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This week, I discuss my first successful business I started when I was a kid, the lessons I learned from adding too many employees and the advice I would give myself back then - something I use daily today. 

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California bubbles, a remote place, the Anderson Valley AVA, hospitality in the blood, creating a memory, and interview with Gregg Lamer, Director of Hospitality, Roederer Estate. ON THE ROAD with MR CA WINE is about California’s cool, aspirational lifestyle and awesome wines hosted by Chuck Cramer, a California native, living in London and is the Director of European sales & marketing, Terlato Wines. This is a wine journey covering the hottest topics in the world of California wine, chatting along the way with the key influencers in the industry who make it all happen. This week’s episode includes an interview with Gregg Lamer, Director of Hospitality at Roederer Estate in the Anderson Valley AVA.

Single vineyard sparkling wines, riddling by hand, Abalone diving, the money part, all in the family and interview with Nicole Bertotti Pope, Halitode Wines on the SLO Coast. ON THE ROAD with mrCAwine is about California’s cool, aspirational lifestyle and awesome wines hosted by Chuck Cramer, a California native, living in London and is the Director of European sales & marketing, Terlato Wines. This is a wine journey covering the hottest topics in the business of California wine, chatting along the way with the people who work in wine, and make it all happen. This week’s episode includes an interview with Nicole Bertotti Pope, owner & winemaker, Haliotide Wines.

Fridays are Loubud days, taco time, it’s all in a name and interview with Laura Roach, Loubud Wines. ON THE ROAD with mrCAwine is about California’s cool, aspirational lifestyle and awesome wines hosted by Chuck Cramer, a California native, living in London and is the Director of European sales & marketing, Terlato Wines. This is a wine journey covering the hottest topics in the business of California wine, chatting along the way with the people who work in wine, and make it all happen. This week’s episode includes an interview with Laura Roach, winemaker, Loubud Wines.

Claude Thibaut was born in a Gran Cru village in the Champagne region. His grandfather once worked as a vineyard manager for Moet-Chandon and his father was among the first of the grower champagne producers as they have become to be known in the country today.  Claude received his winemaking degree from the university in Reims which at that time was a recently established program. Prior to that the only Universities  that offered a degree were in  Bordeaux, Dijon, or at Montpellier. 
Claude would go on to make wine in Australia and then eventually land in California where he was the first sparkling winemaker for Iron Horse vineyards, J working for Tom Jordan, and finally at Kristom which was a new project Jess Jackson started in the late 1990's.
Ultimately he would end up in Virginia in 2003 when he went to work for Patricia Kluge and in 2005 the first vintage of Thibaut-Janisson was produced. He never has looked back since.

HIGHLIGHTS:

a). Claude describes how he left and came back to Champagne many times during his career.
b). Discusses how Tom Jordan enticed him to take the position at J with pretty much a blank check.
c). lends his insight into Virginia winegrowing in the early 2,000's.
d). His answer to my question about his logo and it's similarity to the UVA logo.
e). He gives his feedback on my comment on why does the French choose to market Champagne as a luxury as opposed to it being like all other wine, an accompaniment to food.
For the full transcript you can read it here below the Podcast.