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Oded Shakked

Wine for Normal People

Wine Road: The Wine, When & Where of Sonoma County

California Wine Country

Gary Farrell

Stu Smith

Francis Ford Coppola

Robert Mondavi

Alexander Valley

Gio Balistreri

Jim Morris

Alex Holman

Greg La Follette

David Ramey

Bob Cabral

Vanessa Conlin

Madeline Puckette

Jane Anson

Alan Baker

OwlTail

Episode 110 | Oded Shakked Owner &amp; Winemaker, Longboard Vineyards This week we “hang ten” with Oded Shakked Owner &amp; Winemaker (and Surfer!) at Longboard Vineyards. We sip on Longboard’s 2109 Sauvignon Blanc and hear about Oded’s multicultural background, his love of food and wine, and surfing of course and what’s currently happening at Longboard, the winery he established in 1998.  Wine of the Day: 2019 Sauvignon Blanc – RRV Wine Book of the Day : Beyond Flavor The Indispensable Handbook to Blind Wine Tasting by Nick Jackson, MW Item of the Day: Wine Road Face Mask Show Notes 0:50 Wine of the Day The perfect breakfast wine! 2019 Sauvignon Blanc – Russian River Valley. Oded first became acquainted with the varietal on his surf trips to Europe –great with lunch and summer salads. 3:43 Wine Road/Marcy reviewed the Longboard Sauvignon Blanc reviewed on Along the Wine Road Blog Varietal of the Month. 5:15 What’s happening in the Longboard tasting room – reservations required. 6:11 Longboard Urban Winery is located in a historic building in Healdsburg, walking distance for the main square in downtown. Tasting or purchase by the bottle or by glass available. 8:00 What Longboard was doing during the SIP orders. Worked in the winery of course but has some time for projects at home too. 9:15 Smaller groups allow for greater personal attention and elevated experience. 10:10 Seated tastings are more fun with more interaction and chance to learn form the staff. 11:11 Oded’s home garden planted with fruits and vegetables from his childhood in Israel. 12:27 Oded’s favorite Israeli dish to make for winery staff at harvest is Shakshuka. Also makes shawarma, hummus and tahini and his own pita bread. Israeli inspired cuisine a great pairing food with wine. Perhaps will hold an Israeli food summit in the future 14:40 New Release: Water Girl Rose and new Bubbles Brut Rose. Oded’s background is with sparkling wine producer. 17: 25 Also releasing Merlot/Malbec field-blend and newest release is new Carignan from an 88 year-old vineyard–super food friendly. 18:50 Local getaways for Oded include time at the beach or stand up paddle boarding at Lake Sonoma. 21:00 Wine Book of the Day – Beyond Flavor the Indispensible Handbook to Blind Tasting by Nick Jackson, MS. 23:20 Longboard has done tasting sensory experiences with black glasses as training tool with different elements of fruit and spices to develop sense of smell and identification. 25:09 Working on a new tasting experience with comparing same variety in young and old wines to see the how wines age. 27:30 Item of the Day – Wine Road Face Masks – branded with Wine Road logo and SIP Sonoma– send an email to info@wineroad.com with your name and address – Beth will send you one! 28:38 One More Thing—Wine Road website has a link to book your (required) reservations at wineries along the Wine Road.   Links Longboard Vineyards Wine Road  Along the Wine Road Varietal of the Month Blog Wine Road Podcast Instagram -- @wineroadpodcast Wine Road Podcast is Engineered and Mastered at Threshold Studios, Sebastopol , CA

Episode 110 | Oded Shakked Owner &amp; Winemaker, Longboard Vineyards This week we “hang ten” with Oded Shakked Owner &amp; Winemaker (and Surfer!) at Longboard Vineyards. We sip on Longboard’s 2109 Sauvignon Blanc and hear about Oded’s multicultural background, his love of food and wine, and surfing of course and what’s currently happening at Longboard, the winery he established in 1998. Wine of the Day: 2019 Sauvignon Blanc – RRV Wine Book of the Day : Beyond Flavor The Indispensable Handbook to Blind Wine Tasting by Nick Jackson, MW Item of the Day: Wine Road Face Mask Show Notes 0:50 Wine of the Day The perfect breakfast wine! 2019 Sauvignon Blanc – Russian River Valley. Oded first became acquainted with the varietal on his surf trips to Europe –great with lunch and summer salads. 3:43 Wine Road/Marcy reviewed the Longboard Sauvignon Blanc reviewed on Along the Wine Road Blog Varietal of the Month. 5:15 What’s happening in the Longboard tasting room – reservations required. 6:11 Longboard Urban Winery is located in a historic building in Healdsburg, walking distance for the main square in downtown. Tasting or purchase by the bottle or by glass available. 8:00 What Longboard was doing during the SIP orders. Worked in the winery of course but has some time for projects at home too. 9:15 Smaller groups allow for greater personal attention and elevated experience. 10:10 Seated tastings are more fun with more interaction and chance to learn form the staff. 11:11 Oded’s home garden planted with fruits and vegetables from his childhood in Israel. 12:27 Oded’s favorite Israeli dish to make for winery staff at harvest is Shakshuka. Also makes shawarma, hummus and tahini and his own pita bread. Israeli inspired cuisine a great pairing food with wine. Perhaps will hold an Israeli food summit in the future 14:40 New Release: Water Girl Rose and new Bubbles Brut Rose. Oded’s background is with sparkling wine producer. 17: 25 Also releasing Merlot/Malbec field-blend and newest release is new Carignan from an 88 year-old vineyard–super food friendly. 18:50 Local getaways for Oded include time at the beach or stand up paddle boarding at Lake Sonoma. 21:00 Wine Book of the Day – Beyond Flavor the Indispensible Handbook to Blind Tasting by Nick Jackson, MS. 23:20 Longboard has done tasting sensory experiences with black glasses as training tool with different elements of fruit and spices to develop sense of smell and identification. 25:09 Working on a new tasting experience with comparing same variety in young and old wines to see the how wines age. 27:30 Item of the Day – Wine Road Face Masks – branded with Wine Road logo and SIP Sonoma– send an email to info@wineroad.com with your name and address – Beth will send you one! 28:38 One More Thing—Wine Road website has a link to book your (required) reservations at wineries along the Wine Road. Links <a href="https://www.longboardvineyards.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Longboard Vineyards</a> <a href="https://www.wineroad.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wine Road</a> <a href="https://www.alongthewineroad.com/sauvignon-blanc-varietal-of-the-month/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Along the Wine Road Varietal of the Month Blog</a> Wine Road Podcast Instagram -- @wineroadpodcast Wine Road Podcast is Engineered and Mastered at Threshold Studios, Sebastopol , CA

Oded Shakked Owner & Winemaker, Longboard Vineyards

Oded ShakkedOded Shakked, owner of Longboard Vineyards, is back on California Wine Country this week, and we also have Tom Simoneau on the phone from his vineyard in Alexander Valley. Tom and Oded were last on California Wine Country in person together on March 28, 2018 (when the picture above was taken). This time due to Coronavirus restrictions, everyone is on the phone.Tom describes the vineyard as of today, where it is 100 degrees, down from 104 a half an hour ago. “We are through bloom and fruit is setting. This has been one schizophrenic Spring. (…) It will be an interesting year… Mother nature throws something at us a little different every year, so she’s in charge, so we just do what we do.”Oded is calling from the cellar where it is 68 degrees. He calls his winery, “a deliberate accident.” He grew up in Israel and decided to follow his interest in surfing. He traveled to France to surf, got to know wine, and heard about the UC Davis wine program. So he came to California to attended that program and never looked back. He worked for a sparkling wine house in Napa, for the Jordan family as well as a job a Chateau Lafitte in France, then he settled in Healdsburg. Now he has lived here longer than anywhere else.Longboard is a reflection of his love for surfing. Longboard surfing is more about flowing movements and balance and he sees parallels between surfing and winemaking. Tom Simoneau loves the Longboard sparkling wines. Oded describes the process that yielded those complex flavors.  From about 7:00 he gives a detailed explanation of the process of making sparkling wine.The Malbec is 2017 vintage. It is one of the five main Bordeaux varieties, which are Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc and Malbec. Tom grows some Malbec. Oded likes the more blue fruit, rather than red fruit. You don’t see a lot of Malbec by itself, since most of it ends up in high-end Meritage blends. It has a little herb and mineral flavors with a broad mid-palette and a long finish. Oded sees Balance as the key similarity between surfing and winemaking.Longboard Vineyards has limited seating outside, by reservation. They are also selling wine for outside pickup. One can stop by and purchase, or order ahead. But they can’t do tastings at the bar as they normally do. Tom mentions that they are located in what used to be a cannery then it was Clos du Bois facility. The orange awning is their visual marker. Oded drives a restored 1951 Ford Country Squire wagon, too.

Oded ShakkedOded Shakked, owner of <a href="https://www.longboardvineyards.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Longboard Vineyards</a>, is back on California Wine Country this week, and we also have Tom Simoneau on the phone from his vineyard in Alexander Valley. <a href="https://calwinecountry.com/oded-shakked-longboard-vineyards/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Tom and Oded were last on California Wine Country in person together on March 28, 2018</a> (when the picture above was taken). This time due to Coronavirus restrictions, everyone is on the phone.Tom describes the vineyard as of today, where it is 100 degrees, down from 104 a half an hour ago. “We are through bloom and fruit is setting. This has been one schizophrenic Spring. (…) It will be an interesting year… Mother nature throws something at us a little different every year, so she’s in charge, so we just do what we do.”Oded is calling from the cellar where it is 68 degrees. He calls his winery, “a deliberate accident.” He grew up in Israel and decided to follow his interest in surfing. He traveled to France to surf, got to know wine, and heard about the UC Davis wine program. So he came to California to attended that program and never looked back. He worked for a sparkling wine house in Napa, for the Jordan family as well as a job a Chateau Lafitte in France, then he settled in Healdsburg. Now he has lived here longer than anywhere else.Longboard is a reflection of his love for surfing. Longboard surfing is more about flowing movements and balance and he sees parallels between surfing and winemaking. Tom Simoneau loves the Longboard sparkling wines. Oded describes the process that yielded those complex flavors.  From about 7:00 he gives a detailed explanation of the process of making sparkling wine.The Malbec is 2017 vintage. It is one of the five main Bordeaux varieties, which are Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc and Malbec. Tom grows some Malbec. Oded likes the more blue fruit, rather than red fruit. You don’t see a lot of Malbec by itself, since most of it ends up in high-end Meritage blends. It has a little herb and mineral flavors with a broad mid-palette and a long finish. Oded sees Balance as the key similarity between surfing and winemaking.Longboard Vineyards has limited seating outside, by reservation. They are also selling wine for outside pickup. One can stop by and purchase, or order ahead. But they can’t do tastings at the bar as they normally do. Tom mentions that they are located in what used to be a cannery then it was Clos du Bois facility. The orange awning is their visual marker. Oded drives a restored 1951 Ford Country Squire wagon, too.

Longboard Vineyards Oded Shakked

Napa and Sonoma are the two most famous places for wine in the United States. On a map, they are right next to each other and they seem really interchangeable. But looks can be deceiving. The truth is, that they are an hour drive apart and worlds away in climate, geography, grapes, cost, marketing, and culture.   This week, Oded Shakked, winemaker and owner of Longboard Vineyards and Jim Morris, the Sonoma Wine Guy, who now works for a Napa winery help me parse the differences. This podcast should help make everything a whole lot clearer when people talk about Napa versus Sonoma!   Here are the show notes:  Geography:  The distance between the areas – 45 mi -1 hr, the difficulty in getting between them Looking at a map – and the geography of the two areas   Marketing differences – when and how they diverged: Napa’s 20 year head start and the importance of Robert Mondavi’s marketing efforts to Napa Ease of travel in Napa v Sonoma The money difference/investement -- small farmers v. outside money The competition element – a problem for both Sonoma and Napa What’s not different: SKILL!!! Everyone knows what theya re doing for the most part  Provenance, time, is smaller – Napa – elite   Experience difference:  Napa – an elite or aspirational experience, status, expense, trying to weed out people Sonoma – more affordable, more relaxed   Costs differences – and how places used it to weed people out Grapes and climate  Diurals/acid differences – Sonoma is cooler in many spots   Napa Envy by Sonoma Sonoma’s Identity issue One common problem: cost of living is going up and it’s harder to find people to work there Some travel tips for Northern California wine country and all the other stuff you can do in Sonoma!  Thanks to our sponsors this week:  YOU! The podcast supporters on Patreon, who are helping us to make the podcast possible and who we give goodies in return for their help! Check it out today: https://www.patreon.com/winefornormalpeople   Blinkist: Blinkist is the only app that takes the best key takeaways, the need-to-know information from thousands of nonfiction books and condenses them down into just 15 minutes so you can read or listen to. 8 Million people are using Blinkist right now and it has a massive and growing library: from self-help, business, health to history books. Get the main idea of books so you can decide if they are something you want to read more of or if the gist is just enough! Right now, for a limited time Blinkist has a special offer. Go to www.blinkist.com/​WINE​ to start your free 7 day trial.

Napa and Sonoma are the two most famous places for wine in the United States. On a map, they are right next to each other and they seem really interchangeable. But looks can be deceiving. The truth is, that they are an hour drive apart and worlds away in climate, geography, grapes, cost, marketing, and culture. This week, Oded Shakked, winemaker and owner of <a href="http://www.longboardvineyards.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Longboard Vineyards</a> and Jim Morris, the Sonoma Wine Guy, who now works for a Napa winery help me parse the differences. This podcast should help make everything a whole lot clearer when people talk about Napa versus Sonoma! Here are the show notes: <ul> <li>Geography: <ul> <li>The distance between the areas – 45 mi -1 hr, the difficulty in getting between them</li> <li>Looking at a map – and the geography of the two areas</li> </ul> </li> <li>Marketing differences – when and how they diverged: Napa’s 20 year head start and the importance of Robert Mondavi’s marketing efforts to Napa</li> <li>Ease of travel in Napa v Sonoma</li> <li>The money difference/investement -- small farmers v. outside money</li> <li>The competition element – a problem for both Sonoma and Napa</li> <li>What’s not different: SKILL!!! Everyone knows what theya re doing for the most part <ul> <li>Provenance, time, is smaller – Napa – elite</li> </ul> </li> <li>Experience difference: <ul> <li>Napa – an elite or aspirational experience, status, expense, trying to weed out people</li> <li>Sonoma – more affordable, more relaxed</li> </ul> </li> <li>Costs differences – and how places used it to weed people out</li> <li>Grapes and climate <ul> <li>Diurals/acid differences – Sonoma is cooler in many spots</li> </ul> </li> <li>Napa Envy by Sonoma</li> <li>Sonoma’s Identity issue</li> <li>One common problem: cost of living is going up and it’s harder to find people to work there</li> <li>Some travel tips for Northern California wine country and all the other stuff you can do in Sonoma!</li> </ul> Thanks to our sponsors this week: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/winefornormalpeople" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a> YOU! The podcast supporters on Patreon, who are helping us to make the podcast possible and who we give goodies in return for their help! Check it out today: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/winefornormalpeople" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/winefornormalpeople</a> Blinkist:<a href="http://www.blinkist.com/%E2%80%8BWINE%E2%80%8B%20" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a> Blinkist is the only app that takes the best key takeaways, the need-to-know information from thousands of nonfiction books and condenses them down into just 15 minutes so you can read or listen to. 8 Million people are using Blinkist right now and it has a massive and growing library: from self-help, business, health to history books. Get the main idea of books so you can decide if they are something you want to read more of or if the gist is just enough! Right now, for a limited time Blinkist has a special offer. Go to <a href="http://www.blinkist.com/%E2%80%8BWINE%E2%80%8B%20" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">www.blinkist.com/​WINE​</a> to start your free 7 day trial.

Ep 271: The SoNapa Problem with Oded Shakked of Longboard Vineyards and Jim Morris, the Sonoma AND Napa Wine Guy

Why have I devoted so many recent podcasts to interviewing small Sonoma wineries? Why did my partner, Laura, and I do an event featuring them and will do more in the future? And why do I regularly release the Big List: wineries owned by the huge, hulking wineries? This podcast pulls it all together! After a quick intro from me and Laura, I hold the first roundtable/discussion. Jim, Oded, and I talk about...  The state of wine in CA/around the world from a consolidation perspective  What happens when a small winery is taken over by a large winery (personnel, vineyards, style changes, etc) What happens for small guys when consolidation rules the day (what does this do to opportunity, to consumer choice, to  viability) The economics of how the small producer gets no attention/gets squeezed in the sales cycle How small wineries stay in business/economically viable in the face of more and more consolidation  The quality question and big wineries  What consumers can do to diversify their drinking  We hope you can see why the issue is so dear to our hearts and I hope you can see why I am such a champion of small producers these days!    Thank you to our sponsors this week: YOU! The podcast supporters on Patreon, who are helping us to make the podcast possible and who we give goodies in return for their help! Check it out today: https://www.patreon.com/winefornormalpeople    The Great Courses Plus -- who makes you smarter and more well rounded! With thousands of outstanding video lectures that you can watch or listen to any time and anywhere, The Great Courses Plus is an easy way to stimulate your brain and make you smarter! For a free trial, support the show and go to my special URL thegreatcoursesplus.com/wine 

Why have I devoted so many recent podcasts to interviewing small Sonoma wineries? Why did my partner, Laura, and I do <a href="https://undergroundwineevents.com" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">an event featuring them </a>and will do more in the future? And why do I regularly release the <a href="https://winefornormalpeople.com/the-big-list-brands-owned-by-huge-hulking-corporations-spring-2018-update/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Big List: wineries owned by the huge, hulking wineries?</a> This podcast pulls it all together! After a quick intro from me and Laura, I hold the first roundtable/discussion. Jim, Oded, and I talk about... <ul> <li>The state of wine in CA/around the world from a consolidation perspective </li> <li>What happens when a small winery is taken over by a large winery (personnel, vineyards, style changes, etc)</li> <li>What happens for small guys when consolidation rules the day (what does this do to opportunity, to consumer choice, to  viability)</li> <li>The economics of how the small producer gets no attention/gets squeezed in the sales cycle</li> <li>How small wineries stay in business/economically viable in the face of more and more consolidation </li> <li>The quality question and big wineries </li> <li>What consumers can do to diversify their drinking</li> </ul> We hope you can see why the issue is so dear to our hearts and I hope you can see why I am such a champion of small producers these days!  Thank you to our sponsors this week: YOU! The podcast supporters on Patreon, who are helping us to make the podcast possible and who we give goodies in return for their help! Check it out today: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/winefornormalpeople" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/winefornormalpeople</a> The Great Courses Plus -- who makes you smarter and more well rounded! With thousands of outstanding video lectures that you can watch or listen to any time and anywhere, The Great Courses Plus is an easy way to stimulate your brain and make you smarter! For a free trial, support the show and go to my special URL <a href="http://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/wine" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">thegreatcoursesplus.com/wine </a>

Ep 230: The Biz of Small Wineries with Jim Morris and Oded Shakked of Longboard

This time, an outstanding interview with Oded Shakked of the small Russian River Valley producer, Longboard Vineyards. Although he's been making wine for most of his life in California, Oded is originally from Israel and has a global perspective on wine, winemaking, and wine business that's refreshing and fascinating. He's fantastic and all his wines are delicious, well-balanced, and all are made to accompany food.    Here are the show notes:   Oded shares his amazing story, from being a kid in Israel to discovering surfing, traveling the world, and then winding up at UC Davis in Sonoma to study winemaking. We talk about what things used to be like in Napa and Sonoma, and what a winemaking degree from UC Davis gave to Oded that was so valuable. Oded discusses his love of Sonoma and why it's so special to him.  We discuss the changes that have occurred over the years in Sonoma and what Oded has seen in the food and wine scene -- for good and bad.  Oded is a deep thinker. We tap into some of that brain power when he discusses his philosophy on food and wine, and how it helps him makes wines of balance Since he is one of the few winemakers in California that does a full line of still wine and also makes a Methode Champenoise sparkling wine, he uses this unique experience to tell us the differences in mentality you need to make each type of wine (a very cool discussion).  We chat about Syrah (Oded's is stunning!) and why it isn't as popular as it should be.  All in all a fascinating conversation with a great winemaker, a guy with great perspective on the last 30 years in Sonoma, and an all around nice person! Go visit Longboard when you're in Healdsburg: https://www.longboardvineyards.com 

This time, an outstanding interview with Oded Shakked of the small Russian River Valley producer, <a href="https://www.longboardvineyards.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Longboard Vineyards</a>. Although he's been making wine for most of his life in California, Oded is originally from Israel and has a global perspective on wine, winemaking, and wine business that's refreshing and fascinating. He's fantastic and all his wines are delicious, well-balanced, and all are made to accompany food.  Here are the show notes:  <ul> <li>Oded shares his amazing story, from being a kid in Israel to discovering surfing, traveling the world, and then winding up at UC Davis in Sonoma to study winemaking.</li> <li>We talk about what things used to be like in Napa and Sonoma, and what a winemaking degree from UC Davis gave to Oded that was so valuable.</li> <li>Oded discusses his love of Sonoma and why it's so special to him. </li> <li>We discuss the changes that have occurred over the years in Sonoma and what Oded has seen in the food and wine scene -- for good and bad. </li> <li>Oded is a deep thinker. We tap into some of that brain power when he discusses his philosophy on food and wine, and how it helps him makes wines of balance</li> <li>Since he is one of the few winemakers in California that does a full line of still wine and also makes a Methode Champenoise sparkling wine, he uses this unique experience to tell us the differences in mentality you need to make each type of wine (a very cool discussion). </li> <li>We chat about Syrah (Oded's is stunning!) and why it isn't as popular as it should be.</li> </ul> All in all a fascinating conversation with a great winemaker, a guy with great perspective on the last 30 years in Sonoma, and an all around nice person! Go visit Longboard when you're in Healdsburg: <a href="https://www.longboardvineyards.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.longboardvineyards.com </a>