Wine Women on Radio Misfits
103 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★ - 4 ratingsRecorded weekly at The Panel Wine Lounge in Sonoma, California, WINE WOMEN Radio features members of the nonprofit, professional organization that’s focused on providing the tools, guidance and creativity for its members to attain wine industry prominence.
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Wine Women – Erica Timmerman, pt. 2
December 24, 2021 13:17 - 1 hour - 41.5 MBContinuing our holiday entertaining theme, part two of our show with Erica Timmerman focuses on two appetizers and how well they pair with each of the sparkling wines Erica shares. (For a bit of background, listen to part one of the show where Erica shared an artichoke dip recipe here.) First up is a delicious salmon “salad” appetizer. Tune in to hear Erica’s comments about how well salmon pairs with various sparkling wines – especially with brut rosés. One of her go-to ingredients for pairi...
Wine Women – Erica Timmerman, pt. 1
December 17, 2021 16:26 - 1 hour - 42.3 MBWe’re winding up the year and the season with two shows featuring guest Erica Timmerman. This is a bit of a departure for WWRH as Erica doesn’t work in the wine or hospitality industries, but you’d never know it from her deep knowledge of wine and food pairing, along with her myriad tips for entertaining and making guests feel great. She says she buys a lot of wine because she loves to share it with friends. (We should all have such friends!) When asked what her go-to wines are for celebrati...
Wine Women – Chef Lauren Kershner (part 2)
December 10, 2021 12:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBThe celebration continued into our 101st podcast, with guest Chef Lauren Kershner. In part 1 of our interview with her, we talked extensively about the origins of her new endeavor, Songbird Parlour, in Glen Ellen, California. In the second part, we turned to her holiday hospitality tips and business advice. Among Chef Lauren’s recommendations during the show were dialing up your holiday parties by offering gourmet cheeses to guests and not just the usual cheese log fare. Co-host Lisa Adams W...
Wine Women – 100 with Chef Lauren Kershner
December 03, 2021 14:54 - 52 minutes - 36 MBWe were thrilled when Chef Lauren Kershner agreed to help us celebrate our 100th podcast. Chef Lauren, founder and culinary director of Goodness Gracious Private Chef & Catering in Sonoma, had been searching for the right facilities for some time to serve her team’s expanded catering needs. Additionally, she’d been wanting to offer her own venue for private events and parties. These dual goals neatly intertwined and became available in one space within Glen Ellen’s Jack London Village. Buil...
Wine Women – Kari Auringer, Winemaker, Cornerstone Cellars Pt. 2
November 19, 2021 12:00 - 57 minutes - 39.7 MBKari Auringer, winemaker at Cornerstone Cellars, continued to regale us with her wonderful wines and tales in the second part of our conversation with her at their newly opened tasting room in Yountville, California. In the first show, Kari tasted us through Cornerstone’s sauvignon blanc, rosé and pinot noir, three wines from their Taste of Cornerstone experience. In this second half, she tasted us through their merlot, two cabernet sauvignons and a cabernet franc, all of which kept deliverin...
Wine Women – Kari Auringer, Winemaker, Cornerstone Cellars
November 12, 2021 12:36 - 49 minutes - 34 MBBright, airy, and elegant, with Carrera marble tables and wine bar, and a black and white checkered floor, the new tasting room at Cornerstone Cellars in Yountville, California, was a welcoming respite from a busy workday. Kari Auringer, winemaker for well over a decade at Cornerstone, greeted the hosts with beautifully appointed tasting flights, featured as their signature wine tasting experience. We settled into the luxurious, gray velvet armchairs to hear Kari’s latest news. (The tasting ...
Wine Women – A Wine Women Thanksgiving
November 05, 2021 11:48 - 57 minutes - 39.7 MBThe hosts’ Thanksgiving wines show got off to a rousing start with a discussion about climate action. Twenty-two CEOs and senior leaders of the International Wineries for Climate Action just called on all wine trade CEOs to join their rigorous, science-based efforts to de-carbonise the wine sector—and begin working towards net zero emissions by 2050. In fact, they’re hoping to halve carbon emissions by 2030. It’s a tall order. In parallel news, the hosts discussed Jason Haas’ (Tablas Creek W...
Wine Women – Valerie Fisch, Pillsbury Wine Co.
October 29, 2021 14:32 - 1 hour - 41.9 MBValerie Fisch, a woman wearing many hats at the Pillsbury Wine Company in Cottonwood, Arizona, is very expressive. (See the pics!) The hosts loved hearing her stories, laced with fascinating observations. Since the Pillsbury tasting room is in Old Town Cottonwood, we were curious if they’d participated in the recent and nearby Sedona Wine Festival? (See our earlier show on the festival with Paula Woolsey.) Valerie’s story about it was telling of the current state of the wine hospitality indu...
Wine Women – Michelle Rulmont, La Belle Vie Tours
October 22, 2021 14:49 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBLike many, Michelle Rulmont arrived at a career in the wine industry unexpectedly. Having dabbled in teaching, and raising twins with husband Marc, Michelle found herself working as the sponsorship coordinator of the Red & White Ball in Sonoma one year, contacting wineries for donations. (The ball is a fundraiser for Sonoma Valley schools.) She had never considered working in the wine industry at this point but was enchanted to find most wineries she contacted were very enthusiastic to suppo...
Wine Women – Lauren Maldonado, The Art of Wine
October 15, 2021 11:49 - 1 hour - 43.7 MBLauren Maldonado is such a breath of fresh air! Our latest guest is co-owner (with her husband) of The Art of Wine in Sedona, Arizona. Our conversation with Lauren was so refreshing due to (at least) two proclivities that have served her well in life: First, she has boundless curiosity. It led her to Sedona and to the wine industry. (You’ll have to hear her story in the podcast to learn how infectious her curiosity really is.) Second, Lauren has dogged determination. While she never said (ou...
Wine Women – Shana Bull, Digital Strategist
October 08, 2021 13:36 - 1 hour - 43.7 MBShana Bull is the owner and digital strategist at her own digital marketing strategy agency in San Francisco’s East Bay. She is a lover of rosé, craft beer, and food adventures with her husband and redheaded (feisty) youngster. Shana works with wine, food, technology, consumer brands, marketing agencies and local businesses in the East Bay, Sonoma, Napa, Marin and San Francisco. She’s been named one of North Bay Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 Professionals in the North Bay area. Shana is als...
Wine Women – Harvest and the Hosts
October 01, 2021 14:08 - 53 minutes - 36.8 MBWhile harvest is underway across wine country, we check in with the hosts in this episode. Unsurprisingly, everyone reported mighty tight and busy schedules, with Misty Roudebush Cain just in off a night harvest where she was working with a videographer for St. Supery hours earlier. Lisa Adams Walter announced a new initiative headed by Napa Valley Wine Academy (NVWA), America’s Premier Wine School, and Albertsons Companies, a leading food and drug retailer with more than 2,200 stores in 34 ...
Wine Women – Wendy Narby, Insider Tasting
September 24, 2021 10:04 - 1 hour - 44.4 MBBritish-born Wendy Narby’s premise ‘Knowledge Increases Pleasure’ not only applies to her extensive wine education but also to her wellness education. The Chef d’Enterprise (love the title!) at Insider Tasting zoomed in directly from Bordeaux to talk with the hosts about returning to France post-pandemic, as well as to discuss The Drinking Woman’s Diet, A Liver-Friendly Lifestyle Guide, her most recent book. Previously a wine and food consultant in Paris and Bordeaux, Wendy’s wine experience...
Wine Women – Scout Driscoll, Founder & CEO, VINT Studio
September 17, 2021 10:26 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MB“I had a lot of moxie at 22!” replied Scout Driscoll, Founder and CEO of DesignScout and VINT Studio, when asked about her entrepreneurial inclinations at such a young age. The co-hosts (none of whom had dreamed of owning their own businesses at such a young age) were eager to interview Scout to learn about her success. In particular, we knew before speaking with Scout she had plenty of moxie since her firm was woman-owned and she touted it as an all-woman studio, with no ladders, no promotio...
Wine Women – Kevin Holt, Bartholomew Estate Vyds. & Winery, Pt. 2
September 10, 2021 11:30 - 1 hour - 47.7 MBKevin Holt has been making wine professionally in northern California for more than twenty years. A native of the southern end of the Golden State, he’s been indulging his passion for fine wine most of his adult life, as a consumer, retailer, wholesaler, student, and now, producer. Kevin loves to hear, "You know, I hate [fill in varietal name here], but yours is really good!" Or, better still, "I love [fill in varietal name here], and this is the best one I've ever had!" Hearing both sentimen...
Wine Women – Paula Woolsey, CSW, Cellar Door Unhinged
September 03, 2021 10:51 - 53 minutes - 36.6 MBPaula Woolsey, CSW, aka “The Wine Witch,” is the owner of Cellar Door Unhinged, helping Arizona wineries in the fields of sales, marketing and business operations. She consults in all areas of the wine industry, restaurant wine programs, tasting rooms and Liquor Compliance. Although she was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, she has long called Arizona home and played a major role in shepherding the state’s wine industry to newfound growth over the past couple of decades. Paula’...
Wine Women – Paul Franson, Napa Life, Pt2
August 27, 2021 11:30 - 1 hour - 41.3 MBPaul Franson has been writing about Napa Valley for so long, it took two shows for us to cover all the topics on our list! (Part one of our show with Paul can be found here.) We wanted to learn his perspective on the many events and changes that have occurred across the past quarter century in Napa. Paul’s writing has not only been seen in almost every North Bay publication over the decades, but he also self-publishes a weekly subscription newsletter, NapaLife. His work has extended to his m...
Wine Women – Paul Franson, NapaLife
August 20, 2021 11:45 - 52 minutes - 35.8 MBPaul Franson has been writing and self-publishing his weekly subscription newsletter, NapaLife, for more than sixteen years. With his pulse on Napa Valley’s wine, food and arts scene, we couldn’t think of anyone better to reflect on the trajectory of, well, life in Napa Valley for lo these many years. As he mentions several times throughout part one of our interview with Paul in Yountville, California, he’s seen several trends, developments and big changes come and go throughout Napa Valley....
Wine Women – Anna Pope, Bartholomew Estate Vyds. & Winery
August 13, 2021 12:37 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBWhat if every decision you made for your winery had to be planned around ensuring that the estate property was thriving 100 years from now? Anna Pope has that mandate. As Trustee of the Frank H. Bartholomew Foundation, which owns and operates Bartholomew Estate Vineyards & Winery in Sonoma, California, Pope is charged with ensuring the 375-acre private park (open to the public) with winery remains financially sound and the land prospers. We sat down on the tasting room patio with Anna for th...
Wine Women – Vin de Filles, An Arizona Women’s Wine Project
August 06, 2021 11:16 - 56 minutes - 38.5 MBVIN DE FILLES: An Arizona Women’s Wine Project Not only does Arizona have a thriving wine industry, but there’s a vast breadth of talented women working there in the industry to bring women-made, women-supported and women-affiliated wines to market. Gayle Glomski and her husband Eric, owners of Page Springs Cellars, near Sedona, traveled to Champagne in France, a few years ago, during which Gayle was inspired by a serendipitous meeting with the owner of the Duval-Leroy winery. Madame Duval-...
Wine Women – Shelby Green, Castello di Amorosa
July 30, 2021 13:55 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBLittle did Shelby Green know at the time, but her grandfather’s affinity decades ago for V. Sattui wines would play a major role in her life. The assistant winemaker at Castello di Amorosa and V. Sattui Winery began her career in wine at Ferrari Carano in Sonoma County. But she was attracted to the breadth and depth of the V. Sattui and Castello portfolio of wines and joined the winemaking team back in 2017 in enology. Shelby received her Bachelor of Science degree in food science with a min...
Wine Women – Cathy Corison, Corison Winery
July 23, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 43.9 MBCathy Corison arrived in Napa Valley a mere 48 hours after graduation from Pomona College. She’d taken a wine appreciation course at Pomona on a complete whim two years earlier and fell in love with wine for all the usual reasons. As a Biology major, her attention was drawn to the fact that wine is the result of a fascinating collaboration among a series of living systems. More than 40 years later, the hosts felt honored to spend the recording session sitting in Cathy’s tank room (that sound...
Wine Women – Martha Barra, BARRA of Mendocino
July 16, 2021 10:30 - 57 minutes - 39.2 MBMartha Barra was not destined for the wine business from an early age. (Our show guests come to the wine business from all walks of life.) Martha’s journey into wine started with a walk down the aisle. She married Charlie Barra, a pioneer of organic grape growing in Mendocino County, in 1980. Charlie, on the other hand, was born into a family with deep roots in the wine industry going back to the early 1800s in Italy. Working side by side with Charlie for almost 40 years (who passed a couple ...
Wine Women – Simone F.M. Spinner, Art & Wine Pairing
July 09, 2021 10:35 - 1 hour - 44.9 MBHave you ever had a sip of wine and been transported to a memory of a painting (or vice versa)? Did a sip of a To Kalon Cabernet remind you of a Rembrandt? How about a refreshing Sauvignon Blanc or Pinot Gris reminding you of a Gauguin Tahitian beach scene? Perhaps it was a famous Turner or Monet landscape that reminded you of a favorite Rhône red blend or Rosé? Simone F.M. Spinner, author of “Denver Food: A Culinary Evolution,” and Certified Wine Sommelier, has tackled this very topic with ...
Wine Women – Stu Smith, Smith-Madrone Pt.2
July 02, 2021 10:24 - 1 hour - 68.2 MBStu and Charlie Smith have seen big changes in their 50 years at Smith-Madrone Vineyards in the Spring Mountain District of Napa Valley. In part two of our conversation with Stu to celebrate the winery’s golden anniversary, while tasting the wines the topics ranged from current and past droughts, to dry farming, the world-wide championship award for their first vintage of Riesling that put them on the map, and how long it really takes to reach maximum production of a wine for sales from date ...
Wine Women – Stu Smith, Smith-Madrone Pt.1
June 25, 2021 14:36 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBGobsmacked by the insanely beautiful view, the co-hosts couldn’t believe their good fortune at being invited to celebrate Smith-Madrone Winery’s 50th anniversary, with the founder himself: Stu Smith. Having set up a lovely table and chairs on the terrace overlooking their vineyard, as well as the Napa Valley floor beyond, Stu and the co-hosts sat down to record his reminiscences and ruminations about fifty years on Spring Mountain, high above St. Helena. Although Stu Smith got a degree in ec...
Wine Women – Rachel LeRoy, HipMaps
June 18, 2021 10:15 - 49 minutes - 34 MB“Your wines are grown where?” may be a question frequently heard by winery tasting room staff from their visitors. This is where our guest comes into the picture: Rachel LeRoy, founder and chief map designer at HipMapsTM, helps winery customers understand what makes each ones’ wine unique by providing visual maps of where the grapes are grown. Guests may not understand weather patterns that are unique to a winery’s Pinot Noir vineyard near the Sonoma Coast. Other wineries may wish to highlig...
Wine Women – Kari Auringer, Silver Trident Winery
June 11, 2021 10:43 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBKari Auringer, winemaker at Silver Trident Winery, reminded us why we loooooooove recording our shows in-person. It was just so much fun to visit with Kari at the Silver Trident Tasting Home in Yountville, California. It would not have been the same recorded long-distance. Getting to see reactions to the wine, share ideas, and kibbitz in the same room made all the difference! Not only is the home decorated beautifully by Trevor R. Howells, exclusively in Ralph Lauren Home décor, but you can ...
Wine Women – Alexi Cashen, Elenteny Imports
June 04, 2021 13:44 - 59 minutes - 40.6 MBAlexi Cashen has had her work cut out for her these past couple of years. Between the stuck container ship in the Suez Canal, the pandemic, and the effects of the tariffs on European luxury goods (including wine), it’s all wreaked havoc on the freight forwarding and global shipping industries. As co-founder of Elenteny Imports, launched in 2010 and headquartered out of New York, Alexi hasn’t backed away from a wide array of business challenges. In fact, she greets them with gusto! We were de...
Wine Women – Lisa Strid, Aridus Winery
May 21, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBLisa Strid is nearing her 5th year anniversary as the winemaker at Aridus Winery in Willcox, Arizona. Although she is a Wyoming native (with no vineyards anywhere near her home), she fell in love with wine while working alongside her uncle on his small vineyard and winery in western Washington. Play the show to learn about Aridus’ estate wines, grown above 5,000 feet in elevation in southeast Arizona. We were fascinated to learn about the similarities and differences in growing conditions, h...
Wine Women – Tawnya Falkner, Le Grand Courtage
May 14, 2021 10:15 - 1 hour - 49.1 MBTawnya Falkner’s wine career went from zero to 200 m.p.h. in relative short order. Educated at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) and previously having co-founded two, still successfully operating firms, Strategic Development Solutions and Domus Development, Tawnya found initial success in real estate development and architecture. But her passion for food, wine and travel sent her on a journey to France after seeing a gap in the sparkling wine category related to price, palate...
Wine Women – Jordan Kivelstadt
May 07, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 51.3 MB“New” was the buzz word for our show with Kivelstadt Cellars’ proprietor and “Wayward Son,” Jordan Kivelstadt. Getting back to in-person shows felt new to the hosts (as it had been more than a year since the last in-person show). Getting to enjoy Kivelstadt’s new California wines and first-ever winegarten in Sonoma was a treat. And, of course, Jordan thrives on entrepreneurial innovation of anything new for the wine business and enhancing consumer engagement. Jordan was trained as an enginee...
Wine Women – Alison Kilmer, Wine Country 2.0
April 30, 2021 11:01 - 1 hour - 65.4 MBFood and wine pairings are a staple of wine country experiences and the home table. What if you felt left out of those choices? Wine Country 2.0 is all about bridging that gap. Most wineries would prefer not to turn away potential buyers and club members. As the world turns to greater sustainability and greater care of the planet, more and more people are looking for wine products and experiences that reflect that sensibility. While the majority of consumers may say there are no substitutes ...
Wine Women – Focus on the Hosts
April 23, 2021 14:34 - 57 minutes - 40.4 MBIt’s a rare show when the hosts only have one another to talk to. (It was planned!) Often our curiosity is piqued by questions or conversation posed by the hosts to guests. But most of the time we never get to probe further to find out why a specific issue was important to that host. In this episode, the hosts finally dig a little deeper… How did Misty Roudebush Cain make the jump from working at AT&T to marketing wine? Tune in to find out! Misty told us her career path, filled with fascina...
Wine Women – Amy Troutmiller, Common Fuel Consulting
April 16, 2021 10:45 - 1 hour - 47.2 MBAmy Troutmiller, founder and CEO of Common Fuel Consulting, is a career beverage professional with experience spanning 25 years and multiple facets of the wine industry. She began her career in hotels and restaurants, working up to operations management and senior director roles with chef Eric Ripert, Kimpton Hotels and The Ritz Carlton. She then transitioned to import and distribution, founding a mid-Atlantic regional wholesale company and acting as sole-executive for a National importer and...
Wine Women – Cyndee Nelson, Gracious at Gracianna Winery
April 09, 2021 15:44 - 53 minutes - 37.4 MBCyndee Nelson had a lengthy career in radio production, which made us feel so lucky when she consented to be our wine news reporter on WWRH when we first began as a local radio show. She put together the most polished wine news reports, all the while serving as Gracianna Winery’s Wine Club & Hospitality Manager at their “Miracle Mile” Westside Road location in Healdsburg on the Russian River. Eventually, the challenge of reporting wine news on live radio while simultaneously serving guests a...
Wine Women – Sensory Skills with Simone FM Spinner
April 02, 2021 11:10 - 1 hour - 59.9 MB“The most fun I’ve had on this podcast,” stated co-host Lisa Adams Walter. At least I think that’s what I caught as we wound up our session with Simone F.M. Spinner, author of “Denver Food: A Culinary Evolution,” and Certified Wine Sommelier, who has two more books on the way. The energy was running fast and high as we finished off a delightful virtual tasting and sensory event with Simone. She is not one to do anything halfway. She’s passionate about writing, wine, food and travel. Her book...
Wine Women – Jill Leone, Leone Wine Tours
March 26, 2021 10:17 - 52 minutes - 36.7 MBJill Leone loves sharing her knowledge of wine country with visitors---local and long distance. As owner of Leone Wine Tours, she revels in sharing her vast knowledge of wine country’s hidden gems with her clients. For many years now, Jill has provided personalized wine tours to clients in Napa Valley, Sonoma, Russian River Valley and even Mendocino. But she didn’t get her start in hospitality… Jill spent her early career in maintenance with United Airlines, a world of nearly all males (maki...
Wine Women – Talley Henry, Acre & One Acre Wines
March 19, 2021 10:55 - 57 minutes - 40.1 MBLike many in the wine industry, Talley Henry came to the business from a completely different career as an attorney with Nixon Peabody in San Francisco and with the U.S. Navy. And while she didn’t grow up in the wine business, her husband did. Mike Henry had the good fortune to be introduced to the innerworkings of the wine business at an early age. Through his father, Warner Henry, a true wine industry pioneer, advocate for small family-owned wineries, and connoisseur of fine wines, Mike le...
Wine Women – Lisa Saunders
March 12, 2021 11:48 - 59 minutes - 41.6 MBLisa Saunders is not only a stellar wine salesperson, but she also has loads of insights to the current (and future) wine market. (Tune in to hear them.) Our guest on today’s show not only shares her name with co-host Lisa Adams Walter*, but she also worked a stint with co-host Misty Rodebush Cain at Foley Family Wines several years ago. Lisa is a long-time wine sales executive, having served in various sales capacities at Hahn Family Wines, Signorello Estate, Mt. Beautiful Wines, and Charle...
Wine Women – Chelsea Bellows
March 05, 2021 11:45 - 55 minutes - 38.9 MBChelsea Bellows was not going to have a career as a soccer player--by her own choice. It’s not that she wasn’t a great player. (She was.) But she followed the voice within that said it wasn’t her path and she changed directions to the world of hospitality in restaurants. That newfound area quickly led to an exploration of wine. And the rest, as they say, is history. That leaves a lot of holes, so we should fill them in! As she was getting her business degree in college, she had this inkling ...
Wine Women – Drink with Friends
February 19, 2021 11:42 - 1 hour - 47.5 MBFriends make the best company when enjoying a nice bottle of wine. Trouble is these days sharing that bottle often has to be done on Zoom! Nevertheless, the hosts and their guests had a fun time on this show getting to know one another, what motivates them to buy a wine, and how or if the pandemic has affected their wine choices. After we checked in with our co-hosts, Misty Roudebush Cain (busy with planning St. Supery’s spring marketing programs), Lisa Adams Walter (writing numerous article...
Wine Women – Valentine’s Day Celebration
February 12, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 47.4 MBWe’re kicking off a new year (Hello, 2021!) with an unusual show: First, due to the pandemic we know the restaurant and hospitality industries have been hit particularly hard. We’re dedicating the beginning of this podcast to them with a love letter to the wine and spirits community. More specifically, our first guest just appeared on St. Supery’s live virtual tasting as part of the #InJoy at Home Warm Winter Nights weekly series. Poet Silvi Alcivar’s work has been featured in the Huffington...
Wine Women – Rachel Van Til & Laura Pauli, Pt2
December 18, 2020 12:00 - 56 minutes - 52.6 MBWould men have the same courage women have shown (coming forward and speaking about sexual harassment) if they believed their jobs and careers might be ended by going public? That is one of the lingering questions the hosts and guests discuss in part 2 of our conversation with Rachel Van Til and Laura Pauli. For decades, women have “kept mum” about bad behavior on the part of male colleagues, boss and business owners. In Hollywood, it took the outing of Harvey Weinstein’s behavior to gain mo...
Wine Women – Rachel van Til & Laura Pauli pt1
December 11, 2020 12:00 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MB“Do they even know their behavior is wholly unacceptable, unprofessional, and often threatening?” This topic became the underlying theme to our lengthy discussion with sommeliers Laura Pauli and Rachel Van Til on this week’s show, a two-parter that will conclude next week. It’s a reference to the hostile work environment (for women) that led to the New York Times’ explosive expose, “The Wine World’s Most Elite Circle Has a Sexual Harassment Problem,” by Julia Moskin, published on October 29t...
Wine Women – Nicole Marchesi, Far Niente Winery
December 04, 2020 15:58 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBNicole Marchesi began studying towards a major in biology as an undergraduate at the University of California, Davis. But after being assigned to write an article about the Department of Viticulture and Enology for the school newspaper, The Aggie, her interest was sparked to pursue a career in wine. She quickly changed majors and went on to complete her bachelor’s degree in Viticulture & Enology at UC Davis in 2003. [EP58] After graduation, she honed her winemaking skills in Sonoma and New Z...
Wine Women – Gianna Kelly, Galerie Wines
November 20, 2020 12:00 - 53 minutes - 49.7 MBGianna Kelly grew up in Sonoma County, where she was introduced to wine at an early age—sitting on her father’s knee as he made wine list selections for their family restaurant. We had much fun talking with Gianna and learning about her winemaking for Galerie Wines, Portraits of Place, in Napa Valley. She graduated from Santa Clara University with a degree in Chemistry, then initially pursued a career in research that started at the IBM Almaden Research Center. She quickly found that polymer...
Wine Women – Executive Chef Rachel Haggstrom
November 13, 2020 11:32 - 48 minutes - 45.5 MBHow many executive chefs do you know who studied with an emphasis in criminal justice? Nope! It’s not part of any culinary curriculum. But before Executive Chef Rachel Haggstrom became, well, a chef, she considered a career in criminal justice. Lucky for all of us she chose a career working in the hospitality industry! The WWRH crew was thrilled to have the opportunity to talk with the Executive Chef of JUSTIN Vineyards & Winery, in Paso Robles, to hear how Chef Rachel found her career path ...
Wine Women – Sierra Zeiter, Oak Farm Vineyards
November 06, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBSierra Zeiter immediately impressed us with her passion and strong instincts. We were a little surprised to hear that she told her parents she wanted to be a winemaker long before she was of drinking age! (She does not come from a wine business family!) But she knew it was the career path that she wanted to pursue. As the conversation evolved, we learned Sierra’s always had strong intuition and direction which have served her exceptionally well. Tune in to learn about Sierra’s award-winning ...
Wine Women – Joanie Hahn, Boisset Collection
October 30, 2020 10:46 - 55 minutes - 51.5 MBJoanie Hahn, Senior Executive Director and Founding Ambassador of the Boisset Collection, has long been on our radar to guest on the show. So it was thrilling to have her, and General Manager of the Direct Selling Division of Boisset, Melissa Lynch, on the show. For decades and decades, the wine industry’s sales have been structured through the three-tier system: producers (such as Boisset) sell to wholesalers, who in turn, sell to retailers. Finally, the retailers, wine shops and grocery st...