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Just Another Wine Podcast

Just Another Wine Podcast

De: Douglas Wregg Emily Harman Jamie Goode
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The wild fermented thoughts of three amigos. (Not) just another wine podcast by Wine Importer Doug Wregg, International Wine Consultant Emily Harman and Wine Writer Jamie Goode. logo by Michel Tolmer Intro and Outro music by Jamie Goode Ciencias Sociales
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  • The New Fine Wines

    The New Fine Wines
    Mar 25 2026
    What are the new fine wines? Is there such a thing? Jamie, Doud and Emily talk about how taste has evolved from the traditional certainties and hierarchies into a greater appreciation of wines from less fashionable regions, grapes, and growers. Jamie cites Hugh Johnson’s aphorism that a fine wine is a wine that makes you want to write about it. The gang speculate about the qualities that make for a fine wine and conclude that the former prerequisites of impressive structure and ageworthiness are perhaps less important than the sense of purity and the capacity to lyrically communicate terroir. Made with attentive farming and skilful winemaking, fine wines can be made anywhere, at any time. The trio taste (and drink) a fabulous bottle of Comando G’s El Tamboril Tinto 2021 from the mountain region of Gredos west of Madrid. Although the vines are old, the appellation is very new yet is now recognised as a region capable of producing world-class (fine) wines from Garnacha. The other wine assayed is an intensely expressive Boekenhoutskloof Syrah 2023 from South Africa, liquid proof that skilful growers and vignerons can make spectacular wines in formerly unheralded (for fine wine) regions.
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    46 m
  • Wine, Sight and Sound

    Wine, Sight and Sound
    Mar 9 2026
    So much of our tasting energy is spent assessing a particular’s wines aromas and flavours using our sense of smell and what we can detect with our indvidual palates. We rarely discuss the role of appearance, how the wine presents itself, the clues that we can derive from examining intently the liquid in a glass. Emily, Jamie and Doug talk about various aspects of visual appreciation, from the quality of light we taste in (daylight versus artificial, for example), to how appearances can sometimes be deceptive, as well as what find appetising when we look at a wine. They touch on the pros and cons of blind tasting and remark how easily we can be influenced by colour, our brains deceived by false perceptions. We broach a bottle of 2023 Soca-Rel Manto Negro from the island of Mallorca and comment on its remarkable pale red colour. Appearances are not deceptive! The wine is pretty, floral, red-fruited, and even ethereal. We then move to a Chinon of indeterminate age from Patrick Corbineau (RIP). Without a vintage on the label or the cork to guide us, we surmise - from the colour of the wine – that it is between15-30 years old. The wine is astonishingly fine and vibrant. In the second part of the podcast, the three examine how sound affects our assessment and enjoyment of wine. Sound can be music or conversation; they agree that it can establish our moods and thus affect our respective responses to wine. Noise, however, is always intrusive and the energy required to screen it out, impacts our enjoyment of wine and the very ability to taste. Restaurants have become increasingly noisy environments, perhaps less than ideal milieux to truly appreciate good wine in.
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    48 m
  • Defending Wine Culture

    Defending Wine Culture
    Jan 12 2026
    Wine has been viewed by successive governments as a form of alcohol to be taxed. There is little/no understanding of the importance of wine as an accompaniment to food, but also how taking wine, in the right spirit, can be a civilising influence. Not only has wine inspired poetry, music, and art over the centuries, it is the social drink par excellence, bringing people together, acting as the catalyst for making new friends. In a wide-ranging podcast, Emily, Jamie and Doug celebrate the joy of wine drinking, acknowledging how the flavours in a glass of wine may transport to different places and times, how wine can break down barriers and create a form of communion, and finally how important it is to understand and appreciate the very culture of wine, from the people who make it and the place it comes from, to the drinkers throughout the world who take pleasure in this unique beverage. As Christopher Hitchens says: Drinking wine affirms our humanity.
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    39 m
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