Time to Change Your Wine Wardrobe! Breaking Out Your BBQ Apron with Wes Hagen of J. Wilkes and Eric O’Brien of Alpha Omega. Friends since 7th Grade, Eric O’Brien, Pitmaster of Alpha Omega Winery in St. Helena, California and Wes Hagen, Winemaker for J. Wilkes in Santa Barbara County, California, join David for a spirited conversation about getting into a BBQ season frame of mind. After a remarkably wet winter in California, the state that has been suffering from what seems to be an almost endless drought, is ablaze with colorful wildflowers and deep green grass. The vineyards in California have never been in better shape and all eyes are on those BBQs that have remained idle during all those downpours. This is a time when wine lovers break out their BBQ aprons, clean up the grill, and start stocking up wines that will compliment hand-rubbed meats and back ribs slathered in sweet and savory BBQ sauce. So who better to talk about changing your wine wardrobe than the Pitmaster of one of California’s finest Cabernet producers and a winemaker that has literally elevated previously unknown growing areas to the wine world center stage! It’s all fun and games until somebody gets poked in the eye with a corn cob!