
Cole Thomas
Cole Thomas is the founder and winemaker of Madson Wines, an organic, low-intervention winery in the Santa Cruz Mountains, California.
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Aug 27, 2026
The Santa Cruz Mountains Have Been Hiding in Plain Sight featuring Cole Thomas, Madson Wines
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Amanda McCrossinHOST
And what did you do there? Were you immediately drawn to wine, agriculture, majoring in surfing? Yeah.

Cole ThomasGUEST
No, I originally wanted to be a marine biologist, so kind of majoring in surfing a little bit.

Cole ThomasGUEST
But then I realized that I would have to commit to grad school and I wasn't ready to do that.

Cole ThomasGUEST
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.
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