- Posted July 1, 2022
This week On The Wine Road –
You’ll meet Jim and Akiko Freeman of Freeman Winery. They craft what they…
On this show from April 11th, I break from the norm a little bit. You’ve heard me talk with winemakers and winery owners fairly often but today I chat with Assistant Winemaker Mike Tracy. How much does an assistant contribute to the overall product? Quite a bit as you’ll hear.
Mike and I hit it off during a wine industry party in February. When he told me of his situation working with 4 premium wine brands in Napa Valley as an assistant winemaker, it intrigued me. Under the tutelage of winemaking husband and wife team, Mark Porembski & Jennifer Williams,