Podcast

Marty Bent writes the email newsletter "Marty's Bent" and hosts "Tales from the Crypt" and co-hosts "Rabit Hole Recap."  Both podcasts focus on themes of bitcoin, computer security, sound money, as well as Austrian and macro economics.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tales-from-the-crypt/id1292381204

https://tftc.io/martys-bent/

We Talk About:

Join us as we taste a Turley Zinfandel, a Scribe Pinot Noir, and talk a little about wine in general. Then we talk financial markets at the end, including the  10-year yield, DXY, the Fed, equity market valuations, and more.

Jim Greco is a wine collection enthusiast and works in financial services.

https://medium.com/liquid-assets/archive

https://twitter.com/jgreco

We Talk About:

We taste through some Ramey Wine Cellars Chardonnay wines and talk a little bit of financial markets at the end.

https://www.rameywine.com/

Lyn Alden is the founder of Lyn Alden Investment Strategy at LynAlden.com, where she provides market research to individual investors  and financial professionals with both a free newsletter and a premium research platform.

She also writes for the financial  sections of several publications, and has been cited on Business  Insider, Marketwatch, Money Magazine, Kiplinger, Huffington Post, The Street, US News and World Report, and other financial media.

Her investment strategy focuses on value investing with a macro overlay, which means finding long-term  opportunities in individual  stocks and various asset classes while  taking into account the broader macro picture. Lyn's background comes  from a blend of engineering and  finance, which she uses to apply  systems analysis on various investments and macro themes. She has a bachelor's degree in electronics engineering and a master's degree in engineering management, with a  focus on engineering economics and financial modeling.

https://www.lynalden.com/

https://www.lynalden.com/premium/

https://twitter.com/LynAldenContact

We Talk About:

Join us as we taste the 2016 Frog's Leap Estate Grown Cabernet Sauvignon. Then we talk financial markets at the end, including the 10-year yield, DXY, the Fed, equity market valuations, and more.

Greg D'alesandre is the co-owner and chief bean sourcerer at Dandelion Chocolate in San Francisco

https://www.dandelionchocolate.com/about/

https://store.dandelionchocolate.com/

We Talk About:

His background, and how he came to meet the co-founders of Dandelion Chocolate and became an owner

The first store in the Mission area of San Francisco and more

How has “craft” food changed in the past decade, from things like chocolate, but also coffee, beer, and more

The difference between the chocolate they make and something from the grocery store

The fourth annual(ish) Sourcing Report they published

How they work with small farms in countries all over the world, including Costa Rica, Columbia, Sierra Leone, Honduras, and Venezuela

We discuss some of the bars on your website, including the classic bars

The online “experiences” they now offer and how to sign up

Ryan MacDonnell joined Round Pond Estate in 2003 and manages  direct-to-consumer sales, marketing and the hospitality program at Round  Pond Estate. She also heads up the production of olive oil and other  specialty gourmet foods.

We Talk About:

The rich history of Round Pond and what was it like growing up being around wine

How, in the 1980s, Bob and Jan MacDonnell bought the first parcel of land in the Napa Valley of what would one day become Round Pond Estate

How she joined Round Pond Estate officially in 2003 and manage direct-to-consumer sales, marketing and the hospitality program

The olive oil, red wine vinegars, and other specialty gourmet foods

What it's been like managing DTC/sales during COVID

The story of the Kith & Kin brand

Thoughts on “Rutherford dust” and what makes Round Pond unique

Do you have any thoughts on the future of Napa Valley?

Some of the food and wine pairings and things she's been drinking lately

https://shop.roundpond.com/Shop/Wine/Current-Releases

https://shop.roundpond.com/Wine-Membership/Membership-Options

Jon Felix-Lund is Vice President Of Operations at Coava Coffee Roasters.

Shop at the Coava online with our code GOLDENWEST: https://shop.coavacoffee.com/collections

We Talk About:

How Coava began with Matt Higgins in a North Portland garage in 2008

The model of using long term, sustainable partnerships with coffee producers

We get into a few of the individual farms and farmers

How to best grind, brew, and serve coffee at home

The one thing you need to start with to make a great cup of coffee

Different roast styles, all the way from 1970s coffee to Third-Wave and beyond

How coffee is similar to wine, but also different in one major aspect

The shrub where coffee beans come from

Jim Greco is a wine collection enthusiast and works in financial services.

https://medium.com/liquid-assets/archive

https://twitter.com/jgreco

We Talk About:

We taste through some Rhys wines and talk Robinhood and market structure at the end.

https://rhysvineyards.com/

Leslie Sbrocco is an award-­winning author, speaker, consultant, and television host, known for her entertaining approach to wine and food, as well as inspiring others to live a life of passion. Voted as one of the Top 100 most influential people in the American wine business, her engaging personality, humor, and ability to connect with the audience – whether on screen or on stage – are her trademarks.

www.lesliesbrocco.com

https://www.kqed.org/checkplease/host-biography

https://www.100 days drinks dishes destinations.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geRBMEnFE1w

https://www.instagram.com/lesliesbrocco/

https://web.archive.org/web/19990224160507/http://winetoday.com/story/0000262.html

We Talk About:

Growing up, leading to her professional career in food and wine

Her days as a hand model and making her own wine at home

Check Please Bay Area, starting in 2006, success of that show, and SF food scene

100 Days, Drinks, Dishes & Destinations. Stamp your passport to delicious!

Her journey into food and wine and travels all over the world

A story about when she met and took a photo with Julia Child

The time she did a blind tasting with Hoda and Cathy Lee

Her books including "Wine for Women: A Guide to Buying, Pairing and Sharing Wine"

What she's up to now, including Leslie Live on Instagram

Caitlin Cook works in the financial industry.

https://twitter.com/DeadCaitBounce

https://twitter.com/chicksoffintwit

We Talk About:

Gramercy Cellars

The Gramcery Cellars 2014 Syrah

How to think about buying and tasting wine

We cover financial markets, everything from Barstool Sports, to Robinhood and more

Adam Sabelli-Frisch is the owner and winemaker at Sabelli-Frisch Wines, where he crafts restrained old world wines, from low-impact vineyards, with focus on rare, forgotten, under-appreciated or historic grape varieties. 

https://www.sabelli-frisch.com/

https://www.sabelli-frisch.com/wines-overview

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We Talk About:

His previous career as a cinematographer in London and then Los Angeles

What it means to make low intervention wines and why the word "natural" maybe isn't the best description

Night Market + Song and the "low intervention" wine list there

Like so many others, he started with home winemaking. 

The Wine Berserkers online website

The shipping issues involved with wine

Different grapes including Zinfandel, Mission, and many more

His winemaking style: Naturally fermented, unfiltered, unfined. With No chemicals or additives. Minimal sulfites and maximum passion