When we think about spirits, we tend to think of a commodity alcohol that tastes the same from one batch to the next.

Would you guess that the Brooklyn navy yard is the location of the world’s first commercially viable urban rooftop vineyard?

We travel to Kansas where the wine industry is growing.  We will meet Jeff Sollo, owner of Grace Hill Winery near Wichita who will tell us about a hobby grew into producing some of the most popular wines in the Midwest.

Martha Stoumen did not grow up around wine, but connected with the soil during a trip in college to Italy, studying agriculture. She was drawn to the vineyards and thus began a Vigneron’s view of winemaking.

Sam Benrubi, host of The Grape Nation, sat down with celebrated winemaker, Jean Charles Boisset.

Chef Victoria Blamey changed course, leaving her college in Chile and enrolling in Culinary school.

Sam Benrubi and Ryan Zepaltas had a conversation over a bottle of wine at Charleston Wine + Food.

The 2019 Finale Episode!

Elena Penna Currado Vietti is partner at Vietti Winery and wife of winemaker Luca Vietti. Vietti is one of the oldest producers in Barolo with an impressive list of vineyard sites in the region.

The elders had questions, the community was not entirely supportive, yet Native American winemaker Tara Gomez persisted. When her Santa Ynes Band of Chumash tribe bought land that included a parcel with a vineyard, Tara created Kita Wines.