Shea Returns...
    Many long standing customers will remember Shea Comfort as the incredibly passionate winemaker that worked with us from 2000 to 2004. He is back! We have him writing articles, updating product descriptions, and updating many of our MoreManuals! on winemaking. He will also be working with us as a winemaking consultant in our own small winery. Currently he is launching his new Consulting business, The Yeast Whisperer, and we are more than happy to help him do that.

The History...
    We developed a relationship with Shea Comfort starting in 1998 as a customer. In June 2000, we asked him if he wanted to help us start our MoreWine! division and he agreed. As a result, over the next four years Shea was given the opportunity to conduct intensive research on various winemaking methods, with a focus on yeast, oak, and MLB pairings, along with enzymes, structuring elements and oxygen. Making up to forty different lots a season provided an invaluable education and the results opened his eyes as to what was truly possible with winemaking as a whole. When he wasn't tending his research, Shea created and taught a comprehensive amateur winemaking program, educated the company staff, and produced several technical "how-to" and informational documents. He also expanded the in-house inventory with the goal of allowing amateurs equal access to professional, current state-of-the-art winemaking knowledge and products.

    It was also during this time that Shea was fortunate enough to be introduced to the representatives from Lallemand. Shea was contracted to create both yeast and MLF samples to help illustrate the differences between various strains in the same wine for educational comparisons. These trials, which began in 2001 and continue to the present, have been used by LallemandÕs in-house staff as well as at various winemaker seminars both in America and throughout Europe. This connection also provided the invaluable resource of being in direct contact with the very people who were responsible for creating the products he was using, along with giving him access to the most current technical winemaking research.

   Shea has also been a Head Winemaker in a 5,000 case winery, has consulted hundreds of MoreWine! customers on nearly every issue imaginable, has the best palate we have ever encountered, and is extremely passionate about winemaking.

If you are interested in an affordable 1 on 1 phone or in-person consultation please visit www.YeastWhisperer.com or call Shea directly at 925-788-0779