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A Podcast from Sonoma, CA featuring experts Brian Casey, Sam Coturri, Bart Hansen & host John Myers. Taking the stuffiness out of wine every Friday!

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The Wine Makers on Radio Misfits episodes:

05.31.2024
The Wine Makers – Alex Mitchell, Must Machinery
This week we welcome Alex Mitchell from MUST Machining & Fabrication to the podcast. MUST grew out of two different Napa Valley winery supplier/fabrication institutions York Machine Works and Burgstahler Machine Works, which had 70 years of experience innovating, leading,...
05.24.2024
The Wine Makers – Matt Reid, PWR & Benessere
Matt Reid started his career making wine at his house in San Francisco. He fell in love with the process and enrolled at UC-Davis Viticulture Program. He then worked at Seavey, Quixote and Failla. Matt is now the winemaker at...
05.17.2024
The Wine Makers – Todd Alexander, Force Majeure Vineyards
Todd Alexander has started a new life in Washington. Former winemaker at Grace Family in Napa, he looked at NASA weather models through 2050 and noticed Napa and Sonoma were all in “the red”. He jumped at an opportunity to...
05.10.2024
The Wine Makers – Reach for the Moon Mountain District
This week we are joined by winemaker Danielle Langlois of Lasseter Family Winery and wine director Christophe Tassan MOF, of Moon Hollow ahead of the second edition of the immersive Reach for the Moon wine event, June 1st at Monte...
05.03.2024
The Wine Makers – Stacy Buchanan, Blood of Gods
We sit down with Stacy Buchanan this week in his home town of Walla Walla. Stacy is the creator of the “Blood of Gods” zine, a biannual wine publication that was inspired by his history at Thrasher Magazine and his...
04.26.2024
The Wine Makers – Sean Boyd, Rotie Cellars
We are in Walla Walla at the Hospice du Rhone wine event. This morning we drove over to “The Rocks District” to meet up with Sean Boyd at Rotie Cellars tasting room, what Sean calls “the fish bowl”. The wall...
04.19.2024
The Wine Makers – Justin Trabue (Bad Ass Wine Witch), Ward Four Wines
Writing notes for this show has been a challenge. Absolutely nothing compares to spending time with Justin and hearing her talk about the journey. You simply have to hear it. Justin is currently making five wines here in Sonoma, only...
04.12.2024
The Wine Makers – Sarah Doyle, Wine Writer The Press Democrat
This week on the show we welcome Sarah Doyle. Sarah is the wine writer for our local Sonoma County newspaper the Press Democrat which was first issued in 1897. Sarah is a more recent reporter for the PD but her...
04.06.2024
The Wine Makers – Lance Cutler or is it Jake Lorenzo?
Lance Cutler spent fifteen years as winemaker/general manager for the historic Gundlach Bundschu Winery in Sonoma, California. He almost single-handedly brought humor into the fine wine business producing the fabulous Gundlach Bundschu poster series, and the Sonoma Valley Wine Patrol,...
03.22.2024
The Wine Makers – Mark Adams
Mark Adams, Ledge Vineyards Musician, farmer, winemaker, and sound engineer on the cult classic Murdercycle. We were “lucky” to catch Mark on his roundabout way home to Paso Robles from the Luck Music Festival in Texas. With a little guidance from...
03.15.2024
The Wine Makers – Cyril Penn, Editor Wine Business Monthly
Brian, Sam and John sit down with Cyril Penn, Editor of Wine Business Monthly to talk agriculture, wine trends and listener questions about up and coming varietals, making wine at home and how the 2023 Vintage is shaping up. A...
03.08.2024
The Wine Makers – Julien Barrot, Domaine La Barroche
This week we welcome Julien Barrot from Domaine La Barroche, a property in Châteauneuf-du-Pape that has been making wine since the 14th century. The youngest in the family, he has the strong character of these winemakers who invest themselves in...
03.01.2024
The Wine Makers – Dutton Goldfield
Dutton Goldfield began as a handshake in a vineyard in 1988 when long-time friends Steve Dutton and Dan Goldfield recognized a shared vision between them- to craft wines that express the true nature and personalities of their cool-climate vineyards and...
02.23.2024
The Wine Makers – Doug Stewart, Lichen Estate – Breggo Cellars
Doug Stewart grew up in Sonoma and had no connection to the wine business. At some point during his time developing several truly sustainable companies wine and grapes started to come into focus. In 2000 they bought a historic sheep...
02.16.2024
The Wine Makers – Enrique Tirado, Don Melchor
Enrique Tirado is the CEO and winemaker for Don Melchor, the most iconic wine brand in Chile. His focus is to create the best Cabernet Sauvignon in the world. The wine consistently gets mentioned in the top 100 wines and...
02.09.2024
The Wine Makers – Larry Brooks: Winemaker, Perfumer, Author of Liquid Geography and Bike Racer
Like many of our guests Larry Brooks never planned on being a winemaker and how he ended up in this business is part of the story. We had a great conversation with Larry about winemaking, AcaciaWinery creating perfumes and his...
02.02.2024
The Wine Makers – Scott Schultz, Jolie-Laide
Scott & Jenny Schultz make small lots of beautiful wines made from unique varietals, using simple winemaking methods, whole cluster, foot crushed, indigenous yeasts, aged in cement eggs and neutral oak, with little or no sulfur added. They just moved...
01.26.2024
The Wine Makers – The DTC Wine Symposium
If you make wine, sell wine, ship wine, or drink wine, the conversations and presentations that took place here matter to you. We learned about emerging technologies, new tactics, eminent legal threats, changing consumption and much more over 2 days...
01.19.2024
The Wine Makers – Á Deux Têtes Release
It’s the annual Á Deux Têtes release from Sixteen 600, timed to celebrate the dearly departed Philippe Cambie’s birthday, January 21st. Phil Coturri joined Brian, John and Sam to talk about his friendship with Philippe, how Isabel Gassier came into...
01.13.2024
The Wine Makers – New Years and 2023 Recap
After Holiday upon holiday, COVID, so many parties and a huge New Years bash, the guys finally sit down for a recap of our favorite shows and wines of 2023, Plus, get a look inside Phil's Wine Cellar and the...
12.23.2023
The Wine Makers – Pam Strayer, Slow Wine
When Orson Welles famously slurred “We will sell no wine before its time,” he must have been talking about Slow Wine! The Slow Food Movement began 35 years ago, to celebrate local and traditional, to be thoughtful about where food...
12.16.2023
The Wine Makers – Reid Griggs, Tidings Wine Co.
We first had Reid on the show with Cody from Desire Lines talking about his work at graduate school about the effects of microbiome of vineyards in wine. At that time he shared a wine that really caught our attention. Since then...
12.01.2023
The Wine Makers – Randall Graham and Elaine Chukan Brown
What do you do when Randall Graham and Elaine Chukan Brown (aka Hawk Wakawakka) show up at your back door with a box full of open wine bottles? You grab the microphones and some wineglasses and press record is what!...
11.17.2023
The Wine Makers – What A Long Strange Trip It’s Been!
The 300th episode of The Wine Makers!!! Okay; IT WAS A PARTY and we ran up against the technology curve for the first 15 minutes, but it's all great after that! Listener calls, Sonoma luminaries and past guests, even a...
10.27.2023
The Wine Makers – Tim Zahner, Sonoma Valley Tourism Bureau
Brian, John and Sam spend the morning with Tim Zahner, Executive Director of the Sonoma Valley Visitors Bureau and cover all the reasons to visit and have a ball in Sonoma. Tim's a great sport as we cover lots of...
10.13.2023
The Wine Makers – The Late Harvest of 2023
Sam, Brian, Bart and John try to make sense of the crazy late harvest that as of Oct. 13th, is still only about 20% in. They talk all areas of California grape growing and even Arden Kramer gets in the...
09.29.2023
The Wine Makers – Cris Cherry
The guys got a special Grenache Day visit from one of the icons and iconoclasts of the Paso Robles rhone scene. Cris Cherry and family run Villa Creek Cellars and the MAHA Estate specializing in Grenache and blends that exemplify...
09.22.2023
The Wine Makers – Richard Bruno, Vinum Cellars – Will work for Chenin
This week we welcome Richard Bruno from Vinum Cellars. Richard pursued his interest in wine by going into the restaurant business in 1985. Working with Master Sommelier Larry Stone at Rubicon Restaurant in San Francisco as a waiter and bartender gave...
09.15.2023
The Wine Makers – Dane Cellars, Fall New Release Tasting
This week Brian, John and Sam go through Bart's new releases. As always there are some other distractions and discussions about the current state of affairs in the wine industry. Bart's new releases include a new source for Chein Blanc, yes...
09.08.2023
The Wine Makers – Tony Coturri
Legendary concert promoter Bill Graham once said of the Grateful Dead “They’re not the best at what they do they’re the only ones that do what they do.” For decades, Tony Coturri was to natural wine what the Grateful Dead...
09.01.2023
The Wine Makers – Sixteen 600 Fall Release Party
It's a Sixteen 600 Phil Sent Me release party, AKA 4 guys and 8 bottles... This show includes breaking news, classic Wine Makers Podcast rambles and tasting through the wines of the Fall 2023 Phil Sent Me shipment. The latest...
08.25.2023
The Wine Makers – United States Poet Laureate, Ada Limón
A series of haiku inspired by United States Poet Laureate Ada Limón sitting down with the Wine Makers Podcast crew plus guest host Phil Coturri- [Ep292] A poet visits Terroir flows from every word Podcast Laureate The native daughter Converses with nature, water, wine Aromas...
08.18.2023
The Wine Makers – Coral Wang, Maison des Plaisances
Coral Wang is an artist, farmer, and winemaker of her new brand Maison des Plaisances. Coral's journey began in New Jersey but spans the globe. She spent time in the fashion industry in New York and LA before throwing it...
08.11.2023
The Wine Makers – Jim Pedroncelli, J. Pedroncelli Winery
This week we traveled to Dry Creek Valley to meet with a true living legend, Jim Pedroncelli. The family purchased their property in 1927, they are bonded winery number 113. For nine decades they have been producing wines of high...
08.04.2023
The Wine Makers – History of St. Laurent
This week we sit down with Shalini Sekhar from Ottavino Wines, Tyler Kohfeld from Ricci Vineyards and Terra Jane Albee from Ownroot Collective to talk about the rare grape St. Laurent. We may have had some killer California Riesling too....
07.28.2023
The Wine Makers – Dan Petroski, Massican Wines
This week we sit down with Dan Petroski, former journalist turned winemaker. He is an interesting, thoughtful and very talented person who has created a niche in culinary, digital media, art, and wine. His past has shaped his future, and...
07.21.2023
The Wine Makers – Nicole Rolet, Chene Bleu
Nicole Rolet is one of our favorite people in the wine world. After converting a ninth century priory in Ventoux, France into a model of regenerative farming and world class wine production facility, she continues to travel the globe and...
07.14.2023
The Wine Makers – Hardy Wallace, Extradimensional Wine Co
Hardy Wallace is always thinking outside the box, actually he smashes the box and burns it, then does his own thing. He is moving into Sonoma with a new tasting space downtown and we are excited. His experiences with sight,...
06.30.2023
The Wine Makers – Xavier Rolet, Areni Global
When we heard about this think tank meeting in Sonoma about the future of wine we went to a very dark place. Then we heard that our friend Nicole Rolet her husband from Chêne Bleu were the founders. We thought...
06.23.2023
The Wine Makers – George Walker lll, Dwyane Wade Cellars
George Walker lll is a trailblazer in the food and wine world. His passion drove him to cultivate a unique dining series that incorporated food, wine, art and music before being featured on the Somm TV show Sparklers. George was...
06.12.2023
The Wine Makers – Glenn Proctor, Puccioni Vineyards & Ciatti Company
Glenn Proctor - Puccioni Vineyards & Ciatti Company Glenn’s family immigrated to Dry Creek Valley in 1889 knowing they knew they wanted to invest in property. This led them to purchase Puccioni Ranch in 1904, the family has continuously farmed...
06.02.2023
The Wine Makers – Hilary Cline, Rhone Ranger
Hilary was raised in the wine industry, daughter of Fred and Nancy Cline from Cline Cellars. The family history dates back to Jacuzzi, yes that tub with the jets that has provided so much pleasure to most of us. We...
05.26.2023
The Wine Makers – Chris Tynan, Christopher Tynan Wines
Now Chris knows how to show up for a podcast, just check the photo's... Born in New York and raised in Texas, Chris started to discover wine working in restaurants. Tynan decided that he wanted to learn more so he moved...
05.19.2023
The Wine Makers – Charles Bieler, Bieler Family Wines
Charles Bieler was racing down ski slopes and lobbying to save owls when he got the call from his Father to help sell the family Rose. “Just give me one year” his Father said. Charles sold wine out of his pink...
05.12.2023
The Wine Makers – Moon Mountain District
This week the guys deep dive into the Moon Mountain District with three luminaries of the AVA, Chris Cottrell, Robert Kamen and Phil Coturri ahead of next month’s Reach for the Moon! Master Class and Grand Tasting of Moon Mountain...
05.05.2023
The Wine Makers – Andy Beckstoffer
The name Andy Beckstoffer is immediately associated with the finest Cabernet Sauvignon grapes in America. He drove the changes in Napa Co. grape growing until the farmers became an integral part of the wine making process and finally benefited...
04.28.2023
The Wine Makers – Randy Caparoso & Greg La Folette
This week on the show we are talking about Lodi!! Randy Caparoso is a full-time wine journalist who lives in Lodi, California, and author of Lodi! The definitive guide and history of America's largest winegrowing region. Greg La Folette is the winemaker...
04.21.2023
The Wine Makers – Dr. Sasha Berleman
This show is hot! This show is smoking! This show is all about...prescribed burns? This week the guys are joined by Dr. Sasha Berleman, Director of Fire Forward, an organization spearheading efforts to bring "Good Fire" back to the wildlands...
04.07.2023
The Wine Makers – Joel Gott
Joel Gott was definitely raised in a wine family. The fourth-generation California vintner, and wine and food entrepreneur was born in Napa Valley and raised in the Sierra Foothills where his parents started Montevina Winery. Joel later moved to Carmel...
03.31.2023
The Wine Makers – Dan Kosta, Convene Wines
This week we sit down with vintner Dan Kosta, who has built wine lists at high-end restaurants, developed cult wine brands like Kosta Browne and collaborated with celebrity chefs like Emeril Lagasse. His new project, Convene Wine, is a study...

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The Wine Makers on Radio Misfits episodes:

The Wine Makers – Alex Mitchell, Must Machinery

The Wine Makers – Matt Reid, PWR & Benessere

The Wine Makers – Todd Alexander, Force Majeure Vineyards

The Wine Makers – Reach for the Moon Mountain District

The Wine Makers – Stacy Buchanan, Blood of Gods

The Wine Makers – Sean Boyd, Rotie Cellars

The Wine Makers – Justin Trabue (Bad Ass Wine Witch), Ward Four Wines

The Wine Makers – Sarah Doyle, Wine Writer The Press Democrat

The Wine Makers – Lance Cutler or is it Jake Lorenzo?

The Wine Makers – Mark Adams

The Wine Makers – Cyril Penn, Editor Wine Business Monthly

The Wine Makers – Julien Barrot, Domaine La Barroche

The Wine Makers – Dutton Goldfield

The Wine Makers – Doug Stewart, Lichen Estate – Breggo Cellars

The Wine Makers – Enrique Tirado, Don Melchor

The Wine Makers – Larry Brooks: Winemaker, Perfumer, Author of Liquid Geography and Bike Racer

The Wine Makers – Scott Schultz, Jolie-Laide

The Wine Makers – The DTC Wine Symposium

The Wine Makers – Á Deux Têtes Release

The Wine Makers – New Years and 2023 Recap

The Wine Makers – Pam Strayer, Slow Wine

The Wine Makers – Reid Griggs, Tidings Wine Co.

The Wine Makers – Randall Graham and Elaine Chukan Brown

The Wine Makers – What A Long Strange Trip It’s Been!

The Wine Makers – Tim Zahner, Sonoma Valley Tourism Bureau

The Wine Makers – The Late Harvest of 2023

The Wine Makers – Cris Cherry

The Wine Makers – Richard Bruno, Vinum Cellars – Will work for Chenin

The Wine Makers – Dane Cellars, Fall New Release Tasting

The Wine Makers – Tony Coturri

The Wine Makers – Sixteen 600 Fall Release Party

The Wine Makers – United States Poet Laureate, Ada Limón

The Wine Makers – Coral Wang, Maison des Plaisances

The Wine Makers – Jim Pedroncelli, J. Pedroncelli Winery

The Wine Makers – History of St. Laurent

The Wine Makers – Dan Petroski, Massican Wines

The Wine Makers – Nicole Rolet, Chene Bleu

The Wine Makers – Hardy Wallace, Extradimensional Wine Co

The Wine Makers – Xavier Rolet, Areni Global

The Wine Makers – George Walker lll, Dwyane Wade Cellars

The Wine Makers – Glenn Proctor, Puccioni Vineyards & Ciatti Company

The Wine Makers – Hilary Cline, Rhone Ranger

The Wine Makers – Chris Tynan, Christopher Tynan Wines

The Wine Makers – Charles Bieler, Bieler Family Wines

The Wine Makers – Moon Mountain District

The Wine Makers – Andy Beckstoffer

The Wine Makers – Randy Caparoso & Greg La Folette

The Wine Makers – Dr. Sasha Berleman

The Wine Makers – Joel Gott

The Wine Makers – Dan Kosta, Convene Wines