Leslie Frank is the proprietor of Frank Family Vineyards in Calistoga. Discover how this former TV anchor/reporter started her career in Canada, but quickly landed in the United States. While she never thought she’d leave the news businesses, falling in love had her making a career change. Discover how she met her husband during a girls trip to the Napa Valley. Learn about their home nestled in the hills of Rutherford. Discover how she modernized the 1930s tutor house, but maintained its integri...
Nov 13, 2019•36 min
Jodie Morlet is the proprietor and general manager of Morlet Family Vineyards and Morlet Selections in the Napa Valley. Discover how her first job as a tour guide at UCLA helped prepared her for the career she has today. Enjoy learning how she met her husband in France. Discover how the initial friendship and letter writing turned to marriage. Find out how she and her winemaker husband decided to pave their own path in California instead of working at his family’s winery business in Champagne, F...
Nov 06, 2019•33 min
Meet Jeni Olsen who is the founder and executive director of Teens Connect in Napa. Learn how this successful graphic designer became a teen activist who is changing the lives of kids. Find out how the organization helps kids with programs that supports, engages, and empowers them using a focus around art, wellness, peer mentoring and volunteer projects. Discover how this California girl found love in Idaho and how they decided to settle in Napa. Find out why Jeni thinks the rural feel mixed wit...
Oct 29, 2019•30 min
Sara Fowler is the Director of Winemaking and Vineyards at Peju and Calmere in the Napa Valley. She’s managing 6 vineyard properties and making 40-different wines between both brands. While she’s been a winemaker for 25-years, learn how her parents first introduced her to the business with beer. Learn how she started her wine career at Kendall-Jackson. Discover what makes Sara such a successful winemaker, and how she likes to spend her free time. Learn about her decorating style, entertaining ti...
Oct 09, 2019•28 min
Ranko Anderson is the Proprietor of Kale Wines. Find out how a career in politics and banking helped prepare her to run a successful wine brand in the Napa Valley. Learn how Kale Wines differentiates itself from other wines by focusing on Rhone varietals. Learn all of this and more including how Ranko would spend her perfect day in the wine country.
Oct 02, 2019•28 min
Meet Tracy Vogt who is the proprietor of Charlie’s Acres an animal rescue organization in Sonoma, CA. Learn about her love for animals and how this initiative became so important to her. Find out why she chose to move to Sonoma, what’s ahead for her business, and how you can help. Discover how this vegan enjoys life in wine country and so much more.
Sep 25, 2019•24 min
Meet Julie Atwood who is a business owner and community preparedness activist in Sonoma County. She is a Californian who settled in Sonoma Valley in the 1980’s. Learn about the unique features of the 70-acre property including details of a 1850’s Sears catalogue house and other structures on the land. Find out how this experienced rancher uses her skills and experience to make a difference in the County. Learn all this and more when you listen to the interview.
Sep 10, 2019•32 min
Prema Behan is the Chief Operating Officer of a wine enterprise, but also a wife, mother and experienced jungle explorer. Discover the incredible story of this California woman who began working for successful entraprenuer Bill Price in 2000 and now runs his wine business and is an owner of a luxury winery. Discover how a great mentor, a rich culture and team environment led to her growth within his organization. Learn about her interest in historic preservation and how this played a part in her...
Sep 03, 2019•30 min
Gina Hennen is the winemaker at Adelsheim Winery in the Willamette Valley, but also a wife and mother. Learn how an opportunity to work harvest changed her career path from being a successful engineer. Discover why the mix of science and creativity is a satisfying combination. Learn about Gina's career path at Adelsheim which started as a cellar hand in 2007. Find out how her supportive husband helps her have the perfect work-life balance. Discover why Gina spent a year in Ireland and so much mo...
Aug 27, 2019•30 min
Andrea Johnson is an award-winning photojournalist, but also enjoys adventure travel and yoga. Discover how this Oregonian woman whose family is rich is history started her career at Nike. Learn how the experience working in corporate America shaped the future of her career. With successful entrepreneurial parents; it may be no surprise she decided to start her own business. Find out how Andrea enjoys pushing the limits to tell a story with images. Discover how she sees beyond the ordinary; to c...
Aug 20, 2019•37 min
Annie Shull is the Proprietor and Director of National Sales, Marketing and Distribution of Raptor Ridge Winery, but also a dedicated civic leader and meditation instructor. Learn the unique path this Minnesota woman took to begin a career in the wine industry. Find out what makes her winery a little more special than most in the area. Discover why Oregon’s Pinot Camp is so important to her and learn why she routinely locks her cell phone in the car plus, so much more.
Aug 13, 2019•35 min
Susan Sokol Blosser is a pioneering entrepreneur, civic leader, visionary, author and, the matriarch of Sokol Blosser Winery and is from one of the four families who founded the Willamette Valley wine region. Learn about Susan's first career in education before pursuing a new career path when she landed in Oregon with her husband. Discover how their winery received world recognition as the first to be sustainable and LEED certified. Find out what Susan is doing today to make Yamhill County a nat...
Aug 06, 2019•32 min
Meet Taylor Serres who oversees the agriculture division of her families business, Serres Corporation . Learn how this Sonoma Valley girl was born and raised on her families Ranch and still calls it home today. Discover the history of her home and how her shabby chic farmhouse style works perfectly with mounted animal heads. Find out why she doesn’t mind being called a tomboy. Learn why the Fourth of July is so special in Sonoma County and why its her favorite holiday. Find out while she went to...
Jul 30, 2019•27 min
Lauren Belden is a passionate branding expert and co-founder of Belden Barns in Sonoma County. She is also a wife and mother of two. Lauren is a New Yorker who is happy to now call California home. She spends her week living in San Francisco and weekends at their winery. Her most exhilarating, rewarding and exhausting job, is raising her children. While Lauren developed a career in the branding world; she enjoys working with her husband on their wine business. Learn about their big plans plus, t...
Jul 23, 2019•32 min
Remi Cohen is the Chief Operating Officer of Lede Family Wines, but also an accomplished dancer and music enthusiast. Discover why this New Yorker decided to go to college on the west coast. Learn how an opportunity to be a harvest intern led to a career in the wine industry. Find out how she spends her days; even though no two are alike. Learn how she likes to enjoy a day off in the Napa Valley and so much more.
Jul 16, 2019•29 min
Marla Bedrosian is the Proprietor of Domaine de la Riviere in Sonoma County. Find out how this hospitality professional from New York decided to get into the California wine business. Discover how this bi-coastal woman is able to keep a good work/life balance while successfully being a wife and mother.
Jul 09, 2019•28 min
Monica Stevens is the Founder and CEO of Jameson Animal Rescue Ranch and Co-Proprietor of 750 Wines, but also a woman who lives a life of purpose. Monica grew up and lived in Chicago until she moved to the Napa Valley in 2006. Her first job was Inns Keeper at the quaint Poetry Inn nestled in the hills above Yountville. Learn how she met her husband and together created two successful businesses. Discover what makes 750 Wines a unique place to taste wines and learn it’s connection to Screaming Ea...
Jul 02, 2019•31 min
Duskie Estes is a celebrity chef on the Food Network, restaurateur and farmer, but also a woman who likes to make everyone happy! Duskie is a California girl who grew up in San Francisco. She developed an appreciation for great food at an early age while dining at some of the country’s best restaurants. Learn how this Brown University graduate planned to pursue a career in law, but was drawn to follow a different path. Find out how Duskie ended up working in Seattle with Share our Strength. Disc...
Jun 25, 2019•32 min
Stacie Elkhoury is an Entrepreneur with a few successful companies; surprisingly not one related to the wine industry. She is also a wife and mother of four. Learn how she juggles it all and still has time and energy to go out! Find out where she developed her great work ethic and who influenced her most and showed her how to have work/life balance. Discover how this woman from Ohio landed in Sonoma and is happy to call it home. Learn how Stacie describes her life in wine country and how she bec...
Jun 18, 2019•32 min
Julia Allen is the Founder and Creative Director of Folia Design in Napa, but also practices yoga and is a baker. Discover how this woman from Chicago, who is an experienced brand strategist, print, packaging and digital design professional, landed in California. Find out how she enjoys working for a variety of clients from restaurants to wineries. Discover why Julia takes a deep sense of pride and ownership in each project. Learn more about her professional process and personal life and why Win...
Jun 11, 2019•36 min
Meet Heather Patz a Founder of Patz & Hall. She grew up in Oregon, but moved to California in the early 1980s. She has lived in a few wine regions, but is happy to now call Sonoma County home. Find out what makes this area a perfect place for her. Discover what she learned from consumers after working in the tasting room for twenty-five years. Find out why she is spending more time in the kitchen and outdoors.
Jun 04, 2019•28 min
Meet Karen Crouse who is the Proprietor of Mount Veeder Magic Vineyards in the Napa Valley. Find out how her New Orleans roots continues to influence her life today. Discover after a lengthy career with American Express why she decided to become a grape grower. Learn about her creative approach to the wine business and how she can help you create your own personal wine brand.
May 28, 2019•27 min
A conversation with Suzanne Phifer Pavitt and Peggy Noe Stevens. Suzanne owns a premium boutique wine brand in the Napa Valley and recently released her first batch of bourbon. Peggy is the World's first female Master Bourbon Taster, founder of Bourbon Women and a woman whose family is rich in bourbon history. Her cousins are Fred and Booker Noe of Jim Beam. Find out why Suzanne decided to get in the bourbon business and what Peggy thinks about this Tennessee whiskey bourbon...and, so much more....
May 21, 2019•35 min
Meet Clarice Turner who is the President of Joseph Phelps Winery. Discover while she has been surrounded by grapes and wine her whole life, this is the first time she’s worked for a winery. Learn how her entrepreneurial spirit and China significantly affected her life and brought this Californian back home. Learn what she enjoys most about running a successful family owned business and what makes their flagship wine so special each year. Discover how she found the perfect home after several year...
May 14, 2019•28 min
Sara Scott is a self-taught chef in the Napa Valley. Learn how working for a prominent couple in the wine industry provided her with several wonderful opportunities and helped boost her career. Discover what she has seen and experienced living in wine country for 40-years. Find out Sara’s advice for those who want to work in the culinary industry. Learn what this southerner enjoys doing in her free time and what her favorite restaurant is right now in Napa.
May 07, 2019•30 min
Christine A. Moore is the featured Milner of the Kentucky Derby! A Milliner is someone who designs, makes or sells women’s hats. Christine is one of the best in our country. She has found her niche in the horse racing industry, but she makes hats for all occasions. She’s designing a few hats for some Wine Country Women attending the Kentucky Oaks. Find out how Christine started her career and where she gets her inspiration for her designs. Discover how a man and a successful Milner working on Br...
Apr 22, 2019•29 min
Episode 20 - Molly Hill, Sequoia Grove Winery by Michelle Mandro
Apr 16, 2019•29 min
Kendall Hoxsey-Onysko’s family is rich in Napa Valley history. She grew up in Yountville and is fifth generation. Find out how Kendall’s first professional job at the French Laundry restaurant prepared her for success in wine and hospitality. Learn which wine industry women mentor her and still help her today to incorporate work-life balance. Discover how she spends her days as the Business Manager at Napa Wine Company, one of the first custom crush businesses in the area. Learn about Kendall’s ...
Apr 09, 2019•24 min
Julie Johnson is the Proprietor and Winemaker of Tres Sabores located in Rutherford. Learn how this Columbia University graduate had a career in nursing before she started a wine brand in the Napa Valley. Discover which successful women in the wine industry helped guide and mentor her career. Discover why it’s important to Julie to be a good steward of the land. Learn about her connection to Frog’s Leap Winery and find out how Tres Sabores got it’s name.
Apr 02, 2019•34 min
Lauren Ackerman is the Proprietor of Ackerman Family Vineyards and the owner of a beautiful restored Victorian in downtown Napa. Learn about her first career in software technology and how a surprise land purchase in 1994 changed her life forever. Discover the unique tasting experiences you can enjoy at the Victorian. Learn about Lauren’s love for boats, cars and horses and, so much more.
Mar 26, 2019•29 min
