The TallMikeWine Podcast
It's a Wine Podcast, but NOT a Podcast all about wine...Meet Mike! He's tall, way into wine, and a former Disc Jockey. This podcast is his life rolled into one fun bundle of wine geekery, relatable conversation, many sips of wine AND laughter. Wine should be fun, right? This podcast tries to be fun. Based out of Nicholson Ranch Winery in Sonoma, California. Yes, THAT Sonoma...wine country!
Episodes
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Temecula California! A rather under-sung wine region in Southern California takes the spotlight as Mike chats with Rob Crisell about his book "Temecula Valley Wineries". But that's not all! They also touch on avocados! Greek Tragedy! Kierkegaard, too!!! You better believe it's the wine podcast that NOT "all about wine."
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A swing through a few of Seattle's SODO (South of Downtown) tasting rooms, from Mike's recent Pacific Northwest road-trip!! Mike and his pal Tammy from High School sip and chat and laugh, follow along!
Wineries Visited:
Brown Family Vineyards (website)
EFESTE (website)
Spruce Hill Winery (website)
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On Mike's recent vacation to the Pacific Northwest, he was invited to have a chat with winemaking students and one of their instructors at Chemeketa Community College in Salem, Oregon. If you've ever had "the dream" of planting a vineyard and starting your own winery you'll want to hear this conversation! It's inspiring and i...
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Mike is currently vacationing in the Pacific Northwest, and his first stop was the Willamette Valley in Oregon, to see his old pal Rob Stuart. Rob was Mike's neighbor in Yakima Washington (back in the day). He eventually went to Oregon to make Pinot, and subsequently established his own label. It's a GREAT story!
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Award winning bartender Jeff "the Barfly" Burkhart joins Mike in the "studio" (his condo) in Novato California, for a chat about The Bizz of restaurants, bartending and Jeff de-mystifies vermouth. Jeff has also written books and is a columnist for various publications, we'll dig deep into all of it!
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Mike takes his microphone to work at Nicholson Ranch in Sonoma to capture the "behind the scenes" of a day during harvest season. He talks to the wine-making crew and to Deepak, the Big Boss about the 2024 vintage. He also talks about what's "in his glass". This episode is great with headphones on!
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Mike chats with Dr. Elizabeth Smith...a conversation that had to be rerecorded, and rescheduled twice! Long story, listen to hear it all. Also hear about the travels of Dr. Smith from her Carolinas upbringing to the halls of accademia to the vineyards in California, and on to Croatia. It's quite a journey. Also Nikola Tesla and Dalmatians, and tastin...
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Back from and unplanned hiatus, Mike chats with his pal Alex, who works with vineyards in the Napa Valley. How's the 2024 vintage looking? Alex will tell us. Also tennis, the "last meal" before the Covid shutdown, the "songs of the summer" and notes on a couple of delicious wines as they swirl, sniff and sip. It's a fun chat!...
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Nora T. Murphy works down the road at Gundlach-Bundschu (GunBun) and she's been there for seven years. She also hosts a Punk Rock radio show at the community radio station KSVY. Hear the tale of the long and winding road Nora took from suburban Chicago to wine country AND musings about winery life, the decline of the Great American Department Store a...
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One of Mike's faves returns to the Podcast - Cara Almberg, the *former* Wine Woman of Walla Walla Washington. Cara talks about both a change of location AND change of career, she's moved out of the wine business. They also discuss the Stanley Cup playoffs, dogs, and Mike's fascination with Instagram Reels. Oh, and Mike talks in a goofy Aust...
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Mike's pal, and fellow podcast host, Amy Mair checks in with some good summer reads! The two of them also sip some good wines, and get into a serious debate about "listening" to books vs actually reading them the old fashioned way. This is really THE wine podcast that's NOT "all about wine" - but there's plenty of wine, ...
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Alissa Limbocker, from Pangloss Cellars who have a tasting room in downtown Sonoma, started her life in the suburbs of Sacramento and eventually attended college and got on "the path" to what she was raised to believe was a good life. But at some point she realized something was missing. That something turned out to be wine. Hear about her "...
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Another visit with the Wizard of Northwest Wine, Sean P. Sullivan! The latest news from the world of Northwest wine plus an update on Sean's website northwestwinereport.com as a subscription-based news outlet. Why is more and more journalism switching to indepedant platforms? Also, baseball season! Oh, and a couple of delicious wines are tasted...it&...
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Mike's pal Walter Hamlin was raised in the 7th Day Adventist Church, so there was NO alcohol. Surprisingly Walter has mad a career for himself in the wine business. Funny how life happens. Mike and Walter chat in the Vintner's Room at Nicholson Ranch about their time working for a small wine wholesaler in San Francisco; Walter's first gig i...
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Mike is back in the Vintner's Room, for a chat with Kyle Stoner, wine tour bus driver and stage actor! The conversation covers such diverse topics as bachelorette parties in wine country and puppet sex(!), show tunes and karaoke. The guys also taste a couple of delicious wines, and as usual, have plenty of laughs.
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More driving, more great wine (and food!) and fun chats with the local wine geeks of Paso Robles. You'll feel as though you are in the passenger's seat on this road trip.
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Mike packed up the microphones and headed south! His first visit to the exploding Paso Robles wine region. He talks to his fellow wine enthusiasts about the "Paso Scene" (also how to properly pronounce things), and tells you about the also very hot restaurant scene.
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Mike hits the road and heads east to Lodi California, not the *most* well known wine region, but there *is* lots of wine there. A chat with Eliza Hess from Lucas Winery about the 2023 vintage, what Lodi does best, how a farm girl from Illinois ended up out west and (wait for it) the TUBA! A few nice Lucas wines are tasted, too.
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Mike learns of a new musical genre, Trop Rock! A sort of "beachy" country music (Jimmy Buffett is the bench mark), and Erica Sunshine Lee is one of the leading practitioners, touring 300 dates a year. Hear how this small-town Georgia girl became a sensation, and what type of wine she likes to drink in her down time. She is a WINE lover!
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Lately Mike's been pondering a certain wine label from an Italian producer, Tolaini, and their Cabernet Sauvignon "Legit". Find out why, and hear how this wine came to be, from Lia Tolaini herself, who Zooms in from Tuscany. Also, what else has been in Mike's glass of late.
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