Life Between the Vines

The Wines of Portugal. For many, it really is an undiscovered country. But we wine lovers always enjoy learning about wines that are new to us. Best of all, many of these wines offer a great value. We visited Chicago’s City Winery to chat with Lisa Williams of Esporao Wines, Portugal. Lisa has a great [...]

When you are a 14th generation French winemaker, you carry a serious responsibility to show the greatness of the terroir. Christian Beyer Owner and Winemaker of Domaine Emile Beyer is doing just that. We met with Christian while visiting here in Milwaukee at Bartolotta’s Lake Park Bistro. During the interview we tasted just a few [...]

Craig Becker, Co-Founder, GM and Director of Winemaking visited the LBTV studios in April while on the road promoting the Somerston and Priest Ranch brands. During the interview Craig talked about the engineering that goes into planting new vines, as well as the vineyard management employed, long before the juice becomes wine. This detail is [...]

Finding the right name. Purchasing the finest grapes. Hiring the best winemaker. Its all part of the dream of owning your very own wine label. This interview celebrates the birth of that very dream. Kurt-Inge Eklund began his new wine journey with the excellent 2013 vintage and the name Shutter Wine. As Kurt-Inge is a [...]

A common term found in the winery business….family. Vintners start the business and often hope to see their children join the business to keep it in the family….and many times what comes with that are the people that help run the winery.Vineyard workers, cellar rats, tasting room managers…and winemakers. Bryan Kays is the Winemaker at [...]

As part of our Vino Lingo series (wine terms defined by winemakers) we present Trefethen Family Vineyards Winemaker Bryan Kays definition of “Delestage”.

It’s not often we interview a non winemaker for this podcast, but author, wine journalist and blogger Alice Feiring has a point of view we felt was worth airing. Alice’s latest book is titled “For the Love of Wine” and has just been published by Potomic Books. Alice gives the reader a look into her [...]

http://www.duckhorn.comWhen we first met Neil Bernardi back in 2011, he was Winemaker for Mirgration Wines, part of the Duckhorn Wine Company. Today Neil is Vice President of Winemaking for Duckhorn and has helped grow the brand to an even greater success today. We got together with Neil during Premiere Napa Valley week at the Paraduxx [...]

Diversity is one of the most interesting aspects of the wine business in Napa Valley. You’ll find many men and women winemakers as well as winemakers from all over the world….French, Danish, Swiss, Italian and Australian to name a few. For this program we spoke with Australian born Susan Doyle, General Manager and Winemaker for [...]

The week leading up to Premiere Napa Valley, tastings around the valley are hosted by vintners for potential bidders to sample the offered lots. During this week we attended the Oakville Vintners, Spring Mountain Vintners, Shafer Vineyards, First Taste of Yountville and Paraduxx winery events, just to name a few. We were also lucky enough [...]