First segment of this weeks Show: Gundlach Bundschu Estate Vineyard and Winery - Jeff Bundschu

Jeff Bundschu, President, sixth-generation, Gundlach Bundschu Estate Vineyard and Winery, shares his family legacy and California wine-growing history in Towle's Hill… an original, one-act play commissioned in celebration of the family's 150th Anniversary at the winery. Jeff and the play are touring the country with stops in NYC, Charlotte, New Orleans, LA, and Sonoma left to go. Jeff joins us from deep within the Unicorn Theater in Kansas City, Missouri. Read his blog on tour.

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Second segment of this weeks Show: A historic California wine family’s dedication to the arts and creative expression - Jeff Bundschu (cont.)

Learn about California’s mid to late nineteenth century wine boom and early twentieth century wine bust; The 1906 San Francisco earthquake that destroyed every winery’s storage facility; How the wine industry was affected by Prohibition… The realities of working and living within the confines of a family business; Personal stories of fathers and sons; A family’s dedication to the arts and creative expression. Towle’s Hill play is touching a nerve with audience members across the country. People feel compelled to share their father-son family story with Bunschu after every performance, in every city, thus far. Listen for yourself and tell me that wine doesn’t touch our lives in more ways than simply what’s in the glass.

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Third segment of this weeks Show: TerraCycle specializing in unique eco-friendly home products - Albe Zakes

Albe Zakes, Director of Public Relations, TerraCycle specializing in unique eco-friendly home products, Trenton, New Jersey, explains the company’s new green partnership with Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates through the conversion of refurbished KJ wine oak barrels transformed into The Rotary Composter™ and Rain Barrel™ water storage containers available at Sam's Club and Home Depot outlets nationwide for $99 respectively.

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Fourth segment of this weeks Show: Terracycle saves corks from landfills... Create your own VinVillage Cork Brigade at TerraCycle - Albe Zakes (cont.)

TerraCycle has just launched the Free Cork Collection Program saving corks from landfills, available to interested bars, restaurants, tasting rooms, wineries and wine events. Don’t let the momentum stop here. Sign up and save the corks and a very limited renewable resource. This is but one more way that restaurants, wine retailers, wineries, and even wine and food venues around the country can Go Green and enlist the help of their client-base.

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lynn krielow chamberlain is an independent wine and food journalist and host of the "Wine and Dine" radio show heard on VinVillageRadio broadcast on wsRadio, the world wide leader in internet talk radio with over 4-million monthly listeners!

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