ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
First Press is a casual, conversation‑driven, insider’s look at the people, business, and culture of wine. Hosted from the heart of Napa Valley by three wine industry professionals, the show explores what we know, and what we’re learning, about the world of wine.
Each episode blends real world vineyard experience, financial insight, and storytelling from the cellar to the boardroom. Whether you work in wine, dream about wine, or simply love learning what’s in your glass, First Press is your front row seat to the world’s most fascinating agricultural industry.
Update frequency:
weekly
Average audio length:
22 minutes
English
United States
16 episodes
since July 18, 2026
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
A discussion on Napa's most southerly AVA, Carneros!
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PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
The Guy's, in a more casual episode for Halloween, pair wine and candy.
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The Guy's discuss Cult Wines and all things expensive in the wine world!
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A chat about the different wine education programs
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A history of Champagne and the varieties that are grown in Champagne.
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A discussion on how money lenders are getting close to foreclosing on wineries as sales in the wine industry continue to slump and wineries are unable to afford their debt payments due to higher refinance rates and decreasing consumption of wine.
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A discussion on what we think is wrong with the current AVA system and ideas we think could help improve the perception of quality and terroir of USA wine.
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A discussion on some of the weird additives found in wine.
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A short discussion on Petite Sirah
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A discussion on what rootstock is and how important they are to the industry today.
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