It's a Wine Podcast, but NOT a Podcast all about wine...Meet Mike! He's tall, way into wine, and a former Disc Jockey. This podcast is his life rolled into one fun bundle of wine geekery, relatable conversation, many sips of wine AND laughter. Wine should be fun, right? This podcast tries to be fun. Based out of Nicholson Ranch Winery in Sonoma, California. Yes, THAT Sonoma...wine country!
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Stacy Brsiscoe didn't set out to be a wine journalist when she got out of college with a degree in American Literature, but as often happens, wine found her! She tells…
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Mike has a Zoom call with his friend Gordana in the United Arab Emirates. She is a Wine Specialist at a VERY fancy, over the top resort in Dubai. Find out how she got …
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Big News! The Podcast has made it on a list of the Top Wine Podcasts...The Feedspot Top 45 Wine Podcasts. See the list HERE. Also, Mike is again "solo sipping" and he …
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This "mini episode" is Mike at home, in between guests, with some behind the scenes winery stories of the people he meets, and doesn't quite meet, and what they tell h…
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Deepak is back for his 4th time on the Podcast, joining Mike in the Vintners room for a discussion and tasting of the Wine Club wines from the new Nicholson Ranch rele…
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Mike is back in the Vintners room with VJ Gandhi, wine importer, distributor, and retailer. VJ's company specializes in wines from British Columbia's Okanagan Valley. …
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Episode 16; Kerry Shiels grew up in Washington Wine Country. Her parents planted a vineyard when she was in Jr High. She went away to college and to start her "adult" …
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An in-between guests episode, Mike talks to *himself* about what he's been drinking, life at the winery mid-summer, the Olympic games, his favorite thing to watch at t…
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Mike chats with Nicholson Ranch Chief Wine Scientist Jean-Claude Pijanowski. JC (as they call him at the winery) discusses his time in wine and his prior time working …
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Mike, between guest episodes of the podcast, talks about recent goings on at the winery - Nicholson Ranch, in Sonoma. You'll want to check out the Instagram Post for v…
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Mike's pal Olivier visits the Vintners Room for a chat about his restaurant L'appart, which was Mike's favorite, until it had to close. Olivier also explains how and w…
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Bay Area music and concert promoter KC Turner - who's business was basically flattened when the pandemic struck - talks to Mike about different ways he found to bring …
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Mike talks with Janet Dyer, veteran wine salesperson by day, screenplay writer, actress and performer by night. Janet wrote a screenplay based on her time in the wine …
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Mike's back in the Vintner's Room! His guest is Jerri Manthey - wine lover and former cast member (and official Villainess) from season 2 of the Survivor Reality TV se…
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Mike chats with Cara Almberg of The Walls Winery in Walla Walla Washington (because he enjoys alliteration) about what pulled her unexpectedly into the wine business, …
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Not a full episode, just a wrap up of the weekend in wine. Mike talks about the wines he drank on the weekend, and a "first" meal out in over a year! He also bids fare…
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Brian Drake, Mike's best wine pal, hosts Mike and the podcast at his home. Brian works in the Corporate Wine World, but is still a super nice guy. They discuss Brian's…
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Mike travels to Schermeister winery in Glen Ellen to hear the story of Rob & Laura Schermeister. It's a great love story you'll want to hear. They sip a couple of Sche…
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Episode 7: Deepak joins Mike in the Vintner's room for the 3rd time! They taste through the Nicholson Ranch April wine club release wines, and Mike pairs each wine wit…
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An "in between episodes" check in with Mike, from his home in Novato, California. Grab a glass of wine and hear what Mike's been up to and what he's drinking. It's tha…