Episode 6: Science of Wine with Nicholas Spencer 🤓🍷

Oh the roads that lead us into the wine world, who would have thought that being stuck for months in a winery during the pandemic would result in a DipWSET certification and WeinAkademiker title for Nicholas 😅

Jokes aside, this is a truly an episode that I’m most proud of. Not because of myself, but of how generous and passionate Nic is in sharing his insights into the science of wine. 🥹🍷

This could have easily been a five-hour episode of my personal education on tribology (nothing to do with tribes), tannins, salivation, acidity and all those sexy wine things 😆🥂👌🏻 but I had to restrain myself and possibly leave some space for future discussions 😉

I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did recording it for you, as usual- like, share, comment, subscribe and rate- to spread the love of wine. And I also strongly advise you to follow Nic on LinkedIn to follow his research further ❤️

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🎧Episode 5: Wine communication 🗣️

In this first little anniversary episode I’m talking about one of my favorite things- wine communication! 🥳
Episode 5 marks the first important milestone for me - five full episodes aired to date, with more than 540 downloads 🤪 I feel more confident in continuing on this podcast adventure with you. 💪🏻 I have explored different platforms (adding YouTube podcasts for your convenience recently), talked about wine topics with incredible speakers and already planned some future subjects to talk with more wine people! 😉🥂

So today let’s talk about communicating wine- who, how, where, why!🍷of course, I can talk about it for hours and, probably, days, but in this episode I decided to focus on what’s happening in wine communication- discussions, trends, examples, my learnings and experience 🤩 Enjoy! ❤️

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Introvert Wine Podcast, Episode 4 with Marc Almert: A Perfect Sommelier

What is a perfect sommelier? In many cases we think about technical knowledge like appellations, vintages, producers, labels...
But the more sommeliers I meet and more wine events I help organising, I tend to think that the personal qualities and soft skills sometimes make a bigger difference.
So much focus in sommelier profession is put on achievements, but few speak about preparation of the mental and physical aspects of your body and mind for the exams, certifications and contests...
A person who can tell you best about preparing for competitions and winning them, is a person who succeeded in doing so, and I'm very grateful to be able to talk about sommelier mind with  Marc Almert, ASI Best Sommelier of the World 2019. 
Bonus! Marc educates me on Swiss wine, having lived and worked in Zurich for the past 7 years, he breaks my (and probably your) stereotypes about Swiss wine: that it is all expensive, not great quality, inaccessible and not trendy! 
Enjoy!

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Episode 3: Getting certified with Valeria Tenison 📜
Just listing her titles, degrees and certifications will probably take the whole post 😅 So, definitely, Valeria is the person to speak about getting certified in the wine world 🍷 
In this episode of Introvert Wine Podcast we chat about different ways of getting certified in the wine industry, types of programs, duration, costs and other important details (like, ROI 💰💰💰)! What to take into consideration and our own experiences 😉
🚨Аттеншн, специальный бонус от нас с Лерой в конце на русском языке: обсудим разные опции переезда при помощи вина и наш опыт🍷😏

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Episode 2: the language of wine 
If you work in wine, you’ll have to deal with foreign languages. Even if you are a native speaker, reading/learning/pronouncing French, Italian, German wines and grapes correctly is the minimum you should consider.
Wine is a cultural product, it has travelled, witnessed and survived many historical events, of course, it has myths and legends that surround it. Sometimes, knowing the translation of the name of a grape variety can shed some light on its past.
Do we describe wine differently? Have you thought about it? Does speaking different languages get you a better job (spoiler: yes), and, finally, is AI driving us all - wine communicators- out of work??? 
All of the above in an exciting second episode of Introvert Wine Podcast with Raul Guizzo. Serial polyglot, traveler and writer 👌🏻🥂
Enjoy! 

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Hi! This is episode 1 of Introvert Wine Podcast!
I'm really thrilled and excited (and very hopeful) that you will enjoy the podcast. 
In episode 1 I'll talk about myself and what brought me here, and also explain the content and details of future episodes. I'll also speak about careers in wine: what are the options and requirements. Enjoy and follow for more!
Winely yours, Xeniya

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