A natural carbonic wine from Santa Barbara has changed the face of wine drinking around the world. This is the story of “Love you Bunches”, a wine with a small beginning that has become a very big thing. Pete Stolpman and Jason Wise tell this story of success in wine.

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What US wine region is currently the champion to visit? On today’s episode we discuss what wine regions are most worth visiting for your dollar to experience. How is wine region travel doing? Which place deserves your hard earned cash and is actually worth it? Host Jason Wise and Sommelier Claire Coppi break down the state of travel to wine regions and make their picks for the wine region they believe is currently holding the Championship belt right now for visiting. If you are a SOMM TV subscriber, you can watch this episode now on our app and the web at sommtv.com
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A war over a name erupts in Napa and engulfs two winemaker's lives for a decade. "The Apostrophe war" as it has now come to be called between Stag's Leap wine cellars and Stags' Leap winery has become the stuff of legend, but also asks at what point is the fight not worth winning anymore? Today we break down what happened and who won this battle in the vines. Watch this episode now at sommtv.com. Today’s episode is brought to you by “Curate”, the app that can turn your wine study into mastery. Get 25% off using the code “SOMMTV”. Go to this link to get started: https://discover.curate.wine/for-sommeliers/?utm_source=sommtv&utm_medium=podcast_ad&utm_campaign=sommtv_202508&utm_term=sommtv_ep258&utm_content=episode_description