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Every wine lover has a passion for turning friends on to new, high end wines and I’m no different. Coombsville has been an AVA of Napa Valley since 2011 and Winemaker Lisa Redmon has been living and growing wine there for some time now. Coombsville is now recognized as a top fine wine area, something [...]
This week on our Vino Lingo segment we feature Lisa Redmon, Proprietor, Redmon Wines, Coombsville AVA, Napa Valley, defining the term “Struggle”. Learn more by visiting redmonwines.com
Way back in 2017 I was able to do a press visit to Piedmont, Italy to learn more about Asti Spumante and Moscato d’Asti. One of our stops included the DOCG to see how this process works. Today I have Giacomo Pondini, Director, Consorzio dell’Asti DOCG on the phone to give us a bit more [...]
Steve Contursi and his wife Seanne are owners of Arrow & Branch and now produce their wine in almost new facility in the Oak Knoll section of Napa Valley. Steve and I met up in the barrel room which accounts for the strong echo in the recording, but are soon adding a new tasting space. [...]
This week on our Vino Lingo segment we feature Steve Contursi, Co-Owner, Arrow & Branch, Coombsville AVA, Napa Valley, defining the phrase “Mind Your Business”. Learn more by visiting arrowbranch.com
Sitting along the Napa River in the city of Napa you can find the ultra cool tasting room for Scalon Cellars located in a repurposed tannery. The vineyard itself is located in the scenic Coombsville AVA just east of the city and tastings take place at the tannery by appointment.. Tim Goodwin is the General [...]
This week on our Vino Lingo segment we feature Tim Goodwin, General Manager, Scalon Cellars, Coombsville AVA, Napa Valley, defining the term “Apple Juice”. Learn more by visiting scaloncellars.com
There are many AVA’s in Napa Valley, in fact Napa Valley itself is an AVA. The Coombsville AVA is located just east of downtown Napa and is something not found in the other viticultural areas of the Valley. Coombsville features softly rolling hills and peaceful country roads with vineyards of all sizes. Not glitzy and [...]
If there is a name that spells Coombsville AVA it’s John Caldwell of Caldwell Vineyard. Smuggler and story teller, John loves people and wine. His vines talk and he listens. I was grateful to hear many of his wine stories…and as you know, winemakers tell the best stories. You can also hear John on our [...]
This week on our Vino Lingo segment we feature John Caldwell, Founder, Caldwell Vineyard, Coombsville AVA, Napa Valley, defining the term “Terroir”. Learn more by visiting caldwellvineyard.com
Each interview I conduct The Question is asked, “What is the one question you’ve never been asked, that you would like to be asked”. This podcast features Washington winemakers giving our audience a bit of a look inside their world. Below is the guests are listed in order of appearance: Joanne Dunham/Dunham Cellars Andrew Browne/Browne [...]
Winemakers are well known for cellar work in many different parts of the world. Its not unusual to meet a winemaker that has made wine in the southern hemisphere, Sonoma or Germany. In fact our guest for this podcast has done just that, and now Bennett Ewald makes wine in both Door County and Kewaunee, [...]
This week on our Vino Lingo segment we feature Bennett Ewald, Assistant Winemaker, Parallel 44 Winery, Wisconsin, defining the term “ROGL”. Learn more by visiting 44wines.com
This is a follow-up to podcast 751 which featured Joanne Dunham, Founder of Dunham Cellars, Walla Walla, Washington. This time around I met up with John Blair, Partner and President of Dunham and once again we met up at the amazing Dunham hanger tasting room. While its always about the wines, this is a must [...]
This week on our Vino Lingo segment we feature John Blair, President & Partner, Dunham Cellars, Walla Walla, Washington, defining the term “Shiner”. Learn more by visiting dunhamcellars.com
Way back in November of 2010, in the very early days of this podcast, I met with Chad Johnson, Co-Owner of Dusted Valley Winery in Washington state. That was podcast #26. In 2003 Chad and his partner/brother-in-law Corey Braunel left their home in Wisconsin and began the Dusted Valley and Boomtown labels. They never looked [...]
This week on our Vino Lingo segment we feature Corey Braunel, Co-Owner, Dusted Valley, Walla Walla, Washington, defining the term “Kin’A”. Learn more by visiting dustedvalley.com
Over the past 17 years I’ve interviewed Steve Johnson, Co-Owner of Parallel 44 and Door 44 Wineries many times. This time around his son Isaac, who spent the 2025 harvest as a cellar hand, will be joining us. Also, watch for an upcoming interview with Steve’s Assistant Winemaker, Bennett Ewald in the next couple weeks. [...]
This week on our Vino Lingo segment we feature Steve Johnson, Proprietor, Parallel 44 Winery, Kewaunee, Wisconsin, defining the term “Northern Varietals”. Learn more by visiting 44wines.com
This week on our Vino Lingo segment we feature Isaac Johnson, Cellar Hand, Parallel 44 Winery, Kewaunee, Wisconsin, defining the term “Rubbin’ Buds”. Learn more by visiting 44wines.com




