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Nancie Oxley is the Vice President of Winemaking at St. Julian Winery. She proudly holds the title of Michigan's first female winemaker and has piloted the Michigan wine industry. 

Nancie has been involved in the wine industry for the past 20 years and gained knowledge primarily through hands-on experience. She leads St. Julian’s winemaking team, which has created hundreds of award-winning wines and upheld St. Julian’s reputation as Michigan's most-awarded winery.

In this episode with Nancie Oxley

How do you foster continued business growth for over a century? Cultivating time-honored traditions while embracing modern practices has proven successful.

Working in the wine industry for 20 years, Nancie Oxley is well-lauded for her profound expertise in the business and is proud to be Michigan's first female winemaker. She got her start as a laboratory intern and is now on her 21st harvest. How is Nancie pushing the industry forward?

In today's episode of the Legends Behind the Craft podcast, Drew Thomas Hendricks and Bianca Harmon sit down with Nancie Oxley, Vice President of Winemaking at St. Julian Winery, as she shares how she got her start in the industry. Nancie also talks about what it's like being part of Michigan's oldest winery and distillery, how St. Julian has grown over the years, and the unique flavors it's bringing to market.

On this episode of Behind the Mitten, John Gonzalez and Amy Sherman travel to Paw Paw Brewing as the community gets ready for the annual Paw Paw Wine & Harvest Festival (Sept. 8-10). Of course we'll do BEER OF THE WEEK.

Segment 1: Marilyn Clear, the Executive Director of the Paw Paw Wine & Harvest Festival, and winemaker Kyle of St. Julian Winery talk about all the events coming up this year. The wine festival opened in the late '40s and attracts more than 50,000 over three days. St. Julian has several events each, including food, music and tours.
Festival info at https://www.facebook.com/pawpawwineandharvest/
St. Julian info at https://www.facebook.com/StJulianWinery/

Segment 2 (Listen at 10:28): Learn more about the Paw Paw community. Joining the show is Lisa Marovec (Director of Marketing and Member Services at South Haven/Van Buren County Convention and Visitors Bureau) and Duane Zuber from Comfort Inn & Suites.
More on Van Buren County at https://www.southhavenmi.com/
More on Comfort Inn at http://www.comfortinnpawpaw.com/

Segment 3 (Listen at 19:21): We interview Larry Nielsen, the village manager in Paw Paw.
Learn more about Paw Paw at http://www.pawpaw.net/

Segment 4 (Listen at 30:10): We talk to Paw Paw Brewing Company's Keith Buckmaster, who said the brewery has been open for about 6 years. He picks
BEER OF THE WEEK (Citra Melon, a session IPA, 4.8% ABV).
More info at http://www.pawpawbrewing.com/

Learn more about Behind the Mitten at https://www.facebook.com/behindthemitten/