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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 18, 2017 • 42min
The Wine Makers – Bio-dynamic
This week the guys hit hard on a new subject in the wine world; Bio-dynamic cultivation of Cannabis. Since Mike Benziger put his name on 400 acres of Organic Bio-dynamic Cannabis here in Sonoma the wine leaders are becoming the pot leaders.
Aug 11, 2017 • 45min
The Wine Makers – Kyle Haraszthy
The guys introduce you to special guest, Kyle Haraszthy. Sam reports on the Vineyards and finds them in great shape going into harvest mode. Kyle’s family and background go all the way back to when the Very First grapes were grown here in Sonoma…About 1850 or so.
Aug 4, 2017 • 50min
The Wine Makers – Ingredients: Organic Grapes
By the luck of the gods the guys get to taste a perfect Kamen Savignon Blanc 2013. Ingredients: Organic Grapes. The guys cover the growth, the experience and the the full trip from the mountain vineyard to your glass. What a long, strange, fascinating trip it really is. They “Phil” out the show with two more Phil Coturri Savignon Blancs from Hamel Family Wines and Stone Edge from the top of Cavedale Road. High quality but certainly not soft spoken.
Jul 28, 2017 • 44min
The Wine Makers – Where’s Your Beret?
EP13: The guys are back, this week discussing Sam’s recent bottling, the state of grapes in the field, great local wines they’ve discovered and more!
Jul 21, 2017 • 47min
The Wine Makers – Cold Stabilization
Sam’s on special assignment. John, Bart & Brian check out a Spanish ‘organic’ wine, but is it? Bart’s Chenin blanc is being blended. Is there a new trend in red blends? Would you drink wine from a can?
Jul 14, 2017 • 44min
The Wine Makers – Chugability?
EP11: There’s a lot of action in the vineyards as crews trim the canopy correctly to ensure proper growing. Bart & Brian talk about the /natural/organic/synthetic faze; WHAT”S THE POINT? How about a 40oz. Rose’ or a can of wine. Yes on one for everyone and John rants ‘No to the canNot For Me!’
Jul 7, 2017 • 49min
The Wine Makers – Spanish Invasion
The Spanish are sending “Unacceptable” wine into France and the French strike back by attacking the trucks. SYNTHETIC WINE? NAH; No thanks. Just not wine to us. The process of growing fruit that is perfect and then spending the rest of the year actually making what you drink in your glass, is too much for us to think that synthetic wine is anything but the Velveeta of the “wine flavored drink”.
The guys enjoy an older wine with no label, that once the cork is examined, turns out to be a ’55 Bordeaux Sauternes and are really happy it wasn’t worth $50,000.
Jun 30, 2017 • 40min
The Wine Makers – Walking the Fields
The Equinox has passed and the grape fields are moving from Chaos to Order. How and why wine really gets its beautiful deep red color. Can you buy too much wine? The guys talk about their favorite distributors around the country so no matter where you live, you can get some of our favorites.
Jun 23, 2017 • 53min
The Wine Makers – Tipping In Tasting Rooms
The guys kick around vineyard real-estate in Sonoma and Napa. Our listeners have more questions on Rose’ and we talk about blends, colors and styles from around the world. Tipping at tasting rooms, yes or no? Is the old tasting room model broken? Ever had a headache from sulfites? The guys kick discuss the Üllo Wine Purifier.
Jun 16, 2017 • 42min
The Wine Makers – Taste The Fog
EP7: It’s Zin Day with The Wine Makers! We’re in mid-June are amazed at how well the fields are doing. Sam leads a discussion on the variety of growing areas within Sonoma Valley and all of Sonoma County. Learn why the fog helps the grapes and how.
A couple of rainy days don’t seem to have a negative effect on the grapes due to wind and the balance of growing conditions and we discuss the price of grapes in Napa and hidden gem vineyards.
