In Episode 143 of the Mr. Wine Guy Podcast I had the privilege of sitting down with Josh Phelps, Owner and Winemaker of Grounded Wine Co. out of Napa Valley, CA.

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In this episode, Josh talks about his life growing up pursuing a career in entrepreneurship, his travels with family to various old-world wine regions, and how these experiences as a whole is really what sparked his interest in ultimately pursuing a career in wine.

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Josh talks about his various work in distribution with groups such as Chamber and Chambers and Kimberely Jones and also, what it meant to work havest production at Joel Gott and how that experience helped expand his understand of winemaking which ultimately enhanced his ability to be exceptionally great at selling wine.

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Josh talks about his father Chris Phelps, what Chris means to him and the wine industry as a whole, and how working with his father is so fulfilling and rewarding considering the wines they craft not only together but alsdo their personal projects as well.

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Josh talks about a brand he created early in his career called Taken and how the idea of Taken was to create wines that are incedible, but at an affordable price.  Since then, Josh created his now brand Gounded in 2017 with the same concept in mind, crafting wines up and down the West Coast from Oregon and Washington State to the regions of Monterey, Santa Barbara, and Edna Valley.

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Josh also stresses the importance of sales and agrees that the making of wine can be challenging but the actual sales of wine is where it's at and fortunately through distribution channels early on like Kimberely Jones, was able to hone in on this skill to better prepare him for all the successes he had in store!

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Cheers 🍷

To watch on YouTube:

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To follow Josh on Instagram and TikTok:

https://www.instagram.com/groundedwineco/

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To sign up for Josh's mailing list, receive allocation opportunities, or to purchase wines:

https://www.groundedwineco.com/signup/

https://www.groundedwineco.com/wines/

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