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Wine for Normal People — 100 episodes

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Ep 624: The Greats – Shiraz of the Barossa Valley, Australia

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Ep 623: Mount Etna, Sicily

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Ep 622: Food and Wine Pairing for Fall

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Ep 621: The Rías Baixas D.O. of Spain - The Albariño Capital of the World

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Rerelease of Ep 383: Domaine Wachau of Austria - One of Europe's Best Co-Ops with Roman Horvath, MW

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Ep 620: The Greats - The Wachau Region of Austria

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Ep 619: The Wines of Provence - Liz Gabay & Ben Bernheim Return To Discuss Their Latest Book

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Ep 618: Back to Basics: Structure in Wine Part 2 - Sugar & Alcohol

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Ep 617: Back to Basics: Structure in Wine Part 1 - Acidity & Tannin

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Ep 616: The Greats – The Chenin Blancs of the Loire Valley

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Ep 615: Felicity Carter Returns: The journalist, writer, speaker taking on the hardest issues in wine

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Ep 614: The Alto Piemonte - Piedmont's Best Kept Secret

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Ep 613: The Grape Mini-Series Refresh -- Nebbiolo

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Ep 612: Wine Legends -- André Tchelistcheff, The Father of American Wine

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Ep 611: Six MORE Alternatives to Expensive Wines

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Ep 610: The Greats - A History of Champagne (How Champagne Became Champagne) Part 2

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Ep 609: The Greats -A History of Champagne (How Champagne Became Champagne) - Part 1

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Ep 608: The Grape Miniseries -- The Barbera Refresh

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Ep 607: Wine Legends - The People Who Solved the Great French Wine Blight

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Re-release of Ep 310: Elena Walch - The Quality Revolutionary of Alto Adige, Italy

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Ep 606: Sally Evans, Owner of Château George7 in Fronsac Bordeaux, & Author of the Bestselling "Make the Midlife Move"

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Ep 605: The Greats - The Grand Cru Whites of the Côte de Beaune, Burgundy (get to know them so you don't miss out if someone offers them to you!)

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Ep 604: Six Alternatives to Expensive Wines

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Ep 603: The Veneto Region of Italy (2026 Update)

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Ep 602: Wine Legends - Émile Peynaud, The Father of Modern Enology

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Ep 601: Pollak Vineyards – A Leader in the Monticello AVA of Virginia

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Ep 600: Nine Short Wine Stories -- How WFNP Listeners Got Into Wine

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Rerelease and Edit of Ep 181: Laura Catena, The Leading Lady of Argentine Wine

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Ep 599: The Grape Miniseries Refresh - Malbec

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Ep 598: The Médoc and the Haut-Médoc of Bordeaux

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Ep 597: Lodi, California -- The Past, Present, and Future of this Historic Region

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Ep 596: Back to Basics - Defining Old World & New World (and why it still matters)

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Ep 595: Croatian Wine Revisited -- An Overview and Conversation with Patron and Listener Bevis Sydney

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Ep 594: Seb Pradal, The Sommelier Consultant Behind Apple TV's Award-Winning "Drops of God"

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Ep 593: Fronsac and Canon Fronsac - The Past & Future Greats of Bordeaux

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Ep 592: The Next Frontiers of Wine Production - New heights, techniques, regions

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Ep 591: Grape Mini Series - The Zinfandel Refresh

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Ep 590: Back to Basics - Defining Terroir (2026 Remix)

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Ep 589: The Monticello AVA of Virginia- The Birthplace of American Wine

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Ep 588: The Greats of Bordeaux – Pomerol

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Ep 587: The Thanksgiving Show 2025 - Two-Wine Strategies to Rule the Feast

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Ep 586: The Five Paths to Bubbles - The 5 Sparkling Production Methods & Styles to Try

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Ep 585: Ten White Wines for Winter

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Ep 584: The Grape Miniseries Refresh - Riesling

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Ep 583: The Greats of Bordeaux - Graves and Pessac-Léognan

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Re-release of Ep 306: Planeta and the Story of Modern Sicilian Wine with Alessio Planeta

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Ep 582: Back to Basics – Wine Etiquette

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Ep 581: Wes Hagen - Santa Barbara Expert & Native9 Wines Brand Ambassador

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Ep 580: The Grape Miniseries (refresh) -- Tempranillo

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Ep 579: The Greats of Bordeaux - Moulis with Listrac

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Ep 578: The Greats - Chianti Classico

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Ep 577: The Wines of South Africa - Refresh

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Encore of Ep 448: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Terroir with Dr. Kevin Pogue, PhD

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Ep 576: The Greats of Bordeaux Saint Estèphe

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Ep 575: Lombardy, Italy

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Ep 574: The Grape Miniseries -- Pinot Blanc

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Ep 573: Bruliam's Kerith Overstreet Returns - Her Top Notch Pinot Noir + How to Spark Love for Wine in the Next Gen

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Ep 572: Karen MacNeil, Wine Icon, Author of 'The Wine Bible', Co-Creator of Come Over October

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Ep 571: The Greats of Bordeaux – Saint Julien

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Ep 570: 8 Refreshing Red Wines

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Ep 569: The Masters of Vernaccia di San Gimignano Cappella Sant'Andrea with Owner & Winemaker Francesco Galgani

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Ep 568: Alternatives to a Favorite -- Sauvignon Blanc

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Ep 567: The Wines of Victoria, Australia with CEO of Wine Victoria, Stephanie Duboudin

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Ep 566: The Greats of Bordeaux – Pauillac

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Ep 565: Back to Basics – 8 Ideas to Break Your Rut and Discover New Wines

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Ep 564: The Greats – Taurasi DOCG

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Ep 563: Alentejo, Portugal -- Original Blends, Great Value

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Ep 562: The Greats of Bordeaux – Margaux

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Friends of the Pod Series - Ep 520: The historic, urban wines of Vienna (yes, the city!) with Alex Zahel of Weingut Zahel

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Friends of the Pod Series - Ep 513: The Divine Dolcetto of Diano d'Alba with Giulio Abrigo of Abrigo Giovanni

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Friends of the Pod Series -- Ep 509: Felicity Carter Exposes the Jaw-dropping Truth of Who is Guiding Global Wine & Health Policy

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Friends of the Pod Series -- Ep 502: Stu Smith of Smith-Madrone -- Why Napa County is Strangling Small Wineries

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Friends of the Pod Series --Ep 493: Marina Marcarino of Punset; Barbaresco's Most Forward-Looking Producer Returns to WFNP

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Friends of the Pod Series -- Ep 486: The (REAL) Inner Workings of the Wine Industry with NY Retailer Daniel Posner of Grapes, The Wine Company

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Friends of the Pod Series -- Ep 481: Eva Martinelli - Chianti Classico Winemaker & Region Expert

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Friends of the Pod Series -- Ep 480: The Leelanau Peninsula of Michigan (US) - Portrait of an Emerging Region

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Friends of the Pod Series -- Ep 479: Champagne Le Brun de Neuville -- Côte de Sézanne's Stunning Sparklers

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Friends of the Pod Series -- Ep 478: Piero Mastroberardino -- the Soul of the Wines & Vines of Campania

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Friends of the Pod Series -- Ep 477: Stefania Fuselli of Le Vigne di Silvia in Bolgheri, Tuscany -- Family, Football, Fortitude, & Fantastic Wine

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Friends of the Pod Series -- Ep 472: David Kong, CEO of GlasVin -- the best new handblown glasses to hit the market

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Friends of the Pod Series -- Ep 462: Aurelien Chirat of Vignobles Chirat

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Friends of the Pod Series -- Ep 459: Château Chasse-Spleen of AOC Moulis-en-Médoc with Jean Pierre Foubet, Managing Director

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Friends of the Pod Series -- Ep 450: Aldo Vacca, Managing Director of Europe's Best Co-op, The Produttori del Barbaresco

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Friends of the Pod Series -- Ep 437: Tom Wark on the history of US alcohol law, recent threats to wine shipping & how Prohibition altered cultural views of wine

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Friends of the Pod Series -- Ep 434: The World's Foremost Authorities on Rosé -- Elizabeth Gabay, Master of Wine, & Ben Bernheim, Co-Author

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Friends of the Pod Series -- Ep 433: Quinta da Raza -- Terroir, Family, & the Complex White Wines of the Vinho Verde Region of Portugal

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Friends of the Pod Series -- Ep 432: Agroforestry -- An Answer to Wine's Biggest Environmental Challenges with Jean-Baptiste Cordonnier of Château Anthonic in Moulis-en-Médoc

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Friends of the Pod Series -- Ep 426: Giovanni Correggia of Matteo Correggia -His Exquisite Wines from Roero in Piedmont

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Friends of the Pod Series -- Ep 420: Denise Marrone of Agricola Gian Piero Marrone In Barolo

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Friends of the Pod Series -- Ep 391: Édouard Miailhe - Dynamic leader of the Margaux AOC & 5th Generation Owner of Château Siran

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Friends of the Pod Series -- Ep 385: Anne Le Naour of Chateau Meyney - Redefining Saint-Estèphe of Bordeaux

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Friends of the Pod Series -- Ep 366: Riccardo Sobrino of Cascina Delle Rose, The Toast of Barbaresco's Boutique Producers

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Friends of the Pod Series -- Ep 337: Feudi di San Gregorio and the Unrivaled Wines of Campania, Italy

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Bonus Sponsored Ep: Vanessa Conlin, MW, Head of Wine for Wine Access

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Friends of the Pod Series -- Ep 309: Tranquil Vale of Hunter Valley, Australia on Boutique Wine, Bushfires, and Climate Change

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Friends of the Pod Series -- Ep 297: Anthony Road Wine Company -- a Legend in the Finger Lakes Region of New York

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Friends of the Pod Series -- Ep 296: Boundary Breaks of the Finger Lakes, Where Terroir Reigns Supreme

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Friends of the Pod Series -- Ep 295: Sleight of Hand- Washington State's Wine Magic

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Friends of the Pod Series -- Ep 290: Theresa Breuer of Georg Breuer Represents Rheingau, Riesling, and the New Face of German Wine

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Bonus Sponsored Ep: Greg Lambrecht, Inventor of Coravin