIne of the Month Club. Meet Peter Mondavi Jr., co-owner of Charles Krug Winery and hear the Napa history and the passion.
Redux: The Trinchero Family is a Napa original. Meet their winemaker Mario Monticelli
Everyone knows Mario in Napa Valley...everytime I mentioned I did a podcast with him (restaurants and other wineries) everyone was like "we love Mario." You will quickly learn why.
Wines of Spain are extraordinarily popular today. Meet one the proprietors of one of the most famous..meet Pablo Alvarez of Vega Sicilia
I was invited to Beverly Hills to interview Pablo Alvarez of the infamous Vega Sicilia. I was intrigued and curious to the history of the winery including the expansion into the Tokaji region of Hungary.
You can start your own winery. Hear what not to do: Rob Petree, Petree Cellars
This was a ton of fun...we peeled back the joy and headwinds of creating wine in your garage and then....wow, making wine for the public. Great stuff....have a listen.
So Interesting...Tyler Russell of Cordant and Nelle
Tyler Russell shares his views on "burgundian" wines, winemaking in the California Central Coast, and the similarities between cooking and winemaking.