The Original Wine Road Trip
An Informal Biography of Dionysus.
Humans are driven by a primeval desire for travel, adventure and a raunchy party. This urge resides among our deepest instincts. Since time immemorial we…
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Episode 23: The Chinon Wines of Domaine Bernard Baudry
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The third stop on our podcasting tour of the Loire Valley takes us to the famous Domaine Bernard Baudry for great Cabernet Franc from Chinon.…
Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast Wineries – Split, Hvar and Beyond
When the makers of the film Mama Mia decided to use Hvar on the Croatian Adriatic coast as the location for Mama Mia 2 instead of the island of Skopelos…
Episode 22: Jacky Blot and the Re-Invention of Chenin Blanc
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Jacky Blot, as you will hear in this episode, is one of those mavericks in winemaking who come along and truly shakes things up across…
The Best Wine Shop in the World.
A vital anchor in the life of a wine lover is their favourite wine shop. Wine passion involves a quite complex fabric of gastronomy, academic investigation, tasting and sampling as…
Sussex Sparkling Wine Country.
Sussex embodies the beauty of England in just about every way. It is a region of forests, quaint villages, rolling hills, pretty houses, imposing country estates, beaches, ancient historical sights…
Episode 21: Pierre-Henri Gadais Talks About Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine.
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Muscadet from Sèvre-et-Maine is a thrilling wine with a range of expressions that riff off the bright acidic backbone, minerality and lemon flavours of the…
Walking The Wine Bars of Midtown Manhattan
Aria Wine Bar on West 51st Street is one of the best stops on your wine walk
Manhattan’s wine bars are so numerous that it’s hard to know where to…
Episode 19: Art Tukker of Tinwood Estate on English Sparkling Wine
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On location with Art Tukker of Tinwood Estate for a primer on why English Sparkling Wine is breathing down Champagne’s neck and winning accolades from…
Wines of Chinon, Loire, France
The Enduring Rebellious Rabelais – Chinon’s Famous Son.
You can’t go anywhere in Chinon without seeing that rascal, Rabelais. François Rabelais is one of France’s greatest authors and he often…