Growing up in Carmel, California,
Nicole Hitchcock was highly influenced by the power of food and wine
when it comes together. Coming from that part of the world, it’s no
wonder she became a winemaker. Nicole is winemaker at J Vineyards &
Winery in Sonoma well known for still wine as well as sparkling. Her
enthusiasm is contagious and her passion is apparent. The thing is,
the world can be a very happy place by drinking more sparkling wine,
don’t you think?
You can also hear Nicole on our Vino
Lingo segment defining the term “Riddling”
He makes great wine. He was co-owner
of one of the top labels in the country, Kosta-Browne. He performed
in the circus. William Shatner narrates his new book. That is what
you call living life. Michael Browne tells great stories and makes
you laugh without trying hard. I spoke with Michael by phone last
week to learn about his new book “Pinot Rocks” and hear his many
adventures. Circus boy, winemaker, author. Not a bad life.
You can hear Michael on our Vino Lingo
segment defining the terms “Resination, Color and Soud”.
Vino Lingo educates wine lovers with wine words defined by the winemakers themselves. This week we feature Michael Browne formerly of Kosta-Browne and now owner of CIRQ and Chev Wines, defining the terms “Resination, Color and Sound”
Behind the Mic. We are celebrating 12
years of our podcast Life Between the Vines this fall and what a
better way to do it by a looking back. Here we feature a brief video
featuring many the friends from our podcast wine travels. Please
enjoy!
-Stephanie Honig/Napa Valley
-Carissa Mondavi/Napa Valley
-Giovanni Ponchia/Italy
-Char Lange/Lodi
-Tony Kosicek/Ohio
-Luca Alves/Italy
-Belinda Chang/Chicago
-Pam Starr & Evyn Cameron/Napa
Valley
-Prue Henshke/Australia
-Henrik Poulsen/Napa Valley
-Chris Williams/Willamette Valley
-Phil Burton/Napa Valley
-Karen Cakebread/Napa Valley
-Dong Li/China
-Cyril & Blakesly Chappellet with
Tim Mondavi/Napa Valley
-Paul Durant/Willamette Valley
-Giovanni Folonari/Italy
-David Ramey/Sonoma
-Henrik Poulsen & Jean
Hoefliger/Napa Valley
-Blair & Laura Lott/Lodi
-Dario Sattui/Napa Valley
-John Terlato/Chicago
-Tom Rinaldi/Napa Valley
-Steve Burgess & Kelly Woods/Napa
Valley
-Matthew Levy/Napa Valley
-Todd Graff/Napa Valley
-Alice Warnecke Sutro/Sonoma
-Aaron Pott/Napa Valley
-Sara Fowler/Napa Valley
-David Alloro, Carl Giavanti & Tom
Fitzpatrick/Willamette Valley
-Nick Goldschmidt/The world and beyond
-Dr. Dave Miller/Michigan
-Janet Trefethen/Napa Valley
-Ryan Zepaltis/Willamette Valley
-Ian McClellan/Sonoma
-Emilia Nardi/Italy
-Jesus Gonzalez/Napa Valley
-Armando Castagnedi/Italy
-Alan & David Ramey/Sonoma
-Chelsea Bellows/Napa Valley
-Elizabeth Vianna/Napa Valley
-Sam Baxter/Napa Valley
-Jean-Charles Boisset/Napa Valley
-Leslie & Rich Frank/Napa Valley
-Stuart Smith/Napa Valley
-Elliot Stern/Napa Valley
-Dick Erath/Willamette Valley
-Anthony Van Nice/Willamette Valley
-Chris Carpenter/Napa Valley
-Mike Moyer/Michigan
-Linda Neal/Napa Valley
-Scott Neal/Willamette Valley
-Wayne Bailey/Willamette Valley
-Tom Fitzpatrick/Willamette Valley
-Laura & David Long/Napa Valley
-Evan Goldstein/New York
-Ian Burch/Willamette Valley
Photos by Ray Fister, Jeanette Hrnyak & Kathryn Scheer.
