If there’s anything you’ll learn listening to Grape Encounters Radio, it’s that winemakers (especially the good ones) are some of the most down-to-earth, unpretentious people on the planet.We were so intrigued with our brief Daniel Gehrs phone interview more than a month ago that we took him up on his invitation to hang with the [...]

The finest chefs in the extraordinary resort community of Rancho Mirage join David at a United Way wine-pairing fundraiser hosted by Rancho Mirage Mayor Richard kite. It’s all about creative cuisine, extraordinary confections and some alluring wines from Tulip Hill.

Kris Parker, grandson of TV and winemaking legend Fess Parker, Keith Saarloos, go-to-guy of the extraordinary Saarloos and Sons family winemaking operation and host David Wilson get deep and philosophical in the super-secret broadcast studio.

Dave talks about how to navigate through the excess in supermarket wine aisles, then talks to a Missouri winemaker whose wines can’t be shipped to people who may want it. Then we bring Keith Saarloos in to make sense of it all. Then we get Ron Roy of Wines That Rock, and insist he gives [...]

Winemaking pioneer Brooks Firestone joins world-class Pinot maker Steven Pepe in an unpretentious, lighthearted conversation about some very high-brow wines. This is a truly interesting interview which takes place in church. Hallelujah!