While we’re traveling the continent looking for wine folks with stories to tell as part of Vino Veritas, it’s easy to forget that we’re living in the middle of an up and coming, exciting wine region in the southern part of the Willamette Valley. Spindrift Cellars is less than three miles from our home base, [...]
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We’ve launched a new Kickstarter campaign. We didn’t make our goal last fall, but that didn’t deter us. Since that time we’ve filmed dozens of interviews in three states, and we’d like to expand the reach farther. You can help us by pledging to our campaign by July 4th. If we make our goal, you [...]
When it comes to independent coverage of the world’s most captivating beverage, nobody has been doing it better, longer, and with as much enthusiasm as the guys from Grape Radio. They’ve been podcasting since it first came out, recording interviews and videos with sommeliers, wine writers, vignerons from around the world and just about every rockstar [...]
The right way to make wine for Scott Paul Wright is through the gentle handling of Pinot Noir grapes and minimalist intervention. This includes avoiding some of the modern techniques like killing the wild yeast and using lab cultures, extended maceration, cold soaks and additions and subtractions of acids and enzymes. You’d think that this [...]
Through the help of a friend we created French subtitles for our first teaser. Through our social networks we’ve already received a inquiries and interest from folks in France and Spain, and we hope to build as wide an audience as possible for a project in which we try to capture what’s unique about the [...]
Here’s a different cut of our experiences on our recent foray into Northern California wine country. We visited Sonoma and interviewed folks at three different wineries. We decided to each edit our own take on the trip. Kegan rolled his behind the scenes piece out a couple weeks ago. Here’s another version. The sound is [...]
We drove nearly 1,500 miles in 4 days to acquaint ourselves with Sonoma wine country and interview our first group of winemakers in California. Despite starting off rough (late start, hail, snow, standstill traffic, rain) conditions improved so that by Sunday afternoon the sun came out and we were able to enjoy fascinating stories, hospitality [...]
When Michael Amigoni of Amignoi Urban Winery told folks he was growing French varietals like Chardonnay, Viognier, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot on the Missouri plains, many didn’t believe him. He was advised by the “experts” time and time again against planting these European varietals, urged instead to plant the hybrid varieties that are more [...]
Vino Veritas: An American Wine Movie is our current feature documentary project. We’ve been filming in Washington and Oregon, and we have plans to start moving to the Midwest, Southwest and California as we capture stories of winemakers and their passionate pursuit of sunlight in bottle form.
While working on our feature doc, Vino Veritas, we had the chance to meet Mary Olson, owner of of Airlie Winery. Mary treats her guests like family, and nothing shows this better than the annual Starry Starry Nights campout where she invites her favorite customers for a night of music, wine and community. Kegan Sims [...]
Jim Day started his wine journey with a single barrel in his garage. Now he’s launching his own label, and he hasn’t grown much in scale. He’s got a few barrels at several area wineries, and he punches his caps and tops his barrels during his lunch break at his regular gig. Jim’s no less [...]
Please join us for a wine tasting at WineStyles in Corvallis on Sunday, October 17 between 2 and 4 pm. We’ll be showing clips from Vino Veritas and the owners will be pouring a selection of Northwest wines to taste. The cost at the door will be $10 with 50% of the proceeds going directly toward [...]
As we combed the streets of Corvallis during the annual Rhapsody in the Vineyard wine walk, my partner-in-crime Kegan Sims pointed out to me that three of the greatest fears of modern humans include public speaking, being on camera and asking strangers for money. We just experienced all three as we passed out postcards on [...]
It feels a little strange to put together a trailer/teaser for our new film project with only about 5% of the filming completed, but this piece attempts to capture the spirit of what we’re trying to do. Please share this video with friends and family interested in wine, documentaries or both. Recruit some new members [...]