The Arizona Wine Monk Podcast

This is the first post with Victoria Irwin, from Fan Girl Nation. We talk a lot about different fandoms and wine here, equating various wines to different fandoms. If you like to drink, and you like being a nerd, this is your podcast!

The wine we drank for part one was the Queen of Swords, a marsanne/rousanne blend from Cellar 433. 100% fruit from Willcox, Arizona.

There is a second part, but it will be posted after I return from Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey, and it will feature the Lucky Prospecter Super-Tuscan blend from Golden Rule Vineyards.

In our second unoffical "Happy Hour at the Winchester" podcast, Jason Negron, from Calavera Cellars/Weathered Hill Vineyards in Pennsylvania, joins me in talking about Arizona wines versus Pennsylvania wines, as well as the draconian stanse of the Pennsylvania liquor board--which can only be described as being run by supervillians in my opinion. In this Podcast, we drink the 2010 Dala Chardonnay, from Arizona Stronghold, and the Naked, from Weathered Vineyards.

James Callahan and I sat down after dinner in Jerome to talk with his new intern for the summer, Annabelle Latz, to talk about Arizona wine, how it compares to wines and winemaking traditions in New Zealand, and other miscellania. Take a listen!

I sit with Corey Turnbull and John Scarbrough at the Arizona Stronghold Facility and we talk wine. We drink some pretty cool and interesting stuff, and get into vineyards as well as what goes into preparations for Crush.. which is now underway.

Gary, who we've met in several other podcasts, and myself smoke hookah, drink the Callaghan Sonoita Dry Rosé, and talk, well, Rosé, specifically here in Arizona.

I sit with Rick & Maricor Skladzien, owners of Del Rio Springs Vineyard in Chino Valley, Arizona, to talk about the release of their first white wine, the 2014 Phoenix. We also talk Pinot Noir, Vignoles (while drinking one from Missouri), the future of winemaking in Chino Valley, and clones. I'm quite fond of Del Rio Springs, and I was quite happy to meet with them!

My old friends Dave and Jen stop by and drink a Malvasia Bianca with me, and chaos ensues.

Recorded a while back. Chateau Tumbleweed and I sat together over copious amounts of wine and recorded this podcast. Their tasting room is now open in Clarkdale, near Olson's Grain, and you really must visit, as they are really awesome people! I love their wines. This is a longer podcast, but is loads of fun.

A few friends and I sat on the night of Earth Day and drank the 2008 Naugal de Judith and the Saeculum Cellars 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon down in the Jerome Cemetry. It's a Very Special Podcast, where we remember those who came before us, the Earth, and, at the time, those whom we have forgotten.

Jason Domanico of Passion Cellars by Cody Vladimir Burkett