Episode 24: Château de Targé in Saumur with Paul Pisani-Ferry

The beautiful Château de Targé is one of the most recognizable wine châteaux dotted along the exposed limestone cliffs of Saumur. Paul Pisani-Ferry is the second generation winemaker in the…

October 19, 2019October 19, 2019

Bierzo – Wine Secrets On The Camino De Santiago

The wine world is full of secrets. Some are well-kept, some less so. Among the world’s myriad wine regions there are many, many fascinating secrets. And likewise among the world’s…

October 11, 2019October 11, 2019

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…

October 4, 2019October 9, 2019

Episode 23: The Chinon Wines of Domaine Bernard Baudry

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. I had a really wonderful…

September 2, 2019October 11, 2019

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…

August 23, 2019October 25, 2019

Episode 22: Jacky Blot and the Re-Invention of Chenin Blanc

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 a wine region. In the…

August 16, 2019August 19, 2019

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…

August 10, 2019August 13, 2019

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…

August 2, 2019October 25, 2019

Episode 21: Pierre-Henri Gadais Talks About Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine.

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 Melon de Bourgogne grape. Winemakers…

July 25, 2019July 25, 2019

Episode 20: Cocktails with Winemakers Instalment 2 – Tetris on the Crushpad with Felix Egerer.

The Second Stage in the Winemaking Process. Felix Egerer is our winemaker guide again and this is the second instalment of our sub-series on winemaking operations. We are moving down…