The Wine Makers on Radio Misfits
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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Mar 2, 2018 • 1h 15min
The Wine Makers – Tom Gendall
EP41: Tom Gendall from Cline Cellars, joins The Wine Makers to talk land, fruit and winemaking. Tom’s insights to making high quality yet accessible wines, gives us all a new way of looking at the wine we buy and drink.
Feb 23, 2018 • 35min
The Wine Makers – Weather or not
The guys tackle the issue of the strange weather patterns we’ve had this year and how it might affect the crop and of course what they’re doing about it right now.
Feb 16, 2018 • 55min
The Wine Makers – Maureen Cottingham
The long anticipated interview with Maureen Cottingham, Executive Director of the Sonoma Valley Vintners and Growers Alliance. Their events are among the most popular in all of California’s wine making regions, visit them at SonomaValleyWine.com
Feb 9, 2018 • 45min
The Wine Makers – Serious Reds & Beautiful Whites
On the heels of last week’s discussion of the future, let’s look at reality and what we can do at every point along the way to make sure this year is spectacular.
Feb 2, 2018 • 42min
The Wine Makers – Rose’ Day
The guys look forward to the new year and what it can bring in terms of new vineyards, beautiful fruit and the wine-making that goes with it. Let’s hope it’s different than last year in a very positive way.
Jan 19, 2018 • 59min
The Wine Makers – Over Served
An obviously over-served group of Wine Makers talk about exactly how to do a wine tasting right by comparing glasses of wine against each other and how Jeff Cohn makes such a beautiful red wines.
Jan 12, 2018 • 1h 1min
The Wine Makers – Ian Blessing & Jeff Cohn
The guys kick off the year with two great guests: Ian Blessing from The French Laundry and Jeff Cohn of Jeff Cohn Wines. A quick review of last year and some predictions for the coming year.
Dec 30, 2017 • 23min
The Wine Makers – 2017 In Review
The guys get together and reflect on all that happened in 2017, a crazy year to be sure.
Dec 22, 2017 • 46min
The Wine Makers – End of Season
Part 2 of our show from Sondra Bernstein’s Rhone Room. The guys discuss Rhone wines and the state of the end of the growing season.
Dec 15, 2017 • 54min
The Wine Makers – Jayme Powers
Since it’s the holidays, the guys found Jayme Powers, owner of SIGH Sonoma, the only Bubbly tasting room in town. Jayme describes just how hard it is to build a brand new tasting room and gives us all the details of Bubbly(Champagne in France), how to make it, open it and what to give as we approach the holidays.
