Podcasts about old world winery

IWP Ep86 Unfiltered Panel 1 - Adaptation. Today and the next couple episodes we'll be presenting the recorded panels from “Unfiltered - Conversations about wine”  It took place on July 26th at Donkey at Goat. Jared Brandt has always been passionate about wine education and together with Andrew Sullivan they put on the first annual version of this festival.   Their aim is to elevate the status and awareness of our local natural and low intervention winemakers through education and community.  It's always been a pet peeve of mine when local wines aren't represented on local wine lists, whether retail or restaurant.  The first panel, “Adaptation” was attempting to answer the questions- Are low-intervention and natural winemaking increasingly incompatible with sustainability? What will winemaking in the region look like as temperatures rise and rainfall patterns shift? More spraying? Vineyard canopies? More mechanization? Genetic engineering? Different varietals? Even earlier harvests? Higher elevations?Darek Trowbridge of Old World Winery moderated the panel hosting guests, Dr. Kaan Kurtural formerly of UC Davis, now producing his own wines, Dr. Whendee Silver and Dr. Tibisay Perez both of University California Berkely and Matt Niess of North American Press.https://www.oldworldwinery.com/https://northamericanpress.wine/https://kurturalwines.com/https://ourenvironment.berkeley.edu/people/whendee-silverhttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tibisay_Perez2Follow the podcast ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/indiewinepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or email indiewinepodcast@gmail.com with questions, comments or feedback. Please rate or subscribe or if you are able consider making a donation to help me keep telling wine stories ad free and available for everyone. -⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.patreon.com/IndieWinePodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/indie-wine-podcast/id1673557547⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://open.spotify.com/show/06FsKGiM9mYhhCHEFDOwjb⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/indiewinepodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

A true expression of the land... Pastoral Winemaker, Darek Trowbridge celebrates the diversity in the vineyard, creating wines that are well balanced, provocative and true to the grapes. Nothing is added to the wine except a minimal amount of protective sulfur. In 2012 Darek started making a Regenerative Composted Mulch for use in his Biodynamic and Regenerative farming and to help revive 120 year old vines that his great Grandfather once tended. From that success he has brought this material to 6 other ranches that are now farmed by Darek regeneratively. In addition, Darek grows food crops and eggs on a small market garden using the Regenerative Composted Mulch. This has provided sustenance for many customers, friends and family and acts like a demonstration project for visitors to see how to grow crops without (soil organic matter destroying) tillage using Darek's soil amendment. And whether it's wine grapes or zucchini Darek is always sequestering carbon into the soil without subsequent loss back into the atmosphere via tillage. As one of the leaders in the field of “Natural Wines” Darek Trowbridge uses century old techniques to produce chemical free wines that become a singular expression of the winemaker, the grapes and the land. Darek has been making biodynamic wines at Old World Winery for 20 years. His passion is inviting nature into his winemaking using 120 year old field blends and rare varietals. Using only the grapes and the naturally occurring native yeast to create wines, Darek knows his wines become the true expression of the natural beauty that exists in the vineyard. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/julian-guderley/support

Old World Winery In this episode, Rob, Scott, and Becky delve into the world of natural wines by reviewing the wines of Old World Winery, namely their Merlot and Impulse Red Blend.  So come join us, on The Wine Vault.

Dan and Darek. World Winery winemaker Darek Trowbridge is our guest on California Wine Country with Harry Duke sitting in for Steve Jaxon and Dan Berger. Darek founded Old World Winery to practice natural winemaking. He is also featured in a documentary on natural wine called Living Wine, being released this month. Dan Berger has brought another cellar dweller this week, from Dan's deep, dark and dangerous cellar. He thought the 2019 Jim Barry Watervale Riesling would be good on a hot day like today. Bottle Barn has this wine for under $17. Darek says it is hard to get this wine right when it is this dry but they did a good job. The Old World Winery is a small family owned and operated winery in the Russian River Valley. Darek started Old World Winery after getting a Master's degree in winemaking in 1998. He set out to make natural wine and has been doing that for 24 years. Recently it has taken off. Dan Berger says a new restaurant that opens in Los Angeles today has to have some natural wine on the wine list. People want nothing added that does not come from grapes. Wines that are "Interesting" Dan remembers being a judge at a wine competition once, and every single wine was exactly the same color, without any variation. Darek says that he sets out to make what he can call flawed wine. He makes “interesting” wines that are decidedly not uniform. Click the logo to visit our sponsor Bottle Barn online for the coolest bargains on wine, beer and spirits. He has a wine called Bloom, which is a chillable red. It is not a deep rich red, but rather a light red. It is an unusual wine, compared to what we usually see. Many larger wineries are locked into a type, that includes sterile filtration. But these wines, unfiltered, keep more flavor and aroma in the wine. Other wine may look better but doesn't smell as nice. It's a manufacturing tool that produces uniformity. Darek quit doing filtration about 10 years ago. They and their consumers like their product to be kind of unpolished. Dan Berger says this is a serious category that is removing us from the tyranny of “the numbers” meaning how many points it has. They are located on River Road, open Fridays and Saturdays. It's close to the freeway. The second wine tasted is a bit deeper red. Tannin doesn't really go well in the natural wine category. This is still a light red, even if darker than the Bloom. It's chillable, but also nice not chilled. Its name is Impulse. The label says “whole cluster, foot stomped.” People come to stomp, including interns and volunteers. It's a blend of Merlot and Petit Syrah. Living Wine Darek describes Laurie Miller, the producer-director who with her brother Ben Miller were interested in natural wine. She called to inquire about filming some segments, in 2020. A few other natural wine producers are also in the movie. Living Wine is a story about the people who make wine. It follows some natural winemakers in northern California. The movie's website says, “Equal parts farmer, winemaker, and artist, they stay true to their ideals of creating exceptional wines made through innovative sustainable and regenerative farming and without chemical additives." This film will be showing at the Rialto Cinemas in Sebastopol, California, from Friday August 19 through Thursday August 25. It was released at the DocLands festival in Marin where it was a hit. They are tasting the 2009 Merlot, the third wine tasted today, which curiously, is still available at Old World Winery. Dan says it doesn't smell or taste like most Merlot today. It reminds him of the 1970s, with dried herbs, fresh herbs and black cherries that Merlot should have, and without the high tannins which it should not have. Darek describes how this wine was made and what he is looking for in the process. It is very unusual to release a 2009 right now. At only 12.4% ABV, the alcohol does not overpower the fruit flavors.

My guest for this episode is Darek Trowbridge. Darek is the mind and body behind Old World Winery. He refers to himself as a soil farmer rather than a grape farmer, and this earth-first approach had led him to coin the term “Pastoral Winemaker” … because Darek has been making Natural Wine since before anyone called it natural wine. That's right, Darek is a pioneer in the natural wine movement, and a true OG who started his winery in the 90's and was farming vineyards before that. He has a wealth of information to share from well over 25 years of regenerating vineyard ecosystems and shepherding wine. We talk about exactly how he does this, bringing vineyards planted in the 1800's back to vibrant vitality by building soil carbon. We talk about how he uses sesame oil as his only fungicide, his farming of the only Abouriou vineyard in the New World, and how he is helping Sonoma County reduce wildfire risk while regenerating soil health with proprietary woodchip compost through his Soil Carbon Management Company. Darek is someone who has ignored the trends and just continued to make farming-first wine for decades. And because of that he probably hasn't gotten the attention he deserves. So I'm thrilled to be able to share the beautiful work he's been doing. https://www.oldworldwinery.com/ Sponsor: https://www.centralaswine.com/

Explore the gray areas of fermentation: the intersection of cider, wine and beer. Co-Ferment was a tasting and panel discussion led by Jordan Werner Barry and Daniel Pucci that focused on the ways that these seemingly different beverages overlap—production methods, farming, flavor, culture, and the language we use to talk about them. We assembled an all-star panel to leads us down this wild path of natural fermentation, where we learned and tasted the differences, and examined the similarities of the tipples we all know so well. Panelists: APPLES Vanessa Varjian - Blackduck Cidery, Finger Lakes, NY. The assistant cider maker to John Reynolds. GRAPES Darek Trowbridge - Old World Winery, Sonoma, CA. A 4th Generation grape grower of forgotten and lost grapes. Darek will also be pouring his wines at the RAW Wine Fair. GRAIN Lauren Grimm - Grimm Artisanal Ales, Bushwick, Brooklyn. A formerly Nomadic and now Bushwick/East Williamsburg-based brewer extraordinaire pushing the limits of expectation. APPLES & GRAPES Krista Scruggs - Zafa Wines, Burlington, VT. A Vigneronne who farms and ferments grapes, forages and ferments apples, and sometimes ferments them together. Krista (and her vinous ciders) were featured on this year's Wine Enthusiast Top 40 Under 40 Tastemaker list. Heritage Radio Network On Tour is powered by Simplecast.

Darek Trowbridge from Old World Winery discusses natural wine on today's California Wine Country with Steve Jaxon and Dan Berger. Today's show was recorded live in downtown Santa Rosa, in front of the Bollywood Restaurant. Darek Trowbridge is the owner of Old World Winery which produces natural wine, which they will describe on the show. Dan introduces the subject of natural wine. There are some people in the wine producing business who are seeking the old traditional methods. But Dan says nobody has defined Natural Wine. There could be 30 different kinds of it, each one different. Dan says it's a wide open discussion and Darek can help define it because he's doing it. Darek mentions the book "Natural Wine" by Isabelle Legeron. She is French and lives in London. She holds the title MW, for Master of Wine. He says people have been making wine for 8000 years so there must be a simple low-tech way. Dan explains in layman's terms that for a long time, thousands of years, winemakers have used sulphur dioxide. The natural wine movement is divided on it. It is absolutely legal and has no negative effects in a bottle of wine, on the human body, except to people who are drinking vinegar at the same time as drinking wine. Dan asks, now many additives are permitted in wine? Darek says it's about 75. Dan says the quality of the wine is a crucial element in its enjoyment. If the wine is not good, there is no point in making it. Dan again says the problem is that there is no definition that people can agree too. Darek says the preference for natural wine is similar to organic food, some people may choose to eat organically. People tried organic wine, which Darek explains is different than natural wine. Dan says that some organic wines simply don't last in the bottle at all. First, they taste some wines from Darek's vineyard, planted in 1890 by his grandfather. This is a 2013 wine. Dan says you don't think about the varietal, it's just good. These wines are silky and soft. Dan says you don't have to age it very long. It's simple wine and just tastes good. Luminous. Steve reads the label, Early Burgundy, Russian River Valley. After the break they taste a sparkling red, an old method called "col fondo" and he knew someone who taught him the process. First you barrel age a base wine, then the next year, you add fresh juice which will then ferment to make a sparkling wine. The sparkling is natural in the bottle. They leave it capped, and the little bit of sediment keeps it rich. Dan says this is where wine took its beginnings. Every single bottle is its own fermentation tank, so theoretically, every single bottle could be different. Dan says this is one of the adventures of wine tasting.  It is slightly effervescent, or pearly, or as Darek says the Italian term, frizzante. Dan says this wine's lower acidity helps, especially at secondary fermentation; if you have too much acidity, you have to add some sugar to balance it, and with that you risk re-fermentation. The winemaker knows he has just enough sugar. Dan says it would be more expensive if they are paying "the bubble tax." Dan says fruit flies always go to the best wine and Dan had a fly in his wine. Darek says at harvest time in Sonoma County, fruit flies are all over the place. Steve also talks about Della Toffola USA a new sponsor that is a major producer of high quality winemaking equipment. This family-owned company was founded in the 1960s in Italy. The Santa Rosa office is their US branch and they also have offices in Australia, South America, Mexico and many in Europe. Dan Berger delivers the quote of the day, from Groucho Marx: "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana." That sparkling red was a 2015 that was in barrels for two years. Now they pour a 2008 that was made with sur lies fermentation. Dan says for 10 years old, its tannins are very soft. As a low alcohol and low tannin red wine, with 10 years in the bottle, it is very smooth.

Wine Road Episode 35- Santa Rosa Revisited.  In this episode Marcy and Beth revisit Santa Rosa with a new itinerary. They discuss the word of the day, Aroma, and Eats of the Day from Auberge on the Vineyard. Beth reminds everyone with her Tasting Tip of Moderation all the while enjoying the Wild Thing Zin from Carol Shelton Wines. Marcy introduces us to her Book of the Day - Wine. All the time. by Marissa A. Ross and they find out you really can Rosé All Day with the Product of the Day from Native Deodorant.   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.   Wine Road — https://www.wineroad.com   Show Notes: 0:35    Eats of the Day from Auberge on the Vineyard 2:00    Word of the Day - Aroma 2:45    Kendall-Jackson Sensory Garden 4:00    Tasting Tip - Moderation 5:30    Itinerary - Santa Rosa 15:30  Interactive Santa Rosa Map 16:45  Book of the Day - Wine. All the Time. - Marissa A Ross 19:20  Wine of the Day - Wild Thing Zinfandel from Carol Shelton Wines 21:30  Item of the Day - Native Deodorant Brunch Set   Links: •  Auberge on the Vineyard  •  Word of the Day - Aroma •  Kendall- Jackson Wine Garden Estate  •  Tasting Tips - Moderation  •  City of Santa Rosa Interactive Map •  Book of the Day - Wine. All the Time. by Marissa A. Ross  •  Carol Shelton Wines - Wild Thing Zinfandel  •  Item of the Day - Native Deodorant    Santa Rosa: •  Vintners Inn  •  Rail Road Square  •  Hyatt Vineyard Creek  •  Courtyard by Marriott Santa Rosa  •  Hotel La Rosa  •  Spinster Sisters  •  Omellett Express  •  Flying Goat Coffee  •  Paradise Ridge Winery •  Old World Winery  •  Willi’s Wine Bar  •  Martinelli Winery  •  Jaxon’s Bar and Oven  •  Jack and Tony’s •  Stark’s Steak and Seafood  •  Lococo’s Cucina Rustica  •  La Gare  •  Chevy’s  •  Aroma Roasters  •  Tara Bella  •  Harvest Moon Vineyards  •  Hook & Ladder  •  Inman Family Wines  •  Pellegrini Wine Co  •  Sunce Winery  •  DeLoach Vineyards  •  Molsberry Market   •  John Ash  •  Flower & Bone  •  County Bench closed •  Bird & Bottle  •  Russian River Brewing Company  •  Inspiration Vineyards  •  Premonition Cellars  •  Desmond Wines  •  Belly Left Coast Kitchen   Credits: The Wine Road podcast is recorded, mixed, and mastered at Threshold Studios Sebastopol, CA. 

Wine Road Episode 34 - Cider Along the Wine Road. What’s your pour distance?  In this episode DJ Bethy Beth and Millie talk all things Cider with Special Guest Darek Trowbridge of Old World Winery. Beth also dishes the Eats of the Day from Healdsburg Inn on the Plaza and can’t help but laugh when she introduces the Word of the day. Millie’s Item of the Day surprises them all and her Book of the Day Cider Tasting is a perfect intro to the world of Cider. Wine and Food Affair Tickets are now on Sale and the ladies talk about the plethora of recipes on Wineroad.com. When the Episode is over Darek takes the ladies outside to show his stellar Basque Cider Pouring (see the video on our Social Media outlet you won't be disappointed)   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.   Wine Road — https://www.wineroad.com DJ Bethy Beth, Darek Trowbridge, Millie Winehouse   Show Notes: 0:30    Eats of the Day from Healdsburg Inn on the Plaza 1:50    Word of the Day - Legs 3:00    Special Guest - Darek Trowbridge 12:30  Book of the Day - Tasting Cider 13:45  Item of the Day - Silicone Cup  15:15  Wine and Food Tickets on Sale now 16:20  Wine Road Recipe Database 18:30  Get your mug   Links: •  Healdsburg Inn on the Plaza a Four Sisters Inn •  Word of the Day - Legs •  Guest of the Day - Darek Trowbridge •  Old World Winery •  Dutton Estate Winery •  Sonoma Cider •  Tasting Cider - The CiderCraft Guide By Erin James  •  Item of the Day - Wine2Go / SiliPint •  WineRoad.com/WFA •  WineRoad.com/recipes Credits The Wine Road podcast is recorded, mixed, and mastered at Threshold Studios Sebastopol, CA.