{"id":560,"date":"2017-09-23T08:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-09-23T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lvwine.org\/blog\/?p=560"},"modified":"2017-09-05T20:51:57","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T03:51:57","slug":"winemakers-talk-harvest-favorite-california-wines-today-eagle-ridge-vineyards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lvwine.org\/blog\/winemakers-talk-harvest-favorite-california-wines-today-eagle-ridge-vineyards\/","title":{"rendered":"Winemakers Talk Harvest and Their Favorite California Wines | Today: Eagle Ridge Vineyards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of California Wine Month, we\u2019re sitting down with different winemakers throughout Livermore Valley and asking them to tell us about themselves, the harvest and of course, their favorite wines!\u00a0 Today we\u2019re sitting down with the winemakers from <a href=\"http:\/\/eagleridgevineyard.com\/\">Eagle Ridge Vineyard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, tell us a little about yourself\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you weren\u2019t a winemaker, what would you be?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d be completely retired!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Are you a California Native?\u00a0 Where did you grow up?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jim grew up in Missouri and New Mexico until he was 13, then moved to Livermore Valley. Cheryl is a native Livermoran.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where is your favorite place to be in California?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lake Tahoe.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And now on to harvest\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>Favorite thing about the grape harvest?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Love the smell of fermenting grapes and seeing the products of a year\u2019s worth of farming.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Least favorite thing about the grape harvest?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The birds, bugs and rodents. 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