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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.
▻ Wine Maps
Wine map guru Chris Foulkes talks about the history of wine maps, and Jane Anson’s new terroir maps of Bordeaux.
▻ Bordeaux 2023 – Part Two
The second part of our deep-dive into Bordeaux 2023 – a vintage Bordeaux lovers will love.
▻ Omnibus XXIX
News and views aplenty in this month’s Omnibus, good, bad and damn frightening. Great wine and art in Provence, Bollinger’s new launches, exciting award-winning Chinese wines, Old Vine Hero Awards, Mouton Cadet for Gen Z, and the annual conversation about En Primeur prices plus climate change predictions (spoiler very frightening). Brought to you by our Founder Sponsor Santa Rita Estates
▻ Bordeaux 2023 – Part One
The first part of our deep-dive into Bordeaux 2023 – putting together the jigsaw puzzle of understanding the latest vintage.
▻ St-Aubin with Jasper Morris MW
Discover its terroir, best vintages, Jasper’s recommended producers and why it is still value for money.
▻ Bordeaux 2023 – A Preview With Jane Anson
As the En Primeur tastings get into full swing, Bordeaux expert Jane Anson looks at the weather conditions that have formed the 2023 vintage.
▻ Sauternes with Jane Anson
Drunk by hedonists, made by masochists, Sauternes is one of the world’s greatest fine wines.
▻ Omnibus XXVIII
Latest wine news and our experts’ views. John Stimpfig and Elin McCoy look at sabotage in wineries, the landmark ruling in Bordeaux that is sending shock waves, DRC’s 2021 vintage, new flagship wine store in New York, devastating frost ruining the harvest in British Columbia, and George and Amal Clooney’s new wine, and more.
▻ Nuits-St-Georges with Jasper Morris MW
Find out about its terroir, the producers to follow, where to find value for money and much more.
▻ Gary Boom of Bordeaux Index
Gary Boom of Bordeaux Index on how he built one of the world’s largest fine wine companies, his successes and failures, and his predictions for the future of fine wine.
▻ Cabernet Franc with Jane Anson
Discover how much is grown, which varieties it is a parent to, famous names and the big issue it faces.
▻ Biondi-Santi with Giampiero Bertolini
Giampiero Bertolini of Biondi-Santi talks to Sarah about Italy’s iconic estate and the release of the Riserva Storica 1988 and 2010.
▻ Marcheses Filippo and Francesco Mazzei
Sarah Kemp meets Marcheses Francesco and Marchese Filippo Mazzei of Castello di Fonterutoli, who have 600 years of winemaking history in the family.
▻ Pessac-Léognan with Jane Anson
Take a deep dive into Bordeaux’s Pessac-Léognan in our 10-Minute Masterclass with Jane Anson and Sarah Kemp.
✒ Isole e Olena New Releases
Great to meet Emanuele Reolon, the new Estate Director of Isole e Olena at the River Café for the launch of the new vintages.
▻ Omnibus XXVII
Listen in to Omnibus XXVII to hear John Stimpfig and Elin McCoy’s predictions for the main wine trends in 2024 as well as this month’s main news stories; Allegrini family split, Burgundy 2022 report, France’s reaction to Dry January, ingredient labelling in the EU, plus why Chile is now a major luxury destination for wine lovers.
▻ Edouard Miailhe
Celebrated but not classified, Château Siran is one of Margaux’s most loved properties. Elin McCoy talks to Edouard Miailhe, the 6th generation of his family to run the estate.
▻ Giovanni Mazzei – The Next Generation
600 years of winemaking runs through the blood of Giovanni Mazzei – we talk to him for our ‘Next Generation’ series.
▻ Nick Pegna of Sotheby’s
Nick Pegna, the new head of Sotheby’s wine and spirits talks to Elin McCoy about the fine wine and spirit market.
▻ Jean-Charles Boisset
The audacious Burgundian who shook up the US wine scene with his consumer-friendly, innovative and sometimes controversial wine experiences.