Episodes
Productivity and Community with Eric LeVine, CellarTracker
Building the app while on sabbatical from Microsoft in 2003, Eric LeVine, CEO and founder of CellarTracker, had been close to a o…
Fine Wine End-to-End w/ Don St. Pierre and Adam Lapierre MW
As the only fine wine end-to-end solution in the US, Vinfolio has recently launched its wine investment service, leveraging its d…
Balancing the Head and Heart of Wine Investing w/ Tom Gearing, Cult W…
As the wine investment business leader, with $275M of assets under management, Cult Wines has been a pioneer in the space for ove…
Making Wine Investing Accessible w/ Anthony Zhang, Vinovest
A serial entrepreneur, Anthony Zhang, was pondering alternative investments and fell into wine. With superior returns to the S&P…
Tackling Climate Change w/ Josep Maria Ribas & Julien Gervreau, IWCA
With droughts, floods, hail, wildfires, and more challenging how wine is made, Familia Torres and Jackson Family Wines are leadin…
Breaking Down the 3-Tier System w/ Tom Wark, National Association of …
Instituted in a different time, post Prohibition, the 3-Tier system of alcohol distribution and sales in the US creates inefficie…
Getting Inside Bordeaux w/ Jane Anson, janeanson.com
Accidentally filling the big shoes of Michael Broadbent and Steven Spurrier, Jane Anson, wine critic, author of Inside Bordeaux, …
Library Release: Digging into Wine Scores
Library Release: Originally aired as Episode 5 in June of 2020. In one of our original episodes, Robert and Peter discuss how co…
Burgundy in Context w/ William Kelley, The Wine Advocate
As the wine reviewer for Burgundy for The Wine Advocate and a small producer of Burgundy himself, William Kelley has a deep and i…
Building import and distribution pipes w/ Gabe Barkley, MHW
Breaking into the US market for alcohol has always been hard. Archaic rules such as the 3-tier system and differing regulations …
Crypto and Wine w/ Jeff Andrews & Ray McKee, Trothe Winery
Jeff Andrews was such a crypto fan that he built 4 crypto mining rigs in his family’s winery lab. A mini-meltdown of one of the …
Exporting the King of Wines w/ Valentina Abbona, Marchesi di Barolo
Growing up in a small town of ~700 people made Valentina Abbona, 6th generation vintner and Export and Marketing Manager for her …
Engineering Wine Criticism w/ Jeb Dunnuck, jebdunnuck.com
Becoming a wine critic sounds like a dream for many. However, even though the cost and effort of setting up a website and putting…
More Voices in Wine w/ Esther Mobley, San Francisco Chronicle
Esther Mobley, Wine Critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, thought writing would be more of a passion than a career. Yet, she’s…
The Wine Critic Evolution w/ William Kelley, The Wine Advocate
The retirement of Robert Parker marked a major change in the role of the wine critic that had been building over time. William K…
Bringing Wine to Life w/ Jacki Strum, Wine Enthusiast Media
Growing up around wine has not dimmed the passion Jacki Strum brings to her work as President of Wine Enthusiast Media. In the f…
Charting the Wine Media Landscape w/ Natalie MacLean, nataliemaclean.…
Natalie MacLean, a podcaster and writer based in Ottawa, Canada, has been bringing people into her wine world for over 20 years. …
What People Want from Fine Wine w/ Pauline Vicard, ARENI Global
Getting at the heart of what consumers want is essential for any business, but a vastly understudied area in the world of fine wi…
Marketing to Millennials w/ Damien Wilson, Sonoma State University
Part two of our interview with Damien Wilson, Hamel Family Chair of Wine Business at Sonoma State University, focuses on what win…
Millennials & Wine w/ Damien Wilson, Sonoma State University
With values and attitudes formed around the turn of the 21st century, Millennials want fulfilling careers, are more into environm…
Discovering Zinfandel w/ Carole Meredith, UC Davis & Lagier Meredith
One of the world’s leading grape geneticists, Carole Meredith, Professor Emerita of UC Davis and owner of Lagier Meredith winery,…
Grape DNA Profiling w/ Carole Meredith, UC Davis & Lagier Meredith
One of the world’s leading grape geneticists, Carole Meredith, Professor Emerita of UC Davis, and owner of Lagier Meredith winery…
What’s Next for Argentina? Why, Malbec...w/ Laura Catena, Catena Zapa…
Laura Catena, Managing Director of Catena Zapata, Founder of the Catena Institute, and Owner of Luca Winery, used to frequently g…
Alentejo the Last Frontier of Europe w/ João Gomes de Silva, Sogrape …
“The last frontier of Europe,” “A pristine region,” “A mosaic of soil varieties and temperatures” are all ways João Gomes de Silv…