Episode 18: John Moynier of Purple Heart Wines
A Special Memorial Day Podcast in Support of the Purple Heart Foundation
John Moynier of Purple Heart Wines is our guest today. Together with the C Mondavi organization, John produces…
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Lisboa Wine Region, Portugal
Lisbon’s Alfama district is its historic beating heart, a cobbled, lovely maze that slopes up the hill to the Se Cathedral and Lisbon’s central castle, the Castelo de Sao Jorge…
Kakheti Wine Region, Georgia
Tbilisi’s old town is the best place to start your Georgian wine journey and immerse in the culture. A couple of days here and then its off to Kakheti for…
Gisborne Wine Region, New Zealand
Ashwood Estate is one of the wineries that exemplifies Gisborne’s friendly cellar door culture
The story of the Gisborne wine region encompasses both New Zealand’s tremendous capacity for producing high-quality…
Crémant de Loire AOC, France
The famous tuffeau limestone caverns of the Loire provide perfect storage, this at Chateau Monmousseau
Historic, verdant, vibrant and beautiful, the Loire Valley is one of the most emblematic regions…
Tavel AOC, France
Resting in the embrace of a great arc in the Rhône river just north of Avignon, lies the singular wine region of Tavel. In this appellation only Rosé wine can…
Navarra Wine Region, Spain
Navarra is courageously reinventing itself to find its own distinct identity.
Navarra is known for some iconic cultural and gastronomic touchstones: the running of the bulls in Pamplona; the importance…
Nemea Wine Region, Greece
This Nemea vineyard is at Giannis Tselepos’ Ktima Driopi estate.
Nemea is home to the Agiorgitiko (aye-or-GHEE-tee-ko) grape and, just as Naoussa in the north is synonymous with Xinomavro (see…
Naoussa Wine Region, Greece
The Naoussa vineyard of Tsantali, one of Greece’s most famous wineries
Although times are changing and modern Greek wines are receiving growing amounts of attention, it is fair to say…
Great Southern Wine Region, Australia
Plantagenet Wines vineyard in the Mount Barker sub-region of the Great Southern
The area around the town of Albany was the first place inhabited by European settlers in Western Australia.…