When you make high end Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in California, is must be from the Russian River area. Mark McWilliams Arista label make this top quality wine from vineyards that were once owned by his parents. Today Mark operates the winery from a space just off the square in Healdsburg. The wine business never gets any easier but when you make wine of this quality, you never look for easy You’ll just have to taste to find out.

You can also hear Mark on our Vino Lingo segment defining the phrase “Fluffing the Lees”

Learn more by visiting aristawinery.com

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This week on our Vino Lingo segment we feature Mark McWilliams, Proprietor, Arista Winery, Healdsburg, defining the phrase “Fluffing the Lees”.  Learn more by visiting aristawinery.com

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Many that visit wine country dream of becoming a vintner or winemaker, but few make the dream come true. Sheree Thornsberry and her husband Brian did in fact, make the dream come true and then some. I met with Sheree and Winemaker Ashley Herzberg at Grand Cru Custom Crush just a few weeks ago, where they make Innumero Wines. Here we get to learn what it takes to really make that dream a reality.

You can hear Sheree on our Vino Lingo segment defining the phrase “A Sense of Place”

You can also hear Ashley on Vino Lingo defining the term “Vibes”

Learn more by visiting innumerowines.com

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