As the video companion to Podcast #206, this video features Sandra Tavares of Wine & Soul.

After starting his California career in the cellar at Goldeneye Winery in the town of Philo, Bo Felton worked to become the Winemaker for Migration Winery. Well, that was actually a few years ago. But we’ve wanted to record a full interview with Bo for quite some time. We originally met Bo at Goldeneye during the rainy harvest of 2011. This time around we catch up with him in the cellar at Migration during the start of harvest 2016.

Learn more by visiting www.migrationwines.com

A few weeks ago we were invited to a tasting sponsored by the Soave Consortium of Italy, which took place at the Boarding House Restaurant in Chicago. It’s rare when you attend a tasting of white wine only, but that’s what made the visit intriguing. Master Sommilier Evan Goldstein co hosted the event with Soave Enologest Giovanni Ponchia. We spoke with Giovanni just before the start of the event and gained detailed insight into the wines of Soave.

Learn more by visiting www.ilsoave.com

Growing up on a farm is a natural beginning for a winemaker. Russ Weis, President of Silverado Vineyards in Napa Valley may not appear to be typical farmer, but his roots are right outside his door.  The Silverado Vineyards tasting room sits (of course) on the well known Silverado Trail in the Stag’s Leap District of Napa Valley. The stunningly beautiful tasting room sits atop a hill with magnificent views of Napa, which is where we met with Russ to talk about his personal wine trail.

Learn more by visiting www.silveradovineyards.com

Napa Valley has several excellent AVA’s which produce some of the finest

wines you can find. In 2011, the Coombsville area was giving it’s official designation

as an AVA and the area has consistently produced fantastic wines. In fact many

wines poured at the Auction Napa Valley Barrel Auction were from Coombsville.

Arrow & Branch is a relatively new label which calls Coombsville home. We met with

General Manager Elizabeth Robertis in the garden of the property and enjoyed

a Coombsville tasting.

Learn more by visiting www.arrowandbranch.com