Keeping Warm on a Cold Snowy Winters Night with Art of Earth Wines

Episode 139 - Cristina Hudson, Hudson Napa Valley by Michelle Mandro

In this latest episode of our knitting videos, we take a trip to Hopewell Junction in Hudson Valley, New York where we met with other shareholders of the Hudson Valley Fiber Farm for a Sheep Shearing party. We met with: Shepards Susan and Pat Jeff the Shearer Hans the spinner and Phillip the weaver “Ernie” the Cotswold What I am wearing: Cabled [...]

​ Hudson Valley is a female-fronted band rooted in country vocals with a rock-infused sound and delivered with a healthy dash of sass, like only lead singer Sarah Owens can. Forming in Nashville Tennessee in 2018, the singer hit the ground running with Richie Owens(drums), Andrew Kosek(bass) and Matthew Farinelli(guitar). The foursome combined their influences in the rock, punk rock, and country music genres to create a sound that is authentically and uniquely Hudson Valley.https://www.hudsonvalleyband.com/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-larry-timko-show--5677360/support.

Let’s play word association. We say, “Napa Valley” and you say, “Wine!” Of course! What else would you say to America’s top, vinicultural brand. With all due respect to Virginia, Oregon and every other, wine producing state in the union, California’s Napa Valley is it, when it comes to producing America’s finest wines and for marketing America’s most powerful, regional wine brand. The Napa Valley Vintners is nonprofit trade association has been cultivating excellence since 1944 by inspiring its more than 525 members to consistently produce wines of the highest quality, to provide environmental leadership and to care for the extraordinary place they call home. So, representatives of the Napa Valley Vintners Association were in DC , and we snared several for a deep dive into the association’s mission history, but also into the history and world of Napa Valley wine growing and, of course, some Napa Valley wines tastings! Joining us were Rex Stults, Senior Director of Industry Relations for the Napa Valley Vintners; Dawnine Dyer, Partner, Dyer Vineyard, a real-deal, longtime Napa Valley winemaker who spent 25 years as Winemaker at Domaine Chandon and a partner in the award-winning, Meteor Vineyard and Emma Swain, CEO at St. Supery Estate Vineyards & Winery: Emma Swain, CSW and CEO of St. Supéry Estate Vineyards and Winery who also serves as the Board Chair for the Wine Market Council and is a board member of the Napa Valley Vintners. If you’re serious about wine – or even if you not – this is a roundtable discussion not to be missed! Cheers!