Joe Flynn is the owner of Periphery Cellars and the new sparkling wine maker at Carboy Winery. He joins Will to discuss turning 50, getting expelled from high school, hazed in the military, being a battlefield medic, and a climbing accident that launched his wine making career. He dishes on what went down with Plum Creek closing, the struggle between a winemaker and winery owner, what the word "vintage" really means, the grape he thinks is the future of Palisade, why he would never open a walk-up tasting room, the advantages of being a small winery, whether wine tasting should be free, why Palisade wine is expensive, European versus American wine marketing, what he thinks about wine competitions, where to discover new wines on the Western Slope, details about Carboy's new sparkling wine program, and more.
