The Wine is Talking: Recent Episodes
David Wilson, Your Personal Wine Captain
Welcome to “The Wine is Talking,” where we explore wine topics that are generally under most everyone’s radar!
Don’t get us wrong… We can get pretty fanatical about wine at times, too. We just want to make sure that folks who just want to enjoy wine for its pure pleasure, rather than it’s immense intricacies, don’t feel alienated...
Do you sometimes get the feeling that there are more rules when it comes to wine consumption and wine pairing than there are statutes in the Tax Code? Well, that may very well be the case! It is also one...
On this week’s episode of The Wine is Taking, your host, David Wilson, makes a strong case for changing up your wine loyalties on a regular basis; arguing that we sometimes get to entrenched with old habits an familiar names....
It’s like magic! There are at least 8 things you can do to make your wine taste better that have nothing to do with what is in the bottle! It happens every day: Wine lover’s remorse. It’s when pricey bottles...
Oh goodness! Wine is almost always the perfect adult gift for the holidays… or for practically any other occasion. But if you’re not sure what you’re doing, or follow the leading of the maddening crowd, there’s a good chance that...
Oh, how far we have come! There was a time not so long ago that we wouldn’t have even considered drinking a wine with a screw cap, let alone wine sold in a box. The times, however, are changing… and...
Why are Italian wines such a mystery? Well, consider this… There are actually more than 2000 grape varietals grown in Italy; the number one wine producing country in the world. We’re familiar with a small handful of these...
Deeply Personal Insights Behind Wine Medals and Perfect Scores Rarely will you ever walk into a wine retail shop that doesn’t proudly display shelf talkers calling out the medals won and high scores earned by an elite ensemble of select...
For the past few years, Rosé wines have been coming on like gangbusters, causing us to think not just about red and white, but also about pink. But just as we’ve gotten used to separating wines into three major catagories,...
The Fine Line Between Beer and Wine With wine, it’s often all about age. With beer, freshness gives brewers bragging rights. But not so fast! These days, craft beer makers are watching winemakers very carefully. In the world of wine,...
There are few sayings more cliché than “aging like fine wine.” The problem is, not all wine benefits from aging. In Fact, these days, winemakers are creating most of their wines for immediate consumption. Why? Because American’s are all about...
Bio-Dynamic wine is one of winemaking’s biggest mysteries. It has strong cosmic connects and is based on strong reverence for natural winemaking practices and regard for the planet. This is a great opportunity to learn what it is all about....
Where do great chefs and winemakers get their imagination and work ethic from? In a delightful conversation with Dan Marca, co-owner of Dancin Vineyard, just a mile or two away from Jacksonville, Oregon, revelations run rampant about the influence Dan...
It seems like a simple enough question. What makes a wine good? Well, as you’ll learn from this podcast, simple questions sometimes have very complicated answers. This discussion will make your head spin and certainly pique your curiosity as David...
I’m David Wilson and for the past ten years, I’ve hosted the number one nationally-syndicated wine radio show. I also operate a very unusual wine bar. Time in the trenches has taught me that, regardless of your level of expertise,...
You can try on pants or shoes before you buy them. The guy at the mall food court will even give you a piece of his Teriyaki Chicken on a toothpick before you buy some. With wine, it can be...
You thought you were buying a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon. But is that really what’s inside that bottle? The truth is, there are literally hundreds of things that can be added to wine to make it more Cabernet-ish or more...