Share

cover art for Wine 101

Wine 101

A podcast for the everyday wine lover.

Wine 101 is a wine podcast for the everyday wine lover. Once a week VinePair's tastings director Keith Beavers will breakdown everything from how wine is made to wine regions of the world in easy-to-digest fashion giving

Latest episode

  • Fine Wine Part I: Rudy

    13:06|
    What is fine wine? Let's begin with a story of a man named Rudy Kurniawan. It's a short episode setting up the scene.

More episodes

View all episodes

  • Matching Wine and Food: A Reflective History

    21:21|
    How important is matching food and wine? And where did this phenomenon come from? Let's examine its history and application.
  • Reviewing Wine

    16:54|
    What does it mean to review a wine? Let's look at the mental space people who review wine need to navigate to communicate a wine's quality to the general public.
  • Red Blends Revisited and Updated

    18:24|
    A few years ago we discussed a new emerging wine category, the Red Blend. It has been a few years now and having done a few annual tastings of the category I am seeing a pattern develop and it's exciting.
  • Old World New World

    13:52|
    Two terms helped define distinctions in wine style and approach. Do they still matter?
  • Becoming A Winemaker With Greg Brewer and Diatom

    46:12|
    How does a person become a winemaker? We have covered a lot of topics in the world of wine over the years but never discussed the transition a human makes when deciding to leave a career to pursue their passion and become a winemaker. I met Greg Brewer, winemaker for Diatom, last year and thought his story was the one to tell when discussing this subject. He came to the VinePair studio and we talked about his journey. It's fascinating stuff.
  • Barolo's Other Acronym: MGA

    18:36|
    The MGA system in Barolo is fairly new and maybe a bit confusing, but it has a cool historical background. Let's dial in on the MGAs