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The Wine Makers
A laid-back journey into the heart of wine culture Every week, hosts Sam Coturri, Bart Hansen, and Brian Casey pull the cork on real conversations with winemakers, growers, sommeliers, and industry trailblazers from Sonoma and beyond. The Wine Makers blends deep knowledge with a relaxed, no-snobbery approach to everything from biodynamic farming to rebellious cider makers and sake artisans. These are not dry lectures or polished promos—just passionate people talking shop over a glass (or three). The hosts’ decades of hands-on experience in vineyards, cellars, and tasting rooms fuel lively discussions about sustainability, storytelling, and the changing world of wine. Whether you’re just starting to explore wine or already know your skin-contact from your carbonic maceration, this show delivers honest insight, practical advice, and plenty of personality. Pour a glass and press play.
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Aug 10, 2018 • 51min
The Wine Makers – Pre Harvest
The guys take a deep dive into exactly what’s going on in the fields right now in Sonoma and Napa counties. As harvest quickly approaches and everyone is gearing up for the immense job ahead, we take a minute to relax and taste some new wines along with covering what’s going on around the area wine wise. Always a bit irreverent and casual, The Wine Makers certainly take the stuffiness out of the wine world. Enjoy.
Aug 3, 2018 • 1h 18min
The Wine Makers – Desire Lines Wines
The Wine Makers sit down with Cody and Emily Rasmussen of Desire Lines Wines. Working their way up the hard way, they are great people as well as stellar winemakers. Cody is also the assistant winemaker at Bedrock Wine Company, working with Morgan Twain Peterson and Chris Cotrell.
www.desirlineswines.com
cody@desirelineswines.com
emily@desirelineswines.com
Jul 27, 2018 • 1h 25min
The Wine Makers – Bibiana Gonzalez Rave
The Wine Makers do a deep dive with a member of the very elite club, Winemaker of the Year as rated by the San Francisco Chronicle, Bibiana Gonzalez Rave. Bibiana is from Columbia, studied in France and has been a consulting winemaker at some of the top wineries around the world. Today she is making her beautiful wines in Sonoma County and we were lucky enough to talk with her on the show.
Jul 20, 2018 • 1h 23min
The Wine Makers – Women Owned Wineries
The Wine Makers host Amy Bess Cook of WOW along with Lulu McClellan of Handley Cellars and Katy Wilson of LaRue Wines. Both Katy and Lulu are incredible winery owners and their wines are simply beautiful. Amy also has a new Grenache called Sirsee and is promoting gender equality in the winery business.
Jul 13, 2018 • 1h 8min
The Wine Makers – What’s Goin’ On
EP57: After the holidays, the guys talk about what’s happening in the vineyards and all things wine. Enjoy.
Jun 29, 2018 • 1h 7min
The Wine Makers – Bob Cabral
Never have the guys met a winemaker as dedicated to quality, cult status wines and CHARITY. All of the finances from Bob Cabral Wines go to local school charities including some very pricey (but worth it) Imperials that provide virtual school budgets in Northern CA. The wines: Fantastic. The Mission: Pure and very functional. Bob is all action and very little talk. Hear what he does have to say this week on The Wine Makers.
Jun 22, 2018 • 1h 9min
The Wine Makers – Three Sticks
The Guys get with a fixture in the wine industry, Bob Cabral, from Three Sticks Winery, to cover his background and the Three Sticks line up. Some very interesting and even emotional thoughts are shared as we wolf down the Three Sticks Rose’ and generally learn a lot from Bob. Visit them online at threestickswines.com
Jun 15, 2018 • 1h 11min
The Wine Makers – Jordan Kivelstadt
This week the guys welcome Jordan Kivelstadt of Kivelstadt Cellars. Jordan, the Wayward Son has driven wines in all new styles of packaging, from wine on tap from a keg to premium wine in cans. Needless to say, a lively discussion occurred. Wine in CANS?! John is not a fan, Bart and Brian are. Will they agree to disagree? Try the Orange wine, you’ll love the “chugability factor”.
Jun 8, 2018 • 1h 11min
The Wine Makers – Chene Bleu
Recorded live at The Girl & The Fig in Sonoma, John is back after his hip operation and the Wine Makers’ host a party for Nicole Rolet from Chene Bleu in the French Rhone region. This is a fascinating and funny episode so don’t miss, special thanks to Sondra Bernstein for hosting.
May 28, 2018 • 1h 6min
The Wine Makers – ‘New Friends’
EP52: Memorial Day 2018 – On this episode we welcomed Melani, a loyal listener of the show and an active duty nurse with the US Navy along with all of her friends from Tennessee, San Diego and Washington at the world famous Rhone Room to hang out and drink some wine.
Melani has recently decided to purchase a vineyard in Paso Robles and spend the rest of her life making and growing wine. It was a pleasure to meet them all and hear their stories.
