The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast

Welcome, to The Best Five Minute Wine Podcast, I'm your host, Forrest Kelly. From the seed to the glass, wine has a past. Our aim at The Best Five Minute Wine Podcast is to look for adventure at wineries around the globe. After all, grape minds think alike. Let's start the adventure. Our featured winery is. Hello. This is your captain speaking. Welcome to Juergen's airlines, we hope you enjoy your flight to thehttps://www.britannica...

We close out our conversation with Barry Hus of Lakeridge Winery and Vineyards, Florida's largest winery. I can imagine that staffing can be a bit of a challenge. I went to New York and recruited a vineyard manager that was highly experienced, and he's done wonders for our vineyards. I went to Sarasota. I recruited this top mechanic that had been in the industry for 45 years can fix any kind of bottling line equipment or anything that you have. And he's been the same thing...

COO Barry Hus, explains the adventure of a tour at Lakeridge Winery and Vineyards. So in our typical guided tour, when I say that they stay within the building, our main building is fairly large. It has a second floor, they go up into the theater. It's a church pew style. They sit and watch the film. It's about 10 minutes. It goes through the history of wine and winemaking in Florida and how we got involved in it. Then there are walkways that go across our production area and from the walkways...

COO Barry Hus of Lakeridge Winery & Vineyards explains the impressive details of Florida's largest winery.

COO Barry Hus of Lakeridge Winery and Vineyards explains the impressive details of Florida's largest winery. Whether it's food, cars, or houses, we're always looking for that wow factor. I still remember seeing my wife the first time in her wedding dress. So when people come up to your winery, can you tell me your wow factor? It's a big property. I think people are very surprised, first of all, that it's hilly. And when they pull into the property, it's kind of a https://www.thespruce...

https://www.myflorida.com/ (Florida )started in the wine industry back in the early days when the settlers came over here. They discovered that these Muscadine grapes were here in https://www.myflorida.com/ (Florida), so they tried to make wine out of them didn't particularly like the flavor of it. They went ahead and brought over their own varieties from Europe. At one time, there were thousands of acres of grapes here in Florida. But they discovered that in this climate, they wouldn't grow...

We visit Lakeridge Winery & Vineyards in Clermont, Florida. COO Barry Huse is our guest.

We talk Farmer's Market and Jerry's current passion in this episode with Black Mesa Winery.

We continue our conversation with Katherine Lautenbach. The Black Mesa is a mesa in Colorado, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. It's been known as a geological wonder of North America. With that award comes a lot of responsibility in the name Black Mesa Winery. Let's get into some of the wines that you produce.

Katherine Lautenbach of Black Mesa Winery describes in detail how elaborate their virtual wine tastings can be.