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. Wine lover 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

In this podcast, SchöneTal Cellars owner Dave Ulbricht defines the term “Pretty, Pretty”

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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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After having a previous life with what some would say is a normal job, James Frey made the jump to grape grower, and then to winemaker. Is winemaking not a normal job you may ask? Well, it’s a combination of agriculture, manufacturing, distribution and politics. Not to mention living in the past, the present and the future at the same time. It’s a lot of work. We met up with James at the winery during the start of harvest, with much activity going on in the background. At the end of the day it can be a normal job or just plain crazy. Listen to find out.

You can also hear James on our Vino Lingo segment defining the wine phrase, “Don’t Be A Fruit Pusher”.

Learn more by visiting www.trisaetum.com

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After having a previous life with what some would say is a normal job, James Frey made the jump to grape grower, and then to winemaker. Is winemaking not a normal job you may ask? Well, it’s a combination of agriculture, manufacturing, distribution and politics. Not to mention living in the past, the present and the future at the same time. It’s a lot of work. We met up with James at the winery during the start of harvest, with much activity going on in the background. At the end of the day it can be a normal job or just plain crazy. Listen to find out.

You can also hear James on our Vino Lingo segment defining the wine phrase, “Don’t Be A Fruit Pusher”.

Learn more by visiting www.trisaetum.com