Who We Are
Every week, hosts Sam Coturri, Bart Hansen, Danielle Langlois and Brian Casey pull the cork on real conversations with winemakers, growers, sommeliers, and industry trailblazers from Sonoma and beyond. The Wine Makers blends deep knowledge with a relaxed, no-snobbery approach to everything from biodynamic farming to rebellious cider makers and sake artisans.
Bart Hansen - Owner/Winemaker Dane Cellars
Sam Coturri - Owner/Grower/Winemaker Winery Sixteen 600
Danielle Langlois - Owner/Winemaker Jambe des Bois Cellars
Brian Casey - Sommelier Winery Sixteen 600 and “for hire”
The Crew
Sam Coturri
Owner/Grower/Winemaker - Winery Sixteen 600Family legend holds that at the age of three, Sam went around a party his parents were having with a tray full of Dixie cups proudly serving “ ‘turri Wine” to the guests. Sam was the fourth generation in his family to be born in San Francisco, but he was raised in what we now call the Moon Mountain District. He is a graduate of the University of Nevada, Reno, where he studied Journalism and Political Science before working on statewide elections and in marketing and public affairs.
He returned to the California for the burgeoning cannabis industry in 2010. In the Spring 2011, he joined the family business to build Sixteen 600, launching the first vintage to feature Stanley Mouse label art that year. When not waxing poetic on The Wine Makers podcast to avoid real work, you can find Sam putzing around the garden with his wife Alice and daughter Althea.
Bart Hansen
My journey into the wine industry commenced with a crush job at Kenwood Vineyards in 1986. Tasked with the responsibility of transporting five tons of grapes at a time down a rugged mountain in a one-ton truck during my inaugural harvest, I immediately realized the allure of the winemaking world. While not amidst the bustling harvest, I eagerly lent a hand in the cellar, albeit mostly relegated to shoveling grapes and diligently cleaning. Nonetheless, these humble beginnings sparked a fervent desire to pursue a career in the wine industry.
Owner/Winemaker - Dane Cellars
Wine has always been my passion. I grew up in restaurants, working my way up from a dishwasher and waiter to a cook and manager, eventually becoming the Head Sommelier at the Fairmont Hotel in Sonoma. While working as the Wine Director at the girl & the fig, I fell in love with Rhone varietals. When the opportunity arose in 2023 to come over to Sixteen 600 winery and work with the Coturri Family, I jumped at the chance.
Sommelier Winery Sixteen 600 and “for hire”Brian Casey
Danielle graduated from the University of Denver with a BS in Environmental Science. Knowing that life in a laboratory would not give her room to explore her creative drive, she traveled west to Sonoma to work as a harvest intern at Kamen Estate Wines. The rest is history as they say. “I’ve had the incredible opportunity to be mentored by some of the best winemakers in California. I’ve practiced both traditional winemaking approaches, and learned from others that “fortune favors the bold”. Every vintage is a new adventure and I wanted to take all I had learned and make wine my way. Jambe de Bois is my creative outlet and a journey of new discoveries.”
Danielle’s focus is working with French varietals as a nod to her heritage. Each year the goal is to express the vintage and terroir through her lens.
Owner/Winemaker - Jambe des Bois CellarsDanielle Langlois
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