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The Unreserved Wine Talk Podcast with Natalie MacLean

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The Unreserved Wine Talk podcast features candid conversations with the most fascinating people in the wine world. Your host, award-winning journalist Natalie MacLean, dives into how it feels to compete in the nerve-wracking World's Best Sommelier Competition, the shadowy underground of wine forgery, the zany tactics of a winemaker who hosted a funeral for cork ... read more

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Online Courses, Canadian Wine & Weird Pairings with Susie Barrie

What’s my advice for those considering a wine career? How did my biggest career regret happen before I became a wine writer? How has my father’s alcoholism influenced my relationship with wine? How has the pandemic impacted online wine classes? Can you pair ketchup chips with wine?

Jun16th

Weird Wine & Food Pairings that Work with the Vine Guy

Which weird food and wine pairings should you add to your must-try list? What makes wines from Oregon and California’s Sierra Foothills special? How can you make sure to do well at a wine auction?

Jun9th

Mature Champagne + Robert Parker’s Tasting Technique with Scott Greenberg

What's it like tasting wines with the legendary wine critic Robert Parker? How does food take wine to the next level? What's it like to have dinner with celebrities of the wine world?

Jun2nd

Salt in Wine, Oyster Pairings + Real Talk with Your Sommelier

Is food and wine pairing the ultimate goal of every dining experience? Is it okay to tell sommeliers if you don’t like the wine they recommended? What’s it like serving famous captains of industry...

May26th

Restaurant Wine Lists Post-Pandemic with Vinepair’s Zach Geballe Part 1

What was it like being a sommelier at one of Seattle’s most prestigious restaurants as the pandemic started to unfold? How have restaurants and wine lists changed to re-emerge in a post-pandemic wor...

May19th

Champagne Widows + Are Expensive Wines Worth It?

Are wines that cost hundreds of dollars per bottle ever worth the price? Does deepening your understanding of wine increase your enjoyment of wine? Who were the young widows who built the famous Cha...

May12th

All About Wine Stories with Ron Hunt Part 1

What is it about wine that makes it part of many TV shows and movies? How does approaching wine through food make it so much more accessible? What adventures did I go on as a part of writing my book...

May5th

Wine Influencers + Drinking Too Much? Part 2 with Devin Parr

What makes someone a wine influencer? Why is there so much uproar in the wine industry about celebrity wines and influencers? How did heavy drinking become such an entrenched part of the wine indust...

Apr28th

Cameron Diaz’s Clean Wine + Wellness & Wine with Devin Parr Part 1

How did Cameron Diaz’s new clean wine brand cause an uproar in the wine world? Where does wine fit into the wellness world? Which low alcohol and alcohol-free wines are worth trying? Should wine ...

Apr21st

Inflated Wine Scores, Inside Tasting Tips with Paul K – Part 2

Have wine scores gotten out of control, with higher numbers across the board? Are we oversimplifying wine when we talk and write about it? Is it possible to determine your wine taste by taking an on...