Release Winery

06/04/2026

Please take a listen to the longest running podcasts in US dedicated to everything wine - Life Between The Vines.

Sponsored by Release Winery, Podcast no. 806 feature Jesse Fox, Winemaker for Sequoia Grove Winery (Napa Valley)

A background in the culinary world is a huge plus for a winemaker, and Jesse Fox has just that. Jesse the Winemaker at Sequoia Grove Winery in Napa Valley and his time as a chef has certainly paid off. I caught up with Jesse when he visited Milwaukee just a few weeks ago while on the road doing tast...

05/15/2026

Sponsored by Release Winery, please take a listen to the longest running podcasts in US dedicated to everything wine - Life Between The Vines.

Podcast no. 800 feature Stephen Arnold, Wine Director of Bottega Napa Valley in Yountville.

Napa Valley is first for fine wine and first for fine dining. So today we talk about fine wine and fine dining in Yountville as I visit Stephen Arnold, Wine Director and Sommelier at Bottega Napa Valley. I rarely get the chance to look behind the scenes at how a Wine Director’s job works. Humor, K...

05/11/2026

Sponsored by Release Winery, please take a listen to the longest running podcasts in US dedicated to everything wine - Life Between The Vines.

This week’s segment feature Starfield Vineyards in El Dorado County and owner Rob Sinton.

During a recent visit to California wine country I took a drive to El Dorado county and spent some time with Rob Sinton, Owner of Starfield Vineyards in Placerville. Rob and his dad still to this day work the winery and what a great story that is. If you have the chance, make your way to El Dorado a...

04/17/2026

Sponsored by Release Winery, please take a listen to the longest running podcasts in US dedicated to everything wine - Life Between The Vines.

This week’s segment feature JL Wood Wine and winemaker Ed Filice.

03/05/2026

Together with Nilu Afshar and California Tastings, we’ve recently recorded a couple of fun, unpretentious and hopefully educational podcasts, featuring some of France’s most renowned regions.

Here’s our tasting and conversation about Chablis.

🍷 Welcome to Beyond The Pour! 🍸In this episode of France in a Glass by California Tastings, I sit down with Henrik Poulsen to taste and talk through a beau...

12/19/2025

Old vines sound asleep but incapable of hiding their bare beauty…

(Napa Valley, December 2025)

12/11/2025

For someone who is fascinated with Old School Napa (from the 1960-early 80’s) and advocating for “making the old new again”, I couldn’t help but enjoy reading this article about Napa Valley.

09/14/2025

It’s official - as of 5 o’clock this morning I’m off to my 26th vintage in Napa Valley. Some GREAT tasting fruit from the stellar 2025 growing season. And while commercial winemaking is a different animal, these small artisan garage projects are way less pretentious, yet still very rewarding.

07/22/2025

Sorry for the shameless self promotion but please do listen to this recent recording by California Tastings and their special segment “Beyond the Pour”.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=x0O6AmTk6Hg

Our guest is Henrik Poulsen, the Danish-born owner and winemaker of Release Winery here in Napa Valley. Henrik's path to becoming one of Napa's respected win...

07/02/2025

Longtime fans may remember when we back in 2017 offered 120 bottles of a very unique multi-vintage Rose crafted from a solera started in 2010 that included seven vintages. Guess what - today I bottled another batch of that exact blend, this time all in magnums.
Driven by inspiration from how Bordeaux used to make their “clairet” (not claret), this 12.5% ABV unfiltered wine is not your usual poolside quaffer.
To be shared with Mailing List members once it has settled further in bottle.
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