How One of California's Biggest Wineries Produces Over 12 Million Bottles per Year — Dan Does

On this episode of ‘Dan Does,’ host Daniel Geneen visits the Francis Ford Coppola Vineyard in Geyserville, California, which is known for making high quality wines at every price point. When spotting the wine everywhere from supermarkets, to boutique wine shops, and even Michelin-starred restaurants, people across the country know this wine goes beyond its famous founder’s name.

Credits:
Host: Daniel Geneen
Producer/Director: McGraw Wolfman
Camera: Connor Reid, McGraw Wolfman
Editor: Mike Imhoff

Executive Producer: Stephen Pelletteri
Development Producer: McGraw Wolfman
Supervising Producer: Stefania Orrù
Audience Development Manager: Terri Ciccone
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[QueenOfArabianSea]

Sometime in 1996. We were doing a sales retreat in the Napa Valley. One night out on dinner, my colleague identified Francois Coppola and got a bottle of Coppola wine and asked the waitress if he could sign it for him. She took the bottle to the table and an older guy signed it. We kept saying the other guy the other guy. The person who signed it was Francis Coppola Sr. He was so nice he got a bottle each for all of us and signed them all. To this day I see a bottle I buy it without hesitation.

[softairsan]

I just cant stress enough how excellent Dan is as the host of this series.
He is pure gold.

[bobgruner]

I love how appreciative Dan is of the experience he gets to have, the people he gets to meet, and the product that's the subject of the show.

[SimonJamesCarter]

It has to be said that Dan is actually a fantastic presenter and is a breath of fresh air.

[dgee]

The amigos are the ones putting in the work, keep it up muchachos. That's some beautiful work

[thnite]

I love Dan's videos so much, I only just started watching him the other day and I love how he manages to toe the line of awkward and likeable :)

[Michael-llpx]

As a graduating student in Viticulture and Enology, I very much appreciate how you approached this interview and how everything was filmed. You showed several aspects of what we do and you let each interviewee speak and educate. Even how you interpreted everything and were able to break the knowledge down to bite-sized form. This was awesome, thank you!

[Meghan-bpyz]

Nice one. I've watch several videos on how to trade in the stock market but haven't made any headstart because they are either talking some else or sharing their own story of how they made it and I do not want to make mistakes by taking risks in my own hands.

[albyvale]

It's quite interesting to see the differences and similarities between large scale wine production, and what I've experienced, small scale wine production as a cellar harvest intern. The automation makes the whole process look seamless and "easy" compared to the smaller fermentation bins, tanks, and barrels, and numerous hoses I worked with. For instance, the use of manual punch-downs is replaced with large tank pour-overs. While Manual punch-downs allow for a gentler extraction of flavor from the skins, the job is physically demanding and can result in workplace injury from the work itself or from possible falls, depending on the type and positioning of your fermentation bins. Nevertheless, I'd imagine with such a large intake with each harvest, even the slightest error with the systems in place could easily lead to major setbacks or even loss of product in a large production facility. Errors in small production often result in small setbacks, tuning of equipment, a chit chat/quarrel between a few individuals, and/or a possible change of plan, but usually nothing disastrous.

[vash]

That panic when asked if they're adding water to wine lmao

[NathanHarrison]

Awesome, and candid, behind the scenes access to an amazing local and accessible winery. Thank you!

[defeatSpace]

The passion of the presenter and everyone around him brings me to tears.

[Vivienwestphal]

I come from a country with a big tradition of fermented foods. Seeing the hot sauce fermenting process made me so happy ❤️ I'm so glad to see a family keeping the old tradition alive and thriving. Definitely will buy more Tabasco sauce in the future 👌👌👌 the sourness is definitely up my alley.

[TEchNOstYLaa]

Exactly the type of video I was looking for the last couple of days thank you Eater for coming in clutch once again! Would have loved if there were more informations about the different kinds of wines they produce

[Alex-zinb]

incredible how hard those pickers work and how fast. hope theyre well compensated regardless of immigration status. they deserve a lot

[chadraudenbush]

Love that he was called out for saying that was enough of a sample

[SixSonn]

Props to those workers, they were really moving to get those grapes picked.

[atrillatheyoung]

I like this dude, he let's the people talk. Kinda awkward but informative. I'm about it.

[figureceleryjfs]

Shoutout to all the Hispanics working in fields like that everywhere. That’s not easy work at all. Someone’s gotta do it. Hispanics are hands down the hardest workers

[hilariodoggg]

Corey beck is the man! Honored to be his classmate last year on zoom university at uc davis!!