Our 2nd full length interview with Robin Lail of Lail Vineyards.

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We visit for a second time with Lail Vineyards Robin Lail. On this trip Robin talks about her family history including Napa legends (Great Grand Uncle) Gustave Niebaum and her father John Daniel Jr.

Drinks with Jessica, February 2011: Cellaring your wine.

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This month our very own sommelier Jessica Bell takes the mystery out of cellaring your wine.

Don’t miss out on Merlot.

Merlot

I love Merlot. In fact Merlot was the grape that started me on the road to fine wine.
I still seek out labels I’ve never sampled and end up finding another great one.

Sadly, people sometimes forget just how great Merlot can really be (guess that leaves more for me!)

It’s been long lamented that the movie Sideways seems to have given the grape a bad rap. But the simple truth is in the tasting. Like any underrated grape, Merlot can be genius.

Example? ….Petrus from France.

January, 2011 Podcast (#28) featuring Karen Cakebread, David Tate & Terry Hall.

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This podcast features Karen Cakebread, Owner of Ziata Wines in Calistoga, David Tate, Winemaker at Barnett Vineyards on Spring Mountain and Terry Hall, Director of Communications for the Napa Valley Vintners Association.

Full length interview with Karen Cakebread-owner of Ziata Wines.

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Karen Cakebread is the owner of Ziata wines making excellent Sauvignon Bland and Pinot Noir. We recorded this interview with Karen in November of 2010 at her home in the northern end of Napa Valley.