IWP Ep50 Matt Niess - North American Press -Today I’m talking with Matt Niess of North American Press. Matt’s making wonderful and expressive wines from native and hybrid grapes and some apples. His winemaking is top notch and low intervention. We discuss his introduction to hybrids, the characteristics of some that he’s working with, how to ethically forage and how these grapes fit in with climate change. Find Matts wine at www.NorthAmericanPress.wine or @north_american_press

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IWP Ep49 Samantha, Michael, John - Viano Vineyards - Today I’m talking with Samantha, Michael and John who make up the 5th generation of the Viano wine growing family. This generation has been taking over more and more of the running of the family winery from their parents, like they did before. Viano vineyards has been producing estate wines since the 40’s from their dry farmed and head trained Zinfandel, Cabernet, Chardonnay, Petite Sirah and more vines. All grown in the rolling sandy hills above the winery in Martinez. The wines are well balanced, natively fermented and see mostly older oak or sometimes redwood. It's been a true family winery for nearly 80 years. You find their wines at Vianovineyards.com and follow them at Vianowinery on Instagram.

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IWP Ep48 Matthew Keller - Don Mateo Matthew Keller or Don Mateo as he was sometimes known, was one of the pioneering winegrowers of Los Angeles, moving there when it was still barely more than a dusty pueblo. He wasn’t the first but was among them, we’ll get to his contemporaries in time. We’re going to hear a lot of quotes in the episode today, because Keller was a very prolific writer. The quality and quantity of his wine writing is matched by only a couple other winemakers in Pre-Prohibition California. His search for knowledge and his language skills made him a centerpiece of Los Angeles area winegrowing in the 1850’s to 1880’s.

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IWP Ep47 James Jelks - Florez Wines. James is a super thoughtful winemaker. His wines are full of uniqueness and personality. Most are made in a zero zero fashion from the converted apple warehouse he shares with Margins wines in Watsonville. He works with mostly Santa Cruz Mountains fruit as well as some from neighboring San Benito and Santa Clara counties.We discuss his start, the vineyrd he farms, Grenache, working with Pinot Noir as a natural winemaker, long aged Chardonnay and more. You can sometimes find his wines at Florezwines.com but your local natural wine shop most likely has them also. You can follow him @florezwines

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IWP Ep46 Axel Borg - Distinguished Wine and Food Science Bibliographer Emeritus, University Library UC Davis.

Axel worked for the library for 33 years, helping to build the food and wine library into the greatest of its type, before retiring in 2020, though he still volunteers his time and knowledge to the food and wine community. We discuss his work with Maynard Amerine and other food and wine luminaries, what makes this library special and the bibliographies he's currently working on.

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IWP Ep45 Maryam Hariri - Azizam Wines I was able to speak with Maryam Hariri in San Francisco during her tour releasing the Azizam wines. Maryam was a climate change policy maker before being a climate adaptive winemaker and we talk about both lives. She also works with Bichi wines, both based in Baja California. Working mostly with small vineyards and old vines. Palomino, Mission, Rosa Del Peru and Nebbiolo make up much of the production often fermented and aged in concrete Tinajas aka Amphora. You can follow Maryan @azizamwines and find the wines at Azizamwines.com

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IWP Ep44 Kate Field - Eccentric In Her Genius. Today we’ll be talking about Kate Field. She was an author, playwright, actress and more. Her involvement in the wine industry was brief but she’s worth knowing about, wine connection or not. She helped in the fight to hold off prohibition. Prohibition wasn’t an overnight change, it was threatened for years and decades even. Counties and cities going dry, Saloon taxes enacted, bars shuttered, taxation laws around wines changed and when prohibition finally did happen, over 40 years or so had gone by. It was the Wets vs the Drys.

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IWP Ep43 William Allen and Karen Daenen - Two Shepherds I recently sat down with William Allen and Karen Daenen of Two Shepherds Wine at their home and vineyard in Fulton. The vineyard is unique with tight 3x3 spacing which we discuss and the farm is also filled with an ever expanding array of animals including Goat’s, Donkey’s, Dogs, Cats, Chickens and the newest addition’s 2 baby Kunekune Pigs. They make a wide range of complex wines, from light and fun to real serious, including cans at their nearby winery. It’s worth your time to track some down, i’m sure you’ll enjoy them. You can find them at twoshepherds.com or follow them and the animal crew at twoshepherdswine on Instagram.

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