Friends of the Pod Series -- Ep 218: Nalle Winery of Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma, CA -- Elegant Zinfandel like no other

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🗓️ 5 February 2018

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I talk to the Zinmasters of the Dry Creek Valley, Andrew & April Nalle. Nalle has been making Zinfandel in a milder style than most other wineries -- with balance, acidity, & finesse for nearly 40 years. Andrew recently took over the winery from his dad, Zin legend Doug Nalle. The Nalle story -- it's past and future -- is a family story and one that represents the small producers of Sonoma well.

A few things we discuss...

Nalle's 100+ year family history in Dry Creek Valley and its history with making wine.

The power of Zinfandel and how it doesn't have to be what you traditionally think of when you think of the grape.

April Nalle's fascinating background in grower relations, and how she made it as one of the only women in a male dominated field

Andrew's winemaking philosophy, what he's learned from his dad and how he will carry forward the Nalle Zin tradition

We nerd out about Zin, about the land, and about the mother of the Zin vine, Crjlenak Kastelanski, which Andrew has tried!

Finally we wrap by talking about Andrew and April's thoughts for the future, as they take over from Andrew's folks.

Truly normal people, who make great wine! www.nallewinery.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for
0:08.0	downloading Wine for Normal People Radio,
0:10.0	the podcast for people who like wine but not the snobbery that goes with it.
0:14.0	I'm Elizabeth Schneider, a certified Silmaier and certified specialist of wine.
0:20.0	And I'm MC Ice, just a wine-loving normal person.
0:23.0	Welcome to April and Andrew Nall from the Dry Creek Valley of Sonoma.
0:28.0	Thank you guys so much for being on the podcast.
0:30.0	Hi Elizabeth.
0:31.0	Hi, thank you for having us. So I want to talk about Nall.
0:34.0	Nall is one of the historical wineries in Sonoma
0:38.0	and in Dry Creek in particular, not just as Nall, but also it has a very long history.
0:45.4	Andrew your family has made wine and been in farming in the area for a really long time.
0:52.1	Can you tell us quickly the story about how many generations you've had,
0:57.0	this land in your family, how long has it been a wine thing,
1:02.0	who owned the land, all that kind of stuff?
1:04.4	So yes, it goes back to this land was, we purchased this in 1917, my great grandfather, and they built this house that were in right now and started the
1:19.0	vineyard came into production in 1927, right during Prohibition, and we were selling grapes to home
1:26.8	lawmakers.
1:28.0	Because of Prohibition, there was a need for home minemaking, which was actually legal.
1:33.3	And also we had prunes and apples.
1:36.8	And I'm the fourth generation, the second generation
1:40.7	to make wine.
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