Only one man has built a 13th century style castle in Napa Valley and his name is Dario Sattui. If you were unaware that there was a castle in Napa, all you would have to do is travel up-valley to Calistoga and go up the drive which reveals Castello di Amorosa. Dario started with V. [...]

Dario Sattui owner of V. Sattui Winery and Castello di Amorosa gives us his definition of “The Crazy Bastard who Built the Castle”

You gotta love a wine with the name An Approach to Relaxation. It reflects the whole idea that wine is fun. No worries. Richard Betts is owner, along with his wife Carla. The wine is made in Australia but the couple lives in Amsterdam. Interesting, right? We met with Richard at the Australian tasting in [...]

Many winemakers have so called “in-house” terms, here Richard Betts of An Approach to Relaxation Wine defines the phrase “Stay Frisky”

What would make you leave the film industry to enter the world of wine? Passion, what else? Jake Gray, General Manager at L’Angolo Estate in the Willamette Valley goes back to day one of the winery operation. Jake is ironically from Davis, California, and UC Davis is well known for producing top winemakers. So why [...]

Jake Gray is the General Manager at L’Angolo Estate in the Willamette Valley in Oregon and he gives us his definition of the term “Dry Farming”

The wine industry relies heavily on equipment and supplies designed to create some fantastic vintages. Pumps, fork lifts, corks, capsules, barrels, optical sorters, the list goes on. Life Between the Vines was invited to the WIN Expo 2019 for the first time. WIN is Wine Industry Network and the expo was a trade show as [...]

It’s not surprising that wine lovers often become winemakers. Sometimes it’s just inevitable. One of the bigger challenges in starting a label is coming up with the name. Winelover and winemaker and owner David Ulbricht gave his winery one of the most unique names we’ve heard. SchöneTal Cellars. For our readers the name is pronounced [...]

In this podcast, SchöneTal Cellars owner Dave Ulbricht defines the term “Pretty, Pretty”

Francis Ford Coppola is well known for wineries in Napa and Sonoma and not so long ago he expanded to Oregon. Domaine de Broglie sits in the Dundee Hills above the Willamette Valley offering exceptional estate wines. Dave Petterson is Winemaker dand General Manager and we met up with him at the tasting room a [...]