Flashback to YouTube on THE VARIETAL SHOW, featuring iconic Winemaker Tom Rinaldi! Co-owner of Patent Wines in St. Helena, with an emphasis on site specific vineyards within an AVA, he was Head Winemaker at Duckhorn Vineyards for more than two decades and helped put Napa Valley and other winegrowing regions on the world map. Tom has extensive experience, paired with Bordeaux best practices honed over 50 harvests.
Talking about wine and it’s history with one of California’s great minds on those subjects, San Francisco’s own Wilfred Wong! Enjoy this video and the conversation we have about the recent SF Chronicle Wine Tasting and the old and rare wine gems we taste from Marimar Estate, Chateau Montelena and Lancaster Estate.
. . . is when a winemaker and a sommelier get together, the conversation always leads back to what’s in the glass.
I join Deepak Gulrajani, founder and winemaker of Nicholson Ranch, to share insights on how the land, the vintage, and the craft all shape their wines! Plan your visit to this amazing vineyard property in Sonoma Valley.
THE VARIETAL SHOW is at Hartford Family Winery, talking about the divine history of Zinfandel vines grown in Sonoma County with rockstar winemaker Jeff Stewart, who will be pouring these fab wines with us at the exclusive Sonoma County Vintners Pour & Explore Zinfandel Tasting happening this Thursday, July 10th at St. Francis Winery & Vineyard in Kenwood from 5:30-7:30 PM. More information & TICKETS HERE!
A very special episode of THE VARIETAL SHOW with an amazing discussion about what makes Sonoma County so fantastic, with special SOMM SUMMIT guests Bradley Horne of Wine Time London in the UK, Shiva Gautam of Montys of Kathmandu in Ireland, and Morton Moog Kristensen of Husted Vin in Denmark.
We spent some quality time together during their first visits to wine country hosted by Sonoma County Vintners, as a lead into the epic Taste of Sonoma this past weekend! Enjoy . . .
Stuck in Lodi again? HELL yeah!Join THE VARIETAL SHOW for this special visit with Mohr-Fry Ranches, recently awarded 2025 Vineyard of the Year by California State Fair for “Marian’s Vineyard”. We discuss gnarly old Zinfandel vines, the amazing Fry family who care for this famous vineyard planted in 1901, and a collection of seven other wonderful old Zinfandel plantings.
Joining us are my great friends Lodi Mayor Emeritus Mark Chandler, Stuart Spencer of St. Amant Winery (whose family has worked with the precious fruit from this historic vineyard for over three decades), and Fry family father Jerry, son Bruce and granddaughter Morgan (holding my camera).
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In Healdsburg, THE VARIETAL SHOW Talks about brilliant Italian-style wines made in America with Mark Orsi of Orsi Family Vineyards! This is where the Festa Italia took place last month with 30 wineries and over 60 grape varieties. We taste and discuss some of those together: Biancolella d’Ischia, Montepulciano & Schioppettino.
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Abso-freaking-lutely! Tony Lombari is in the Sawyer cellar, of Petaluma fame, where we talk about our shared love and appreciation for the town we call home. THE VARIETAL SHOW tastes his Lombardi Cellars wines; Chardonnay, Martaella Vineyard, 2021 & Pinot Noir, Gap’s Crown Vineyard, 2021. All while discussing the upcoming Sonoma County Wine Celebration (on Sept 19-21) and why #RelationshipsMatter in the wine industry.
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THE VARIETAL SHOW climbs the Santa Cruz Mountains to visit Beauregard Vineyards. We learn that wine has been here for a long time from Winemaker Ryan Beauregard, representing the farm’s fourth generation, which dates back to 1945 AND is one of the oldest continuously farmed vineyards in California!
Together we taste these amazing wines: 2022 Chardonnay Bald Mountain Vineyard; 2023 Pinot Noir ‘Carbonica’ Coast Grade Vineyard; 2021 Pinot Noir Coast Grade Vineyard & 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Beauregard Ranch.
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