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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.
▻ Bringing Mature Bordeaux Back on Wine Lists
Sarah Kemp talks to Michael Saunders and Robert Mathias MW of Hallgarten & Novum about “The Cellar Series”.
▻ The Story of the Judgement of Paris – Part IV
In our final episode of The Judgement of Paris, Sarah Kemp and John Stimpfig discuss the impact of the historic tasting.
▻ The Story of the Judgement of Paris – Part III
Hear what happened on the day of the tasting from two of the people who were actually there.
▻ The Story of the Judgement of Paris – Part II
The remarkable tale of how the tasting came about, and how the wines were sourced, told by the people who were actually there.
▻ The Story of the Judgement of Paris – Part I
Sarah Kemp and John Stimpfig host a very special four-part series on The History of the Judgement of Paris.
✒ Ca’Marcanda’s 30th Anniversary
Gaia Gaja was in town to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Ca’Marcanda, the family’s Bolgheri estate.
▻ What Will Make The Bordeaux 2025 Campaign A Success
Sarah Kemp talks to Tom Burchfield, Head of Market intelligence at Liv-ex about the Bordeaux 2025 market.
▻ Bordeaux 2025: The Verdict
Bordeaux 2025 – the verdict is in. Sarah Kemp talks to Jane Anson about her views on the 2025 vintage after tasting over 800 wines.
▻ Bordeaux 2025: Part 2
En Primeur 2025: Jane and Sarah are halfway through the Bordeaux 2025 tastings and share their thoughts so far on the vintage.
▻ Bordeaux 2025: Part 1
En Primeur 2025: Jane and Sarah describe the vintage, which despite on paper looking like 2022, is in fact quite different in character.
▻ How You Get The Next Generation Into Fine Wine
Sarah Kemp talks to Harry Tennant and Tilly Loughton, from The Goed Wine Collective, on the secrets of talking to their generation about fine wine.
▻ Drops of God
Sebastien Pradal talk to Elin McCoy on how he chose the wines and locations for the hit Apple TV series “Drops of God”.
✒ Isole e Olena 2026 New Releases
John Stimpfig reports on the latest releases from Isole e Olena, one of the great estates of Tuscany.
▻ The 250-Year History Between USA and Bordeaux
Jane Anson discusses the extraordinary relationship between the USA and Bordeaux as the US begins to celebrate its 250th anniversary of independence.
▻ The Connoisseur Week in Tuscany
Discover the amazing people visited and great wines drunk when Jane Anson and Sarah Kemp visited Tuscany on the inaugural Tuscany Connoisseur Week.
✒ Why Now is Tuscany’s Golden Age
Sarah Kemp discusses the reasons why Tuscany is outperforming Bordeaux and the rest of the fine wine market.
✒ Château Lascombes
John Stimpfig talks to Axel Heinz, who caused shockwaves last year when he left Ornellaia and Masseto to head back to Bordeaux to run Château Lascombes.
▻ The Best Wine Books 2025
Time to clear your shelves, or build some more, as Brian St Pierre recommends the best wine books to buy this Christmas.
▻ The 1945 First Growth Bordeaux Tasting
Jane Anson describes the historic tasting of Bordeaux’s 1945 First Growths to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.