Jack Dyer tells me about his roots in a a family of people with a heart for service, the moment he quit his day job to start a craft brewery, and how the company’s values play out in the call for environmental and social justice.
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Brent Burchett and Kiah Twisselman_Burchett discuss their love for agriculture and humanity, their shared ability to hear where people are coming from, and their desire to effect change at a high level.
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Jeff, Lindsay and Jade Jackson talk about music, farm food, their love for old things and old ways, and leaving a legacy.
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Beth Vukmanic sits down in the backyard to talk sustainable wine, playing the harp professionally, and batch cooking dinners to eat after a killer HIIT workout.
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Jill Hammond and Joey Baxter talk about strong emotions, our shared love for the produce section at California Fresh Market, and whether or not In-N-Out deserves all the hype.
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The Dressler sisters discuss hot-drop, hammer-forged knives, how they took up their father’s business after tragedy struck, and what it’s like to be a woman-owned company working in the knife industry.
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Pedro and Chencho from Corazón 805 Tacos come by to chat about their long histories in restaurants and how they started their own taco pop-up with a focus on fresh, new flavors.
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Dr. Lloyd-Moffet and I chatted about humanity’s search for meaning, the sometimes madness of the mystics, and how, at the end of every wine lover’s rainbow, is a bottle of German riesling (though Stephen’s might still be Burgundy).
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Libbie Agran swings by to talk about San Luis Obispo’s long and fascinating wine history.
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Ben Arrona talks about his background in criminal justice, the tailor who makes him bespoke suits in Colombia, and how he wound up getting his PhD in Imperial History at Oxford. (Oh, and pizza.)
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Nancy Ulloa came over to discuss her childhood in Guadalajara, how she overcame domestic violence (and helps others do the same), and how wine became part of her “butterfly” story.
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Photographer and social media consultant Heather Daenitz talks wine marketing, representation, and why it’s important to run away from home.
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Stephy Terrizzi discusses growing up in the Midwest, meeting (and offending) her husband Brian at Fresno State, farming, and “pasta for the people.”
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Sommelier Robin Puricelli discusses her upbringing in Boston with a first-generation Polish mother, her travels, the differences she’s discovered between people from the East and West Coasts, and parenting during a pandemic.
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Winemaker Sonja Magdevski discusses Eastern Europe, Baskin-Robbins, Pinot Noir and MTV.
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Vineyard management supervisor Alondra Torres discusses climbing the ranks from crew member to foreman to supervisor for Coastal Vineyard Services — all before the age of 25, with two young children at home.
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Wine writer R.H. Drexel chats about her life and work in the wine industry, mental health, and the healing properties of the natural world.
Photo: Macduff Everton
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Sharde Shepherd talks about ranching in Wyoming, working in oil fields and sleeping in “man camps,” professional wrestling, travel, and working in wine.
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Riley Roddick swings by to talk about meeting her husband in a bar, living in France, and not being great at math.
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The first Bosnian winemaker in California, Samra Morris, discusses making wine in the Sta. Rita Hills, her childhood during the siege of Sarajevo, and connecting with wine pioneer Richard Sanford through wine and war.
Photo: Kathryn Zdan
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