
495: Steve Doerner and the Burgundian Bicyclists
Steve Doerner is Winemaker Emeritus at Cristom Vineyards in Oregon.Steve discusses his shift from being a Biochemistry Major at UC Davis in the mid-1970s to his first Job working for Josh Jensen at Ca...
13 Nov 20232h 19min

494: Alicia Towns Franken's Wine Life
Alicia Towns Franken is a Co-Founder of Towns Wine Co. and the Executive Director of Wine Unify.Alicia discusses her upbringing in Chicago and her introduction to wine in college. She then segways int...
16 Aug 20231h 9min

493: Neil Empson Shifted Gears Into Wine
Neil Empson is the founder of Empson & Co., an exporter of wines from Italy and other countries.Neil, who was born in New Zealand in 1939, recounts his youthful days driving fast, reselling Ferraris, ...
8 Aug 20231h 40min

492: Jean-Emmanuel Simond Does Not Like Your White Wine
Jean-Emmanuel Simond is a writer and wine critic for "La Revue du vin de France", covering the Côte de Nuits of Burgundy and Alsace. He is also a co-owner of wine importer Oenotropie. He is based in P...
1 Jul 20231h 30min

491: Ukraine, Wine and Terror
Levi Dalton speaks with three Ukrainians about the struggles faced by winemakers and winery owners amongst the warfare in Ukraine.Alla Plachkova discusses fleeing Kyiv as bombs begin to fall on the ci...
22 Mai 202359min

490: Patrick Campbell Pruned Mountain Vines on Crutches
Patrick Campbell was the owner of Laurel Glen Vineyard on Sonoma Mountain in California, a winery he sold in 2011. He began the Tierra Divina Vineyards company, which encompasses the Terra Rosa, REDS,...
21 Mai 20221h 32min

489: Sylvain Pataille and the New Old Style
Sylvain Pataille is the owner and winemaker at Domaine Sylvain Pataille, which is located in the Marsannay area of Burgundy, within France.Sylvain discusses the impact in Burgundy of economic changes ...
15 Jan 20221h 25min

488: Erin and the Volcano
Erin Scala explores the wines of Pico Island, a part of the Portuguese Azores in the Atlantic Ocean.Erin puts on sturdy boots and ventures to the Azores to explore mysterious vineyards and ancient lav...
25 Des 20211h 49min



















