Dec 18, 2019
While I was in Verona at Wine2Wine, I had the chance to speak with Alessio Planeta, President at Assovini Sicilia and Owner at Planeta Winery.
For five centuries and
through seventeen generations, Planeta has been active in
changing and improving agriculture in Sicily. Alessio Planeta
has spent his life dedicated to the...
Dec 9, 2019
This week, one of the most famous wine producers in the world
joins us -- Gaia Gaja from Gaja in
Barbaresco in Piedmont, Italy. We discuss the history of her famed
family, why their wines are like liquid velvet, and how climate
change is forcing new ways of thinking.
Her philosophy, outlook, and class show why Gaja has...
Dec 2, 2019
Tim and Kelly Hightower of Hightower Cellars have been making beautiful wine in Washington State (in the northwest of the US) specifically Red Mountain, for about 2.5 decades. They tell us about the evolution of Washington State wine, their path to owning a boutique winery, and then we discuss some of the...