Organic Wine Podcast Reaches 100 Episodes
The Organic Wine Podcast is a thoughtful odyssey through the wine industry with a focus on and the burgeoning movement of organic, regenerative farming. This dynamic and expansive series – one of the most popular independent wine podcasts – just kicked off its 4th season with its 100th episode!
OWP isn’t a “Wine 101” forum. Don’t even expect “wine” to always be something made from grapes with European names. Instead, it is a deep dive into a creative swirl of ideas that challenge convention and tackle big and sometimes philosophical ideas around viticulture, enology, soil science, and cutting-edge agricultural practices informed by an ecological perspective that can help the wine industry adapt to a rapidly changing world. Host/producer Adam Huss states, “It is a podcast that questions everything you think you know about wine.”
Host/producer Adam Huss engages guests in stimulating, insightful dialogues. He draws from an eclectic collection of experts, fellow winemakers, organic and regenerative pioneers, authors, scientists, grape breeders, and others who challenge mainstream thinking and move the wine industry toward a more delicious, more meaningful, more diverse, more resilient, healthier, and more enjoyable future for everyone.
As the 100th episode rolls out, we hear from Isabelle Legeron, founder of the RAW Wine Festival and author of the book Natural Wine: An Introduction to Organic and Biodynamic Wines Made Naturally. “Isabelle’s career is dedicated to promoting the same farming-first wine culture that I want to cultivate with the Organic Wine Podcast, so she was a natural choice for the 100th episode,” says host and producer Adam Huss.
The exchange of ideas and emotional truths captured in many episodes leaves the listener inspired and in awe of those disrupting the industry status quo. Some standout interviews include: Jason Kesselring, near Fargo, North Dakota, who grows America’s only all-Vitis Riparia vineyard; Justine Belle Lambright, of Kalche, a worker-owned winery in Vermont; Brian McClintic, of SOMM documentary fame; Christopher Renfro, of the 280 Project in San Francisco; Autumn Stoscheck & Ezra Sherman of Eve’s Cidery who teach us how to make sparkling ciders from wild foraged pears and apples; Diana Snowden Seysses on climate change and carbon capture in Napa and Burgundy; well-known luminaries like Mimi Casteel, Randall Grahm, Greg La Follette, Steve Matthiasson, Kelly Mulville, Martha Stoumen; and many more.
The Organic Wine Podcast is available by searching for it on most podcast apps and at OrganicWinePodcast.com
In addition to producing and hosting the OWP, Adam Huss also makes wine under his Centralas brand from organically-farmed vineyards and foraged prickly pear fruit in Southern California. He podcasts from, and farms, his “estate winegarden” named Crenshaw Cru in South Central Los Angeles.