ROCKnVINO: A Pairing of Music & Wine
Arts:Food
During this episode of ROCK’nVINO, hosts Coco and Michelle talk with The Wine Guy, Tom Simoneau! KSRO listeners are quite familiar with Tom’s voice, since he started his radio career as The Wine Guy on KSRO back in the 90s. Tom is uniquely suited for our show, since he started out as a musician and ended up a winemaker! Tom learned to play guitar with his college friends and decided to make a go of it as a band in Georgia. Their first band was named C&W Mow Company, since their landlord told them they needed to pay rent somehow and mowing lawns was a good way to earn some dough! Influenced by bands like the Allman Brothers and Little Feat, Tom and his bandmates started to play bigger shows and tour across the country. The music scene in San Francisco drew them west, and they decided they were going to head to California to get signed and become professional musicians. Luck wasn’t in the cards, but after a holiday trip home, Tom started to date a beautiful girl he knew from home in Maine, and brought her back to California. Tom and Brenda Lee bought a home in Healdsburg and Tom started working by selling wine over the phone direct to customers. He had the chance to make some wine, and won awards as an amateur winemaker. They sold their first home and bought a ranch in Alexander Valley. That sealed the deal, and Tom the bassist became Tom Simoneau, winemaker and grape grower. In the early years, Tom relied on American AgCredit to help him live from harvest to harvest, as he fleshed out his business. This episode is PACKED with great stories not only about Tom’s history, but stories of Sonoma County, Healdsburg, and the families who make this place their home.
Check out Tom’s wines (including the Brenda Lee Chardonnay!) online at simoneauvineyards.com and find it on the menu at Valette in Healdsburg.
ROCK’nVINO is sponsored by American AgCredit.
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RNV 17: Meg Myers Concert Review + Concert Travels
RNV 16: Aftershock Review
RNV 15: Coco & Friends | Happy Birthday Coco!
RNV 14: Live From the Sonoma Harvest Music Festival | Con Brio & BR Cohn
RNV 13: Dave Graham | The man who saved BottleRock
RNV 12: Lights | Skin & Earth Album, Comic and TV Show
RNV 11: Jen Ledger | Ledger Lead Singer + Skillet Drummer
RNV 10: Trey Busch | Sleight of Hand Cellars
RNV 09: Lzzy Hale | Halestorm
RNV 08: Shana Bull | Finding the Wine Country Experience with Digital Storyteller Shana Bull
RNV 07: David Ready Jr. | Murphy-Goode Winemaker + Brad Paisley + Bonnie Hunt
RNV 06: Gray Rollin | Linkin Park's Personal Chef & Owner of Belly Left Coast Kitchen
RNV 05: Bryce Dow-Williamson | SOMO Concerts
RNV 04: BottleRock | Recap and Summer Fest Preview
RNV 03: BottleRock | Festival Preview
RNV 02: Lida Galka | CO5 Music
RNV 01: Ben Larks | Idle Cellars
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