Podcast appearances and mentions of alexander valley vineyards

Traveling north on highway 128 into Sonoma County you will eventually find yourself in Alexander Valley, in my mind, a little slice of heaven. Following the winding roads through mostly local traffic, Alexander Valley Vineyards is easy to locate and great fun to visit. The history is amazing and you can even find the grave [...]

This week on our Vino Lingo segment we feature Katie Wetzel Murphy, Brand Ambassador & Family Partner, Alexander Valley Vineyards, Sonoma County, defining the term “Balance (Proportionality)”.  Learn more

Alexander Valley Vineyards Alexander Valley Zinfandel In this episode, Rob and Scott review a highly reviewed wine (by other reviewers) by Alexander Valley Vineyards, their Zinfandel.  Will the show agree with the accolades of the wine or have they actual drank Zinfandel before and know what they're doing?  We shall see... on The Wine Vault.

This week we welcome Richard Bruno from Vinum Cellars. Richard pursued his interest in wine by going into the restaurant business in 1985. Working with Master Sommelier Larry Stone at Rubicon Restaurant in San Francisco as a waiter and bartender gave him the opportunity to taste rare and exciting wines from around the world; he also learned a lot about making the right decisions. It almost seems that Richard and Brian lived parallel lives for a while and most likely at least drank in the same places. But with plans to become a winemaker, Richard then UC Davis to learn Viticulture & Enology in 1994. While at Davis Richard met Chris Condos, where they bonded over their love of Chenin Blanc and other obscure grape varietals. They wanted to do things differently so in 1997 they started Vinum Cellars on credit cards and the help of friends & family. Richard also worked for various wineries from Bonny Doon Vineyard in Santa Cruz to Rosenblum in Alameda, Alexander Valley  Vineyards in Sonoma and Folie a Deux in the Napa Valley. [EP296] www.instagram.com/vinumcellars.napavalley www.vinumcellars.com

Wine Road Podcast Episode 144 Sponsored by Ron Rubin Winery Episode 144 | Denise Gill – Tasting Room Manager from Alexander Valley Vineyards Denise Gill, Wine Judge and Tasting Room Manager at Alexander Valley Vineyards chats with Beth and Marcy about what's going on at the winery, how she got into the wine business and how she became a wine judge. Our Fast Five recipe is from Zina Bower of Woodenhead Wines. And our wine of the day is Alexander Valley Vineyards 2018 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon. Wine of the Day: Alexander Valley Vineyards 2018 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon (Organically farmed) Fast Five: End of Winter Faro Salad from Zina Bower of Woodenhead Wines Podcast Sponsor – Ron Rubin Winery   SHOW NOTES 0:57 TASTE AWARDS -- Wine Road Podcast has been nominated in two categories for the 2022 Taste Awards Viewers/Listeners Choice and need your votes for Wine Road in categories # 6 Best Food Drink Podcast and # 7 Best Lifestyle Podcast— Go Here to Vote! -- http://www.thetasteawards.com/viewers-choice-voting-announced-for-13th-annual-taste-awards/ 2:20 How Denise got into the wine business and how she became a wine judge. Denise's great palate took her far as a professional wine judge. There's a lot that goes into the judging process. 12:10 Denise is celebrating her 8th year on the staff on Alexander Valley Vineyards. But First—Our Wine of the Day: Alexander Valley Vineyards 2018 Estate Organically farmed Cabernet Sauvignon. The Wetzel's, owners of the winery, are great stewards of the land at Alexander Valley Vineyards. 17:47 Fast Five Recipe – End of Winter Faro Salad from Zina Bower Woodenhead Winery IngredientsFaro,Preserved Meyer Lemon or Fresh Meyer Lemon, Green Olives, Shallots, Handful of fresh herbs. DirectionsCook the Faro, sauté all the other ingredients together and mix it together then add the fresh herbs. It's that easy. Pair with Woodenhead 2019 Chardonnay form Piper Ranch Manchester Ridge, Mendocino County. 19:20 Cave tours available at AVV at 12 and 2:30 in the original cave and they are building a new cave on the property too. New 25,000 foot Cave is being built and due to be completed in 2023. Vineyard hikes through the historic property that has the homestead of Cyrus Alexander who founded the Alexander Valley in 1840. Original home and schoolhouse is there on the property. 22:39 Denise recommends people go visit Spud Point for the clam chowder and then wind up to Bodega head to enjoy the views. 23:28 New 375 ML bottle size from Alexander Valley Vineyards feature screw caps and are perfect for picnics, available in Chardonnay, Merlot, Zinfandel, and Cabernet Sauvignon. 25:00 Denise recommends Ca'Bianca in Santa Rosa great for Italian food. 26:10 New lodgings spots on the Wine Road –Russian River AutoCamp & The Gables Inn in Santa Rosa. 28:50 Wineries are still taking reservations but also able and willing to take walk-ins so don't hesitate to drop in and see what's available. Links Alexander Valley Vineyards Taste Awards Voting -- Open till March 11th. Spud Point Crab Ca'Bianca Fast Five Wine: Woodenhead –2019 Chardonnay, Piper Ranch, Manchester Ridge, Mendocino County. Russian River Auto Camp The Gables Wine Country Inn Podcast Sponsor: Ron Rubin Winery -- https://ronrubinwinery.com/ Wine Road https://www.wineroad.com Wine Road Podcast Instagram -- @wineroadpodcast Credits: The Wine Road podcast is mixed and mastered at Threshold Studios Sebastopol, CA. http://thresholdstudios.info/  

Our guest on California Wine Country with Steve Jaxon and Dan Berger today didn't make it to the studio, so, the podcast will be about two wines that Dan Berger has brought in, one young Rosé and another "cellar dweller" from his extensive personal wine cellar. And we'll end with a phone call from Barry Herbst. The harvest in California was over two weeks ago in Sonoma County but only ended today, Nov. 17, in Monterey County, where they just harvested their last grapes this morning. It is very cool in the Central Coast this year. The 2021 vintage will be rather different there, compared to Sonoma County. The Central Coast is huge, in terms of acreage, from Santa Barbara to Livermore. The first tasting is a 2020 Rosé, from Kelby Russell, a winemaker in New York state. It is made from  Cabernet Franc which Dan likes. This winery is located in the Finger Lakes region of New York state, which is a great place to visit if you're a wine lover. Dan's other wine is a real "cellar dweller," a 2004 Frog's Leap Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon. The producer, John Williams, is committed to making balanced wines, so the alcohol is low, 13.6%. He likes it because it smells and tastes like Cabernet Sauvignon, just as it is supposed to. The taste matches the aroma. There are hints of pipe tobacco, black cherry and plum. "It's got everything" Click the logo to visit our sponsor Bottle Barn online. Barry Herbst, the wine buyer at Bottle Barn, calls in on the phone to talk to Steve Jaxon, Dan Berger and Harry Duke. Bottle Barn is our longtime sponsor and Barry Herbst joins us on the show regularly to talk about all the new wines showing up in their vast and sometimes astounding stock. The Beaujolais Nouveau is out starting tomorrow. The Harvest Fair winners are still on sale and Rosé is featured year-round now, so they always have a good selection of Rosé from France, California and sometimes elsewhere. The Thursday prior to Thanksgiving is the Beaujolais Nouveau release date. The French wine regulators set this rule, and it is in the contracts with distributors and retailers. Dan thinks that Beaujolais Nouveau is frivolous wine, it's too fresh to have much character. But people like the idea of "new wine" or "vin de l'année" and in France, the release date is a popular party event in homes, bars and restaurants. Bottle Barn always has all the local producers who have anything at retail, including the major local brands such as Alexander Valley Vineyards, Pedroncelli and Balletto, wines from all the local AVAs, a deep selection of imported varietals not easy to find anywhere else, as well as a vast selection of beers, sake and spirits. Occasionally Bottle Barn will purchase an entire cellar from a collector and those selections are sometimes once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to find rare and older wines. Bottle Barn is open 10-6 seven days a week.

Our guest on California Wine Country with Steve Jaxon and Dan Berger today didn't make it to the studio, so, the podcast will be about two wines that Dan Berger has brought in, one young Rosé and another "cellar dweller" from his extensive personal wine cellar. And we'll end with a phone call from Barry Herbst. The harvest in California was over two weeks ago in Sonoma County but only ended today, Nov. 17, in Monterey County, where they just harvested their last grapes this morning. It is very cool in the Central Coast this year. The 2021 vintage will be rather different there, compared to Sonoma County. The Central Coast is huge, in terms of acreage, from Santa Barbara to Livermore. The first tasting is a 2020 Rosé, from Kelby Russell, a winemaker in New York state. It is made from  Cabernet Franc which Dan likes. This winery is located in the Finger Lakes region of New York state, which is a great place to visit if you're a wine lover. Dan's other wine is a real "cellar dweller," a 2004 Frog's Leap Rutherford Cabernet Sauvignon. The producer, John Williams, is committed to making balanced wines, so the alcohol is low, 13.6%. He likes it because it smells and tastes like Cabernet Sauvignon, just as it is supposed to. The taste matches the aroma. There are hints of pipe tobacco, black cherry and plum. "It's got everything" Barry Herbst, the wine buyer at Bottle Barn, calls in on the phone to talk to Steve Jaxon, Dan Berger and Harry Duke. Bottle Barn is our longtime sponsor and Barry Herbst joins us on the show regularly to talk about all the new wines showing up in their vast and sometimes astounding stock. The Beaujolais Nouveau is out starting tomorrow. The Harvest Fair winners are still on sale and Rosé is featured year-round now, so they always have a good selection of Rosé from France, California and sometimes elsewhere. The Thursday prior to Thanksgiving is the Beaujolais Nouveau release date. The French wine regulators set this rule, and it is in the contracts with distributors and retailers. Dan thinks that Beaujolais Nouveau is frivolous wine, it's too fresh to have much character. But people like the idea of "new wine" or "vin de l'année" and in France, the release date is a popular party event in homes, bars and restaurants. Bottle Barn always has all the local producers who have anything at retail, including the major local brands such as Alexander Valley Vineyards, Pedroncelli and Balletto, wines from all the local AVAs, a deep selection of imported varietals not easy to find anywhere else, as well as a vast selection of beers, sake and spirits. Occasionally Bottle Barn will purchase an entire cellar from a collector and those selections are sometimes once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to find rare and older wines. Bottle Barn is open 10-6 seven days a week.

It was like talking to an old friend with Katie Wetzel. My father and her mother and father were friends back in the days in Palos Verdes Estates. Have a listen as we go through old times, new times and current times.Alexander Valley Vineyards is one of the great original Sonoma winemaking houses and I am proud to have her as my friend and have this conversation. 

Josef Martinez news has Atlanta United fans swirling with speculation. Rightfully so, even if the logic does not add up, it's hard not to get emotional about the current state of the team, starters, coaching and front office.  We talk about it all, including Dave bringing a great bottle of Alexander Valley Vineyards for losing a bet on the England vs Italy penalty shootout.

Wine Road Episode 98 | Year End Wrap Up!  As we head into 2020, Marcy and Beth reflect 2019. Take a listen as the ladies review all of Wine Road's recent accomplishments and share all the excitement about the new year to come!     Wine, When and Where of Northern Sonoma County with news on events, wineries, wines, dining options, activities, and places to stay. Show Notes 2:30 New Additions to Wineroad.com  4:30 Beth’s Favorite Things  7:43 Marcy’s Favorite Things  10:30 Wine Road podcast is up for the Taste Awards!  11:30 Book of the Day: Pasta, Pane, and Pinot  13:15 Trip Advisor Review  14:30 Sonoma County - Wine Region of the year!  15:00 A tip from Beth  16:00 Save the Date - Wine Road Golf Classic on May 29th Links A Perfect Day  Richard - Threshold Studios Parish Cafe  Baci Papa’s Pizza   Dry Creek General Store  Willowood  Bowman Cellars  Kokomo Wines  Acorn Winery  Hook & Ladder Winery Harvest Moon Winery  Alexander Valley Vineyards  Raggle Ranch  Doren Park  Bodega Head  Charles Schultz Museum  Chile Pies Baking Co.  Jaspers  Wine region of the year by Trip Enthusiast   Wine Road Golf Classic on May 29th   Please leave us a review on TripAdvisor HERE   Credits: The Wine Road podcast is mixed and mastered at Threshold Studios Sebastopol, CA. 

In this episode of 1337 Wine TV, Mark reviews the 2013 Alexander Valley Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon. He bought this wine from Underground Cellar.Links for the show:Underground CellarAlexander Valley Vineyards   Like this content? Help me defray the costs of producing 1337 Wine TV:PayPal - One time donation. Send any amount that you’d like - Click here to DonateAmazon Affiliate Links for the Equipment I use:Cameras, Accessories & Equipment:Ulanzi U Rig Pro Video Rig for iPhoneDJI Osmo PocketPYGTECH OSMO Pocket Phone HolderOSMO Pocket Extension RodPolarPro Cinema Series Filter 3-PackAudio Recorders:Zoom H6Zoom H1Lights:Neewer Dimmable 176 LED PanelNEEWER 160 LED CN-160Tripods:Eocean 54'' Extendable Selfie Stick Stand59" Selfie Stick with TripodDrone:Parrot AnafiFreewell Budget Kit E-Series ND Filters

Wine Road Episode 89 - Wine & Food Affair, Nov. 2nd & 3rd   It's that time of the year again, Wine & Food Affair! This year, Beth & Debbie have truly curated a mustn't miss event. With local farm-fresh ingredients, top of the line chefs, paired with the perfect wine, how can it get any better?? Be sure to explore some of the new wineries participating, customize your weekend map, and prepare yourself for some of the best recipes around!    Wine Road provides the Wine, When and Where of Northern Sonoma County with news on events, wineries, wines, dining options, activities, and places to stay.     Show Notes  0:24 21st Annual Wine and Food Affair  4:20 Special Call-in Guest: Katie from Wilson Winery  6:35 Katie’s World Tour Itinerary  16:00 New to Wine & Food Affair Weekend  19:55 New Wineries to Wine & Food Affair 21:19 Book of the Day: Wine Country Table by Janet Fletcher  23:27 Alexander Valley Vineyards  24:30 Final Tips  27:00 Tickets are goin’ quick  Ticket Sales END on OCT 28    Action Requested* Enjoy today's podcast? Please let us know in a REVIEW! Visit the link below to see step by step instructions on how to leave a review on iTunes. Leave a review, and magically some Wine Road goodies may come your way... How to leave a review on iTunes    Links  Wine and Food Affair Tickets  Wine and Food Affair  Clark Wolf  Wineroad.com J Rickards Winery  Kelley & Young Wines  Mercury Wine Ramazzotti Wines Katie from Wilson Winery  Mazzocco Sonoma   Matrix Winery Pezzi King Winery  deLorimier Winery Soda Rock Winery  Rockpile Vineyards  Coyote Sonoma  Tim from Peloton Catering  Chuck Ross from F.A. Nino’s  Chef Donna Parsons  Bellwether Farms  Wine maker Breakfast Tickets  Somm Series Tickets Baldassari Family Wines  Seghesio Family Vineyards  Walt Baca Wines  Book of the Day: Wine Country Table by Janet Fletcher  Wine Road Recipes  Alexander Valley Vineyards  Interactive Map on Wine Road   Credits: The Wine Road podcast is mixed and mastered at Threshold Studios Sebastopol, CA. 

Harry Wetzel from Alexander Valley Vineyards is our guest today on California Wine Country with Steve Jaxon and Dan Berger. Also with us is Mariangela Guarienti, CEO of Della Toffola USA, the US branch of the Italian company that makes top-quality world-class winemaking equipment. Mariangela Guarienti is CEO of Della Toffola USA,. Her family was in farming and produced wine. Her grandmother was of the Bertani family, who produce Valpollicella, Amarone and Soave wine in the Veneto region of northeastern Italy. She is an agronomist and she worked for a company in the commodity aid business in Africa, based in Zimbabwe. Later she went to Cile to open the South American branch of a competitor to her current employer, until 2009. Then she moved to California to open the US branch of Della Toffola. They had had sales through different distributors and when she arrived she set up their own complete operation. Harry Wetzel is familiar with Della Toffola's machinery. Mariangela says that their service technicians are on call all the time during harvest. Steve asks Harry to describe this year's harvest and he says it has been ideal this year. They set records for tonnage this year, in several varieties. Dan says that '15, '16 and '17 have been good and '18 may exceed them both. Harry agrees that the last few have been good but slightly below average in tonnage. This year, though, is abundant. Dan suggests trying to imagine how Sonoma looked in the late 1840s. There was almost no agriculture there yet. There were some prunes and vegetables sold in the city, but only in about 1880 and 1890 it started. Italian Swiss Colony was founded in 1881 as a utopian colony and that was the beginning of local agriculture and winemaking. Hops were grown early in Sonoma and now they are making a comeback. Harry's grandparents, Harry and Maggie Wetzel, bought the estate in 1962. The buildings were dilapidated. The original Cyrus Alexander estate was in a shambles. His grandmother put a lot of time money and effort into restoring the original home and the original adobe building behind the house. They also have the original Alexander Valley schoolhouse on the property. Dan says it is really pretty and worth visiting. Mariangela describes some of their machinery, including bottling lines. Dan says the automation is fascinating. Dan says small wineries might not need it but larger wineries are desperate without it. Harry says some smaller wineries bring in mobile bottling lines. In their case, they have grown their bottling line as the business has grown, from about 7500 cases to about 150,000 cases, over the years. Now they will taste a 2016 Chardonnay from Alexander Valley Vineyards. They add about 1% of Viognier. One year they had a lot of it and added it to the Chard, and they liked it, it adds a nice floral aroma. 30% oaked, 70% in steel. Steve says the balance is very nice. Dan says there are pineapple flavors and also fresh peach aroma. They are at the southern end of Alexander Valley. There are only a couple of wineries past them, Hanna and Fieldstone are up the road. They are about 15 minutes past Healdsburg. It's a big family owned and operated company and his dad is still in charge. The winemaker is Kevin Hall who has been there for about 21 years. Dan says Kevin Hall has been working in the Alexander Valley for a long time and his wines always have fresh fruit components. The Gewürtstraminer that the are tasting is an example of that. The Gewürtstraminer is the first bottling of this year, a 2018. It was picked on September 10th and is being bottled today. Dan gets gardenia and carnation aromatics, with some turpine components maybe like night-blooming jasmine. It's succulent without being sweet. Dan says to drink it with some spicy Thai food. Gewürtstraminer is a tricky grape and ripens in an odd way. As it ripens, it picks up sugar very fast. So André Tchelistcheff told him to make great Gewürtstraminer yo...

Wine Road Episode 64 - Growing Between the Vines Hank Wetzel of Alexander Valley Vineyards is with the ladies on this episode. They dive into the Great Potato Harvest taking place on Hank’s family vineyard estate. Alexander Valley Vineyards 2017 Chardonnay is drank while further discussing the bountiful harvest, winemaking, caves and the Alexander Valley as a whole. Marcy has a Book and Item of the Day that are quite fitting for the day’s topic and we learn what to pair with asparagus. Wine Road provides the Wine, When and Where of Northern Sonoma County with news on events, wineries, wines, dining options, activities, and places to stay.   Show Notes:   0:20 Hank Wetzel - Alexander Valley Vineyards Proprietor   0:39 Great Potato Harvest   5:30 Wine of the Day - 2016 Alexander Valley Vineyards Chardonnay   7:22 Potatoes, onions and more 11:10 Alexander Valley 13:27 Cave expansions 14:38 Signature Wine 16:05 Cyrus Alexander 17:58 Upcoming AVV Events 19:16 Vastness and beauty of Alexander Valley 22:10 Book of the Day - What to drink with what you eat by Andrew Dorenburg and Karen Page 25:37 Item of the Day - True Metro 2 bottle Tote Links: Alexander Valley Vineyards  AVV 2016 Chardonnay Healdsburg Farmer’s Market   Alexander Valley  Cyrus Alexander  Silver Oak  White Oak Winery  Soda Rock Winery  deLorimier Winery  Robert Young Estate  Jordan Winery  Jimtown Store  Book of the Day - What to drink with what you eat by Andrew Dorenburg and Karen Page  Item of the Day - True Metro 2 Bottle Tote  WFA Tickets https://www.wineroad.com/events/wine-food-affair/ Credits: The Wine Road podcast is mixed and mastered at Threshold Studios Sebastopol, CA. 

Wine Road Episode 17 - Wineries with Caves In this episode we talk about wineries with caves along the Wine Road, discuss what to wear in wine country dress and explain what “Wine Country Casual” actually means, DJ Bethy Beth reviews a new Scratch and Sniff wine book, we taste Stone Soup a field blend from Trattore Farms, and talk about Barrel Tasting, an upcoming an event on the Wine Road. Wine Road provides the Wine, When and Where of Northern Sonoma County with news on events, wineries, wines, dining options, activities, and places to stay. Show Notes: 0:55 — Wine tasting tip of the day—What to wear in wine country- Wine Country Casual explained. 3:05 — Wineries with Caves 5:22 — Book Review—Essential Scratch and Sniff Guide to Become a Wine Expert by Richard Betts 8:11 — Wine of the Day — 2014 Trattore Farms —Stone Soup Field Blend 11:00 — Coming up on the Wine Road — Barrel Tasting Event - March Links: Wineries With Caves • Bella - http://www.bellawinery.com • Robert Young Estate - http://www.ryew.com • Alexander Valley Vineyards — http://www.avvwine.com • J. Rickards https://www.jrwinery.com Wine Book Review • The Essential Scratch and Sniff Guide to Becoming a Wine Expert by Richard Betts Wine of the Day • Trattore Farms — Stone Soup - https://trattorefarms.com/product/stone-soup-2014 Event • Barrel Tasting - https://www.wineroad.com/events/barrel-tasting/ Credits: The Wine Road podcast is recorded, mixed, and mastered at Threshold Studios Sebastopol, CA. http://thresholdstudios.info  

In the glass the 2012 is a pale, straw yellow color with floral, sweet aromas of stone fruits, grapefruit, orange blossom and a hint of wet stone minerality. The flavors are similar to the aromas highlighted by pear, grapefruit, stone fruit, slight tropical notes and just the tiniest bit of spritz from the quick fermentation. The post The Sipping Point Radio – 11/24: Wine Labels with Alexander Valley Vineyards appeared first on Laurie Forster | Wine Expert | Wine Coach | Wine Speaker.