Cassidee Shull is the Executive Director of the Colorado Association for Viticulture and Enology (CAVE). She joins Will to chat about her long-standing tenure with CAVE, getting hired as Executive Director at age 23, what the wine industry looked like in its first year, the five Palisade wineries that attended the first WineFest, how WineFest went this year, the new sparkling wine trend in Palisade, the changes in wine law that CAVE had passed by the State, reasons why tourism is down in Palisade, the challenge of balancing your personal life and public-facing job, Cassidee's upcoming trip to Chile, appreciating life in America, what it was like to live and own a surf shop in Costa Rica (before it was robbed), the tight knit communities in other countries, how Palisade is working to avoid overtourism, Will's idea for a winter festival, Las Colonias Amphitheater, the band Cassidee is named after, why she wears sunglasses and a scarf to every concert, improvised versus rehearsed shows, John Mayer, Cassidee's guide to live music in the Grand Valley, Will's new favorite concert venue, new additions to downtown Palisade, has the grape surpassed the peach? and more.
