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Start Over Collection Modern History of Virginia Winemaking Unit University of Virginia Library

31. Fine Wine Confidential: Kirsty Harmon, Blenheim Vineyards (36:23)

Date:
2021-05-03
Main contributors:
Reno, Fred, Harmon, Kirsty
Summary:
Fred Reno interviews Kirsty Harmon, the winemaker and general manager of Blenheim Vineyards. They discuss her education in Enology, her work with Patricia Kluge and Gabriele Rausse, as well as Dave Matthews and his involvement with Blenheim Vineyards, and more.

32. Fine Wine Confidential: Lee Hartman, Bluestone Vineyard (42:34)

Date:
2022-09-08
Main contributors:
Reno, Fred, Hartman, Lee
Summary:
Fred Reno interviews Lee Hartman, the winemaker for Bluestone Vineyard. They discuss what sets the Shenandoah Valley apart as a Virginia wine-growing region, the meaning behind the name Bluestone, and more.

33. Fine Wine Confidential: Luca Paschina, Barboursville Vineyards (41:17)

Date:
2020-12-06
Main contributors:
Reno, Fred, Paschina, Luca
Summary:
Fred Reno interviews Luca Paschina, general manager and winemaker for Barboursville Vineyards. They cover his youth in Italy, his professional beginnings in the Napa Valley and Upstate New York, as well as Southern and Northern Italy, and his move to working with Barboursville Vineyards in Virginia, where he has been for the past 30 years.

34. Fine Wine Confidential: Lucie Morton (1:04:38)

Date:
2021-04-14
Main contributors:
Reno, Fred, Morton, Lucie
Summary:
Fred Reno interviews Lucie Morton, world-renowned ampelographer and viticulturalist. They discuss her background and education in winegrowing, her affinity for hybrid grapes, how she discovered a grape disease, and more.

35. Fine Wine Confidential: Matthieu Finot, King Family Vineyards (47:41)

Date:
2021-06-16
Main contributors:
Reno, Fred, Finot, Matthieu
Summary:
Fred Reno interviews Matthieu Finot, the winemaker for King Family Vineyards. They discuss his experiences making wine around the world, his transition to making wine in Virginia, the Winemakers Research Exchange, and more.

36. Fine Wine Confidential: Michael Shaps, Shaps Wineworks (33:07)

Date:
2020-12-16
Main contributors:
Reno, Fred, Shaps, Michael
Summary:
Fred Reno interviews Michael Shaps, the founder and owner of Shaps Wineworks. They discuss his prior work at Jefferson Vineyards, his interest in the wines of Burgundy, his education at the Lycée Viticole de Beaune in France, and the Virginia wine industry.

38. Fine Wine Confidential: Nate Walsh, Walsh Family Wine (40:48)

Date:
2021-08-07
Main contributors:
Reno, Fred, Walsh, Nate
Summary:
Fred Reno interviews Nate Walsh, the founder and winegrowers of Walsh Family Wines. They discuss his early experience in the wine industry, his various work around Virginia, and his ideas on the future of winegrowing in Virginia and the impacts he has seen from Climate Change.

40. Fine Wine Confidential: Professor Tony Wolf (42:36)

Date:
2021-07-19
Main contributors:
Reno, Fred, Wolf, Tony
Summary:
Fred Reno interviews Professor Tony Wolf, Director of Agricultural Research & Extension Center for Virginia Tech University. They discuss his reasons for pursuing viticulture, his insights into what the future for Virginia winegrowing may look like, and more.