For the 15th installment of Own-Rooted, we spent some time talking with Oregonian winemaker Joe Swick. Joe is a prolific and distinctive winemaker with a house-style that is recognizable and dynamic. Although his high vitality wines share simil...

Our guest is Bianka Schmitt and with her husband Daniel she runs Weingut Schmitt in Rheinhessen and theirs are some of my all time favorite wines. For me, the most ...

Hey all and welcome to own rooted brought to you by Olmstead Wine co.  I’m your host Max and our guests today are Danielle Shehab and Matthew Rorick of Forlorn Hope locat...

 Our guest is Annamária Réka Koncz, located in Barabás, North Eastern Hungary.  Although Annamária is producing some astounding wines, she’s relatively unknown.  I first tasted her Blaufrankisch ‘A Change of Heart’ when I was ...

Our guest is Andres Carull (Finca Casa Balaguer) from Alicante Spain.   Winemaking isn’t the kind of gig you can pursue casually, it’s a holistic enterprise and the enormity of the thing can be both hypnotic and thrilling.  For And...

Our guest today is Aaron Mockrish of Frenchtown Farms in North Yuba, California.  I’ve always found winemaking to be a blend of mysticism and engineering and I ca...

We’re living in a golden age of natural wine with a dozen novel producers to try every day.  Though many of these budding winemakers are kicking out great stuff, only a very few producers are so excellent they become timeless.  Filipp...

If you already caught the first part you’ll have a sense for the transparency Faith brings to the table so we wanted to use this episode as an opportunity to introduce something new to the show.&nbs...

This episode will be the first of a two part interview with Faith Armstrong-Foster of Onward Wines.    I often hear producers say logistics make the wine and it’s true but what...

Our guest today is Michael Völker of 2Naturkinder in Franken, Germany.   I knew we were off to the races when Michael greeted me from a dark room with a disco ball in the corner but despite the surrea...

Hey all and welcome to Own-Rooted brought to you by Olmstead Wine Co where we get the sales pitch out of the way to shine a light on the lived experience of our favorite winemakers.  I’m your host Max and our guest today is Assis Suriol fr...

Hey all and welcome to Own-Rooted brought to you by Olmstead Wine Co where we get the sales pitch out of the way to shine a light on the lived experience of our favorite winemakers.  I’m your host Max and our guest today is Niklas Peltzer ...

Hey all and welcome to Own-Rooted brought to you by Olmstead Wine Co where we get the sales pitch out of the way to shine a light on the lived experience of our favorite winemakers.  I’m your host Max and our guest today is Evan Lewandowsk...

Hey all and welcome to Own-Rooted brought to you by Olmstead Wine Co where we get the sales pitch out of the way to shine a light on the lived experience of our favorite winemakers.  I’m your host Max and our guest today is Shaunt Oungouli...

Hey all and welcome to Own-Rooted brought to you by Olmstead Wine Co I’m your host Max and what we’re gonna do on this show is get the sales pitch zeitgeist out of the way to shine a light on the lived experience of our favorite winemakers.&nbs...