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Podcast: The Oregon Wine History Archive Podcast
Episode: Brent Braun: Oral History Interview
Description: This interview is with Brent Braun, Sommelier and wine director at Castagna. He begins the interview with describing his wine interest being sparked after studying history in college where he drank “two buck chuck” and decided to learn more about wine in general.
Brent came to Oregon from Santa Cruz because of music, and found himself being drawn to the wine industry. He describes the process of becoming a Sommelier, and then how he ended up at Castagna. Brent goes into depth about how he chooses the wines for Castagna, and mentions the unexpected food and wine pairings he puts toge...