Fine Wine Confidential Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Episode #6 describes my initial encounter with the bureaucracy in the wine business. It was when I went to work at William Hill Winery back in 1984 and was introduced to the world of ...

10 Loka 20256min

Send us Fan Mail This Episode shares a firsthand account of some of my early wine-buying visits to top California wine producers in 1981 & 1982. It is just a small sample of what I encountered at a ti...

26 Syys 202513min

Send us Fan Mail In this snippet from my upcoming book, I share a story about my first time on the streets of New York, calling on accounts and selling William Hill wines in only the second week after...

15 Syys 20256min

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I share a story about one of the actions I took early in my career that change the course for me. It was 1979 and I had just been hired 5 months before at a Retail Wi...

4 Syys 20255min

Send us Fan Mail Episode 2 provides a brief overview of what my book is about and my goal in writing it. To sum it up quickly, let me say that I have been fortunate to have had many unique and challe...

4 Syys 20254min

Send us Fan Mail The Fine Wine Confidential Book Podcast is a series of audio excerpts or snippets from my upcoming book, titled Fine Wine Confidential. This new Podcast series will share insider in...

26 Elo 20253min

Send us Fan Mail Here is Part 2 of my in-depth interview with Lucie Morton where we continue to discuss the differences between Norton and Cynthiana grapes. We also cover her attempt to reclaim anoth...

10 Huhti 202542min

Send us Fan Mail Lucie Morton is the World's most preeminent Ampelographer, if not the only one still living that practices this art in the wine industry. I know, you are asking yourself what is Ampel...

12 Maalis 202536min