George Skorka was highlighted in the first edition of Playboy magazine in Hungary. He escaped the regime to come to America without a word of english and with nothing but his wits, personified hospitality. Having worked at the best of the best restaurants in America, he has come to be the personification of the work Maitre d'. You will find his outlook inspiring and his experience extraordinary. Meet George Skorka.

The biodynamic wine movement is real and growing. One of the first in California was Gelert Hart and Ambyth wines. Truly rustic and adhering to the principals of biodynamic farming, Ambyth creates extraordinary wines from a variety of grapes.

Hear how the vines grow and the philosophy works throughout the process.

George Ronay is about to retire from a life of wine; but do you really retire from wine? Hear the passion and philosophy about wine from a man who worked all sides of our great industry. Learn about the passion it takes to be successful and keep an eye on the goal.

Umbria is an unsung hero in the realm of Italian wine. The grape Sagrantino makes a robust long lived wine that speaks so telling of its terroir, I feel like I have travelled 3000 miles with each sip.

I speak with my good freind Valentino Valentini, a third generation winemaker and former mayor of Montefalco. Enjoy.

Mike Houlihan was sent out by his new girlfriend to strong arm a $300,000 debt for her client. The rest of the story is funny, inspiring and out right the story of America.

In 1989, Mike came paid a sales call on me in our old warehouse in Lomita, California. He said he had the La Feet of California wine. And when left, I thought "what a stupid idea"...oh, really, it is not the largest brand in America. Hear the story.

The California wine trade didn't start in Napa, Sonoma, or Mendocino; it started it in Southern California in the 1700's. Many Italian immigrants game to the Cucamonga area from the Lombardy region…not to make wine but to cut stone.

Founded in 1929, San Antonio Winery is currently the only licensed winery in Los Angeles. Amazing history and story. My old friend Santo Riboli sat with me to discuss the trek of this famed company and family.

I met Cayce Kerr as he was funning flanker of Fred Couples agent to vet me out as a legit company. His stories are amazing and the energy and effort he put into creating his own brand of chocolate wine. At the time, I tasted each and every brand on the market....Cayce's was by far the best of the bunch. Seven years later....he is getting some traction...hear the story.

I wouldn't have believed it myself until one of the men I respect most in this industry brought in Dr. Nayan Patel. The Doctor of Pharmacy has been working with a delivery system to bring Glutathione (an known detoxification agent) into the blood stream. Have a listen what what his new patent is all about.

HIs musical Sideways is gaining attention in the wine world. Hear the story of the book and the movie and the preliminary discussion of the musical. Well, it is coming out and there is a concert in Sonoma to release the songs (at Buena Vista winery).

I had the chance to sit down with Rex Pickett, the author of the book Sideways that was made into the multi award winning movie of the same name. Learn where he taught himself to love Pinot Noir...though he never really hated Merlot!

Andrew came to the wine business with no knowledge of wine but understands internet marketing and logistics. We met on the golf course playing with a round with other wine industry professionals. We had such a great conversation that I thought we would continue on the podcast. He is at a company called Wine Access and works with previous guest, Master of Wine Vanessa Conlin. Salut.