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Unreserved Wine Talk — 415 episodes · page 4 of 5

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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