Kevin Willenborg Uncorked Monthly Interview

Uncorked Monthly

Listen to our featured interview with Kevin Willenborg – The winemaker at Vina Robles. Kevin Willenborg is a versatile winemaker who has over 35 years of extensive experience working in key regions such as Bordeaux, Napa Valley, Sonoma, British Columbia's Okanagan Valley, as well as California's Central Coast. A graduate of the University of California at Davis, his fast-paced career started with an internship at Chateau Petrus in the mid-1980s, which provided him with a great introduction to the industry's traditions and philosophy. Ever since he has enjoyed shaping world-class wines from the ground to glass. "Each wine has its own life. That life begins with the planting and development of the vines. It is then transferred from the earth through the vine as the grapes are harvested, crushed, fermented into wine, and eventually bottled. The role of the winemaker is to respectfully steward this life with care and attention to detail.”