Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHe put wine and food on it's ear. Meet famed Michael McCarty.
Season 6 Episode 11
The food scene in the US was changing rapidly in the '80's and LA was the hub. Being a Chef was not a claim to fame in those days but restaurants li…
5 years, 5 months ago
NYTimes Wine critic Eric Asimov was on fire. Hear his insights.
Season 6 Episode 7
Eric Asimov's experience in the food and wine world is impossible to compare. Having started with the NY Times as a food critic and then moving to wi…
5 years, 6 months ago
Learn Burgundy. Meet Frédéric Bernier of Maison Louis Jadot
Season 6 Episode 6
Each time I sit with Frédéric Barnier, it is like going to Burgundy school. Due to Covid, the 2019 barrel tasting of the wines of Maison Louis Jadot …
5 years, 6 months ago
US laws have nothing on Canada...I spoke with the hosts of "Two Guys Talking Wine"
Season 6 Episode 5
We could have chatted for another hour and still had more to discuss. Andre and Michael of the Canadian podcast "Two Guys Talking Wine" was like meet…
5 years, 6 months ago
Meet The Ambassador of Beaujolais, Winemaker Cyril Chirouze.
Season 6 Episode 3
If you found a menu from a restaurant in the Burgundy part of France from let's say 1965, you would find that fine Beaujolais wines rivaled in price …
5 years, 6 months ago
Wine Photojournalist Michael Higgins was in the house.
Season 6 Episode 2
If you go on a wine tour of either Bordeaux, France, or Argentina, you will make a big mistake if don't take along the respective copy of Michael Hig…
5 years, 7 months ago
Laura Rhys is a Master Sommelier At A Rare Place To Work
Season 5 Episode 20
In 1988, my father visited England to explore the wine route and I have his notes to prove it. Back then, the wine trade was sparse and the wines wer…
5 years, 7 months ago
What is Sustainable Wine? Ask Beth Vukmanic.
Season 5 Episode 18
I hear "this wine is sustainable" regularly from the wineries and vendors....what does that mean? Hear the answer...from Beth Vukmanic....and by the…
5 years, 7 months ago
The Azeris Took His Winery. Scary Stuff; Garen Bagdesarian Tells The Story.
Season 5 Episode 17
I had Garen and his daughter on the show weeks ago discussing the winery and marketing. Only a few months later, the winery became a spoil of the war…
5 years, 8 months ago
Sexism, Racism, nor Grape Supremacy. Aaliyah Nitoto from Free Range Flowers Winery
Season 5 Episode 16
Sexism, racism, and grape supremacy could have derailed Aaliyah from making a dream a reality. Hear how she overcame the headwinds and was able to li…
5 years, 8 months ago