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Fine Wine Confidential Podcast

The Fine Wine Confidential Podcast tells the story of how the modern-day Virginia wine industry has progressed during the past forty-five years and is now achieving Thomas Jefferson"s aspiration to produce world-class wine. Fred Reno interviews many of the Old Dominion"s prominent winery owners, winemakers and viticulturists. In their own words, you the listener, will learn why Virginia is the most exciting wine-growing State in the country today.The Fine Wine Confidential Podcast having chronicled

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EPISODE # 40 LEE HARTMAN BLUESTONE VINEYARD WINEMAKER

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2022/09/08

Bluestone Vineyard started out as a small family vineyard when Curt and Jackie Hartman were, encouraged by their friends Phil and Lois Kreider, to help them expand their own availability of grapes for the purpose to produce wine for their own personal use in 2003. In 2007 the decision was made to turn it into a commercial venture and in 2008 they began to plant more vines at their already existing property on the hill alongside of their house. In 2009 they had their first production of just 500

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EPISODE #39 CHELSEY BLEVINS/WINEMAKER FIFTY-THIRD WINERY

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2022/07/01

Chelsey Blevins would tell you that winemaking found her. It was in 2010 that she visited Horton Vineyards and was given a full tour of the cellars. It was after the tour that Mike Heny, who was the winemaker at that time asked her if she wanted to work the harvest. She said, why not. Thus, her entry into the wine business. Next, she got a position at Barboursville Vineyards working in their library tasting cellar. She caught the wine bug and decided to enroll in the wine program at Piedmont

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EPISODE # 38 DAMIEN BLANCHON:AFTON MOUNTAIN VINEYARDS...

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2022/06/12

Damien Blanchon was born and raised in the South of France where his family had roots in the Beaujolais Village region of Burgundy. He grew up with wine in his family and when he was 8 years-old he already knew this what he wanted to do--drive a tractor in the vines and be a winegrower. He would go to school to learn the craft of winemaking and recalls a teacher tell him when he was finishing to gain his degree in Viticulture & Enology that he English would be the most important language he

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EPISODE # 37 AFTON MOUNTAIN VINEYARDS/ELIZABETH &TONY...

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2022/05/09

AFton Mountain Vineyards was one of the first of the early farm wineries in Virginia when it was planted in 1978 by David Medford a Chemist from Richmond, Virginia. However, he named it Bacchanal Vineyards after the Greek god Bacchus. It would be purchase later by Tom & Shinko Corpora and renamed Afton Mountain Vineyards in 1987.In 2009 Elizabeth & Tony Smith would purchase it. Elizabeth and Tony were both from Charlottesville, had been married at the Chapel on the campus of UVA and

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EPISODE # 36 WILLIAMSBURG WINERY/PATRICK...

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2022/04/27

Patrick Duffeler purchased his tract of land called Wessex Hundred just outside of Williamsburg, Virginia in 1983 and would start to plant his vineyard in 1985. Patrick was born in Belgium and after gaining his degree in Economics & Finance from the University of Rochester, New York he started his professional career with Eastman Kodak. He would go on to work in the International Division of Philip Morris in Switzerland as the Director of Marketing and ultimately become President of Fragrances

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EPISODE # 35 BILL CURTIS/OWNER & CHEF:TASTINGS...

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2022/04/05

When Bill Curtis opened TASTINGS Restaurant, Wine Bar, & Wine Shop in 1990 it was the first of its kind on the East Coast to combine all these elements under one roof. Bill has been involved in the Virginia wine and food scene for close to 40 years and has a tremendous Passion still, for the wine world. He is exceptional in his breadth of knowledge and is especially sharp when it comes to wines from Burgundy, France.Bill is an example of a "fine wine merchant" in the true sense of

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EPISODE # 34 JENNI McCLOUD/CHRYSALIS VINEYARDS AT THE...

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2022/03/07

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EPISODE # 33 TIM & PETER RAUSSE/GABRIELE RAUSSE WINERY

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2022/02/15

Tim & Peter Rausse were involved in the planting and development of the Gabriele Rausse winery beginning early in their youth. Although Tim went off to school shortly thereafter, he would return and immerse himself in the operation and winemaking and hasn't looked back. Peter calls himself the unofficial GM these days and recounts in this Episode how his role is to make sure everything at the winery works. While Tim continues to stay focused on the vineyard and winemaking side of the

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EPISODE # 32 MIKE HENY/WINEMAKER: MICHAEL SHAPS...

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2022/01/25

Michael Heny graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering and Comparative Literature from University of Virginia in 1990. Hardly, the typical training or studies that would lead to a successful career. He was in need of a job just out of college when he answered and ad for a position as a cellar worker at Montdomaine Cellars where Shep Rouse was the winemaker. He remembers Shep tasting wine one afternoon outside the cellar when Shep asked him to join him. It was the first time he even was

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EPISODE # 31 JUSTIN ROSE/WINEMAKER ROSEMONT VINEYARDS

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2022/01/05

Rosemont Vineyards was established in 2003 by Stephan and Chandra Rose on a farm that had been in the Rose family since 1858. When Stephan retired as a successful Dow Chemical executive, he was interested in returning to the family farm and get back to land, so to speak. With the help of a family friend, he was introduced to Lucie Morton the world-famous Ampelographer and Virginia based viticultural consultant and expert. After many meetings with Lucie, she determined that it was a good location

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EPISODE # 30 JON WEHNER/CHATHAM VINEYARDS AT CHURCH...

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2021/12/08

In 1999 Jon Wehner and his family established Chatham Vineyards at Church Creek located on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Jon is a second-generation winegrower following in the footsteps of his mother and father who had a small home vineyard for over 30 years in Great Falls, Virginia. The quality of the grapes from that vineyard produced a Vidal Blanc that was the house wine at one of Washinton, C. D. areas finest restaurants for many years, L'Auberge Chez Francois in Great Falls, VA. He grew

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EPISODE # 29 Sharon Horton & Shannon Horton/Horton...

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2021/11/22

Dennis and Sharon Horton planted a small hobby vineyard at their home in Orange, Virginia in 1983. That hobby turned into the full-time pursuit in winegrowing and in 1989 they planted their first commercial vineyard. In 1993 their Viognier stunned the experts and was proclaimed the best Viognier in the country. That quick fame and Dennis ambition to pioneer the growing of many different varietals made an indelible mark on Virginia winegrowing for years to come. Dennis was once quoted as saying

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EPISODE # 28 CORRY CRAIGHILL/SEPTENARY WINERY &...

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2021/11/06

Both Corry Craighill & Ashleigh White have had an interesting start to their careers in the wine industry. Corry has made wine all over the world and Ashleigh has worked on the West Coast and the East Coast of this country.While Ashleigh had the good fortune to have her uncle, Jeff White turn the family farm into a vineyard, thus providing her with an opportunity to take a shot at winegrowing-- Corry started by working in the tasting room at Jefferson Vineyards for her first taste of what the

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EPISODE # 27 ENOLOGY PROFESSOR EMERITUS BRUCE...

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2021/10/21

Bruce Zoecklein began his career in Enology on the staff at Fresno State University in California. He was recruited in 1985 by the University of Virginia to head up a new initiative to support the Virginia wine industry. His West Coast friends thought he was "crazy" as they couldn't fathom that quality wine was being produced in Virginia. Bruce took the position and relocated to Virginia. His contribution to winemaking in the Old Dominion has been significant and he is well

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EPISODE #26 KIRK WILES/CO-FOUNDER & CEO PARADISE...

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2021/10/01

Paradise Springs Winery was founded in 2007. However, the Fairfax County Board challenged the Wiles family's right to open a winery and start a vineyard. There was over two years of litigation which Kirk and his mother eventually prevailed and won. During that two year period Kirk was so confident that with the help of consultant and Virginia vintner Chris Pearmund they began to produce small amounts of wine in 2007. Once Paradise Springs became active and started selling wine their brand

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EPISODE # 25 JOY TING/WINEMAKERS RESEARCH EXCHANGE...

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2021/09/13

Joy Ting fell for the wine bug after a trip visiting here boyfriend, now her husband, while he was stationed in Northern California during his stint in the Air Force. They took a trip to Napa Valley and that experience intrigued the both of them. When they settled in Charlottesville, Virginia because he got a position at University of Virginia in the medical department she realized quickly that her degree in Marine Biology wasn't going to lead to a budding career there. After taking some

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EPISODE # 24 JAKE BUSCHING/JAKE BUSCHING WINE & HARK...

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2021/08/31

Jake Busching got his start in Virginia winegrowing after he moved to Richmond Virginia and was a struggling musician working in the restaurant business to make a living. Eventually he would move to Charlottesville and take a position at Jefferson Vineyards working for the Woodward family. When Chris Hill, the consulting viticulturist at Jefferson Vineyards realized that Jake knew his way around a farm and could repair equipment he made a point of getting him into the vineyard side of the business

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EPISODE # 23 NATE WALSH: WALSH FAMILY WINE FOUNDER &...

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2021/08/07

Walsh Family Wine was birthed when Nate and Sarah Walsh had the opportunity to lease Bethany Ridge Vineyard and produced their first wine, a Sauvignon Blanc in 2014. Several years later they entered an agreement with the owners of North Gate vineyard and winemaking facility where they had been sharing space since 2017. They would end up purchasing it. They now produce wine from several vineyards they farm which includes Bethany Ridge, which they would eventually expand from its original 4.5 acres

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EPISODE # 22 GLEN MANOR VINEYARDS:JEFF WHITE/FOUNDER...

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2021/08/02

The Glen Manor property has been in Jeff White's family since 1901. However, it was Jeff who saw the potential that the family property had as an ideal site for a vineyard. He planted his first vines at Glen Manor Vineyards in 1995. A mere 1.2 acres of Sauvignon Blanc. At the time Jeff was working for and learning about winegrowing from Jim Law at Linden Vineyards. He would sell his grapes to Jim for a number of years until he ultimately planted additional vines and started to produce his

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EPISODE # 21 PROFESSOR TONY WOLF

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2021/07/19

Tony Wolf by all measures has contributed a significant amount of research and experience that has advanced winegrowing in Virginia during the past 35 years. He has been the Director of the Alson H. Smith, Jr. Agricultural Research and Extension Center for the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, (VA Tech) since 2004. He has published many articles that have been Peer Reviewed about Viticulture and is considered one of the leading authoritative voices in the field of Horticulture in

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