Ready to move beyond the challenges of a pandemic year? Well, it is not quite over yet, so hopefully this video, featuring Suzy Fridell of Glen Lyon Winery, will give you one last push to make it through!
Last month I had a fun conversation with the enigmatic Jean-Charles Boisset, which was featured on his YouTube channel JCB Live. I am reposting it here to share with you now for viewing at your leisure, hopefully with a refreshing glass to enjoy alongside! Cheers, Christopher
David Wilson, host of Grape Encounters Radio, takes some time to virtually visit Italy with Piero Pavone, founder of Vinum Hadrianum, a winery on the eastern central coast of Italy that is breathing new life into an ancient Roman form of winemaking.
He then rejoins the U.S. with ME to discuss the pandemic effects on the wine and food industry and pontification of what the future might look like! LISTEN UP!
What a great line-up we had last week! Continue tuning in to CellarPass TV for more exciting shows, broadcasting Mondays & Thursdays from 6PM – 7PM Pacific. Each features interviews with special guests from the wine industry & beyond: I am a featured guest alongside the following notables. . .
April 13, Monday: Charbay Distillery, Stand Up Comedian, Maureen Langan
April 16, Thursday: Acumen Wines, MLB Player Chili Davis
You will get to know what inspired them to 
jump into their career, what their passions are, what they like to drink, wear and who knows?! Be sure to submit your questions during the broadcast so that we can answer them On Air LIVE!
Join the excitement on CellarPass TV, broadcasting Mondays & Thursdays from 6PM – 7PM Pacific, featuring interviews with special guests from the wine industry & beyond. Next week I am a featured guest alongside the following notables. . .
April 6, Monday: Co-founder of Ginny’s Gin, Ginny Sweeney, & NBA star, Todd MacCulloch
April 9, Thursday: CEO & vintner, Joy Sterling of Iron Horse Vineyards & comedian Dan Rosenberg
You will get to know what inspired them to jump into their career, what their passions are, what they like to drink, wear and who knows?! Be sure to submit your questions during the broadcast so that we can answer them On Air LIVE!
Clockwise: Chris, Ginny’s Gin, Todd MacCulloch & Joy Sterling!
May I hold your leather tassels? When I learned that my dear friend Jim Caudill (a.k.a. “Big Jim”) had passed this weekend, I was crushed.
In honor of Jim, this FUNDRAISER is in his memory: The money raised will ensure his wife Char Banach and the beautiful Sonoma County property they call home, Windborne Farm, and the horses and animals there are well looked after for many years to come.
Jim was the definition of a PR guru, a great friend, a fantastic wine judge, a horse whisperer, and a great husband to his wonderful wife Char. When we talked a few weeks ago, he told me he had cancer and was going to start treatment. Therefore, I was very optimistic. But alas he never made it that far. His passing is a sad loss to the California wine community and Sonoma County as a whole. I miss this man already and hope he’s drinking the finest beverages, riding wild horses, and feeling much healthier in his new environment. Here on earth, I will lead many toasts to conjure his spirit and remind him we are always thinking about the impact he made on so many lives. #RIPJimCaudill
Another great radio broadcast by my friend and host David Wilson of Grape Encounters Radio, where we discuss the fire situation in wine country. Listen to it here, for our enlivening discussion!
Just a shout out for eager ears to tune in to a new channel! Napa Sonoma Magazine, for which I write on occasion, has set up this interesting and convenient forum for your listening pleasure.
Thus far four episodes are posted for your perusal, more to come, with possibly a cameo from myself in the future!
Episode 1: Napa Valley’s Oakville Grocery Then and Now
Episode 2: Future of Food
Episode 3: Ohm Coffee Roaster Derek Bromley
Episode 4: The Unexpected; Screaming Eagle and Caviar
Get excited like me and my friend Merry Edwards! Mark your August calendar for these Wednesday evening tastings, 5:30-7:30, to chat up the ones that make their fabulous wines happen.
August 15 – Merry Edwards Wines
August 22 – Jigar Wines
August 29 – Wilson Winery
Gravenstein Grill
8050 Bodega Avenue, Sebastopol, CA 95472
