Tom Gamble is a Napa Valley farmer with a family history of farming celebrating 100 years. Tom, easily recognizable in his classic cowboy hat, is all about the dirt. When it comes to wine, Tom gets to work with some mighty fine dirt. We visited Tom during Auction Napa Valley back in June so if you get a chance watch our Barrel Auction video on You Tube and see if you can pick out Tom.

Learn more by visiting www.gamblefamilyvineyards.com

One of the key ingredients in the winemaking process is the barrel. An expensive one too.
The average wine lover usually doesn’t get a chance to look behind the scenes when it comes to
barrels and coopers. But for this program, we met with Phil Burton of Barrel Builders in Napa Valley. Barrel Builders has a long history of supplying barrels in Napa and we were lucky enough to spend a little time with Phil as well as his daughter Heather at their facility in Calistoga.

Learn more by visiting www.barrelbuilders.com

It takes a great entrepreneur to come up with clever and creative ideas when it comes to

bringing new wine to the market. Stephanie DeMasi of Fly Wine and Juslyn Vineyards

is just that person. Stephanie’s energy and ideas plus a taste for fine wine have meant great success for

her ventures. We finally got time with Stephanie during Auction Napa Valley week to catch up on her latest ideas.

Learn more by visiting www.fly-wine.com or www.juslynvineyards.com

The beauty of a small winery is focus on quality with a hands on approach.  Susie Selby of Selby
Winery in Healdsburg knows all about that approach.  Susie is the owner, winemaker and head of sales for Selby Winery.  You can’t get much more hands on than that.  Susie was visiting Wisconsin, the home of Life Between the Vines and we managed to get a bit of her time to talk her personal wine journey.  Small is good!

Learn more by visiting www.selbywinery.com

It’s amazing to find just how many Napa Valley wineries date back over
one hundred years. Few realize how big the wine industry was growing in those
days. History surrounds Frank Family Vineyards winery which is on the National Register of Historical places. But far more important is the high quality wine produced at Frank. Todd Graff has made wine around the world and has been Winemaker and GM at Frank Family since 2003. We caught up with Todd back in June at the winery to laugh as well as talk shop.

Learn more by visiting www.frankfamilyvineyards.com