It’s our annual Holiday Pod with Special Guest, Richard Arrowood, Award-Winning Grape Stomper and Winemaster! Everything about Best Holiday Wines for Turkey, Prime Rib, Spam, stocking stuffers, 2024 Wines, Trump tariffs, and other issues…

Richard Arrowood, iconic winemaster who has been making wine exclusively in Sonoma County for more than for 50 years. From 1974 through 1990, he created the wines for Chateau St. Jean, where he developed some of the first vineyard-designate Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon produced in Sonoma County.

He and his wife, Alis, founded Arrowood Winery with the 1985 vintage. Richard was Winemaster at Arrowood Winery until June 2010, when he resigned his position to devote himself full-time to making wines for his estate winery, Amapola Creek Vineyards and Winery.

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