Hi Welcome to the Indie Wine Podcast, my name is Matt Wood and this is episode 80. Today I’m talking with Whitney Nell Stewart PHD.

Whitney is a historian and Director of Collections and Education at Coastal Georgia Historical Society on St. Simons Island

She also wrote the book, This Is Our Home: Slavery and Struggle on Southern Plantations. Where she brings to life the homes of enslaved black families on 5 southern plantations. Her next book will deal with the connecting between winemaking and slavery in the early US. Whitney also has a wine education from the WSET to go along with her work as a historian. I hope you enjoy our conversation. You can find more about Whitney at www.whitneynellstewart.com or follow her at whitneynellstewart on instagram.

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IWP Ep79 Tony Coturri and Noel Diaz - A conversation. Today’s episode is a little different. A conversation between Noel Diaz of Purity Wine, the Study wine bar and the Richmond Wine Collective, he was also my very first interview for the podcast, way back on episode 2 and Tony Coturri of the Coturri winery, who has been making natural wines longer than anyone in California. Noel came up with the idea and Tony was up for it! They discuss what has changed over the last 50 years in California Natural wine, some of the struggles and the surprising bright spots, there’s lots of talk about farming and how wine fits in with the rest of our food. We had a great time sneaking the recording in while By The Way was getting started. You can find Noel and Barrie's wines at PurityWine.net or follow them @puritywine Tony’s wines can be found at Coturriwinery.com or follow him at cotturi_winery
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IWP Ep78 Christopher Renfro - The Two Eighty Project and Friend of a Friend SF. Today I’m talking with Christopher Renfro of the 280 Project and Friend of a Friend Wine shop. This conversation has been a long time coming but we finally made it happen and had a great discussion and the history of the 280 project and where it’s going, about San Francisco, the Bay Area and vineyards in Napa and Sonoma. Christopher also lets us know how anyone can help the project and shares some inspiration. You can find out more about what Christopher is doing at https://www.280project.com and https://www.friendofafriendsf.com/ and follow him at https://www.instagram.com/280project

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IWP Ep77 Alejandro Fargosonini- Châteauneuf du Fargosonini. Today were hearing from Alejandro of Châteauneuf du Fargosonini. We discuss his really exciting and cool new project focussed on wines from the vineyard he lives on as well upcycling other fruits that would otherwise go to waste. Alejandro was working his way around the Bay Area to taste different shops on the wines when he stopped by. I think you’ll get a good idea of the wines and project and thought process behind both. Some wines are made from Grenache but also plum, citrus, apricot and other fruits. Others are intentionally oxidized or cooked in the central valley sun. All the wines are super unique and could create really interesting pairing opportunities. Follow Alejandro at https://www.instagram.com/chateauneuf_du_fargosonini or find more info at the website https://www.chateauneuf.xyz/ Find the wines at Friend of a Friend SF, Bay Grape Oakland, Pinyon Ojai, Good Time Wine Bar San Jose, Aurora SF and DTC online very soon.

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IWP Ep76 George and John Jarvis - Vine Hill Santa Cruz Pioneer Winegrowers Today we’re talking about George and John Jarvis. Pioneer winegrowers in the Vine Hill area of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Their story is a good one and because we haven’t been in the Santa Cruz Mountains much for the historical episodes, there is some background info and other fun details, like 2 Charlies, the 3rd town in California and fires. One thing about the Jarvis’s is that real exact details are lacking a little. There is more conflicting info about them than most of our subjects. None of it is make or break stuff, it’s a year here, some acreage there, a couple thousand gallons more or less. Some of the archives of Santa Cruz County have been affected by fires and floods over the last 150 years. Because they were early on in the Santa cruz Mountains, they speculated on land a lot, so they would buy and sell and have some repossessed before buying a portion back, things like that. I tried to straighten it out the best I could. It doesn’t affect the story at all.

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Today we’re hearing from Shane Hunt, Wine Buyer at Piazzas fine foods. Upon starting at Piazzas, Shane did a complete overhaul of the wine section, putting the focus on smaller, local, low intervention wines. We discuss what it takes to sell these types of wines in a grocery environment. How it feels to hook someone up with a zero/zero wine from Sonoma instead of a generic blend from a large brand. And what smaller producers can do to get their wines into the hands of a more casual wine consumer. You can follow Shane www.instagram.com/shmob_shane and Piazzas www.instagram.com/piazzasfinefoods or their website https://piazzaslovesfood.com/.

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Today I’m talking with Pietro Buttitta from Prima Materia and Local Vines. After a career in food service Pietro has spent the last decade or so farming in Lake County at about 1400 feet elevation, focusing mostly on Italian varieties. He has also done some consulting and so we also discuss his fun new project in the Lamorinada area of Contra Costa County. The Lamorinda is a fascinating area, that I've always thought had lots of potential and it’s so close to Oakland with steep, interesting hillsides and valleys. You can find Pietro's wines at www.prima-materia.com/ and the new tasting room and project at www.local-vines.com follow him on instagram at prima_materia_wine. Be on the lookout for the Local Vines tasting room in Lafayette opening soon as well.
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IWP Ep73 Diego Perez - Zumo I recently had a great chat with Diego Perez of Zumo wines. Diego has worked with some of the most well known natural wine shops and bars, including Oaklands own Ordinaire. Zumo started in 2018 making strictly zero/zero wines. When possible Diego farms the sites himself and we discuss his farming and wine making in his new home in Yuba County and why you should support California wines. We also touch on Corks harvested by donkeys and Verdelho from Madeira at Evina Vineyards. You can follow Diego @Zumowine on instagram Zumowine.com

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