Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Wine Makers – Chugability?
EP11: There’s a lot of action in the vineyards as crews trim the canopy correctly to ensure proper growing. Bart & Brian talk about the /natural/organic/synthetic faze; WHAT”S THE POINT? How about a …
Published on 8 years, 5 months ago
The Wine Makers – Spanish Invasion
The Spanish are sending “Unacceptable” wine into France and the French strike back by attacking the trucks. SYNTHETIC WINE? NAH; No thanks. Just not wine to us. The process of growing fruit that is p…
Published on 8 years, 5 months ago
The Wine Makers – Walking the Fields
The Equinox has passed and the grape fields are moving from Chaos to Order. How and why wine really gets its beautiful deep red color. Can you buy too much wine? The guys talk about their favorite d…
Published on 8 years, 5 months ago
The Wine Makers – Tipping In Tasting Rooms
The guys kick around vineyard real-estate in Sonoma and Napa. Our listeners have more questions on Rose’ and we talk about blends, colors and styles from around the world. Tipping at tasting rooms, y…
Published on 8 years, 5 months ago
The Wine Makers – Taste The Fog
EP7: It’s Zin Day with The Wine Makers! We’re in mid-June are amazed at how well the fields are doing. Sam leads a discussion on the variety of growing areas within Sonoma Valley and all of Sonoma Co…
Published on 8 years, 6 months ago
The Wine Makers – Patio Pounder
The guys kick around establishing great wine oriented relationships and what’s happening in the field. Bart details “bloom” and “set” as the fruit develops, John can’t figure out “dropping fruit” whi…
Published on 8 years, 6 months ago
The Wine Makers – The Big B Word!
As much of California’s grape crop is just starting “Blooom”, a very fragile state of developement, the guys focus on wine, The Dead and Sam’s trip to The Shoreline Ampitheatre. Brian focuses the gr…
Published on 8 years, 6 months ago
The Wine Makers – MacLaren’s Syrah
The guys get in deep with Steve Law from MacLaren and his Syrah, his land, the fruit and his winemaking. They focus on Syrah and even kick around proper wine storage on a serious note. John tells us…
Published on 8 years, 6 months ago
The Wine Makers – Sonoma’s Own, James Bond
LIVE from the MacLaren Tasting Lounge with owner/winemaker Steve Law, “Sonoma’s Own James Bond” and true Scotsman. They take a deep dive into what’s happening in the vineyards from bud break and bloo…
Published on 8 years, 7 months ago
The Wine Makers – Sticker Shock
This week John, Bart and Brian kick around drinking wine in restaurants and getting away from sticker shock. “Wines DON’T have to cost a fortune to be fun and drinkable”. Brian rants on reasonably pr…
Published on 8 years, 7 months ago