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I'll Drink to That! Talking Wine with Levi Dalton

Levi Dalton

A former sommelier interviews incredibly famous and knowledgeable wine personalities in his tiny living room. He gets them to talk candidly about their lives and work. Then he releases the r...

Episodes

20 of 504 episodes

503: Peter Jakob Kühn Found Quality Along With Pain

Peter Jakob Kühn made the wines at Weingut Peter Jakob Kühn in Germany's Rheingau region for many decades before retiring and passing the fa...

01:12:35Aug 13, 2025

502: Matt Dees Likes How Grapevines Think

Matt Dees is the winemaker at JONATA, The Hilt, and The Paring, wineries which are located in California's Santa Barbara County. Matt recall...

01:55:32Apr 1, 2025

501: This Conversation with Meike Näkel Has A Terrifying Turn

Meike Näkel and her sister Dörte run the Meyer-Näkel winery in the Ahr region of Germany. As a winery, over 90% of Meyer-Näkel's production...

01:22:36Jan 3, 2025

500: Richard Sanford and the Hot Tub Time Machine Wine Fermenters

Richard Sanford co-founded the Sanford and Benedict Winery and planted the Sanford and Benedict Vineyard. He founded the Sanford Winery, and...

01:57:54Jun 4, 2024

499: David Rafanelli on Four Generations Making Wine in California

David Rafanelli and his family own the A. Rafanelli Winery in the Dry Creek Valley of Sonoma County, California. David relates the story of...

01:20:40May 10, 2024

498: A Rush of Blood to the Wine Glass from Dan Keeling

Dan Keeling is a co-founder and partner in the Noble Rot restaurants and Shrine to the Vine retail shops in London, "Noble Rot" Magazine, an...

01:27:10Feb 8, 2024

497: Robert Drouhin Is From A Good Vintage

Robert Drouhin and his family own Maison Joseph Drouhin in the Burgundy region of France, as well as Domaine Drouhin in the Willamette Valle...

01:43:53Jan 7, 2024

496: Sandy Block's Shot at Redemption

Sandy Block was a Master of Wine who was also the Vice President of Beverage at the Legal Sea Foods group of restaurants, and an Adjunct Pro...

01:21:29Dec 24, 2023

495: Steve Doerner and the Burgundian Bicyclists

Steve Doerner is Winemaker Emeritus at Cristom Vineyards in Oregon. Steve discusses his shift from being a Biochemistry Major at UC Davis in...

02:19:13Nov 13, 2023

494: Alicia Towns Franken's Wine Life

Alicia Towns Franken is a Co-Founder of Towns Wine Co. and the Executive Director of Wine Unify . Alicia discusses her upbringing in Chicago...

01:09:46Aug 16, 2023

493: Neil Empson Shifted Gears Into Wine

Neil Empson is the founder of Empson & Co., an exporter of wines from Italy and other countries. Neil, who was born in New Zealand in 1939,...

01:40:19Aug 8, 2023

492: Jean-Emmanuel Simond Does Not Like Your White Wine

Jean-Emmanuel Simond is a writer and wine critic for "La Revue du vin de France", covering the Côte de Nuits of Burgundy and Alsace. He is a...

01:30:08Jul 1, 2023

491: Ukraine, Wine and Terror

Levi Dalton speaks with three Ukrainians about the struggles faced by winemakers and winery owners amongst the warfare in Ukraine. Alla Plac...

00:59:28May 22, 2023

490: Patrick Campbell Pruned Mountain Vines on Crutches

Patrick Campbell was the owner of Laurel Glen Vineyard on Sonoma Mountain in California, a winery he sold in 2011. He began the Tierra Divin...

01:32:30May 21, 2022

489: Sylvain Pataille and the New Old Style

Sylvain Pataille is the owner and winemaker at Domaine Sylvain Pataille, which is located in the Marsannay area of Burgundy, within France....

01:25:52Jan 15, 2022

488: Erin and the Volcano

Erin Scala explores the wines of Pico Island, a part of the Portuguese Azores in the Atlantic Ocean. Erin puts on sturdy boots and ventures...

01:49:41Dec 25, 2021

487: Dominik Sona and a Conception of Kabinett

Dominik Sona is the General Manager of the Koehler-Ruprecht winery, which is located in the Pfalz region of Germany. Dominik speaks about hi...

00:57:16Jun 6, 2021

486: George Skouras and the New Old World

George Skouras is the owner and winemaker at Domaine Skouras, located in the Peloponnese of Greece. George explains how his interest in wine...

01:12:12Apr 11, 2021

485: Robert Vifian and Stories from the Tan Dinh Wine Cellar

Robert Vifian is the chef and co-owner of Tan Dinh Restaurant, located in Paris, France. Robert was born in Vietnam in 1948, and lived in Sa...

01:16:13Apr 2, 2021

484: Erin Scala Looks Deep Into Lake Garda

Erin Scala explores the long history and many recent changes in the area around Lake Garda and in the Bardolino wine zone, in the northeaste...

00:48:21Mar 28, 2021