Episodes
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VinoWeek - Episode 78 - Do you Soave?
We revisit Soave!
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VinoWeek - Episode 77 - The Wine Shuffle Continues
The third largest winery in the U.S. (Constellation Brands) has just sold a significant portion of its value-priced brands to The Wine Group, the second largest winery in the U.S. Wine industry sales and profitability have been under pressure recently so one could view this as a move by...
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VinoWeek - Episode 76 - Back in the Saddle
Bill and I are back. Pardon our absence as family needs took a higher priority for both of us lately. On this podcast we offer up a quick summary of what we have been doing during our hiatus. While we may have been busy handling family affairs we still found time to have an adult beverage every…
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VinoWeek - Episode 75 - Reflections on Gambero Rosso and Slow Wine
As we head into springtime this year more wine and food events are returning to the our calendars. On this podcast Bill and I discuss our recent experiences at the Gambero Rosso and Slow Wine events both held in San Francisco.
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VinoWeek - Episode 74 - Good Eats in Sonoma
Bill and I recorded this podcast the morning of the Super Bowl so good eats and adult beverages were front and center of our discussion. We go on a jag about the lack of places to find good bread in Sonoma County and come up with a pretty good impromptu list of great places to eat in Sonoma…
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VinoWeek - Episode 72 - Holiday Wines
With Christmas around the corner we put together a list of some of our favorite wines for the holidays. The Federal Reserve’s aggressive interest rate hikes hasn’t slowed the uptick in wine prices. It can be fairly easy to blow up your wine budget with just one or two bottles of splurge…
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VinoWeek - Episode 71 - Wine Tastings Making a Comeback
A recent article by Colman Andrews titled Paradise Lost: The Flame Out of Napa Valley’s Iconic Wine Country raised a number of eyebrows in Northern California. The article’s main themes being that the Valley’s growth has lessened its charm and that corporatization has made visits to Napa Wineries...
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VinoWeek - Episode 70 Has your palate changed?
Al and Bill - news of the wineworld
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VinoWeek - Episode 69 - Wildfire Hangover
Bill and I get together for a new podcast after an extended absence. On this podcast you can find out where we’ve been, what’s new in wine country and what we’ve been drinking and eating. It’s summertime so we find ourselves drinking less red wine and more rosé and white wines. Our wine...
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VinoWeek - Episode 68 - Wine Tasting Hospitality Has Changed
Consolidation in the U. S. wine industry continues at an unabated pace. Most of the mergers and acquisitions are followed weeks later by layoffs and closures of production facilities. Sebastiani, Coppola and Chateau Ste. Michelle are some of the most recent buyouts. Right now is one of the best...
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VinoWeek - Episode 67 Unwelcomed Politics in Wine Country
Windsor Ca. Mayor, Freeze in Europe.
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VinoWeek - Episode 66
Imported wine prices could be headed lower? Ursula Von der Leyen President of the European Commission and President Biden have agreed to suspend all tariffs with regard to the Airbus-Boeing dispute for four months. President Von der Leyen, the first woman elected to head the European Commission…
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The World's Biggest Wine Company Expands
Constellation Brands executives must be elated to finally complete their sale of over 32 wine brands and five wineries to E. J. Gallo Winery. The $810 million deal was less than half of the $1.7 billion initially proposed in April of 2019, as the Federal Trade Commission insisted Constellations...
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VinoWeek - Episode 64
Delivery startup Go Puff has just announced its acquisition of alcohol beverage retailer BevMo. While Bevmo already has an online presence and delivery service Go Puff’s network, which delivers convenience store items will make it even more opportune for people to channel their inner couch…
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Wine Country Faces a New Reality
Wild fires , power outages and uncertain times in Wine Country
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Smoke Taint Concerns Grape Growers
Lately there hasn’t been much to celebrate about and as a result Champagne growers are facing challenges due to the pandemic and collapsing sales. So far the French government has not offered any actionable help. Can growers and winemakers work together to hold prices steady? Franzia is selling a...
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Wildfires Amidst the Harvest
Burning Harvest!
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What Is Clean Wine?
We have a new wine bar in Sebastopol. Region wine bar will specialize in pouring small production wines using self-serve wine machines. Cameron Diaz and Katherine Power have entered the celebrity wine business. Their wine brand Avaline, is entering a crowded market place. Years of consolidation…
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VinoWeek - Episode 59 - Tasting Rooms Reopen
After three plus months of shelter in place mandates with a significant portion of the hospitality and restaurant business in California throttled to an idle, wineries, brew pubs and distillers have been given the green light to host patrons again. The old tasting room model has been discarded in...
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VinoWeek - Episode 58 - How Covid - 19 Affects Us
Bill and I have been on a brief hiatus. Let’s just say we have been adjusting to a new way of living our lives during the coronavirus pandemic. Walking into a wine retailer or visiting a winery tasting room has not been an option for us so in this podcast we spend some time talking about how and...
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VinoWeek - Episode 57 - Wine Communication is Changing
Here in Sonoma County California we are under a Governor Gavin Newsom mandated shelter in place directive aimed at slowing the spread of the novel coronavirus. What does that mean? Check out this link to get the details. Cancelled events, business losses and layoffs are starting to impact the…
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VinoWeek - Episode 56 Coronavirus Insanity
Covid Corona Blues
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Slow Wine World Tour 2020
Slow Wine Tour, Interview with Giancarlo Gariglio
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VinoWeek Episode 54 - Wine for the People
Wine industry experts are calling for grape growers to reduce the number of vineyards in production because of declining wine sales. We have already noticed some vineyards being ripped out and allowed to go fallow (at least for now) here in Sonoma County. Unfortunately for growers the oversupply…
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VinoWeek - Episode 53 Are More Tariffs In Our Future?
It’s been rather calm and quite in Northern California of late. Mother nature is giving us a break from natural disasters and has turned her hell raising ways onto the continent of Australia. For months now Australia has been suffering with continuing wildfires which have to date destroyed over…
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VinoWeek - Episode 52 - A Grape Glut = Bargains for Consumers
It’s been a tough couple of weeks for Californians. Bill and I can add evacuee to our resumes as residents of Sebastopol and many other areas of Sonoma County were evacuated due to the Kincade wildfire. Firefighters made their stand at the edge of the foothills as the fires moved downhill towards...
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VinoWeek - Episode 51 - PG&E Facing More Scrutiny
Sonoma County wine world recently lost another former winery owner. Chris Smith of the Press Democrat pens an obituary about Robert Rue, who was farming old Zinfandel/ field blend vineyards as a side hustle before the term was popular. We’ve suspected that litigation of this sort was on the…
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VinoWeek - Episode 50 - Farming Ain't Easy
Dorthy Vasser has been growing wine grapes in Redwood Valley for 53 years. Dorthy and her husband John started grape growing in 1964. John passed away in 2008 and Dorthy continued to farm their 26 acre Mendocino ranch. Dorthy has decided to sell her land and Lewis Perdue goes into great detail as...
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VinoWeek - Episode 49 - Large Wineries Drive the Market
Wine journalist Jamie Goode recently posted a short blog about three of the world's largest wineries. Fred Swan felt that much of the criticism of the blog on social media was negative so he wrote a piece in defense of E.J. Gallo. Having visited several Gallo facilities in the past he offers some...
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Should You Quit Drinking?
Bill and I start this weeks podcast talking about British Master of Wine Tim Atkin’s article Why You Shouldn’t Care Much About Wine. Exploring various topics Tim’s tongue-in-cheek writing style will bring a smile to your face. Jillian Kramer writes a post about What Happens To Your Body When You...
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VinoWeek - Episode 47 - Is Canned Wine Better for the Environment?
It’s summertime and Europeans have experienced some extreme temperatures. Highs which have eclipsed the torrid marks set by the heatwave of 2003, that killed thousands of people. A lot has been learned since 2003 and the European countries seem better equipped to handle the large high pressure...
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VinoWeek - Episode 46 - Robert Parker Retires
Dr. Vinny of the Wine Spectator fields a question about whether or not one should swirl a glass of sparkling wine. It’s a touchy subject with sparkling wine afficionados. Are you a swirler? For some reason not everyone can do the right thing when it comes to business. A Baltimore businessman…
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VinoWeek - Episode 45 - Fast Food Versus Organic
One of Sonoma’s favorite tourist spots the Ravenswood tasting room has closed. The Ravenswood brand was one of 30 that was spun off by New York based Constellation Brands and purchased by E&J Gallo, but the 12 acre property and the tasting room was not part of the deal. McDonald’s, Burger King…
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VinoWeek - Episode 44 - Winter Rains End California's Drought
The final week of February 2019 was a disaster for Sonoma County residents and for business owners in the recently developed Barlow center in Sebastopol, California. The Russian River Valley suffered some of its worst flooding in decades. Bill and I both live in Sebastopol and we have a lively...
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VinoWeek - Episode 43 - Merry Edwards Hands the Reigns to Roederer
After 45 years in the winemaking business Merry Edwards has decided to slow down. Merry and her husband Ken Coopersmith have sold all their wine holding to the Louis Roederer Champagne house. Roederer, a family owned business already owns three wineries in Mendocino County and plans to keep Merry...
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VinoWeek - Episode 42 - How To Fix Bad Wine
The effects of climate change are prompting farmers to look more closely at how much water they use and need to sustain their crops. Bill and I start the podcast by discussing dry farming; the pluses and minuses. Have you ever opened up a bottle of wine, poured a glass, tasted it and thought meh?...
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VinoWeek Episode 41 - Cork Taint
After watching a video by Julien Miquel, Bill and I jump off onto the topic of cork taint. Julien’s insight on “What is cork taint? Why are so Many Wines Corked?” is a must see video. The iconic wine retailer Bottle Barn now has an online presence. If you already buy wines online, do yourself a...
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VinoWeek Episode 40 - Are You What You Drink?
Have you ever wondered when is the best time to drink a wine and will it get better with age? This week Bill and I discuss an article written by Courtney Schiessl titled, how to tell if your wine will age. The Cotes du Rhone region is on a four year streak of excellence. For that matter so is…
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VinoWeek Episode 39 - Fighting Extradition
On this podcast Bill and I discuss the lawsuit involving Opus One Winery and one of their barrel suppliers. Joe Wagner of Copper Cane Wines keeps moving forward and is putting the finishing touches on a new bottling facility in Fairfield California. Will he continue to make and bottle his Oregon...
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VinoWeek Episode 38 - 2018 A Banner Vintage for California
On this podcast Bill and I talk about the economic impact of the past few years of fires on the restaurant and wine business in Northern California. Our favorite billionaire, Liquor/ Indian gangster Vijay Mallya, who now resides in London, is vigorously fighting extradition back to India. So far…
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VinoWeek Episode 37 - California Wildfires Becoming More Violent
We recorded this podcast on Veteran's Day weekend so a little politics weaved its way into the content. Bill and I talk about the wildfires we have experienced in California this year and eventually we got around to some wine talk. And yes we've got some good wine recommendations for you as…
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Vino101 Episode 36 - A conversation with Alex Guarachi
Bill and I recently had the opportunity to chat with Alex Guarachi, founder of Guarachi Wine Partners. Guarachi Wine Partners represents sixteen brands from six countries. During our interview Alex shares how and why he entered the wine business and how he sees the industry changing. Even though...
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VinoWeek Episode 35 - Mergers and Acquisitions
Jackson Family Wines makes another investmentin Oregon. What's driving the move north? Are there more mergers and acquisitions on the horizon? Alison Spiegel gets some of the nations coolest sommeliers to drop some insider secrets. Winemakers are preparing to mount a battle against the regional...
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VinoWeek Episode 34 - Wine Crimes
The former owner of Premier Cru wines a now defunct retailer in Berkeley, California has pled guilty to running a wine Ponzi scheme and has cut a deal with federal prosecutors. There's gold in those hill. At least that's what famed grape growers Andy and David Beckstoffer are hoping for as they...
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VinoWeek Episode 33 - Its Fire Season
On the west coast of the United States it's fire season and the Soberanes fire near Big Sur, California and a wildfire near Prosser, Washington has caused lots of concern for farmers and winery owners. Antonio Galloni pens a wonderful piece, while offering a sobering viewpoint on the recent sale…
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VinoWeek Episode 32 - Winery Buyouts
Ste. Michelle Wine Estates makes another investment in Northern California, while Jackson Family Wines adds to its portfolio of Oregon wine properties. It looks like the Robert Rue label has been retired as Venge Vineyards has purchased the property in Russian River Valley. We're number one or…
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VinoWeek Episode 31 - Supermarket Champagne
Supermarket Champagne Deals How low can supermarket Champagne prices go in the UK and what will be the net aftereffect? Joyce Lin puts together a guide to help understand Champagne labels. Can you train your palate to get more out of the wines you drink? Rachel Signer asks some industry...
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VinoWeek Episode 30 - Breaking Traditions
Bill and I consider what may become of the tipping tradition in America's restaurants. The ever widening wage gap between front of the house restaurant employees and back of the house workers, pending government mandated wage increases and uncertainty of the direction in which current immigration...
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VinoWeek Episode 29 - The Legacy of Peter Mondavi Senior
Last week one of Napa Valley's legendary winemakers passed. Peter Mondavi Sr. was an innovator and was most proud of not having to sell out to corporate interest, he steadfastly worked to keep Charles Krug Winery in family hands. We send out our thoughts and prayers to the family. Open that…
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VinoWeek Episode 28 - Diageo's Exodus Continues
Chalone Vineyards has changed hands again. The new owner Bill Foley plans to put new emphasis on promoting the brand. Dorthy Gaiter interviews Michael Mondavi about the Mondavi clan, then and now. The way things have turned out may not be as patriarch Robert Mondavi had envisioned, but if he were...
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