Episodes

  • Eden Rift - Christian Pillsbury

    Eden Rift - Christian Pillsbury
    Nov 13 2024
    Situato a sole 20 miglia dalla baia di Monterey, Eden Rift è il più antico vigneto in produzione continua in California. Piantato nel 1849 da Theophile Vache, la tenuta di 120 acri si trova sulla faglia di Sant'Andrea e fa parte della Cienega Valley AVA. La cantina si trova a sole due miglia dal famoso produttore di Pinot Nero Calera, il cui fondatore Josh Jensen ha cercato i terreni ricchi di calcare e dolomite. Prima di Josh, i primi viticoltori si procurarono alcune delle prime piantagioni di Pinot Nero in California a Eden Rift a partire dal 1860. Dopo il proibizionismo, l'attenzione su Pinot Nero e Chardonnay è andata persa fino a quando Christian Pillsbury ha acquisito la tenuta nel 2016. Christian ha riunito un team di giovani professionisti del settore a partire dall'enologo Cory Waller per creare ancora una volta alcuni dei Pinot Nero e Chardonnay più vivaci ed energici della California. Le terrazze estreme e il terroir diversificato in un'unica valle contigua rendono il vigneto più antico della California il suo nuovo progetto più entusiasmante.
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    45 mins
  • LangeTwins - Susana Vasquez

    LangeTwins - Susana Vasquez
    Sep 25 2024
    LangeTwins is a family-owned and farm-first winery in the Lodi and Clarksburg Appellations of California, committed to cultivating a lasting impact. Behind a glass of our wine is a legacy of responsible land stewardship and forward-thinking sustainable winegrowing practices ensuring the unique estate vineyard blocks we’ve farmed for five.
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    44 mins
  • JMC Cellars - Jessica Carroll

    JMC Cellars - Jessica Carroll
    Sep 18 2024
    Like many that find themselves in this industry, Jessica started her path in a different field: Civil Engineering. She graduated from the University of Portland and worked as a Transportation Engineer in the Bay Area until finding her passion in wine. After careful thought, she made the leap into wine in 2014. While completing her Certificate of Enology from Las Positas College, she worked full time at a winery in Livermore Valley. The list of reasons Jessica loves the wine industry is long and all of them make it a well matched career path for her. She was fortunate enough to be given the opportunity to open up her own winery in 2023 and jumped at the chance to fulfil that dream.
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    49 mins
  • Darcie Kent Winery - Darcie Kent

    Darcie Kent Winery - Darcie Kent
    Sep 11 2024
    Cheers from Darcie Kent, the woman behind Livermore Valley's most award-winning winery! Darcie is a fifth-generation vintner and artist. 100% of our wines are estate grown, bottled and produced by the Kent family. Our Livermore story began in 1996 with just one small block of Merlot where the Kent family built their house. A few years later, master winemaker Julian Halasz joined our team. Since then, we’ve become home to the region's most acclaimed sparkling wine, Clone 30 Cabernet Sauvignon, and Sauvignon Blancs. We are also re-writing Livermore's legacy for Pinot Noir with our numerous acclaimed releases from our cool climate Triska Vineyard. Darcie Kent Estate Winery is open seven days a week, with sweeping vineyard views from both our outdoor and indoor tasting spaces. Visitors also have a chance to take in the wonder and delight of Darcie's original artwork. Come celebrate art, wine, and the natural world!
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    55 mins
  • Cuda Ridge Wines - Larry Dino

    Cuda Ridge Wines - Larry Dino
    Sep 4 2024
    Larry and Margie Dino are the proprietors of Cuda Ridge Wines. Their passion for fine wines led them to Livermore Valley – a world-class wine region with wine roots dating back to the mid-1800s. Over the years, they were inspired to learn more about the craft and traditions of making wine and founded Cuda Ridge in 2007 with a vision for producing premium wines. Small lot, handcrafted, Bordeaux-style wines that bring out the wonderful terroir of Livermore Valley are their specialty. Cuda Ridge produces the six major red varietals of Bordeaux, Bordeaux style Rose’, and Sauvignon Blanc. What helps Cuda Ridge stand out is not that they produce Bordeaux varietals, but the winemaking focus is on wines that have old world intensity and complexity. Cuda Ridge wines is best known for Cabernet Franc. “Cabernet Franc” has been a staple of the winery since we opened our doors in 2007”, says Larry Dino, winemaker and proprietor. Cuda Ridge also initiated a Caménère program in Livermore Valley, a first of its kind. Cuda Ridge works with three small growers and produces three vineyard designated Caménère’s with the first vintage in 2018.Cuda Ridge is named after the winemakers 1970, Plum Crazy purple, Barracuda muscle car. Come on out and taste our award-winning wines and enjoy our family hospitality.
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    49 mins
  • Anaya - Gerardo Espinosa

    Anaya - Gerardo Espinosa
    Aug 28 2024
    In the 1940’s, Victor Anaya moved from Mexico to California's Central Valley, establishing roots in Clements Hills AVA. Now as a third generation, I oversee Anaya Vineyard's wines from our vineyards. We blend tradition and art to create elegant wines like Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Gris, Nebbiolo, Tempranillo, and Albariño, all beautifully presented with very low intervention in winemaking and truthful to the varietal and terroir.
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    39 mins
  • 3 Steves Winery - Steve Ziganti

    3 Steves Winery - Steve Ziganti
    Aug 21 2024
    Founded in 2010, 3 Steves was born over 3 friends sitting around having a glass of wine and talking about starting our own winery. All owned part of a small boutique winery at the time and before long realized it was time to start our own label from the ground up, and thought it was obvious to name the new project 3 Steves Winery. Originally leasing space within another local winery with a pouring facility downtown, 3 Steves quickly grew and in 2013 opened our doors at our current location on Greenville Hill. Our winery is ever growing and changing, while still focusing on our roots of Bordeaux and Italian varietals being served in a welcoming, family style setting.
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    46 mins
  • kukkula - Kevin Jussila

    kukkula - Kevin Jussila
    Aug 14 2024
    kukkula is on the westside of Paso Robles in the Adelaida District with steep, north facing hills. The vineyard elevation ranges from 1500-1900 feet. We are organic dry-farmers with a Rhone-centric bias. Today, we farm 42 acres of vines, all head-trained and estate grown. We’re focused on making wines of distinction that are finessed, elegant, terroir driven, and work beautifully with food.Our fruit is fermented using native yeast, with no fining/filtering, and are typically aged in barrel and bottle for 2 ½ - 3 years before being released.Because our terroir is like the Rhône region of France, we are Rhône-centric. Other than Cabernet Sauvignon, we grow Syrah, Grenache, Mourvedre, Counoise, Petite Sirah, and Roussanne.We believe the hard work is done in the vineyard, and if we maintain this discipline, farm organically and without irrigation, we will create wines of intense aromatics, flavors, and color, that are a true expression of place, and the essence of our unique terroir.We believe that if we’ve farmed well, there is little need to intervene in the cellar. We don’t adhere to conventional notions and trends. Rather, curiosity and creativity dictate what goes into our final blends.
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    49 mins