▻ En Primeur 2020
Sarah Kemp talks to Bordeaux expert Jane Anson about En Primeur and the 2020 vintage, which is she is in the middle of reviewing.
Apr 28, 2021•37 min
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▻ German Wine
Sarah Kemp talks to Anne Krebiehl MW, the author of The Wines of Germany, which won the 2020 Louis Roederer Wine Book of the Year award.
Apr 26, 2021•46 min
▻ Champagne’s new wine museum
How do you make a wine museum interesting? Jane Anson talks to Gary Shelley from Casson Mann, the man behind the designs at the Cité du Vin in Bordeaux and Pressoria, the new “Centre for Sensory Interpretation of Champagne,” which is shortly to be opened in the village of Ay in the former Pommery pressoir.
Apr 21, 2021•22 min
▻ Château Climens new dry wine
Berenice Lurton talks about making the first dry wine in the history of Ch Climens, Asphodele. Recorded a week before the terrible news that Climens had been hit by frost and lost 99% of its buds.
Apr 13, 2021•24 min
▻ Omnibus IV
In Omnibus Four Australia’s top wine writer Huon Hooke talks about which region and producers are exciting him, Elin McCoy takes a hard look at sustainability, marketing hype or wine’s future? Plus news from John Stimpfig and much more.
Apr 08, 2021•1 hr 4 min
▻ Bruce Jack
John Stimpfig talks to leading South African producer Bruce Jack, one of the titans of the South African wine industry.
Apr 03, 2021•58 min
▻ Wine in Space – Part 2
The Return of Petrus. Sarah Kemp talks to Jane Anson, the only journalist at the tasting of the wine that just returned from space, which was revealed to be Petrus 2000.
Mar 29, 2021•27 min
▻ Collecting and Investing in Wine – Part One
In the first of our new series on “Collecting and Investing,” Elin McCoy, our US editor, talks to Jamie Ritchie, Worldwide Head of Wine for Sotheby’s.
Mar 24, 2021•30 min
▻ How Family Equals Sustainability
Jane Anson talks to Paul Symington of Symington Ports and Chairman of Primum Familiae Vini (PVF), an association of 12 of the world’s most historic wine producers.
Mar 22, 2021•21 min
▻ Burgundy Cuisine
Rosi Hanson talks to Sarah Kemp on how menus have changed in Burgundy, from hearty Burgundian fare to lighter dishes featuring more local produce. They discuss the catalysts for change, including oeno-tourism, grower wines and Asia. Find out more at wine-conversation.com .
Mar 12, 2021•18 min
▻ 2010 Bordeaux Review
Sarah Kemp talks to Bordeaux expert Jane Anson and Kristian Nooitgedagt of Eleanor Wine, in Amsterdam, about the highly acclaimed 2010 Bordeaux vintage.
Mar 09, 2021•35 min
▻ Wine in Space
In an exclusive podcast interview, Jane Anson talks to Nicolas Gaume, one of the two founders of Space Cargo Unlimited, about his extraordinary mission: Sending 12 bottles of Bordeaux wine and 320 Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon vines into space for 438 days to live on the International Space Station.
Mar 02, 2021•49 min
▻ Omnibus III
John Stimpfig discovers a new wine word for Scrabble, Matt Walls recommends the best Rhône appellations and producers in 2019 vintage, and discusses where to find great value. Elin McCoy and Sarah Kemp look at the different wine glasses on the market and ask how many wine glasses do you actually need? Plus, the latest wine news from around the world.
Feb 28, 2021•1 hr 6 min
▻ 2009 Bordeaux Review
The Wine Conversation takes a deep dive into the 2009 Bordeaux vintage. Sarah Kemp talks to Bordeaux expert Jane Anson and Justin Gibbs of Live-Ex about this remarkable vintage to assess whether it has lived up to its reputation 12 years on.
Feb 17, 2021•36 min
▻ Silver Heights
Sarah Kemp talks to one of China’s most renowned winemakers, Emma Gao, who is the chief winemaker at her family estate Silver Heights.
Feb 12, 2021•25 min
▻ Omnibus II
Sarah Kemp and John Stimpfig discuss the impact of Brexit, John examines the “Clean Wine” movement, The Barolo Boys talk to us about all things Barolo, and Elin McCoy looks back on 2020, plus Australian Riesling recommendations from John.
Feb 01, 2021•58 min
▻ The World’s Greatest Wine Library
Jane Anson talks to Axel Borg, who has just retired from being the Chief Librarian of the UC Davis Wine Library (his official title is Distinguished Wine and Food Science Bibliographer Emeritus) for over thirty years.
Jan 27, 2021•41 min
▻ Burgundy 2019
Sarah Kemp talks to Anthony Hanson MW about the 2019 vintage. They discuss the quality of the vintage and how the lack of the annual January Burgundy tastings will affect the wine producers, the trade and consumers.
Jan 15, 2021•37 sec
▻ Australia's Extraordinary Wine History
The story behind how Australia became a world-class wine producer, the people, the stories, the setbacks and the triumphs.
Jan 15, 2021•37 sec
▻ Omnibus I
Sarah Kemp and John Stimpfig 2020 news review, Elin McCoy on the impact of the Northern California fires, Best new wine books and novels, Jane Anson's favourite spot in Saint Emilion and the best Sparkling Wines and Champagne for Christmas.
Dec 16, 2020•1 hr
▻ Jean-Michel Cazes (Ep. 1)
The first in our series of Great Wine Lives, we speak to the legendary Jean-Michel Cazes. Jean-Michel was born in the Bordeaux region, where his family owned the fifth-growth Pauillac estate, Château Lynch‑Bages. When he left school to study engineering in Paris he didn’t think he was going to return. The wine industry was struggling and he saw little future. However, he did return and was a leading figure not only in implementing modern wine techniques, but also, introducing Bordeaux to wine-lo...
Dec 16, 2020•32 min
▻ Uruguay
Listen to Steven Spurrier discuss his first trip to Uruguay – find out which grapes he thought had a future, the producers he admires, and why he thinks the wines are more European than South American.
Dec 16, 2020•23 sec
▻ “The Story of Wine”
Listen to Hugh Johnson talk about his magnus opus, “The Story of Wine,” which has just been republished by the Académie du Vin Library. Sarah Kemp interviews him about his remarkable book, which is full of stories from Noah to the present day.
Dec 16, 2020•32 sec
▻ Assemblage
Great wine is made in the vineyard but the decisions taken on which lots make the final blend of the Grand Vin is crucial not only to the quality but the finances of the estate (as the Grand Vin can go for up to three times as much as the second wine). Listen to Lilian Barton Sartorius of Ch Léovillle Barton, Hervé Berland of Ch Montrose and Eric Kohler of Ch Lafite discuss what they look for when blending the world’s greatest wines.
Dec 16, 2020•20 min
▻ Jean-Michel Cazes (Ep. 2)
The first in our series of Great Wine Lives, we speak to the legendary Jean-Michel Cazes. Jean-Michel tells us how in 1973 he returns to Pauillac with his young family to join his father in running the insurance agency, as well as the family properties of Château Lynch Bages and Les Ormes-de-Pez. His father had suggested selling the châteaux as they had lost money for many years, but Jean-Michel persuaded him to keep them on. It was the start of a new era in Bordeaux.
Dec 16, 2020•32 min
▻ 48 Hours in Bordeaux
Jane Anson gives her personal recommendations of where to go and what to see if you only have 48 hours in Bordeaux. From visiting the building where the 1855 classification was signed, to heading out into the vineyards, Jane reveals her ideal itinerary for wine lovers.
Dec 16, 2020•16 min
▻ Jean-Michel Cazes (Ep. 3)
The first in our series of Great Wine Lives, we speak to the legendary Jean-Michel Cazes. Jean-Michel talks about how he joined his friend Claude Bébéar to create AXA Millésimes and buys some of the world’s most sought-after names; Château Pichon-Baron, the second-growth Pauillac estate; the legendary Port house, Quinta do Noval; and the Tokaji-producing Disznókő estate in Hungary – all whilst running his own family businesses which were rapidly expanding.
Dec 16, 2020•32 min
▻ Michael Broadbent
Sarah Kemp remembers Michael Broadbent, author, auctioneer and friend for 30 years who died earlier this year. In this episode she talks about his ground-breaking work and his wise advice on how to approach fine wine. Sarah remembers some of his great columns for Decanter magazine, including the one in which he declared his ambition to make love in the great vineyards of the world, which won him the Glenfiddich Wine Writer of the Year award. She looks back on how his career started and how he ma...
Dec 16, 2020•13 min
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