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Inside the Bunghole...A Journey through Wine

Pam and James

35 episodes

2 weeks ago

Send us a text In this episode of Inside the Bunghole, the team welcomes winemaker Brian Marquez from Weins Cellars, a legacy winery located in Temecula, California. Brian shares the story of Weins' 20+ year journey, from its beginnings in Lodi to becoming one of the “Four Castles” of Temecula wine country. Known for producing over 30 varietals and upwards of 100 different SKUs, Weins has built a diverse portfolio—from sparkling wines and white ports to bold reds—crafted to appeal to a wide r...

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Send us a text In this episode of Inside the Bunghole, the team welcomes winemaker Brian Marquez from Weins Cellars, a legacy winery located in Temecula, California. Brian shares the story of Weins' 20+ year journey, from its beginnings in Lodi to becoming one of the “Four Castles” of Temecula wine country. Known for producing over 30 varietals and upwards of 100 different SKUs, Weins has built a diverse portfolio—from sparkling wines and white ports to bold reds—crafted to appeal to a wide r...

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Inside the Bunghole...A Journey through Wine

S5E6 Roots & Reds: The Story of Weins Cellars

Send us a text In this episode of Inside the Bunghole, the team welcomes winemaker Brian Marquez from Weins Cellars, a legacy winery located in Temecula, California. Brian shares the story of Weins' 20+ year journey, from its beginnings in Lodi to becoming one of the “Four Castles” of Temecula wine country. Known for producing over 30 varietals and upwards of 100 different SKUs, Weins has built a diverse portfolio—from sparkling wines and white ports to bold reds—crafted to appeal to a wide r...

4 weeks ago

45 minutes

Inside the Bunghole...A Journey through Wine

S5E5 Pouring Passion: The Story of Kubani Wines

Send us a text In this rich and candid episode of Inside the Bunghole, the hosts sit down with Rajiv, founder and producer of Kubani Wines, a boutique winery nestled near downtown Napa. Rajiv shares how an unexpected trip to Napa in 1997, prompted by his lawyer, sparked a lifelong romance with winemaking. Now partnered with winemaker Bobby Moy, Rajiv emphasizes crafting wines that are elegant, approachable, and ready to drink—no snobbery required. The conversation also highlights their rosé, ...

2 months ago

38 minutes

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S5E4 Grgich Hills, the winemaker who changed the history of wine, and how his family continues to innovate!

Send us a text 🍇 From Croatia to California: A Winemaking Legacy In this heartfelt episode, Ivo Jeramaz of Grgich Hills shares the remarkable story of his uncle, Miljenko “Mike” Grgich—a Croatian immigrant whose 1973 Chardonnay triumphed at the historic 1976 Judgment of Paris, placing Napa Valley on the global wine map. Mike’s journey from a modest upbringing in Croatia to becoming a pivotal figure in the wine world is filled with resilience and vision. Ivo recounts how Mike’s early exposure ...

3 months ago

46 minutes

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S5E3 Domaine Anderson: Mr. Chardonnay Goes North: Darrin Low & the Magic of Anderson Valley

Send us a text 🌲 Wine on the Edge: Domaine Anderson’s Cool-Climate Vision Darrin Low, winemaker at Domaine Anderson, shares the story of crafting exceptional Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from California’s northernmost wine region—Anderson Valley. Nestled near the coast and defined by its cool maritime climate, the valley offers ideal conditions for delicate, acid-driven wines. With vineyards at elevations up to 600 feet and just 25 miles from the Pacific, Darrin explains how this unique terroir,...

3 months ago

28 minutes

Inside the Bunghole...A Journey through Wine

S5E2 Keenan Wines - Ghosts in the vineyard?!

Send us a text A Legacy Rooted in Wine and Family The episode kicks off with lighthearted banter and a warm welcome to the first Inside the Bunghole episode of 2025, featuring Michael Keenan of Keenan Wines in Napa Valley. Michael shares the multigenerational story of his family's vineyard, which began when his father, Robert Keenan, was inspired by his father-in-law's wine collection and purchased the Spring Mountain property in 1974. At the time, Napa was far from the food and wine mecca it...

4 months ago

38 minutes

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S5E1 Wine Royalty is in the house!

Send us a text Welcome to Season 5! Who would have thunk?! We start this season off with a bang as we are interviewing Angela Mondavi...not only an accomplished 4th generation wine maker, from an iconic family in American viticulture, but she is an ass kicking entrepreneur, with several businesses under her belt, of course they pertain to the family business of making AMAZING wines. The Mondavi family has a checkered past where 1/2 the family pursued winemaking under the fam...

7 months ago

13 minutes

Inside the Bunghole...A Journey through Wine

S4E9 Palm Springs Wine and Food Festival...Fun and YUM!

Send us a text James and Pam had an amazing time at the 2024 Palm Springs Food and Wine Festival, put on by Hocker Productions. Join them as they look back on the interviews with some great wine families, wine experts they met and discovered there. Make sure to visit palmspringsfoodandwine.org if you are planning a visit to Palm Springs in the fall. This event is a MUST if you are going to be in the area. The foodies (and winos) will not be disappointed! Great gu...

10 months ago

41 minutes

Inside the Bunghole...A Journey through Wine

S4E8 The Wine Hustler - Scott Halterlein, Salesperson extraordinaire at Breakthru Beverage Group

Send us a text Have you ever thought about a career where drinking wine was actually a necessary part of your job description? Well, look no further! Scott Halterlein, who is a wine rep for Breakthru Beverage Group, one of the very top distributors in the US, gives us the ins and outs, ups and downs of what it takes, besides a liver of steel, to become a successful beverage distributor. A very fun show, learning about some of the career choices you have if you want to break ...

12 months ago

35 minutes

Inside the Bunghole...A Journey through Wine

S4E7 Experience Sonoma history with a visit to Auteur wines

Send us a text The tasting room of Auteur wines is exquisitely unique...a beautiful, quaint bungalow purchased from the 1915 Sears and Roebuck catalog and restored at its current location in the heart of downtown Sonoma, a little slice of history! What is better than this nostalgic location are the wines that Auteur Wines is producing! Specializing in Pinot Noirs and Chardonnays, we tasted wines from sixteen vineyards that they source their grapes, throughout the coastal climate of Nor...

1 year ago

35 minutes

Inside the Bunghole...A Journey through Wine

S4E6 Sticks and stones may break your bones, but Three Sticks makes hella good wines!

Send us a text On our recent road trip to Sonoma, we had an enchanting visit to Three Sticks tasting home, the 1842 Vallejo Casteñada Adobe in downtown Sonoma. We were equally captivated by the charm and history of the downtown area, and the amazing wines of 3 sticks! We got to sit down with Director of Winemaking, Ryan Prichard who is known for crafting distinctive estate pinot noir and chardonnay wines that showcase Three Sticks’ iconic Sonoma County vineyards. You c...

1 year ago

47 minutes

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S4E5 MCV-Blending family and Petite Sirah a balance of love

Send us a text Meet Matthew Villard, the passionate owner and winemaker behind MCV. He is on a mission to create a name for Petite Sirah wines, and doing a great job at it! His love for wine blossomed around the family dinner table, fostered by his European-minded parents' perspective on alcohol. Matt pursued his wine education at the University of California, Davis. This is truly a family affair, Mathew, along with his wife, Teresa and his sons, are often times found in the tasting ro...

1 year ago

31 minutes

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S4E4 Inside the Bunghole goes deep in the cave...with Jess at Bella Grace

Send us a text At some point, serious wine lovers will have the same thought..."What if I quit my job and start a winery"? Some will dwell on it for years, some for only a few seconds, and then there are those like Michael and Charlie Havill who actually do it. Still committed to growing and providing grapes to award-winning wineries, Bella Grace now has a fully-operation winemaking facility, including a custom-designed and engineered wine cave, built-in 2011, that houses the handcrafte...

1 year ago

32 minutes

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S4E3 Eberle Wines - Gary Eberle, The Pioneer of Paso Robles!

Send us a text Wow! What a legend! Gary Eberle not only shares his great wines, he also shares his rich history from Pennsylvania to Paso, and his part in making Paso Robles a destination wine region in California! Gary released his first Cabernet Sauvignon in 1979, depicting the now iconic boar logo, which pays homage to the German origin of the name Eberle, which means "small boar". If you are lucky enough to visit this mainstay winery in Paso, you will likely find Gary...

1 year ago

31 minutes

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S4E2 Paso Robles Tooth & Nail with Jeremy Leffert

Send us a text Pam, James and (introducing for the 1st time as a host) German , who has been a guest, fan and supporter of Inside the Bunghole since the very beginning, are off to Paso Robles. Our first stop is Tooth & Nail. Join us as we sit down with Jeremy Leffert, Director of Winemaking. We find out how Jeremy got in to wine making and about his history with Tooth & Nail. We also talk about the history of Paso Robles as a leading AVA ( JARGON ALERT 🛎️ din...

1 year ago

32 minutes

Inside the Bunghole...A Journey through Wine

S4E1 You CAN have fun at school! If Grape Expectations is your classroom!

Send us a text Welcome to our 4th season! This year we kick it off with a field trip to Grape Expectations, where James and I and a few other bungholers took the winemaking class and ended up with a lot of knowledge and a few cases of our very own, and if I do say so myself, very delicious wine! We made a Super Tuscan made with grapes sourced just outside of Napa; 67% Sangiovese, 14% Merlot, 14% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 5% Syrah. WOW is all I can say! The wine was fanta...

1 year ago

36 minutes

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S3E8 Astronaut Jose Hernandez wines are out of this world!

Send us a text James and I are on a field trip to Stockton and caught up with Astronaut turned wine maker, Jose Hernandez. We first tried his wines at a wine tasting at La Fe, our regular haunt in Palm Desert, and decided we needed a re-visit. His story is fascinating...so fascinating that Amazon decided to produce a feature film on his life. Just released on Amazon Prime, titled A Million Miles Away, is his out of this world journey. We talk to Jose about his journey...

1 year ago

28 minutes

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S3E7 Join us at Palm Springs Food and Wine Festival! November 11 and 12, 2023

Send us a text If you are around the Palm Springs area on Veteran's Day come join Pam, James, Don, German, Lisa Wherry and Jeff Hocker at Palm Springs Food and Wine Festival – Saturday, Nov 11! Explore the finest international cuisine from world renown food purveyors and award-winning chef owned restaurants, watch LIVE celebrity and emerging chef and mixology demonstrations, experience elevated wine and spirits tastings, talented musicians throughout the Pavilion amid a breathtaking backdrop....

2 years ago

33 minutes

Inside the Bunghole...A Journey through Wine

S3E6 Good friends and (many) bottles of wine🎶🍷

Send us a text Oh BOY! What happens when 3 great friends, and several bottles of wine meet in one crazy evening? Well, this episode of Inside the Bunghole is what happens! Don gifted Pam a bottle of wine with the explicit instructions NOT TO DRINK for 5 years, and Pam actually listened! Listen, if you dare, as they uncork a 2011 French Bordeaux to see if this bottle of wine aged well, and if these clowns are even sober enough to judge it! It was a fun filled eve...

2 years ago

30 minutes

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S3E5 Diniz Cellars - Sandra Gomes Rocha, a girl on a mission!

Send us a text Today we interview Sandra Gomes-Rocha of Diniz Cellars, whose missions is to bring wines from her homeland of Portugal to the US. Diniz Cellars is a passion project as Sandra's goal is to expose the talent and history of Portuguese winemaking to the palates of Americans! In Portugal, wine is part of the family, part of everyday life, and something always to be shared. They are beautiful and unusual wines from an undiscovered, but up and coming wine regio...

2 years ago

33 minutes

Inside the Bunghole...A Journey through Wine

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas...Jon Simmons, the Som at 4 Queens, Hugo's Cellar

Send us a text WOW!! What an interview with the incomparable Jon Simmons of Hugo's Cellar restaurant in the 4 Queens, downtown Freemont Street in Las Vegas. Jon shares not only his knowledge and approach to wine, but boy, oh boy, does he have some amazing stories of Las Vegas, the mob, Sinatra...just to name drop a few! This episode is longer than most, but you will be captivated by his amazing career, and his no-nonsense, down to earth approach on wine! I just wish we...

2 years ago

54 minutes