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For our first podcast of 2025, we launch a new four-part miniseries entitled "Our Second Century" in celebration of our centennial. Over the next four podcasts, we will talk to coaches, student leaders, administrative leaders, and members of our religion and campus ministry team about precious Oak Knoll tenets and how we carry those across the threshold into our next century as a school. We begin with members of our coaching staff. (6:32 mins)

As the summer draws to a close and we enter the 2024-25 school year, Oak Knoll steps through a momentous threshold. We enter our 100th year as a Catholic educational institution indelibly connected to the Society of the Holy Child Jesus and the visionary pedagogical dreams of Cornelia Connelly. Delayed somewhat by the pandemic but kicking into full gear almost a year and a half ago, a centennial committee has been hard at work collaborating to ensure the coming school year is filled with fun events, a rich understanding of our history, and an exciting look ahead at the schools' next century.

Oak Knoll's 4x400 relay racers recently concluded what has become the winningest winter track season in Oak Knoll history. School and individual records were shattered right and left, and the relay team ended the Nike national meet by racing among the best in the country and being selected as All-American Athletes. (4:18 mins)

For this edition of the Happy Kid Project, we thought we'd introduce you to some of the members of the Black Scholars Club at Oak Knoll who recently helped the DEIJ Department organize a special assembly on African American Alumna in the Arts. The club was established at Oak Knoll well over a quarter of a century ago, and these current members tell us a little about what they think the club adds to the Oak Knoll community, and they share their thoughts on what the special assembly meant to them. (5:51 mins)

We take a moment to share a longstanding tradition at Oak Knoll. Each year, a special day is designated for each grade level in the Upper School to get away from campus, slow down, and take stock of where they are as students and members of the larger community. Michele Van-Kalsbeck, Director of Campus Ministry, tells us why. (5:06 mins)

On Thursday, February 22, the Black Scholars Club at Oak Knoll welcomed Upper School students to a special assembly celebrating African Americans and the Arts. From literature to performance, African Americans' creativity has shaped culture, inspired generations, and enriched our lives. This special assembly presented an esteemed panel of alumnae who spoke about their journey, experiences, achievements, and the ongoing importance of diversity and representation in the arts. (39 mins)

During the first weeks of the 2023-2024 school year, Oak Knoll unveiled and launched a new “house system" — which sets a historical precedent and will give students a joyous tradition for playful competition and familial pride for generations to come. In the short podcast, Assistant Athletic Director Melissa White explains the idea's origin and how the houses were chosen. You can also read about the new house system in this news article. (4:48 min)

In addition to academics, Oak Knoll has always placed a high value on social-emotional health. Zoe Harmaty '25 took it upon herself to add to available resources and instigated a brand new speaker series at Oak Knoll called “Chasing Excellence.” We like to say that Oak Knoll students live by faith, learn by doing, and lead by example. Harmaty is certainly an example of this. She's a student with a passion and a purpose, and she's proving that education is about being in community, and being in community is about caring for those around you. (5:15 mins)

According to the National Retail Federation's seasonal trends report, one hundred sixty million Americans bought candy this past Halloween, spending 2.6 million dollars over Halloween on candy alone. With Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's, and the candy-consuming giant Easter on the horizon, this country is producing hundreds of millions of tons of candy wrappers that are likely ending up in landfills. Thanks to a seventh grader at Oak Knoll with a bright idea and the partnership of the student-run Green Team at Oak Knoll, those wrappers are heading in a different direction. (5:17 mins)

The disparate stories of the libraries of the fledgling colleges in the colonies of the Eastern Seaboard, beginning more than one hundred fifty years before the Declaration of Independence, has been recorded occasionally in scattered scholarly journals, but never has there appeared a fully-fledged history of the library of one of America's oldest universities from its founding through the present day. In I Give These Books: The History of the Yale University Library, 1656-2022 (Oak Knoll, 2022), David Allen Richards presents this story. In its pages, the founding, growth, organisation, and expansion of a major American university library is revealed over three and a half centuries of its history. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose forthcoming book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

The disparate stories of the libraries of the fledgling colleges in the colonies of the Eastern Seaboard, beginning more than one hundred fifty years before the Declaration of Independence, has been recorded occasionally in scattered scholarly journals, but never has there appeared a fully-fledged history of the library of one of America's oldest universities from its founding through the present day. In I Give These Books: The History of the Yale University Library, 1656-2022 (Oak Knoll, 2022), David Allen Richards presents this story. In its pages, the founding, growth, organisation, and expansion of a major American university library is revealed over three and a half centuries of its history. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose forthcoming book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

The disparate stories of the libraries of the fledgling colleges in the colonies of the Eastern Seaboard, beginning more than one hundred fifty years before the Declaration of Independence, has been recorded occasionally in scattered scholarly journals, but never has there appeared a fully-fledged history of the library of one of America's oldest universities from its founding through the present day. In I Give These Books: The History of the Yale University Library, 1656-2022 (Oak Knoll, 2022), David Allen Richards presents this story. In its pages, the founding, growth, organisation, and expansion of a major American university library is revealed over three and a half centuries of its history. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose forthcoming book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

The disparate stories of the libraries of the fledgling colleges in the colonies of the Eastern Seaboard, beginning more than one hundred fifty years before the Declaration of Independence, has been recorded occasionally in scattered scholarly journals, but never has there appeared a fully-fledged history of the library of one of America's oldest universities from its founding through the present day. In I Give These Books: The History of the Yale University Library, 1656-2022 (Oak Knoll, 2022), David Allen Richards presents this story. In its pages, the founding, growth, organisation, and expansion of a major American university library is revealed over three and a half centuries of its history. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose forthcoming book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/education

The disparate stories of the libraries of the fledgling colleges in the colonies of the Eastern Seaboard, beginning more than one hundred fifty years before the Declaration of Independence, has been recorded occasionally in scattered scholarly journals, but never has there appeared a fully-fledged history of the library of one of America's oldest universities from its founding through the present day. In I Give These Books: The History of the Yale University Library, 1656-2022 (Oak Knoll, 2022), David Allen Richards presents this story. In its pages, the founding, growth, organisation, and expansion of a major American university library is revealed over three and a half centuries of its history. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose forthcoming book focuses on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oak Knoll has an extremely robust offering of student-run clubs. With over 60 in the Upper School and dozens more in the Lower school, students with a particular passion they wish to share have the opportunity to propose their club, and if approved, rally other students to join them in that mission. In this short podcast we pop in on a recent Upper School Club Fair — where students promote their club offerings to their classmates. (7:05 mins)

Welcome back to a whole new season of the Happy Kid Project. Throughout the upcoming school year, we hope to bring you a variety of student voices so you can hear in there own words how Oak Knoll is a school that cultivates people with purpose. But seeing as school only just began, we thought we'd use this episode to introduce you to some wonderful adults that are just joining the community. We couldn't get to them all, but here are just a few of our new faculty and staff as we came together the week before school began to get to know each other and the school during orientation and in-service days. You will find a complete list of new faculty and staff, along with their credentials, here.

Tracks off my first EP - Garage of Gold Vol. 1 If you like what you hear, you can pick up the digital copy of album here: https://kurleedaddeeproductions.bandcamp.com/album/garage-of-gold-vol-1 All of these beats are available for someone spit rhymes over. Hit me in the DM's.

In the Spring of 2023, our 4x800 track and field relay team was proactively invited to compete in the historic Penn Relays — the country's oldest and largest track and field competition. The invitation was a watershed moment and further affirmation for our fleet-footed athletes. Whether it is cross country in the fall, indoor track in the winter, or track and field in the Spring, Oak Knoll is making its presence known. In this short podcast (5:12 mins), Coach Mickey Cassu and our Senior Team Captains share thoughts on why our teams are doing so well. Read the full story on our participation in the Penn Relays here.

On Thursday night, April 20th at 7:00 pm a truly newsworthy event will take place in the Tisdall Hall gymnasium at Oak Knoll. In this short podcast, Kelly Childs, 7-year Oak Knoll Athletic Director, former Assistant Commissioner at the Big East Conference, and former Athletic Director for Marketing at Seton Hall University, tells us about the upcoming powerhouse women in sports panel entitled “Celebrating 50 Years of Title IX at Oak Knoll.” Register here.

During a three-day Community Impact Symposium in Washington DC, four Oak Knoll high school students gathered with students from across the country to share ideas on how they could make more positive and systemic changes in their school and local communities. The goal was to work in teams to identify various approaches taken to local, state, and national levels and work with their schoolmates to draft a vision statement and action strategy to take back home to Oak Knoll.

With the addition of two new full-time faculty in the Upper School, the Creative Arts Department at Oak Knoll is spreading it's wings. Music teacher Teresa Gotanco and Theater Teacher Lisa Bodollo joined the team for the 2022-2023 school year and they are collaborating with an ensemble of students to stage a particularly challenging musical, James and the Giant Peach. Here is Teresa Gotanco with some highlights including a sneak peak at the performance. Tickets and Information can be found here.

It was the summer after her graduation from Georgetown University. She was all set to enjoy a few months off and then start her professional career at a new job in Boston. She finally had some time to schedule corrective surgery for a Brain AVM that had been plaguing her with terrible migraines since the age of seven. Everything was about to change. At a special assembly, Oak Knoll graduate Maddi Niebanck '13 shares her incredible journey after suffering a near-fatal stroke at the age of 22.

It seems that school's have been teaching the sciences in a certain order dating back to the launching of Sputnik and the cold war period, but Oak Knoll has decided to re-order that sequence in a way that makes more sense for students of today.

For this, our last podcast of the calendar year, we take you on an auditory tour through the month of December at Oak Knoll. Share in the Christmas spirit and enjoy this fun collage of activities – from decking the halls to icing gingerbread houses, from trees engineered out of books to pre-kindergarten singalongs. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Audio postcards from Oak Knoll's Lower School as our youngest learners celebrate Computer Science Education Week. Gain an audio glimpse into our PK-6 classrooms as students delve into the world of coding, problem-solving, critical thinking, collaboration, and creativity.

Hear how Oak Knoll instills a sense of service in students, connecting their own experiences and the needs of the wider world. We sit down with Michele Van Kalsbeck, Oak Knoll's Director of Campus Ministry and Theology Teacher, about our annual day of service. During this episode, she talks about using this day as an essential jumping-off point to remind students that being in service is a mindset that should be ever-present rather than an activity performed for others.

From Peer to Leader: We talk with Oak Knoll senior Laura R. '23, Peer Leader Head Coordinator, about how the program promotes social and emotional health and leadership skills in students.

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Oak Knoll invites members of the community to join us on campus for the 29th Annual Royal Boutique on November 3-5, 2022. More than 35 vendors from around the country participate, including homegoods, jewelry, holiday decor and gifts, and more.

Oak Knoll welcomed Richard Uniacke, President of Bridges Outreach, to talk about how students can get involved in the fight to end homelessness, stand out and give back in a meaningful way, and support the organization's overall mission by participating in the upcoming Streets 2 Homes 5K event.

We chat with rising senior Zahra Jones '23 ahead of the 2022-23 school year about the many ways students can get involved at Oak Knoll.

After weeks of canceled shows due to COVID-19, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival had to pivot once again to move shows indoors due to smoke from the McKinney fire. Nataki Garrett, artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, tells us about how they're handling the challenges they face. Meanwhile, the McKinney fire blazed north of Karuk tribal homelands in Northern California and destroyed a building in Oak Knoll that housed the tribe's archives. Josh Saxon, Executive Director of the Karuk Tribe, reflects on the fire's impact on the land and people who live there.

How can you pursue your happiness in a housing crisis? Or better yet, how can you not violate the right of others to do the same? Housing Crisis We examine the housing crisis and the unintended consequences of central planning. Despite do-gooders' best efforts to make housing affordable, we have homelessness and insane housing prices. We explore the $1 million per unit “low income” housing units and the regulations that make them so expensive. It's nice to see open-minded people changing the rules in San Diego. A 443-unit apartment building is going up in downtown San Diego near Petco Park. This complex will only have fifty-two parking spots. Where will people park? Can this work? It sure can for renters that will be enjoying rental prices 20-25% less expensive than comparable units in the same area. This building with micro-units will serve as a quasi-affordable housing complex. Then we take a closer look at the Oak Knoll housing project in Poway that is under review by the City Council. Local activists Chris Cruse and Hiram Soto have objections to this “sardine can” housing complex. Is Poway “governed by the whim of developers” or is allowing this construction consistent with property rights? Are property owners and developers allowed to pursue their happiness, or should their rights to do so be violated? SCOTUS and School Choice I don't know about you, but I am incredibly pleased about the Supreme Court's recent decision to allow school vouchers at private religious schools. Unlocking government's near monopoly on education will open up a wide range of innovative schools offering a range of specialized curricula. If Pell Grants and the GI Bill can be used as a voucher at private, religious universities, then it seems consistent to allow school vouchers to do the same in K-12 education. Netflix Series Dark I really enjoyed series about four families in a small German town dealing with missing children, complicated relationships, a suspect nuclear power plant, and mysterious caves. This show took it all to a great sci-fi level by introducing a time travel plot line that made the story lines complex and enjoyable. Philosophically I was disappointed with their focus on fate and determinism, but free will wins at the end of the final season. I strongly recommend this series. Critics widely praise it: IMDB 8.7, Rotten Tomatoes 95%. English overdubs and subtitles work very well. #housingcrisis #schoolchoice #dark Thank you! Get proven and easy-to-implement strategies to build your business and pursue your happiness. Sign up now. It's FREE! https://johnrileyproject.com/ Be sure to share this video with a friend! Sponsors Happiness76.com – your source of gear that celebrates Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. https://happiness76.com/ ☆☆    STAY CONNECTED    ☆☆ SUBSCRIBE for more reactions, upcoming shows and more! ► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJJSzeIW2A-AeT7gwonglMA FACEBOOK ➡ https://www.facebook.com/johnrileyproject/ TWITTER ➡ https://twitter.com/JohnRileyPoway INSTAGRAM ➡  https://www.instagram.com/johnrileypoway/ Sponsorship Inquiries https://johnrileyproject.com/sponsorship/ Donations https://johnrileyproject.com/donations/donation-form/ Music https://www.purple-planet.com

Trader Joe's Reserve Oak Knoll Napa Merlot 2020-Another TJ's Reserve BargainThe Trader Joe's Reserve wines, there is the grand Reserve up to the Diamond Reserve have been some of the best bargain wines of the last ten years.I have not been too excited by Merlot recently, but this is a delicious wine.Covid has presented opportunities to find real bargains!Trader Joe's looks to be the place to find those bargains.For more information read www.cheapwinefinder.com and listen to the world's best wine podcast for more details!!!

Melissa Miller, Oak Knoll's Director of Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Justice sits down with Desiree Mitchell '23, Oak Knoll junior and leader of the Black Scholars Club, discussing the importance of February's Black History Month and celebrating Black history all year-round.

After unveiling the school's new confidence-building signature program, EmpowHER, this fall, we caught up with Upper School Division Head Kathryn McGroarty to discuss the confidence gap in middle school girls and how Oak Knoll is empowering students.

Here is the NLS annotation: A good neighborhood DB 98910 Fowler, Therese. Reading time 10 hours, 37 minutes. Read by Ella Turenne. A production of National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress. Description: In the tight-knit neighborhood of Oak Knoll, North Carolina, African American professor Valerie Alston-Holt lives with her bi-racial son, Xavier. When a local TV celebrity and his family build a huge house next door, the neighbors clash over damage to a tree on Valerie's property. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020. Your facilitator for this group is Michelle Bernstein (hamletsweetlady@gmail.com).

Here is the NLS annotation: A good neighborhood DB 98910 Fowler, Therese. Reading time 10 hours, 37 minutes. Read by Ella Turenne. A production of National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress. Description: In the tight-knit neighborhood of Oak Knoll, North Carolina, African American professor Valerie Alston-Holt lives with her bi-racial son, Xavier. When a local TV celebrity and his family build a huge house next door, the neighbors clash over damage to a tree on Valerie's property. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2020. Your facilitator for this group is Michelle Bernstein (hamletsweetlady@gmail.com).

As we welcome this year's new heads of school, Member Voices is taking a closer look at the transition to headship in a three-part miniseries. In the second episode of Transitioning to Headship, we talk with Jennifer Landis, new head at Oak knoll School of the Holy Child (NJ). She shares how she finds joy and balance in her work, how being a division head prepared her for headship, and what she's looking forward to in her new role.

The fourth winery in our series is Oak Knoll, started by Ron and Marj Vuylsteke. Ron was working at Tektronix and teaching others to be home winemakers in the late 1960s. Marj was selling wine at WineArt and bringing up their six kids. Their friends encouraged them to start making wine commercially. So, in 1970 they purchased an old 40'x120' cow barn. They were making fruit into wine later that summer. By 1973, they had added wine grapes and became immersed in the growing wine industry. We talked with Ron and Marj at that original property on November 12, 2020.

The fourth winery in our series is Oak Knoll, started by Ron and Marj Vuylsteke. Ron was working at Tektronix and teaching others to be home winemakers in the late 1960s. Marj was selling wine at WineArt and bringing up their six kids. Their friends encouraged them to start making wine commercially. So, in 1970 they purchased an old 40'x120' cow barn. They were making fruit into wine later that summer. By 1973, they had added wine grapes and became immersed in the growing wine industry. We talked with Ron and Marj at that original property on November 12, 2020.

It’s Monday, Let’s raise a glass to the beginning of another week. It’s time to unscrew, uncork or saber a bottle and let’s begin Exploring the Wine Glass! Today I sit down with Talley and Mike Henry, owners of Acre and One Acre Wines in Napa Valley.  Acre Wines formerly known as One Acre Wines was originally owned by David Becker. The property originally was planted with fruit trees. When the trees started showing issues, he decided to plant over to vines with 2000 surplus Cabernet Sauvignon vines from a nearby winery. The property was a single acre in the Oak Knoll district just north of the town of Napa. In early 2017 David sold Acre Wines and One Acre to Mike and Talley Henry, fulfilling their lifelong dream. They hired winemaker Richard Bruno and together they pride themselves in producing wine that expresses the unique characteristics that define Napa Valley Their tasting room is located in the Studio by Feast it Forward located directly across from the Oxbow Public Market in downtown Napa. Music: WINE by Kēvens Official Video   Follow me on Instagram!   Follow me on Twitter! SUBSCRIBE ON iTUNES STITCHER | iTUNES | GOOGLE PLAY | SPOTIFY | PODBEAN GIVE US A RATING AND REVIEW STAY IN THE KNOW - GET SPECIAL OFFERS Thoughts or comments? Contact Lori at exploringthewineglass@gmail.com. Please like our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/exploringthewineglass Find us on Twitter, Instagram , Pinterest, and Snapchat (@dracaenawines) Want to watch some pretty cool livestream events and wine related videos. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel.  Find out more about us and our award winning Paso Robles wines on our website.  Looking for some interesting recipes and wine pairings? Then head over to our wine pairing website.  Thanks for listening and remember to always PURSUE YOUR PASSION! Sláinte! Please support our sponsor Dracaena Wines - Our Wines + Your Moments + Great Memories Use code 'Explore' at checkout to receive 10% off your first order

Mitch Cosentino from pureCru Wines is our guest on California Wine Country with Steve Jaxon and Dan Berger. The first pureCru vintage was in 2006, but he started Cosentino winery in 1980. They went public, which he says he didn't enjoy, and he left it in 2010. They don't have a tasting room at the moment. He considers pureCru “a winemaker's wine project.” Mitch Cosentino Before we go on with Mitch, Dan Berger has brought a “cellar dweller” from Dan's wine cellar. It's a 2014 Black Kite Chardonnay from the north coast, made by Jeff Gaffner, who has been on the show before and will be again soon. It's made in the European style and at seven years old, it's ideal. The wine has a bit of burnt wood and tropical fruit flavors in it. Mitch Cosentino's first wine tasted today is a 2017 Chardonnay, Orchard Avenue in the Oak Knoll district of Napa. Dan and Mitch agree that it is one of the most prestigious Chardonnay locations in California. Mitch has been making this since the early to mid 90s. It is in a very European style, including 14 months in barrels. They are special barrels with three woods, that only he and his consulting clients use. “The barrels on all these wines are the black velvet in the jewelry store. It's to set off the fruit, the balance and the character.” This Chardonnay would go with oysters, they think, but Dan Berger thinks Oysters Rockefeller would be best. He has no tasting room right now and all his wine is sold through the wine club at the website. From 1980 to 1990, Mitch Cosentino had the second largest winery in Modesto. There were only two; the other one was Gallo. Bottle Barn is open again for in-store shopping, from 10am-6pm. Bottle Barn can ship wine to most states. Mitch Cosentino says his cellar is more than 10,000 bottles. He lost 800 in the 2014 earthquake, including wines from all over the world. In about 2 weeks, the 2019 German Rieslings are coming in. It's one of the best years ever for German wines. Now they open a 2018 Pinot Noir from Carneros. It's the first wine he releases from the vintage. It's the only red that gets less than 3 years in barrels. It's silky. They stir the lees on Chardonnay for about 10 months, and they do it also with Pinot Noir. What he gets from that is a kind of leafyness and faint dried herb compnent. Dan: “I would call this exotic.” Mitch says that as a wine consumer and fan, I like spice, aromatics and texture. He likes it with an oregano based sauce. This is designed for rare roast beef, but not a steak. It's elegant but flavorful with wonderful acidity. Nick's Cove in Marin is open for takeout and has lots of outside space for patrons to relax and enjoy their food. "Dining at Nick's is pure California joy." Mitch has been making Cabernet Franc since 1985. For a long time he was the only one. He has made over 50 bottlings over the years for different wineries. Most winemakers use Cabernet Franc as a blending wine. It's the genetic parent, along with Sauvignon Blanc, of Cabernet Sauvignon. Clove is the most accurate spice tracer for Cabernet Franc. You will get more red cherry component from Cabernet Franc. Dan says it has the structure of Pinot Noir, made with punch down, rather than pump over. They also do whole berry, mentions Mitch. It's a 2016 but it's very young, for him. The 2014 is released, he did not do a 2015 and the 2016 will be released in April 2021. Dan says to decant it for 2 hours. Lamb would go well with it, or anything gamey. It's great with duck. Finally they taste the 2015 pureCos, the wine that started everything. This wine is actually a Meritage plus one, it's Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and a little bit of Sangiovese. The Sangiovese gives it a Jolly Rancher Red Cherry component. That's the only time Jolly Rancher has come up in a wine tasting, but Mitch does taste a pomegranate. This wine could work with blackened salmon. The first vintage was 2006,

The Trader Joe's Reserve Oak Knoll Zinfandel 2019 is a $9.99 Trader Joe's exclusive sourced from grapes farmed in the Oak Knoll AVA inside Napa Valley. This is a one-off wine; when it sells out, it is gone for good, so if you like it, buy all you need.Oak Knoll is located in the southern part of Napa Valley, just north of Carneros. Carneros, located in both Sonoma and Napa, is situated on the northern shore of San Pablo Bay.The San Pablo Bay is inland; both San Fransisco and Oakland are on the Bay's west side. The cold ocean bay water allows Carneros, Napa, Clarksburg, Lodi, and other inland regions to be major wine grape growing areas.Oak Knoll is cooler by up to 10 degrees than most of Napa Valley and is primarily known for Cabernet Sauvignon. Zinfandel is down the list of grapes grown, but the Zinfandel producers here make very high-end wine.So, what exactly is the Trader Joe's Reserve Oak Knoll Zinfandel 2019? The average price range for Oak Knoll AVA Zinfandel starts at $25 and goes to $70 and higher. Is this an expensive Zin sold off at a bargain price?Probably, not. First, this is a 2019 vintage, which would make this a young, drink-it-now wine, not meant for aging. The vineyard land in Oak Knoll is expensive; wineries will not make ends meet with ten-dollar wine.The famous regions of Napa are well-known because the vineyards produce grapes with specific, desirable qualities. The winemakers are aware of this and do their best to extract all the grapes' goodness. Intensive winemaking production practices lead to longer aging for the wine to balance before releasing for sale.A 2019 vintage selling in the ten dollar range like the Trader Joe's Reserve Oak Knoll Zinfandel 2019 uses different production techniques. This style of wine is made to have bright acidity and juicy fruit-forward flavors. It is also intentionally produced to require less time in barrel and over-all aging.Winemakers know that the Zinfandel from the Oak Knoll AVA is well suited for the more elaborate winemaking style. This type sells for far more money than the simpler Zinfandel styles, $9.99 Oak Knoll Zinfandel is rare.So that is where Trader Joe's comes in; they sell affordable wines, not $70 boutique wine. Like Trader Joe's Reserve Oak Knoll Zinfandel 2019, offering an affordable wine from a high-end growing region is a treat for value wine drinkers.The Trader Joe's Reserve Oak Knoll Zinfandel 2019 is not a $45 wine selling for $9.99, it is a ten buck Zinfandel featuring grapes that are almost never found in inexpensive wine. Bright and juicy wines are the most popular category of wine, so having and bright and juicy wine made from high-end grapes is an interesting drinking experience.Occasionally these TJ's Reserve wines are expensive wines being liquidated for cheap; it does happen. But they are typically drink-it-now, young wines that feature grapes usually found well out of this price range. I am fine with that. The alcohol content is 14.8%.Trader Joe's Reserve Oak Knoll Zinfandel 2019 Tasting NotesThe color is a see-thru cherry red with black highlights. The nose is rich and ripe; there are scents of blackberry, toasty oak spice, vanilla, black pepper, and light herbs.This is a dark, juicy Zinfandel with some interesting character and bright acidity. It tastes like extracted blackberry, molasses, licorice, plums, and spice. The mid-palate adds a sharp slap of spice, a salty, chewy sensation, and blueberry.It is funny, but a typical $10 Zinfandel may feature grapes from 10, 15, or 20 vineyards, but the Trader Joe's Reserve Oak Knoll Zinfandel 2019 figures to have been sourced from a much smaller selection. So, not only are you getting more expensive sourcing for the grapes, you are getting what the French call "terrior." That is a wine with a unique sense of place.The SummaryThe Trader Joe's Reserve Oak Knoll Zinfandel 2019 is a wine well worth exploring.

Antiquarian book dealer Henry Wessells joins the show to talk about his new exhibition at the Grolier Club and its accompanying book, A Conversation larger than the Universe: Readings in Science Fiction and the Fantastic, 1762-2017 (Oak Knoll). We get into his collecting impulse and why he's not really a book collector, the childhood influence of Doc Savage and the adult influence of Robert Sheckley, Mary Shelley's primary role in the invention of science fiction, the relevance of John Crowley's Little, Big to our current moment, the ways the internet has changed book-collecting and casual reading, the vicarious thrill of book-dealing, our mutual teenaged meltdowns when we encountered Neuromancer, the unsung writers in his collection, the one book he wishes he owned, and a whole lot more. • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal

Oak Knoll Books – specialists in books on books – was founded in 1976 by Bob Fleck, a chemical engineer by training, who let his hobby get the best of him. Oak Knoll Press, the publishing arm of the business was established two years later. Today, the thriving company maintains an inventory of about 23,000 titles. Specialties include books about bibliography, book collecting, book design, book illustration, book selling, bookbinding, bookplates, children's books, Delaware books, fine press books, forgery, graphic arts, libraries, literary criticism, marbling, paper making, printing, publishing, typography & type specimens, and writing & calligraphy – plus books about the histories of all of these fields. I met with Bob to talk about the story of his company, about his love of books, of A. Edward Newton, of traveling the globe to meet fellow bibliophiles, and of visiting used bookstores.