The Wine Stream – Sushi Pairings & White Wine

Episode 29 | Mar 2, 2022

This month on The Wine Stream, it’s all about the Palmaz portfolio of white wines!  Our Brasas members are receiving the 2020 vintages now and we can’t wait to talk about them!  The only thing we love more than a new wine release is talking about its food complement so we’ll be chatting with Beverage Manager and Sommelier of Nobu, Thuy Hong to get her take on some spectacular pairings.  We’re looking forward to seeing you there!

The Wine Stream – Pairing Truffles & Wine

Episode 28 | Feb 2, 2022

The Wine Stream is back and we are so excited! For our first episode of 2022, we’re talking about one of our favorite wine pairings—truffles! Decadent and luxurious, these flavorful little morsels add excitement and complexity to any food and wine pairing! With us this month is our guest star Maria Finn and her amazing truffle hunting dog Flora Jayne (check out their site below).

By Florencia Palmaz | February 2022

Cabernet and Truffles – Tricky bedfellows that spark magic when paired well. 

As a vintner and a chef, it is my pleasure to share unexpected pairings featuring beautiful ingredients and the library of our wines. This winter I have been enchanted with fresh, black Périgord Truffles—and yes, I’ve fallen in love with the unconventional pairing of Truffles and Cabernet Sauvignon. 

Traditional Sommelier training would never imagine pairing fresh back truffles with Napa Cabernet Sauvignon. It is generally believed that the deep earthy aromas of truffles are best highlighted with wines that mirror such earthy (almost funky) undertones, like Barolo or a library vintage of Burgundy. Thankfully the mysteries of Napa are great. With all its varied microclimates and soil types you can find a vintage and a vineyard that pairs well with almost any season’s treasured ingredients.

The Wine Stream – Pairing with Amalia

Episode 27 | May 27, 2021

This month on the Wine Stream we talk with Palmaz matriarch and our Mother – Amalia Palmaz – about her eponymous wine, the Amalia Chardonnay! Under her guidance, the Chardonnay and its food pairings have become a family and winery favorite. For this special episode, we’ll taste through three past vintages of Amalia Chardonnay and her favorite food pairings to go along with them.

The Wine Stream – Dirt on Our Dirt

Episode 26 | April 21, 2021

This month on The Wine Stream we head back into the vineyard to talk about cover crops and get the dirt on our dirt.  Soil management is one of the most fascinating and often overlooked aspects of wine quality.  To celebrate Spring, we are drinking our favorite patio wine, the 2020 Palmaz Vineyards Rosé.  We’ll be making a select amount of early release bottles available exclusively for our Wine Stream viewers ahead of the show.  Here’s to Rosé all day, Cheers!

The Wine Stream – The Cellar Dive

Episode 25 | March 24, 2021

This week on The Wine Stream we are talking about the ultimate wine storage practices. Cellar worthy wines deserve worthy cellars and we have found the best. Long time Palmaz Vineyards customers and seasoned wine collectors, Charlie and Alanna are joining us to share their amazing underground cellar and some tips on how to collect and enjoy wine at its peak. We’ll also be opening up a gem of our own – the 2012 Gaston Cabernet Sauvignon.

The Wine Stream – Mutual Crush – Palmaz & MEATER

Episode 24 | Jan 27, 2021

This week on The Wine Stream, we are joined by MEATER inventor and co-founder Joseph Cruz to discuss how the MEATER Plus thermometer has become our new favorite cooking tool!  We’re also announcing our first Brasas at YOUR Table event of 2021 – Valentine’s night IN featuring the 2017 Palmaz Cabernet and all the tools for the perfectly cooked Genesee Valley Ranch wagyu steak thanks to the new tech behind the MEATER thermometer!  Tune in for a lively discussion on all things wine, food, and technology!

The Wine Stream – The Big Dig

Episode 23 | Dec 16, 2020

This week on The Wine Stream, grab a hard hat because we are building the world’s largest, tallest, and most advanced underground gravity-flow winery. Special guests, Dr. Julio Palmaz, Project Lead Glen Ragsdale, and Lead Geotechnical Engineer Graham Wozencroft will take us through the amazing process of conceptualizing and ultimately building what many believed was impossible. Such a special episode deserves a very special wine. The 2004 vintage was the first made start to finish at the winery and after 16 perfectly aged years is tasting beautifully. We’ll be breaking into the Wine Library to taste the 2004 live and sharing an extremely limited amount of bottles exclusively for our Wine Stream viewers. So grab a glass and join us as we explore the building of a world underground.

The Wine Stream – Sustainable Farming Practices

Episode 22 | Nov 18, 2020

There has always been a spirit of collaboration between food and wine. One complements the other, one feeds the other—if both are made with excellence, they lift each other up. The same can be said for the people that make food and wine. We are a hardy bunch of innovators, creators, and tastemakers. When like-minded farmers get together, we complement each other, we lift each other up…and, of course, we feed each other.

The Wine Stream – Resilient Napa

Episode 21 | Oct 21, 2020

This month on the Wine Stream, we tackle the subject of wildfires head on with special guest recently retired Napa County CalFire Chief Barry Biermann. In recent years Napa has seen record breaking wildfire activity. Will these incredibly destructive events continue to destroy property and define vintages? Join us as we discuss changes in both current and planned policy designed to safeguard Napa’s future.