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What’s one of your earliest wine moments that got you hooked?

One of mine was with this guy .

I ha daisy interviewed him for the first time on the podcast while I was living in England and he was in the first year of traveling all over the world. If memory serves, I believe he was off to Austria with a layover in London for a few hours and he asked if I was available for lunch on like a Tuesday or Wednesday.

Luckily, I had just quit my job and was working for myself. So I took the 2 hour train from Bristol where I lived to London for lunch at . It was supposed to be at but our luck power to the entire block was out 🤨

We ate a ton of Indian (my favorite), drank & Arbois (my first experience), and spoke about the future. That lunch solidified my wanting to be in the wine industry.

Still owe you lunch

Mother Nature is a fierce parent that is both nurturing and repressing. She teaches us lessons on how to be at peace, provides fruitful bounty, while contrarily currently reminding us that she is always in charge.
If you’re able to go outside and be in nature right now, do so to cleanse your lungs, your spirit, and your boredom. But PLEASE do humanity the favor and stay the f**k away from other humans!

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Established in 2012, Maître de Chai is the personal project of Marty Winters and Alex Pitts, two friends who met in the kitchen of the famed two Michelin star Cyrus in Healdsburg, California. Their focus is on showcasing old-vine, organically farmed classic varietal vineyards. With experiences on the floor of The French Laundry and The Restaurant at Meadowood and in the cellar of Abe Schoener’s Scholium Project, Marty and Alex had a tri-fold education with focus on classic cooking and wine producers while experimenting in the cellar with varietals and winemaking techniques.

Together they look to make wines of high quality in a way that best showcases the sense of place where the grapes are grown and the personality of the vineyard. From the ground to the bottle, the character of the wine is the focus of their endeavor. They source grapes from unique and distinct single vineyards that are impeccably farmed here in California.

With all the mayhem and negative 👎 stories right now, listen to something uplifting, positive, and about championing old-vine, organic vineyards (probably the safest places to be right now) 🙏♥️