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Unreserved Wine Talk

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, and more. Nestled in these colourful stories are practical tips on how to choose wine from a restaurant list, pair it with food and spot great values in the liquor store.

Every second episode, Natalie goes solo with an unfiltered, personal reflection on wine. She’ll share with you how it feels to be a woman in what is still a largely male-dominated field, her gut reaction to the latest health study that says no amount of alcohol consumption is safe and her journey in writing her next book. She’ll reveal these vulnerable, sometimes embarrassing, stories with tipsy wit and wisdom that she’s soaked up from 20 years of writing about wine.

This podcast is for wine lovers from novices to well-cellared aficionados.

Copyright: © Nat Decants Inc. 2018-2021

Latest Episodes:

3: Why Do You Like the Wines You Do with Marnie Old and Jean-Charles Boisset Dec 19, 2018

Show notes

Sommelier and author Marnie Old and winemaker Jean-Charles Boisset of Domaine de la Vougeraie, have co-authored a book, Passion For Wine: The French Ideal and the American Dream, which has some truly innovative ways to help you understand why you like certain wines and not others.

In this episode, Marnie and Jean-Charles share with us why it's so hard for people to identify their personal preferences in wine, how to use the "Spectrum of Style" as a wine pairing tool, the easy way to know if an expensive wine is worth the price, and more!

To learn more about the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes.

2: Wine Confession: Loving the Buzz of Alcohol Dec 12, 2018

Show notes

As I mentioned in the introductory episode of the Unreserved Wine Talk podcast, every other episode I'll be doing a solo episode where I offer up some of my personal wine confessions. This is the first of these special confessional episodes.

Many of these stories I've never shared publicly. Some will be funny, others will be funny, and a few will be embarrassing. I've decided to share these confessions with you not because I'm a psychological exhibitionist, but because you might you might be able to relate, and I want you to know you're not alone.

Take a listen to my confessional episode as I talk about a taboo subject in the world of wine; loving the buzz of alcohol.

To learn more about the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes.

1: Wine Forgery and True Wine Crime with Pete Hellman Dec 12, 2018

Show notes

Peter Hellman is a New York-based wine journalist and best-selling author. His writing has appeared in Wine Spectator, The Wall Street Journal, New York Post, New York Times, New York Sun and his bestselling books include In Vino Duplicitas: The Rise and Fall of a Wine Forger Extraordinaire and Chief!: Classic Cases from the Files of the Chief of Detectives and When Courage Was Stronger than Fear. Peter started writing about Rudy Kurniawan in 2008 and has covered the story ever since.

In this episode, Pete shares with us why wine makes a good candidate for forgery and how he landed on the story of Rudy Kurniawan and several fantastic stories and experiences from over the years, and so much more!

To learn more about the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes.

Introducing the Unreserved Wine Talk Podcast: Unfiltered Wine Conversations and Confessions Nov 20, 2018

Show notes

Welcome to this special introduction to the Unreserved Wine Talk Podcast!

My name is Natalie MacLean and I've been writing about wine for twenty years. Growing up in a small Nova Scotia town, I used to think that wine was just for fancy people. However, I now know that the pure pleasure and passion of wine is for everyone.

This podcast serves to help you take the journey I've taken with wine. One that will move you away from confusion, embarrassment, and disappointment to a place confidence, ease, joy, and pure pleasure.

In this special episode, you'll discover exactly how this podcast is going to guide you on that journey and you'll also learn a little more about me and why I feel this is exactly what I was put on this planet to do.

So, pour yourself a glass of your favorite wine and take a listen to this episode.

To learn more about the resources mentioned in this episode, visit the show notes.

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