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IWP Ep117 Unfiltered Festival 2026 Panel - What makes a great wine: Restraint vs Risk
IWP Ep117 Unfiltered Festival 2026 Panel - What makes a great wine: Restraint vs Risk. We have another of the great panels from the Unfiltered festival. What makes a great wine: Restraint vs Risk. It's a great and varied panel. Randall Graham from Popelouchum, Angela Osborne from A Tribute to Grace, Brent Mayeaux from Stagiaire, Kimberly Charles from Charles Communication Associates and moderator Chad Arnold, the GM and head buyer at Paul Marcus Wines discuss what actually makes a great wine. Is it the winemaker, the setting, age, something more mysterious? Charles Carpy, one of the best known Pre-Prohibition wine makers, said that a wine couldn’t be truly great unless you kept going back to it until the entire bottle was finished. Once again Andrew Sullivan organized this panel as part of his Unfiltered Festival held in July at Donkey and Goat, I hope you enjoy the conversation. Watch the panel video at https://youtu.be/j9SLAUgc5mw Follow the podcast at www.instagram.com/indiewinepodcast or email indiewinepodcast@gmail.com with questions, comments or feedback. Please rate or subscribe or if you are able, consider making a donation to help me keep telling wine stories ad free and available for everyone. - www.patreon.com/IndieWinePodcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/indie-wine-podcast/id1673557547 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/indie-wine-podcast/id1673557547%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0)https://open.spotify.com/show/06FsKGiM9mYhhCHEFDOwjb. (https://open.spotify.com/show/06FsKGiM9mYhhCHEFDOwjb%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0.%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0)https://linktr.ee/indiewinepodcast (https://linktr.ee/indiewinepodcast%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0)
11 Sept 2026
IWP Ep116 Unfiltered Festival 2026 Panel - Breaking the Champagne Spell: California's Great Sparkling Wine Experiment
IWP Ep116 Unfiltered Festival 2026 Panel - Breaking the Champagne Spell: California's Great Sparkling Wine Experiment. With Jared Brandt - Donkey and Goat, Chris Cottrell - Under The Wire Wines, Michael Cruse - Ultramarine, Cruse Wine Co., Brad Kurtz - Gloria Ferrer. Harvest is extra early this year for many in California due to the unseasonably warm temperatures in January, February and March. For the podcast, it’s always the most difficult time to meet up with winemakers. In previous years I’ve done things like the 8 part California Wine Association series. But this year we have recordings of the great panels from this years Unfiltered Festival. Panels have been a vital part of the festival and part of Andrew Sullivan's vision for the festival from the start. Today’s episode is focussed on Sparkling Wine in California, I moderated this panel with the idea that California Sparkling Wine is really on a great run lately. The wines are being produced in a wide range of styles from Pet Nats showcasing minimal intervention and fresh styles to single vineyard vintage dated examples giving us a snapshot of a vineyard through the producers eyes year after year to extremely well done Non Vintage versions allowing us to see how blending and house styles can produce exceptionally complex wines. At the root of all these styles is a focus on high quality organic farming. Joining me for the panel are Jared Brandt of Donkey and Goat, Chris Cotrell of Under the Wire Wines, Michael Cruse from Ultramarine and Cruse Wine Co and Brad Kurtz Vineyard Director at Gloria Ferrer. This and the other panels will be posted on youtube - https://youtu.be/9sNWiAzISCA Follow the podcast at www.instagram.com/indiewinepodcast or email indiewinepodcast@gmail.com with questions, comments or feedback. Please rate or subscribe or if you are able, consider making a donation to help me keep telling wine stories ad free and available for everyone. - www.patreon.com/IndieWinePodcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/indie-wine-podcast/id1673557547 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/indie-wine-podcast/id1673557547%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0)https://open.spotify.com/show/06FsKGiM9mYhhCHEFDOwjb. (https://open.spotify.com/show/06FsKGiM9mYhhCHEFDOwjb%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0.%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0)https://linktr.ee/indiewinepodcast (https://linktr.ee/indiewinepodcast%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0%E2%81%A0)
28 Aug 2026
IWP Ep115 Pete Bloomberg - Llewelyn Wine
IWP Ep115 Pete Bloomberg - Llewelyn Wine. Last month I sat down with Pete Bloomberg of Llewelyn Wine. Pete has been making natural wines since 2021 after transitioning from a career in the Beer Industry. His wines are super interesting and unlike most, he tends to concentrate on white wines and lighter styles of red wine. Most grapes are sourced from Sonoma or Mendocino county and he’s now farming a Sonoma Mountain Chardonnay vineyard. Pete has created a wonderful project and even though the wines aren’t always the easiest to track down, they are worth the effort. You can sign up for the mailing list at https://www.llewelyn.wine/ (https://www.llewelyn.wine/) or follow him on instagram at llewelyn_wine (www.instagram.com/llewelyn_wine) or ask for the wines at your favorite local natural wine shop
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