Sep 24, 2019
Sleight of Hand Cellars is the fulfillment of
two dreams. Jerry Solomon was a real estate attorney in San Diego
who longed for a small town life and wanted wine to be part of it.
Trey Busch was a Walla Walla winemaker who had insane talent but
needed a partner to make his dream winery a reality.
The two created Sleight...
Sep 16, 2019
Eric McKibben grew up in Walla Walla,
where his dad, Norm, is a 
founding father of the most
important side of Walla Walla – the vineyard side. Norm is known to
have helped grow the Walla Walla industry from a few dozen acres in
1989 to 2800 today, around the idea of impeccable quality in the
vineyard.
The business is...
Sep 9, 2019
Virginia, on the east coast of the United States, has much history with grape growing, but not all of it was good. Today, however, exciting producers have mastered their microclimates and are making some of the freshest, most nuanced, terroir-driven wines in the United States.
This week I sit down with Elizabeth
Smith...
Sep 5, 2019
Just 40 miles/65 km north of Cape Town lies a large area that makes the most exciting, sought after wines in South Africa. Swartland (Dutch for 'black land') is full of young, passionate winemakers making wines that respect the hot, dry land from which they derive and are able to create wines of such depth, flavor,...