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Unreserved Wine Talk — 395 episodes

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389: Why is moderation easy for some people, yet impossible for others? Dr. Charles Explains In Why We Drink Too Much: The New Science of Alcohol

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388: What Are the Insider Tips to Discovering and Buying the Best Cheese of Your Life? with Michael Finnerty

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387: The Cheese Cure: How Comté and Camembert Fed My Soul With Michael Finnerty

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386: How Did a World Memory Champion, a Theatre Director, a Voice Coach, a TV Actor, and a Professional Magician Help Gerard Basset Win the World's Best Sommelier Competition?

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385: How Did Discovering Wine Lead Gérard Basset to Become the World's Best Sommelier?

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384: Is It the Wine or Is It You? Alan Ramey on What Really Makes Wine Taste Good

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383: The Debates, Controversies and Mysteries That Have Shaped the World of Wine Like Organics With Alan Ramey, Author of Pressing Matters

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382: The Prison That Became a Distillery: Belfast's Most Unlikely Comeback Story with McConnell's Irish Whisky

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381: From Hard Time to Happy Hour: The Remarkable Resurrection of McConnell's Irish Whisky

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380: The Ghost in the Glass: 5 Ways AI Is Rewriting the Story of Wine

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379: More Than a Drink: Why Wine Divides & Unites Cultures with Sarah Heller MW

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378: Does Formal Wine Tasting Language Strip the Emotion Out of Wine Writing? with Sarah Heller

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377: What Does It Mean For A Wine To Gain Wisdom As It Ages? with Neal Hulkower

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376: What Can 1970s Wine Notes Reveal About Luxury Wines Today?

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375: Why is Your Taste in Wine as Individual as Your Fingerprint? Jordan Salcito Shares the Story

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374: What Makes a Wine Feel Soulful? Jordan Salcito Shares the Secret in Smart Mouth: Wine Essentials for You, Me, & Everyone We Know

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373: How Do You Create A Successful International Wine Brand? Nam Stanley Tells The Story of Solicantus

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372: How is Namratha's "Vineyard Melody" memoir the wine version of Eat, Pray, Love?

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371: Why Do Some Non-Alcoholic Wines Keep Their Fruity Aromas While Others Lose Everything?

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370: Wes Pearson: What Happens When the World's Most Expensive Wines Are Tasted Blind

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369: How Did One Viognier Go From the Brink of Extinction to Being Planted Around the World?

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368: Why did the Rhone region ban flying saucers? Matt Walls reveals the story behind why that rule still exists

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367: Why Are So Many Swiss Vineyards Planted on Dangerous Terrain? Simon Hardy Reveals Why in the Smart Traveller's Guide to Switzerland

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366: The Smart Traveller's Wine Guide to Switzerland with Simon Hardy

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Dr. Wes Pearson on the Science of Blind Tasting and the Chemistry of Non-Alcoholic Wine

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365: Why did Cha McCoy create her own flavour wheel rather than rely on traditional wine-tasting vocabulary?

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364: Why Are Most Wine Pairing Rules Wrong for Global Cuisine? Cha McCoy Reveals What Really Works

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363: Why Does the Term "Mocktail" for Zero Proof Non-Alcoholic Drinks Offend Many Bartenders?

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362: What Surprises Did a Magical Dom Pérignon Champagne Tasting of 60 Rare Vintages Reveal? Elva Ramirez Shares Her Story in "Sparkling"

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361: How Can Carbon Offsetting Claims in the Wine Industry Be a Form of Greenwashing?

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360: Rooted in Change: The Stories Behind Sustainable Wine with Andy Neather and Jane Masters

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359: How Is The Spanish Sparkling Wine Cava Different From The Italian Bubbly Prosecco In Production, Taste and Reputation?

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358: How Does the Biggest Misconception About Spanish Wine Make It a Hidden Gem for Wine Lovers? Sarah Jane Evans Reveals This and More in Her New Book

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357: How Much of Wine's Taste Is Shaped By Psychology? Dr. Alex Maltman Reveals The Surprising Evidence

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356: Why is Geology Essential for Vineyard Management but Overrated When It Comes to Wine Taste? Dr. Alex Maltman Shares Soil Secrets

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355: Why Should You Try Brazil's Serra Gaucha Wines and Visit This Stunning Region?

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354: Why are Brazil's sparkling wines spectacular? Tufi Meyer reveals the answers in Wines of Brazil

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353: How do vines thrive in Mount Etna's rocky, volcanic soils on the island of Sicily?

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How Much of Wine's Taste is Shaped by Psychology? Dr. Alex Maltman Reveals the Surprising Evidence

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352: The New Volcanic Wines of Sicily's Mount Etna with Ben Spencer

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351: Why can't we taste sweetness in sparkling wine and mistake black and white pepper aromas?

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350: Can you really taste "minerality" in wine? Sunny Hodge offers a Cynic's Guide to Wine

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349: Why is Languedoc a Popular Choice for Organic, Biodynamic, and Natural Winemaking?

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348: What's It Like Moving Your Family Thousands of Miles to Live in the Wine Region of Languedoc, France? Steve Hoffman Shares Stories

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347: Does Mozart or Metallica make wine taste better?

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346: How Can Music Change the Taste of Your Wine? Susan Lin, MW, Shares Stories and Tips

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345: What Turns A Wine Country Visit Into An Incredibly Memorable Experience? with Amy Wislocki, editor-in-chief of Decanter

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344: The Ultimate Travel Guide for Wine Lovers with Decanter Magazine's Editor Amy Wislocki

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343: What Is Vital About Argentina's Old Vine Malbec and Ontario Wine's Future with Ann Sperling and Peter Gamble?

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342: How is Niagara-on-the-Lake's On Seven Winery Making Montrachet-Style Chardonnay? with Ann Sperling and Peter Gamble

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341: Is A $400 Wine Really 10 Times Better Than a $40 One? Do Wine Labels and Glassware Matter More Than You Think?

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340: Why do wine descriptors like cat's pee alienate many wine lovers? Charles Jennings and Paul Keers answer that and more in "I Bought It So I'll Drink It"

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339: What Do Wild Orchids Reveal About the Health of a Vineyard and How Does Preschool Turn France Into a Nation of Gourmets?

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338: What Are 4 Ways That Winemakers Die in Wineries and Why Is It So Dangerous? Caro Feely, Author of Grape Expectations, Has Answers

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337: Why do Celebrities, like Brad Pitt, John Legend, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jon Bon Jovi, Cameron Diaz and Kylie Minogue Choose Rosé for Their Brands?

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336: How did Marcel Ott, of Domaines Ott, revolutionize Rosé wine? Rasmus Emborg & Jens Honoré Share the Story in Rosé Revolution

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335: Why are major Champagne houses, like Taittinger and Pommery, spending millions on English vineyards?

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334: Is chalky soil really the secret to great English wine or just clever marketing? Henry Jeffreys, Author of Vines in a Cold Climate Shares His Stories

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333: How Can a Vineyard (or Life) Disaster Turn Into a Good Thing? Sally Evans' Life Story is Proof That it Can

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332: Start a Bordeaux Winery and Make The Midlife Move with Sally Evans

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331: How Do Oak and Yeast Magically Transform Wine and Whisky?

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330: The Surprising Science of Booze and Wine with Adam Rogers

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329: Tuscan White Wines, Vin Santo and Spirited Sangiovese with Susan Keevil

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328: On Tuscany: From Brunello to Bolgheri, Tales from the Heart of Italy with Susan Keevil

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327: What do Famille Perrin, Torres and Gaja Wines Have in Common that Makes Them Uncommon? Fiona Morrison Goes Behind the Scenes of These Family Businesses

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326: Who Are The 10 Great Families of Wine? Fiona Morrison Gives Us A Tour Through Europe

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325: Why is the Languedoc a Hotbed of Experimentation? Rosemary George Reveals What This Means for the Wines You Drink

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324: Why are Languedoc Wines Capturing Worldwide Attention? Rosemary George Tells the Story

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323: Why Did Greece Have the First Sommeliers, Wine Tastings and Writers? Konstantinos Lazarakis Reveals the Answers

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322: What are the Surprising Wines and Regions of Greece? Konstantinos Lazarakis Shares His Favourites

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321: Why is Chardonnay the Winemaker's Grape + What a Family Brand Means with Chris Benziger

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320: Pioneer California Biodynamic Winemaking + 100 Adorable Sheep with Chris Benziger

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319: The Biggest, Most Surprising Wine Myths with Hailey Bohlman

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318: Flute or White Wine Glass for Champagne, Serving Tips and Styles with Chris Ruhland

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317: Dom Perignon, Grand Cru Champagnes and Marketing Myths with Chris Ruhland

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316: Piemonte Sparkling Wines, Roero Nebbiolo and Visiting Alba with David Way

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315: Exploring Piemonte Wines Beyond Barolo and Barbaresco with David Way

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314: Why We Struggle to Describe Wine Yet Keep Trying with Hugh Johnson

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313: The legendary Hugh Johnson, author of The World Atlas of Wine, on how you can improve your wine-tasting skill and pleasure

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312: How Can You Improve Your Sense of Smell with Wine? Johannes Frasnelli Has Great Tips

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311: Smell, the Cinderella Sense, Goes Full Princess on Wine with Johannes Frasnelli

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310: Women, Wine and Health: The Good News with Tony Edwards

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Scents and Sensibility: How Smell Shapes Your Wine and World with Johannes Frasnelli

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309: The Surprising Health Benefits of Wine with Tony Edwards, Author of The Very Good News About Wine

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308: Defining Minerality, Mouthfeel and Musty Aromas with Gus Zhu

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307: Umami, Petrol and Vegetal Aromas Behind the Glass in the Chemical and Sensorial Terroir of Wine Tasting with Gus Zhu

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306: Wine and Folklore Share Terroir and Storytelling with Jo Penn Author of Blood Vintage

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305: Blending Biodynamics and Suspense with Jo Penn Author of Blood Vintage

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304: Rioja Wines Blend the Past and Present with Adam Lechmere

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303: Rioja's Magical Wine, Medieval History and Modern Architecture with Adam Lechmere, The Smart Traveler's Wine Guide

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302: The Rise of Southwestern Ontario Wines with Martin Janz, Winemaker at Pelee Island Winery

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301: How Alcohol Fuels Innovation and Group Cohesion with Edward Slingerland

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300: How Wine Fosters Creativity, Trust and Sociability with Edward Slingerland, Author of Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization

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299: Beyond Eurocentric Wine and Food Pairings + Sonoma's Hidden Gems with Winemaker Theresa Heredia

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298: Unrivaled Russian River Pinot Noir and Sonoma Wines with Theresa Heredia of Gary Farrell Winery

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297: Glorious Ontario Wines and the Stubborn, Pathological Optimists Who Make Them with Matthew Gaughan

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296: Riesling's Big Personality and Germany's Hidden Wine Gems with Anne Krebiehl

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295: Untangling German Wine Styles, Laws and Mysteries with Anne Krebiehl, Author of The Wines of Germany

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294: How Pigs, Sheep and Bats Help in the Vineyard with Wine Writer Sophie Menin

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293: Why Wine Growing a Nail-Biter Experience with Sophie Menin, Co-Author of a Year in the Vineyard

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292: Why Wildfire Smoke Taint in Wine Intensifies as it Ages with Dr. Wes Zandberg

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291: How Wildfires Affect the Taste of Your Wine with Dr. Wes Zandberg

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290: Ontario Wines, the Women Behind Them and at the Forefront with Jennifer Wilhelm

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289: Celebrating Women in Wine with Jennifer Wilhelm & Andrea Brambila

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Smoke Signals: Decoding the Hidden Impact of Wildfires on Wine with Dr. Wes Zandberg

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288: Heroic Italian Wines & the Future of Italy's Wines with Marc Millon

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287: Italy in a Wine Glass: The Story of Italy Through Its Wines with Marc Millon

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286: Mixing Business and Pleasure; Authenticity and Forgery in Art and Wine with Bianca Bosker

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285: The Obsessive Passions and Parallels Between Art & Wine with Bianca Bosker, Author of Get the Picture and Cork Dork

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284: Spanish Wine Pairings + Cookbook Creation Secrets with Barbara Scott-Goodman

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283: Challenging Wine Matches with Barbara Scott-Goodman, Author of Wine Time: 70+ Recipes for Simple Bites That Pair Perfectly with Wine

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282: Wine Sulphites, Mindful Drinking and Marketing Alcohol on The Erica Diamond Podcast

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281: Splendid Vin Jaune, Jura Wine 's Wild Variety and Mysterious Grapes of the French Alps with Wink Lorch

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280: Wines of Jura and the French Alps with Wink Lorch: From Ski Resorts to Worldwide Sensation

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279: Dazzling Beaujolais Food Pairings and Wild Indigenous Yeast Flavours with Natasha Hughes

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278: The Surprising Complexity of Beaujolais with Natasha Hughes, Contributor to On Burgundy: From Maddening to Marvellous in 59 Tales

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277: Will AI Replace Writers and Winemakers? Conversation with Ellen Clifford of The Wine Situation Podcast

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276: Delicious Vegan Wine Pairings with Jennifer Huether and Priya Rao, Authors of The Social Herbivore

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275: What Are Vegan Wines & Are They Better for You with Jennifer Huether and Priya Rao

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274: The Golden Rule to Buy Burgundy & Avoid High Prices with Raymond Blake, Author of Côte d'Or

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273: Changes in Burgundy and Untangling a Complicated Region with Raymond Blake, Author Breakfast in Burgundy

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272: Candid Wine Conversations with Scott Sexsmith of Up Close & Personal and Matt Cundill of You May Also Like

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271: Best Sommelier Questions and How the Shape of Wine Acidity is Revealing with Vanessa Price

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270: Creative Wine Pairings with Circus Peanuts, Cheetos and Twinkies with Vanessa Price, Author of Big Macs and Burgundy

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269: Defining Musty Attics, Band-Aids and Rotten Eggs with Keith Grainger, Author of Wine Faults & Flaws

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268: Identifying Wine Faults and Flaws with Author Keith Grainger

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267: How to Savour Wine Over Time with Molly Watts of the Alcohol Minimalist Podcast

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266: From Andes to Amazon: A Wine Lover's Guide to South America's Hidden Vineyards with Amanda Barnes

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265: Malbec Magic: Argentina's Bold Twist on a Classic with Amanda Barnes, Author of The South America Wine Guide

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264: Beer versus Wine Tasting, Cicerones versus Sommeliers with Mandy Naglich, Author of How to Taste: A Guide to Discovering Flavor and Savoring Life

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263: Tasting Bliss Points & Making Wines Memorable with Mandy Naglich, Author of How to Taste: A Guide to Discovering Flavor and Savoring Life

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262: Sonoma Wines + the Dangers of Drinking for a Living with Marcy Gordon and Beth Costa of the Wine Road Podcast & Jeff Sammut of Canada Now

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261: Mood & Wine Pairings + British Columbia's Best Wine Regions with Luke Whittall, Author of 50 Must-Try Wines from BC and Ontario

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260: BC's Wild Diversity, Deep Lake Effect and Promising Future with Luke Whittall, Author of 50 Must-Try Wines in BC and Ontario

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259: Proactive Wine Farming and Wine Tourism with Anna Brittain of Napa Green

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258: Why Sustainable Winegrowing Matters with Anna Brittain of Napa Green

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257: How Much is Too Much Wine, Old Rosé and Hard-Won Wisdom with the Women of Ill Repute, Wendy Mesley & Maureen Holloway

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256: How to Spot a Fake Wine and Defining Wine Authenticity with Rebecca Gibb

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255: Wine Crime & Con Artists with Rebecca Gibb, Author of Vintage Crime: A Short History of Wine Fraud

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254: New Australian Wines & Regions + Grenache's Resurgence with Jane Lopes, Author of How to Drink Australian

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253: An Emotional Guide to Wine + How to Get a Solid Wine Education with Jane Lopes

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252: Taboo Wine Topics: The Alcoholic Buzz of Wine + Shaming Sweet Wines with Calla Bischoff & Kara Ferreira

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251: Pinot Noir, the Nervous Breakdown Grape + Navigating Bad Life Vintages with the Boozy Biddies

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250: The Secrets of Barbaresco, Barolo and Mourvedre with Andy James, Author of Bandol Wine and the Magic of Mourvedre

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249: Bandol Wine and the Magic of Mourvèdre with Author Dr. Andy James

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248: Austrian Grüner Veltliner's Versatility & the Magic of Minerality with Terry Theise

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247: Soul-Searching German Riesling with Terry Theise, Author of What Makes a Wine Worth Drinking

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246: What is a Wine Witch and Why Use it in a Book Title? I Share Why on The Wonderful World of Wine Podcast

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245: New South African Wines and Pinotage Misconceptions with Dr. Winnie Bowman

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244: Should You Buy Wines Based on Competition Medals? Dr. Winnie Bowman, Cape Wine Master, Has Thoughts

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243: Can Artificial Intelligence (AI) Give Good Wine & Food Pairing Tips? Dina Blikshteyn Shares Surprising Insights

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242: How Artificial Intelligence (AI) Will Change the Wines Your Drink with Dina Blikshteyn

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241: Why I Don't Review Bad Wines with Luke Whittall of the Sipster's Wine Podcast

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240: Online Mobbing, Dark Humour and Change in the Wine Industry with Luke Whittall of the Sipster's Wine Podcast

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239: Wild Yeast and Wine Temperature's Impact on Wine Taste with Carolyn Hurst of Westcott Vineyards

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238: Old Vines, Land Stewardship and the Future of Ontario Wine with Carolyn Hurst, Westcott Vineyards

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237: New Vision for Beautiful Vineyards and Regenerative Viticulture with Mark Gudgel

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236: The Paris Tasting that Changed the Fate of California Wines with Mark Gudgel, Author of The Rise of Napa Valley Wineries

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235: Technology Will Transform Tasting Rooms of the Future with Jessica Kogan

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234: Wine and Fashion Share Aspirational Marketing and Self-Identification with Jessica Kogan of Vintage Wine Estates

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233: Best Wine & Food Pairing Tips + California Wines with Chuck Cramer

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232: Wine Marketing that Encourages Overdrinking + Sexism in Wine Tasting Tasting Notes

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231: Dark Side of the Wine World + Tips for Moderate Drinking

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230: Behind-the-Scenes of the Wine Industry + Slick Wine Marketing with Chuck Cramer

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229: Toasting Etiquette + How Instagram & TikTok Have Changed Wine Education with Dr. Clinton Lee author of Master the Art of Manners

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228: Wine Etiquette in Different Cultures and at Festivals with Dr. Clinton Lee

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227: Diversity in the Wine Industry + Vermentino Food Pairings with Sommelier Tonya Pitts

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226: Navigating Big Restaurant Wine Lists + Sommelier's Key Role with Tonya Pitts

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225: Pinot Noir's Heartbreaking Beauty and Moderation Tips with Wines to Find

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224: Synthetic Wine, Alcohol-Free Wine and Sabering Champagne with Dragonvine's Steven Laine

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223: Thriller Novel Asks: "Can You Imagine a World Without Wine?" with Steven Laine, author of Root Cause

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222: Wine and Religion + Santa Ynez Valley with Adam McHugh

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221: Châteauneuf-du-Pape Makes Wine from Stone with Blood From A Stone's Adam McHugh

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220: Food & Wine Pairing Without Intimidation with the Interpreting Wine Podcast's Lawrence Francis

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219: Powerful Wine Storytelling and Hooks with Lawrence Francis of the Interpreting Wine Podcast

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218: Music Changes Wine's Taste + Restaurant Table Shape & How Much We Eat with Nell McShane Wulfhart

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217: Flavour versus Taste Plus Uruguay Wines with Nell McShane Wulfhart

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216: Tradeoff Between Taste & Alcohol, Chardonnay, California Wine Values with Chuck Cramer

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215: California's Diverse Regions and Wines with Chuck Cramer, Host of On the Road with Mr CA Wine

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214: Tips to Moderate Your Wine Consumption with Consumed Podcast Host, Jaime Lewis

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213: Tasting Room Tips to Learn about Wine with Jaime Lewis, Host of the Consumed Podcast

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212: Time Travel via Wine with Dani Shapiro, Bestselling Author of Signal Fires

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211: Food, Wine and Family Secrets with Dani Shapiro, Bestselling Author of Signal Fires

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210: Why Pay More for Wine, British Bubbly and Glassware with The Wine Bible's Karen MacNeil

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209: Creating The Wine Bible: Behind-the-Scenes with Author Karen MacNeil

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208: Digital Corks, Tasting Tokens and the Future of Wine Drinking with David Garrett

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207: How Blockchain and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) Will Change How You Buy Wine with David Garrett

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206: Minerality in Wine, Great Hybrid Grapes & What Jimi Hendrix Can Teach Winemakers with Aleks Zecevic

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205: Wine Spectator and Sotheby's Auction House Dream Jobs with Aleks Zecevic

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204: Canadian Wines, Grapes & Styles with Drink Adventures' James Atkinson

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203: Wine & Global Weirding, Canadian Wine and New Regions with Brian Freedman

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202: "Crushed: How a Changing Climate Is Altering the Way We Drink" with Brian Freedman

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201: Riesling, the Four-Octave Diva + Austrian Wine Revival with Valerie Kathawala

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200: German-Speaking Wines and Biodynamic Winemaking with Valerie Kathawala

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199: Wine Temperatures and Tasting Tricks with Wines to Find Sandy Dawkins and Michelle Lester

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198: Horizontal and Vertical Tastings with Wines to Find Sandy Dawkins and Michelle Lester

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197: Detecting Wine Aromas with Candy + Go South for Value with Lori Budd

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196: Romantic Poets & Wine and Why Champagne on Ordinary Days with Lori Budd

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195: Differences Between Aroma and Bouquet and California Pinot Noir with Kerith Overstreet

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194: Zinfandel Pairings, Magical AVAs and Yeast Secrets with Winemaker Kerith Overstreet

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193: Iconic Wisconsin Cheeses, Wine & Beta Readers with Author Joy Ribar

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192: Cozy Mysteries in Wine Country + Wisconsin Wines with Author Joy Ribar

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191: Why Open That Special Bottle Tonight + Smell's Role in a Full Life with Jim Duane

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190: Wine Stories, Food Pairings, and Canadian Wines with Inside Winemaking's Jim Duane

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189: Cracking the DaVino Code with Wine Economist, Mike Veseth

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188: The 3 Biggest Forces Changing Your Wine Now with Mike Veseth, author of Wine Wars II: The Global Battle for the Soul of Wine

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187: Oregon's Undiscovered White Wines & How Soil Changes Wine Taste with Eugenia Keegan

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186: Oregon Wines, History and Future with Eugenia Keegan of Jackson Family Wines

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The Shape and Sound of Taste with Nell McShane Wulfhart

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185: Inventive Food & Wine Pairing and Buying Tips with Guy Bower of The Good Life Show

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184: Prosecco's Success Story (and Snob Disdain) with Stevie Kim of Vinitaly

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183: Italian Wines and Wine Competitions with Vinitaly's Stevie Kim

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182: Cabernet Franc, California's Paso Robles & High Acidity Wines with Lori Budd

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181: Bordeaux Wines, Politics and Wine, Monastrell & Spanish Food Pairings with Lori Budd of Exploring the Glass

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180: Extreme Winemaking, Ontario Wine Gems, Canada's Regions & Grapes

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179: Finding Bargain Wines and Regions with Janina Doyle of Eat Sleep Wine Repeat

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178: Pandemic's Positive Impact on Wine + Buying Wine Online with Cathy Huyghe and Andrea Smalling

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177: Ground-Breaking Report for Making, Buying & Selling Wine with Cathy Huyghe & Andrea Smalling

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176: Australian Wine Pairings, Tips and Trends with James Atkinson of Drinks Adventures

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175: Wine Sommeliers v Beer Cicerones and Tasting Techniques with Drinks Adventures' James Atkinson

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174: Retronasal Smell in Tasting Wine and Virtual Brands with Jim Duane of Inside Winemaking Podcast

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173: What Being a Winemaker is Really Like with Inside Winemaking's Jim Duane

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172: Wine Supertasters, Food Pairings and Canadian Palates with XChateau's Robert Vernick & Peter Yeung

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171: Chilean Wine in the Driest Place on Earth & England's Storied Wine History with Janina Doyle

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170: English Sparkling Wine, Magical Blends & Harvest Secrets with Janina Doyle

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169: Santa Maria BBQ & Wines + Can You Earn a Living as a Wine Writer?

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168: Wine's Buzz, Italy's Food Culture and Audrey Hepburn's Influence with Jaime Lewis

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167: Marketing Wine to Women + The Power of Storytelling

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166: How Humor & High Tech Help Wine with Served Up Podcast's Julie Milroy & Bridget Albert

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165: Volcanic Soils, Old Vines and Italian Wine Diversity with Wine Spectator Columnist Robert Camuto

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164: Southern Italy's Wine, Food & Flavour in Robert Camuto's South of Somewhere Book

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163: Travel Tips for Austria & Washington Wine Regions with Interpreting Wine's Lawrence Francis

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162: Sherry, Rioja, Cava and Other Spanish Wine Gems with Interpreting Wine's Lawrence Francis

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161: Tech is Transforming Wine with the Wine School Dropout's Tanisha Townsend

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160: Longshot Wines Bet Big on Market Launch with Winemaker Beth Liston

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159: Cosmo's Sex & the City, Champagne, Whisky Women in Mallory O'Meara's Girly Drinks

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158: Girly Drinks with Mallory O'Meara on the History of Women and Alcohol

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157: Dom Perignon, Chateau Montelena and Wine for Your Zodiac Sign

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156: Italian Wines from Alto Adige, Portugal + Champagne with Grape Minds Julie Glenn & Gina Birch

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155: Should You Celebrate (and Drink) Beaujolais Nouveau Wines This Year?

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154: Pairing Books & Bottles, Organizing Wine Tastings

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153: Restaurant Wine Lists, Poutine, Niagara & Pairing Tips

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152: Field Blends, Pet-Nats and Memoir with Rachel Signer

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151: You Had Me At Pét-Nat: Gripping Wine Memoir by Rachel Signer

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150: Bottle of the Sexist: Marketing Wine to Women with Felicity Carter

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149: Promiscuous Wine Buying, Orange, Natural and Raw Wines

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148: Behind the Scenes of Wine Writing + Wine Trends with Elizabeth Schneider

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147: Pet-Nats, Piquettes, Croatia & Comfort Wines with Kate Dingwall

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146: Penedes, Spain, Croatia & Kosher Wines with Kate Dingwall

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145: Embarrassing Wine Moments, Oak as Ketchup & Powerful Stories

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144: Restaurant List Tips, Wine Courses & Buying Local Wines

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143: Luxury Wine Marketing, Dom Pérignon, Must-Have Gadgets with Robert Vernick & Peter Yeung

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142: Learn About Wine via Podcasts, Books, Influencers with Robert Vernick & Peter Yeung

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141: Fruit Wine, Pet-Nat Bubbly & Slovenian Wines with Nikki Goddard

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140: Good Wine Faults, DRC, Misleading Wine Experts with Nikki Goddard

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139: Wine Scores, Pairings and Writing with Master of Wine Vanessa Conlin

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138: How to Get the Most from Your Wine Bar Visit with Tanisha Townsend

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137: Paris for Wine Lovers with Tanisha Townsend Part 1

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136: Behind the Scenes of a Travel and Wine Writer's Life with Celine Bossart

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135: Wines from Jon Bon Jovi, Jay-Z, Kendall Jenner with Celine Bossart

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134: Online Courses, Canadian Wine & Weird Pairings with Susie Barrie

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133: Weird Wine & Food Pairings that Work with the Vine Guy

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132: Mature Champagne + Tasting with Robert Parker with Scott Greenberg

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131: Salt in Wine, Oyster Pairings + Real Talk with Your Sommelier

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130: Restaurant Wine Lists Post-Pandemic with Vinepair's Zach Geballe Part 1

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129: Champagne Widows + Are Expensive Wines Worth It?

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128: All About Wine Stories with Ron Hunt Part 1

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127: Wine Influencers + Drinking Too Much? Part 2 with Devin Parr

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126: Cameron Diaz's Clean Wine + Wellness & Wine with Devin Parr Part 1

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125: Inflated Wine Scores, Inside Tasting Tips with Paul K - Part 2

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124: Wine Clubs, Wine Finds & Tasting Tips with Paul K - Part 1

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123: Wine, Politics and Diplomatic Entertaining with Washington Post Publisher, Fred Ryan - Part 2

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122: Wine, the White House & Presidential Pours with Washington Post Publisher, Fred Ryan Part 1

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121: Online Wine Classes Bring the Future Forward with VinePair's Zach Geballe

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120: Best Ways to Learn About Wine? Vanessa Conlin MW & Amanda McCrossin Part 2

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119: Which Hot New Wine Regions & Styles Should You Try? Amanda McCrossin & Vanessa Conlin MW Part 1

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118: Dream Wine Careers with Susie Barrie & Peter Richards Part 2

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117: Having a Wine Blast with Susie Barrie & Peter Richards

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116: Open That Bottle Night with Dorothy Gaiter and John Brecher

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115: Inside Bordeaux's Secret Underground with Jane Anson

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114: Rising Alcohol in Wine: Too Hot to Handle?

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113: Tasting and Pairing Grüner Veltliner with Austrian Winemaker Rudi Rabl

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112: New Zealand Wine's Sacred Soils with Left Field's Richard Painter

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111: Ontario Icewine: How to Drink It, Pair It and Love It with Karen King

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110: Drunken Adjectives: A Fuzzy Vine-acular

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109: How to Pair Wine and Chocolate with Chocolate Sommelier Roxanne Browning

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108: Holiday Movie Wines + Cool Chardonnay with Brian Schmidt

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107: Wine Tasting and Pairing Tips from Master Sommelier Bruce Wallner

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106: Pairing California Wine and Gourmet Burgers with Winemaker Joel Gott

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105: Wine and Cheese Pairings to Celebrate the Holidays with Janet Fletcher

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104: Zinfandel Crusader Joel Peterson, Ravenswood Founding Winemaker

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103: The Connected Table with Melanie Young and David Ransom

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102: Nova Scotia's Secret Star Wine Power with Benjamin Bridge's Jean Benoit Deslauriers

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101: Niagara-on-the-Lake Wineries Adapt to Covid with Andrea Kaiser

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100: Moms Sipping Sangria and Talking Wine with Sheila Walsh and Anita MacArthur

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99: Family-Run Wineries v Corporate-Owned? Henry of Pelham's Daniel Speck

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98: The Shape of Wine Taste with Australia's Wakefield Wines

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97: Taco Bell's New Jalapeño Noir Wine: Should You Try It?

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96: Which Wine Pairs Best with Blue Cheese? Janice Beaton Makes the Match

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95: Which Cheeses Go Well With Wine? Janice Beaton Shares Pairings

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94: Wine and Principled Persuasion with Dragon's Den Arlene Dickinson

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93: Master of Wine vs Master Sommelier? Jane Masters Reveals the Difference

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92: Pairing Wine and Cheese Pairings Like a Pro with Laura Werlin

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91: The Wine Bible's Karen MacNeil on Women and Wine

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90: How to Break Wine & Food Pairing Rules? with Chris Scott

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89: Why Should You Take Online Wine & Food Classes? with Chris Scott

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88: How Does a Wine's Name Affect How Much You'll Pay for it? with Dr. Antonia Mantonakis

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87: Pairing Wine with Sharks, Dragons and Kevin O'Leary

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86: How We Buy Wine Based on Secret Retail Triggers with Dr. Tim Dodd

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85: How Did the Mega-Hit Movie Sideways Change Pinot Noir (and Merlot)?

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84: Are Celebrity Athlete Wines Great or Gimmicks? With Dr. Antonia Mantonakis

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83: What's Trending in the Wine World with Darren Oleksyn

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82: Bordeaux and China: Wine Culture Clash or Perfect Pairing? Suzanne Mustacich Reveals Surprising Insights

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81: Tasting Wine Like a Detective with Ontario's Best Sommelier Emily Pearce-Bibona

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80: What's the Rosé Lifestyle? Wine Writer Jill Barth on Why You'd Enjoy It

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79: Why Sommeliers Love Austrian Gruner Veltliner with Heidi Fisher Pfaffl

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78: Why are Nova Scotia's Tidal Bay and L'Acadie Blanc Signature Wines?

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77: The Use (and Abuse) of Wine Scores with Vino Mike and Pete on That Wine Pod

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76: Wine Girl Reveals the Wine World's Dark Side and Hope for the Future with Sommelier Victoria James

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75: Niagara Vine Laureate Klaus Reif: Ontario Wine's Future

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74: Dr. Laura Catena on Malbec, Wine's Health Benefits and Winemaking in Argentina

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73: Women v Men Wine Tasting and Texture with Dr. Gary Pickering

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72: Orange Wines are Trending with Winemaker Ann Sperling

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71: British Columbia's Best Wineries with Wine Writer John Schreiner

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70: Frog's Leap Winemaker John Williams Shares Witty & Wise Stories

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69: How Has Quarantine Impacted Wineries and Wine Lovers?

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68: Pairing Spicy Dishes & Wines with Vikram Vij and Sean Nelson

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67: Become a Better Wine Taster with Master Sommelier Elyse Lambert

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66: Angelina Jolie Wines with Winemaking Consultant Clark Smith

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65: Wine Industry Faces Digital Darwinism with Paul Mabray

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64: Money, Taste and Wine with Mike Veseth, the Wine Economist

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63: Aphrodisiac Wine Pairings for Valentine's Day

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62: Pairing Wine and Cannabis with the Herb Sommelier Jamie Evans

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61: Single Vineyards versus Blends, Drops of God Manga Wine, Wine Scores

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60: Mark Oldman: The Wine World's Greatest Showman

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59: Bargain Wines, Pairing Wine and Artichokes, Wine Region Vacations with the Restaurant Guys Mark Pascal and Francis Schott

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58: Getting Graphic with Wine and Madeline Puckette of Wine Folly

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57: BYOB Wines to Restaurants

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56: Champagne Special with the Restaurant Guys Mark Pascal and Francis Schott

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55: Pairing Gift Wines with Personalities

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54: What's Minerality in Wine? Plus California Wildfires

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53: Festive Wines with the Globe & Mail's Christine Sismondo

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52: Visiting Burgundy and Tasting Barolo with Matt Cauz

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51: Wine for Normal People with Elizabeth Schneider

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50: Pairing Chocolate & Wine, Harvest 2019 Update

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49: Flying with Flavour: Travel and Wine Stories with Stephanie Piché

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48: A Full-Bodied Framework to Taste, Pair & Buy Wine Like a Pro

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47: Behind the Scenes: A Wine Writer's Life

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46: Texas Wines and Wine Writing Ethics

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45: Thanksgiving Wines, Mouse Wine Defect, Trends to Ignore

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44: Pairing Spicy Food & Wine, Gen X versus Millennial Drinkers

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43: Wine Gossip and Stories with Friends of the Vine and Ian Osborn

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42: Pairing Veggies & Wine, Chilling Wine Quickly, Resveratrol & Depression

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41: Travel the Wine World with Kevin Brauch

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40: Pairing Tomatoes & Wine, Heatwave Impact, Gary Vaynerchuk's New Wine Club

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39: Do Wine Scores Matter? Bloomberg Columnist Elin McCoy on Robert Parker

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38: Getting Hammered: Wine Auction Guide to Survival

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37: From Champagne to Napa Valley: Wine Stories with Tilar Mazzeo

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36: Airline Wine: Flights of Wine You Can Drink Without Reservations

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35: Smart Tests for Wine Acidity, Tannin & Balance with Sommelier Chris Scott

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34: Seafood Pairings, Flying Corks, Sober Curious

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33: The Smart Woman Behind the Wine for Dummies Books: Mary Ewing-Mulligan MW

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32: Orange Wines, Pairings for Meatless Burgers

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31: Pairing Wine & Charcuterie with Jennifer McLagan

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30: Canada Day Wines

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29: Wine Scandals, Fakes and Forgery with Maureen Downey

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28: Father's Day Wines

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27: Gripping Wine Stories with San Francisco Chronicle Wine Columnist Esther Mobley

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26: Wine & War: The Vinous Insurrection

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25: Pairing Wine and Yoga to Unwined with Morgan Perry

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24: National Wine Day Prompts These Thoughts

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23: Randall Grahm: A Californian Blend of Wine, Wit and Wisdom

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22: Behind-the-Scenes Peek at Writing Red, White and Drunk All Over

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21: Is Wine the Source of Civilization? John Mahoney Thinks So and Here's Why

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20: Why You Need to Know Malbec Truly, Madly, Deeply

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19: How to Become the World's Best Sommelier with Arvid Rosengren

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18: Wine and Keto, Paleo, Gluten-Free, Atkins, South Beach and Other Diets (Does Wine Make You Fat?)

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17: Organic and Biodynamic Wine with Thomas Bachelder

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16: Are Organic Wines Better for You?

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15: What to Ask the Sommelier with Lesley Brown, Canadian Association of Professional Sommeliers

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14: Bottle of the Sexes: Women v Men on Wine

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13: Blending Humour and Wine in South Africa with Charles Back, Fairview Wine

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12: Wine Scores: Misleading or Helpful to Consumers?

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11: The World's Best Wines with Forbes Columnist Katie Kelly Bell

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10: Wines for Seduction: A Vine Romance for Valentine's Day

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9: Are Vegan & Vegetarian Wines Better for You? Ezra Cipes, Summerhill Winery, BC, Has Answers

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8: Scandalous Wine Women on TV

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7: Wine Confidential: An Insider Look at the Wine World with Bianca Bosker

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6: Secret Book Club Reading of Red, White and Drunk All Over

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5: Wine & Health: Benefits, Risks and Surprises with Dr. Edward Miller

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4: Sneak Peak Behind-the-Scenes: Publishing a Wine Audiobook

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3: Why Do You Like the Wines You Do with Marnie Old and Jean-Charles Boisset

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2: Wine Confession: Loving the Buzz of Alcohol

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1: Wine Forgery and True Wine Crime with Pete Hellman

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