If you know someone who would find this episode useful please share the direct link: www.interpretingwine.com/442 If you really found it useful please leave the episode an iTunes review on the same link. Thanks! 👌👌 Welcome to the fifth and final day of the WSET Diploma student summit 2021 where I’m speaking with Mary Wright. She was awarded the The McNie Tasting Trophy and The Freixenet Copestick Prize, both for Unit 3/D3, Light Wines of the World. A real blockbuster episode to finish the seri...
Jan 15, 2021•40 min
If you know someone who would find this episode useful please share the direct link: www.interpretingwine.com/441 If you really found it useful please leave the episode an iTunes review on the same link. Thanks! 👌👌 Welcome to Day 4 of the WSET Diploma student summit 2021 where I’m speaking with Phoebe French. She was awarded The Louis Jadot Burgundy Prize for her performance in the Unit 3 exam, now D3. ENJOY! Episode outline: Origin Story Transition from Level 3 to Level 4 Broader reflections ...
Jan 14, 2021•40 min
If you know someone who would find this episode useful please share the direct link: www.interpretingwine.com/440 If you really found it useful please leave the episode an iTunes review on the same link. Thanks! 👌👌 Welcome to Day 3 of the WSET Diploma student summit 2021 where I’m speaking with Derek Crookes. Derek was awarded The Moët & Chandon Prize for his performance in Unit 5 Sparkling wines, the equivalent of the current D4. ENJOY! Episode outline: Origin Story and entry into the win...
Jan 13, 2021•44 min
If you know someone who would find this episode useful please share the direct link: www.interpretingwine.com/439 If you really found it useful please leave the episode an iTunes review on the same link. Thanks! 👌👌 Welcome to Day 2 of the WSET Diploma student summit 2021. Continuing to connect past graduates with current students, helping to pass on the knowledge and experience they gained on their way to prize-winning performances. Today’s guest Tatiana Livesey is a double award winner, achie...
Jan 12, 2021•40 min
If you know someone who would find this episode useful please share the direct link: www.interpretingwine.com/438 If you really found it useful please leave the episode an iTunes review on the same link. Thanks! 👌👌 Welcome to Day 1 of the first ever Interpreting Wine WSET Diploma Student Summit 2021. My ambition in creating the series was to connect past graduates with current students, helping to ensure the knowledge and experience they gained on their way to prize-winning performances was no...
Jan 11, 2021•35 min
To register for the WSET Diploma Student summit please visit www.interpretingwine.com/summit The WSET Diploma Student summit runs from Monday 11th to Friday 15th January 2021, with one interview released daily between these dates. The summit is designed to help WSET Diploma students sitting exams in January 2021 or in future exam cycles. Each interview features: Advice for the days leading up to exams Specific exam preparation tips Details of prizes awarded to each graduate Career updates, post-...
Jan 08, 2021•2 min
If you know someone who would enjoy this episode please share the direct link: www.interpretingwine.com/437 If you really enjoyed it please leave the episode an iTunes review on the same link. Thanks! 👌👌 Today’s episode features the audio from an Instagram Live I recorded on 22nd October with Csaba Toth of Noble Fine Wines. This shows how any one doing an Instagram Live can turn their appearance into a free piece of audio content. Episode outline: Big Table Farm wine introduction Updated origi...
Oct 28, 2020•57 min
If you know someone who would enjoy this episode please share the direct link: www.interpretingwine.com/436 If you really enjoyed it please leave the episode an iTunes review on the same link. Thanks! 👌👌 Welcome to Day 4, Session 2 of the Interpreting Wine Hospitality Summit 2020. All good things must come to an end and so it is with the summit. Four days of fantastic talks, ideas and positivity from some of the leading lights in wine, restaurants, cocktails and retail. And what better way to ...
Oct 01, 2020•58 min
If you know someone who would enjoy this episode please share the direct link: www.interpretingwine.com/435 If you really enjoyed it please leave the episode an iTunes review on the same link. Thanks! 👌👌 Welcome to Day 4, Session 1 of the Interpreting Wine Hospitality Summit 2020. Today is unfortunately already the final day of the summit, but we’re going out in style with a look at the impact on retail during the pandemic. We start with former Interpreting Wine podcast guest James Dawson, Ent...
Oct 01, 2020•43 min
If you know someone who would enjoy this episode please share the direct link: www.interpretingwine.com/434 If you really enjoyed it please leave the episode an iTunes review on the same link. Thanks! 👌👌 Welcome to Day 3, Session 1 of the Interpreting Wine Hospitality Summit 2020. Today is all about the cocktail and bar sector and features Hannah Sharman-Cox and Siobhan Payne co-Founders of London Cocktail Week. Having already appeared on the podcast almost a year ago I was keen to revisit and...
Sep 30, 2020•39 min
If you know someone who would enjoy this episode please share the direct link: www.interpretingwine.com/433 If you really enjoyed it please leave the episode an iTunes review on the same link. Thanks! 👌👌 Welcome to Day 2, Session 2 of the Interpreting Wine Hospitality Summit 2020. We continue with restaurants and travel to Heritage Restaurant West Sussex to speak with Chef-Owner Matt Gillan and General Manager Hannah Bamford. We hear origin stories from the pair and how they came to be working...
Sep 29, 2020•41 min
If you know someone who would enjoy this episode please share the direct link: www.interpretingwine.com/432 If you really enjoyed it please leave the episode an iTunes review on the same link. Thanks! 👌👌 Welcome to Day two Session one of the Interpreting Wine Hospitality Summit 2020. Today is all about restaurants and we start with a long overdue visit to Tredwells to speak with Chef Owner Chantelle Nicholson. We first hear her origin story and transition from studying law into various roles i...
Sep 29, 2020•51 min
If you know someone who would enjoy this episode please share the direct link: www.interpretingwine.com/431 If you really enjoyed it please leave the episode an iTunes review on the same link. Thanks! 👌👌 Welcome to Day one Session two of the Interpreting Wine Hospitality Summit 2020. We continue with wine and pay a visit to Quality Wines Farringdon to meet Gus Gluck. Possibly my favourite place to drink wine in London, not least down to Gus’ warm welcome, wine selection and intimate atmosphere...
Sep 28, 2020•1 hr 5 min
If you know someone who would enjoy this episode please share the direct link: www.interpretingwine.com/430 If you really enjoyed it please leave the episode an iTunes review on the same link. Thanks! 👌👌 Laure Patry Executive Head Sommelier for Jason Atherton (Social Company) is a former guest on Interpreting Wine, previously appearing in April 2018 in episode 66. She starts this conversation by bringing us up to speed with the last 29 months, the openings she’s been involved with and how her ...
Sep 28, 2020•46 min
If you know someone who would find this episode useful please share the direct link: www.interpretingwine.com/429 If you really found it useful please leave the episode an iTunes review on the same link. Thanks! 👌👌 Marketing GM Charlotte Read and CEO Philip Gregan take us on a deep dive into this most successful of industry bodies. We discover the origins of the New Zealand wine industry and hear how the Sale of Liquor Act 1959 helped to lay its foundations. Before hearing about the industry p...
Sep 21, 2020•52 min
If you know someone who would find this episode useful please share the direct link with a friend: www.interpretingwine.com/428 If you really found it useful please leave the episode an iTunes review on the same link. Thanks! 👌 👌 Episode outline: Viticulture Vinification Maturation First wine pair: 2019 Václav Magister Pinot Blanc | 2018 Václav Terroir Pinot Blanc Second wine pair: 2019 Balaž Chardonnay | 2016 Balaž Tannowitz Chardonnay Sur lie barrique PDF ‘A Comparison of Vineyard & Cell...
Sep 15, 2020•43 min
If you know someone who would enjoy this episode please share the direct link with a friend: www.interpretingwine.com/427 If you really enjoyed it please leave the episode an iTunes review on the same link. Thanks! 👌 👌 I continue my journey in the Czech Republic, visiting Gurdau Winery in Kurdějov. We hear the story of how the region’s vineyards fell into disrepair, reducing from 400 ha to zero as recently as the 1960s. Before taking a deep dive into the operations of the winery, its famous me...
Aug 26, 2020•31 min
If you know someone who would enjoy this episode please share the direct link with a friend: www.interpretingwine.com/426 If you really enjoyed it please leave the episode an iTunes review on the same link. Thanks! 👌 👌 Brno and South Moravia special featuring bar and bistro Atelier. We first hear from Milan describing how he fell in love with hospitality before describing the origins of Atelier and how it developed from a pop-up to its current permanent site in Brno. Arielle talks about her tr...
Aug 12, 2020•43 min
If you know someone who would enjoy this episode please share the direct link: www.interpretingwine.com/425 If you really enjoyed it please leave the episode an iTunes review on the same link. Thanks! 👌👌 We finish our brief tour of Organic Spain with a podcast first, an island producer from Mallorca, Bàrbara Mesquida Mora, Mesquida Mora, growing on 20 hectares across 8 plots. Our first stop with Bàrbara is in one of their vineyards, which was chosen to illustrate the past and present of the pr...
Jul 31, 2020•30 min
If you know someone who would enjoy this episode please share the direct link: www.interpretingwine.com/424 If you really enjoyed it please leave the episode an iTunes review on the same link. Thanks! 👌👌 Next stop on the journey through Organic Spain is Rodolfo Valiente, Director of Vegalfaro Viñedos & Bodegas in Utiel Requena. I had the pleasure of visiting the winery and pulling up a barrel for a 1:1. He gives a brief overview of the family history before taking us behind the winery’s de...
Jul 29, 2020•37 min
If you know someone who would enjoy this episode please share the direct link: www.interpretingwine.com/423 If you really enjoyed it please leave the episode an iTunes review on the same link. Thanks! 👌👌 We start our journey across Organic Spain in the Santa Olalla area of Toledo. Uva de Vida were one of the first wineries I ever visited when starting the podcast in 2017. So it is my pleasure to finally be able to bring you their story here. We hear from Carmen the origins of both her interest...
Jul 27, 2020•13 min
Learn more about Diplomatherapy here: www.interpretingwine.com/d3help Today’s episode of the podcast is a Rosé tasting for Diploma students with Anne McHale MW. En route to becoming an MW, Anne collected three awards for outstanding achievement, covering both the theory and tasting components. Calibrate your palate with Anne’s as she assesses the 2019 Provence rosé from Le Grand Cros at WSET Level 4. Fear not, if you can’t get this exact rosé you can still taste along with any young Provence ros...
Jul 13, 2020•28 min
If you know someone who would enjoy this episode please share the direct link: www.interpretingwine.com/421 If you really enjoyed it please leave the episode an iTunes review on the same link. Thanks! 👌👌 We finish this Slovenia series with a visit to Zaro wines in the Istrian peninsula. Perhaps fittingly they are located in the far West of Slovenia, close to borders with Italy and Croatia. Even more fittingly the rain was coming down as we sheltered under an umbrella for Matej to describe the ...
Jul 10, 2020•36 min
If you know someone who would enjoy this episode please share the direct link: www.interpretingwine.com/420 If you really enjoyed it please leave the episode an iTunes review on the same link. Thanks! 👌👌 Nearing the end of the trip, we kicked off my last day in Slovenia with an interview with Mojca Cvetek, Founder of Enjoy Slovenia, the tour company who organised the logistics for all parts of the epic three day tour. And Fine Slovenian wine, the webshop where you can purchase wines from the s...
Jul 08, 2020•38 min
If you know someone who would enjoy this episode please share the direct link: www.interpretingwine.com/419 If you really enjoyed it please leave the episode an iTunes review on the same link. Thanks! 👌👌 We finished the second full day touring in Slovenia with a visit to Vrabči Homestead in Pliskovica, less than 10 minutes from Rencel by car, staying in the Karst region, close to the Italian border. Here we were greeted by brothers Ivo and Edi Šuc, responsible between them for production and s...
Jul 06, 2020•45 min
If you know someone who would enjoy this episode please share the direct link: www.interpretingwine.com/418 If you really enjoyed it please leave the episode an iTunes review on the same link. Thanks! 👌👌 Leaving the Cejkotova Homestead Goče it was a short drive to cross into the Karst region, close to the Italian border. Here we were met by winemaker Joško Renčel and son-in-law Žiga Ferlež, who handled the interview on Joško’s behalf. We first hear the origin story of the winery and we get a v...
Jul 03, 2020•32 min
If you know someone who would enjoy this episode please share the direct link: www.interpretingwine.com/417 If you really enjoyed it please leave the episode an iTunes review on the same link. Thanks! 👌👌 Continuing our journey in the Vipava Valley we arrived at the village of Goče meeting Davorin Mesesnel and his son Christian. They are an integrated farm, with animals, vegetables and produce around 20,000 bottles each year from a mixture of local and international varieties. They specialise i...
Jul 01, 2020•24 min
If you know someone who would enjoy this episode please share the direct link: www.interpretingwine.com/416 If you really enjoyed it please leave the episode an iTunes review on the same link. Thanks! 👌👌 Setting out on our second full day of wine tasting we left Sanctum in the Slovenian Styria and traveled West via Ljubljana to the Vipava valley one of the sub regions of the Primorska region. Working on 15 hectares, Guerilla is one of the few certified biodynamic wineries in the country. We st...
Jun 29, 2020•54 min
If you know someone who would enjoy this episode please share the direct link: www.interpretingwine.com/415 If you really enjoyed it please leave the episode an iTunes review on the same link. Thanks! 👌👌 Enter prize draw to win a case of wines from the series at www.interpretingwine.com/fineslovenianwine Leaving Maribor following the tasting and cellar tour we headed North to the Slovenian Styria and Sanctum cellar. With Špela Stržišar partner of Sanctum Wines Founder Marko Podkubovsek we lear...
Jun 26, 2020•41 min
If you know someone who would enjoy this episode please share the direct link: www.interpretingwine.com/414 If you really enjoyed it please leave the episode an iTunes review on the same link. Thanks! 👌👌 Starting at the Old Vine House with our guide we are introduced to some of the artefacts and the story of the world’s oldest vine, which grows alongside the property. We then look into the present of Slovenian winemaking, we get an overview of the regions and their influence on the winemaking ...
Jun 24, 2020•46 min
