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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.
▻ Viva Argentina! – Part Three – Laura Catena
Viva Argentina! – Elin McCoy talks to Laura Catena, Argentine wines’ greatest ambassador, for our Great Wine Lives series.
▻ Viva Argentina! – Part Two
Viva Argentina! – What’s new in Argentina? Answer: lots… In this episode, we meet three of Argentina’s pioneers: Juan Marco of Finca Decero, Sergio Casé of Trapiche and Silvio Alberto of Bodega Bianchi.
▻ Viva Argentina! – Part One
Viva Argentina! – Sarah Kemp and Phil Crozier discuss how Argentina has come of age and meet dynamic winemaker Sebastian Zuccardi, who believes Malbec is all about place and is soil-and-stone obsessed.
▻ Omnibus XIII
War, wine and peace. This month we report on wine in the Ukraine, the Russian wine professionals defying Putin, who’s buying and selling in the US, the Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie Chateau Miraval bust-up, the Schramsberg anniversary dinner for the “Toast to Peace”, say farewell to Anthony Barton and much more.
▻ The Languedoc with Rosemary George MW
Rosemary George MW talks about the Languedoc, the region she believes has evolved most over the past 20 years.
▻ Jacques Lurton
Jacques Lurton, from Bordeaux’s most prominent wine family, talks to Jane Anson as part of our Great Wine Lives series.
✒ 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.
▻ Oz Clarke
Oz Clarke talks to Sarah Kemp in our Great Wine Lives series – a full, frank and fascinating conversation with one of the world’s most charismatic wine experts.
✒ Domaine de la Romanée-Conti 2019
The one tasting no wine writer will ever miss, Domaine de la Romanée-Conti. A stunning debut of the Domaine’s Corton-Charlemagne.
▻ Bordeaux 2019 in Bottle
How good is Bordeaux 2019 now that it is in bottle? Sarah Kemp talks to Bordeaux expert Jane Anson.
▻ Omnibus XII
Latest wine news, views and trends. Jane Anson, Elin McCoy and John Stimpfig report on the big wine stories happening now.
▻ Massican with Dan Petroski
Dan Petroski of Massican Winery talks to Elin McCoy about how he left the world of magazines in New York to become a celebrated Napa Valley winemaker.
✒ Farewell to Anthony Barton
Farewell to Anthony Barton, one of the wine world’s most beloved producers. My personal recollections of a man I simply adored.
▻ The Wines of Israel
Learnt so much listening to Tal Sunderland-Cohen on the wines of Israel. Can’t wait to try some of the indigenous grapes – tasting liquid history!
▻ Bordeaux Memories
Sarah Kemp talks to James Tanner, the fourth generation of his family to run this independent wine merchant about his views on Bordeaux past and present.
▻ Omnibus XI
As the Wine Conversation celebrates its first anniversary John, Elin and Sarah look back at the big wine stories of 2021
▻ The Role of the Courtier with Margaux Brengel
Jane Anson talks to Margaux Brengel about the role of the courtier, past and present. A rare insight into how Bordeaux’s three-tiered system works.
▻ Bill Harlan
Bill Harlan talks to Elin McCoy in our series “Great Wine Lives” about how he devised a 200-year plan to create a first growth in California.
▻ Marchese Lamberto Frescobaldi
Sarah Kemp talks to Marchese Lamberto Frescobaldi the 30th generation of his family to make wine, in our series “Great Wine Lives.”
▻ Omnibus X
There’s lots to talk about this month on Omnibus Ten – the wine heist of the century, more lawsuits in Saint Emilion, concerns about bottlenecks in the wine supply chain, matching wines with vegan menus, the new “La La” from the Guigals, and much more.