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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.
▻ The World’s Greatest Wine Library
Jane Anson talks to Axel Borg, who has just retired from being the Chief Librarian of the UC Davis Wine Library (described by Hugh Johnson as “the world’s greatest wine library”).
▻ Burgundy 2019
Sarah Kemp talks to Anthony Hanson MW about the 2019 vintage. They discuss the quality of the vintage and the impact of the cancelled annual January Burgundy tastings.
✒ Wine on Film
Now that streaming offers us a seemingly endless buffet of movies and TV shows, it seems every taste can be catered for, including gastronomy.
▻ Australia's Extraordinary Wine History
The story behind how Australia became a world-class wine producer, the people, the stories, the setbacks and the triumphs.
▻ Omnibus I
Episode One: Sarah Kemp and John Stimpfig 2020 news review, Elin McCoy on the impact of the Northern California fires, Best new wine books and novels, Jane Anson's favourite spot in Saint Emilion and the best Sparkling Wines and Champagne for Christmas.
▻ Jean-Michel Cazes (Ep. 1)
The first in our series of Great Wine Lives, we speak to the legendary Jean-Michel Cazes.
✒ Festive Fizz
Whatever the occasion, a glass of bubbly will pick you up, and we all owe it to ourselves after a tough year to bring out our best bottles of fizz.
✒ Book Reviews
New book round-up 2020: recommended wine reads from John Stimpfig and Sarah Kemp
✒ 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.
▻ “The Story of Wine”
Sarah Kemp talks to Hugh Johnson about his book "The Story of Wine" which traces the story of wine from the dawn of civilization to the present day.
▻ Assemblage
Sarah Kemp talks to three of Bordeaux's greatest producers on the art of blending individual lots to make their grand vin.
✒ Alpha Estate
Alpha Estate, one of Greece’s most renowned wineries, lies in the remote wilderness of the Amyndeon appellation in the Florina region.
▻ 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.
✒ 1884 Restaurante Francis Mallmann
Like many others who have been fortunate enough to visit, I fell deeply in love with Argentina. Could there have been a better start to my love affair than dinner at 1844? I doubt it.
▻ Michael Broadbent
Sarah Kemp remembers Michael Broadbent, author, auctioneer and friend for 30 years who died earlier this year.
✒ Enoteca Turi
Television loves chefs, chefs happily reciprocate, cookbook publishers are happy, and the buzz keeps buzzing. Meanwhile, some very good restaurants, especially those that emphasize wine, quietly sail along under the radar, often surpassing noisier expectations.