Insider Interviews by David Furer - Presenting Leonardo LoCascio
Like contemporaries Terry Theise, Neil Empson, Kermit Lynch, all of whose full names grace the bottles of wines selected and marketed by them, Leonardo LoCascio's timing, business acumen, sense of ...
Insider Interviews by David Furer - Presenting Jean Arnold-Sessions
Jean Arnold-Sessions' career has been greatly centered around wineries in northern California: Chateaux St. Jean and Montelena, J, Jordan, Chalk Hill, Williams Selyem, Laurel Glen, Rudd, and for th...
Insider Interviews by David Furer - Presenting Carole Meredith
Best known for her UC Davis research group's pioneering use of DNA typing in differentiating Vitis Vinifera varieties and elucidating their parentages, Carole Meredith's first career has helped in ...
Insider Interviews by David Furer - Presenting Patrick McGovern
Several years ago, while living and working in London, I attended a Spanish wine symposium at which I made the acquaintance of Professor Patrick McGovern. Upon chatting of the day’s presentations, ...
Insider Interviews by David Furer - Presenting Dr. Liz Thach, MW
Dr. Elizabeth “Liz” Thach, MW is a Professor of Management and Wine Business at Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, California, areas of expertise including Wine Business Strategy, Human Resou...
Insider Interviews by David Furer - Presenting Charles Banks
Long a wine consumer and collector while working for others in the capital management sector, the once ambitious amateur Charles Banks entered the wine industry in 2000 with the purchase of a forme...
Insider Interviews by David Furer – Presenting Stuart Pigott
My first encounter with the work of Stuart Pigott was as a relative novice to the world of wine in the mid-'90s having read his entrancingly informative book on the Wines of Germany, written with t...
Insider Interviews by David Furer – Presenting Alberto Antonini
Sometimes friendships develop under unusual circumstances. One such example for me was when I’d been invited to visit Armenia’s first modern winery, Zorah, by its owner, Zorik Gharibian. The affabl...
Insider Interviews by David Furer – Presenting Lydia & Claude Bourguignon
Partners in work and life, Lydia & Claude Bourguignon are the most heralded viti-soil scientists in the world with clients extending beyond their native France to include New Zealand, the US, a...
Insider Interviews by David Furer – Presenting Debra Meiburg
Acquiring a Master of Wine accreditation doesn’t come easy. What was the most challenging part of your MW studies? The most rewarding?
Insider Interviews by David Furer – Presenting Kermit Lynch
Kermit Lynch is one of the most well-known and earliest importers of French wines into the US. He is also the author of Adventures on the Wine Route which was recently re-released.
Insider Interviews by David Furer - Presenting Martine Saunier
As an expatriate Frenchwoman many years back, why set yourself up as an importer in the US? When I came here in 1964 I started drinking California wines such as Beaulieu, Italian Swiss Colony, and ...
Insider Interviews by David Furer - Presenting Clark Smith
Clark Smith is one of the friendly curmudgeons of the winemaking scene. The technical consultant, teacher, and speaker makes wines himself while challenging preconceptions of commonly-applied techn...
Insider Interviews by David Furer – Presenting Mel Master
Mel Master’s illustrious wine career began when he and his wife Janey ensconced themselves in Spain’s Sanlucar de Barrameda. She befriended a mule, Tommy, while Mel became entranced with the local ...
Insider Interviews by David Furer – Presenting Andrew Jefford, Part 2
How is wine best distinguished between being a commodity product or an artisan’s creation? The key is consistency and predictability.
Insider Interviews by David Furer – Presenting Andrew Jefford
First venturing into writing of wine with a 1988 book on Port, Andrew Jefford grew into one of the world’s most skilled and hailed communicator of it along with noted tangents into whiskey, tea, an...
Insider Interviews by David Furer - Presenting Meridith May
In 2007 Meridith May had been serving as publisher/editor of California-based veteran Paterson’s Beverage Journal with Anthony Dias Blue, its ongoing columnist, when the two bought the name ‘Paters...
Insider Interviews by David Furer - Presenting Gerard Basset
France’s bi-ennial Vinisud exhibition allowed me to watch Gérard Basset presenting a range of Mediterranean wines with fellow World Champion Sommelier Paolo Basso. Most of Basset’s working hours ar...
Antonio Galloni of The Wine Advocate on Wine Critics and Champagne
Antonio Galloni of The Wine Advocate on Wine Critics and Champagne At the recent Symposium for Professional Wine Writers, Fred Swan had the opportunity to talk quite a bit with Antonio Galloni of T...