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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.
▻ Omnibus III
Episode 3: John Stimpfig discovers a new wine word for Scrabble, Matt Walls recommends the best Rhône appellations and producers. Elin McCoy and Sarah Kemp look at the different wine glasses on the market plus, the latest wine news from around the world.
▻ 2009 Bordeaux Review
The Wine Conversation takes a deep dive into the 2009 Bordeaux vintage.
▻ Silver Heights
Sarah Kemp talks to one of China’s most renowned winemakers, Emma Gao, who is the chief winemaker at her family estate Silver Heights.
▻ Omnibus II
Episode Two: Sarah Kemp and John Stimpfig discuss the impact of Brexit, John examines the ‘Clean Wine’ movement, The Barolo Boys talk to us about all things Barolo, and Elin McCoy looks back on 2020, plus Australian Riesling recommendations from John.
▻ The World’s Greatest Wine Library
Jane Anson talks to Axel Borg, who has just retired from being the Chief Librarian of the UC Davis Wine Library (described by Hugh Johnson as “the world’s greatest wine library”).
▻ Burgundy 2019
Sarah Kemp talks to Anthony Hanson MW about the 2019 vintage. They discuss the quality of the vintage and the impact of the cancelled annual January Burgundy tastings.
✒ Wine on Film
Now that streaming offers us a seemingly endless buffet of movies and TV shows, it seems every taste can be catered for, including gastronomy.
▻ Australia's Extraordinary Wine History
The story behind how Australia became a world-class wine producer, the people, the stories, the setbacks and the triumphs.
▻ Omnibus I
Episode One: Sarah Kemp and John Stimpfig 2020 news review, Elin McCoy on the impact of the Northern California fires, Best new wine books and novels, Jane Anson's favourite spot in Saint Emilion and the best Sparkling Wines and Champagne for Christmas.
▻ Jean-Michel Cazes (Ep. 1)
The first in our series of Great Wine Lives, we speak to the legendary Jean-Michel Cazes.
✒ Festive Fizz
Whatever the occasion, a glass of bubbly will pick you up, and we all owe it to ourselves after a tough year to bring out our best bottles of fizz.
✒ Book Reviews
New book round-up 2020: recommended wine reads from John Stimpfig and Sarah Kemp
✒ The Labels of Mouton Rothschild
The world’s greatest artists have appeared on the labels of Château Mouton Rothschild. Sarah Kemp finds out the stories behind the labels and how they decide on which artist will appear.
▻ “The Story of Wine”
Sarah Kemp talks to Hugh Johnson about his book "The Story of Wine" which traces the story of wine from the dawn of civilization to the present day.
▻ Assemblage
Sarah Kemp talks to three of Bordeaux's greatest producers on the art of blending individual lots to make their grand vin.
✒ Alpha Estate
Alpha Estate, one of Greece’s most renowned wineries, lies in the remote wilderness of the Amyndeon appellation in the Florina region.
▻ Jean-Michel Cazes (Ep. 2)
Jean-Michel explains how Bordeaux’s future changed, with a change in winemaking – the introduction of malolactic fermentation.
▻ 48 Hours in Bordeaux
Jane Anson recommends where to go and what to see if you only have 48 hours in Bordeaux.
▻ Jean-Michel Cazes (Ep. 3)
Jean-Michel talks about how he joined his friend Claude Bébéar to create AXA Millésimes and buys some of the world’s most sought-after names.