There comes a seminal moment in every wine blogger’s experience. That moment is when they are profiled and interviewed by your favorite hosts, Kaz and Randy, on Wine Biz Radio! Yeah, whatever…
Shana Ray and Ashley Routson start things off, talking about their nationwide road trip series, dubbed Project Y-ine, aimed at finding out the drinking behaviors of Generation Y aka Millennials aka Those Young People Who Grew Up In The Internet Age. As the interview progresses, it becomes clear that these two women are in for the adventure of a lifetime: think Thelma & Louise without all that driving-off-a-cliff nonsense.
Next, there’s Russ Beebe, Winehiker and proprietor of California Wine Hikes, who visits with Kaz and Randy to discuss his history, his passion, and his love of hiking in wine country.
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Using their amazing time-bending powers, Kaz & Randy are simultaneously at the Wine Industry Technology Symposium (WITS) in Napa while this show is podcast to your ears! Amazing!
Kaz shows his greedy side! While he’s busy lining his pockets from product mentions, Randy at least maintains journalistic independence and invites old friend (of Kaz’s at least) Ziggy “The Wine Gal” Eschliman to the studios to talk about what it is to be a “Rock ‘n Roll Wine Amabassador”. She even gives her summertime wine recommendations, and we approve!
And now, for all of you who want to get your wine geek on, Kaz and Randy welcome John Katchmer to sit in with them and discuss the unpredictable lifestyle of a wine lab enologist. We discover John’s radio personality alter ego! His connection to Hollywood! The Vinquiry Lonely Hearts Winemaker Hotline! That, and so much more, you need to listen to believe!
Kaz invents another new word! In the meantime, he and Randy have a nice session with Rick Breslin of Hello Vino, talking about their iPhone application, what Vintank thinks of them, and what’s in their pipeline. Then their ears turn to Eric Arnold, deputy lifestyle editor at Forbes and author of First Big Crush, who riffs about the appalling state of the Australian wine industry and the lesson that is being missed by the rest of the worldwide wine industry.
