Episode #678 – An Uncanny Russian Visitor Plus Lots of Tricks to Make Your Wine Taste Better!
Make your wine taste better? That and more! This week’s installment of Grape Encounters Radio will touch on several super interesting topics. You might find the show’s first segment particularly captivating as David shares an encounter with the Moscow Bureau ...
Episode #677 – How Red, White, and Pink Can Help Us Overcome the Blues with Christopher Sawyer
Can wine chase the blues away? On this edition of Grape Encounters Radio, host David Wilson is joined by special guest Christopher Sawyer, otherwise known as the Sommelier to the Stars. Christopher is a renowned figure in the wine industry, ...
Episode #676 – What Pairs With the Greatest One-Hit-Wonder of All Time? Norman “Spirit in the Sky” Greenbaum Finds Out!
This installment of Grape Encounters Radio, hosted by David Wilson, features legendary musical guest Norman Greenbaum. While the name Norman Greenbaum may not be familiar to everyone, he is arguably the biggest one-hit wonder of all time; and his legendary ...
Episode #675 – This Rockstar Sommelier gives his 411 on the San Diego County Wine Scene!
Christopher Sawyer is one of a kind. In wine circles, he’s known as the “Sommelier to the Stars” because he spends much of his time helping A-List celebrities and captains of industry stock their wine cellars and plan their elite ...
Episode #674 – From Sellers to Buyers to Buyers With Cellars; Benchmark and the Rare Wine
We’ve been talking about Benchmark Wine Group for a few years now and, now that Covid is largely behind us, we couldn’t wait to get up to Napa, California to check the company out in person with its founder David ...
Episode #673 – Torrey Pines & San Diego Wines; Featuring Pali and San Pasquale!
When the California Wine Institute asked us if we’d like to have a first-hand experience of the relationship between wine tasting and state and national parks, we said, “Heck yeah!” But then, after giving it some thought, we got to ...
Episode #672 – Second Labels and Wine Country Travel Secrets That Will Save You Tons!
Today’s show is all about saving money on wine and wine country travel. We’re going to look at how to enjoy your wine lifestyle without having to dip deeply into your savings account. We’ll tackle this subject from two fronts ...
Episode #671 – Wine Treasures: Behind Vault Doors to the Great Outdoors
From million-dollar wine Cellars to Grape Encounters in California State Parks, today’s show is aptly titled “Behind Vault Doors to the Great Outdoors. Joining us on the show are two very fun-loving fellows. In the first half of the show, ...
Episode #670 – The 27 and Me of the Wine Family Tree
You can study wine until you’re blue in the face but, the simple truth is, the more we think we know about wine, the more we realize how little we actually do. Take wine heritage for example. Did you know ...
Episode #669 – Artificial Intelligence and Wine, Part 3 of 3; The Big Reveal
In recent weeks, we wandered into a discussion about something that is completely changing the way we think of wine, including how we taste it and draw conclusions that are hopefully more accurate than ever before. In this three-part series, ...
