Wine Connoissaurus Rex
A fun, engaging, super unpretentious podcast to help make wine more approachable. It's just fermented juice! Each episode takes a wine topic and breaks it down to be much more manageable, consumable, and approachable. Let's put the days of the overly pretentious snobbery so often associated with wine behind us. Some episodes will have a featured interview where the guest and I talk about wine, what it means in their personal and/or professional life and show the audience that we are all just humans trying to figure it out. Guests will range from chefs and sommeliers to restaurant owners and content developers. Some will even be completely removed from the culinary world to be more representative of the audience of the show. Additionally, each episode will feature at least one wine and a brief pairing or random wine concept lesson at the end. This podcast is for ANYONE interested in wine and does not require ANY major wine knowledge. Let's have some fun with wine, enjoy it together, and figure out how we can sustain and grow the wine world.
Wine Connoissaurus Rex
Latest Episodes
Is It The Twilight of the American Sommelier? A Commentary on Eric Asimov's NYT Article
The esteemed Eric Asimov wrote a great article about the possibility that we are in the twilight of the American Sommelier. In response to his article, I approach this topic through a slightly different lens - does it have to be? To be clear - ...
Don't Be Afraid To Ask Questions feat. Dustin Wilson, Co-Founder/Partner, Verve Wine
They say you should never meet your heroes... and they are wrong. Dustin and I spent nearly an hour discussing all parts of the wine industry from his start and how to build knowledge to the direction it seems to be going, how to talk to people...
Que Syrah Shiraz
With it being Shiraz (Syrah) Day, it seemed perfect to actually kick off the new series from Wine C-Rex/Somm for the Day that is all about grapes. In this episode, we'll dive into the world of Shiraz and Syrah – two names for the s...
Inclusivity in an Exclusive Club feat. Sarah Thomas of Kalamata's Kitchen
Inclusivity in an exclusive club. In this wide-ranging conversation with a “recovering sommelier”, Sarah and I discuss everything from being a sommelier at Le Bernardin to the reason behind her children’s book series – Kalamata’s Kitchen – and ...
