Encore: How These Wine and Cheesemakers Fold Music Into Their Recipes

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This episode originally aired on September 20, 2024.

Birds. Rain. Barbed Wire. Sounds of a Vineyard Become A Musical Score in ‘Harvest in Twelve Parts’

In California, music and winemaking seem to go together. Visit any of the state’s countless wineries and you can hear all kinds of music, from jazz and folk, to classical and Americana. But one artist on the Central Coast takes that connection especially seriously: he spent years making an album full of sounds from a vineyard. Reporter Benjamin Purper takes us to San Luis Obispo to learn more about a sonic journey through a Central Coast wine harvest.

How Music Inspires the Cheeses at this Petaluma Dairy

Soyoung Scanlan is one of California’s most celebrated cheese-makers. But years ago, before she’d ever really eaten cheese, she had another love. Growing up in South Korea, she trained in classical piano. So every cheese she’s made over the last 25 years has a musical name and connection. For her series California Foodways, Lisa Morehouse visited the cheesemaker in the hills outside Petaluma.

After Losing His Vision, a Tour Guide Finds Other Ways To See

Ron Peterson volunteers as a guide at the Tijuana River Estuary. After losing his sight, Ron now leads a very unique kind of tour. His story comes to us from KPBS in San Diego, as part of their series about volunteers, people who devote their time in unexpected ways.