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Tank Talk

Winemaker Wisdom

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Tank Talk with Darrin Low, Winemaker, Domaine Anderson & Carpe Diem Tank Talk

Tank Talk with Darrin Low, Winemaker, Domaine Anderson & Carpe Diem

In Northern California, where redwood forests meet the Mendocino coast, lies Anderson Valley. We sit down with Domaine Anderson & Carpe Diem's Winemaker to talk wine, career, and what's ahead.
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Tank Talk with Leslie Renaud & Raemy Paterson, Winemakers, Angeline Wines by Martin Ray Winery Tank Talk

Tank Talk with Leslie Renaud & Raemy Paterson, Winemakers, Angeline Wines by Martin Ray Winery

One is a Navy kid who wanted to be a marine biologist; the other a UC Davis grad who grew up wandering the world's wine regions. Together, Leslie Renaud and Raemy Paterson steer the women-led cellar behind Angeline. They talk native yeasts, the case for kegs and screwcaps, and the moment you just know a wine is ready for bottle.
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Tank Talk with Arnaud Weyrich, VP of Production & Winemaker, Roederer Estate Tank Talk

Tank Talk with Arnaud Weyrich, VP of Production & Winemaker, Roederer Estate

Seven days into his 1993 internship, Arnaud Weyrich had to tell the owner of Roederer Estate that phylloxera was in the vines. Three decades later, the Alsace native runs production and winemaking at the Anderson Valley sparkling house. He talks blending as art, life on the edge of the world in Mendocino, and why potato chips belong with bubbles.
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Tank Talk with Heidi von der Mehden, Winemaker, Merry Edwards Winery Tank Talk

Tank Talk with Heidi von der Mehden, Winemaker, Merry Edwards Winery

She taught chemistry in the Peace Corps, led her students up Kilimanjaro, and took over a cellar from an icon at Arrowood. Now Heidi von der Mehden makes the Pinot Noirs at Merry Edwards, the women-led Russian River Valley house where the fog does half the work. She talks harvest, vineyard walks, and Pinot with barbequed leg of lamb.
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Tank Talk with Jonathan Nagy, Winemaker, J. Wilkes Tank Talk

Tank Talk with Jonathan Nagy, Winemaker, J. Wilkes

From UC Davis chemistry labs to 23 Central Coast harvests, Jonathan Nagy brings a quiet intensity to every bottle of J. Wilkes. We sat down with the winemaker to find out what drives him.
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Tank Talk with King Estate's Brent Stone & Ray Nuclo Tank Talk

Tank Talk with King Estate's Brent Stone & Ray Nuclo

We sit down with King Estate's COO & Winemaker Brent Stone and Director of Viticulture Ray Nuclo to talk Biodynamic farming, sustainability, and what makes the Kings of Pinot tick.
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Tank Talk with Hilary Cline, Gust Wines & Growing Up Cline Tank Talk

Tank Talk with Hilary Cline, Gust Wines & Growing Up Cline

Quizzed on grape varieties on the drive to school and raised hunting obsidian in the family vineyards, Hilary Cline left for a Fulbright in Russia before finding her way back to wine. With her sister Megan she founded Gust to bottle the windswept Petaluma Gap. She talks growing up Cline, oysters at Dillon Beach, and what's next for the label.