F4F - AJ Wiechmann Trucker and Pilot - after we try some wine!
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That was our first turbulence we've had. That's pretty cool though to see, like literally we're flying through the crumbs. Where else do you think you'd fly Tanner? Above there? Below there? Typically below the clouds is rougher than above the clouds and going through the clouds is a little bit rough, but... Join Corey. You boys want some popsicles?
david so tanner what i really gotta know is the juice worth the squeeze and tanner all right it's about time to wrap this baby up they're my favorite like farm for fun it's time to put aside the stress of the work boots sit down grab your favorite adult beverage and listen to the boys from farm for profit yay it says applause
Oh, what a new segment, Corey. We don't get to do this very often. What a fun relationship we made when we went out to the World Ag Expo. We got to talk to the Sonoma County Wine Growers Association. Yeah, not our normal path, but I tell you what, it's pretty good wine and I'll accept. It is going to pay off huge dividends for us because they have shipped us two bottles of wine and we're going to taste one today and meet the actual wine growers. grape growers themselves so welcome to the podcast gentlemen how you doing we're doing great yeah we're excited to be here we've got steve and mike and uh i'm going to put their name in the show notes but it is pronounced san jacomo if i did that correctly first try yeah that's right yeah we had a little coaching before we got on camera i'm just gonna say that because it does not sound like it looks wine grower and partners how's things going for you guys
We're doing great. 2024 season is upon us. Harvest is coming probably in the next month or so. We're almost to the fourth quarter. We're big sports guys around, so we like to attribute everything into quarters and halves. We're getting close to the fourth quarter. Harvest is our fourth quarter. It's turned out to be, so far, a great vintage. We've still got a little ways to go before the goal line. Things are looking good.
So the growing season's been good so far, no major issues?
No, we had a little bit of a heat spike. Other than that, survived it well because it was early on in the season. And things look good at this point, like my brother said. The important weather's really kind of at the very end, so we'll see what happens. But as of right now, we're looking good. Yeah, we've had beautiful California sunshine.
That's what you need.
Mother Nature so far has blessed us. So we need some more California sunshine to get us to November. So that's all we ask for.
And you guys are in Sonoma Valley, is that correct?
We're in Sonoma Valley, yeah. We farm across multiple areas of Sonoma County. Sonoma County is made up of different AVAs in American Viticulture areas. So there's 20 AVAs in Sonoma County, and we farm in Sonoma Coast, Carnera, Sonoma Valley, and Petaluma Gap. So we're four of the farm in different areas of Sonoma County.
That's very cool. And you guys are brothers or related?
Others, yeah, we're a multi-generational family. Just like many of the farming operations, the grape growing operation, wine operations in Sonoma County, I think over 70% of our vineyards out here and operations are multi-generational family businesses. So very down, roots run deep around here in terms of, in more ways than one, through the vines and through our businesses out here.
And are grapes the only thing you guys grow?
As of now, yes, no. Yeah, no, we're just growing wine grapes right now. In the past, our family had to own pears, apples, fruits, and cherries, but over the decades and stuff, this is about what's left that is profitable. So farming is about profit. This is about profitability, and unfortunately, we're left here in Sonoma County with just one crop left. There are some apples. There are some operations that are still farming apples, but the majority of it's all wine grapes right now, just go to the market and we make amazing wine as we'll be tasting here soon. So we'd love to be able to share with the country and the world.
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