This week, Owner and Wine Maker of Hart Winery in Temecula Joe Hart joins us to drink his award winning Sauvignon Blanc which is truly delightful. He also gives us a quick lesson on wine making and the mysteries of yeast. Did I mention that he fed me wine?

My thanks goes out to the Temecula Valley Quality Wine Alliance for making these interviews possible and for emphasizing that great wine comes from great grapes. And if it's up to Joe then great wine also have to be something he can eat with.  I'm not sure how he stays so skinny with that attitude!

Read more about Hart Winery wines at their website here. You can buy his wines online but if you are lucky enough to go in to taste their wines, make sure you upgrade to the premium tasting to get the really good stuff.

This week, Owner and Wine Maker of Hart Winery in Temecula Joe Hart joins us to talk about what quality wine making means to him. Aside from the ABC comments (Anything But Chardonnay), he repeats the mantra of the newly formed Temecula Valley Quality Wine Alliance that great wine comes from great grapes. This persnickety wine maker also touts his personal preferences of never making something that he doesn't want to make. It's about drinkability, not marketability.

Read more about Hart Winery wines at their website here. You can buy his wines online but if you are lucky enough to go in to taste their wines, make sure you upgrade to the premium tasting to get the really good stuff.

I love Zinfandel. The big jammy fruit followed by that black pepper finish makes Turkey dinner seem decadent.

St. Francis Old Vines Zinfandel 2005 happens to be one of my bigger standby wines. And by bigger I mean there is nothing subtle about this wine. I live beautifully balanced French wines with their delicate terrior and complex smells, but sometimes I just need to satisfy my California, New World big bang wine and Zinfandel fits the bill every time.

St. Francis Old Vines Zinfanfel 2005  This distinctive wine, clearly in the "old style," is remarkable in its intensity. The nearly pungent aromas of brambleberries, chocolate and rose petals unfold on a palate of opulently rich and seductive fruit flavors characterized by great concentration and depth, with an alcohol level not immediately evident beneath the fruit density. The distinct spice and oak notes carry into the finish, which is nearly endless.

Click here to buy some for yourself from Wine.com when you're feeling less than subtle.

Calories in Wine went on site to interview Peter Poole of Vitis Consulting. In this second part of three interviews, we discuss what people should know before they venture out to become wine growers and how the Temecula Valley Quality Wine Alliance is helping people get the right information from the start.

You can listen to the interview on YouTube or below.

And if you would like to get more information from Peter Poole directly please contact him at vitisconsult@verizon.net .