The Wine Makers – Hawk Wakawakka returns

EP113: This week, Elaine Chukan Brown, aka Hawk Wakawakka returns to the podcast on the heels of her Screaming Eagle visit. We also taste some of the “hottest” celebrity Roses of the Summer. Sam pulls out a special bottle of Chardonnay from Mayacamas, the last vintage of this vineyard. Enjoy…

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 […]

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