This podcast was recorded during an Alsace tasting in Chicago at Smyth Restaurant.  Just before dinner we interviewed Sommelier and James Beard award winner Belinda Chang. The dinner was exceptional and we were treated to a spectacular line up of fantastic wines from Alsace.  This program gives you a bit of background on those special [...]

The final stop for our trip to the Piedmont region of Italy was Marenco Winery. It was there that our entire group climbed a seriously high and steep vineyard hillside, chatted to the background sounds of a local accordion player, ate classic homemade Italian food and drank several exceptional wines. Before the evening was over [...]

Darren DeBortoli of DeBortoli Wines in Australia defines Botrytis. Learn more by visiting www.debortoli.com.au

You wouldn’t expect to find an Italian family making wine in Australia but it seems many Italians found their way downunder including the DeBortoli family. This is our fourth and final podcast from the Australia Up Close event held in Chicago last spring and for this podcast we met with Darren and Margot DeBortoli. Not [...]

This is an addition to our interview with Michele Chiarlo featuring a brief chat with Alberto Chiarlo at the Kobrand tasting in Chicago September, 2017.

Our visit a few weeks ago to the Piedmont region of Italy gave us a real insight to the excellent wines made by many families. For this podcast we met with Michele Chiarlo of Michele Chiarlo Winery in Piedmont. Michele began vinifying the wines of Piedmont the year I was born and is still active [...]

Continuing with podcasts from our trip to the Piedmont region of Italy, this week we feature Luigi Coppo of the Coppo Winery in Canelli. Like most of the wineries in Italy, this is a family operation with Luigi focusing on tours and tastings. The wine caves are a must see and their property is beautiful, [...]

Wine, is incredibly diverse. If you are open to it, you’ll make discoveries from all over the world. The gift of fermented juice is abundant. The trick is to learn. That door, can be opened at any time. It’s up to you to walk through it. We suggest you do so, because it’s going to [...]

Daryl Eklund is the US Sales Manager for Parramon USA, a cork manufacturer.  For this episode of our podcast, he defines the term “TCA”

From time to time we like to delve into an even deeper area of winemaking that can be regarded as ‘behind the curtain’. For this podcast we met with Daryl Eklund of Parramon USA, which is headquartered in Spain. Daryl is US Sales Manager for Parramon and operates in Napa Valley. We spoke with Daryl [...]