Podcast appearances and mentions of cathy corison

Episode 54 is a treat with special guest Cathy Corison. The group enjoyed a 2021 Corison Cabernet Sauvignon while reviewing the February 2025 and February 1995 St. Helena Police Log. Highlights is the episode include sustainability, Cathy's journey as a winemaker, confusing bumper stickers and insights on the future of Napa Valley. Enjoy this wonderful episode to bring in the May flowers.

Cathy Corison is a legend, pioneer, and true trailblazer in the California wine industry. In the 1970s, when most women were limited to lab work, Cathy set her sights on winemaking. She earned her place at Freemark Abbey and Yverdon, eventually becoming head winemaker at Chappellet in 1980. While the wine world leaned toward big, bold, hedonistic Napa Cabernets, Cathy stayed true to her vision—crafting restrained, elegant wines that initially flew under the radar of critics like Robert Parker. Today, under her own label, Corison, Cathy is celebrated as one of California's most respected producers. Joining the conversation is Grace Corison, Cathy's daughter and the future face of Corison Winery. Grace played a key role in getting their vineyards certified organic—a recognition of practices they'd followed for years. She recognized the importance of official certification for transparency and for connecting with a younger generation of wine drinkers. Also joining us is Anna Brittain, Executive Director of Napa Green, who organized the annual RISE Symposium, where both Cathy and Grace will serve as keynote speakers this year. RISE is one of the most impactful events in the wine industry, bringing attention to sustainability and climate action through education, leadership, and collaboration. Learn more at: risegreen.org corison.com Hope to see you at RISE!

The BanterThe Guys talk about what Robert Simonson calls “the cold switcheroo” and what's next in the world of martini. The ConversationThe Restaurant Guys get two Corisons on one show! They catch up with Cathy Corison and her daughter Grace Corison Martin who will, perhaps along with her sister, take over the winery one day. They discuss the challenging past, bright present and brilliant future of Corison Wines. The Inside TrackThey have been avid fans of Cathy Corison's wines (Corison Winery) and they have hosted wine dinners at their places with Cathy and she has hosted them when they visit in California. On the idea of her daughters eventually taking the reins at the winery, Cathy says,“I'm just so grateful to know that it's going to go forward after me because we're farmers.  It's a very long term business.  And in fact, the wines I'm making today are still going to be on the youthful side when I'm gone. So just to know that it's going to go forward is, is very, very gratifying,” Cathy Corison on The Restaurant Guys Podcast 2024BioCathy Corison's winemaking journey began nearly 50 years ago when she took a wine appreciation course. Two years later she graduated, and two days after that, arrived in the Napa Valley, bent on making wine. A master's degree in Enology at UC Davis followed. She made wine at Chappellet Vineyard for the 1980's. In 1987, toward the end of her tenure at Chappellet, there was a wine inside her that she needed to make and she began to buy grapes and barrels. Using other wineries' facilities, she was able to create the wine of her own.She founded her own winery, Corison Winery, in 1987. The winery is located in St. Helena, California in a barn built by Corison's husband, William Martin. They have two daughters, Grace and Rose, who are poised to take the reins in the future. Grace Corison Martin earned a BFA in Acting from Syracuse University and then worked in restaurants in NYC. Since moving back to the Napa Valley, Grace completed her Winemaking Certificate at UC Davis, and her Level 3 WSET.InfoCorison Wineryhttps://www.corison.com/See the Kronos table!https://www.corison.com/about/Our Sponsors The Heldrich Hotel & Conference Centerhttps://www.theheldrich.com/ Magyar Bankhttps://www.magbank.com/ Withum Accountinghttps://www.withum.com/ Our Places Stage Left Steakhttps://www.stageleft.com/ Catherine Lombardi Restauranthttps://www.catherinelombardi.com/ Stage Left Wineshophttps://www.stageleftwineshop.com/ To hear more about food, wine and the finer things in life:https://www.instagram.com/restaurantguyspodcast/https://www.facebook.com/restaurantguysReach Out to The Guys!TheGuys@restaurantguyspodcast.com**Become a Restaurant Guys Regular and get two bonus episodes per month, bonus content and Regulars Only events.**Click Below! https://www.buzzsprout.com/2401692/subscribe

This is a Vintage Episode from 2006 (where they tell a story that they later re-told on the Curtis Duffy 2024 episode about the worst food they've ever served)The BanterThe Guys discuss a recent article correlating hamburger consumption and childhood asthma as well as when gloves are more hygienic….and less so. The ConversationThe Restaurant Guys call on Cathy Corison, owner and winemaker at Corison Winery. They talk about the “miracle” of seeing more women in the wine business and the numerous obstacles Cathy had to get through to get to where she is today–making outstanding wines in her own style. The Inside TrackThe Guys have been fans of Cathy's wines even when the press was not. When asked whether she cared about the points her wine receives, here's what she had to say.“So the answer is no, I don't. And if I cared about that, I wouldn't be as stubborn as I've been to make a wine that is still elegant,”Cathy Corison on The Restaurant Guys Podcast 2006  BioCathy Corison's winemaking journey began nearly 50 years ago when she took a wine appreciation course. Two years later she graduated, and two days after that, arrived in the Napa Valley, bent on making wine. A master's degree in Enology at UC Davis followed. She made wine at Chappellet Vineyard for the 1980's. In 1987  she began to buy grapes and barrels. Using other wineries' facilities, she was able to create the wine of her own.She founded her own winery, Corison Winery, in 1987. Corison Winery makes primarily cabernet wines and produces 2,500 cases a year.She was named San Francisco Chronicle Winemaker of the Year 2011InfoCorison Wineryhttps://www.corison.com/Corison Wines at Stage Left Wine Shop, NJhttps://www.stageleftwineshop.com/websearch_results.html?kw=corisonCurrent article linking asthma and hamburgerhttps://theconversation.com/how-burgers-and-chips-for-lunch-can-worsen-your-asthma-that-afternoon-206402Reach out to The Restaurant GuysIf you're in New Jersey...November 15 Walk Around Wine TastingNovember 22 Dale & Jill DeGroff Happy Hourstageleft.com/eventsOur Sponsors The Heldrich Hotel & Conference Centerhttps://www.theheldrich.com/ Magyar Bankhttps://www.magbank.com/ Withum Accountinghttps://www.withum.com/ Our Places Stage Left Steakhttps://www.stageleft.com/ Catherine Lombardi Restauranthttps://www.catherinelombardi.com/ Stage Left Wineshophttps://www.stageleftwineshop.com/ To hear more about food, wine and the finer things in life:https://www.instagram.com/restaurantguyspodcast/https://www.facebook.com/restaurantguys**Become a Restaurant Guys Regular and get two bonus episodes per month, bonus content and Regulars Only events.**Click Below! https://www.buzzsprout.com/2401692/subscribe

The BanterThe Guys geek out over a vertical wine tasting they had with the prescient California winemaker Cathy Corison and give some tips on how to buy and age wines.The ConversationThe Restaurant Guys have an enlightening interview with Michelin two-star Chef Michael Cimarusti from Los Angeles. Learn how he brings sustainability at his restaurant Providence to another level–the roof!. The episode concludes with a cameo by Jane Park, a staff member who has worked for both the hosts and Chef Cimarusti.The Inside TrackChef Michael was reunited with a former employee of his, and current maître d' of The Guys' restaurants in New Brunswick, NJ, while in their place for dinner. He's from New Jersey and Stage Left Steak and Catherine Lombardi restaurants are regular stops when he's on the east coast. “I've been at your restaurant several times and, love it. And I'll be there again, in just a couple of weeks,” Chef Michael Cimarusti on The Restaurant Guys Podcast 2024BioChef Michael Cimarusti worked at Le Cirque then was the opening chef at Osteria Del Circo in New York City. After some time studying in France, he moved to Los Angeles as chef de cuisine for Wolfgang Puck's Spago. Later he held the position as executive chef at Water Grill. In 2005 he opened Providence with wife Crissi Echiverri and Donato Poto. Providence achieved and maintained two Michelin stars among and many other accolades. The next venture was Connie and Ted's in West Hollywood. There he serves classic New England seafood as he had growing up when he visited his grandparents in the northeast. Cimarusti is committed to sustainable fishing and farming and boasts a rooftop ecosystem at Providence which garnered a coveted Michelin green starHe has been a guest judge on Master Chef, Top Chef Family Style, Hells Kitchen and Top Chef. He has competed on Top Chef Masters and Iron Chef America.In 2019, he was recognized as Jame Beard Foundation Best Chef: West. InfoChef Michael Cimarusti's restaurantshttps://providencela.com/https://www.connieandteds.com/Cathy Corison wines @ Stage Left Wine Shop https://www.stageleftwineshop.com/websearch_results.html?kw=corisonOur SponsorsThe Heldrich Hotel & Conference Centerhttps://www.theheldrich.com/Magyar Bankhttps://www.magbank.com/Withum Accountinghttps://www.withum.com/Our PlacesStage Left Steakhttps://www.stageleft.com/Catherine Lombardi Restauranthttps://www.catherinelombardi.com/Stage Left Wineshophttps://www.stageleftwineshop.com/The Restaurant Guys Podcasthttps://www.restaurantguyspodcast.com/Reach out to The Restaurant Guys

Cathy Corison  has been making  wine in Napa for four decades and has seen it all, from  surving Parker, droughts, fires and more. She is still on top of her game. Check out the website: www.drinkingonthejob.com for great past episodes. Everyone from Iron Chefs, winemakers, journalist and more.

Join Kelli and Sarah as they talk with longtime friend and wine industry maven Cathy Corison as the three dig deep into the grapes, soil, and vintages that makeup Corison Winery. Cathy is an American Winemaker who specializes in Cabernet Sauvignon, and was nominated for a James Beard Award for Outstanding Wine.  In this episode, Cathy goes in-depth on the flavors she likes to play with in her famous Cabernets, such as her Sunbasket and Kronos Vineyard varietals, and why her love for the flavors around the world draws her to older vine characteristics. Among other things, Cathy also shares how important family is in winemaking, and her excitement in seeing the next generation of winemakers begin to sprout up. This episode is packed full of great tasting notes, stories, and perspectives on some of the best Cabernets in Napa Valley! If you like this episode, be sure to follow Wines That Matter on whatever platform you're listening on. This episode was produced and edited for CurtCo Media by AJ Moseley. Music by Chris Porter. Hosted by Kelli White and Sarah Bray. Chin chin!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In episode 52 we conclude a short visit to northern California, where I already spoke to Cathy Corison, Dave Gates from Ridge Vineyards and Rebekah Wineburg from Quintessa Estate. Bertus van Zyl, winemaker at Tank garage ( a cool converted Gas station), as well as James Cole Winery and his own project Belong Wine Co, which he started 5 years ago with his wife Alli. From Stellenbosch to California, through the eyes of Bertus.

In this episode, I chatted with a real Californian pioneer, Cathy Corison, of Cathy Corison Winery in Napa Valley. Cathy is a champion of Cabernet Sauvignon, who always managed to marry the qualities of power alongside elegance and finesse beautifully. Not an easy fit. You can hear about her early years as a young winemaker. She spoke of taking on complex and big operations, for which in hindsight, she is happy to admit, they (her and other 20-something-year-old winemakers of the time) should probably not have been responsible. In our conversation, Cathy was telling the story of what it was like, standing by your fruit and not bowing to the ‘Parker trend' of big, overripe and extracted Cabernets of old, in the process forgoing any salary for a decade! She also described her ‘Bench' Terroir, what it is like and how it translates in her wines. We discussed the challenges of fires and water shortages and the obligatory question of what wine she'd be happy to take with her to a desert island (Cabernet-Sauvignon?... you might be surprised!). This episode is the first of 4 episodes exploring the people and wineries of Northern California. Please consider subscribing to the newsletter and follow the show on your favourite podcast platform. Your comments, either here or on Instagram are always greatly appreciated! Moshé

There are a lot of winemakers to admire in the Napa Valley, but for us, there's this one person in particular who makes us stop in our tracks: Cathy Corison. She's been making wine since the 1970s when things really started to take off in the Valley, and so adding her story to the mix of interviews feels like more than just an honor. It feels like a privilege. Cathy's passion for Cabernet Sauvignon is something you can taste in her wines, but listening to her recollections and perspectives is a totally valuable use of time -- especially if you consider yourself to be a "Cab person." We recorded this interview when Meredith was in NOLA, Lou was in Monterey, CA, and Cathy was at her winery in St. Helena, proving, once again, that wine connects people no matter where they are! To learn more about Corison Winery and all of Cathy's wines, visit her website: www.corison.com CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all four seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Six -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

Episode 137 - Cathy Corison, Corison Winery by Michelle Mandro

Chris sits down with Cathy Corison, Owner/Winemaker of Corison Winery. https://www.corison.com/

I ukens episode smaker og diskuterer Jon Trygve og Svein en supergod rødvin fra Napa Valley i California. Siden 1987 har Cathy Corison (66) laget vin som trygt kan kalles referanseviner. Delikate, fruktdrevne cabernet sauvignon viner med flott tanninstruktur og flott syrlighet har blitt Cathy Corison varemerke. Med en årsprodukskjon på kun 30.000 flasker vin i året er vinene vanskelig å få tak i. Det gjelder å handlestraks man ser en Corison i hyllene på Vinmonopolet konkluderer Svein og Jon Trygve. Trykk på linkene under for å se tilgjengelighet på polet og våre smaksnotater.Corison St. Helena Cabernet Sauvignon 2017 kr 950 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Cathy Corison arrived in Napa Valley a mere 48 hours after graduation from Pomona College. She'd taken a wine appreciation course at Pomona on a complete whim two years earlier and fell in love with wine for all the usual reasons. As a Biology major, her attention was drawn to Read more... The post Wine Women – Cathy Corison, Corison Winery appeared first on Radio Misfits.

Cathy Corison is a legendary and beloved winemaker in Napa Valley. In 1987, she made the first vintage of Corison Cabernet Sauvignon. Corison winery's grapes are farmed organically and grown on gravelly loam soils. . She currently handcrafts two Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignons. In recognition of her excellence as a winemaker, Cathy was named the 2011 Winemaker of the Year by the San Francisco Chronicle.

This week, we look back at a trip to California and talk with four exceptional winemakers and producers: Cathy Corison joins us from Corison Winery to discuss sustainability and accipiter perches; we celebrate 10 years of farming organically with Bettina Sichel, a partner at Laurel Glen; then we head up the mountain to speak with Spottswoode’s President & Ceo Beth Novak Milliken about climate change and what international winemaker she would invite for dinner and winemaker Alison Rodriguez tells us how Fish Friendly Farming has been core to The Hess Collection since 1978.

Busting down walls, paving the way for other women winemakers and interview with Cathy Corison, Corison winery. ON THE ROAD with MR CA WINE, is about CA’s cool aspirational lifestyle, and awesome wines. Hosted by Chuck Cramer, a CA native, living in London and is the Director of European sales & marketing, Terlato Wines. This is a wine journey covering the hottest topics in the world of wine, chatting along the way with key influencers in the world of wine who make it all happen. This weeks’ episode includes an interview with Cathy Corison. 

This week, we head to California to talk with four exceptional winemakers and producers: Cathy Corison joins us from Corison Winery to discuss sustainability and accipiter perches; we celebrate 10 years of farming organically with Bettina Sichel, a partner at Laurel Glen; then we head up the mountain to speak with Spottswoode’s President & Ceo Beth Novak Milliken about climate change and what international winemaker she would invite for dinner and winemaker Alison Rodriguez tells us how Fish Friendly Farming has been core to The Hess Collection since 1978.

Corison Winery website:  https://www.corison.com/Alexandre Lora:  https://www.alexandrelora.com/John Winthrop Haeger:  http://oenosite.com/Cornelius Ough:  https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/in-memoriam/files/cornelius-ough.htmlFreemark Abbey:  https://www.freemarkabbey.com/Yverdon Winery:  https://wineindustryadvisor.com/2013/12/20/jackson-family-wines-purchases-yverdon-spring-mountainChappellet: https://www.chappellet.com/Tony Soter:  https://www.sotervineyards.com/foundersMorisoli Vineyard:   https://historicvineyardsociety.org/vineyard/morisoli-vineyardStaglin Winery:  https://www.staglinfamily.com/Cabernet Sauvignon Clone 2:  https://fps.ucdavis.edu/fgrdetails.cfm?varietyid=356Resistivity:  https://www.coastalvit.com/Terroirview.phpTule:  https://www.tuletechnologies.com/Scorpion:  https://www.etslabs.com/library/27

Napa Valley is known for its vineyards, great wine, and steady competition. How do you create one of the most successful wine labels? By creating a sturdy foundation and adapting to more modern ways of harvesting – all while deeply rooted in tradition and old school grit & determination. Cathy Corison is a winemaker and founding partner of Corison Winery. She’s one of the few females to run a wine label and will tell us more about creating brand consistency, even through uncertain times, and how to stand above the competition. Cathy was a guest at the most recent C-Suite Network Digital Discussion. For more information on joining the C-Suite Network visit this link: https://c-suitenetwork.com/executive-membership Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cathy Corison is the Winemaker and Founding Partner at Corison. Cathy's winemaking journey began nearly 45 years ago when she took a wine appreciation course at Pomona College on a complete whim. She fell in love with wine for all the usual reasons, but, as a Biology major, was also taken by the fact that wine is the result of a fascinating collaboration among a series of living systems. Two years later she graduated, and two days after that, arrived in the Napa Valley, bent on making wine. She holds a master's degree in Enology at UC Davis. https://www.corison.com/ https://www.corison.com/purchase/ We Talk About: Her journey into winemaking over 45 years ago The Corison Cabernet Sauvignon wines including Kronos Vineyard and Sunbasket Vineyard Her thoughts on blending, aging, picking, and decanting The replanting of Kronos and the history behind it The other brands Helios and Corazon What she's been drinking lately and much more

We were so fortunate to interview legendary winemaker Cathy Corison in a recent visit to the Napa Valley. A true trailblazer in Napa Valley Wine making, Cathy, shares her background and what makers her wines award winning! Check out our patreon site for some bonus content from Cathy and other past guests!https://www.patreon.com/corkandtaylor

Christopher Howell is the winemaker and General Manager of the Cain Vineyard and Winery in the Napa Valley of California.   Christopher discusses his early wine tastings and home winemaking in the 1970s, and talks about some key relationships that helped form his interest in wine. He explains how he ended up pursuing an oenological and viticultural education in Montpellier, France, highlighting some notable people that he studied with, and how that school work then led to a stagiaire position at Château Mouton Rothschild in Bordeaux. Christopher talks about a chance meeting that he had while working at Mouton, and something that was said to him that has stayed with him for the rest of his life. He also discusses other adventures in other wine cellars in France, notably at Château Rayas in the Rhône Valley.   Christopher discusses his return to the United States, and a pivotal meeting with Helen Turley that then led to a job at Peter Michael in the late 1980s. He talks about characteristics of Helen Turley and her husband John Wetlaufer that would contribute to their success in the wine world, and Christopher is frank about what he learned from them both. He further explains how the transition to working at the Cain Vineyard and Winery came about, where he has now been employed for the last thirty years.   Christopher is open about his sometimes unconventional winemaking choices, and explains the thought processes behind some idiosyncratic decision making, as well. In particular concerning brettanomyces, reduction, and volatile acidity. He also discusses the evolution of the different wine offerings at Cain, and what he has learned from that progression. He shares a great deal of his philosophy on topics like farming, vineyard trellising, terroir expression, grape variety blending, and wine complexity. He also is frank in his discussion about what his career choices have really entailed.   This episode also features commentary from the following people:   Cathy Corison, Corison Winery Kelli White, author of "Napa Valley Then and Now" Ehren Jordan, Failla John Lockwood, Enfield Wine Co. Bernard Portet, founding winemaker at Clos Du Val   This episode is sponsored by:   The NY Drinks NY Grand Tasting of New York State wines on September 22nd at the Rainbow Room in Manhattan.   DIAM Bouchage manufactures technological cork closures for still wine, sparkling, spirits and beer. DIAM closures are guaranteed to provide clean, consistent and reliable permeability from bottle to bottle. G3 is the exclusive distributor of the North American market.   Australian Wine Discovered. A comprehensive, free education program offering editable, downloadable content that you can access any time.  

Cathy Corison has been making wine for over 4 decades. She was the first woman winemaker-proprietor in the Napa Valley at her Corison Winery located in the benchland of the valley since 1987. Her focus has been Cabernet Sauvignon and her sought after wines are alive, powerful, elegant, aromatic, complex and long lasting.The Grape Nation is powered by Simplecast.  

A Life of Wine With tenacity and determination, Cathy Corison has forged a life of wine that has spanned more than three decades, transcended formidable challenges and surpassed her wildest dreams. Read and listen to our featured interview with Cathy at www.UncorkedMonthly.com

The wines of Badia a Coltibuono are some of the most precise, balanced, and typically Chianti Classico of those produced in the region. While many wineries pay lip service using terms like " we believe wine begins in the vineyard," Roberto Stucchi Prinetti truly follows the axiom. After receiving his degree at UC Davis, and working under Cathy Corison at Chappellet, he returned to take over as the sixth generation of his family running Badia a Coltibuono. He immediately replanted the vineyards to maximize quality and emphasize terroir. Ever since the wines he makes have been met with critical acclaim.

David Lattin, winemaker at Emeritus Vineyards, joins Steve Jaxon and Dan Berger on California Wine Country. Barry Herbst from Bottle Barn is also in. Emeritus Vineyards specializes in Russian River Valley estate-grown Pinot Noir. Dan Berger says that this wine is exemplary of Russian River Valley. With all the fog, the land is a little cooler than the rest of the county. Emeritus has made careful selections of which clones are planed in exactly which vineyards. David Lattin says he got into the wine business by being exposed to wine as a child, including when his family lived in Germany for a while. He had a science degree and applied to the UC Davis program for a master's in enology. Emeritus Vineyards only produces Pinot Noir. It's all 100% estate grown. They only harvest at night. Vin Gris literally "gray wine" is a term that means you can get white juice from fresh red grapes, but it will not have color if the skins are not broken into the crush.  It's called Halberg Blanc. Halberg is a 110 acre vineyard of theirs. The aroma is minerally and has flavor of faint dried apples. It is sort of a white wine without anything distinctive. It is nice, clean and fresh but not flowery. The finish too is more minerally. It is not austere but it is dry, so it would go well with shellfish. Dan has brought a 2012 Gewürtztraminer from Cathy Corison. The wine label is called Córazon. She gets fruit from Anderson Valley and makes the wine in St. Helena. It is not sweet like some of this varietal. Bryce Jones and Kirk Lokka, his vineyard manager, saw the property in the center of the Russian River AVA "like a flying carpet of Pinot Noir." They decided to apply dry farming which means it is not irrigated. If you water, the roots stay shallow and when you don't, the vines will send roots down to follow the water. He says he has found roots as deep as 18 feet down, in test pits. It takes time to establish and reduces yield, but it is good for the wine. Next they taste a wine called "Don's Block" named after their late winemaker Don Blackburn It is a 2015, called La Combette. Dan Berger says it has strong aromatics and subtle in mid-palette fruit, a great wine. They pick their grapes 3 weeks earlier than anyone else, to get better acid. Dan says this will give the wine great structure. This is $110 here but if this were coming from France it would sell for at least $300.  Dan says it will reach an early peak after 10 years. Dan Berger explains that Russian River Valley Pinot Noir wines tend to have a fairly narrow flavor profile. These wines however have a little more substance in the mid-palette. This next tasting is denser but without strong tannins. It has the structure to go well with strong flavored foods like roasts or lamb. Next is the 2013 Pinot Noir from the Halberg Ranch. This is a little more aged than the others. When Pinot Noir gets about 4 to 6 years after the vintage, you begin to see what Pinot Noir will show. It's the best of all the aging wines because you don't have to wait forever. With Cabernet, it can take 10 years before you see it. Pinot Noir has more aromatic diversity. The previous wines tasted were only two years older, but this one has much more than they to. Dan says the limit is about 10 to 12 years. After that, the wine may not get any better. Dan describes it as rich and flavorful. David also notes that this is only from two years' worth of full dry farming. Each subsequent vintage gets more concentrated. The Halberg Ranch is one of Dan's top five vineyards for Pinot Noir in the country. Bryce Jones knew he was making a gamble when he planted Pinot Noir in these vineyards. Many wines by other top winemakers have Halberg Vineyard on the label. BOTTLE BARN is running a flash sale every other Friday and today Barry Herbst  has brought a Kuleto Cabernet. This wine sells at $75 per bottle on wine dot com, but they bought it on a close-out and are going to sell it at $27.99.

On this podcast I chat with principles from 5 wineries who have been chosen to attend Wine & Spirits Magazine's Top 100 Tasting Event in San Francisco on October 9th. It's a spectacular evening that includes some of San Francisco's top restaurants. The recordings you'll hear are from past interviews with Jason Drew of Drew Family Wines, Jared Brandt of Donkey & Goat, Cathy Corison of Corison Winery, Eric Sussman of Radio-Coteau, and Jean-Charles Boisset of Raymond Vineyards. Also, publisher and senior editor Joshua Green explains the lengthy process of the picking the top 100 wines.  If you can't make it to the event, pick up Wine & Spirits special Winter issue being released next week, or peruse the Top 100 list online.

Cathy Corison discovered her passion for wine almost by accident when she was a biology major in college. She went on to study winemaking at UC Davis and ventured into the wine business, which in the 1980s was not always eager to hire a woman. Undaunted, she pursued a personal vision for wine produced at the intersection of power and elegance – and has succeeded. Enjoy! For more visit: corison.com

Cathy Corison is the owner of Corison Winery in St. Helena, California. An alum of Freemark Abbey, Robert Sinskey, and Chappellet, she's made wine under her eponymous label since 1987. Critic Eric Asimov of the NYT has written, “Corison is one of the greatest producers of Cabernet Sauvignon in Napa Valley today,” and she's been named a “Winemaker of the Year” by San Francisco Chronicle. She talks to us about what it was like being one of the first female winemakers in Napa in the late 1970s, and her impressions of how the industry has evolved in the last 40 years.

When it comes to winemaking you'll find Cathy Corison at the intersection of Power and Elegance. You won't locate that intersection on a map but you can find it in a Corison bottle. Cathy has worked at respected Napa Valley wineries such as Freemark Abbey, Chappellet and her namesake winery for 40 years. Not a bad run for a woman who got her start with a wine appreciation course "on a whim." This year she was named a Top 100 Winery by Wine & Spirits Magazine. She'll be the first to say her success has as much to do with serendipity and luck as it does talent. Meet Cathy Corison on today's podcast.  

This week on In the Drink, host Joe Campanale is joined by Cathy Corison, owner and winemaker of Corison Winery. The first woman Winemaker-Proprietor in the Napa Valley,produces three Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignons, hand-crafted without compromise. Her wines are powerful and elegant at the same time, have a sense of place, and are structured to grace the table and enjoy a long, distinguished life. She sources some of the finest vineyards in the Napa Valley, all located on classic benchland between Rutherford and St. Helena, where deep, stony alluvial soils provide the ideal growing conditions for the Cabernet vine. These vines regularly produce some of the most concentrated and superbly ripened fruit anywhere. Kronos Vineyard, one of the estate vineyards, surrounds the winery on all four sides. In 2016 Cathy harvested her 30th vintage of Corison!

Cathy Corison is the winemaker and owner of the Corison winery in Napa Valley, California. Also in this episode, Erin Scala discusses the important issue of climate change.