Camilo Magoni has been making wine in Mexico longer than anyone. An Italian winemaker who came to Baja California over 40 years ago, he has tried out hundreds of wine varieties and worked for decades at the largest producer in Mexico – La Cetto. …
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Bob Foley has been a consultant winemaker across Napa since the 70s and has witnessed a lot of changes in the valley, which he talks about in this interview from his own vineyard where he makes Robert Foley wines. Amanda Barnes also interviews him …
Get under the skin of Dundee Hills AVA with Jason Lett, winemaker and owner of The Eyrie Vineyards in this vineyard interview. Jason’s father, David Lett aka. Papa Pinot, is credited with planting the first Pinot Noir vines in the Willamette Valley after he …
Steve Matthiasson is one of the most in-demand viticulturalists in Napa. He has worked all over the valley, and consults for wineries in both the hills and valley floor, as well as some other projects in California. Amanda Barnes interviews him on the viticulture …
Pedro Poncelis Jr and his father are two of the most influential sommeliers in Mexico, and now they are both winemakers with their own boutique winery in Guadalupe Valley in Baja California. With his own wine school and education program, Pedro Poncelis is an …
Heavy rainfall has spelt an end to California’s five year drought. The torrential rain caused mudslides and fallen trees in the wine regions but, despite the complications caused by the rain, the rainy period came as a great relief to vintners who had been …
Bob Betz is one of the best known figures of Washington wine and has been involved in the industry since it started to reach the world stage over 40 years ago. After training in Europe, Bob worked for 28 years at Washington’s foremost producer …
One of Mexico’s top winemakers, Hugo D’Acosta, gives us the insider’s guide to terroir in Mexico’s main wine region – the Vale de Guadalupe in Baja California. In this 360° interactive video, Amanda Barnes asks Hugo about what makes Mexican wine unique and the soils …
Winemaker at Tantalus in Kelowna, David Paterson, gives us a 360-degree spin around the vineyards to talk about the terroir of Okanagan, Canada. Amanda Barnes interviews him on dirt, climate and the wines, from the oldest block of Riesling in the Okanagan. Take a …
Discover what makes the Napa wine regions unique and why it is so well suited to Bordeaux varieties (including Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Sauvignon Blanc). Winemaker Mia Klein takes us through the micro regions you need to know about, their conditions, soils and climate, …