A special trek over to Sebastopol finds THE VARIETAL SHOW at Merry Edwards Winery & Vineyards, sitting down with Winemaker Heidi von de Mehden. At the home of the “Queen of Pinot” we have a special PINOT NOIR tasting preview of the upcoming annual Pour+Explore event on April 23, brought to you by Sonoma County Vintners.
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.
Get TICKETS now to the next Pour + Explore exclusive wine tasting event on Thursday, August 21st, 5:30-7:30pm, at Trentadue Winery, featuring a special selection of Super Blends, unique proprietary red and white blends that showcase an array of varietals and world-class wines from over 25 wineries from across Sonoma County.
Discover wonderful wines that epitomize the essence of each winemaker’s individual style and Sonoma County’s distinctive vineyards with a fantastic walk-around tasting of a curated selection of wines from each vintner, and enjoy light bites with a selection of cheese and charcuterie. A collaboration between Sonoma County Vintners & Sommelier Chris Sawyer
Featured vintners include: ACTA, Alexander Valley Vineyards, Anaba Wines, Aperture Cellars, Benziger Family Winery, Brandon Gregory, Bricoleur Vineyards, Cline Family Cellars, DaVero Farms & Winery, Dry Creek Vineyard, Dutcher Crossing Winery, Enkidu Wines, Foley Family Wines, GC Lurton Vineyards, Imagery Estate Winery, Inman Family Wines, Lasseter Family Winery, Laurel Glen Vineyard, Mascarin Family Wines, Merriam Vineyards, Mill Creek Vineyards, Muscardini Cellars, Portalupi Wine, Ridge Vineyards, Rodney Strong Vineyards, ROWEN Wine Company, St. Francis Winery & Vineyards, Three Sticks Wines, Trentadue Winery, and more!
It’s been a minute since our last YouTube content of THE VARIETAL SHOW, with lots of interim shorts on Instagram, but never fear, we will always be back!
Kicking things off we celebrate the accomplishments of Lodi Wine with star wine writer & sommelier Randy Caparoso and former Lodi Mayor and Wine Commission Director Mark Chandler! Together we share wines from Birichino, Ironstone & St. Amant.
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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).
Hey everyone, just want to say THANKS for joining in on my adventures and CHEERS to more fun in 2025!
To start, more Sonoma County Vintners Pour & Explore tastings coming throughout the year! First up will be Cabernet Sauvignon on February 13 at Rodney Strong, ticketing information coming soon so STAY TUNED.
And did you reserve a spot on the Breathless River Cruise this coming July? Just a few spots left, here is the LINK to check it out.
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Happy Holidays everyone! Enjoy this special treat of music, wine and old school fun with Courtney Taylor-Taylor, founding member and frontman of The Dandy Warhols, which is celebrating 30 years, and contributor to the podcast “Wine Acoustics”. We met up in the famous back wine cellar of Bimbo’s 356 Club, before the show in San Francisco, to share some tastes.
THE WINES: Domaine Daniel Bouland, Maison Louis Jadot, Radio-Coteau & Jordon!
THE PODCAST: Wine Acoustics
THE BAND: The Dandy Warhols
THE GIG: Bimbo’s 365 Club
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After our stint with Winesong in Mendocino, Jeff Morgan joins THE VARIETAL SHOW at Little River Inn, to discuss Covenant Wines. Now based in Berkeley, he has a long and “varietal” history in wine country. We taste these treasures together: 2022 Covenant Solomon Blanc, Sonoma County; 2023 Red C Rose, Lodi; 2023 Landsman Pinot Noir, Carneros.
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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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