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Cole Thomas

Cole Thomas

Cole Thomas is the founder and winemaker of Madson Wines, an organic, low-intervention winery in the Santa Cruz Mountains, California.

Aug 27, 2026

8:42
And what did you do there? Were you immediately drawn to wine, agriculture, majoring in surfing? Yeah.
8:50
Majoring in surfing, yes.
8:52
No, I originally wanted to be a marine biologist, so kind of majoring in surfing a little bit.
8:57
But then I realized that I would have to commit to grad school and I wasn't ready to do that.
9:04
And so I started working on the Cassis Farm, the Center of Agriculture and Sustainable Food Systems, which is one of the first organic farms in California.
9:14
It's on the UCSC campus.
9:16
And I realized that like, I just like really loved it.

9 MINS LATER

17:56
Yeah, maybe slightly hungover, but that's cool.

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