Indie Wine podcast

Indie Wine Podcast episode 12 - Contra Costa AVA with Becky Bloomfield and Patrick Shabram. There is a new proposed AVA in California, the Contra Costa AVA would be an addition to the Central Coast AVA , adding some of Northern and Eastern Contra Costa County land and expanding the AVA. I give a short history of the area and some of the vineyards and wineries before we hear from Patrick Shabram wh...

Indie Wine Podcast episode 11 - Randy Caparoso - Wine Journalist, Photographer, Sommelier etc etc etc. Part 2. Randy discusses some of Lodi's vineyard history as well as white wines and white grapes in Lodi and the Lodi Rules farming practices amongst other topics. This is Part 2 of a 2 part episode. You can learn more about Randy or purchase his book at https://www.lodiwine.com/Blog or https:...

Indie Wine Podcast episode 10 - Randy Caparoso - Wine Journalist, Photographer, Sommelier etc etc etc. Part 1. Randy has had a long and distinguished career in the wine industry and has touched many aspects of it from starting as a Sommelier to now writing about wine full time in The Somm Journal and for the Lodi Wine Commission. We discuss how he found his way to Lodi, terroir, old vines, changes...

Indie Wine Podcast episode 9 - Chuck Mansfield of Goldbud Farms. Chuck and his family have been growing wine grapes and tree fruit in El Dorado county for over 40 years. Their high elevation grapes are prized by some of the most well regarded wineries in California. Chuck talks about many aspects of growing grapes in El Dorado, from the elevation and soils to the difficulties with frosts, fires an...

Indie Wine Podcast episode 8 - Kristie Tacey of Tessier Winery. We hear Kristie describe how she was able to make a successful transition from microbiologist to winemaker. The differences in working with Anderson Valley and Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir. What her ideal wine is like and why music is an important part of her life, plus some info about her radio show! You can get some of Kristie&#3...

Indie Wine podcast episode 7. I recently spoke with Adam Sabelli-Frisch of Sabelli-Frisch Wines. We discussed the Mission grape and the wine it makes, both dry and sweet versions. How Adam was able to find Mission and Flame Tokay grapes in Lodi and some of the challenges of running a small 1 man winery in LA. We also touch on some of the other wines Adam makes from Zinfandel, Riesling and Syrah. Y...

Indie Wine Podcast episode 6. I spoke with longtime wine writer Mike Dunne about his new book "The Signature Wines of Superior California - 50 wines that define the Sierra Foothills, the Delta, Yolo and Lodi" Mike was a writer for the Sac Bee newspaper and has covered these regions since the 1970's. His book gives wonderful history and background about the regions and 50 wines that h...

Indie Wine Podcast Episode 5.  I sit down with Craig Haarmeyer of Haarmeyer Wine Cellars in West Sacramento to discuss Sacramento and Clarksburg,  hella Chenin Blanc and Nebbiolo, his lifetime of growing up surrounded by food and wine culture, running a family winery, how climate change is affecting wine making and Craig gives some history of the Harbor Winery whose building he works out...

Indie Wine Podcast episode 4 with Chad Hinds of Iruai wines.  Iruai is the winery formerly know as Methode Sauvage.  Chad and his family have moved to the California alps of far northern California and are working with a wide variety of alpine grapes not widely seen in California.  You can hear Chad talk about the unique growing season as well as some background on these grapes that...

Interviews with some of the winemakers at the By The Way Festival November 2022.  By The Way is a wine festival held regularly in Richmond, CA.  Most of the wineries are Zero/Zero natural wineries with bottles available for purchase, a souvenir tasting glass with the ticket money going to great causes.  I speak with Adam from Wild Jag, Laura from General Psychotic Activity, Craig fr...

Hear Noel from Purity wines discuss running a natural winery in an urban environment, farming practices and how he collaborates with other winemakers, musicians and artists.  https://www.instagram.com/puritywine/   https://www.puritywine.net/ https://linktr.ee/indiewinepodcast

This is the trailer for the Indie Wine Podcast.  A new podcast of interviews with small independent winemakers, farmers, authors and more.  This episode has snippets of some of the interviews coming soon.  Email indiewinepodcast@gmail.com with questions, feedback or anything else. Follow on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/indiewinepodcast