Ep 30: Kickin’ It With Jim Morris from Michel-Schlumberger

Wine for Normal People

Alcohol, Lifestyle, Arts, Education, Food, Wine, Dining, Grapes

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🗓️ 6 November 2011

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

This week Elizabeth takes advantage of her time in Sonoma and sits down with Jim Morris of Michel-Schlumberger in the Dry Creek Valley. They have an awesome time together, discussing tons of great stuff…including some good gossip about how NOT to behave in a tasting room. Here are the high level show notes: Jim gives some background on Michel-Schlumberger — its European roots, its winemaking philosophy, and why it’s such a unique place (hint: they are really normal and focus on education — totally up Elizabeth’s alley!). Jim posits it’s his lederhosen that make the wine so great. Elizabeth and Jim drill down on organic farming in practice. They get their hands dirty, dishing on honey bees, cover crops, and dog on the big wineries, talking about why sustainability should be called sustain-BULL-ity. Elizabeth puts Jim on the spot and gets him to tell a wild story about a cross-dresser, and what NOT to do in a tasting room. They discuss the ins and [...]

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0:00.0	Thanks for
0:04.7	downloading Wine for Normal People Radio, the podcast for people who like wine but not the
0:08.7	snobbery that goes with it.
0:11.2	That's right, this podcast has a strict, no snobs allowed policy.
0:16.0	I'm Elizabeth Schneider, a certified sill mooray
0:19.0	and certified specialist of wine.
0:21.0	And I'm Rick Breslin, a certified wine-loving tech geek.
0:25.0	So today we've got the best podcast ever.
0:28.0	I am on site in the Dry Creek Valley in Sonoma with Jim Morris at the Michelle Schlumberger Winery and it's one of my favorites in
0:36.2	Sonoma they do fabulous, fabulous, bordova idols and a bunch of other stuff too and today we're going to talk a lot about the winery and we're going to talk about how it's
0:46.7	organically farmed and all any manner of things here. So Jim thank you so much for joining us.
0:53.0	Tell me a little bit about the background of the winery,
0:55.6	the history, and all of that jazz.
0:57.2	Elizabeth, it's super cool having you here.
0:59.2	It's, there's nothing we like better than wine for normal people so
1:04.1	Most of us most of us aren't so mutual admiration society
1:08.9	So Michelle some regime is this very cool little winery that has a little 30 year history here in Dry Creek Valley.
1:15.2	And for those of you that don't know Dry Creek Valley, it's this beautiful little valley
1:19.2	in northern Sonoma County.
1:21.3	It's renowned for its infandel, but it's also great for Cabernays.
1:26.7	Chardonnay, got all sorts of really hot weather varials.
1:31.1	And it's gorgeous too. It's definitely I think my favorite
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