Life Between the Vines

Ray Fister

Winemakers tell the best stories. Life Between the Vines is a weekly podcast about wine, featuring interviews with those folks who walk the vineyards. These are the real people from all over the world that make wine happen. The growers, the vintners, the cellar rats. Wine shouldn't be scary. So listen in and hear the stories you'll hear nowhere else. You'll never drink wine the same way again.

  • Podcast 777 Short Pour Video No 7 – Joe Juniper, Co-Owner & Winemaker, Vermilion Valley Vineyards, Vermilion, Ohio
    Short Pour Video No 7 features Joe Juniper, Co-Owner & Winemaker at Vermilion Valley Vineyards, Vermilion, Ohio.  Learn more by visiting www.vermilion-valleyvineyards.com
    22 February 2026, 10:49 pm
  • 26 minutes 42 seconds
    Podcast 776 – The Question (Part Six) Washington Winemakers
    Each interview I conduct The Question is asked, “What is the one question you’ve never been asked, that you would like to be asked”. This podcast features Washington winemakers giving our audience a bit of a look inside their world. Below is the guests are listed in order of appearance: Joanne Dunham/Dunham Cellars Andrew Browne/Browne [...]
    19 February 2026, 3:34 pm
  • Vino Video – Podcast 776 The Question (Part Six)
    Each interview I conduct The Question is asked, “What is the one question you’ve never been asked, that you would like to be asked”. This podcast features Washington winemakers giving our audience a bit of a look inside their world. Below is the guests are listed in order of appearance: Joanne Dunham/Dunham Cellars Andrew Browne/Browne [...]
    19 February 2026, 3:34 pm
  • 21 minutes 46 seconds
    Podcast 775 – Bennett Ewald, Assistant Winemaker, Parallel 44 Winery, Wisconsin
    Winemakers are well known for cellar work in many different parts of the world. Its not unusual to meet a winemaker that has made wine in the southern hemisphere, Sonoma or Germany. In fact our guest for this podcast has done just that, and now Bennett Ewald makes wine in both Door County and Kewaunee, [...]
    15 February 2026, 10:53 pm
  • 37 seconds
    Vino Lingo – “ROGL” Bennett Ewald, Assistant Winemaker, Parallel 44 Winery, Wisconsin
    This week on our Vino Lingo segment we feature Bennett Ewald, Assistant Winemaker, Parallel 44 Winery, Wisconsin, defining the term “ROGL”.  Learn more by visiting 44wines.com
    15 February 2026, 10:53 pm
  • Vino Video – Bennett Ewald, Assistant Winemaker, Parallel 44 Winery, Wisconsin
    Winemakers are well known for cellar work in many different parts of the world. Its not unusual to meet a winemaker that has made wine in the southern hemisphere, Sonoma or Germany. In fact our guest for this podcast has done just that, and now Bennett Ewald makes wine in both Door County and Kewaunee, [...]
    15 February 2026, 10:52 pm
  • Short Pour Video No 5 – Joanne Dunham Founder, Dunham Cellars, Walla Walla, Washington
    Short Pour Video No 5 features Joanne Dunham, Dunham Cellars, Walla Walla, Washington.  Short and to the point!  Learn more at dunhamcellars.com
    12 February 2026, 9:46 pm
  • Podcast 774 Vino Video – Premiere Napa Valley 2025 Rebroadcast
    As we’ve done in previous years, we are revisiting Premiere Napa Valley 2025 just ahead of the 2026 podcast. This program features brief interviews with winemakers and vintners talking about the 2023 lots as well as explaining why wine is important. To learn more visit Napa Valley Vintners as www.napavintners.com Winemakers/Vintners in order of appearance: [...]
    12 February 2026, 3:20 pm
  • 23 minutes 1 second
    Podcast 773 – John Blair, President & Partner, Dunham Cellars, Walla Walla, Washington
    This is a follow-up to podcast 751 which featured Joanne Dunham, Founder of Dunham Cellars, Walla Walla, Washington. This time around I met up with John Blair, Partner and President of Dunham and once again we met up at the amazing Dunham hanger tasting room. While its always about the wines, this is a must [...]
    7 February 2026, 1:39 pm
  • 37 seconds
    Vino Lingo – “Shiner” John Blair, President & Partner, Dunham Cellars, Walla Walla, Washington
    This week on our Vino Lingo segment we feature John Blair, President & Partner, Dunham Cellars, Walla Walla, Washington, defining the term “Shiner”.  Learn more by visiting dunhamcellars.com
    7 February 2026, 1:36 pm
  • Vino Video – John Blair, President & Partner, Dunham Cellars, Walla Walla, Washington
    This is a follow-up to podcast 751 which featured Joanne Dunham, Founder of Dunham Cellars, Walla Walla, Washington. This time around I met up with John Blair, Partner and President of Dunham and once again we met up at the amazing Dunham hanger tasting room. While its always about the wines, this is a must [...]
    7 February 2026, 1:35 pm
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