About this episode

Ridgely Evers shares his journey from tech to wine production and discusses his innovative approach to winemaking.

Ridgely Evers has a walked an extraordinary road that eventually led him to wine. From writing code at age 16 to the olive oil industry to big tech, the earth eventually called him to find a better way to produce wine. I met up with Ridge in Healdsburg to visit his garden and learn what [...]

People in this episode

Host: Ray Fister

Guest: Ridgely Evers

Topics covered

• wine production
• entrepreneurship
• olive oil industry
• technology
• gardening

Keywords

• wine
• AVIVO Wines
• Ridgely Evers
• Lodi
• Healdsburg
• entrepreneurship
• gardening

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: AVIVO Wines

Places: Lodi, Healdsburg

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