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 [...]

It’s a fairly well known fact that all 50 states are now making wine. With that comes the idea of keeping an open mind when tasting outside of better known wine areas. For this podcast we visited Orlando, Florida in mid February. Unusually the weather was chilly….but the tasting room at Quantum Leap Winery was [...]

Peter Hasko of Luxury Beverage Group is a well traveled wine lover

Premiere Napa Valley 2016 is quickly approaching (February 20th). As you may know, Premiere is the wine auction event that funds Auction Napa Valley. With that in mind, we take a look back to our favorite moments from the 2015 event and relive the fun. This program features: 1 Michael Scholz-St. Supery Vineyards 2 Elizabeth [...]

Matt Murphy is President of Presqu’ile Winery located in Santa Maria, California. Presqu’ile Winery operates a Gravity Flow winery….and Matt is here to explain just what that is.

He is a author, chef, tv celebrity, restaurant owner and…..a wine maker. Fabio Viviani is celebrity chef well known for his appearances on Top Chef among other television shows. Born in Italy, Fabio has lived the American dream and after spending a little time chatting with him, this looks like only the beginning. We spoke [...]