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#117 - Tim Triptree MW: inside Christie's wine and spirits auctions
Tim Triptree MW of Christie's on auctioning a 1.2-million-pound whisky, authenticating rare bottles and the rise of Chinese wine on the world stage.
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#116 - Marie-Antoinette's Champagne: with Maud Rabin, Managing Director of Rare Champagne
#115 - Inside California Wine: with Christopher Beros, Asia Director of the California Wine Institute
#114 - Building the Saint-Emilion of tomorrow: with Valérie Befve, CEO of Château Dassault
#113 - Charles Treutenaere: General Manager of Domaine de Long Dai (DBR Lafite)
#112 - Guillaume Lété: Cellar Master at Champagne Barons de Rothschild
#111 - Fongyee Walker: Mainland China's First Resident Master of Wine
#110 - Antonin Pillot: a New Generation in Chassagne-Montrachet
#109 - Linden Wilkie: Founder of The Fine Wine Experience and Club Bâtard
#108 - Winnie Chen: managing 17,000 wines in the heart of Macau
#107 – Eddie McDougall: the Flying Winemaker
#106 – Derek Li: from Hong Kong nightlife to Advanced Sommelier & Wine Educator
Behind the Label: Maxime Pierlot, Champagne or not Champagne?
#105 - Pierre-Marie Pattieu: inside the life of a Master Sommelier
#104 - Xavier Jean: owner of Couvent des Jacobins
#103 - Richard Hemming: Master of Asian Food & Wine Pairing
#102 - Reeze Choi: Best sommelier of Asia & Pacific and rising winemaker
Behind the Label: Laurent Delaunay, a Burgundy legend, vs Pinot Noir
#101 – David He: Founder of Wine App
#100 - Arthur Yeung: shaping China’s wine future
#99 - Lionel Le Gal: Expert in Chinese Wine
#98 - Natalie Wang: Founder of Vino Joy News
#97 - Arnaud Bardary: Master Sommelier from Jura to Hong Kong
Stéphane Garrigue & Emmanuel Nonin: La cave de Lugny
Meeting Corinne Mentzelopoulos: 'Château Margaux is bigger than us'
Thibault Liger-Belair: a good bottle is an empty bottle
Laurent Fortin and Domaine de la Bégude in Bandol
Ivan Massonnat: Something is happening in Chinon
Didier Le Calvez and the Château Clarisse adventure
#66 - Laurent Fortin, General Manager of Château Dauzac
#65 - Armelle Cruse: vice-president of the Crus Bourgeois
#64 - Manuel Peyrondet
#63 - Damien Leclerc - La Chablisienne
#62 - Véronique Dausse - Château Phélan Ségur
#61 - Jean Baptiste Duquesne: revealing the terroirs of Bordeaux
#60 - Laurent Delaunay - Maison Edouard Delaunay
#59 - Vincent Avenel - Domaine Chanson
#56 - Paul Zinetti - Le Clos des Épeneaux and discovering Burgundy
#57 - Michel Barraud - President of Cave des Terres Secrètes
#58 - Laurence Danel - Domaine Jean Féry & Fils
#55 - José Sanfins - Château Cantenac Brown, grand cru classé of 1855
#54 - Arnaud Bourgeois - Discovering the Loire and Domaines Bourgeois
#53 - Francine Picard - Domaines Picard
#52 - Albéric Bichot: Maison Albert Bichot
#51 - Philippe Pacalet: discovering Burgundy
#50 - Nicolas Emereau - Clos Cristal
Episode #49 - Jean-Michel Cazes
Episode #48 - Jean-Baptiste Ancelot - Wine Explorers
Episode #45 - Quentin Chaperon - U'Wine
Episode #47 - Emmanuel Cruse, Château d'Issan
Episode #44 - Matthieu Bordes, Château Lagrange
Episode #46 - Eloi Jacob, Château Fourcas Hosten
Episode #43 - Christine Vernay, Domaine Vernay in Condrieu
Episode 42 - Benoît Trocard, Clos Dubreuil
Episode #41 - Pauline Bich and Philippe Chandon-Moët, Château de Ferrand in Saint-Émilion
Episode #40 - Olivier Bourdet-Pees, Plaimont Vignerons
Episode #39 - Anabelle Cruse Bardinet, Château Corbin
Episode #38 - Nicolas Grosbois
Episode #37 - Jean-Antoine Nony, Château Grand Mayne in Saint Emilion
Episode #36 - Olivier Yobregat, ampelographer
Episode #35 - Diane, aka Dalkia loves wine: wine and Instagram
Episode 34 - Edouard Margain, Lavinia
Episode #33 - Edouard Roy: Champagne EPC
Episode #32 - Alexandre Lazareff: Pain, Vin & Company
Episode #31 - Tristan Lelous, Château Cantenac Brown
Episode #30 - Ivan Massonnat, Domaine Belargus
Episode 29 - Laurent David - Château Edmus, Wine Angels and Wine Tech
Episode #28 - Gérard Bertrand
Episode #27 - Stéphane Derenoncourt
Episode #26 - Michel Chapoutier
Episode #25: Frédéric Zeimett, general manager of Champagne Leclerc Briant
Episode #24: Jean Esprit, Domaine Esprit
Episode 23 - Laure Gasparotto, journalist at Le Monde
Episode #22: Gérard Margeon, Alain Ducasse group
Episode #21: Agathe Portail, the year of frost
Episode #20 - Loïc Pasquet, Liber Pater
Episode 19 - Florence Cathiard, Smith Haut Lafitte
Special #1 - L'Instant craft beers
Episode 18 - Laurent Pfeffer, Catleya Wines
Episode 17 - Meeting Emmanuel Coiffe, CEO of Eugen Grand Vin
Episode 16: Caroline Decoster, Château Fleur Cardinale
Episode 15: meeting Gabriel Veissaire, head sommelier of Le Meurice
Episode 14: Meeting Thomas Duroux, general manager of Château Palmer
Meeting Fabrizio Bucella
Meeting Coralie de Bouard of Château Clos de Bouard
Meeting Lucile of Du Vin et des Paillettes
Meeting Bernard Neveu, head sommelier at Le Bristol Paris
Meeting Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger
Meeting Marie-Dominique Bradford of Trois Fois Vin
Meeting Géric of G.IV in Paris
Meeting Krystel Lepresle: managing director of Vin et Société
Meeting François Des Robert: senior banker at Edmond de Rothschild
Meeting Marilyne, sommelier at La Part des Anges
Meeting Angélique de Lencquesaing, co-founder and deputy CEO of iDealwine
Barav: meeting Théodore, wine merchant and sommelier
