What would make you leave the film industry to enter the world of wine? Passion, what else? Jake Gray, General Manager at L’Angolo Estate in the Willamette Valley goes back to day one of the winery operation. Jake is ironically from Davis, California, and UC Davis is well known for producing top winemakers. So why the career change? Those who get it, answer the call. We met with Jake at the tasting room a few weeks ago enjoying the morning sun while we talked about our common favorite subject, wine.

You can also hear Jake on our Vino Lingo segment defining the wine term “Dry Farming”

Learn more by visiting www.langoloestate.com

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The wine industry relies heavily on equipment and supplies designed to create some fantastic vintages. Pumps, fork lifts, corks, capsules, barrels, optical sorters, the list goes on. Life Between the Vines was invited to the WIN Expo 2019 for the first time. WIN is Wine Industry Network and the expo was a trade show as well as wine seminars. We interviewed a handful of vendors as well as a couple old friends at the show to give you a further look behind the scenes in the crazy world of winemaking. 

Learn more by visiting www.wineindustryexpo.com

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It’s not surprising that wine lovers often become winemakers. Sometimes it’s just inevitable. One of the bigger challenges in starting a label is coming up with the name. Winelover and winemaker and owner David Ulbricht gave his winery one of the most unique names we’ve heard. SchöneTal Cellars. For our readers the name is pronounced SCH.U.NA.TAL. That’s how it appears on the website. We originally met David in 2018 at the Willamette Valley Pinot Noir Auction and now we catch up with him at his shared tasting room in McMinnville. It’s a bit noisy in the background, as usual this is a working winery, but our chat with Dave shows how a nice guy can finish first.

You can also hear Dave on our Vino Lingo segment defining his own wine term “Pretty, Pretty”.

Learn more by visiting www.schonetalcellars.com

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Francis Ford Coppola is well known for wineries in Napa and Sonoma and not so long ago he expanded to Oregon. Domaine de Broglie sits in the Dundee Hills above the Willamette Valley offering exceptional estate wines. Dave Petterson is Winemaker dand General Manager and we met up with him at the tasting room a few weeks ago. The tasting room alone is worth the trip but of course the wines are the stars.. Oregon wine stands with some of the finest wines in the world and Dave will tell you why.

You can also hear Dave on our Vino Lingo segment defining the term “Double Dry”

Learn more by visiting www.domainedebroglie.com

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Every couple of years, Australian winemakers tour the US offering some underrated and exceptinal wines. This year, the wines were tasted at the Chicago Athletic Association where we met with Yangarra Estate winemaker Pete Fraser. Pete was great fun to chat with and he was very kind to give us a bit of time before he had to fly out of Chicago for another tasting. The wines of Australia are diverse and often an great value. We suggest you treat yourself and give them a taste.

Learn more by visiting www.yangarra.com

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