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The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast

Forrest Kellybleav.com
The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast delivers quick wine education for busy wine lovers. Host Forrest Kelly interviews sommeliers, winemakers, chefs, and wine experts sharing practical wine tips, wine pairing advice, wine tasting notes, and insider secrets from Napa Valley to Bordeaux. Voted one of The Best Wine, Food and Travel Podcasts!
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Hidden Legend Winery - Victor, Montana Pt. 3

Welcome to The Best Five Minute Wine Podcast. I'm your host, Forrest Kelly. From the seed to the glass, wine has a past. Our aim at The Best Five Minute Wine Podcast is to look for adventure at wineries around the globe. After all, the grape minds think alike. Let's start the adventure. Our featured winery is as we conclude our interview with Ken Schultz of Hidden Legend Winery. We learn where that personality first started that would eventually make award winning Mead.I set out to see things in...

Jan 08, 20216 minSeason 1Ep. 27

Hidden Legend Winery - Victor, Montana Pt. 2

In a winery, grapes come ripe in the fall. Of course, there are things to do all year, but that's called the crush. They harvest the grapes, they crush them, they press them, they get them in the tanks and they ferment. And then they sit in the tanks for a while. Then they look to finishing the wines and the whites come first and they're usually in the bottle before Christmas. And then the reds sit all winter and they're in the bottle by June. They really only make wine once a year. And that's d...

Dec 19, 20205 minSeason 1Ep. 26

Hidden Legend Winery - Victor, Montana Pt. 1

Welcome to The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast. I'm your host Forrest Kelly from the seed to the glass. Wine has a past. Our aim at The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast is to look for adventure at wineries around the globe. After all, grape minds think alike. Let's start the adventure. Our featured winery is so basically I opened the Hidden Legend Winery for at Harvard Business School would call the worst possible reason to open a business, and that's because the neighbors thought it was a good idea. In th...

Oct 16, 20206 minSeason 1Ep. 25

Summerhill Pyramid Winery-Kelowna, BC Canada Pt. 4

Welcome to The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast. I'm your host Forrest Kelly from the seed to the glass. Wine has a past. Our aim at The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast is to look for adventure at wineries around the globe. After all, grape minds think alike. Let's start the adventure. Our featured winery is we conclude our interview with Stephen Cipes, proprietor of Summerhill Pyramid Winery in Kelowna, British Columbia. As we've learned in past episodes from Stephen, it's all about making wine to its pur...

Sep 06, 20206 minSeason 1Ep. 24

Summerhill Pyramid Winery-Kelowna, BC Canada Pt. 3

Welcome to The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast. I'm your host, Forrest Kelly. From the seed to the glass wine has a past. We look for adventures at wineries around the world. After all, grape minds think alike. Our featured winery is we continue our conversation with Stephen Cipes, proprietor of Summerhill Pyramid Winery in British Columbia, Canada. Well, we started out of our little garage making wine in 1990, 91, and we introduced the same Strutt in December 91 to right in the beginning in 92 in Ne...

Aug 18, 20206 minSeason 1Ep. 23

Summerhill Pyramid Winery-Kelowna, BC Canada Pt. 2

Welcome to The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast. I'm your host Forrest Kelly from the seed to the glass. Wine has a past. Our aim at The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast is to look for adventure at wineries around the globe. After all, grape minds think alike. Let's start the adventure. Our featured winery is; we continue our conversation with Stephen Cipes , proprietor of Summerhill Pyramid Winery . I'm not asking for the secret sauce here. What do you feel attributes to all of the awards that you get for ...

Aug 09, 20206 minSeason 1Ep. 22

Summerhill Pyramid Winery-Kelowna, BC Canada Pt. 1

Welcome to The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast. I'm your host Forrest Kelly from the seed to the glass. Wine has a past. Our aim at The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast is to look for adventure at wineries around the globe. After all grape minds think alike, let's start the adventure. Let's start the adventure. Our featured winery is; in today's episode. We head to the land of hockey, maple syrup, brutally cold winters. Butter Tarts, Duncker Roos, of course. Drake, Tim Hortons. Canada's most visited and la...

Aug 07, 20206 minSeason 1Ep. 21

Pecan Creek Winery - Muskogee, OK Pt. 3

Welcome to The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast. I'm your host Forrest Kelly from the seed to the glass. Wine has a past. Our aim at The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast is to look for adventure at wineries around the globe. After all, grape minds think alike. Let's start the adventure. We wrap up our conversation with Bob Wickizer of Pecan Creek Winery, Muskogee, Oklahoma. OK, Bob, let's get down to the nitty-gritty. How many labels do you have? We actually have 20 labels . There are dry and sweet labels. ...

Aug 03, 20206 minSeason 1Ep. 20

Pecan Creek Winery - Muskogee, OK Pt. 2

Welcome to The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast. I'm your host Forrest Kelly from the seed to the glass. Wine has a past. Our aim at The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast is to look for adventure at wineries around the globe. After all, grape minds think alike. Let's start the adventure. Our featured winery is, we continue our conversation with Bob Wickizer owner-operator of Pecan Creek Winery in Muskogee, Oklahoma. How do we get to your place? Well, first of all, you come down, I think one of the bumpiest r...

Aug 01, 20205 minSeason 1Ep. 19

Pecan Creek Winery - Muskogee, OK Pt. 1

Welcome to The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast. I'm your host Forrest Kelly from the seed to the glass. Wine has a past. Our aim at The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast is to look for adventure at wineries around the globe. After all grape minds think alike, let's start the adventure—our featured winery in this episode. We head to Oklahoma City, where the average commute time is 17 minutes. Not bad considering mine is an hour and a half. The average household size is two. Median family income forty-seven t...

Jul 26, 20206 minSeason 1Ep. 18

Prairie Berry Winery - Hill City, SD Pt. 3

Welcome to The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast. I'm your host Forrest Kelly from the seed to the glass. Wine has a past. Our aim at The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast is to look for adventure at wineries around the globe. After all grape minds think alike. Let's start the adventure. We finished our last episode with Angela from Prairie Berry Winery talking about their wine club and it's one of the biggest wine clubs in the United States. How big is it? So we have one of the largest wine clubs in the coun...

Jul 12, 20206 minSeason 1Ep. 17

Prairie Berry Winery-Hill City, SD Pt. 2

Welcome to The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast. I’m your host Forrest Kelly from the seed to the glass. Wine has a past. Our aim at The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast is to look for adventure at wineries around the globe. After all grape minds think alike. Let’s start the adventure. Our featured winery is, we continue our conversation with Angela of Prairie Berry Winery in Hill City, South Dakota . So we’ve won over a thousand international awards for our wine. When I tell people that sometimes, you know...

Jul 05, 20206 minSeason 1Ep. 16

Prairie Berry Winery – Hill City, SD Pt. 1

Welcome to The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast. I’m your host Forrest Kelly from the seed to the glass. Wine has a past. Our aim at The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast is to look for adventure at wineries around the globe. After all grape minds think alike. Let’s start the adventure. Our featured winery is: We venture to Hill City, South Dakota. The oldest existing city in Pennington County. A 15-minute mule ride from Mount Rushmore . And about 70 miles from Belle Fourche, South Dakota , which is the geog...

Jun 28, 20205 minSeason 1Ep. 15

Dry Farm Wines - Todd White - Pt. 3

Welcome to The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast. I’m your host Forrest Kelly from the seed to the glass. Wine has a past. Our aim at The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast is to look for adventure at wineries around the globe. After all grape minds think alike. Let’s start the adventure. We are speaking with Todd White, founder, and CEO of Dry Farm Wines . So having strict guidelines for your wine, how did you come up with the wineries? How did you select them? Because you just can’t go to Google and find the...

Jun 12, 20206 minSeason 1Ep. 14

Dry Farm Wines - Todd White - Pt. 2

Welcome to The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast. I’m your host Forrest Kelly from the seed to the glass. Wine has a past. Our aim at The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast is to look for adventure at wineries around the globe. After all grape minds think alike. Let’s start the adventure. We go on a different journey. We don’t drop into a specific winery. We are speaking with Todd White, founder, and CEO of Dry Farm Wines . There are 76 additives approved by the FDA for use in winemaking. Four of them are quit...

May 28, 20206 minSeason 1Ep. 13

Dry Farm Wines - Todd White - Pt. 1

Welcome to The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast. I’m your host Forrest Kelly from the seed to the glass. Wine has a past. Our aim at The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast is to look for adventure at wineries around the globe. After all grape minds think alike. Let’s start the adventure. We go on a different journey. We don’t drop into a specific winery. We are speaking with Todd White, founder, and CEO of Dry Farm Wines . Yes. Dryfarmwines.com. The only health-focused natural wine club in the world. We’ll ge...

May 20, 20206 minSeason 1Ep. 12

Post Winery – Altus, AR Pt. 3

Welcome to The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast. I’m your host Forrest Kelly from the seed to the glass. Wine has a past. Our aim at The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast is to look for adventure at wineries around the globe. After all grape minds think alike. Let’s start the adventure. We continue our conversation with Tina Post of Post Winery and Altus, Arkansas , as she explains the depths they go to ensure quality control. We take care of our vineyards and we harvest. We haul that. We bring it to the win...

May 17, 20207 minSeason 1Ep. 11

Post Winery – Altus, AR Pt. 2

Welcome to The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast. I’m your host Forrest Kelly from the seed to the glass. Wine has a past. Our aim at The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast is to look for adventure at wineries around the globe. After all grape minds think alike. Let’s start the adventure. Our featured winery is as continue our conversation with Tina Post of Post Winery and Altus, Arkansas. So since you are one of the biggest wineries in the United States, just a rough estimate, how many people have you got com...

May 10, 20206 minSeason 1Ep. 10

Post Winery – Altus, AR Pt. 1

Post Winery Welcome to The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast. I’m your host Forrest Kelly from the seed to the glass. Wine has a past. Our aim at The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast is to look for adventure at wineries around the globe. After all grape minds think alike. Let’s start the adventure. Our featured winery in this episode is Post Winery . We head to the state that ranks number one in rice and poultry production. My wife’s favorite author, John Grisham is from the state. The state’s musical instru...

May 01, 20206 minSeason 1Ep. 9

Ports of New York Winery – Ithaca, NY Pt. 3

Welcome to The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast. I’m your host Forrest Kelly from the seed to the glass. Wine has a past. Our aim at The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast is to look for adventure at wineries around the globe. After all grape minds think alike. Let’s start the adventure. I’m the owner Frédéric Bouché and the winemaker of Ports of New York Winery. Welcome to Part 3 of our conversation with Frédéric Bouché. Can’t wait to get into it. So many fascinating stories with Mr. Bouche. Imagined having ...

Apr 22, 20208 minSeason 1Ep. 8

Ports of New York Winery – Ithaca, NY Pt. 2

Welcome to The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast. I’m your host Forrest Kelly from the seed to the glass. Wine has a past. Our aim at The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast is to look for adventure at wineries around the globe. After all grape minds think alike. Let’s start the adventure.** Our featured winery is Ports of New York as we continue our conversation with Frédéric Bouché Ports of New York, owner-operator. And then what happened is that my wife and I moved to the Finger Lakes region in 94 because sh...

Mar 18, 20205 minSeason 1Ep. 7

Ports of New York Winery – Ithaca, NY Pt. 1

In this episode, we talk with Frederic Bouche of Ports of New York Winery. We discuss his history of winemaking and French background. Welcome to The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast. I'm your host Forrest Kelly from the seed to the glass. Wine has a past. Our aim at The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast is to look for adventure at wineries around the globe. After all, grape minds think alike. Let's start the adventure. Our featured winery is, we travel to Ithaca, New York , home to Cornell University, and a...

Mar 13, 20206 minSeason 1Ep. 6

Discovering Hawaiian Pinot Noir: A Journey to Volcano Winery - Pt. 2

Welcome to The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast. I’m your host Forrest Kelly from the seed to the glass. Wine has a past. Our aim at The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast is to look for adventure at wineries around the globe. After all grape minds think alike. Let’s start the adventure. Our featured winery in this episode. Our featured winery is Aloha, Volcano Winery . As we continue our interview with Kendall of Volcano Winery in Volcano, Hawaii , in our first episode, we learned that Volcano Winery is abou...

Feb 29, 20206 minSeason 1Ep. 5

Lava Tubes and Cork Trees: Inside Volcano Winery

Welcome to The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast. I’m your host Forrest Kelly from the seed to the glass wine has a past. Our aim at The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast is to look for adventure at wineries around the globe. After all, grape minds think alike. Let’s start the adventure. Let’s start the adventure. Our featured winery in this episode. We find out America’s Southern Most Winery. Do you have a guess? Let me give you a hint. Aloha. Oh, you guessed it’s Volcano Hawaii is where we venture to. My na...

Feb 29, 20206 minSeason 1Ep. 4

Vintage Wisdom: The Art of Aging Wine in Arizona

This episode brings you insights from Ken Callaghan of Callaghan Vineyards , as we explore the intriguing world of wine production in Elgin, Arizona. Callaghan shares his experiences and expertise accumulated over nearly 30 years, emphasizing the importance of understanding wine aging through a unique library tasting event. Listeners will discover the distinctions between wine grapes and table grapes, highlighting the complexity and variety inherent in winemaking. Ken's achievements, including a...

Feb 26, 20204 minSeason 1Ep. 3

Heat Waves and Harvests: The Challenges of Arizona Winemaking

Discover the fascinating journey of Callaghan Vineyards, a winery in Arizona that emphasizes the importance of quality over quantity in winemaking. Host Forrest Kelly interviews Kent Callaghan, who shares insights into the challenges faced when starting the vineyard amidst extreme weather conditions in the 1990s. With over 30 years of experience, Kent discusses the critical role of pruning in achieving success and the ongoing quest to determine which grape varieties thrive best in Arizona’s uniq...

Feb 24, 20207 minSeason 1Ep. 2

Exploring Alaska's Unique Fruit Wines: A Journey with Bear Creek Winery

Join us as we explore the fascinating world of fruit wines at Bear Creek Winery in Homer, Alaska, where the flavor profiles are refreshingly distinct from traditional grape wines. Host Forest Kelly engages with winery owner Lewis, who shares insights into the challenges and triumphs of crafting wines from local berries and fruits in a region known for its halibut fishing. Discover the innovative spirit behind their popular strawberry rhubarb wine and the exciting plans for new products, includin...

Feb 21, 20207 minSeason 1Ep. 1
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