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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.
▻ Massican with Dan Petroski
Dan Petroski of Massican Winery talks to Elin McCoy about how he left the world of magazines in New York to become a celebrated Napa Valley winemaker.
✒ Farewell to Anthony Barton
Farewell to Anthony Barton, one of the wine world’s most beloved producers. My personal recollections of a man I simply adored.
▻ The Wines of Israel
Learnt so much listening to Tal Sunderland-Cohen on the wines of Israel. Can’t wait to try some of the indigenous grapes – tasting liquid history!
▻ Bordeaux Memories
Sarah Kemp talks to James Tanner, the fourth generation of his family to run this independent wine merchant about his views on Bordeaux past and present.
▻ Omnibus XI
As the Wine Conversation celebrates its first anniversary John, Elin and Sarah look back at the big wine stories of 2021
▻ The Role of the Courtier with Margaux Brengel
Jane Anson talks to Margaux Brengel about the role of the courtier, past and present. A rare insight into how Bordeaux’s three-tiered system works.
▻ Bill Harlan
Bill Harlan talks to Elin McCoy in our series “Great Wine Lives” about how he devised a 200-year plan to create a first growth in California.
▻ Marchese Lamberto Frescobaldi
Sarah Kemp talks to Marchese Lamberto Frescobaldi the 30th generation of his family to make wine, in our series “Great Wine Lives.”
▻ Omnibus X
There’s lots to talk about this month on Omnibus Ten – the wine heist of the century, more lawsuits in Saint Emilion, concerns about bottlenecks in the wine supply chain, matching wines with vegan menus, the new “La La” from the Guigals, and much more.
▻ Burgundy with Jasper Morris MW
Jasper Morris MW talks about the second edition of his book, “Inside Burgundy,” and what has changed since the first edition 11 years ago.
▻ Randall Grahm
Elin McCoy interviews the iconoclastic maverick Californian winemaker Randall Grahm.
▻ Climate Change with Jeremy Cukierman MW
Jane Anson talks to Jeremy Cukierman MW about his new book “Quel Vin Pour Demain?”.
▻ The Bordeaux Market in the US
Elin McCoy investigates Americans’ renewed love affair with Bordeaux.
✒ Book Review – South of Somewhere
Brian St Pierre reviews South of Somewhere by Robert V. Camuto.
▻ Vitalie Taittinger
In our series ‘The Next Generation’, Elin McCoy talks to Vitalie Taittinger about taking over from her father as President at Champagne Taittinger.
▻ The Irish Influence on Bordeaux with Professor Charles Ludington
Who knew that the Irish were responsible for modern Bordeaux?
▻ Omnibus IX
John Stimpfig looks at the Liv-ex 2021 classification’s winners and losers, plus the lawsuit in St Emilion, sale of Jancisrobinson.com, Napa’s elaborate tasting rooms, and more, lively discussions in this month’s episode.
✒ The Bunch Tasting
The UK’s independent wine merchants are the source of the best value for money wines you can buy. The recent Bunch tasting demonstrated why. Find out some of the star wines they were showing.
▻ Jane Anson’s New Website Launch
Jane Anson talks to Sarah Kemp about launching her own website, www.janeanson.com, and why she believes the time is right to launch a site dedicated to the wines of Bordeaux.