The Fine Line Podcast: Balancing Hedonism & Health16 Nov 2020

Episode 5 - Rajat Parr

Raj Parr is a sommelier turned winemaker, who oversaw the wine program of the Michael Mina restaurant group in San Francisco before starting his own wineries. He now has three projects - Evening Land Vineyards in Oregon, and Sandhi and Domaine de la Côte in Santa Barbara with his business partner, Sashi Moorman. He produces mainly Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, grown biodynamically and organically.

We talk to Raj about growing up in Calcutta and how his upbringing formed how he eats and approaches food today. We hear about his journey to move to America to learn to cook, and then his meteoric rise as one of the world’s top sommeliers and wine professionals. Raj discusses his own health journey, and how an injury forced him to reassess his diet and go back to his roots. We also talk about organic and biodynamic viticulture and how that approach has changed how he drinks, as well as how he makes his own wines.

Raj has also written two groundbreaking books - Secrets of the Sommeliers: How to Think and Drink Like the World's Top Wine Professionals and The Sommelier's Atlas of Taste: A Field Guide to the Great Wines of Europe.

Show Notes:

-Daniel Johnnes

-Larry Stone

-CIA Hyde Park

-Michael Mina Group

-Evening Land Vineyards

-Sandhi Winery

-Domaine de la Cote

-Jordan Mackay

-Secrets of the Sommeliers: How to Think and Drink Like the World's Top Wine Professionals

-The Sommelier’s Atlas of Taste

@rajatparr

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