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It takes experience to grow in the wine trade. Chris Phelps has it.
Season 17 Episode 10
Wine Talks seeks to find the individuals who can tell a story, who have a story to tell and whose passion shines through. Chris and his son Josh are …
2 years, 6 months ago
Dr. Gavin Sacks, canned wine and much more. Meet the Dr. forging new ways to package wine.
Season 17 Episode 9
So fascinating. Dr. Gavin Sacks took a momemt from his research and teaching schedule to sit with Wine Talks and discuss the intersection of art, sci…
2 years, 6 months ago
Emilia Nardi is one of a kind. Gracious, elegant and a force of Italian wine women.
Season 17 Episode 8
To sit with Emilia is like sitting with the Queen...but somehow even queen sounds almost diminutive for her role. Makes her sound like she is sitting…
2 years, 6 months ago
Port wine is history in a bottle. Rupert Symington and family created some of that history.
Season 17 Episode 7
Port wine is really quite fascinating. It is like history in a bottle. And wine really is about history. This concept all comes together when listeni…
2 years, 7 months ago
From fashion to wine, Alberto gets it. Alberto Moretti Cuseri from Sette Ponti on deck.
Season 17 Episode 6
The world of Tuscan wine is more complicated than it might seem. From a fiasco (straw bottle) of Chianti to the most coveted Brunello Di Montecino's,…
2 years, 7 months ago
To learn Italian wine, listen to the pro. I speak with Cristina Mariani-May of Banfi Wines
Season 17 Episode 5
What you will learn about the wines of Tuscany and Piemonte will only be out down by what you will learn about the wine life. Raising 3 children whil…
2 years, 7 months ago
They are Master Somms, married and taking on Aussie wines. Meet Jane Lopes and Jon Ross.
Season 17 Episode 5
Between the two of them, it took 21 years to earn their Master Sommelier status; obviously, no easy task. Lest we forget, while studying for this acc…
2 years, 7 months ago
The wine history you will hear, cannot be written ever again. Meet Arthur de Lencquesaing.
Season 17 Episode 2
This was serendipitous. The fact that Mr. Lencquesaing was in Los Angeles at the very time I began reading his grandmothers book (albeit it very slow…
2 years, 7 months ago
Clear and articulate about the Italian wine trade. Meet Dr. Cristian Maddalena.
Season 17 Episode 4
We could have spoken for hours. In fact, after I turned off the recording system, he stayed for another 20 minutes wrapping up the previous hour.
Wit…
2 years, 7 months ago
Only 3 people in the wine world like him. David Frost is a Master of Wine and a Master Sommelier.
Season 17 Episode 1
There can only be one explanation (maybe two) for someone to want, study, test and pass both the Master of Wine curriculm and the Master Sommelier cu…
2 years, 7 months ago