Just after high school, Ian McClellan was an intern at 5^th Floor Recording Company in his hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 5^th Floor is the home studio of Life Between the Vines.  Needless to say it was thrilling to see Ian head West to join the wine industry and made a solid career for himself. Today, he is the Cellarmaster for Anaba Winery in Sonoma and we visited him and his wife back in November. After surviving harvest and the fires, there was a lot to talk about.

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For this Vino Lingo, Ian McClellan, Cellar Master at Anaba Winery in Sonoma defines is actual job:  Cellar Master.

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Its no secret that labor within the agriculture industry is becoming scarce. The wine business is all about farming and the labor problem is not going away. For this program we talk to five wine professionals who are impacted directly by this concern. We start off with Vineyard Manager Jesus Gonzalez of Number One Vineyard Management in Napa Valley. Next we spoke with Pam Starr, Winemaker and Co-Owner of Crocker & Starr Winery in Napa Valley. Winemaker Elias Fernandez of Shafer Vineyards continues and is followed by Winemaker for Sonoma’s Buena Vista Winery, Brian Maloney. For the final interview we talked with Cellarmaster Ian McClellan of Anaba Winery in Sonoma.

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