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Read Between the Wines Podcast
by Pierre Ferland
Read Between the Wines Podcast is not really a podcast, it's a repository of stories from the wine world. It is focused on the narratives behind the winemakers rather than wine scoring. Founded and hosted by Vino-enthusiast Pierre Ferland, it offers a different and refreshing concept in wine exploration. Each episode offers a unique perspective on vineyard's tales, much like each vintage brings its own profile and personality to a blend. Some conversations will delve into winemaking techniques, while others will explore initiatives to preserve biodiversity and find solutions to combat climate change. From a consumer perspective, we are intrigued by how wine scoring has dominated the industry, leaving many enthusiasts perplexed by its intricacies yet still relying on a solitary number for their selections. We understand and respect the fact that a generous score can help move a few bottles and we won't hold it against any wineries, but from a vintner and a winemaker perspective, we po
Episodes
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E103 - Brancaia · Chianti, Tuscany, Italy
In 1980, a Swiss couple on a Christmas visit to Tuscany noticed one hillside in Chianti sitting in full sun while the whole valley around it disappeared into fog. They bought that hill the following year. They liked the light, nothing more. In this episode of Read Between the Wines, Pierre…
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E102 - Coravin · Greg Lambrecht, Founder & Chairman
What does it take to fix a problem an entire industry had quietly decided was unfixable? Greg Lambrecht, inventor, founder, and chairman of Coravin, joins Pierre Ferland for a conversation that starts in a wine shop at sixteen and ends up rewriting how the world drinks by the glass. An…
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E101 - Familia Torres · Penèdes, Catalonia, Spain
Why does a 155-year-old empire keep reinventing itself — when coasting was always an option? Mireia Torres Maczassek, Director of Knowledge and Innovation at Familia Torres, joins Pierre Ferland for a conversation recorded live in Montreal at a Primum Familiae Vini gathering — and it is exactly…
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E100 - Pascal Marchand · Nuits-Saint-Georges, Burgundy, France
In 2001, a bottle of Clos des Épeneaux 1996 landed on our podcast host's table and changed the course of his wine life forever. It didn't simply introduce him to Burgundy; it changed the way he understood wine, place, patience, and beauty. The man who made it had no idea. While that bottle was...
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E99 - Ambrogio e Giovanni Folonari Tenute · Tuscany, Italy
Sixty years before "drink less, but better" became an industry mantra, one man in Tuscany was already living it. His grandson has spent his whole career proving him right. In this episode, Pierre sits down with Giovanni Folonari, of Ambrogio e Giovanni Folonari Tenute, the family behind four...
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E98 - Il Borro · Tuscany, Italy
In 1985, Ferruccio Ferragamo went looking for game in the hills between Florence and Arezzo. He came home having found a thousand-year-old medieval village instead. Years later, his son Salvatore rode a bicycle into those same hills and saw something his father hadn't: a valley whose soil told an...
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E97 - Château Léoville Poyferré · Bordeaux, France
Sara Lecompte Cuvelier swore she would never work in wine. Then in 2018, she became Managing Director of one of the five Second Grand Cru Classé estates in Saint-Julien. Her sister Anne had already been there for thirteen years, building something from nothing. That is the story of Château…
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E96 - Tenuta Sette Ponti · Tuscany, Italy
In 1935, a viceroy ordered a vineyard planted in the hills between Florence and Arezzo. Not to make wine. To mark a military conquest. Ninety years later, that same vineyard is producing one of the most celebrated Sangiovese in all of Tuscany. This is the story of Tenuta Sette Ponti — an estate...
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E95 - Domaine Evremond · Kent, England
In 2015, a Champagne house gathered the UK wine press at a Westminster Abbey tomb — before a single vine had been planted. That is how Domaine Évremond announced itself to the world. And it tells you everything about what kind of project this is. In this episode, Pierre sits down with India...
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E94 - Château Latour-Martillac · Bordeaux, France
Château Latour-Martillac has been a Grand Cru Classé de Graves since 1953. The Kressmann family has been here since 1930. And somewhere in their vineyard, there is a parcel of vines planted in 1884 that should not still exist — but does, and has become one of the most compelling white wines in…
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E93 - Fattoria Pomona · Chianti Classico, Italy
She was a veterinarian. Then one phone call from her mother changed everything. In this episode of Read Between the Wines, Pierre sits down with Monica Raspi, owner of Fattoria Pomona — a small, family-run organic winery in Chianti Classico, Tuscany, on the border of Castellina in Chianti and...
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E92 - Esterhazy Wein · Austria
Austria has been making world-class wine for centuries. The world is just now catching up. In this episode of Read Between the Wines, host Pierre Ferland sits down with Wolfgang Hewarth, Winery Director at Esterházy Wein in Burgenland, Austria — one of Central Europe's most historic estates, with...
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E91 - Tedeschi Wines · Valpolicella, Italy
What does it take to keep a family name alive for nearly four centuries in the same valley, on the same hills, with the same grapes — and still have something new to say? Welcome to Tedeschi Wines, one of the oldest family estates in Valpolicella, Veneto, Italy — with roots stretching back to the...
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E90 - Château Haut-Bailly · Bordeaux, France
What if the most elegant wine in Bordeaux doesn't announce itself at all — it simply holds the entire room? Welcome to Château Haut-Bailly, a Pessac-Léognan estate in Bordeaux, France, with vines over 120 years old, three perfect 100-point scores from three different critics, and a philosophy…
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E89 - Parés Baltà · Penedès, Spain
What if the most exciting white grape in the world has been hiding in plain sight, just south of Barcelona? Meet Xarel·lo — mineral, textural, age-worthy, and criminally underrated. And meet Joan Cusiné, co-owner of Parés Baltà, a biodynamic estate in the Penedès, Catalonia, Spain, with roots…
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E88 - Poderi Cellario · Langhe, Piedmont, Italy
Some wineries take themselves too seriously. Poderi Cellario forgot to — and somehow makes some of the most honest wine in Piemonte because of it. Playful labels. Litre bottles. Crown caps, not corks. If you judged this estate by its look, you'd walk right past it. That would be a mistake. In…
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E87 - Felicity Carter · In Defense of Wine
Wine is being put on trial. And almost nobody is asking who's actually building the case. For most of human history, wine wasn't a question. It was just there — at the table, in the ritual, in the gathering. Now it's a headline, a health warning, a culture war. Something shifted. Few people can...
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E86 - Castello di Gabbiano · Chianti Classico, Italy
Sangiovese does not just reveal terroir. It reveals the winemaker. In Episode 86 of Read Between the Wines, Pierre Ferland sits down with Federico Cerelli, head winemaker at Castello di Gabbiano, one of Chianti Classico's most historic estates in Tuscany, Italy, to unpack what freshness,...
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E85 - VIK Wine, Chile
In Episode 85 of Read Between the Wines, Pierre Ferland sits down with Cristián Vallejo, the winemaker who helped build Viña VIK in Chile under owner Alexander Vik — starting from absolute zero. No vineyards. No cellar. Just 4,500 hectares of wild land in the Millahue Valley and an ambition that...
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E84 - San Leonardo Winery, Italy
Can a wine be both unmistakably Bordeaux and unmistakably not Bordeaux at the same time? In Episode 84 of Read Between the Wines, Pierre Ferland sits down with Anselmo Guerrieri Gonzaga of San Leonardo Family Estate, one of Trentino's most iconic names, in the shadow of the Dolomites, Italy. It's…
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E83 - Dr. Laura Catena · In Defense of Wine
A doctor walks into the wine debate — and brings the data with her. In Episode 83 of Read Between the Wines, Pierre Ferland sits down with Dr. Laura Catena — physician, fourth-generation vintner, and the voice behind In Defense of Wine. She's spent years watching headlines flatten decades of...
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E82 - Drea's Wine · Andrea Kaiser, Canada
In this episode of Read Between the Wines, Pierre sits down with Andrea Kaiser, winemaker and daughter of the late Karl J. Kaiser, co-founder of Inniskillin and one of the two pioneers who built modern Canadian winemaking with vinifera grapes. Andrea grew up among the vines in Niagara, Canada,...
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E81 - Stone Eagle Winery, Canada
Four years ago, Stone Eagle was a cult label. Today it's a winery, an estate, a restaurant, and a statement. In this episode of Read Between the Wines, Pierre Ferland catches up with Adam Pearce — the winemaker behind Stone Eagle Winery and the celebrated wines of Two Sisters in...
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E80 - The Blue Zones · Dan Buettner
What if the longest-lived people on earth all drink wine — and that's not the interesting part? In this episode of Read Between the Wines, Pierre Ferland sits down with Dan Buettner — National Geographic explorer, Emmy Award-winning documentary maker, New York Times bestselling author, and the...
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E79 - Domaine Faiveley · Burgundy, France
In 1995, a Burgundy producer did something nobody in the wine world had ever done: he took Robert Parker to court. His name was François Faiveley. And for a young Pierre Ferland, still finding his way through the world of wine, that act of defiance against the most powerful critic on earth…
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E78 - Quails' Gate Winery · Okanagan Valley, Canada
For Episode 78 of Read Between the Wines, we head to the Okanagan Valley to visit Quails' Gate, one of Canada's most iconic wineries. Host Pierre Ferland sits down with Rowan Stewart, who shares the story of his family's four generations of farming and their pioneering role in BC wine. From early...
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E77 - Wine GB · Nicola Bates, England
For most of the last century, English wine was the punchline. Now it's the plot twist. In this episode of Read Between the Wines, Pierre Ferland sits down with Nicola Bates, CEO of Wine GB — the body representing English and Welsh wine producers — to explore one of the most unlikely…
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E76 - Les Vins Bonhomme · Spain
For Episode 76 of Read Between the Wines, we head to Spain with the dynamic Nathalie Bonhomme, the French-Canadian force behind Les Vins Bonhomme. From her early days in Valencia to becoming a global wine brand, Nathalie shares her remarkable journey, blending bold branding with serious…
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E75 - Château Tour des Termes · Bordeaux, France
Bordeaux is evolving. Not everyone got the memo — but Château Tour des Termes did. In Episode 75 of Read Between the Wines, Pierre Ferland heads to Saint-Estèphe, in the northern Médoc, Bordeaux, France, for a refreshingly candid conversation with General Manager Julien Brustis about shaking the...
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E74 - San Felice · Toscana, Italy
40 years at the same estate. One forgotten grape. And the wine that started a revolution. div]:bg-bg-000/50 [&_pre>div]:border-0.5 [&_pre>div]:border-border-400 [&_.ignore-pre-bg>div]:bg-transparent [&_.standard-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pl-2...
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E73 - Langmeil Winery · Barossa Valley, Australia
Someone moved 140-year-old vines. Not metaphorically. Physically relocated them, root system and all, so they could keep growing. In this episode of Read Between the Wines, Pierre Ferland heads to the Barossa Valley in South Australia to sit down with James Lindner of Langmeil Winery — a...
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E72 - VitaeVino - CEEV · In Defence of Wine
Wine is being compared to asbestos. By scientists. In peer-reviewed journals. That is the conversation we need to have. In this episode of Read Between the Wines, Pierre Ferland sits down with Dr. Ignacio Sánchez Recarte, Secretary General of the Comité Européen des Entreprises Vins (CEEV) and…
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E71 - Cameron Douglas, MS · New Zealand
There are fewer than 280 Master Sommeliers in the world. New Zealand has exactly one. In this episode of Read Between the Wines, Pierre Ferland sits down with Cameron Douglas MS — the only Master Sommelier in New Zealand, and one of the most respected voices in hospitality education across the...
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E70 - Jordan Wine Estate · Stellenbosch, South Africa
They were driving into San Francisco when they heard it on the radio: Nelson Mandela was about to be released. They turned the car around and went back to South Africa. In this episode of Read Between the Wines, Pierre Ferland returns to South Africa for the first time in nearly four years to sit...
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E69 - Water & Wines · Sanna Yamit Viitaoja-Malmberg · Sweden
She was recovering from severe COVID. She needed something to keep her mind working. She made a puzzle. That puzzle is now sold in over 40 countries. In this episode of Read Between the Wines, Pierre Ferland sits down with Sanna Yamit Viitaoja-Malmberg, sommelier and co-founder of Water & Wines —...
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E68 - Ambriel Sparkling Wines UK
Some sparkling wine producers release their wine after eighteen months. Ambriel waits six years. In this episode of Read Between the Wines, Pierre Ferland sits down with Wendy Outhwaite, co-founder of Ambriel — an English sparkling wine producer in West Sussex built around a single, unfashionable...
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E67 - Col d'Orcia, Brunello di Montalcino, Italy
Tuscany's largest organic winery isn't run by a corporation. It's run by a family in its tenth generation — and their most important business principle has no KPI attached to it. In this episode of Read Between the Wines, Pierre Ferland sits down with Santiago Marone Cinzano of Col d'Orcia in...
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E66 - Dog Point Vineyard, New Zealand
Dog Point's Sauvignon Blanc ages for fifteen years. Their Section 94 sits in bottle for five before release. Their cellar door is a tea room where the vineyard crew occasionally can't get their cup of tea. And they have never entered a wine competition. In this episode of Read Between the Wines,...
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E65 - Flat Rock Cellars, Canada
The winery is named after the limestone rocks they pulled out of the ground. The same limestone found under Burgundy and Bordeaux. The architect who designed the building now works on Canada's Parliament. And the president will debate the physics of cork versus screwcap until the cows come home.…
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E64 - Wine Enthusiast · Marshall Tilden, USA
Someone ruined a treasured Barolo. The culprit was not the winemaker, the vintage, or bad luck. It was a storage unit set to the wrong temperature. In this episode of Read Between the Wines, Pierre Ferland sits down with Marshall Tilden III, head of wine storage at Wine Enthusiast, for a…
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E63 - Kenwood Vineyards, Sonoma, California, USA
Before Mark Beaman made wine, he lived in East Africa without electricity or running water, hauled 55 gallons of water by oxcart, built a rainwater catchment system that occasionally got stolen, and vagabonded from Tanzania down to South Africa after his Peace Corps commitment ended. Then he got…
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E62 - Wiston Estate, Sussex, England
In 1972, Pip Goring arrived in England from South Africa, newly married, and convinced she'd found a country with wall-to-wall sunshine. She had not. But she had found a piece of land on chalk that runs in an unbroken geological band all the way from Sussex through Kent and directly into…
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E61 - La Cave Garibaldi · Estelle Burgan, France
For Episode 61, we bring you a special conversation with Estelle Burgan from La Cave Garibaldi. Estelle and her husband Eric run a unique boutique in France that specializes in promoting and selling Italian wines, but their passion doesn't stop there. They also curate bespoke wine tours in Italy,...
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E60 - Domaine Gassier · Michel Gassier, France
Grape seeds from 600 BC. A winery overlooking the largest bird sanctuary in Europe. A daughter who came back from California and said: Dad, I am coming back, but this is the way I want to farm. And a blind tasting experiment where Michel's team has never once misidentified the origin of a wine,...
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E59 - Bottega S.p.A. · Sandro Bottega, Italy
For Episode 59, we have the distinct honor of featuring one of the biggest names in the winemaking industry. We are privileged to interview Sandro Bottega, a name synonymous with excellence and innovation in viticulture. As the visionary leader of the Bottega SPA empire, Sandro has not only...
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E58 - Foreign Affair Winery · René Van Ede, Canada
For Episode 58, we explore one of Niagara's most iconic wineries, The Foreign Affair Winery, with their accomplished winemaker, René Van Ede. Since joining in 2020, René has been steering the winery's evolution beyond its renowned Italian-inspired appassimento wines, expanding the portfolio to...
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E57 - Leaning Post Wines, Canada
For Episode 57, we offer an interview with Nadia and Ilya Senchuk, the visionary founders of Leaning Post Winery in Canada's Niagara region. Established in 2009 as a virtual label, Leaning Post quickly evolved into a celebrated winery uniquely positioned between Lake Ontario and the Niagara...
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E56 - WINEing · Moshé Weizman
For Episode 56, we explore the wine industry from a unique perspective, focusing on entrepreneurship rather than winemaking. We are honored to welcome Moshé Weizman, the co-founder and CEO of WineIng, a groundbreaking start-up based in Tel-Aviv. WineIng is a digital platform that uses smart flash...
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E55 - Bill Weir · CNN
For Episode 55, we deviate from our usual path, and for the first time on Read Between the Wines podcast, wine won't be the main topic. Our guest is a highly acclaimed media personality, particularly in the United States. He is the Chief Climate Correspondent for the news channel CNN: Bill Weir…
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E54 - Planeta Winery, Sicily, Italy
For Episode 54, we take you on an immersive journey to Sicily, Italy, to explore the excellence of the 2024 Wine Family of the Year, Planeta. Recently honored with this prestigious title at the Meininger Awards in Düsseldorf, Planeta stands as a beacon of Sicilian viticulture. We are privileged…
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Read Between the Wines Podcast is not really a podcast, it's a repository of stories from the wine world. It is focused on the narratives behind the winemakers rather than wine scoring. Founded and hosted by Vino-enthusiast Pierre Ferland, it offers a different and refreshing concept in wine exploration. Each episode offers a unique perspective on vineyard's tales, much like each vintage brings its own profile and personality to a blend. Some conversations will delve into winemaking techniques, while others will explore initiatives to preserve biodiversity and find solutions to combat climate change. From a consumer perspective, we are intrigued by how wine scoring has dominated the industry, leaving many enthusiasts perplexed by its intricacies yet still relying on a solitary number for their selections. We understand and respect the fact that a generous score can help move a few bottles and we won't hold it against any wineries, but from a vintner and a winemaker perspective, we po
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