Winemaker Interview Series — Tom Rinaldi of Patent Wines and Pellet Estate
Ken On November 30, 2023, we had a chance to interview Tom Rinaldi. Tom is the winemaker for Patent Wines and Pellet Estate. In our Zoom interview, we covered three of…
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Winemaker Interview Series — Trevor Durling of Beaulieu Vineyard & Hewitt Vineyard
On November 15, 2023, we had a chance to interview and catch up with Trevor Durling. Trevor is the winemaker for Beaulieu Vineyard, aka BV, and Hewitt Vineyard. In our…
Winemaker Interview Series – Andy Schweiger of Schweiger Vineyards
On August 23, 2023, we had the opportunity to meet and interview Andy Schweiger (virtually). Andy is the winemaker at Schweiger Vineyards. In our Zoom interview, we covered six of…
Winemaker Interview Series – Will Weese — Merriam – April 2023
On April 5, 2023, we had a chance interview Will Weese. Will is the winemaker for Merriam Vineyards. I have been covering Merriam wines for a very long time and…
Winemaker Interview Series – Robert Foley
During our Zoom interview on January 4, we had a chance to catch up with Robert “Bob” Foley, who is the winemaker at his winery Robert Foley Vineyards. We also…
Winemaker Interview Series – Renée Ary from Duckhorn Vineyards
During our Zoom interview on August 17th, we had a chance meet Renée Ary who is the winemaker at Duckhorn Vineyards. We learned that Renée went to Saint Mary’s College…
Winemaker Interview Series – Joel Peterson from Once & Future Wines
During our Zoom interview on August 10th, we had a chance catch up with Joel Peterson who is the winemaker at Once and Future Wines. This is the second year…
Winemaker Interview Series – Phillip Corallo-Titus from Chappellet Winery
During our Zoom interview on June 29th, we had a chance to catch-up with Phillip Corallo-Titus who is the winemaker at Chappellet. Phillip has been the winemaker there since 1990.…
Winemaker Interview Series — Ryan Rech of Beringer
On January 26th, Beringer winemaker Ryan Rech, joined the Tasting Panel on Zoom to cover 9 of his new release wines. We really enjoyed our session with him. We learned…
Wine Days, Wine Months and Wine Holiday List
I was recently listening to the The Wonderful World Of Wine (WWW) podcast and I thought they were discussing a great topic: Wine Holidays! I found it really fun to…