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Interviews, region deep-dives, tastings, and the occasional rant, eight years of conversations on wine without snobbery.

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May 23, 2026

#113 - Charles Treutanaere: General Manager of Domaine de Long Dai (DBR Lafite)

Interviews · Winemakers
May 9, 2026

#112 - Guillaume Lété: Cellar Master at Champagne Barons de Rothschild

Interviews · Winemakers
Apr 27, 2026

#111 - Fongyee Walker: Mainland China's First Resident Master of Wine

Interviews
Apr 14, 2026

How to Choose Wine for a Wedding: The Complete Guide

Learn wine
Apr 10, 2026

#110 - Antonin Pillot: a New Generation in Chassagne-Montrachet

Burgundy · Interviews
Mar 30, 2026

#109 - Linden Wilkie: Founder of The Fine Wine Experience and Club Bâtard

Interviews
Mar 16, 2026

#108 - Winnie Chen: managing 17,000 wines in the heart of Macau

Interviews · Sommeliers
Mar 7, 2026

5 things that shocked us during the biggest wine tasting in China

Tasting notes · Regions
Mar 2, 2026

#107 – Eddie McDougall: the Flying Winemaker

Interviews · Winemakers
Feb 16, 2026

#106 – Derek Li: from Hong Kong nightlife to Advanced Sommelier & Wine Educator

Interviews · Sommeliers
Feb 2, 2026

Behind the Label: Maxime Pierlot, Champagne or not Champagne?

Interviews · Winemakers
Jan 19, 2026

#105 - Pierre-Marie Pattieu: inside the life of a Master Sommelier

Interviews · Sommeliers
Dec 22, 2025

#104 - Xavier Jean: owner of Couvent des Jacobins

Bordeaux · Interviews
Dec 8, 2025

#103 - Richard Hemming: Master of Asian Food & Wine Pairing

Interviews
Nov 24, 2025

#102 - Reeze Choi: Best sommelier of Asia & Pacific and rising winemaker

Interviews · Sommeliers
Nov 17, 2025

Behind the Label: Laurent Delaunay, a Burgundy legend, vs Pinot Noir

Interviews
Nov 10, 2025

#101 – David He: Founder of Wine App

Interviews
Oct 27, 2025

#100 - Arthur Yeung: shaping China’s wine future

Interviews
Oct 22, 2025

Artémis Domaines Creates Domaine des Cabottes: A Strategic Split for Burgundy's Historic Bouchard Père & Fils

Burgundy
Oct 22, 2025

Wine, Smell & Humility: what we get wrong when we taste wine

Learn wine
Oct 3, 2025

#99 - Lionel Le Gal: Expert in Chinese Wine

Interviews
Oct 1, 2025

The capsule on a bottle of wine

Learn wine
Sep 19, 2025

#98 - Natalie Wang: Founder of Vino Joy News

Interviews
Sep 15, 2025

#97 - Arnaud Bardary: Master Sommelier from Jura to Hong Kong

Interviews · Sommeliers
Jun 26, 2025

Otheroof in Shenzhen

Food & wine
Jun 20, 2025

Is organic wine better?

Learn wine
Jun 18, 2025

5 myths about wine

Learn wine
Jun 18, 2025

Discovering Château Haut-Bailly

Bordeaux · Regions
Jun 18, 2025

Pétillant Naturel: The Natural Sparkle Everyone's Talking About

Learn wine
Jun 18, 2025

Tasting Crémants at the Cave de Lugny

Burgundy · Tasting notes
Mar 10, 2025

Top 10 best wine glasses

Learn wine
Feb 23, 2025

Stéphane Garrigue & Emmanuel Nonin: La cave de Lugny

Interviews · Regions
Jan 15, 2025

Meeting Corinne Mentzelopoulos: 'Château Margaux is bigger than us'

Interviews · Regions
Dec 23, 2024

10 essential wine books: the ultimate guide for wine lovers

Learn wine
Nov 7, 2024

Zalto Glasses

Learn wine
Sep 11, 2024

The main wine regions of the world: a tour

Learn wine
Jun 17, 2024

Where is the best wine made in France?

Learn wine
Feb 19, 2024

Thibault Liger-Belair: a good bottle is an empty bottle

Interviews · Regions
Feb 2, 2024

Ivan Massonnat: Something is happening in Chinon

Interviews · Regions
Jan 30, 2024

Didier Le Calvez and the Château Clarisse adventure

Interviews · Investment
Nov 17, 2022

My food and wine pairing course by Fabrizio Bucella

Learn wine · Food & wine
Oct 24, 2022

#66 - Laurent Fortin, General Manager of Château Dauzac

Interviews · Regions
Jun 20, 2022

Château Cantenac Brown unveils a monumental artwork and steps into NFTs

Bordeaux
May 30, 2022

#65 - Armelle Cruse: vice-president of the Crus Bourgeois

Interviews · Regions
May 16, 2022

#64 - Manuel Peyrondet

Interviews · Sommeliers
Apr 14, 2022

Pinot noir beyond Burgundy

Tasting notes · Burgundy
Mar 28, 2022

#63 - Damien Leclerc - La Chablisienne

Interviews · Regions
Mar 15, 2022

#62 - Véronique Dausse - Château Phélan Ségur

Interviews · Regions
Mar 11, 2022

#61 - Jean Baptiste Duquesne: revealing the terroirs of Bordeaux

Interviews · Bordeaux
Feb 7, 2022

#60 - Laurent Delaunay - Maison Edouard Delaunay

Interviews · Regions
Jan 24, 2022

#59 - Vincent Avenel - Domaine Chanson

Interviews · Regions
Jan 20, 2022

#56 - Paul Zinetti - Le Clos des Épeneaux and discovering Burgundy

Interviews · Regions
Jan 20, 2022

#57 - Michel Barraud - President of Cave des Terres Secrètes

Interviews · Regions
Jan 20, 2022

#58 - Laurence Danel - Domaine Jean Féry & Fils

Interviews · Regions
Nov 29, 2021

#55 - José Sanfins - Château Cantenac Brown, grand cru classé of 1855

Interviews · Regions
Nov 27, 2021

How to use a two-prong cork puller

Learn wine
Nov 15, 2021

#54 - Arnaud Bourgeois - Discovering the Loire and Domaines Bourgeois

Interviews · Regions
Nov 1, 2021

#53 - Francine Picard - Domaines Picard

Interviews · Regions
Oct 18, 2021

#52 - Albéric Bichot: Maison Albert Bichot

Interviews · Regions
Oct 16, 2021

How to open an old wine

Learn wine
Oct 14, 2021

#51 - Philippe Pacalet: discovering Burgundy

Interviews · Regions
Oct 6, 2021

#50 - Nicolas Emereau - Clos Cristal

Interviews · Regions
Sep 6, 2021

Episode #49 - Jean-Michel Cazes

Interviews · Regions
Aug 27, 2021

Chardonnay

Learn wine · Burgundy
Aug 23, 2021

Episode #48 - Jean-Baptiste Ancelot - Wine Explorers

Interviews · Regions
Aug 16, 2021

Corsican wine

Learn wine · Food & wine
Aug 12, 2021

Episode #45 - Quentin Chaperon - U'Wine

Learn wine · Interviews
Aug 10, 2021

Episode #47 - Emmanuel Cruse, Château d'Issan

Interviews · Regions
Aug 9, 2021

Episode #44 - Matthieu Bordes, Château Lagrange

Learn wine · Interviews
Jul 26, 2021

Episode #46 - Eloi Jacob, Château Fourcas Hosten

Interviews · Regions
Jun 24, 2021

Decanting wine

Learn wine
Jun 20, 2021

Wine fining

Learn wine
Jun 14, 2021

Episode #43 - Christine Vernay, Domaine Vernay in Condrieu

Côtes du Rhône · Interviews
Jun 10, 2021

Built-in wine cellar

Learn wine
May 31, 2021

Episode 42 - Benoît Trocard, Clos Dubreuil

Interviews · Winemakers
May 25, 2021

Vin de paille: straw wine

Learn wine
May 20, 2021

Vegan wine

Learn wine
May 17, 2021

Episode #41 - Pauline Bich and Philippe Chandon-Moët, Château de Ferrand in Saint-Émilion

Interviews · Regions
May 9, 2021

Episode #40 - Olivier Bourdet-Pees, Plaimont Vignerons

Interviews · Winemakers
Apr 27, 2021

Episode #39 - Anabelle Cruse Bardinet, Château Corbin

Interviews · Regions
Apr 13, 2021

Episode #38 - Nicolas Grosbois

Interviews · Winemakers
Mar 26, 2021

Salmanazar

Learn wine
Mar 15, 2021

Episode #37 - Jean-Antoine Nony, Château Grand Mayne in Saint Emilion

Interviews · Regions
Jan 18, 2021

Episode 34 - Edouard Margain, Lavinia

Interviews · Investment
Nov 30, 2020

Couvent des Jacobins

Regions · Bordeaux
Nov 23, 2020

Episode #31 - Tristan Lelous, Château Cantenac Brown

Interviews · Investment
Nov 9, 2020

Episode #30 - Ivan Massonnat, Domaine Belargus

Interviews · Investment
Oct 28, 2020

GFV: French vineyard investment funds

Investment
Oct 12, 2020

Episode #28 - Gérard Bertrand

Interviews · Regions
Sep 28, 2020

Episode #27 - Stéphane Derenoncourt

Interviews · Regions
Sep 14, 2020

Episode #26 - Michel Chapoutier

Côtes du Rhône · Interviews
Aug 17, 2020

Episode #24: Jean Esprit, Domaine Esprit

Côtes du Rhône · Interviews
Aug 12, 2020

Wine and paella

Food & wine
Jul 13, 2020

Episode #22: Gérard Margeon, Alain Ducasse group

Interviews · Sommeliers
Jun 26, 2020

Wine and pork

Food & wine
May 5, 2020

Wine and côte de boeuf

Food & wine
Apr 20, 2020

Episode 17 - Meeting Emmanuel Coiffe, CEO of Eugen Grand Vin

Interviews · Investment
Mar 23, 2020

Episode 15: meeting Gabriel Veissaire, head sommelier of Le Meurice

Interviews · Sommeliers
Feb 24, 2020

Meeting Fabrizio Bucella

Interviews · Sommeliers
Jan 27, 2020

Meeting Lucile of Du Vin et des Paillettes

Interviews · Sommeliers
Jan 13, 2020

Meeting Bernard Neveu, head sommelier at Le Bristol Paris

Interviews · Sommeliers
Jan 2, 2020

Wine and galette des rois

Food & wine
Dec 9, 2019

Wine and Christmas capon

Food & wine
Nov 17, 2019

Meeting Marie-Dominique Bradford of Trois Fois Vin

Interviews · Wine merchants
Nov 12, 2019

Wine and tartiflette

Food & wine
Oct 29, 2019

Wine and pot-au-feu

Food & wine
Oct 21, 2019

Wine and raclette

Food & wine
Oct 6, 2019

Meeting Géric of G.IV in Paris

Interviews · Wine merchants
Sep 20, 2019

Meeting Krystel Lepresle: managing director of Vin et Société

Interviews · Burgundy
Sep 3, 2019

Wine and smoked salmon

Food & wine
Jul 29, 2019

Wines of the Peloponnese

Regions
Jul 8, 2019

Wines of the Ionian Islands

Regions
Jun 27, 2019

Wine of Macedonia

Regions
Jun 3, 2019

Meeting Marilyne, sommelier at La Part des Anges

Interviews · Wine merchants
Apr 28, 2019

Barav: meeting Théodore, wine merchant and sommelier

Interviews · Wine merchants
Apr 12, 2019

Frères Pinard in Lille: meeting Germain and Geoffroy

Interviews · Wine merchants
Mar 31, 2019

Parallèle 45: Jaboulet's Côtes du Rhône rouge

Côtes du Rhône · Tasting notes