The Wine Enthusiast Podcast takes you on a tantalizing trip into the world of wine, beer and spirits. Drink up engaging, behind-the-scenes stories reported and recorded by Wine Enthusiast’s editors. In each episode, we explore emerging trends, provide educational tidbits, and introduce you to the passionate people who craft, shake, ferment, and pour their beverage of choice. Inside every bottle is a story.
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2024-04-17 | What is a private label, exactly? Think Costco’s Kirkland; Trader Joe’s Charles Shaw, or Two-Buck Chuck; or Target’s California Roots. Sometimes these private labels are easy to pick out, while other times they hide in plain sight. In this episode, Ali... | |
2024-04-03 |
Episode 163: Rex Pickett and the Making of Sideways 20 Years Later 20 years after the release of the award-winning book, Sideaways, author Rex Pickett reflects on its film adaptation and poignant statement against Merlot producers. Like Miles Raymond, the main character in the book and film, Pickett was an unpublished... |
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2024-03-19 |
Episode 162: What's the Difference Between a Wine Cellar, Fridge and Cooler? Find out what happens when two wine drinkers with different levels of experience start getting real about wine storage. Discoveries include, but are not limited to: the most expensive custom wine cellar requests, what someone's wine storage says about ... |
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2024-03-05 | Armenia is considered one of the birthplaces of winemaking, with archaeological evidence dating back at least 7,000 years. Tragically, the country’s wine culture was decimated under Soviet rule. Things finally started changing about a dozen years ago:... | |
2024-02-16 |
Episode 160: Want to Work in Wine? Three Successful Winemakers Reveal What it’s Really Like On the surface, winemakers appear to lead a glamorous, jet-setting life of international travel, fancy wine dinners and a never-ending supply of enviable bottles. But what is it really like to work in wine? Wine Enthusiast Writer-at-Large Christina Pic... |
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2024-02-06 | What drinks trends will reign supreme in 2024? To know our future, we must know our past. Wine Enthusiast’s Tasting Director, Anna-Christina Cabrales chats with our spirits reviewer and writer-at-large Kara Newman about the important things like: Will ... | |
2024-01-16 |  Can sommeliers be sober? That's a question we sought to answer recently on Wine Enthusiast. As more people reevaluate their relationships with alcohol, so, too, is a growing contingent of wine industry professionals. Many of them—including som... | |
2024-01-03 |
Episode 157: Is Dry January the Healthy Move? Blue Zones' Dan Buettner Weighs In Some of the longest-living people in the world drink upwards of two glasses of wine daily, according to Dan Buettner's research for the best-selling Blue Zones books and program, which are also the basis of a Netflix documentary, ' Live to 100: Secrets... |
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2023-12-20 | Despite early naysayers who suggested she develop a different kind of sparkling wine, the award-winning actress, writer–and now ViaraeWines Prosecco creator–Issa Rae believes in the drink’s power of authenticity. In this episode, she talks to @Jacy Top... | |
2023-12-06 | Cara Morrison of Sonoma-Cutrer shares what she wishes more people knew about the disputable grape and how her team continues to craft a wine for the ages. FOLLOW US ON: Instagram:Â @wineenthusiast Twitter:Â @WineEnthusiast Facebook:Â @WineEnthu... |