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Insider Interviews with David Furer - Presenting Dr. José Vouillamoz

Insider Interviews with David Furer - Presenting Dr. José Vouillamoz

Dr. José Vouillamoz is one of the world’s few, and leading, authorities on the origin and parentage of grape varieties through DNA profiling. The Swiss grape geneticist trained with Prof. Carole Me...

Insider Interviews by David Furer - Presenting Jean-Nicolas Méo and Jay Boberg

Insider Interviews by David Furer - Presenting Jean-Nicolas Méo and Jay Boberg

The latest entry into the expanding number of French - especially Burgundian - vignerons into Oregon is that of Jean-Nicolas Méo of Méo-Camuzet and music entrepreneur Jay Boberg with their Yamhill-...

Insider Interviews with David Furer - Presenting Alejandro Fernandez

Insider Interviews with David Furer - Presenting Alejandro Fernandez

I first encountered the wines of Ribera del Duero in 1992 through Pesquera winery, then the only winery of the region with any recognition beyond that of the historic Vega Sicilia. Its founder, Ale...

Insider Interviews by David Furer - Presenting Paul Hobbs

Insider Interviews by David Furer - Presenting Paul Hobbs

Owner/winemaker of his eponymous winery, Paul Hobbs's exposure to farming started as a child where in upstate New York his father presciently had young Paul taste apples of the same variety grown i...