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On Location at Kohler Food & Wine with John Hamel: When the Struggle Is Real — So Is the Reward

This week, Mason and Molly Crosby take Crosby’s Cru on the road to Kohler Food & Wine, where they sit down with John Hamel of Hamel Family Wines — a vintner whose philosophy proves that deep roots are built through challenge.

From Sonoma to Lambeau, they explore the parallels between dry farming and discipline, football and farming, legacy and land. Our starting lineup — a 2023 Estate Sauvignon Blanc, a 2023 Estate Grenache, and a 2018 Nuns Canyon Vineyard Red Blend — they talk about how struggle shapes growth, how adaptation fuels greatness, and why the hard road is usually the one worth…

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