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The Side Hustle – Whether you’re trying to fill your piggy bank or your passion bank, the side hustle is more common than ever, especially in the wine business. Being a winemaker is already a tough job, so there has to be a lot of heart invested to finish a day in the cellar for the brand you work hard for, just to spend the evening making wines that ultimately is all you, both figuratively and literally.

Today we talk to two winemakers who already are winemakers at popular and well-respected brands, but have recently begun to start a brand of their own.

Do many owners like it when their winemakers have their own wine on the side? How do you negotiate and walk that line correctly as a winemaker?

We’ll talk about all this and more with both Molly Lonborg and Daniel Callan.

Molly is the winemaker for Alta Colina Vineyard & Winery and recently started her own brand, Little Soul.

Daniel by day is the winemaker for Thacher Winery and recently rolled the curtains back on his new brand and first wine, Slamdance Koöperative Wines.

Original music on WWTY, “Good Company”, performed by Moonshiner Collective.

Make sure you visit pasowine.com for any and all things Paso before your next trip and follow Paso Wine on Instagram.

Where Wine Takes You is executive produced by Joel Peterson with the associate producer Jennifer Bravo of Paso Wine.

WWTY is recorded, edited, produced, and hosted by Adam Montiel. Follow Adam on Instagram.

Next time you’re cruising on the central coast, you can tune Adam in on your radio. His morning show, Up & Adam in the Morning, weekday mornings on wine country radio, The Krush 92.5.

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