When I invited Sharde Shepherd to join me on the podcast, she actually said to me, “I have no idea what I’ll talk about.” This is hysterical because, as it turns out, Sharde has more to talk about than most. She is the cellar master for a Santa Barbara winery, but before that, she dabbled in oil and gas, law, teaching yoga and professional wrestling. Yes: for a time, Sharde wrestled for WWE as “Scorpia,” which is incredible. She talks to me here about growing up in a ranching family in Wyoming, traveling with her mother around the world, and the restaurant manager whose enthusiasm for wine rubbed off on Sharde.
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McConnell’s Ice Creams, Michael Palmer, Santa Barbara, CA
Topa Topa Brewing Company, Jack Dyer, Ventura
Life coach + SLO County Farm Bureau, Kiah Twisselman Burchett + Brent Burchett, Carissa Plains
The Range owners Jeff, Lindsay, + Jade Jackson, Santa Margarita
Beth Vukmanic, Program Director + fitness influencer, Vineyard Team/SIP Certified + Bethercize, San Luis Obispo, CA
Jill Hammond + Joey Baxter, owners, Farm & Harvest + The Howdy, Los Osos, CA
Messermeister Premium Kitchen Knives, Chelcea Dressler-Crowley + Kirsten Dressler-Wilson, vice presidents, Ojai
Corazón 805 Tacos, Pedro Arias Lopez and Crescencio Villar, San Luis Obispo, CA
Dr. Stephen Lloyd-Moffet, author, The Spirit of Wine, San Luis Obispo, CA
Libbie Agran, founder, Wine History Project of San Luis Obispo County, San Luis Obispo,CA
Benny’s Pizza, Ben Arrona, San Luis Obispo
Winemaker Samra Morris, Alma Rosa Winery & Vineyards, Buellton, California
Heather Daenitz, founder and podcaster, Craft & Cluster, Orcutt, California
Stephy Terrizzi, viticulturist, Giornata Wines, Paso Robles, California
Robin Puricelli, sommelier and winemaker, Locura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties, California
Sonja Magdevski, winemaker and owner, Casa Dumetz, Clementine Carter, The Feminist Party Wines, Los Alamos, California
Alondra Torres, vineyard management supervisor, Coastal Vineyard Services, Santa Maria, California
R.H. Drexel, wine writer and publicist, Atascadero, California
Riley Roddick, winemaker and owner, Hubba Wines, Paso Robles, California
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