The Pinot Noir grape grows exceptionally well in the Grand River Valley AVA of Ohio. In fact many vinefera grapes do well in this section of Ohio wine country. Tony Kosicek, owner of Kosicek Vineyards in Geneva learned about grape farming young with the Concord grape. Today Tony’s Winery sits on route 534 and has been steadily growing and diversifying. We met with Tony a couple weeks ago at the winery after only just discovering them last year.

Learn more by visiting www.kosicekvineyards.com

This video features several winemakers as well as bits and pieces from harvest.  Enjoy!

Most people are surprised to learn that wine grapes and winemaking goes back as far as 1823 in the state of Ohio. While those grapes were not the European variatels we now know, today many Ohio wineries are making wines from locally grown Vitis vinifera. Harpersfield Winery is located in the town of Geneva in northeast Ohio, part of the Grand River AVA where several high quality vineyards and wineries can be found. We visited with Colleen Lindahl at the winery during Thanksgiving while tasting some of their exceptional wines.

Learn more by visiting www.harpersfield.com

When visiting Sonoma wine country, specifically the Rodney Strong Vineyards tasting room you’ll also be visiting the Davis Bynum tasting room. We caught up with Davis Bynum Winemaker Greg Morthole in September just at the start of harvest 2016. While at this very moment we are a long way from harvest, here you get a chance to listen to a winemakers point of view at the start of the event.

Learn more by visiting www.davisbynum.com

From commercial airline pilot to winemaker, Tony Kooyumjian made his way into the wine business via Missouri.  We spent a bit of time with Tony at Montelle Winery in Augusta, Missouri and talked all things jets and wine.