The #InVinoFab Podcast

Patrice and Laura have learned SO much. We are so grateful for Telesomm to join us on this collaborative podcasting adventure for season 6 of #InVinoFab. We know there is a story in wine, but these past few episodes were a great reminder. We truly enjoyed sharing and showcasing the #SommStories – we thank y’all for listening and being in community with us this year.
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Learning from the somms of Telesomm:

• There IS storytelling in wine! 
• You don’t have to be a somm in a restaurant or vineyard -- many ways to somm
• Cost vs. quality -- it doesn’t always matter
• How to be brave when you taste wine
• Wine is everywhere => regions of wine: Durham, NC, Detroit, all over Italy, Sonoma, etc. 
• You don’t have to be “fancy” to enjoy wine -- let’s take the snobbery out of wine
• Travel with a bottle of wine (figuratively or literally)
• To learn wine is a personal journey a
• You don’t have to be an expert, you just have to taste, try, and be BOLD!
• Your taste in wine is really the only taste that matters!
• Being a sommelier sounds like fun – maybe we want to go down this path ourselves!?!
• There’s no one way to be a sommelier – choose your own adventure in wine
• We love to partner with others on fun podcast projects – want to collaborate? Reach out to us: [email protected] 

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Want to learn more about Telesomm? Do you have a wine question or topics we should ask a somm? Let us know!

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• Get the Telesomm App + Follow on Twitter: @Telesomm & IG: telesomm.app
• Connect to the hosts: @laurapasquini & @Profpatrice

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We catch up with Vanessa Raymond, founder and creator of the Telesomm app. We reflect on the #SommStory season, and what’s been going on. Happy 1 year anniversary, Telesomm! You’re looking great and working hard -- bravo! 

Learn all that Vanessa has been working on and what is happening with the Telesomm community. 

• gBETA Startup Incubator
• The Lemonade Stand
• Whalebone - 9th Best Magazine
• Telesomm’s 100 hours of Service - log your hours & join a free private wine tasting when you donate time or acts of service
• Mushroom & Wine Pairing with North Spore Mushmores
• Crunchy Red Fruit 

Interested in creating a wine experience for you, your friends or family? Book your Telesomm event today - cheers!

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• IG: telesomm.app
• Telesomm YouTube Channel
• Subscribe to the Telesomm Newsletter

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Want to learn more about Telesomm? Do you have a wine question or topics we should ask a somm? Let us know!

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• Get the Telesomm App + Follow on Twitter: @Telesomm & IG: telesomm.app
• Connect to the hosts: @laurapasquini & @Profpatrice

Music credit: The song Travel to the City by Lesfm has been remixed under a CC-BY license.

Hello #InVinoFab friends! We've been sharing the @InVinoFab #SommStory for season 6 in collaboration with our friends at the Telesomm app! Yay! This group of wine savvy professionals are bringing vino experiences to you -- in-person and online! Listen to this episode where we share part of the virtual event we hosted this past summer. 

Virtual Event:  “Taste the Italian Wine Story” July 29th with Sommelier: Katarina Andersson of grapevineadventures.com

• We tasted three (3) wine varietals purchased from our local wine shop or via wine.com: 
  • 1 rosé/natural wine - ideally a Lambrusco or a rosé wine
  • 1 Pinot Noir or Lagrein wine ideally from Alto Adige
  • 1 Brunello di Montalcino/Rosso di Montalcino wine from Tuscany or Aglianico - ideally a Taurasi DOCG - from Campania

To learn more about our sommelier and the Italian wine regions we tasted from:

• Katarina’s blog and website
• Here’s a great Italian wine map 
• Italian Wine Regions 
• Sparkling Red Wine – Misunderstood and Utterly Delicious - Lambrusco
• Alto Adige: The 4 Wines You Must Know
• Italian Wine Map and Exploration Guide (for our future trip to taste vino in Italy)

Huge thanks to all that joined us for the live event: Michelle, Beth, Nicholas, Etta, Valerie, and Fiachra. Vanessa -- thanks for organizing and connecting us to Katarina! It was fun! Book your Telesomm event for the holidays today!

• Twitter: @telesomm
• IG: telesomm.app
• Telesomm YouTube Channel

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• Get the Telesomm App + Follow on Twitter: @Telesomm & IG: telesomm.app
• Connect to the hosts: @laurapasquini & @Profpatrice

Music credit: The song Travel to the City by Lesfm has been remixed under a CC-BY license. 

We hope you got a taste for Italian wine, travel, and learning about the wine world from Katarina in her Telesomm #SommStory -- for this episode we hope you learn more from this wine pro, as Katarina answered the following questions:

• Favorite pairing food and wine?
• If wine was not what you were drinking, what would be in your cup?
• What is your pet's favorite wine
• What are your top 3 wines and what does that say about you?
• A sommelier pairs well with_________. [Fill in the blank]
• What do people get wrong about being a somm
• What are you known for on the app?
• What do customers ask you about? 
• What can a customer expect from a wine tasting with you?
• What's the difference between Chianti & Chianti Classico?

We just learned so much from Katarina's Q&A we couldn't help to take a few tasting notes:

• Salerno
• Chianti Classico
• Chianti Wine: The Pride of Tuscany
• Chianti vs. Chianti Classico – How Do They Differ?
• The Medici Family
• San Giulio
• Nebbiolo
• Deconstructing the language of wine to attract new consumers
• The Language of Wine
• Glossary of Wine Terms
• Where does the word "wine" come from?
• How to Become a Sommelier + Wine Folly’s Guide
• Read: Katarina’s Wine Story
• Learn more at: Katarina’s Wine Blog

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Want to learn more about Telesomm? Do you have a wine question or topics we should ask a somm? Let us know!

• Subscribe to the pod + Follow on Twitter: @InVinoFab & IG: invinofab
• Get the Telesomm App + Follow on Twitter: @Telesomm & IG: telesomm.app
• Connect to the hosts: @laurapasquini & @Profpatrice

Music credit: The song Travel to the City by Lesfm has been remixed under a CC-BY license. 

Katarina Andersson is a wine writer, digital marketing strategist for wineries, translator, and live streamer. She was born in Sweden but has lived in Florence for 20 years. Katarina has a Ph.D. in history and taught modern history at university for a couple of years. Katarina is also a sommelier. Find, follow, and learn with Katarina at:

• Website: https://www.grapevineadventures.com/ 
• Twitter: @ricasoli99
• IG: @grapevineadventures
• LinkedIn: @grapevineadventures
• Facebook: grapevineadventures

"Theory is very good. Without theory you don’t know what you see, but without the practical, at least in wine, without seeing what they are doing, how they are doing, it is hard to understand.” ~Katarina Andersson

There were so many amazing Italian locations and vinos we talked about on this #InVinoFab episode, here are a few tasting notes:

• Bologna
• Florence
• Sangiovese
• Primitivo
• Microclimate
• Campania
• Calabria
• Abruzzo
• Tuscany
• Veneto
• Lombardy

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Want to learn more about Telesomm? Do you have a wine question or topics we should ask a somm? Let us know!

• Subscribe to the pod + Follow on Twitter: @InVinoFab & IG: invinofab
• Get the Telesomm App + Follow on Twitter: @Telesomm & IG: telesomm.app
• Connect to the hosts: @laurapasquini & @Profpatrice

Music credit: The song Travel to the City by Lesfm has been remixed under a CC-BY license. 

Wine-Pro Tip from @Telesomm Christopher: When it comes to drinking wine in general, I hear people say I can’t drink red wine because the sulfite gives me a red wine headache but they’ll grab a bottle of pinot grigio or Chardonnay. My knowledge bomb is white wines have more sulfites than red wines. If you get a headache from red wine it is probably not the sulfites. Maybe learn about Mega Purple.

For this quick Q&A, here are the questions our Telesomm wine pro, Christopher, answered:

• Favorite pairing food and wine?
• If wine was not what you were drinking, what would be in your cup?
• What is your pet's favorite wine
• What are your top 3 wines and what does that say about you?
• A sommelier pairs well with_________. [Fill in the blank]
• What do people get wrong about being a somm
• What are you known for on the app?
• What do customers ask you about? 
• Does it matter if wines are labelled organic or biodynamic?
• What can a customer expect from a wine tasting with you?

~Christopher Sachs, Travel By Wine 
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• Connect to the hosts: @laurapasquini & @Profpatrice

Music credit: The song Travel to the City by Lesfm has been remixed under a CC-BY license. 

Christopher Sachs is a wine and spirits professional based in Central New Jersey. He was classically trained in Culinary Arts at The Culinary Institute of America where he took a short course in the study of wine. That’s where his love of food and wine really blossomed. Shortly after graduation, he worked in the restaurant industry at Ninety Acres in Peapack/Gladstone, NJ and End of Elm in Morristown, NJ. After his last stint in restaurants, Christopher began studying with the Wine and Spirits Education Trust (WSET) at the International Wine Center in NYC and has since completed the Advanced Course in Wines and Spirits, as well as the coveted Diploma of Wines and Spirits. He currently works as a Sales Representative with Skurnik Wines and Spirits in the NJ/NY area and consults with various retail and restaurant partners on a daily basis. Christopher finds joy in exploring the world by way of wine, spirits, sake, and cider. Follow him on Instagram: travelbywine and on the Telesomm app

Here are just a few of our tasting notes from the episode: 

• Carménère
• Bordeaux
• German Riesling 
• Champagne region of France
• Champagne 
• Prosecco
• Cava 
• Creman
• Loire Valley France
• Muscadet
• Pinot Noir 
• Corkbuzz
• 1997 Château Haut-Brion

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Want to learn more about Telesomm? Do you have a wine question or topics we should ask a somm? Let us know!

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• Get the Telesomm App + Follow on Twitter: @Telesomm & IG: telesomm.app
• Connect to the hosts: @laurapasquini & @Profpatrice

Music credit: The song Travel to the City by Lesfm has been remixed under a CC-BY license. 

For this quick Q&A, here are the questions our Telesomm wine pro, Kelly, answered:

• Favorite pairing food and wine?
• If wine was not what you were drinking, what would be in your cup?
• What is your pet's favorite wine
• What are your top 3 wines and what does that say about you?
• A sommelier pairs well with_________. [Fill in the blank]
• What do people get wrong about being a somm
• What are you known for on the app?
• Other questions you get asked?
• What have you learned about talking about wine in a podcast that has expanded your own wine knowledge?
• As a customer what can I expect
• How do you keep fruit flies out of a wine glass?
• How do people get the wine when you do a tasting?

“Wine does not live in a vacuum to me. It is connected to social justice, it is political, it is absolutely agricultural, for me wine is my people, it’s my community, it’s my relationship with people. It is how I travel and explore the world. “
~Kelly Cornett, A Cork in the Road
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Want to learn more about Telesomm? Do you have a wine question or topics we should ask a somm? Let us know!

• Subscribe to the pod + Follow on Twitter: @InVinoFab & IG: invinofab
• Get the Telesomm App + Follow on Twitter: @Telesomm & IG: telesomm.app
• Connect to the hosts: @laurapasquini & @Profpatrice

Music credit: The song Travel to the City by Lesfm has been remixed under a CC-BY license. 

Kelly Cornett is a wine consultant and media specialist based in Atlanta, GA with 10+ years of wine industry education and experience. She started her career being mentored by a South African winemaker while managing a winery in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia learning all aspects of wine production and tasting room sales. Since founding A Cork in the Road, LLC in 2018, she has contributed to publications about North Georgia Wine Country, designed multi-course wine pairing dinners for restaurants, hosted 3 seasons of the “A Cork in the Road” podcast, and partnered with retailers to create unique education experiences. She continues to share the joy of all things wine through custom tastings, virtual classes, and Wine vs Beer adventures. Follow and learn from Kelly at: 

• Website: www.acorkintheroad.com 
• Twitter: @acorkintheroad
• Instagram: acorkintheroad

"Wine does not live in a vacuum to me. It is connected to social justice, it is political, it is absolutely agricultural, for me wine is my people, it’s my community, it’s my relationship with people. It is how I travel and explore the world." ~Kelly Cornett, A Cork in the Road

Here are just a few of the many things we learned from this wine pro on #InVinoFab:

• Shenandoah Valley Virginia
• exercise physiology
• syrah 
• Small producers of Sonoma
• Marsanne-Roussanne 
• Viura
• Chardonnay
• The Rhône Valley
• Pét-nat
• Burgundy 
• Find Kelly on the Telesomm app!

“For me it’s helping people discover something new. The light bulb that happens when I can help somebody understand something new about wine, no matter where they came from, what they’ve had in the past, they’re able to apply their new knowledge of wine. That’s the best part.” ~Kelly @ACorkintheRoad

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Want to learn more about Telesomm? Do you have a wine question or topics we should ask a somm? Let us know!

• Subscribe to the pod + Follow on Twitter: @InVinoFab & IG: invinofab
• Get the Telesomm App + Follow on Twitter: @Telesomm & IG: telesomm.app
• Connect to the hosts: @laurapasquini & @Profpatrice

Music credit: The song Travel to the City by Lesfm has been remixed under a CC-BY license. 

For this quick Q&A, here are the questions our Telesomm wine pro answered:

• Favorite food and wine pairing?
• When you are not drinking wine what is in your cup?
• What would be your dog's favorite wine?
• What are your top three wines and what does that say about you?
• A sommelier pairs well with_________. [Fill in the blank]
• What is something most people get wrong about being a sommelier?
• Tell us what you are known for on the Telesomm app?
• What are one or two questions that customers ask you about a lot?
• What can someone expect from a wine tasting with you?

“Tell the sommelier what you like, but be adventurous. ‘I’m feeling adventurous, can you bring me something I haven’t had before.’ And just keep an open mind. The world of wine is so big you’ll never taste it all so why stick to one thing.” ~ Tesh Diyal, Wine with Tesh

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Want to learn more about Telesomm? Do you have a wine question or topics we should ask a somm? Let us know!

• Subscribe to the pod + Follow on Twitter: @InVinoFab & IG: invinofab
• Get the Telesomm App + Follow on Twitter: @Telesomm & IG: telesomm.app
• Connect to the hosts: @laurapasquini & @Profpatrice

Music credit: The song Travel to the City by Lesfm has been remixed under a CC-BY license.