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Issues & Ideas

Chilled red wines, Cal Poly cats, and two poets laureate

By David McAbee

Published September 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM PDT

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In this segment of Wine Country, Mira Honeycutt chats about chilled reds with Jason Haas of Tablas Creek Vineyard and Jared Lee of Pear Valley Estate Wine:

Wine Country - chilled reds

Celeste Geary talks with Meili Laiho and Sharon Dobson of the Cal Poly Cat Program:

Cal Poly Cat Program

SLO County Poet Laureate Caleb Nichols interviews California Poet Laureate Lee Herrick (best-of Issues & Ideas from 1/27/25):

Poets Laureate

Issues & Ideas

David McAbee

David McAbee was a radio personality on the Central Coast in the early 2000s before his passion for storytelling drew him to Los Angeles, where he worked on challenging television and film projects. He became an award-winning writer and director known for his storytelling and innovative filmmaking. David joined the KCBX team in 2025 when he returned to the Central Coast.

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