East Coast Winemaking

Today I am joined by Bryan Ulbrich of Left Foot Charley in Traverse City Michigan. I was thrilled to get the Michigan wine 101 class and cannot wait to visit. Definitely check out his wines at www.leftfootcharley.com.

This episode features me! My friend and colleague Peter Becraft offered to interview me so y'all could get to know me a little better. I hope you feel closer to me than ever after you listen! Check out my wines at www.JohnAlbertWine.com.

Charlotte is a winemaker and vineyard manager from Pennsylvania currently working at Vynecrest Vineyards and Winery. It was great to connect with her on all things Pennsylvania wine from spotted lantern fly to varieties and terroir and personal experiences.

Julia and Alex are co-owners, winemakers and vineyard managers for Usonia Wine located in Ovid New York. They make some very interesting wines in a minimal intervention style. They are very well spoken, articulate and knowledgable about their craft and we had a great conversation.

Darrin Scott is a very smart and capable winemaker with many years of experience. He's worked at a number of wineries in different states on the east coast and abroad and shared with me a number of his insights. To check out wine he's making at William Heritage Winery go to www.HeritageWineNJ.com

Today I interviewed the famed Lynne Fahy, head winemaker and general manager of Hillick and Hobbs Winery. You can find the wine shes making at www.hillickandhobbs.com.

Ian Barry is a man who is doing some very interesting and tasty winemaking in the Finger Lakes. In this podcast we speak about a lot of interesting wine philosophy especially low intervention winemaking. I also had the opportunity to ask Ian about his experiences with the amphora they're using at 680 Cellars. You can find the different wines we speak about at www.barryfamilywines.com - www.sixeightycellars.com - www.buttonwoodgrove.com

Paul Brock is the owner along with his wife Shannon and winemaker of Silver Thread Winery as well as a professor of Viticulture and Enology at the Finger Lakes Community College.

We had a great conversation about his journey into the wine industry, his winemaking philosophy as well as his unique approach to vineyard management called biointensive viticulture.

He makes incredible wine wine which I suggest everyone try out which can be found at www.SilverThreadWine.com. Also if you're interested in learning about winemaking and vineyard management make sure to check out the Finger Lakes Community College!

I look up to Peter tremendously as he proves his winemaking ability over and over. I had a great time chatting with him about spontaneous fermentation, closure styles amongst many other things. You can find wine from Anthony Road at www.AnthonyRoadWine.com

Taylor Stember is the head winemaker at Barnstormer Winery on the west side of Seneca Lake. She and I discuss a number of the nitty gritty topics that she takes into consideration in the cellar. It was especially fun to hear about what shes doing with vermouth!

You can find Barnstormer wines at www.barnstormerwinery.com.