May 16, 2026 · 43 min · 11 segments
On today's show, Jessica heads to the Napa Valley to sit down with Stephen Arnold, the wine director of Bottega Restaurant in Yountville, Napa. Stephen lives and breathes hospitality, and he's driven…
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Well, it's funny that you say that 'cause you were just telling me, um, off of a visit that you had with one of your, uh, wine producers that it reminded you of why we do this whole thing.
So he is now the fifth generation of Tyrrells, uh, in the Hunter Valley, Australia.
It's kinda like you look, you know, you open a book on Australian wine and it's like, the Hunter was one of the first places.
The, the original vines ca- came, like the, the original James Busby vines that-
... who brought the vines in the 1820s, 1830s to Australia, you know, to Sydney.
... you know, you look up, you open a book and it's like Hunter Valley, and then Tyrrells is the first name that kinda comes up.
W- I love these stories in the wine world that, uh, that, that just s- have the, the, they're just so unique that you can't have Semillon produced in the Hunter taste like any other Semillon around the world.
Well, it's funny that you say that 'cause you were just telling me, um, off of a visit that you had with one of your, uh, wine producers that it reminded you of why we do this whole thing.
So he is now the fifth generation of Tyrrells, uh, in the Hunter Valley, Australia.
It's kinda like you look, you know, you open a book on Australian wine and it's like, the Hunter was one of the first places.
The, the original vines ca- came, like the, the original James Busby vines that-
... who brought the vines in the 1820s, 1830s to Australia, you know, to Sydney.
... you know, you look up, you open a book and it's like Hunter Valley, and then Tyrrells is the first name that kinda comes up.
W- I love these stories in the wine world that, uh, that, that just s- have the, the, they're just so unique that you can't have Semillon produced in the Hunter taste like any other Semillon around the world.
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