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Wine Talks with Paul K.
Wine Talks with Paul K.
All you knew about wine is about to bust wide open….we are going to talk about what really happens in the wine business and I’m taking no prisoners... I am your host Paul Kalemkiarian and as the 2nd generation owner of the Original Wine of the Month Club, I sold 17,000,000 bottles of wine and tasted somewhere north of 100,000 wines. And what I learned is that wine is about the story; the story can't be that I bought this wine on the internet for 5 bucks. Join me as we peel back the real stories behind the wine you are tasting. How can Groupon sell 12 bottles for $60 and the wines be good? How do you start a winery anyway and lose money? And is a screwcap really better than a cork? Sometimes I have to pick a wine at the store by the label and the price...and I get screwed. Subscribe now and prepare to be enlightened.
Oct. 26, 2022

The Managing Director (head dude) From Piper-Heidsieck was in. Meet Benoit Collard

The Managing Director (head dude) From Piper-Heidsieck was in. Meet Benoit Collard

If it takes a team of winemakers, pickers, marketers, accountants, and many more...It takes a Director of Operations to hold it all together.  Benoit Collard of Piper-Heidsieck is just that person.  From the farm to production, it takes a...

If it takes a team of winemakers, pickers, marketers, accountants, and many more...It takes a Director of Operations to hold it all together. Benoit Collard of Piper-Heidsieck is just that person.

From the farm to production, it takes a skilled motivator and compromiser to keep a winery functioning. You only get one harvest a year to make it right and the pressure is on.

Meet Benoit Collard of the renowned Champagne house Piper-Heidsieck. He runs the show. And I think you will find his approach and philosophy is exactly what a Champagne house would need.

Listen to how he found the wine trade and the passion it takes to engage it.

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