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CONVERSATIONS
The wine conversation is all about conversations around wine, be it great wine lives, recommendations or travel.
Every month we will be recording ‘magazine-style’ podcasts, but we will also be having in-depth looks at certain subjects and releasing these as separate episodes.
Find the conversations that interest you the most – search by category, or indeed any term / name of interest. Some of our articles contain audio files of our conversations.
✒ Farewell to Anthony Barton
Farewell to Anthony Barton, one of the wine world’s most beloved producers. My personal recollections of a man I simply adored.
▻ Bordeaux Memories
Sarah Kemp talks to James Tanner, the fourth generation of his family to run this independent wine merchant about his views on Bordeaux past and present.
▻ The Role of the Courtier with Margaux Brengel
Jane Anson talks to Margaux Brengel about the role of the courtier, past and present. A rare insight into how Bordeaux’s three-tiered system works.
▻ The Bordeaux Market in the US
Elin McCoy investigates Americans’ renewed love affair with Bordeaux.
▻ The Irish Influence on Bordeaux with Professor Charles Ludington
Who knew that the Irish were responsible for modern Bordeaux?
▻ Jane Anson’s New Website Launch
Jane Anson talks to Sarah Kemp about launching her own website, www.janeanson.com, and why she believes the time is right to launch a site dedicated to the wines of Bordeaux.
▻ En Primeur 2020
Sarah Kemp talks to Bordeaux expert Jane Anson about En Primeur and the 2020 vintage, which is she is in the middle of reviewing.
✒ Book Review – Château Lafite: The Almanac
Brian St Pierre reviews Château Lafite: The Almanac, 600 pages covering 150 vintages!
▻ Château Climens new dry wine
Berenice Lurton talks about making the first dry wine in the history of Ch Climens, Asphodele.
▻ Jean-Michel Cazes (Ep. 1)
The first in our series of Great Wine Lives, we speak to the legendary Jean-Michel Cazes.
✒ The Labels of Mouton Rothschild
The world’s greatest artists have appeared on the labels of Château Mouton Rothschild. Sarah Kemp finds out the stories behind the labels and how they decide on which artist will appear.
▻ Assemblage
Sarah Kemp talks to three of Bordeaux's greatest producers on the art of blending individual lots to make their grand vin.
▻ Jean-Michel Cazes (Ep. 2)
Jean-Michel explains how Bordeaux’s future changed, with a change in winemaking – the introduction of malolactic fermentation.
▻ 48 Hours in Bordeaux
Jane Anson recommends where to go and what to see if you only have 48 hours in Bordeaux.
▻ Jean-Michel Cazes (Ep. 3)
Jean-Michel talks about how he joined his friend Claude Bébéar to create AXA Millésimes and buys some of the world’s most sought-after names.