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CONVERSATIONS
The wine conversation is all about conversations around wine, be it great wine lives, recommendations or travel.
Every month we will be recording ‘magazine-style’ podcasts, but we will also be having in-depth looks at certain subjects and releasing these as separate episodes.
Find the conversations that interest you the most – search by category, or indeed any term / name of interest. Some of our articles contain audio files of our conversations.
▻ Montalcino with David Gleave MW
Italian expert David Gleave MW guides us through the region’s diverse terroir and different wine styles.
▻ Sangiovese with David Gleave MW
Discover where it grows best, its parentage, and why David thinks it has a very bright future.
▻ Chianti Classico with David Gleave MW
Discover its history, terroir, its best producers and David’s tips on which young producers to look out for. Bellissimo!
▻ Biondi-Santi with Giampiero Bertolini
Giampiero Bertolini of Biondi-Santi talks to Sarah about Italy’s iconic estate and the release of the Riserva Storica 1988 and 2010.
▻ Marcheses Filippo and Francesco Mazzei
Sarah Kemp meets Marcheses Francesco and Marchese Filippo Mazzei of Castello di Fonterutoli, who have 600 years of winemaking history in the family.
✒ Isole e Olena New Releases
Great to meet Emanuele Reolon, the new Estate Director of Isole e Olena at the River Café for the launch of the new vintages.
▻ Giovanni Mazzei – The Next Generation
600 years of winemaking runs through the blood of Giovanni Mazzei – we talk to him for our ‘Next Generation’ series.
✒ Why I believe that Tuscany’s golden era is right now
I am convinced that Tuscany’s golden era is right now. Find out why.
▻ Paolo de Marchi
As Paolo de Marchi leaves Isole e Olena after 50 years, find out how he helped change the image of Italian wine forever.
▻ Ornellaia
A deep dive into how the original Super Tuscan ages – a historic tasting of Ornellaia, one of Italy’s most renowned wines, from 1988 to 2020.
▻ Bolgheri with Nelson Pari and Federico Moccia
Italian experts Nelson Pari and Federico Moccia talk to Sarah Kemp about Bolgheri, the Tuscan region which contains some of Italy’s most famous names.
✒ Isole e Olena “Collezione Privata” Chardonnay
Isole e Olena “Collezione Privata” Chardonnay is commanding quite a following. Sarah Kemp reports on the first vertical tasting of this sought-after wine.
▻ Chianti Rufina
Chianti Rufina is not as well known as Chianti Classico, but it certainly deserves to be. Sarah Kemp talks to Lorenzo Portaro, winemaker of Frescobaldi’s Castello Nipozzano.
✒ Biondi-Santi
A stunning tasting of the Riserva wines of Biondi-Santi, only 42 vintages released since 1888.
✒ Il Vigore – Ornellaia 2019
Art and wine, always an uplifting combination and particularly when for a charitable cause – Vendemmia d’Artista dedicated to Ornellaia 2019.