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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.
▻ St Julien with Jane Anson
Discover St Julien, the Bordeaux appellation that doesn’t have any First Growths but does have some of Bordeaux’s greatest names.
▻ Omnibus XXIV
Listen in to Omnibus XXIV for all the latest wine news and views. John Stimpfig and Elin McCoy discuss the new old vine registry, Gallo’s surprise buy of Massican, DBR Lafite’s first purchase in Burgundy, how the weather is affecting this year’s harvest and from Bordeaux Jane Anson reports on the September icon releases.
▻ Jean-Guillaume Prats
There are few people who can have had a more fascinating life in wine than Jean-Guillaume Prats.
▻ Margaux with Jane Anson
Margaux is the largest of the Medoc’s appellations, with the most varied terroir. Discover its signature taste, the price per hectare, and why it was recognised 20 years after Pauillac and St Julien.
▻ Eduardo Chadwick
Eduardo Chadwick kick-started modern Chilean winemaking and proved to the world that Chile could make fine wine.
▻ Denise Adams
Denise Adams left the world of art and interior design to become a biodynamic vintner in Bordeaux and the Napa Valley – listen to her story.
▻ Omnibus XXIII
Omnibus XXIII is full of this month’s wine news. We look at Bordeaux 2022 prices, say fond farewells to Jean-Michel Cazes, Alexander Lur Saluces, Paul Dolan, Sarah Morphew and Jackie Blot. Plus surprise vineyard buys, top winery tourism awards.
▻ Wine Glasses with Maximilian Riedel
How many wine glasses do you need? Sarah Kemp talks to Maximilian Riedel, the eleventh generation of his family, who have been making glass since 1756.
▻ Australia’s First Growth
Sue Hodder talks to John Stimpfig about Wynns Coonawarra John Riddoch Estate, one of Australia’s First Growths.
▻ Jamie Kutch
Jamie Kutch is known for his stylish Pinot Noirs. He tells Elin McCoy how he left his job as a trader at Merrill Lynch in New York to pursue his dream.
✒ Remembering Jean-Michel Cazes
There is a large void today in the Medoc with the passing of Jean-Michel Cazes – he will be so missed. We were lucky enough to talk to him about his “Great Wine Life”.
▻ Saint-Émilion with Jane Anson
Discover its varied terroir, land prices, the (controversial) classification, star names, upcoming names and our one obscure fact.
▻ Trevor Durling of Beaulieu Vineyard
Trevor Durling of Beaulieu Vineyard talks to John Stimpfig about the winery’s illustrious history and discusses the latest 2020 vintage of Georges de Latour Private Reserve.
▻ Rare Wine Books
Jane Anson talks to Ben Kinmont, the rare bookseller who was responsible for selling Sean Thackery’s unrivalled collection of wine books to Domaine Clarence Dillon.
▻ Omnibus XXII
Latest wine news and our experts’ views. This month, Elin McCoy discusses the reaction to the collapse of Underground Cellars (600 unhappy wine owners), Ridge Vineyards goes on-tap, Apple TV series Drops of God, Ferran Adrià’s new book series on wine, while John Stimpfig reveals some good news on smoke taint, 2022 Bordeaux prices and, as always, weather watch.
✒ Great Wine Education Courses Pt 2
Charlie Leary, author of the highly acclaimed Leary’s Global Wineology, looks at today’s most interesting wine courses available to wine lovers.
▻ The Royal Opera House Wine Gala
John Stimpfig talks to Sarah Kemp about the world-class wine and music to be presented at the upcoming Royal Opera House Wine Gala Dinner and Auction.
▻ 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.