Ep 2: Santa Cruz Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Merlot with Brandon Armitage of Armitage Wines

Brandon Armitage is the President/Winemaker of Armitage Wine. He spent some years in the world of horticulture and through his relationship with plants, was guided toward moving to New Zealand and studying viticulture. While completing his technical degree in Viticulture he was volunteering all of his free time to winemaking. Later on, he had the chance to work for Carrick Wines in New Zealand and developed a love for Pinot noir. After years of traveling back and forth from the northern hemisphere to the southern hemisphere making wine, he was able to develop the skills needed to grow and nurture grapes into the best Pinot noir the Santa Cruz Mountains has to offer!

This episode is going to be a little different because I will be sharing with you a recording of the Wine Club’s Monthly Zoom Call from last July. In these calls, we bring on a guest from a specific winery that we are showcasing for that month. We had a really fun chat with our members and guest in this call, so make sure to tune in and join the conversation! 

[00:00 - 9:49] Opening Segment 

• I introduce our topic for this episode 
• Join my wine club and connect with other wine lovers! 
• • See link below
• I welcome our guest, Brandon Armitage
• Brandon talks about how his wine journey began

[09:50 - 40:39] Tasting and Learning about Wines from the Armitage Wines

• Brandon runs through his picks 
• • Chardonnay 
  • Merlot 
  • Pinot Noir
• Brandon talks about his favorite from the 3 wines
• What’s in store for Armitage Wines
• The advantages of being flexible during the pandemic
• • The importance of projecting as a business owner 
• Temperatures affecting the wine business
• Being flexible in wine making 
• Brandon answers questions from the community

[40:40 - 42:31] Closing Segment 

• Checkout Armitage Wines through the links below
• Final words

Tweetable Quotes:

“Being improvisational [is my favorite as a winemaker] because you never know what's gonna happen. You're always changing, and you have to be flexible, and be able to be willing to adjust.” - Brandon Armitage

“The great winemakers have many, many years of experience under their belt, and they've seen different things that have happened during those years and had to deal with it, you know. And so they have all that experience under their belts to be able to make really quality stuff.” - Brandon Armitage

Connect with Brandon through his website at www.armitagewines.com.

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