Wine historian Bruno Boidron adds a fascinating perspective to current controversies on Bordeaux. In the podcast, he explains the evolution of Bordeaux as a wine growing region, a wine style and the impact of yesterday's decisions on today's wine business.

Agnes Destrac-Irvine does research on new grape varieties for Bordeaux wine at INRAE. In this episode, she gives Diego a preview into possible grape candidates for permission that winemakers could market as regional Bordeaux red wine or white wine and discusses the use of Piwi varieties.

David Siozard is a big fan of Bordeaux single grape variety wines. As winemaker, he adjusts parts of his production to this market branch and discusses the economic implications for his winery and the obvious demand for new Bordeaux wines with Diego in this podcast episode.

François Audouze escalated his passion for aged wine into the most extraordinary career: hosting dinners for wine explorers. In this episode, he guides Diego into the fascinating world of aged wines and how to enjoy them properly. 

In this episode Diego talks to prof. Alain Deloire from #Supagro about his research on shoot dormancy and delaying bud break and harvest time to face climate change.

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Eva Jung from Bordeaux is export manager for winery and négociant Cheval Canquard. In this episode, Eva introduces Diego to the négociant business, explains their product design and wine branding and explores the domestic and export market for her company.

As head of École du vin de Bordeaux, Stéphanie Barral is responsible for worldwide Bordeaux wine education. In this episode, she shows the impact of the Bordeaux wine ambassador concept as a successful strategy for regional marketing with global reach, that deserves taking a closer look at.

François-Thomas Bon owns Château La Grâce Fonrazade in Saint-Emillion and is president of the technical commission at CIVB. In this episode, he explores environmental issues with wine growing in Bordeaux and feasible solutions while enjoying his Grand Cru wines with Diego.

Philippe Casteja is president of Union des Grand Cru Classés in Bordeaux and owns several Châteaus. In this podcast, he talks about the celebration of great wine, the en primeur campaign and his role as wine producer and négociant. Also, he discusses the significance of staging wine properly.

Alexandre Abellan, editor in-chief of Vitisphere, introduces us to hot topics and controversies around wine growing politics and policies in Bordeaux and France. He and Diego also discuss the future of wine fairs and wine market trends. Vitisphere helps spread this podcast as french media partner.