Knights Valley is found just above the town of Calistoga as you enter Sonoma County and it is simply a slice of heaven. Most of the traffic you see is local. While there are plenty of tasting rooms in this valley, tourism does not clutter the roads. Brandon Muller and Gregory Roberts are the Founders of Brandon Gregory Estate Wines and Knights Valley is where they staked their claim to wine business. We met at their beautiful Airbnb cottage just before the Sonoma County Barrel Auction to talk about this magnificent property, and most importantly, the wine that comes from there.

You can also hear Brandon and Gregory on our Vino Lingo segment defining the term “NFL”.

Learn more by visiting www.brandongregorywines.com

Welcome to the Sonoma County Barrel Auction 2024! Once again we interview vintners at the tasting event which was held at Baccus Landing as well as the Auction itself taking place at MacMurray Ranch in the Russian River AVA. Here winemakers were pouring never before, never again wines for bidders looking to score some gems. This 10^th Anniversary Auction raised over $400,000 and our podcast lets you hear some of the stories behind the wines. Cheers!

Learn more by visiting www.sonomawine.com

Vintners appearing (not in order of appearance):

Katie MacMurray-MacMurray Ranch

Greg Morthole-Davis Bynum

Gregory Roberts-Brandon Gregory Estate

Brandon Muller-Brandon Gregory Estate

Cassidy Block-Three Sticks Wines

Dan Kosta-dk Wine Group

Alicia Sylvester-Banshee Wines

Andrea Card-Francis Ford Coppola Winery

Darrel Holbrook-Chalk Hill Estate

Mark Mazzoni-Zialena

Olivia Wright-Rodney Strong Wine Estates

Telia Suggs-Head High Wines

Randall Watkins-Laurel Glen Vineyard

Teresa Heredia-Gary Farrell Winery

Tracy Burns-Flowers Vineyards & Winery

Reid Kinett-Brooks Note Winery

Jay Sweet-Sweet Family Vineyards

Chris Benziger- Benziger Family Winery

Jeff Pisoni-Fort Ross Vineyard

Hillary Sjolund-Aperture Cellars

Lisa Amaroli-Benziger Family Winery

We will once again be attending the Sonoma County Barrel Auction 2024 this year, which begins May 2nd.  As a tradition we like to revisit the previous year’s auction to get a feel for what is to come.  Please enjoy!

Learn more by visiting https://barrelauction.sonomawine.com/