In Napa Valley, Oakville is a very special place for Cabernet Sauvignon. Linda Neal farms just over 4 acres along Silverado Trail and makes a very special wine called Tierra Roja. Linda’s wine industry experience is varied and includes wine retail to vineyard manager to owner….and she still farms the land too. About three hours [...]

Just as wine can be made up of different varietals, a winery’s heart is made of different elements as well. Silver Trident Winery features one owner from the travel business and the other from the sea cruise industry with a winemaker who was a former ad agency owner and a vp of sales who is [...]

Another Auction Napa Valley is in the books! This year the weekend event brought in $14.3 million dollars!! Read more detail about the events in our Wine Country News section of this newsletter. The Barrel Auction was held on Friday, June 3rd and we attended for the 9th year in a row. This Podcast features [...]

Another Auction Napa Valley is in the books! This year the weekend event brought in $14.3 million dollars!! Read more detail about the events in our Wine Country News section of this newsletter. The Barrel Auction was held on Friday, June 3rd and we attended for the 9th year in a row. This Podcast features [...]

To celebrate Auction Napa Valley, which happens this week, we offer a rebroadcast of last years Barrel Auction. Enjoy! The first time you visit Napa Valley…you never forget your experience. Napa has a way of making you think of leaving everything behind and finding a home in the hills surrounding the valley. But when you [...]

Last year we interviewed Italian Winemaker Alois Lageder of Alois Lageder 1823 (Podcast #155, July 2015) while he visited Milwaukee. Two weeks ago we interviewed his son Alois Clemens Lageder at Tesori Restaurant in Chicago. Clemens has joined the family business after years of garnering experience in other areas of the industry. Family is always [...]

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 [...]