Wine Situation Final Five

The Wine Situation hosts everyone from winemakers to writers to find out what a person’s situation is…with wine. At the end of each episode, host Ellen Clifford wants to know the basics of her guests’ final thoughts on wine, drink and food. This month Ellen talks with Kristie Tacey, winemaker at Tessier about wine, her life in science, and the music that goes with her bottlings! Edited for length, full episode here QUESTION ONE Ellen: Question number one, whatcha drinking? Kristie: I just got back from Alsace and am so into skin-contact Gewurztraminer . And skin-contact Sylvaner . QUESTION TWO Ellen: Question number two, whatcha listening to? Kristie: I was just listening to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. I love that new album so much. I regularly listen to Big Thief, and I’m going to see them at the Greek Theatre in August which I’m super excited about. I just saw Neal Young. I’ve been going back and listening to Neal Young’s albums. QUESTION THREE Ellen: Question number three, what’s a favorite pairing? Kristie: I love fried chicken and Riesling . I make a Riesling. I love California dried Riesling, with skin contact too. That would be my jam. QUESTION FOUR Ellen: When not drinking wine, what are your favorite beverages? Kristie: I love LaCroix, watermelon, strawberry… and then the Waterloo Black Cherry. And then I love classic cocktails. Sazeracs, Manhattans, actually, I love the Brooklyn more. It’s dry vermouth instead of sweet. QUESTION FIVE Ellen: Question number five, what’s bringing you joy? Kristie: Hiking in Tilden. I live right by Tilden Park. I’ll see cool new birds, or we also have our agave plant. It’s starting to flower and it’s made this 10-foot asparagus-looking thing and now flowers are growing out of it. Every day I come out to observe it. *** You can find Kristie’s wine here for both where to source the wines and to listen to the music that pairs with them as well as Kristie’s DJ sets on KXSF, and links to attend their upcoming release party in August. Check out the previous Wine Situation podcast with Shaughn Buchholz here .