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Send us a textA Legacy Rooted in Wine and FamilyThe episode kicks off with lighthearted banter and a warm welcome to the first Inside the Bunghole episode of 2025, featuring Michael Keenan of Keenan Wines in Napa Valley. Michael shares the multigenerational story of his family's vineyard, which began when his father, Robert Keenan, was inspired by his father-in-law's wine collection and purchased the Spring Mountain property in 1974. At the time, Napa was far from the food and wine mecca it is today, but Robert had a vision of producing first-growth quality Cabernet Sauvignon. Spring Mountain's ideal east-facing slopes and abundant water supply made it the perfect location. Michael reminisces about the winery's origin, including its ghost winery roots (the property housed a winery from 1890–1930) and the early Bordeaux varietals they were the first to plant on that specific land.From Wandering Seeker to Reluctant WinemakerMichael's personal journey into winemaking wasn't direct. After high school, he traveled the world, became a vegetarian, and meditated in India before returning home in 1977. Initially working the harvest temporarily, he pursued a career in carpentry and general contracting for over 20 years. A family dispute later separated him from the winery, but after the death of his stepmother and reconciling with his father, Michael took over operations in 1998 with one condition: total control. Over time, he reestablished the winery's reputation, embraced a restrained, old-world style of winemaking, and distanced himself from overly ripe Napa wines, aligning more with French techniques that emphasized balance, savoriness, and complexity.Craft, Chemistry & the Keenan IdentityThe conversation shifts into the mechanics of winemaking—Michael explains his preference for mostly neutral barrels and minimal oak influence, likening barrel use to salt in cooking: essential but never overpowering. He also criticizes the use of additives like MegaPurple, which mask a wine's true characteristics and require toxic stabilizers. As the discussion continues, Michael shares stories about label design rooted in family history, his deepening pride in the winery over time, and the upcoming 50th vintage celebration. Notably, the Tribute wine—a 50/50 blend of Bordeaux clones—symbolizes both a viticultural and emotional milestone, coinciding with his father's passing and marking a profound evolution in both the vineyard and Michael's stewardship.Cheers! Please like, follow, subscribe and rate us! We LOVE to hear your comments! Reach out to us on our social media: Facebook and Instagram @insidethebungholeTwitter @bungholepodcastOur webpage is insidethebunghole.buzzsprout.comOR email us at insidethebunghole@gmail.com

Controversy at Ipswich council meeting as councillors vote on Cr Andrew Antoniolli's alleged misconduct, cemetery heritage project latest, finally a standard for suburb signs, Swifts saga resolved and a call for a new synthetic athletics track. Mayor Teresa Harding joins the show after the April 30 meeting of Ipswich City Council.Recorded: 30 April 2025.Published: 1 May 2025.Theme music: AudioJungle - Mark_Music and Matt SteinerImage: Ipswich mayor Teresa Harding in the Ipswich suburb of Spring Mountain (supplied)AEC website: https://www.aec.gov.au/election/candidates.htmIFFY: https://www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/live/our-community/children-and-youth/iffyIpswich City Council meeting agendas and minutes: bit.ly/2JlrVKYCouncil meetings on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/IpswichCityCouncilTVIpswich Planning Scheme: https://bit.ly/3g4Jwb7Local Ipswich News: https://localipswichnews.com.au/Inside Ipswich: https://ipswichtoday.com.au/inside-ipswich/Ipswich City Council: www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/Shape Your Ipswich: www.shapeyouripswich.com.au/Ipswich Civic Centre: www.ipswichciviccentre.com.au/Ipswich Festivals: https://www.ipswichfestivals.com.au/Ipswich Art Gallery: www.ipswichartgallery.qld.gov.au/Ipswich Community Gallery: https://ipswichartgallery.qld.gov.au/community/ipswich-community-galleryBlack Swan Art (David Pearce): https://www.blackswanart.com.au/Discover Ipswich: www.discoveripswich.com.au/Discover Ipswich what's on: https://whatson.discoveripswich.com.au/Workshops Rail Museum: https://www.museum.qld.gov.au/rail-workshopsIpswich Libraries: www.ipswichlibraries.com.au/Studio 188: www.studio188.com.au/Nicholas Street Precinct: www.nicholasst.com.au/Picture Ipswich: www.pictureipswich.com.au/Lost Ipswich Facebook: https://bit.ly/3pLLBwNc Ipswich Today is supported by listeners like you. Help keep it online with a small donation.Visit https://ipswichtoday.com.au/donate/Advertise on Ipswich Today https://ipswichtoday.com.au/advertising/Ipswich Today recommended listening: Twenty Thousand Hertz - stories behind the world's most recognisable and interesting sounds https://www.20k.org/ 

Greg Ho is the President & Head of Social Impact at Spring Mountain Capital ($1.6B AUM). Greg formerly spent 16 years at McKinsey, where he helped expand the firm into 30+ new countries and oversaw the launch of its $20B investment arm as CFO. In 2001, Greg founded SMC alongside Launny Steffens, and later its social impact arm, the West Harlem Innovation Network.Links: ⭐ Sponsored by Podcast10x - Podcasting agency for VCs - https://podcast10x.comSpring Mountain Capital website - https://www.springmountaincapital.com/Greg Ho on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gregory-ho-68126215

On Today's Menu:Enshittification — when good spots go to hell faster than you can say “franchise special”Our Burger Crawl is serious business — chase the perfect patty or die tryingAmbiance can make or break it — too fancy, I'm broke; too grim, I'm goneAuthenticity's our lifeline — mid-meat at One Steakhouse? John would rather eat his shoeStaff with a pulse save the day — treat ‘em right, or your steak's toastCorkage fees? Negotiate gracefully, lest Spring Mountain's $35 tariff spoil the vintageThe 80s? John's prime and shame. Dining memories hit harder than a hangover from a bad Bordeaux… for better or worseJoel Robuchon's restaurants are untouchable — his legacy endures with 20 years of mashed potato perfection and impeccable serviceService post-COVID's a shitshow — empty rooms cling to petty rules, defying hospitality's coreInfluencer clowns? All style, no substance — shilling “certified vibes” while grifting free mealsQuestions, comments, hate mail? Email us at cheers@eattalkrepeat.com!Thanks for tuning into today's episode! If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to the show, & make sure you leave us a 5-star review. Visit us at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Eating Las Vegas⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ &⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Eat. Talk. Repeat.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow us on social:Twitter/X:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@EatTalkRepeat⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@EatingLasVegas⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, &⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@AshTheAttorney⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@EatTalkRepeatLV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JohnCurtas⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ &⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@AshTheAttorney

This week on our Vino Lingo segment we feature Sheldon Richards, Proprietor and winemaker, Paloma Vineyard, Spring Mountain, Napa Valley, defining the phrase “Its only just grape juice at the end of the day”.  Learn more by visiting www.palomavineyard.com

Spring Mountain stands to the west of St Helena, growing some of the finest grapes to be found in Napa Valley. Many winemakers on the mountain have been at it for several years and represent Napa from years gone by. Lots of wine history has been made here. I visited Sheldon Richards, Owner and Winemaker [...]

Greg Ho, President of Spring Mountain Capital and head of the firm's Social Impact Group, joins the show to discuss how investors can leverage capital for good.

The state election campaign has officially begun, Ipswich State High School to receive ceremonial keys to the city, new clubhouse for Silver Jubilee Sports Facility at Spring Mountain, and netball and New Year's Eve event funding approved by council. Also in this episode West Moreton Health records a 2.6 per cent increase in emergency department presentations.Published: 2 October 2024.Theme music: www.purple-planet.comImage: Silver Jubilee Park Spring Mountain opened in April 2023 (Ipswich First)Electoral Commission of Queensland: https://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/elections/election-eventsWest Moreton Hospital and Health Service Annual Report 2023–2024: https://www.westmoreton.health.qld.gov.au Ipswich Festivals: https://www.ipswichfestivals.com.au/Ipswich City Council: www.ipswich.qld.gov.au/Council meeting agendas and minutes: bit.ly/2JlrVKYCouncil meetings on YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/IpswichCityCouncilTVIpswich Planning Scheme: https://bit.ly/3g4Jwb7Shape Your Ipswich: www.shapeyouripswich.com.au/Ipswich Civic Centre: www.ipswichciviccentre.com.au/Ipswich Art Gallery: www.ipswichartgallery.qld.gov.au/Ipswich Community Gallery: https://ipswichartgallery.qld.gov.au/community/ipswich-community-galleryDiscover Ipswich: www.discoveripswich.com.au/Workshops Rail Museum: https://www.museum.qld.gov.au/rail-workshopsIpswich Libraries: www.ipswichlibraries.com.au/Studio 188: www.studio188.com.au/Nicholas Street Precinct: www.nicholasst.com.au/Picture Ipswich: www.pictureipswich.com.au/Local Ipswich News: https://localipswichnews.com.au/Inside Ipswich: https://ipswichtoday.com.au/inside-ipswich/Lost Ipswich Facebook: https://bit.ly/3pLLBwNc Ipswich Today is supported by listeners like you. Help keep it online with a small donation.Visit https://ipswichtoday.com.au/donate/Advertise on Ipswich Today https://ipswichtoday.com.au/advertising/Ipswich Today recommended listening: Twenty Thousand Hertz - stories behind the world's most recognisable and interesting sounds https://www.20k.org/

In this episode, Greg Ho, former McKinsey CFO and current President, Co-Founder, and COO of Spring Mountain Capital, joins to share how he sets and achieves "moonshot goals" in his personal and professional life. From growing up in Hawaii to becoming a leader in finance, Greg shares his unique journey and lessons learned. We dive into Greg's passion for running marathons—which he began at 56—his long-term goal to run his 100th marathon at 100 years old, and his focus on longevity and healthspan. We also discuss his commitment to uplifting marginalized communities, specifically through his work with the West Harlem Innovation Network, and how he's creating sustainable change by bridging inequities in healthcare and economic opportunities. Throughout the conversation, Greg emphasizes the power of moonshot goals, the importance of walking the walk in leadership, and why constantly striving for more is critical to personal growth and success. Whether you're looking to make bold moves in your career or improve your health journey, Greg's insights will leave you inspired to push your limits. Topics Covered: Greg's early life in Hawaii and his unexpected journey into finance The pivotal lessons learned during his time at McKinsey How Greg balances setting moonshot goals while managing expectations The inspiring story behind Spring Mountain Capital How running marathons became a metaphor for life and a tool for fundraising Greg's ambitious goal of running 100 marathons by age 100 The mission of the West Harlem Innovation Network and its impact on marginalized communities Practical advice for leading diverse teams and mentoring the next generation Greg's views on leadership, longevity, and finding purpose beyond business — Episode Chapter Big Ideas (timing may not be exact) 0:00 – Introduction to Greg Ho and the concept of moonshot goals 1:11 – Greg's childhood in Hawaii and unexpected shift from chemistry to finance 2:37 – Early investing at 16 and the beginnings of Greg's interest in finance 4:47 – Lessons learned from McKinsey and how it shaped Greg's leadership style 9:39 – The philosophy of lowering expectations to manage stress and improve leadership 12:44 – Setting moonshot goals: How Greg approaches life with ambitious targets 13:30 – The inspiration behind founding Spring Mountain Capital in 2001 19:50 – Exploring the concept of healthspan and longevity in Greg's personal life 20:37 – The West Harlem Innovation Network and addressing healthcare inequities 27:31 – How to build trust and collect meaningful data in underrepresented communities 33:42 – The role of AI and data in solving complex societal challenges 40:27 – What leadership looks like in today's modern, diverse world 44:15 – Greg's personal health journey: From running marathons at 56 to setting new life goals 49:43 – How running marathons became a metaphor for resilience in life and business 52:12 – Greg's corollary: "Stay on the right path, and the finish line will show up" 53:34 – The importance of finishing what you start: Greg's take on perseverance 56:35 – Greg's definition of success and why he believes it's an ongoing journey 57:57 – How to follow Greg's journey and keep up with his marathon goals — Connect with Greg Ho — Website: https://springmountaincapital.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-ho-8985b9 — Connect with Julian and Executive Health — Start thriving in business, community, and family life. Sign up for a complimentary Executive Health Meeting — ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.executivehealth.io/contact⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ LinkedIn — ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/julianhayesii/

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On Today's Menu: John Goes semi-viral… again (he's gonna need to be vaccinated he's so viral) for calling Tony Hsieh a drug-addicted creep Private membership clubs… yay or nay? Vegas Unstripped 2024 recap & local gossip CWOSSAIIIINTS bracket lineup UNVEILED!! One step closer to making this thing happen Places to try mead in Las Vegas Ash's micro-aggression of the week Lack of adult supervision & management at restaurants Answering all our listeners' questions (S/O to @JoshAndRachel - check out their YouTube channel) Food News You Can Use: Evan Glosson is opening a new Italian restaurant Patio Wine Garden is closing… but Bank is planning to open a new Thai spot on Spring Mountain this fall Vital Vegas leaks news of Bazaar Meat closure?? John gives his insights from the man himself, José Andrés & more! Recent Ventures: Polaris Street Cafe Raku Monzù – Italian Oven + Bar Sushi Hiroyoshi Aroma Latin American Cocina Esther's Kitchen Spots Mentioned: Pendry Newport Beach Doberman  Metro Pizza Carama Don's Prime Bazaar Meat By José Andrés Bavette's Harlo | Steakhouse and Bar Aromi Italian Restaurant Bob Taylor's Ranch House Mijo Modern Mexican Anima by EDO Basilico Ristorante Italiano  Delices Gourmands French Bakery Forte Tapas Lamaii The Patio Wine Garden Honey Salt Cafe Breizh Bouchon at The Venetian 1228 Main Las Vegas Dominique Ansel Las Vegas Burgundy Cafe & Bakery MG Patisserie Le Petit Prince La Tropézienne Bakery PublicUs Rosallie Le French Cafe The Daily Bread Bakery Cafe Vesta Coffee Roasters Le Cafe du Vegas Le Paris Brest Cafe Delices Gourmands French Bakery Patisserie Manon The Silver Stamp Deadwood Meadery Send us your hate mail, fan mail, questions, & all of it at ⁠cheers@eattalkrepeat.com⁠.  Thanks for tuning into today's episode! If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe to the show, & make sure you leave us a 5-star review. Visit us at⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Eating Las Vegas⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ &⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Eat. Talk. Repeat.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on social: Twitter:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@EatTalkRepeat⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@EatingLasVegas⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@WhatsRightSam⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, &⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@AshTheAttorney⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@EatTalkRepeatLV⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JohnCurtas⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@WhatsRightSam⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, &⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@AshTheAttorney

The very first guest of CORVETTE TODAY in mid-April 2020 is back on the show after more than 200 episodes!Jeremy Welborn returns to CORVETTE TODAY to talk with your host, Steve Garrett, about updates to Spring Mountain.So much is going on there-from expansion of the track to kart racing!Spring Mountain is already the largest track in North America. With these improvements in the work, it will make it larger than the Nurburgring!Check out all of the updates and improvements and book some time at the Ron Fellows Corvette Performance Driving School at Spring Mountain.

This week on our Vino Lingo segment we feature Charlie Smith, Winemaker, Smith-Madrone, Spring Mountain, Napa Valley, defining the term “Minerality”.  Learn more by visiting smithmadrone.com

Smith-Madrone Winery dates back to the very early ’70s in Napa Valley, a time when wineries weren’t so common. Stuart and Charlie Smith literally carved out an incredible future in fine wine making back then and have maintained top quality all those years. It’s been way too long since I last sat down with Charlie [...]

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Brothers Stuart and Charles Smith are the vineyard managers and winemakers of Smith-Madrone Winery. Also in the family attic is the Fetherolf family, German farmers from the Palatinate region, who came to America on the Good Ship Thistle in 1730. The name for the winery came as a tribute to the Smith brothers who pursued their dream and to the Madrone trees which distinguish the property.In May 1971, with a partnership of family and friends, Stuart Smith bought the 'terroir' which today is Smith-Madrone Vineyards & winery. He was 22 years old and had just received his B.A. in Economics from UC Berkeley and was taking classes towards his Master's in Viticulture at UC Davis. In trying to find land to plant vineyard in the Napa Valley, through a family friend he explored a forest on the remotest and highest part of Spring Mountain and discovered that the land had been a vineyard in the 1880s and in fact had been part of the wagon trail route between Napa and Santa Rosa. Today he is respected for his expertise and leadership as a mountain vineyardist.Stuart was born and raised in Santa Monica. Every summer during college, from 1966 – 1970, he worked as a lifeguard on the beaches in Santa Monica. He started at Tower #1 just north of POP Pier, spent some time at the tower just south of the Santa Monica Pier (Muscle Beach) and later spent most of his lifeguarding time north of the Santa Monica Pier. One summer Stu worked on the rescue boat and became friendly with the boat's operator, Lt. Tommy Zahn. Tommy was a legend in the surfing world and also famous for winning the Honolulu-Molokai paddle board race twice, first at age 20 and then again at age 40. Tommy was also famous as Marilyn Monroe's true love. In 1971 the Santa Monica Lifeguards were folded into LA County's lifeguard program.While pursuing his master's at UC Davis, Stuart was the first teaching assistant for wine industry pioneers Maynard Amerine and Vernon Singleton in 1970-1971. He taught enology at Santa Rosa Junior College and Napa Valley College; he has chaired the 1986 and 2006 Napa Valley Wine Auctions. He is an active member of the G.O.N.A.D.S. (the Gastronomical Order for Nonsensical and Dissipatory Society), a group of Napa Valley vintners who started getting together for monthly lunches in the 1980s. He served on Napa County's Watershed Task Force for several years, appointed by the Board of Supervisors; in 2006 he was appointed again by the Board of Supervisors to sit on Napa County General Plan Steering Committee, responsible for updating Napa's General Plan, a three-year project. Stu has also served as auctioneer for an Omaha (NB) charity auction for many years.Stuart served as Scout Master for St. Helena's (Boy Scout) Troop One for many years and continues as the Troop's Chair today. He is an avid canoeist, having canoed through the Quetico Wilderness in Canada many times and often canoes the Klamath and Trinity Rivers in California. He has five children and four grandchildren.Follow The Swirl Suite:SwirlSuite@gmail.com@SwirlSuite www.swirlsuite.comSarita @VineMeUpTanisha @GirlMeetsGlassLeslie @Vino301Glynis @Vino_NoireI'm 

Brothers Stuart and Charles Smith are the vineyard managers and winemakers of Smith-Madrone Winery. Also in the family attic is the Fetherolf family, German farmers from the Palatinate region, who came to America on the Good Ship Thistle in 1730. The name for the winery came as a tribute to the Smith brothers who pursued their dream and to the Madrone trees which distinguish the property.In May 1971, with a partnership of family and friends, Stuart Smith bought the 'terroir' which today is Smith-Madrone Vineyards & winery. He was 22 years old and had just received his B.A. in Economics from UC Berkeley and was taking classes towards his Master's in Viticulture at UC Davis. In trying to find land to plant vineyard in the Napa Valley, through a family friend he explored a forest on the remotest and highest part of Spring Mountain and discovered that the land had been a vineyard in the 1880s and in fact had been part of the wagon trail route between Napa and Santa Rosa. Today he is respected for his expertise and leadership as a mountain vineyardist.Stuart was born and raised in Santa Monica. Every summer during college, from 1966 1970, he worked as a lifeguard on the beaches in Santa Monica. He started at Tower #1 just north of POP Pier, spent some time at the tower just south of the Santa Monica Pier (Muscle Beach) and later spent most of his lifeguarding time north of the Santa Monica Pier. One summer Stu worked on the rescue boat and became friendly with the boats operator, Lt. Tommy Zahn. Tommy was a legend in the surfing world and also famous for winning the Honolulu-Molokai paddle board race twice, first at age 20 and then again at age 40. Tommy was also famous as Marilyn Monroes true love. In 1971 the Santa Monica Lifeguards were folded into LA Countys lifeguard program.While pursuing his master's at UC Davis, Stuart was the first teaching assistant for wine industry pioneers Maynard Amerine and Vernon Singleton in 1970-1971. He taught enology at Santa Rosa Junior College and Napa Valley College; he has chaired the 1986 and 2006 Napa Valley Wine Auctions. He is an active member of the G.O.N.A.D.S. (the Gastronomical Order for Nonsensical and Dissipatory Society), a group of Napa Valley vintners who started getting together for monthly lunches in the 1980s. He served on Napa County's Watershed Task Force for several years, appointed by the Board of Supervisors; in 2006 he was appointed again by the Board of Supervisors to sit on Napa County General Plan Steering Committee, responsible for updating Napa's General Plan, a three-year project. Stu has also served as auctioneer for an Omaha (NB) charity auction for many years.Stuart served as Scout Master for St. Helena's (Boy Scout) Troop One for many years and continues as the Troop's Chair today. He is an avid canoeist, having canoed through the Quetico Wilderness in Canada many times and often canoes the Klamath and Trinity Rivers in California. He has five children and four grandchildren.Follow The Swirl Suite:SwirlSuite@gmail.com@SwirlSuite www.swirlsuite.comSarita @VineMeUpTanisha @GirlMeetsGlassLeslie @Vino301Glynis @Vino_Noire

Samantha Hohl, wine educator and certified sommelier, and Robert Tas explore the wine list at Harvest in Cambridge,  Massachusetts. This restaurant has been serving meals with its unique twist on American cuisine since 1975. Sam finds some spectacular wines on the list, including wine from producers who use only grapes they grow themselves, wines from 50-year-old vines, and wines from high up Spring Mountain in Napa Valley.  Wines reviewed include: 2019 Huet Le Haut-Lieu Vouvray Sec, Loire, France 2018 Beurer Trollinger, Weingut Beurer, Württemberg, Germany 2008 Philip Togni Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa For more information on today's episode, and the wines you love to love, visit www.corkrules.com.

This podcast hit paid subscribers' inboxes on July 8. It dropped for free subscribers on June 11. To receive future pods as soon as they're live, and to support independent ski journalism, please consider an upgrade to a paid subscription. You can also subscribe for free below:WhoMark Adamczyk, General Manager of Dartmouth Skiway, New HampshireRecorded onJune 12, 2023About Dartmouth SkiwayClick here for a mountain stats overviewOwned by: Dartmouth CollegeLocated in: Lyme Center, New HampshireYear founded: 1956Pass affiliations:* No Boundaries Pass: between 1 and 3 days, depending upon when the pass is redeemed* Indy Pass Allied Resorts: Indy Pass holders get 50 percent off weekday lift tickets and 25 percent off weekends and holidaysReciprocal partners: NoneClosest neighboring ski areas: Storrs Hill (33 minutes), Whaleback (36 minutes), Northeast Slopes (36 minutes), Harrington Hill (41 minutes), Quechee (42 minutes), Ragged (48 minutes), Tenney (53 minutes), Saskadena Six (54 minutes), Ascutney (55 minutes), Arrowhead (59 minutes), Mount Sunapee (59 minutes), Veterans Memorial (1 hours, 6 minutes), Campton (1 hour, 6 minutes), Kanc (1 hour, 10 minutes), Loon (1 hour, 11 minutes), Waterville Valley (1 hour, 17 minutes), Cannon (1 hour, 17 minutes), Killington (1 hour, 20 minutes), Pico (1 hour, 21 minutes), Okemo (1 hour, 22 minutes)Base elevation: 968 feetSummit elevation: 1,943 feetVertical drop: 968 feetSkiable Acres: 104Average annual snowfall: 100 inchesTrail count: 28 (25% advanced/expert, 50% intermediate, 25% beginner)Lift count: 4 (1 fixed-grip quad, 1 double, 2 carpets – view Lift Blog's inventory of Dartmouth Skiway's lift fleet)Why I interviewed himIsn't it interesting what exists? Imagine if Yale or Dartmouth or hell the University of Vermont wanted to build a ski area today. They'd have better luck genetically splicing a goat with an Easter egg. Or building a Chuck E. Cheese on Jupiter. Or sealing the Mariana Trench with toothpaste. Imagine the rage from alumni, from the Leaf Defenders, from whatever town they decided to slice the forest up over. U.S. American colleges collectively acting as the NFL's minor league while piling up millions in broadcast and ticket revenue – totally fine. A college owning a ski area? What are you, insane?But here we are: Dartmouth College owns a ski area. The origin story, in my imagination: Eustacious VonTrappenSquire VIII, president of Dartmouth and also Scout Emeritus of his local outing club, orders his carriage driver to transport him up to Lyme, where he intends to stock up on parchment and whale oil. As he waits for the apothecary to mix his liver tonic, the old chum takes a draw from his pipe and, peering through his spectacle, spies Holt's Ledge and Winslow Ledge rising more than 2,100 feet off the valley floor. “Charles, good fellow, the next time you draw up the horses, be a swell and throw my old snowskis into the carriage. I fancy a good ski on those two attractive peaks yonder.” He then loads his musket and shoots a passenger pigeon mid-flight.“But Sir,” Charles replies, “I'm afraid there's no trails cut for snow-skiing on those peaks.”“Well by gum we'll see about that!” the esteemed president shouts, startling one of the horses so badly that it bolts into Ms. McHenry's salon and knocks over her spittoon. VonTrappenSquire, humiliated, repays her by making McHenry Dartmouth Skiway's first general manager.Unfortunately for my imagination, the actual story is provided in Skiway: A Dartmouth Winter Tale by Everett Wood (sourced from the Skiway's website):With its northern New England location and an active Outing Club, Dartmouth College was “the collegiate champion of the outdoor life and winter sports” in the early 1900s. A number of men skied for the United States in the 1936 Winter Olympics in Germany, an amazing feat given that their local ski hills were what is today the Hanover Country Club.In April 1955, a report, spearheaded by John Meck '33 entitled, “Development of Adequate Skiing Facilities for Dartmouth Students in the Hanover Area,” was submitted to the Dartmouth Trustee Planning Committee. The report outlined five basic principles, the first two stating, “Dartmouth has had a preeminence in skiing which has been beneficial and… it is very desirable that this preeminence be maintained… both in terms of competition at the ski team level and of recreational skiing for the student body generally.” The Trustees were sold with the idea.New England Ski History provides the rest:Following John Meck's report … Dartmouth developed trails on the northeastern slope of Holt's Ledge for the 1956-57 season. Climbing up the new 968 vertical foot complex was a 3,775 foot Poma lift, which reportedly served 5 trails. At the foot of the area, the Peter Brundage Lodge was constructed, designed by local architect W. Brooke Fleck. Dartmouth College formally dedicated its new Holt's Ledge ski area on January 12, 1957, while the lodge was inaugurated on March 3. Accomplished racer Howard Chivers, class of 1939, was the area's first manager.So there you go: Dartmouth College owns a ski area. But what has kept the college from filing the Skiway in the basement alongside the Latin curriculum and phrenology textbooks? Why does the 12th best university in America, according to U.S. News & World Reports' rankings, own the 42nd largest ski area in New England by vertical drop? How does Dartmouth Skiway enrich the culture and mission of Dartmouth College in 2023? And where does this peculiar two-sided ski area fit into a New England ski scene increasingly dominated by out-of-state operators with their megapasses and their 42-passenger steamship lifts and their AI-generated, 3D-printed moguls? I had to find out.What we talked aboutBreaking down the 2022-23 ski season; blowing snow on Holt's earlier in the season; staying competitive in a New England dripping with Epic and Ikon Passes; turning skiing into bowling; staying mentally strong through weeks-long stretches of crummy weather; the Indy Allied Resorts program and whether Dartmouth Skiway would join the Indy Pass; the No Boundaries ski pass; Victor Constant; Winter Park and the impact of the Ikon Pass; the angst of taking over a ski area in spring 2020; why Dartmouth College owns a ski area; it's a public ski area, Folks; Olympic legacy; Dartmouth College 101; students on Patrol; the financial relationship between the college and the ski area; Friends of the Skiway; Dartmouth's unusual two-face layout; whether the two sides could be connected via tunnel or other means; why both sides of the Skiway stop more than 1,000 vertical feet short of their mountain summits, and whether that could ever change; expansion opportunities; a student-led environmental assessment of the Skiway; “we have great potential to be one of the most sustainable ski areas in the country”; upgrading snowmaking; the Dupree family and HKD's support of the ski area; upgrading the Holt's Ledge double; where we could see a non-beginner surface lift; whether we could ever see a high-speed lift on either side of the mountain; building out the glade network; the potential for night-skiing; and season passes.Why I thought that now was a good time for this interviewAdamczyk is relatively new to Dartmouth Skiway, arriving that first Covid summer with a Winter Park employee pass still dangling from his ski jacket. It was a scary time to punch in for your first ski area general manager role, but also an opportune one: suddenly, none of the old ways worked anymore. Rethink everything. Try anything. It was a moment of maximum creativity and flexibility in a sometimes-staid industry.Not that Adamczyk has done anything radical. Or needed to – Dartmouth Skiway, unlike so many small New England ski areas living and dead, is well-financed and well-cared-for. But his timing was exquisite. Covid reshuffled the purpose and place of small-mountain skiing in the lift-served food chain. If Loon and Cannon and Sunapee and Waterville and Killington sold out or ran out of parking spots and you still needed someplace to ski that weekend, well, you may have ended up at Dartmouth Skiway.The Skiway has been able to ride that momentum to steady increases in annual skier visits. What led directly to this podcast conversation was the Skiway's first annual report, which Adamczyk assembled last November:Adamczyk also helped found a Friends of Dartmouth Skiway group, a popular mechanism for supporting nonprofit organizations. You can contribute here:Yes, the lifts are still slow, and they're likely to stay that way. Dartmouth Skiway isn't going to become Loon West, despite the thousand feet of unused vert hanging out on either side of the ski area. But the place holds a different sort of potential. Dartmouth Skiway can transform itself into a model of: a sustainable, energy-efficient ski area; a small mountain thriving in big-mountain country; and a nonprofit operating in a profit-driven industry. They're off to a good start.What I got wrongAdamczyk and I briefly discussed when the Skiway updated the drive on its Holt's Ledge Hall double. According to New England Ski History, the ski area upgraded the machine with a Doppelmayr-CTEC drive in 2005.I had a squint-at-the-screen moment when I mis-guessed the name of the Winslow-side glade trail several times, calling it “M.R.O.,” “H.R.O.,” and “N.R.O.” It is N.R.O., as you can see (I do not know what “N.R.O.” stands for):Why you should ski Dartmouth SkiwayIt you're looking for a peak-days getaway from the chaos of Killington or Cannon or Bretton Woods, this isn't a bad alternative. Dartmouth Skiway's 38,000 annual skier visits wouldn't fill the K-1 gondola queue on a February Saturday. Sure, the Skiway's lifts are slow and stop far below the summits, but the place is cheap and well-maintained, and it delivers a thousand(-ish) feet of vert, two distinct faces, and twisty-fun New England rollers.But there's something else. Over the past decade, I've shifted my ski season philosophy to emphasize exploration and novelty. I've always been a resort-hopper; my typical mid-90s ski season rotated through a dozen Michigan bumps punctuated by a run east or west. But by the time I'd moved east in the early 2000s, I held a firm prejudice for larger mountains, sculpting a wintertime rotation of Killington-Mount Snow-Stratton-Sugarbush-Gore-Whiteface (and the like), peppered with some Hunter Mountain or Windham. I'd convinced myself that the smaller ski areas weren't “worth” my time and resources.But then my daughter, now 15, started skiing. I hauled her to Gore, Sugarbush, Killington, Sunday River, Loon, Steamboat, Copper. Her preference, from the start, was for the smaller and less frantic: Thunder Ridge, Bousquet, Plattekill, Catamount, Royal, Willard, Mohawk, and her favorite, 200-vertical-foot Maple Ski Ridge outside Schenectady, New York. She's at ease in these places, free to ski without mob-dodging, without waiting in liftlines, without fighting for a cafeteria seat.And on these down-day adventures, I realized something: I was having a great time. The brutal energy of The Beast is thrilling and invigorating, but also exhausting. And so I began exploring: Elk Mountain, Montage, Greek Peak, Song, Labrador, Peek'N Peak, Oak Mountain, Mount Pleasant, Magic, Berkshire East, Butternut, Otis Ridge, Spring Mountain, Burke, Magic, King Pine, Granite Gorge, Tenney, Whaleback, Black Mountain of Maine. And so many more, 139 ski areas since downloading the Slopes app on my Pet Rectangle at the beginning of the 2018-19 ski season. This process of voyaging and discovery has been thrilling and gratifying, and acted as a huge inspiration for and catalyst of the newsletter you're reading today.I've become a completist. I want to ski every ski area in North America. Each delivers its own thrill, clutches its own secrets, releases its own vibe. This novelty is addictive. Like trying new restaurants or collecting passport stamps. Yes, I have my familiars – Mountain Creek, everything in the Catskills – where I can rip off groomers and max out the floaters and have calibrated the approach speed on each little kicker. But the majority of my winter is spent exploring the Dartmouth Skiways of the world.Budget megapasses, with their ever-expansive rosters, have made it easier than ever to set up and cross off a wintertime checklist of new destinations. So take that Indy Pass, and, yes, cash in your days at Jay and Waterville and Cannon and Saddleback. But linger in between, at Black New Hampshire and Black Maine and Saskadena Six and Pats Peak. And cash in those discount days for the Indy Allied resorts: McIntyre and Whaleback and Middlebury Snowbowl and King Pine. And Dartmouth Skiway.Podcast NotesOn the No Boundaries PassDartmouth Skiway was an inaugural member of the No Boundaries Pass, a coupon book that granted access to four New England ski areas for $99 last season:The pass was good for up to three days at each ski area. The concept was novel: No Boundaries mailed each passholder a coupon book that contained three coupons for each partner mountain. Skiers would then trade in one coupon for a non-holiday weekday lift ticket, two coupons for a Sunday lift ticket, and all three coupons for a Saturday or holiday lift ticket. So you could clock between four and 12 days, depending on when you skied. The pass delivers a payout to each ski area for each skier visit, just like Indy or Ikon or Mountain Collective.The Indy Pass, of course, has already scooped up most of New England's grandest independent mountains, and they don't allow their mountains to join competing, revenue-generating passes. Dartmouth Skiway and Whaleback are both Indy Allied members, and it's unclear how long Indy will tolerate this upstart pass. So far, they're ignoring it, which, given the limited market for a small-mountain pass in a region rippling with deep megapass rosters, is probably the correct move.On Victor Constant ski areaAdamczyk's first job in skiing was at Victor Constant, a 475-vertical-foot ski area run by the U.S. Army at West Point, New York. It is one of the closest ski areas to New York City and is priced like it's 1972, but almost no one has heard of the place. I wrote a brief recap after I stopped in two years ago:Victor Constant pops off the banks of the Hudson, 500 vertical feet of pure fall line served by an antique yellow triple chair. It's 45 miles north of the George Washington Bridge and no one knows it's there. It's part of West Point and managed by the Army but it's open to the public and lift tickets are $27. The terrain is serviceable but the few inches of fresh snow had been paved into blacktop by inept grooming, and so I lapped the wild lumpy natural-snow trails through the trees for two hours. This tiny kingdom was guarded by the most amazing ski patroller I'd ever seen, an absolute zipper bombing tight lines all over the mountain and I could almost see the cartoon bubble popping out of his brain saying Goddamn I can't believe I'm getting paid to crush it like this.Here's the trailmap:If you live anywhere near this joint, do yourself a favor and swing through next winter.On the Dartmouth Outing ClubWe briefly discuss the Dartmouth Outing Club, which bills itself as “the oldest and largest collegiate outing club in the country. Anyone — member or not — may stay at our cabins, go on our trips, rent our gear, and take our classes.” Founded in 1909, the club, among other things, maintains more than 50 miles of the Appalachian Trail. Learn more here.On the original Dartmouth ski area at Oak HillI couldn't find any trailmaps of Dartmouth's original ski hill, which Adamczyk and New England Ski History agree was a surface-lift bump at Oak Hill in Hanover. The area continues to operate as a Nordic center. My best guess is that the surface lift served the cleared area still visible on Google Maps:If you have any additional insight here, please let me know.On Dartmouth Skiway in letters and moving picturesDartmouth Skiway is the subject of at least two books and a PBS documentary:* Skiway: A Dartmouth Winter Tale, book by Everett Wood – order here* Passion for Skiing, book by Stephen L. Waterhouse – for some reason, this is priced at $489.89 on Amazon* Passion for Snow, PBS documentary based upon the Passion for Skiing book:On Dartmouth's two sidesDartmouth Skiway is, like many ski areas, segmented by a road. But unlike Belleayre, which has addressed the issue with a bridge, or Titus, which has bored a tunnel underneath the highway, the Skiway hasn't gotten around to creating a ski-across connection. You can skate across, of course, when the road has sufficient snow, but mostly you have to remove your skis and trek.Holt's Ledge opened first, with a 3,775-foot Poma in 1956 or ‘57, according to New England Ski History. Winslow followed in 1967, when the ski area opted to expand rather than install snowmaking. Grim winters followed – the Skiway operated just 34 days over the 1973-74 season and just four days in the 1979-80 campaign – before the mountain installed snowmaking in 1985.On the Appalachian trail crossing over Holt's LedgeDartmouth Skiway has compelling expansion potential. While the lifts rise just shy of 1,000 vertical feet on either side of the ski area, Holt's Ledge holds 2,220 feet of total vertical, and Winslow soars 2,282 feet. Maximizing this on either side would instantly thrust the Skiway into the Cannon/Loon/Wildcat league of big-time New Hampshire ski areas. Adamczyk and I discuss vertical expansion potential on either face. There is some, it turns out, on Winslow. But Holt's Ledge runs into the Appalachian Trail shortly above the top of the double chair. Meaning you have a better chance of converting the baselodge into a Burger King than you do of pushing the lift any higher than it goes today:The Storm explores the world of lift-served skiing year-round. Join us.The Storm publishes year-round, and guarantees 100 articles per year. This is article 58/100 in 2023, and number 444 since launching on Oct. 13, 2019. Want to send feedback? Reply to this email and I will answer (unless you sound insane, or, more likely, I just get busy). You can also email skiing@substack.com. Get full access to The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast at www.stormskiing.com/subscribe

On this episode of The Black Wine Guy Experience, my guest is Cliff Lede, winemaker Chris Tynan. Chris and discuss his passion for winemaking and his path to success. This episode will delve into Chris's deep knowledge of wine production, farming practices, wineries, and vintages.We talk about how his style and approach to winemaking have evolved, and he has achieved balance in their wines by bringing down alcohol levels. They emphasize the importance of organic farming practices to produce high-quality grapes that reflect the region's terroir. Chris also explains the impact of climate change on grape production and how they harvest earlier to maintain natural acidity and protect the fruit.We explore various vineyards in Napa and Sonoma, including regions like Mount Veeder, Spring Mountain, and Diamond Mountain, and the unique characteristics of their wines. Chris takes us through the challenges faced during a heat wave and how he overcame them with advanced tools and a highly trained staff.The episode also discusses the importance of tasting great wines to develop a deeper understanding and appreciation of winemaking. Chris shares his journey of tasting great wines from the 60s and 70s, including Heitz Martha's Vineyard, Mayacmas, and old Chappellets. Overall, this episode is packed with valuable insights and information for anyone interested in winemaking and will leave you with a newfound appreciation for this age-old craft.A massive Thank You to Chris Tynan!To learn more about Cliff Lede Vineyards, click the link!Follow Cliff Lede Vineyards on IGTo learn more about Christopher Tynan Wines click the link!This episode in-studio wines: 2022 Cliff Lede Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc2019 Cliff Lede Roundabout Midnight Napa Valley Red Wine2019 Cliff Lede Poetry Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon2009 Cliff Lede Poetry Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignon____________________________________________________________Until next time, cheers to the mavericks, philosophers, deep thinkers, and wine drinkers! Subscribe and give The Black Wine Guy Experience a five-star review on whichever platform you listen to.For insider info from MJ and exclusive content from the show sign up at Blackwineguy.comFollow MJ @blackwineguy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ryan was born in Greenwich, and grew up in Westport, CT. He attended Chemical and Biological studies at Roger Williams University in Bristol, RI.  He discovered his passion for wine after numerous trips to Napa Valley, specifically the Spring Mountain AVA located just north of Saint Helena. He worked extensively with producers on Spring Mountain, but most closely with Cain Vineyards. Upon returning to New York City, He began studying at the International Culinary Center for his Court of Masters Sommelier Certified level accreditation.  After receiving the Walter Clore Scholar award he began to work as a Sommelier at Betony, a three star Michelin restaurant  in NY. He then moved to the Four Seasons Restaurant, as Head Sommelier. By chance, he met the owners of the Mercantile Group, and was offered a job in Dublin. His Sommelier career continues to progress at Cafe en Seine located in Dublin.

This week on our Vino Lingo segment we feature Stu Smith, Proprietor, Smith-Madrone Vineyards, Spring Mountain, Napa Valley, defining the phrase “Fire Safe Farming”.  Learn more by visiting www.smithmadrone.com

Many people visit Napa Valley and never get to see the “real” Napa Valley. Several wineries scattered around the Valley represent winemaking at it its very best. These wineries are humble, not super fancy and make the most kick-ass wine you’d ever want to drink. Smith Madrone on Spring Mountain is one of those wineries. [...]

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We venture up the historic and breathtaking Spring Mountain to visit, taste and talk wine with Steve Pride of Pride Mountain Vineyards. What a beautiful property that is both in Napa and Sonoma and we even taste some 2020 vintage Pride Wines which 2020 is going to be know as a great vintage in quality. Enjoy and thanks for listening! Please consider giving us a 5 STAR rating and review on Spotify and Apple Podcasts as it would be appreciated!ENTER YOUR FREE BRACKET ONLINE at the link below. Must be 21+ to enter and must be a Legal US Resident. Win Great Prizes from Coravin, Fly With Wine, Silvadore Brands and some of the participating winerieschallonge.com/corkandtaylorwinemadness#wine #winetime #winelovers Thanks to Silvadore Brands for partnering with the Cork & Taylor Wine Podcast and being the official wine preserver or gas (Argon) provider.Go the link below to get your Silvadore Argon Gas Wine Preserver. Make sure you click FOR YOUR HOME and enter code corkandtaylor to receive 10% off your next orderhttps://www.silvadorebrands.com/Don't forget to Subscribe, Rate and Review! Please please It only takes a few minutes and helps me/the show grow. The more subscribers, reviews and rates helps us to get discovered! Also, follow us on our Facebook @corkandtaylor and Instagram accounts @corkandtaylorpodcast.Also, Please consider supporting the show as it would be appreciated. This helps me offset  expenses to continue to run and grow the Cork & Taylor Wine Podcast. Thanks! Lukewww.patreon.com/corkandtaylor

This week's guest on CORVETTE TODAY was actually on the show in June of 2020...2-1/2 years ago!He's Rick Malone, the Lead Driving Instructor and Director of the Ron Fellows Corvette Performance Driving School at Spring Mountain.Rick is back on CORVETTE TODAY to update us on the C8 Owners Driver's School, what's going on at Spring Mountain, in general, and what you have to look forward to when you take their 2 day course.There is so much fun for you and your spouse when you attend their class. Don't miss this episode of CORVETTE TODAY with Rick Malone!

This week on our Vino Lingo segment we feature Sam Baxter, Owner & Winemaker, Terra Valentine, Spring Mountain, Napa Valley, defining the term “Ullage”. Learn more by visiting www.terravalentine.com

Our very first interview with Sam Baxter dates back to November of 2009, Podcast #9. We’ve done a few more interviews over the years between, so it was good to catch up once again. I visited Sam at the home of Terra Valentine on Spring Mountain in May. While the earth was still scorched from [...]

More news and information about the new Corvette C8 Z06 keeps trickling in. And now, with Corvettes at Carlisle and the NCM Anniversary Event completed, your CORVETTE TODAY host, Steve Garrett, teams up with Keith Cornett from CorvetteBlogger to bring you the latest news and headlines about America's Sports Car!Here are some of the topics cover next week....C8 Z06 orders CLOSED thru the rest of 2022Bowling Green Assembly Plant was closed last week and thru Labor DayTop speed for the C8 Z06 is 195 mph and 189 mph for the Z07C8 Z06 fuel economy revealedCallaway shows a prototype supercharged C8 Stingray at Corvettes at CarlisleLMR takes the world record-fastest C8 Stingray on the planet1,000 African American Corvette owners converge in Bowling Green for the 1st Corvette Cultural Awareness WeekendTwo new Z06 videos posted to the official Z06 websiteChevrolet add a mandatory $300 to all 2023 Corvettes for OnStar subscriptionBGA Plant Tours to resume-November 2022C8 Z06 school at Spring Mountain starts in Q2 of 2023If you want the latest news and information about Corvette, one of your best resources is the ONLY current podcast about Corvettes...CORVETTE TODAY!Visit the website, listen to the podcast, watch the YouTube video, shop in the Merchandise Store, sign up for email notifications and join the Facebook group at:www.CorvetteToday.com

This week, Ira spoke with Brooklyn Bluesman Emanuel Casablanca, whose debut album "Blood On My Hands," will be featured in an album release show at The Sand Dollar Lounge on Spring Mountain in Las Vegas August 25, and The Sand Dollar Downtown Las Vegas on August 26. In this episode of Talk About Las Vegas, Emanuel talks about his early start in music and financial career; why he decided to follow his heart and go full time into music and performing; why he is a calculated risk taker; the Ronnie Wood influence; the other Wood influence; why he believes in always being a student to your craft; how he views the blues boys club; and why he wants to help bring back blues to the popularity it once enjoyed.

Cranky and a tired Tumbles do a redo of their play-by-play Half Dome hike in Yosemite and add their displeasure about Las Vegas.  Culture shock from woods to urban sprawl is very real!   The duo did manage to find an oasis in Spring Mountain Park, woods about an hour from Vegas and the Mojave heat!  Check out the episode to find out about this little gem and enjoy!

Rick Moonen is back in the co-host chair, just in time to hear Al and Rich talk about Half-Bird, Brian Howard and Jon Anthony's new rotisserie and chicken sando joint at Spring Mountain & Wynn. Al goes straight to the source, a lobster expert in Maine, to learn about colored lobsters (and whether it's OK to eat them). As for the ghost: Chef Iman Haggag of POTs shares her not-so-great experience turning her Egyptian vegan restaurant into a takeout-only facility via a ghost kitchen. Also: Al's dessert discoveries, a $10,000 a head wine paring meal, and Rich goes big-time at Catch for a special dinner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The world of Corvette is really heating up with the release of pricing for the C8 Z06. Your CORVETTE TODAY host, Steve Garrett and Keith Cornett from CorvetteBlogger are back with the most current Corvette news and headlines.Here are a few of the topics discussed in this week's show…. 1. Chevrolet offering C8 Z06 buyers $5,000 in rewards for not “flipping” their car 2. GM limits the warranty transferability of the C8 Z06 to people who flip their cars 3. The C8 Z06 Order Guide is now available for download 4. FBI raids a Chinese-owned company that makes aluminum wheels for GM 5. Spring Mountain is back open after a flash flood covered the track with sand & debris 6. Our "Corvette Insider" Manny Katakis from Muscle Cars & Trucks is back with insider information! 7. Lingenfelter introduces a high performance Cold Air Intake for the C8 8. The first 35th Anniversary Callaway C8 arrives at Ciocca Chevrolet CORVETTE TODAY continues to be a leading resource for up-to-date Corvette news and information! Don't miss a single show-a new episode launches every Monday at 12 midnight Eastern Time. It's the ONLY current podcast about Corvette!

For Episode 30 the Nine One Wine crew goes on an adventure to the home of the patriotic pour, Sherwin Family Vineyards. Located in the Spring Mountain district, we are joined by father son duo, Matt and Steve Sherwin. The March 1996 and 2022 police logs were reviewed while enjoying the delicious Sherwin Family Vineyards 2017 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, 2018 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon and Cellar Scraps #15. Highlights of the episode include rebuilding after the fire, a struggling squirrel, skunk euthanasia, and professional owl hooters. Enjoy another charming episode of animal based crime and amazing family owned wines. 

Join Avalon, founder of One Minute Calm, in Red Rock Canyon in the Spring Mountain in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. This is a special on location Walk and Talk during our Mindfulness Summer Tour 2022. Experience the serenity and quite of the Red Rock Canyon in the Spring Mountains, west of downtown Las Vegas. This special place is a reminder of the desert that Las Vegas once was and is surrounded by. The special episode is a mindfulness exercise to visualize the canyon, and a very serene description of the special place. Checkout Avalon's Walk and Talk Podcasts, One Minute Calm Videos or blogs to see if this is something for you. Spotify Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5b7KmC9c8nfC7CedVaiLd6 Wordpress: https://oneminutecalmwalkandtalkwithavalon.wordpress.com/episodes/ Facebook @oneminutecalm Instagram @oneminutecalm DONATIONS/SUPPORT: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zimaf - - - - - We are listener SUPPORTED. Connecting a world wide audience in mindfulness is the goal you help to actualize. When you DONATE you create opportunities for us to reach listeners in small and large communities. Your SUPPORT promotes a minority owned business; the One Minute Calm start-up founder is a female-minority-mixed-race (Filipina-Croatian-Spanish). Be mindful and DONATE today https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/zimaf - - - - - FOR Appointments with Avalon: CLICK HERE #relaxation #meditation #mindfulness #OMC #oneminutecalm Produced by ZIMAF entertainment international ©2022 - - - --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/oneminutecalm/support

Jeremy and Matt discuss the position rankings that Matt put together and we discuss what he discovered going through and ranking not just the top players from each team but going through the depth. The rankings are not a power ranking but an overall look at the depth. Plus, they get into name, image, and likeness and how it is the big story among college sports and the impact it has in the Mountain West. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeremy and Matt discuss the position rankings that Matt put together and we discuss what he discovered going through and ranking not just the top players from each team but going through the depth. The rankings are not a power ranking but an overall look at the depth. Plus, they get into name, image, and likeness and how it is the big story among college sports and the impact it has in the Mountain West. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To support independent ski journalism, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Prices increase and a partial paywall activates on March 14. Organizations can email skiing@substack.com or reply to this email to add multiple users on one account.The Storm Skiing Podcast is sponsored by Spot and Mountain Gazette - Listen to the podcast for discount codes on subscriptions and merch.WhoAndrew Halmi, General Manager of Mount Pleasant of Edinboro, PennsylvaniaRecorded onMarch 1, 2022Why I interviewed himCold and hilly, with the Appalachian spine slashing southwest-to-northeast across the map, Pennsylvania is a monster ski state, with 28 lift-served mountains. Most of these are bunched across the southern tier, in Vailville from Seven Springs to Roundtop, or along the eastern border with New Jersey, from Spring Mountain up to Elk.And then there’s Mount Pleasant, drifting alone in the state’s far northwest corner, hundreds of miles and hours of driving from the next-closest in-state ski areas. It’s like one of those nature documentaries with a drone floating over the lone baby buffalo standing apart from the herd, bunched and snorting about the quality of this year’s grass crop. You look for the circling wolves or lions and wait for the poor thing to be transformed into lunch. It’s isn’t entirely clear how any other outcome is possible.But Mount Pleasant is the Spud Webb of Pennsylvania skiing, the unassuming 5’6” kid who wins the NBA Slam Dunk Contest (that actually happened). The ski area is, first of all, well-positioned, seated less than 17 miles off the shores of the Lake Eerie snow factory. The ski area often leads the state in snowfall, with up to 200 inches in a bomber year. Again, this is in Pennsylvania. Every ski area in the Poconos combined doesn’t get 200 inches some years.Second, while it’s separated from its in-state ski-area homeboys by at least three hours of highway, Mount Pleasant is quite well-positioned from a business point of view. Eerie, population 97,000-ish, is just 20 miles away. The county has around 270,000 residents altogether. Other than Peek’n Peak, stationed 32 miles away across the New York state line, Mount Pleasant has those skiers all to itself.But neither of those things is the essential ingredient to Mount Pleasant’s improbable survival amid the graveyard of lost ski areas haunting Pennsylvania’s mountains. Cliché alert: the secret is the people. Launched as a notion in the 70s and crushed by the snow droughts and changing economy of the 80s, Mount Pleasant hung on through the 90s, barely solvent as a ski club running on the clunky machinery of faded decades. When the current owners bought the joint in the mid-2000s, it was a time machine at best and a hospice patient at worst, waiting to be guided toward the light.Since then, the place has punched its way out of the grave, and it’s now a thriving little ski area, with a modern triple chair and improving snowmaking. The owners, Doug and Laura Sinsabaugh, are local school teachers who have poured every dollar of profit back into the ski area. They have invested millions and, according to Halmi, never put a cent in their own pockets. They’ve shown remarkable resilience and ingenuity, installing the chairlift – which came used from Granite Peak, Wisconsin – themselves and slowly, methodically upgrading the snowmaking plant.The place still has a long way to go. Only half the trails have snowmaking. The lodge – a repurposed dairy barn – is perhaps the most remarkable building in Northeast skiing, but it’s roughly the size of an F-350 truckbed. The beginner area is still served by a J-bar that makes the VCR look like a miracle of modern machinery.Improvements for all of these elements are underway, as we discuss in the podcast. Last year’s Covid-driven outdoor boom accelerated Mount Pleasant’s renaissance, re-introducing the little ski area to a jaded local population who had, not unfairly, dismissed it as a relic. When they showed up in 2021 for their first visit in seven or 10 or 15 years, they found the formerly problematic T-bar sitting in a pile in the parking lot and a glimmering chairlift staggering up the incline and a place with a spark and a future. It’s really an incredible story, and I’m as excited to share this one as any I’ve ever recorded.What we talked aboutMount Pleasant’s strong Instagram account; I told Halmi to get Mount Pleasant onto Twitter and then he got it onto Twitter so give the joint a follow; how hard it is for someone who works at a ski area to ski sometimes; Mount Pleasant in its member-owned, ragtag days under the Mountain View name; how close the ski area came to not opening for the 2020-21 ski season and how that season re-ignited Mount Pleasant’s business; when and why the ski area failed and what resurrected it; puttering through 28-day operating seasons; the couple who saved the ski area and hauled it into modernity; “this was as close as you could get to starting a ski area from scratch”; why the owners have returned 100 percent of the ski area’s profit back into rebuilding it; Pennsylvania as a ski state; why Mount Pleasant survived as so many small ski areas across the state went extinct; the Lone Ranger of Pennsylvania skiing; the enormous challenge of moving a used triple chair from Granite Peak, Wisconsin, to Mount Pleasant; how a team of people from a ski area that had never had a chairlift demolished their old T-bar and installed a new lift over the course of one offseason; getting the lift towers installed with a crew of “three or four,” and without a helicopter; oops the chairs arrived with no safety bars; the vagaries of safety-bar cultures across the United States; how the chairlift changed the character and energy of the ski area; pouring one out for the T-bar; how many people you can get on a single T-bar; where the old T-bar is today and the inventive way Mount Pleasant may repurpose it; what kind of chairlift Mount Pleasant would like next and where that would go; the other upgrades that have to happen before a new chair is a possibility; how much it costs to install snowmaking on a single trail; how the ski area’s beginner area could evolve; why Mount Pleasant has a carpet lift sitting in its parking lot; yes there is such a thing as 200 inches of snow in a single Pennsylvania ski season; the mountain’s long-term snowmaking plans; Mount Pleasant’s threaded-through-the-forest trail network and border-to-border ski philosophy; why the ski area has minimal terrain park features and whether that could change; what happened to the old Minute Man trail and whether it could ever come back into the trail network; how Mount Pleasant managed to stay open seven nights per week in a challenging labor market; what would happen to the ski area were it to change its operating schedule after its season-pass sale; what happened when Vail moved into nearby Ohio; Mount Pleasant’s unique baselodge; whether we could see Mount Pleasant on the Indy Pass or any other pass coalitions; and season passes.Why I thought that now was a good time for this interviewSmall ski areas, I think, are having a moment. I don’t have any data to prove that, but everywhere I look, megapass burnout it palpable. I love the rambling adventure of big ski areas. The sport could not be mainstream without them. But that doesn’t mean that a big ski area is the best ski area for every ski day. Sometimes a slowpoke day through the slowpoke woods is all you need. You don’t have to fight for your life to find a parking spot or line up for the chairlift or buy a Rice Krispy Treat. You just ski. It’s a different enough kind of skiing that it feels like a different sport altogether.There’s a bit of a positive feedback loop going on here. Skiers – especially skiers with kids – seek out an experience that isn’t defined by Times-Square-on-New-Year’s-Eve crowds. They find little back-of-the-woods bumps like Mount Pleasant or Maple Ski Ridge, New York or Whaleback, New Hampshire. They like it. They tell their friends. The incremental revenue generated from this word-of-mouth uptick in visits goes straight back into the mountain. A place like Mount Pleasant trades a Roman-era T-bar for a modern chairlift. That baseline experience in place, its future becomes more certain, and all of skiing benefits from a healthier beginner mountain.Mount Pleasant is pretty much exactly all of this. It’s just big enough to not bore a seasoned skier while remaining approachable enough for someone who’s never clicked in. It’s not an easy balance to achieve. Halmi, the owners, everyone involved with this place have accomplished something pretty cool: saved a dying ski area without a huge airdrop of cash. It’s a story that others who want to do the same could surely benefit from hearing.Why you should ski Mount Pleasant of EdinboroI said this to Halmi on the podcast, and I’ll repeat it here: I liked Mount Pleasant a lot more than I was expecting to. Not that I thought I would dislike it. I am a huge fan of small ski areas. But many of them, admirable as their mission is, are not super compelling from a terrain point of view, with a clear-cut hillside stripped of the deadly obstacles (read: trees), that their first-timer clientele may have a habit of smashing into.What I found was a neat little trail system woven through the woods. It’s a layout that encourages exploration and find-your-own lines inventiveness. I’ll admit I hit it after a storm cycle, when the snow stood deep in the trees and the old T-bar line was skiable. That did favorably color my impression of the place – snow makes everything better. But the overall trail-management approach resonated with me in a way that’s rare for sub-400-vertical-foot ski areas. It felt like a ski area run by skiers, which is not as universal as you may suppose.It also just feels cool to be there. The dairy barn/lodge alone would be an attraction even if you had no interest in anything above it. The fact that the ski area not only still has, but still uses a 1976 Tucker Sno-Cat is one of the raddest things in America (the mountain also has modern groomers). The place bristles with life and energy, a real kids-and-families joint materializing out of the Pennsylvania backroads.The place has some quirks. The steepest part of the main slope is near the bottom – a nightmare for a beginner’s-oriented hill. If you follow the abandoned T-bar all the way down, you find yourself on the far side of the tubing hill, and it’s an adventure in poling, a ride up the J-bar, and a duck-walk back up to the chairlift to find your way home. But it’s all part of the adventure, and all part of the character of this fabulous little ski area. It feels well-loved and well-cared-for, and that is clear the minute you arrive.More Mount Pleasant of EdinboroLift Blog’s inventory of Mount Pleasant’s lift fleetHistoric Mount Pleasant trailmaps on skimap.orgMount Pleasant season passesA trailmap and brochure from Mount Pleasant’s inaugural season, 1970-71:Here’s a photo of the lodge prior to its conversion from a dairy barn:The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast is a reader-supported publication. Please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Prices increase and a partial paywall goes up on March 14. Get full access to The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast at www.stormskiing.com/subscribe

Welcome back to another episode of The Everyday Wine Aficionado Podcast, today let me introduce you to Dave Thompson of The Napa Wine Project.   One of the few individuals with such a complete perspective of the Napa Valley wine scene both from a macro and a micro level, Mr. Thompson operates the Napa Wine Project, a comprehensive and detailed directory of more than 1,100 Napa Valley-based wineries and producers that he has personally visited and extensively written about. He has his finger directly on the pulse of the Napa Valley winery scene. Also an extensive world traveler, he has visited 175 countries and territories to date and began Dave's Travel Corner in 1996, an international travel community.   Let's dive into his wine story!    [00:01 - 05:37] Opening Segment    I introduce our guest for this episode Dave shares with us how his travel blog turned into The Napa Wine Project   [05:38 - 18:41] From Howell Mountain to Coombsville   Hundreds of unheard wine valleys Revisiting and re-writing Dave's travel blog How Dave found his wineries Dave shares with us which wineries he prioritized Dave's Winery Selection Process Winery Trends:  The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly More interest in the smaller brands Younger winemakers Let's talk wine! Why Dave tend to gravitate towards the hillside Howell Mountain versus Spring Mountain   [18:42 - 31:47] All Things Napa Valley Dave's Personal Taste: Single-vineyard versus Blends Multi-varieties of wine The Best of Vintages The ‘20 and ‘21 Vintages Dave's advice: Be passionate, obsessed, detailed, and more Hobby turned business Wine and wineries in 2022   [31:48 - 36:27] Tasting Round   Dave's Favorite Wine Riesling and Tokaj Dave's Favorite Go-To Pairing  Thai Food Anything spicy Dave's Wine Resource Napa vendors Napa Rocks The Wine Bible Connect with Dave  See links below  Reach out to me for more wine conversations through the links below  Subscribe and leave a review Final words  Tweetable Quotes:   “The number of businesses that are part of Napa Valley winery ownership is pretty amazing when you start digging deep.” - Dave Thompson   “Travel is my addiction but wine has become my obsession.” - Dave Thompson Connect with Dave through Instagram (@davedtc, @napawinetasting, @napavalleyuncorked), Twitter, Facebook.  Check out his websites http://www.napawineproject.com/, https://www.davestravelcorner.com/, and https://www.napavalleyuncorked.com/.      Let's continue the Everyday Wine Conversations and connect with me through Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, or feel free to shoot me an email at kris@krislevy.co. You can also check out my website at ​www.​klevywineco.com.   TELL US WHAT YOU THINK! LEAVE A REVIEW + help us get the word out there! Share this podcast to someone who wants to join the wine conversations. Go ahead and take a screenshot, share this to your stories, and tag me on Instagram!    JOIN THE CLUB through this link and handpick wines every month, from up and coming wineries, winemaker owned brands and wineries with unique stories while supporting those wineries directly. You can also join our Facebook Group to connect with other wine lovers, get special tips and tricks, and take your wine knowledge to a whole new level.  

Join us every other week as we look at the impact of history, politics, and the economy of members of AAPI communities.  Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) are the fastest-growing ethnic or racial group in Clark County—but despite the Census data grouping, it's not one homogenous group. You'll learn about the hundreds of languages and dialects spoken across AAPI, hear from Pacific Islanders keeping their cultures alive in Southern Nevada, and take deep dives with us into the logging and mining days of old Nevada. Celebrate with us, learn with us, and subscribe for the latest episodes.

Pagurus is sold! Here's how I did it, and how you can do it too. We'll also review FlexSeal, Remove bolts we can't reach, visit a Howard Hughes Retreat, and find bargains at IKEA. FIND US: We're on Facebook (Built to Go Group), Instagram (@collegeofcuriosity), Twitter (@colofcuriosity), and we have a Discord server (invite at top of main page at builttogo.com.) New Video: Product Review - FlexSeal Spray  It's very liquid, which is great for things like oversealing, preventing rust, and emergency leaks.  https://amzn.to/3AMMGVJ Tech Talk - Vise Grips for Removing Bolts You Can't Reach Clamp the Vise Grips to the nut, and use a socket on the bolt.  Locking pliers: https://amzn.to/2X8iEwP A Place to Visit: Spring Mountain Ranch A Howard Hughes retreat is still a peaceful break from the Vegas chaos.  Spring Mountain Ranch State Park Some links are affiliate links. If you purchase anything from these links, the show will receive a small fee. This will not impact your price in any way. 

Today's guest on the podcast is Jared Pickard. Jared and his wife Velisa have one of the only biodynamic farms in the country. Be Here Farm + Nature is a Demeter Certified Biodynamic farm located at 2200' elevation on the peak of Spring Mountain, Sonoma, CA, just outside the town of Saint Helena. WThey grow over 300 unique varieties of fruits, vegetables, herbs and flowers which are utilized in their two product lines: artisanal food products and holistic skincare.   Jared shares how his journey has taken him from Wall Street to farming and occasionally making his own cheese. He discusses how observing his older brother drop 100 lbs with a Chek Practitioner not only got Jared curious, but changed the trajectory of his life.   We talk about work, Following your passion, being a beginner, working with your spouse, and how sometimes working "in " is more important depending on what's happening in your life than working "out". There's something really unique and special about an East Coast Wall Street guy who talks farming without even plowing the ground. Enjoy   www.beherefarm.com Instagram @beherefarm Show Sponsors SunPotion: To buy and save use discount code ‘Gabby' www.sunpotion.com Sakara: Visit ~ www.Sakara.com/GABBYREECE for 20% off your first order

Born in Milan, Italy, Alberto Bianchi has had the luxury of traveling the world while learning how to make wine, including stints in Italy, France, Australia, New Zealand, and finally in California where he became the head winemaker at Newton Vineyard. Alberto was drawn to the Spring Mountain site because it's steep hillside vineyards reminded him of his idyllic summers spent in the Cinque Terre of Italy where he became intrigued by the region's mountain vineyards. According to Alberto, the vines on Spring Mountain may not have an easy life, but their struggle pays off with wines that are seriously delicious and clean. I invite you to drink in this episode with the charming and talented Alberto Bianchi. Wines tasted in this episode: 2017 Newton Vineyards Unfiltered Chardonnay 2018 Newton Vineyards The Puzzle

“Brothers Stuart and Charles Smith are the vineyard managers and winemakers of Smith-Madrone Winery located on Spring Mountain in the Napa Valley. Smith-Madrone celebrated their 50th Anniversary on May 14th. The name for the winery came as a tribute to … Continue reading → The post Show 428, June 5, 2021: Stuart Smith, Founder, Smith-Madrone Vineyards & Winery, Spring Mountain, Napa Valley appeared first on SoCal Restaurant Show.

Pete Neild joined me to discuss his (our) adventure in Pahrump NV at the Spring Mountain Raceway May 1-2, 2021.  Pete raced his Corvette Calypso on the track as part of his own birthday present.  Pete shares his experience on the raceway, mastering the Bus Stop Turn, his learnings on the course, and how he handled some unexpected challenges.  We also talk about local news in our hometown of Poway. #SpringMountain #Pahrump #Corvette #Poway Referenced Links: Spring Mountain Raceway: https://www.springmountainmotorsports.com/ Pete’s Calypso Corvette C7 site: https://www.calypso-c74pjn.com/ Pete Neild YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/pneilddroid/videos John Riley Project Info: Bookings? Inquiries? Contact me at https://johnrileyproject.com/ Sponsorship Inquiries: https://johnrileyproject.com/sponsorship/ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJJSzeIW2A-AeT7gwonglMA Social Media and Podcast Links: http://connectwithjohnny.com/ Music: https://www.purple-planet.com 

The Storm Skiing Podcast is sponsored in part by:Mountain Gazette - Listen to the podcast for discount codes on subscriptions and merch.Helly Hansen - Listen to the podcast to learn how to get an 18.77 percent discount at the Boston and Burlington, Vermont stores.WhoSara Montgomery, General Manager of West Mountain and Spencer Montgomery, Co-Owner and Operator of West Mountain, New YorkRecorded onApril 12, 2021Sara and Spencer Montgomery took over West Mountain, N.Y. prior to the 2013-14 ski season. They have since led a $17 million transformation of the ski area.Why I interviewed themBecause West Mountain is one of the best stories in New York skiing. A decade ago, the place was falling apart. Trails-in-name-only had become overgrown and were rarely open. A handful of homemade mobile snowguns serviced the mountain. A trio of doddering antique chairlifts rose from a cluster of ramshackle or abandoned buildings. Night-lighting was inconsistent and covered only portions of the mountain. The place puttered along on 30,000 skier visits per year. Then the Montgomerys arrived with a new vision and energy, moving their family of six to the base of the mountain and initiating a $17 million gut renovation. Eight years after their arrival, the place is transformed, with a forest of tower guns that can bury the full trail network in a few days, three new lifts, 100 percent night skiing, widened and consistently open ski runs, renovated lodges and cafeterias, and reinvigorated race and after-school programs. And that’s just phase one. The long-term aspiration is to transform West into the sort of ski-and-stay destination that New York is desperately lacking, build an affordable ski academy, and continue expanding the lift and trail network. I wanted to speak with the Montgomerys to understand how they did all this and how they were going to stretch toward the future.West is divided into two distinct pods: the Main trails, left, where the race programs are centered, and the Northwest section, right.What we talked aboutGrowing up skiing at West; how they came to own and operate the ski area; living on the mountainside; what West looked like when they took over in 2013 and where they invested $17 million to completely overhaul the ski area; why they widened the front trails beneath the main summit lift; how to raise $17 million; transforming West into a true resort with ski-and-stay condos and a pedestrian village; where we could see ski expansion and new lifts on the mountain; the great missed opportunity of New York skiing; mirroring the Holiday Valley or Jiminy Peak model; the topography and future of the mountaintop; the growth and future of the race program; ramping up customer service; the overhauled cafeteria and Northwest lodge; amping up the night-skiing operation; the growth of after-school programs; balancing strong race programs with a good ski experience for the public; making race programs affordable; growing the college and twenty-something demos; why West bought Hermitage Club’s old summit triple and why they added a loading carpet; selling off the old Riblet chairs; upgrading the Facelift chair to a quad; West’s steep terrain; choosing a new triple chair for the Northwest side and shifting it onto a different location than the lift it replaced; why stationary guns are superior to mobile guns; why a 10-inch pipe can carry three times the water of a six-inch pipe; ditching the habit of having trails-in-name-only and making sure the full trailmap was open for the majority of the winter; clearing out the warren of narrow trails beneath the main lift; why West eliminated a number of Northwest-side runs listed on old trailmaps; the potential to thin more glades; long-term expansion potential; the logic behind the $499 season pass; surging pass sales; why West ditched the midweek pass; the chances of West joining the Indy Pass; and Covid-era adaptations that may stick around beyond the 2020-21 ski season.West on a snowy night.Why I thought that now was a good time for this interviewFor all the reasons itemized above. If you haven’t been to West since 2012 or so, you’re not going to recognize the place. It looks different. It skis different. It feels different. West circa 2010 was not throwback in the man-this-is-what-skiing-used-to-be-this-is-so-quaint-and-idyllic kind of way. It was throwback in the am-I-going-to-die-falling-off-this-jalopy-of-a-chairlift kind of way. Like what Holiday Mountain or Spring Mountain feel like today. When a ski area hits that point it either withers like a forgotten Jack-o’-lantern – still somewhat resembling the thing it once proudly was but clearly not that thing anymore either – or it finds some path to reinvention and reinvigoration. We’re seeing it elsewhere in the Northeast, where formerly beaten- down ski areas lost in the poor decisions, bad luck, and underinvestment of past decades are suddenly resurgent: Saddleback and Magic, Greek Peak and Bousquet. West has climbed aboard that list, though with less fanfare and fireworks outside of their local market, and I wanted to throw a spotlight on what’s become a remarkable little ski area.Before the Montgomerys took over, this trail, known as The Cure, was “a snowcat’s-width wide” and rarely open.What I got wrongAt one point I referred to the portion of I-87 from which you can see West Mountain’s 1,000 vertical feet blazing in the winter night as the “Thruway.” No doubt many of you are eager to inform me that this section of I-87 is actually called the “Northway.” I am aware of this and simply misspoke, mostly because I do not actually give a s**t what this particular section of I-87 is called because what I call this highway from top to bottom is I-87. I do not understand this Northeast habit of naming your expressways as though they are family pets, particularly when they ALREADY HAVE A F*****G NAME. I still remember the sense of rage and confusion inspired by a road sign announcing “Closures on the Deegan” as I exited the Tappan Zee Bridge one day several years ago, and all I could think is “What the f**k is the ‘Deegan’ and why would anyone call it that when any interstate traveler like say a trucker or tourist attempting to navigate cityward by map would identify this road as Interstate 87?” But hey why not disrupt the flow of commerce and confuse the s**t out of people by tossing out some colloquialism that makes sense to exactly four dozen people running the local road commission. This may just be some hokey Midwest sensibility but I generally prefer the simplest solution to most problems and the solution here is to give one road that has already been assigned an easily identifiable numeral that syncs logically with the naming conventions of the 46,876-mile United States Interstate system one name and exactly one name and that is the name it already has: I-87. But no instead New Yorkers have to give it not one or two but three separate additional special names along its 333-mile route. And this all seems confusing and unnecessary, like if I called my cat “Spike” while he was in the basement and “Fiddles” while he was upstairs and “Pokeypoo” when he was out in the yard. But it’s all the same cat you see and his real name is Number 9 but really my main goal in life is to confuse the s**t out of people for no good reason and I can see that it’s working so you’re welcome.Why you should go thereBecause you drive past it on your way to Gore or Whiteface or perhaps Vermont depending upon your route and as you do so you look up off of the road universally known as Interstate 87 and say, “Oh look a ski area I wonder what it’s called?” Well it’s called West Mountain and it is worth your time. It has a thousand vertical feet and all new everything and a cool community vibe. And it’s a family business, a place worth supporting, the kind of ski area we need to print new skiers who will one day fly their three kids out to Colorado for spring breaks. It’s not a bumps-and-glades kind of place, at least not yet, but it has good steady pitch and an interesting trail layout. And it has a big future. Go now to see what it’s like so you can follow along while it becomes what it will be.Additional readingCoverage of West in the Glens Falls Chronicle, Spectrum Local News, Daily Gazette, Saratogian, and WNYT.The Montgomerys have overhauled the trail network - compare this 2011 map to the current iteration, below.West released this new trailmap for the 2020-21 ski season.- Get on the email list at www.stormskiing.com

The Platform episode 368 features Matty Ray, who was born and raised in Willow Grove Pennsylvania. He started performing at the age of 14 in the Philly area and instantly grabbed the attention of listeners from all walks of life. Now residing in Vegas, you can listen to him live at his residencies that include The Clique Lounge at the Cosmopolitan Hotel and Casino and Mas Por Favor on Spring Mountain every month. Follow him on his socials below and let's get into his latest mix for The Platform here on Hits101 Radio. IG: www.instagram.com/TheRealMattyRay IG: www.instagram.com/BeatsByMatty Youtube: youtube.com/DJMattyRay Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/DJMattyRay/ SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/dj-matty-ray Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/therealmattyray Twitter: https://twitter.com/MattyRay

Episode 4, The President of Keenan Winery on Spring Mountain in Napa, Michael Keenan, joins Mike in the Vintners Room. They discuss last year's tragic Glass Fire, shifting wine markets in the pandemic, turning Millennials on to the "good juice" and what it's like to have a pig for a pet! Wines tasted this episode:2016 Nicholson Ranch Pinot Noir "Cactus Hill"2016 Keenan Merlot Reserve "Mailbox Vineyard"

#027. Aaron Masden played his High School Football at La Crosse Central HS, La Crosse, WI. He was a college RB at Luther College (NCAA DIII), Decorah IA and  at the University of Thomas (NCAA DIII), St. Paul MN. He is the current Head Football Coach at Spring Mountain HS. He has a very impressive resume', but that only begins to scratch the surface of what he and his wife, Jody have done to the culture of not only that football program, but all the boys in the facility itself. That's right...Spring Mountain HS is not your average high school. It is a rehabilitation center for young men who made some bad choices. Aaron and Jody are Juvenile Probation Officers and together have changed lives for the better in a very tough situation. Here is an article about Spring Mountain HS and a very tough time that The Masden's went through with one of their players: Spring Mountain grieves death of star QB | Las Vegas Review-JournalHere are some of Coach Masden's accomplishments:2009, 2010, 2011 - Nevada 1A Southern League Coach of the Year2016 NevadaPreps/Las Vegas Review Journal All-State Football COY (All Divisions)2018 NevadaPreps/Las Vegas Review Journal All-State Football COY (All Divisions) 2019 NevadaPreps/Las Vegas Review Journal State HS Coach of the Year (Overall - All Divisions/All Sports)10 Championships - 1 League (2018), 7 Regional (2012-2014, 2016-2019), 2 State Titles (2016 & 2018)Jody herself is an accomplished Division 1 softball player. She was born and raised in Las Vegas, and has returned after college to reside and do her work along side Aaron. Here are some of Jody's accomplishments:High School Softball standout at Bishop Gorman HS. Went to college at Wichita State (NCAA DI) where she was League MVP  and Team Record Holder. She now is a great HS Football Team Mom and has worked at Spring Mountain HS 2012-Present. Aaron is quoted as saying, "She is the best partner, support, fundraiser, and season surrogate mom a coach could ever want.”Here is an article that came out spotlighting Jody and her love for her job and those kids: Jody Lupo Masden: Saving lives, one at a time in Southern Nevada — W.G. RamirezJody's Instagram: @paytonthetown

INTERVIEW AND TASTINGIn 2020 Newton Vineyard lost their entire winery and Spring Mountain vineyards in one of the worst fires in the history of the region. As CEO Jean-Baptiste Rivail reveals in this Zoom conversation with James, this was particularly galling for the team, who had just completed a renovation phase at the site. Thankfully, the team at Newton Vineyard remains positive and have already started to rebuild. James spoke to Rivail and winemaker Alberto Bianchi over Zoom in preparation for his upcoming Napa report. James and JamesSuckling.com Assistant Editor Claire Nesbitt tasted a selection of 2017 and 2018 wines and discussed with Rivail and Bianchi how the 2018 vintage performed for chardonnay and about what makes carneros so special for the grape, among other topics. Listen to the full podcast for highlights of the tasting and discussion.Read the full Napa report here: NEW NAPA VALLEY WINES HIGHLIGHT HARMONY AND REFINEMENT WITH 2018 VINTAGE (1,093 WINES RATED)THE WINES TASTED:Newton Napa Valley Puzzle 2018Newton Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Unfiltered 2018Newton Chardonnay Napa Valley Carneros Beckstoffer Lake Vineyard 2018Newton Chardonnay Napa Valley Unfiltered 2018Newton Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Mt. Veeder 2017Newton Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Spring Mountain District 2017Newton Chardonnay Napa Valley Carneros The Bay Vineyard 2018Newton Cabernet Sauvignon Napa Valley Yountville 2017

Steve Garrett and Keith Cornett from CorvetteBlogger.com get you into the holiday spirit with a lot of Corvette news & headlines. Even thought it's the holiday season, there is still tons of things to talk about in the world of Corvette! Here are some of the news items covered in this podcast: 1. 2020 Corvette production to end on Monday, December 14th. 2. What spec is the last 2020 C8 Corvette built? 3. C8 Corvette outsells all other rivals in Q3 2020. 4. Will ordering a personalized VIN give you a loophole to getting your Corvette early? 5. The Corvette Performance Driving School at Spring Mountain has a special holiday offer. 6. A 2020 Corvette arrives at a dealership with a two-tone "Boomerang" 7. A 1989 Corvette is turned into the Michael Keaton Batmobile and sells at the Mecum Auction for $88,000 8. The "All Corvettes Are Red" historic photoshoot! Happy holidays from CORVETTE TODAY....enjoy this podcast!

This week on episode 307 of the We Like Drinking podcast we’ll be discussing Fantasy Football ByeLaws, Barrel Aged Kit Kat Bars, and We’re talking Fire and Wine with Stu Smith of Smith- Madrone Winery... so crack open that beer, uncork that wine, and let’s get drinking! Make sure you never miss another episode of our brand of drinking fun by visiting  WeLikeDrinking.com/Subscribe  Panel Introductions And What We’re Drinking Our guest this week first appeared on the show over 100 episodes ago on episode 205. He’s back to continue the discussion of his amazing Spring Mountain winery, the front line battles they dealt with this year with the Napa Valley fires, and there will probably be some rants thrown in for fun, please help us welcome back to the show, Stu Smith! Be sure to follow Smith-Madrone winery on Instagram at Smith_Madrone/ and visit their website at https://www.smithmadrone.com/ Wine, Beer, Spirit, or Pop Culture Reference Ruyak - Bildungsroman Last call That’s right, it's time to break out your phones and give us a hand. Follow us on the socials, Twitter, Instagram and our private group on Facebook known as the Tavern. Also remember to follow Smith-Madrone on Instagram at Smith_Madrone/ Search up the show on Apple Podcast and leave us a big fat 5 star review. And, if you enjoyed this episode in particular, share it with a friend. We picked up another 5 star review this week. And, visit We Like Drinking dot com slash pledge to find out more information about becoming a patron of the show and help  You can also find the show notes for this episode with all the links to the stories or mentions we had at http://welikedrinking.com/episodes

Who Needs a MIRACLE right about NOW? You know you do. You yearn for Christmas Sweaters. Kitschy Decs. Holiday Shenanigans. Despite our PANDEMIC woes, there are still ways to get all the holiday feels this winter season at the legendary Sand Dollar Lounge. Co-Owner Anthony Jamison chats with Chefs Lorraine Moss & Louiie Victa about their second annual Miracle on Spring Mountain. In this 2 Sharp Chefs podcast, hear about Santa's Twerk Shop, Christmas cocktails, and PIZZA POPUPS! Find out how you can give back while you get to feast on special slices from some of the hottest chefs in Las Vegas. BONUS: Anthony shows us his special spatula in "Show & Tell", but at the behest of 2 Sharp Chefs, he ends up carrying up his massive cast iron to share with our culinary friends. Podcast Mentions: McDonalds in Tonopah, The World Famous Clown Motel, C**hris Decker, Brian Howard, James Trees, Las Vegas Rescue Mission, Rolling Stones, Lock, Stock, & Barrel 18yo, Rowan’s Creek, Paradise City Creamery** Find out more at https://2-sharp-chefs--a-microphone.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

In this show, I chat with Jared Pickard who, along with his wife Velisa, is the founder of Be Here Farm and Nature, a Demeter certified biodynamic farm, situated on Spring Mountain, just outside St. Helena, California. Jared and Velisa grow over three hundred varieties of fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers without the use of heavy machinery or shop-bought chemicals and they have recently started producing their own range of biodynamic skincare products made from plants grown on their farm.In our wide-ranging conversation, we discuss what sets biodynamic farming apart from every other agricultural system and Jared clarifies the difference between organic and biodynamic certification. He also describes the unique methods that biodynamic farmers use to care for their land and recounts his recent experience of fleeing from the devastating wildfires that threatened his farm. Fortunately, Jared and his family managed to escape unharmed with the precious bottles of serum for their 2021 cosmetic line carefully packed in their van. Proudly Sponsored By:BluBlox There’s a brand new way to improve the quality and depth of your sleep and support healthier hormonal rhythms all-day long - Lumi Light Bulbs from BluBlox.Lumi bulbs work in perfect concert with the BluBlox’s blue-blocking glasses that significantly reduce the risks of long-term eye damage from the intensity and brightness of our modern day computer and phone screens.Lumi Summer bulbs, which is an amber bulb for daytime use, eradicates the nasty blue LED light spike at 465nm that could be causing a lot of that digital eyestrain and productivity busting headaches.Lumi Sleep+ bulbs eliminate 100% of all blue and green light between 400-580nm allowing you to protect yourself against any delay in your melatonin rising. These all new Lumi light bulbs are LED but do not flicker, they are low EMF and have a long lifespan, making them the world’s first optimal circadian lighting solution for our modern world. Use code STACKED to save 15% at checkout from BluBlox Sun PotionPurchase Be Here’s new flagship product, the Summer Solstice Serum, at www.sunpotion.com between October 19 to October 31 and receive 10% off with code “STACKED”.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/join/stacked)

An in-depth conversation about Pride Mountain Vineyards a winery that started in 1991 on Spring Mountain in Napa Valley. Cheers #goodjuice

On this week's virtual wine tasting we talked with Winemaker Sam Baxter of Terra Valentine in Napa Valley's Spring Mountain. Sam talked about his wine portfolio, the wines we included in the Fall wine club release and his story. While the Glass Fire destroyed his lookout home on Spring Mountain, and many of his neighbors' properties, Sam's resilience and grit shows as he talks about the future. We tasted the 2013 Estate Riesling, a dry Alsatian style white wine everyone was pleasantly surprised by, talked about the Antorini Sangiovese plantings in his Amore wine, and Cabernet Sauvignon from Fountaingrove District. SIP Virtual Wine Tastings with Winemakers airs every Friday at 5pm PT/8ET on zoom and Facebook Live.

The Trader Joe's Napa Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon 2018, the actual name on the bottle is Trader Joe's Platinum Reserve Oakville Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 Lot #97. The name was too long to fit in the title section.Trader Joe's features an array of Napa Valley sub-AVA Cabernets. I saw Atlas Peak, Yountville, Spring Mountain in addition to Oakville. All sell for $14.99. A typical Nappa sub-AVA starts at $24 to $30 and goes up.I picked the Oakville Napa Cabernet Sauvignon because Oakville is the home of Screaming Eagle, a 100 point Red that sells for thousands of dollars. This Trader Joe's wine is not Screaming Eagle, but Oakville is not that big, the vineyard these grapes came from was not that far from the Screaming Eagle vineyard.I do not know which vineyard or vineyards the grapes for Lot #97 came from, but we do know who made the wine. Precision Wine Company offers 11 different wine brands, one of them, Technique, is sold at Trader Joe's. They offer an Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon under their own label that lists for $48, so they know their way around Napa wines.This is a 2018 vintage wine which means it is a drink-it-now wine that has had almost two years of aging. We do not know what sort of oak barrel aging treatment the Trader Joe's Napa Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 had. Not knowing key production facts is one of the reasons this wine sells for such a low price for an Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon.With the expensive Napa Cabs who the cooperage was and which forest in France supplied the oak important features. Which vineyard supplied the grapes, which famous winery, and which rockstar winemaker was involved are the details that lead to coveted wines and super high price tags.With Trader Joe's Napa Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon 2018, we don't know any of that. We do know that Oakville is a load production wine, less than 5,000 cases (12 bottles to a case) and the grapes came from a premium vineyard. We know that because that is the only type of vineyard they have in Oakville.Knowing we are getting a wine made from great grapes is all we really need to know. Trader Joe's has enough of a history and a reputation that we expect solid winemaking techniques. Add great grapes to that along with a low price and you have the makings of a bargain.Trader Joe's says this Cabernet Sauvignon under a retail wine label would sell for $30. They do not typically over-sell their wines so if they say it is a thirty dollar wine I believe them. The alcohol content is 15%.Trader Joe's Napa Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 Tasting NotesThe color is deep, dark, opaque purple. The nose is smokey, spicey, dark, and brooding. There are extracted blackberry, black licorice, black pepper, mushroom, herbs, exotic spice, slow-cooked BBQ in a smoker, and sweet chocolate. The nose is worth the cost of the bottle.This is a drink-it-now wine, it shouldn't need decanting, but give the wine plenty of time to open up. This is a sleek, rich Cabernet that is full of flavor. It tastes of blackberry mixed with slightly sweeter blueberry, slightly bitter dark chocolate, a hint of green pepper, and black pepper. The mid-palate brings slightly rough spice, cranberry, a tug from the tannins, and a late hit of strawberry.This is a smooth, sleek wine, it has medium weight on the palate. The acidity does a fine job of allowing the flavors to unfold.The SummaryThe Trader Joe's Napa Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon 2018 is a terriffic $14.99 Napa Cabernet SauvignonI was originally planning on giving one of Trader Joe's current crop of Napa sub-AVA Cabs and then move on to something else.But this Oakville Cabernet Sauvignon brings huge value for the price. I am going to give some of the other sub-AVA Cabs a try.These are wines you need to try.

In this episode we talk to a lovely US-based couple, in the market for a remote, mountain-top home, with easily accessible "onsen" access - which could potentially be turned into a guest-house in the future.

In this episode, I talk wine with one of my closest friends in the wine industry, Michael Keenan of Keenan Wines out of Spring Mountain in Napa. We talk the history of the winery and how he turned Robert Parker into a believer of his wines. For more from Micheal Keenan and all our guests check out our Cork & Taylor Patreon Page by clicking here https://www.patreon.com/corkandtaylorWe appreciate the support!

For this interview I traveled 2000 feet above Napa Valley to the peak of Spring Mountain. Schweiger Vineyards offers picturesque views from their tasting room in the center of their rolling mountaintop vineyard. As father and son, Fred and Andy have been working the property, with wife and mother Sally, since the 70s. As you can imagine, they have plenty of stories to tell. Their wines are excellent and they have a close relationship with their club members - whose suggestions often get put into action by the family. As it was planned, this interview aired on Father's Day weekend. Here's to father and son!

DO NOT miss this episode of CORVETTE TODAY! Steve Garrett visits with Rick Malone, the lead driver and head instructor at the Ron Fellows Corvette Performance Driving School at Spring Mountain in Pahrump, Nevada! Spring Mountain is like Top Gun, only for Corvette-you'll learn to drive this car to the edge of the envelope. Rick goes in-depth about this 2 day school. You'll get a extensive overview of the course, understand what you'll learn there, a great explanation of what is accomplished during the 2 day event and more. If you've ever considered signing up for the Spring Mountain experience, you'll want to even more after listening to this episode of CORVETTE TODAY.

Napa Valley’s Spring Mountain is a must visit when you are in wine country. The winding mountain roads alone are an adventure and the fruit is nothing less than exceptional. Keenan Winery might be a slight challenge to find on those roads but worth the search. We met with Reilly Keenan at the tasting room [...]

Listen to Reilly Keenan of Keenan Winery on Spring Mountain define the wine term “Mega Purple”

The moment thousands of enthusiasts have been waiting for is here: Benjamin and Sami get a chance to drive the redesigned 2020 Chevrolet Corvette on the streets of Las Vegas, Nevada, and the track at Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch. Does the mid-engine C8 have what it takes to take the C7's place in Benjamin's heart? Can Sami handle the indignity of Benjamin forcing him to drive with the top off in the rain? The pair also discuss the 2020 Subaru WRX, and try to decide just where this somewhat older high performance sedan fits in the world of compact turbocharged rockets.

Join us as we begin our new series on “Sharing the Good News” with our Staff Minister to Youth, Drew Fajen, as he leads a panel of guests: Brynn Stewart (Multnomah University student, youth leader at Spring Mountain, and evangelist), Ian Williams (Moody graduate and youth leader at Westside Bible Fellowship), and Brent & Mihaela […]

In these episodes, Ilona sits down with Riley Keenan of Keenan Winery. Listen in to learn more about Spring Mountain, the history of Keenan, and Riley's thoughts about the future of Napa Wines. To learn more about Keenan, visit https://www.keenanwinery.com 

In these episodes, Ilona sits down with Riley Keenan of Keenan Winery. Listen in to learn more about Spring Mountain, the history of Keenan, and Riley's thoughts about the future of Napa Wines. To learn more about Keenan, visit https://www.keenanwinery.com 

In these episodes, Ilona sits down with Riley Keenan of Keenan Winery. Listen in to learn more about Spring Mountain, the history of Keenan, and Riley's thoughts about the future of Napa Wines. To learn more about Keenan, visit https://www.keenanwinery.com 

This episode’s guest is Chris Carpenter, who is making wines in Napa for Jackson Family Wines and is overseeing Cabernet and Bordelais varietals grown on several of Napa’s mountain AVA’s such that he has become known as a mountain winemaker. Our conversation covers the mountain wines being produced from Mount Veeder, Spring Mountain, Howell Mountain, and Diamond Mountain AVA’s, but also Cardinale, the flagship Cabernet that is a blend from throughout Napa including the valley floor. Chris describes his roots in Chicago, the path to becoming a winemaker, his site-specific approaches for tannin management and his involvement in a winemaking project in McLaren Vale, Australia. LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Brands that Chris makes for Jackson Family wines Cardinale Napa Valley Lokoya Napa Valley La Jota Vineyard Co - Howell Mountain Mt Brave - Mt Veeder Hickinbotham Vineyard - McLaren Vale, South Austrailia This podcast is brought you by Wine Compliance Alliance. Ann Reynolds, who runs Wine Compliance Alliance has been on the podcast twice before. In Ep. 45 we discuss common compliance issues that wineries deal with and in Ep. 61 she has a solo episode where she covers the compliance items for starting a new winery. Winery compliance. Bring it up to winery owners or their staff and you get either a completely blank look or a grimace of some sort. In other words winery compliance is a topic that is either very unfamiliar or very disliked. But yet, every winery is required to do it and can suffer serious consequences if they don't. Wine Compliance Alliance focuses on providing wineries with solutions to both of these areas of issue. If a winery has little familiarity with their compliance requirements our office can provide training assistance to get them up to speed to be able to manage it themselves. If a winery would prefer instead to have their files managed for them we’ve got you covered there too. Wine Compliance Alliance, Full throttle from grape to bottle. Find out more at winecompliancealliance.com Questions?  Comments?  Let me know what you think: jim@insidewinemaking.com if you learn something from the collection of podcasts at Inside Winemaking, please considering donating to support the show.  Paypal links at the bottom of the Inside Winemaking homepage.  Every small donation is helpful.   The Inside Winemaking Podcast on iTunes And Stitcher Radio Too

The new Spring Mountain Vineyard was once three separate properties each with its own vineyard and winery: Spring Mountain Vineyards (Miravalle) 257 acres, Chateau Chevalier (Chevalier) 120 acres, and Draper Vineyards (La Perla) 435 acres.The upper most property on the estate, La Perla, was founded in 1873 by Charles Lemme and expanded by the Schilling Spice family. Originally 285 acres it had the first Cabernet Sauvignon planted on Spring Mountain. The old winery remains today along with much of its original equipment and horse drawn carriages and wagons. Immediately below La Perla, and eventually added to it was the first vineyard planted by Fredrick and Jacob Beringer in 1882. These terraced hillsides were planted in a wide assortment of grape varieties to support the Beringer brothers fledgling winery.Adjoining to the north of the Beringer vineyard was a Frenchman, Fortune Chevalier, whose stone winery, Chateau Chevalier, was making wine in 1891. And finally, next door to Chevalier was Tiburcio Parrott who grew olives, citrus and grapes. Parrott built a grand home on the estate which he named Miravalle.

On this episode, I'm joined by accomplished public land whitetail hunters, Johnny Stewart and Greg Litzinger. These guys joined me for an overnight scouting trip in the Pennsylvania mountains this past weekend. I picked a spot on the map that none of us have been to and we collaborated on going in and speed scouting it for a day and a half. All three of us have different tactics when it comes to scouting and hunting, which was great to learn from these unique perspectives. Be advised, this is a casual campfire conversation with some explicit language and a lot of fun being had. Topics: Looking at a new piece of big woods Food sources Spring scouting in the snow Hunting specific bucks Deer in the mountains don’t get big because people let them get that big Reading rub lines What to look for when scouting a new area Expectations with mountain bucks How to hunt the sign that you find scouting Resources Instagram:  @eastmeetswesthunt                   @beau.martonik                   @bowhunting_fiend                   @thejohnnystewart Facebook:   East Meets West Outdoors                   www.eastmeetswesthunt.com Partners: University of Elk Hunting Use code eastmeetswest to get 20% off of the most comprehensive elk hunting course available. Heather's Choice Healthy, great tasting, dehydrated meals for the backcountry. Use code eastmeetswest to get free shipping on orders over $99. http://lddy.no/7og2 Maven Optics Top quality binoculars, spotting scopes and rifle scopes for your hunts from east to west. Listen to the podcast for a special code to get a free gift with your next order! MTN OPS MTN OPS is the leader in providing science based supplements to help you train inside and conquer more outside. https://glnk.io/mw0/beaumartonik Wild Carrot Scents Changing the way you look at deer scents. Their tear away, no mess packaging is exactly what I need for hunting the mountains of Pennsylvania, to the swamps of the south and farm country in the midwest.

Stuart Smith founded Smith-Madrone in 1971 on Spring Mountain. Since then  he and his brother have been making some fantastic wines from their self built winery.  If you want to see winemaking that isn't veiled by the branded, retail friendly experience you get at many places along highway 29, head up Spring Mountain and pay a visit to Smith-Madrone. Stu may likely be your host in the barn-like winery/tasting room. You'll find him a gigantic character never short on opinions. More importantly you'll taste some spectacular and insightfully made wines.

In May 1971, with a partnership of family and friends, Stuart Smith bought a vineyard on Spring Mountain, which today is Smith-Madrone Vineyards and Winery. He was 22 years old and had just received his B.A. in Economics from UC Berkeley and was taking classes towards his Master's in Viticulture at UC Davis. 48 years later, Smith-Madrone is going strong and Stu is full of ideas, opinions, and perspective! Here are the notes: Stu tells us how a 22 year old viticulture student took a trip to Napa and wound up buying what would become Smith-Madrone We discuss what Napa was like in the 1970s v. today We chat about what drew Stu to Spring Mountain and the effort it took to restore this pre-phylloxera vineyard area, atop Spring Mountain, to a modern vineyard and winery We discuss why Smith-Madrone grows what it does -- including Riesling Stu talks about why Smith-Madrone has stayed small And finally Stu shares his theories on why organic, biodynamic and conventional farming are all incredibly problematic types of agriculture Thanks to Smith-Madrone, whose wines I love and who joined us for Underground Wine Events, DC!    Thanks to our sponsors this week:  YOU! The podcast supporters on Patreon, who are helping us to make the podcast possible and who we give goodies in return for their help! Check it out today: https://www.patreon.com/winefornormalpeople    Last Bottle I love this service!! Last Bottle Wines finds great wines and offers them at a one time discount. Last Bottle Wines: Is a fun way to discover the best wines at the lowest prices Maintains relationships with producers in the most prestigious wine regions around the world and traveling to Europe several times each year to eat with, stay with, drink with, walk the vineyards with the people who make the wines. Offer a range of prices from low end to high end $9 to $99 and the wines range from the lesser known kinds like Albariño and Bläufrankish to Cabernet, Merlot and Chardonnay. Visit: http://lastbottlewines.com/normal and join to get a $10 instant credit to use toward your first order. Invite your wine drinking pals and they’ll get $10 instantly and you get $30 when they make their first buy.  

In today’s episode I have the pleasure of sitting down with Leigh Meyering, winemaker for Ideology Cellars out of the Oak Knoll District of Napa Valley. Leigh talks about her biggest strength in this episode being her ability to balance both the technical and artistic parts of winemaking. Leigh talks about her time as an Engineer prior to winemaking, from what she originally thought was a safe job.  She would eventually leave that job and start her career in the wine industry working at the iconic Charles Krug winery. Leigh talks about her time at UC Davis studying for her Masters degree in Enology. Leigh talks about her times spent at MacRostie Winery Estate in the Russian River Valley, Chateau La Commanderie, Clos des Jacobins, both of St. E'milion, as well as Chateau Chevalier of Spring Mountain. Leigh talks about her company myEnologist, a consultation service specializing in wine analysis and supplies.  myEnologist offers panels of numbers of wine samples rather than just individual stats.  They also provide a subscription service to clients to incentivize the importance of utilizing extended services, thus increasing client interaction, while reducing overall cost. Leigh talks about being the winemaker for Ideology Cellars and the privilege it is to work for Bob and Joni Williamson. Leigh also talks about the importance of family and her experience with her children in the wine industry as it relates to her everyday work. There is so much more that you are going to get from this podcast and it was such a pleasure getting to sit down with Leigh and really hear about all the things that have inspired her and motivated her to get to where she is today. So sit back, relax, and get ready, because you are going to love this episode. Cheers   To follow Leigh on Instagram and Facebook, go to: https://www.instagram.com/ideologycellars/ https://www.facebook.com/Ideology-Cellars-Napa-Valley-627372527346888/   To purchase Leigh's wines directly, head over to: http://www.ideologycellars.com/   To learn more about myEnologist, go to: http://www.myenologist.com/      To follow Mr. Wine Guy on Instagram and Facebook go to:  www.instagram.com/themrwineguy  www.facebook.com/themrwineguy   Also, make a statement in your very own Mr. Wine Guy Swag which can be found at https://mrwineguy.com/collections/mr-wine-guy-swag-1

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Robin MacArthur author of Heart Spring Mountain published in January by Eco. Robin lives in Marlboro Vermont not far from where she was born and where the novel takes place. Her debut collection of short stories, Half Wild won the 2017 PEN New England award for fiction. She is also one half of the musical duo Red Heart the Ticker, alongside her husband, Tyler Gibbons. And I suggest you check out their music on YouTube or at their website RHTT. Heart Spring Mountain is a novel about death, disaster, love, loss and heartbreak. These things, things we have all experienced are told through the lens of three generations of women. The absent protagonist, Bonnie disappears during 2011’s Tropical Storm Irene and Vale leaves her bartending and exotic dancing job in New Orleans and comes back to her little town in Vermont to try and find her mom. During this quest, Vale reunites with the matriarch of this family Hazel and her widowed cousin-in-law Deb. Vale, when she is not searching for her mother, is intrigued by the family’s history and tries to preserve it as she uncovers secrets about it. Some of the other characters are painted just as distinctly as our main protagonists. Bonnie’s mom, Deb’s husband and the absent Bonnie herself. The novel is evocative as it brings up memories and experiences we all share in an almost poetic fashion and at the same time tells us that there is always room for hope and change. With that welcome Robin and thanks for joining us today.

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Robin MacArthur author of Heart Spring Mountain published in January by Eco. Robin lives in Marlboro Vermont not far from where she was born and where the novel takes place. Her debut collection of short stories, Half Wild won the 2017 PEN New England award for fiction. She is also one half of the musical duo Red Heart the Ticker, alongside her husband, Tyler Gibbons. And I suggest you check out their music on YouTube or at their website RHTT. Heart Spring Mountain is a novel about death, disaster, love, loss and heartbreak. These things, things we have all experienced are told through the lens of three generations of women. The absent protagonist, Bonnie disappears during 2011’s Tropical Storm Irene and Vale leaves her bartending and exotic dancing job in New Orleans and comes back to her little town in Vermont to try and find her mom. During this quest, Vale reunites with the matriarch of this family Hazel and her widowed cousin-in-law Deb. Vale, when she is not searching for her mother, is intrigued by the family’s history and tries to preserve it as she uncovers secrets about it. Some of the other characters are painted just as distinctly as our main protagonists. Bonnie’s mom, Deb’s husband and the absent Bonnie herself. The novel is evocative as it brings up memories and experiences we all share in an almost poetic fashion and at the same time tells us that there is always room for hope and change. With that welcome Robin and thanks for joining us today.

The KYW Beer and Booze Broz go to Spring Mountain for the Holiday Hops Craft Beer Festival to meet a few brewers and recruit some new bros! Then, Paul talks with an expert from Vault Brewing with a nose like a truffle pig, but for beer. And there's some sciencing going on. After that, John introduces us to Soju, a distilled Korean beverage that packs a delicious punch. To wrap it up, the bros tackle a hot toddy tour and meet some boozey royalty. The KYW Beer and Booze Broz are John McDevitt (@jm1060) and Paul Kurtz (@kurtzpaul). Tom Rickert (@teerick) produced the show. If you like the podcast, leave them a rating and review, and make sure to subscribe!

Robin MacArthur, author of Heart Spring Mountain (out Jan. 9, 2018 from Ecco/HarperCollins), talks to Daniel Ford about what inspired her debut novel, how her Vermont home played a role in crafting both the characters and plot, and how she infused the soundtrack playing in her head into the narrative. To learn more about Robin MacArthur, visit her official website or follow her on Twitter and Instagram. Today's Friday Morning Coffee episode is sponsored by OneRoom.

Join me as I take the drive to Smith-Madrone Vineyards and Winery perched high atop Spring Mountain. It provides a unique viewpoint of Napa Valley (in more ways than one). Stuart and Charlie Smith have been up there since the early 70s crafting wine the way they feel it should be made. Their style hasn't always been in favor but as tastes have changed they've become fashionable again. If you enjoy hearing opinions on the wine industry from those who have been around for forty-five years you'll appreciate this podcast. For more visit OnTheWineRoad.com.  Join my community at Patreon.com/OnTheWineRoad.

Join us as Paul Goodrich continues our new series on the Vision for Spring Mountain with “The Royal We: Why ‘We’ Matters” from John 15 & 17.

Ian recounts his Christmas stupid bad luck story and we go on to talk about car video games and their impact on car culture from Outrun to the game we’re both playing right now - Forza Motorsport 6.We pick up on the reality of big project cars by examining a theiretical BMW build and answer a few outstanding questions from listeners that then leads into a discussion about luxury features on cars.Corrections: Trial Mountain is the track on Gran Turismo, not Spring Mountain. 

This week Benjamin discusses his track time behind the wheel of the 2017 Chevrolet Camaro 1LE at Spring Mountain, Nevada, while Sami talks about driving the 2017 Lincoln Continental in L.A.

Having never set foot in a vineyard before packing her Subaru with orchids and all other possessions Ashley Anderson set out across US for Napa and didn't look back. Now, 16 years later Ashley is the vineyard manager at Cain Vineyard and Winery  up 1,700 feet on Spring Mountain in the Napa Valley.  She knows intimately the 87 acres that she farms for the Cain wines, especially Cain Five. During this episode of the podcast Ashley tells how she is adjusting her farming for the current drought conditions, explains how "tolerance" is a major aspect of organic farming (Cain is about to finish their organic certification),  she talks about the results after five years of trials with biodynamics, and most profoundly, Ashley describes why her and her colleagues at Cain are invested for the long term.  All 16 of Ashley's harvests have been with Cain.

Founded in 1971, Smith-Madrone sits at 1900 feet up on Napa Valley's Spring Mountain. Stu Smith talks about the place, it's story, and the remarkable wines.

I recently did a review of the wines from Smith-Madrone, a small winery located on Spring Mountain  in the Napa Valley. If you read it you know I loved the Cabernet and thought the Riesling was good but I hated the Chardonnay. Well, the winery contacted me and said they thought the bottle I reviewed didn’t sound like their wine. They sent a new one and sure enough, it was true. So we did an audio review of the wine with NEW tasting notes that can be found on the blog. We hope to do these on a regular basis, just to give you a little geekery between podcasts!!! Enjoy! [...]