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I just stumbled across this ground glass breaking film about our favorite industry. The filmaker sent yours truly a Tweet... and it was the first I'd heard about this project. Surprising, since some of my personal favorites are featured! Chuck Ortman, Mike Sinor, Ken Volk and Jim Clendenen, just to a few.From Ground to Glass features winemaking luminaries from across California, including Warren Winiarski, Joel Peterson, Paul Draper, Bob Lindquist, Chuck Carlson, Chuck Ortman, Richard Sanford, Jim Clendenen, Ken Brown and Brooks Firestone.It also features up-and-coming winemakers including Wes Hagen and Mike Sinor. btw, Sinor has already achieved international acclaim with his Domaine Alfred Pinot... he has his own winery now (Sinor-LaVallee) and is the winemaker for Ancient Peaks Winery.Robert DeFoe, the filmaker, who is a former professional snowboarder, told us that, "The filming started out as a window into the process of making wine but, as the wine was aging, my focus turned to interviewing winemakers, growers, home enthusiasts and visionaries from all over California. It just unfolded... I discovered a larger story along the way. It is their story as well as my story.”There's a story in every drop of wine squeezed from every grape on the Central Coast and Robert shares some the reasons (and people) that help make this the world's third largest, fastest growing wine region.You can buy the DVD here.GrapevineRadio.net, the premier source for interviews with wine makers, chefs and event coordinators from California's third largest and fastest growing wine region.

At a recent tasting event, attended by yours truly (incognito), I chanced to overhear one of those ABC people .. Anything But Chardonnay.I know that those of us who spend a large part of our waking hours thinking about, and sometimes even drinking, wine are often shocked to discover that some perceptions about certain wines that we thought had changed years ago still persist.Like when rosé re-bloomed in California and was newly infused with elegant, delicate touches and we coaxed, teased and cajoled our non-eno friends into tasting something they swore would never pass their lips again; an oath usually taken during their college years.I can't believe that old prejudices against this noble grape still walk among the tasting room rompers, just because, 15 years ago or so, Mrs. Butterworth's Chardonnay served in a freshly-hewn oak bowl, laid her heavy hand across the land.Chardonnay, the Queen of the white wine grapes. The backbone of world's most cherished Champagnes and sparkling wines. Tasty companion to warm summer afternoons, East Indian food and shellfish.Click here, if you dare, to hear me rant on about those who think they're being hip by being critical because they put fashion before palate!GrapevineRadio.net, the premier source for interviews with wine makers, chefs and event coordinators from California's third largest and fastest growing wine region.