Episodes
Aug. 23, 2023
She is a true winemaker. Has an opinion and it shows in her incredible wines. Meet Elizabeth Tangney..
When one stumbles across a strong will in the wine industry, one has to take notice. A strong will will necessarily show through in the resulting wines. It takes an opinion, it takes a will to create the finest example of wine a vineyard can...
Aug. 23, 2023
With Phd. and passion, Katarina Andersson shifted gears and fell in love with wine.
The path to being intoxicated with wine (I do not mean with alcohol) comes in many fashions. Virtually everyone that is consumed with wine has a story to tell. Some left the family wine business to become lawyers or even doctors but the allure brought...
Aug. 16, 2023
What it is like to be a legacy winemaker. Meet Trevor Durling of Beaulieu Vineyards.
Trevor During has shoes to fill.
Aug. 15, 2023
Valle de Uco is the Napa Valley of Argentina. Stories are real.
Rodrigo Leone tells of the family history and the inspiration of wine.
Aug. 11, 2023
Heritage, hotels, rugs and wine. Meet James Tufenkian
Was there a Bob Hope movie....The Road to Yerevan? Maybe not, but the road to Yerevan for James Tufenkian is fascinating. James is one motivated diasporan. He has created a well-known, world-wide hand woven carpet, planted 1,000,000 trees in...
Aug. 8, 2023
The stories are crazy good. Meet the Wine Merchant of Beverly Hills; Mr. Dennis Overstreet
He is mythical in stature in our industry. Meet the Merchant of Beverly Hills Dennis Overstreet.
Aug. 1, 2023
Real talk, real wine, real Washington. Meet John Bookwalter.
It is very often you hear about an American family 10 generations into their contribution to society/ Certainly, you hear of such geneology in Europe; namesake wineries handed down through the generations. In this case, it is 10 generations of...
July 25, 2023
Food and wine writer and recipe creator...meet Emily Saladino.
Such a bright light in the world of wine and food; and she can create recipes out of thin air. Emily Saladino has made her way around both the world of culinary arts and wine to create give herself a comprehensive understanding of the marriage...
July 19, 2023
Big picture view of the liquor and wine business with Tim Moore, VP of Wine for RNDC.
It is contended that Prohibition was not really repealled...it was just broken into 50 pieces. Navigating this and becoming the 2nd largest distributor of wine, beer and liquor is a formidable task Meet Tim Moore, he is the VP of wine of RNDC...
July 15, 2023
Premium canned wine is the idea. Meet the woman who took it on.
These days, you cannot miss the canned aisle in your favorite grocery store. It seems to be taking over more real estate of the wine aisle each month. The category is rather cluttered with competitors..that didn't seem to daunt Jessica Hershfield....
July 9, 2023
A rounded view is needed, Vahe has it. Meet Vahe Keushgarian.
Wine Talks has has some amazing guests in each of the various disciplines of the wine trade. A few years ago, Vahe was on the show as we mulled over some of the pertinenant issues of the day. This second podcast years later is that much more...
July 1, 2023
Women in wine. Meet one of the most experienced and driven. Meet Mariam Saghatelyan.
After we recorded this episode of Wine Talks, Mariam entered and won the very first Sommelier event ever held in Armenia. Congratulations. The fact they even had a sanctioned event such as this in Armenia will tell you how far the Armenian wine...
June 27, 2023
It's a war out there; WarRoom Cellars knows it. Hear from founder Andrew Nelson
Taking on the gib boys is a war. And even just the idea seems a bit crazy, but WarRoom Cellars was founded on just that principal. How do we get under the skin of the big boys? One idea is to meet the consumer of wine where they live; meaning each of...
June 22, 2023
From Bulgaria with love (and wine). Meet Nadia Pavlevska.
Nadia Pavlevska drank vodka and coke in Bulgaira. Hardly a precursor to becoming a wine educator and influencer. Now the go to Sommelier for resorts like The Terranea in Palos Verdes, Nadia had taught wine with a logical and pratical outlook. ...
June 20, 2023
D1 Basketball, Pageant winner, Harvard Grad. Meet Brooke Bibeault
Her life story takes on many adjectives. Inspring is one. Painful is another. Worldly could say it. But driven would be the word I would use. When you face headwinds, you must put your headdown; Brooke has and continues to do that. A model, a pageant...
June 15, 2023
Force of nature in wine? For sure. Meet Katie Hamilton Schaffer.
Sometimes it is just obvious why someone is successful. Certainly, your personal definition of success comes into play but if you define "success" as getting what you want out of life and never letting moss grow under your feet...you and Katies...
June 13, 2023
"Noted Celebrity Sommelier," you heard that right. Meet Marc Kauffman
His LinkedIn profile calls Marc out as "Noted Celebrity Sommelier" and I couldn't agree more. When you have been around the industry in the various capacities as Marc, you can call yourself whatever you want...but it does help that it is an accurate...
June 8, 2023
So you want to own a Chateau in Bordeaux. Hear from Romik Arconian
Romik Arconian bit at the dream. He was in the wine trade working in Paris. He loved what he was doing. As with most of us in this industry, the idea of owning a Chateau swirled around in his head. Seeming like an unattainable dream, he left it...
June 5, 2023
You must consider Opus One when you consider Napa. Meet the winemaker Michael Silacci. n
Opus One is not only iconic in the world of Napa Valley wine, it is iconic throughout the world in the world of wine. As a joint develpment between the French and the Americans, it represents so much more than just fine wine. Consider the...
June 4, 2023
Austin Hope has a story. Success in wine doesn't just happen. Meet the man.
WIne is a tough racquet. You have heard this before. Sometimes we all learn through trial and error, our failures and sometimes our successes. But as Calvin Coolidge says "perserverence is omnipotent." Nothing could be more true for Austin Hope. The...
May 26, 2023
Gary Fisch does wine retail right. Duh, he offered me a job. Meet Gary Fisch of Garys Wine Marketplace
There is no standard path to get into the wine busines. Ask 100 people and you will get 100 answers on landing on the passioln it takes to make, market or sell wine. Garys story is one for the books. When you have seen as many changes in the...
May 23, 2023
We NEED Jay Nunez making wine. Meet No Love Lost winemaker Jay Nunez.
It takes inspiration to make wine. It takes a dream. It takes ambition. It takes hard work. Jay Nunez has all these traits and more. But the most important trait it takes to make honest wine is philosophy. Wine is part science but mostly art. We...
May 15, 2023
Learn Armenian wine here. Meet three wine families in this discussion
GiniFest is a Los Angeles bred wine festival that features the wine making skills of both indigenous Armenian winemakers but Armenian winemakers in the diaspora as well. A very professionally done show and an opportunity to showcase incredible wines...
May 12, 2023
They won! Bo Barrett worked on the very wine that won the Judgement of Paris; Chateau Montelena.
Bo Barrett entertained us at the Chateau.