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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 feel...
How can two rums taste completely different even though they're both made from sugar cane? What makes Jamaican rum so famously funky, and wh...
How does smoking whisky grains with elephant dung translate into flavours like raspberry and sandalwood? What does the saying "you can't tur...
Is smelling or nosing whisky different from smelling a glass of wine? How did a 1960s marketing campaign convince generations of whisky drin...
How did Sacha Lichine's launch of Garrus and Whispering Angel from Château d'Esclans, which now exceeds 10 million bottles a year change Pro...
How is Provence far more diverse as a wine region than just Rosé? Why has Rosé struggled to be taken seriously by wine professionals despite...
What's the difference between a wine that's lean and one that's thin? Why is asking for a "smooth" wine one of the least helpful ways to des...
How can a hospitality disaster completely change your approach to wine and service? When do wine tasting notes become so over-the-top that t...
How do our personal memories shape the aromas we recognize in wine? What incredible Argentine wines are people missing when they focus only...
How did Argentina help save Europe's vineyards during the devastating phylloxera crisis? Why is wine still treated as an exclusive product d...
Why is the Daiquiri with just rum, lime and sugar used as a litmus test to see if a bartender is capable of making a decent drink? What is o...
How does it feel competing against the world's best bartenders making six cocktails in six minutes in front of a large audience? How can bar...
How did a single decision trigger Sherry's decline from Britain's favourite drink? What would it take for Sherry to make a comeback after de...
How does the Solera system give every glass of sherry centuries of history? How does Sherry's "second terroir" shape the wine just as much a...
Can Bordeaux adapt to changing wine tastes without losing its identity? Bordeaux is pulling up thousands of hectares of vines because of ove...
Why did the Bordeaux wine Mouton Cadet decide that sustainability needed to include people, not just the environment? Why is the Fair for Li...
How did wine transform biblical meals into symbols of the covenant in the ancient world? Why did overflowing vineyards and giant clusters of...
How does biking through wine country help you better understand the wines? Why has wine held a unique place in the Bible and our culture whe...
What makes a properly made mint julep much more complex than people expect? How did an Indian revolutionary leader end up creating one of Ja...
What did lasagna taste like in Renaissance Italy before tomatoes and ragù became standard? Why are some of Thailand's most iconic royal dess...
What's the difference between drinking for pleasure and drinking for relief? How does your body's early reaction to alcohol predict your lon...