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Wine Talks with Paul K.

All you knew about wine is about to bust wide open… We are going to talk about what really happens in the wine business, and I'm taking no prisoners. Learn more at: https://www.winetalkspodcast.com/. I am your host, Paul Kalemkiarian, 2nd generation owner of the Original Wine of the Month Club, and I am somewhere north of 100,000 wines tasted. How can Groupon sell 12 bottles for $60, and the wines be good? How do you start a winery anyway and lose money? And is a screwcap really better than a cork? Sometimes I have to pick a wine at the st...

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52 mins; December 10, 2024

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47 mins; December 03, 2024

This Couple Built Their Dream Winery in Tuscany From the Ground Up | Romano Marniga and Patrizia Chiari

48 mins; November 26, 2024

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48 mins; November 21, 2024

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49 mins; November 19, 2024

How a 19th-Century Château is Redefining Bordeaux Wine | Thibaut Richard

37 mins; November 14, 2024

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53 mins; November 12, 2024

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52 mins; November 07, 2024

Are Family-Run Wineries the Heart of True Wine Culture? | Keith Saarloos

73 hours 59 mins; November 05, 2024

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47 mins; November 01, 2024

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50 mins; October 29, 2024

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52 mins; October 24, 2024

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52 mins; October 22, 2024

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56 mins; October 18, 2024

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48 mins; October 17, 2024

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59 mins; October 10, 2024

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49 mins; October 08, 2024

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54 mins; October 03, 2024

How South Africa Produces Premium Wines Without the Premium Price with Jacques Viljoen of Boschendal Wines

41 mins; October 01, 2024

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49 mins; September 26, 2024

Napa Valley Wine Academy Exposes the Truth on Wine Education | Christian Oggenfuss

49 mins; September 24, 2024

Are Women Still Fighting for Leadership in the Wine Industry? | Tracey Mason

54 mins; September 19, 2024

Regenerative Farming Is Revolutionizing the Wine Industry, Here's How | Angelica Mabray

50 mins; September 17, 2024

Why the Wine Industry's Old Tactics are FAILING w/ Priscilla Hennekam

57 mins; September 12, 2024

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53 mins; September 10, 2024

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71 hours 55 mins; September 05, 2024

How One BAD Wine Led to a Thriving Wine Business with a TWIST | Stephanie Franklin

49 mins; September 03, 2024

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53 mins; August 29, 2024

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61 hours 2 mins; August 16, 2024

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60 hours 44 mins; August 13, 2024

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79 hours 15 mins; August 06, 2024

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48 mins; August 01, 2024

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48 mins; July 30, 2024

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51 mins; July 25, 2024

Why Even Napoleon Couldn't Get Enough of South African Wines | Heinrich Venter

40 mins; July 23, 2024

White House Wine Authority Reveals the Untold Presidential Wine Secrets | Frederick Ryan

49 mins; July 18, 2024

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60 hours 9 mins; July 16, 2024

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45 mins; July 16, 2024

Authors of the famed book; Wine and War. Meet Don and Petie Kladstrup

66 hours 59 mins; July 12, 2024

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47 mins; July 09, 2024

"The Audacity To HIre A Woman" Says Veronique Sanders of Cht. Haut Bailly.

48 mins; July 02, 2024

Pure Craziness With The Producers Of Bottle Shock...and Now The Game.

63 hours 19 mins; June 26, 2024

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48 mins; June 20, 2024

Boot Strap Might Be A word, But I Think Tenancity Is Better To Describe Charles Smith.

30 mins; June 18, 2024

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52 mins; June 13, 2024

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52 mins; June 11, 2024

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49 mins; June 04, 2024

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60 hours 21 mins; May 30, 2024

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53 mins; May 28, 2024

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49 mins; May 23, 2024

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57 mins; May 21, 2024

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54 mins; May 16, 2024

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51 mins; May 09, 2024

A Wine Influencer Extraordinaire. Meet Lucia Palm.

65 hours 51 mins; May 07, 2024

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51 mins; May 01, 2024

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56 mins; April 26, 2024

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55 mins; April 24, 2024

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57 mins; April 18, 2024

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57 mins; April 16, 2024

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55 mins; April 09, 2024

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35 mins; April 04, 2024

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53 mins; April 02, 2024

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52 mins; March 21, 2024

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43 mins; March 19, 2024

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68 hours 33 mins; March 13, 2024

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51 mins; March 05, 2024

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61 hours 16 mins; February 29, 2024

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58 mins; February 27, 2024

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49 mins; February 22, 2024

Dream Job In Bordeaux And The Passion To Do It. Meet Matthieu Bordes of Cht. Lagrange.

54 mins; February 20, 2024

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60 hours 15 mins; February 15, 2024

Fine Wine Defined. Pauline Is On A Mission. Pauline Vicard of Areni Global.

60 hours 22 mins; February 13, 2024

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75 hours 45 mins; February 01, 2024

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55 mins; January 30, 2024

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62 hours 28 mins; January 24, 2024

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53 mins; January 18, 2024

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46 mins; January 16, 2024

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72 hours 19 mins; January 11, 2024

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65 hours 28 mins; December 26, 2023

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65 hours 37 mins; December 21, 2023

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55 mins; December 19, 2023

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52 mins; December 16, 2023

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61 hours 45 mins; December 15, 2023

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59 mins; December 12, 2023

Modeling, hospitality then winemaking. Meet talented Stephanie Cook

47 mins; December 06, 2023

She is preparing the wine industry for what is coming. Change. Meet Priscilla Hennekam.

58 mins; November 30, 2023

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55 mins; November 29, 2023

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59 mins; November 28, 2023

We just lost one of the greats. Dennis Overstreet, the Beverly Hills Wine Merchant

61 hours 37 mins; November 17, 2023

Her humility and disposition is critical in the wine business. Meet Valentine Hostens Picant

53 mins; November 16, 2023

She has done just about everything in wine. But her story of Lafite is crazy. Meet Antonia Quast.

53 mins; November 14, 2023

It takes experience to grow in the wine trade. Chris Phelps has it.

50 mins; November 09, 2023

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61 hours 36 mins; November 08, 2023

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49 mins; October 31, 2023

Port wine is history in a bottle. Rupert Symington and family created some of that history.

50 mins; October 26, 2023

From fashion to wine, Alberto gets it. Alberto Moretti Cuseri from Sette Ponti on deck.

46 mins; October 24, 2023

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