AI Episodes

Getting more sales analytics manpower with AI w/ Jeremy Hart, Somm.ai
April 14, 2026

Getting more sales analytics manpower with AI w/ Jeremy Hart, Somm.ai

The on-premise side of wine analytics has traditionally been a black hole, not covered by other data services. Somm.ai changed that when they launched in 2021, now covering ~100k on-premise accounts in the US alone. The richn...

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Modernizing Wine Collecting Productivity w/ Eric LeVine, CellarTracker
Feb. 3, 2026

Modernizing Wine Collecting Productivity w/ Eric LeVine, CellarTracker

With ~1M registered users, CellarTracker (“CT”) is one of the core consumer apps for wine lovers. When Eric LeVine, Founder & CEO of CT, was last on XChateau in late 2021, they had just taken on investment to expand the busi...

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Accelerating Wine Sales w/ Chemistry & AI w/ Kat Axelsson & Charles Slocum, Tastry
Jan. 5, 2025

Accelerating Wine Sales w/ Chemistry & AI w/ Kat Axelsson & Charles S…

Tastry has turned to leveraging AI and their consumer preferences and wine chemistry databases to help wineries sell wine

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Mapping Flavor Profiles for Wine w/ Katerina Axelsson, Tastry
Nov. 11, 2023

Mapping Flavor Profiles for Wine w/ Katerina Axelsson, Tastry

Frustrated by a lack of understanding of consumer taste preferences and a lack of data-driven decision-making about winemaking, Katerina Axelsson, CEO and Co-Founder of Tastry , built an AI and chemical analysis system to sol...

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