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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, 9 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 months ago
Love at first site and other crazy notions about wine. Meet Kenny Kahn.
Season 16 Episode 20
Reading Kenny's website www.bluerockvineyard.com, you will learn that the night he met his wife it was love ar first sight...for him. Tongue tied the…
2 years, 11 months ago
Max Mussio Lewis defines Friuli wine. Meet Max.
Season 16 Episode 19
Once in a while in this crazy business, you stumble across passion that has no bounds. Certainly, even to engage in the wine trade it takes passion, …
2 years, 11 months ago