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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.
✒ Bordeaux 2022 – Terroir & Talent
Sarah Kemp believes 2022 is unlike any vintage she has tasted before. Find out which wines she would like in her cellar, price permitting.
▻ Véronique Sanders of Château Haut-Bailly
Véronique Sanders of Château Haut-Bailly talks to Sarah Kemp in our series “Great Wine Lives”.
▻ Bordeaux 2022 – a vintage of surprise
Discover Jane Anson and Sarah Kemp’s view of the 2022 Bordeaux vintage – what did well, what didn’t, and why it is unlike any previous vintage they have tasted.
▻ Bordeaux 2022 – on the road with Jane Anson
En Primeur tastings are in full swing: recorded on the D2 motorway, Sarah Kemp gets Jane Anson’s first thoughts on Bordeaux 2022.
▻ En Primeur with Jane Anson
As 6,000 of the world’s wine trade and journalists descend on Bordeaux, Jane Anson and Sarah Kemp look at En Primeur.
▻ Cabernet Sauvignon with Jane Anson
The king of grapes – find out about its parentage, best places it is grown plus Jane’s one obscure fact about it.
▻ Bordeaux Mentor Week
Jane Anson talks to Sarah Kemp about the importance of mentors and the diverse activities the successful candidates will encounter, from harvesting to startup entrepreneurs.
▻ Pauillac with Jane Anson
A deep dive into the commune which boasts three First Growths, Lafite, Mouton Rothschild and Latour.
▻ The 1855 Classification with Jane Anson
This week our 10 Minute Masterclass is on the 1855 classification – the world’s first culinary ranking. Find out how it came about, what has changed since, plus Jane’s most obscure fact about it.
▻ Pomerol with Jane Anson
First in our new series of 10 Minute Masterclasses is Pomerol, an appellation which covers 0.6% Bordeaux’s surface but is one of its most well-known names.
▻ Bruno-Eugène Borie of Château Ducru-Beaucaillou
Bruno-Eugène Borie of Château Ducru-Beaucaillou talks to Elin McCoy in our series “Great Wine Lives”.
▻ The Mouton Rothschild Labels: Originally published Dec 2021
As Château Mouton Rothschild reveal their latest label, Jane Anson talks to Sarah Kemp about how the label series at Mouton came about.
▻ Baron Éric de Rothschild
Baron Éric de Rothschild talks to Sarah Kemp in a wide-ranging and candid interview about his life in wine.
▻ The New Saint-Emilion Classification
Leading Bordeaux expert Jane Anson shares her views on the new Saint-Emilion classification.
▻ Being an Outsider in Bordeaux
Jane Anson talks to Namratha Prashanth, who left Bangalore to create a new life, a new business and a new brand in Bordeaux.
▻ The Queen Who Taught The English How to Drink – Eleanor of Aquitaine
Jane Anson talks to leading French historian Stéphane Bern about this remarkable woman who taught the English how to drink wine.
▻ Bordeaux 2021
Leading Bordeaux expert Jane Anson talks about the 2021 Bordeaux vintage – which terroirs did well and which did not, and where you can find value for money.
▻ Hervé Berland
Sarah Kemp talks to Hervé Berland about his 30-plus years at Ch Mouton Rothschild, and then leading the green revolution at Ch Montrose as part of our Great Wine Lives series.
▻ Jacques Lurton
Jacques Lurton, from Bordeaux’s most prominent wine family, talks to Jane Anson as part of our Great Wine Lives series.
▻ Bordeaux 2019 in Bottle
How good is Bordeaux 2019 now that it is in bottle? Sarah Kemp talks to Bordeaux expert Jane Anson.