Sandra Taylor went from being a swimwear and bridal model to the cover of Playboy. Then she achieved her dream of becoming an industry-leading wine connoisseur, promoting the best Italian wines to California. 

A charity auction win set Sandra on the path to becoming a certified sommelier, following an acting career where she appeared with Helen Mirren, Julie Andrews, and Julia Roberts.    This episode celebrates Sandy's memories with Kristi from the Playboy Mansion,  to her passion for acting and her meteoric rise in the global wine industry. 

STORIES:-

00:00 - Start

00:11 - Introducing Sandra Taylor

01:06 - Sandra's voyage into wine

02:30 - Exhaustion with the acting auditions 

06:15 - Sandra's start in modelling after her dad's passing

07:51 - LA's poster girl

09:45 - The Guess Jeans "thing" 

10:05 - Garry Marshall and a movie career

14:15 - Playboy and "Naked Gun" 

19:49 - Howard Stern's book

21:06 - The lingerie party

22:30 - Tricycles in the driveway and Kimberly Conrad

25:30 - "Old English meets Goth", and Tony Curtis 

32:40-  "Angels in my life" 

35:02 - Don Sterling and The Lakers

36:30 - "Along came the curvy girls" 

38:27 - After Playboy 

40:00 - At the lounge: "Sandy, we need you upstairs"  

43:20 - "I wanted to go where no one would know me" 

48:20 - "Just go down the field with the ball"

54:15 - The launch of the "Rose" 

01:01:28 - One lesson you'd pass on