Go With Your Palate
Go With Your Palate
Joe Wagner
E91 Matt Heil | Joe Wagner
1 hour 7 minutes Posted Mar 16, 2026 at 6:00 pm.
Welcome Legend Grape Road Warrior, Matt Heil (Director of Fruit Supply/Grower Relations at Copper Cane)
Matt Heil & Joe Wagner bromance (When Wine Industry Leaders Collide)
Local Insider Wine Country Info (23 and Napa Valley)
Back to the Legendary Wine Industry bromance (Fruit Supplier meets Winemaker)
A true World Series event
Enology vs Viticulture, School Theory vs Hands-on Winemaking
Calling A Prime Time Grape Pick...what it really means
Convergence? Wine Grape Ripeness
Matt runs us through his grape season and what he looks for...
It's about that Girth and Uniformity (lessons learned from other wine experience like Matt's work at Ravenswood)
Grapes to Plums to Almonds
Rapid Fire: Start with vineyard pruning...
Vineyard Shoot Thinning
Vineyard Leafing
Vineyards and Machines
Vineyard Crop Thinning
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The guy who finds the grapes behind Belle Glos Pinot Noir and Napa Valley Quilt Cabernet is finally on the podcast. Matthew Heil—Copper Cane’s Director of Fruit Supply—is the energizer bunny of the wine world, constantly on the move scouting vineyards and building the relationships that shape every bottle. In this episode, we go deep into what really happens before grapes ever hit the crush pad. 🎙️ Go With Your Palate: Matthew Heil | The Man Who Finds the Grapes This week we go straight beh...