Winemaking Mistakes No One Talks About with Jim Duane (part 2)

Expert Talks is a video podcast series presented by InnoVint, featuring interviews with wine industry experts on key topics in winemaking, finance, compliance, and more.

In Part 2 of our conversation with Jim Duane, Winemaker at Seavey Vineyard and host of the Inside Winemaking podcast, we take a deeper dive into two important and often stressful realities of running a winery:

• TCA & smoke taint: How to detect, triage, and avoid these common wine faults
• Managing a winery like a business: Advice on labor strategy, loans, and capital expenses

Jim shares practical advice from his years running a small, quality-focused Napa Valley winery, and offers a transparent look at the financial trade-offs and decision-making that owners and winemakers face every day.