We ran into another heroic Paso Robles winemaker while at the 2011 Garagiste Festival…Christian Tietje of Cypher Winery told us about what he’s up to these days, along with some of the unique “toys” that winemakers are working with this year. He’s got a big personality that you will see in this video interview as well as taste in his wines.
The Garagiste Festival features small-production winemakers that maybe don’t have a tasting room, or the opportunity to get in front of the public very often. Festival goers can taste some of the most creative and unique wines, as well as those hard-to-find wines from the cutting edge winemakers in the area. Christian is one of these winemakers…while he does have a tasting room on 46 West, he’s making some incredible wines and wanted to tell us all about them.
Who is this Christian Tietje?
Instead of trying to capture Christian in written word, we figure we will let this video and his own words give you a glimpse into his world.
Cheers…and enjoy!!!
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Love his energy, it’s winermakers like him that excite me to try his wine. Cheers!
Yes, Bev! That’s excactly how we feel about Christian…he puts out a great energy and his wines are as unique as his personality. We’ll see you out at Cypher Winery when you get up here!!! Cheers and happy Friday!
I’m looking forward to tasting Christian’s magic in a bottle down the road !
So are we, Chris! Great stuff coming from Cypher…it’s all about being creative and pushing the envelope, right?
Hey ya! Christian is the bomb and Cypher is the Bomber! All the best and happy holidays to my bud! Hope to see you in PR soon!