Wine Business Podcasts

Whether it's hosting 100+ podcasts on Wine Business and Marketing or joining others on their pods, our founder, Polly Hammond, is no stranger to talking about wine!

Marketing Wine Across Generations with Polly Hammond

Where we get into which is the best generation (its not ours), great content and telling stories electronically. Internet polymath, Polly Hammond talks about 5forests and taking it global, we all get into differences between generations and then why we don’t like generalising about generations. It all comes back to being engaging in modern ways.…

Inside Bordeaux: How Jane Anson Is Rewriting the Rules of Wine Media

In this first episode of Uncorked, Polly Hammond interviews Jane Anson, longtime Bordeaux expert and founder of the digital platform Inside Bordeaux. After nearly two decades at Decanter, Jane went independent—building a subscription business rooted in deep content, user-first design, and editorial freedom. Their conversation covers the leap from legacy media to entrepreneurship, the nuts…

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Inside Europe’s Wine Policy with Irene Tolleret MEP

Irene Tolleret is one of the most entertainingly outspoken politicians you will ever see on any screen. While not running Mas d’Auzières, her successful little Pic St Loup domaine, since 2019 she has worked as a member of the European Parliament. As a fluent Japanese speaker, she is a member of the delegation to Japan,…

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Independent Wine Retail Today: Holter & Boyne Speak Out

On the eve of July 4th, highly respected trade writer, Graham Holter, and Mike Boyne, award-winning owner of Bin 2 in Padstow, one of Britain’s most dynamic small wine retailers. lift the lid on how the UK’s independent retailers have fared during the CV-19 lockdon and what the future may hold in store for them.

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Wine Innovation with Coravin Founder Greg Lambrecht

Nuclear engineer, inventor of medical devices – and creator of the Coravin, Greg Lambrecht is one of the few people who has directly affected the way fine wine is consumed.

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COVID-19: The Impact, Real Business of Wine Ep. 45

Three months after the world really began to pay attention to COVID-19, Professor Simone Loose of Geisenheim University in Germany and Rob McMillan of the Silicon Valley Bank in California share their knowledge and research findings of how the wine business has been affected.

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A Focus on China, Real Business of Wine Ep. 44

Over the last 25 years, no country has had a greater impact on the wine industry than China. From being a negligible market, it has grown to being one of the largest in the world, with a fast-expanding production base of its own. But, even for frequent visitors, this remains a mysterious country where people…

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Wine Unlocked, Real Business of Wine Ep. 43

As we move into Season Two, we look back at the last 12 weeks – at contributions from people like Jancis Robinson MW; D’Lynn Proctor, the model for the Netflix movie Uncorked; Bordeaux expert, Jane Anson; Maggie Henriquez of Krug; Alice Feiring the queen of natural wine,: Dan Jago, former head of Berry Bros and…

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Writing, With Karen MacNeil, Real Business of Wine Ep. 40

With over a million copies sold, Karen MacNeil tops the wine writing charts in the US. Hers was the only book that featured in the Netflix movie, Uncorked. Now she’s moved online with virtual tastings.

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Selling Wine at Every Level, Real Business of Wine Ep. 38

Dan Jago has been at the head of Bibendum one of Britain’s leading wine wholesalers, Tesco’s global wine division – one of the world’s largest by volume – and Berry Bros & Rudd, the UK’s oldest fine wine merchant. In other words, he knows A LOT about wine distribution, from presenting Pétrus and Le Pin…

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The Influencers, Real Business of Wine Ep. 42

As part of our ongoing series on wine communication, Fabien Lainé, Paul Mabray, Terry Xu, Mike Ratcliffe, and Scott Eddy take the lid off the world of influencers. How important are they really? What rules do they follow? How real are the numbers of followers they claim? A lively RBW debate!

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Talking Russia, Real Business of Wine Ep. 41

Continuing the theme we began with India and Brazil, we look at Russia, one of the wine world’s most under-appreciated markets – where good wine is being produced, too.