The Wine Makers – Scott Kirkpatrick

Scott Kirkpatrick and Allison Watkins started Mountain Tides Wine in 2016 with a single vision, explore Petite Sirah in all of its forms. Unique vineyard sites and an openness to stylistic differences from a lot of other Petite Sirah on “the market” sets them apart and makes them unique. Being […]

The Wine Makers – Steve Law, MacLaren Wine

Steve Law and his wife Heather have moved into a new location, away from the square, to a country setting more suited to their warm and inviting personalities. The wines are always on another level, high-quality but different than other wines. Rose, Sav Blanc, Viognier, Pinot and Syrah, from a […]

The Wine Makers – Nathan Stuart

EP109: We finish up our swing through Paso Robles with a trip to Tablas Creek, the epicenter of Rhone varieties in California. The guys sit down with Nathan Stuart, he and his dog Maya tend the bio-dynamic flock of over 200 sheep that keep this land in balance. The partnership […]

The Wine Makers – Vicki Carroll

EP108: Brian and Bart travel to San Luis Obispo to sit down with Vicki Carroll, she runs the premier wine event Hospice du Rhone, annually at Blackberry Farm in Tennessee and bi-annually in Paso Robles. We open a bottle of rose and talk about and her work with some of […]

The Wine Makers – Melani Harding

EP107: Bart & Brian go to Paso Robles to see Melani Harding, a former guest on the show, who now owns her own winery, Bon Niche Cellars. Melani introduces us to Leon Tackitt from Tackitt Family Vineyards down the road. So great to see Mel and Barley Von Doodle living […]

The Wine Makers – Ariana & Jeff Riggs

Troika Wines is a newer winery based in Carneros but sourcing grapes from a wide variety of vineyard sites. Jeff and a couple of his good friends decided to start making wine, their first release was a Merlot made by famed consultant Phillipe Melka. Now with Sir John, they are […]

The Wine Makers – Jess Wade

Jess Wade is a Sonoma native with strong ties to the community and our service industry. He is a “jack-of-all-trades” when it comes to wine, working in the vineyards, both here and abroad, tending to the cellar, and now creating his own label, Topophilia Wines. Jess makes small lots of […]

The Wine Makers – Jeff Cohn & Anne Charlotte

Our friends, Jeff Cohn from Sonoma, Anne Charlotte from France, have teamed up to make one barrel of wine, a blend of Syrah, Grenache and Mourvedre from the Chateauneuf du Pape. We sit down and get the story behind the wine and taste some recent releases. Check it out!

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