VinePair Podcast
1) Is Brown-Forman For Sale? To Whom?
With rumors swirling that Kentucky spirits company Brown-Forman might be for sale, and with both French giant Pernod Ricard and fellow Kentucky company Sazerac both said to be in talks, Adam, Joanna, ...Show More
2) No, the Host is Not Out to Get You
Joanna and Zach discuss whether or not restaurants really do try to put attractive guests front and center, and whether they reserve the worst tables in for guests who don't fit the image they want to...Show More
3) We're Looking For Wine Marketers in the Wrong Places
Adam, Joanna, and Zach respond to a recent bit of research about where wine companies hire their marketing professionals from, and how much more so than in beer or spirits, they tend to be wine indust...Show More
4) The Middle Tier is Merging and Morphing
Adam, Joanna, and Zach are joined by VinePair contributing editor Dave Infante to discuss a spate of news regarding the wholesale sector, from Southern Glazer's expanding ownership of AB InBev distrib...Show More
5) Do Restaurants Need to Rethink Their Revenue Ratios?
Adam, Joanna, and Zach respond to a listener question about the received wisdom that restaurants should generate a large chunk of their revenue from their drinks programs. In the past, beverage alcoho...Show More
6) How Bad Will This Summer Be for the Travel Industry?
With gas prices spiking, airfare following suit, and nightmarish security delays embroil many American airports, Adam, Joanna, and Zach ponder whether the travel industry, and the hospitality properti...Show More
7) Wine Should Leave the Judgement of Paris in the Past
Adam and Zach respond to a listener question about why so many wine regions and countries continue to attempt to recreate the Judgement of Paris. What is it about that singular moment that tempts peop...Show More
8) How Do Wine Programs, Sommeliers, and AI Interact?
Adam, Joanna, and Zach discuss ways in which AI is potentially affecting wine service and sales in restaurants. As wine apps like CellarTracker integrate LLM-powered recommendation algorithms, and as ...Show More
9) Irish Whiskey Is Still Looking For Its Audience
On the eve of St. Patrick's Day, Adam, Joanna, and Zach are joined by VinePair spirits editor Aaron Goldfarb to discuss his recent list of the 14 best Irish whiskies, as well as the state of the categ...Show More
10) The Wine World's Worst Cliché
Adam, Joanna, and Zach discuss one of Zach's least favorite clichés in wine: that wine is "90% made in the vineyard," or some other silly percentage. They discuss why this oft-stated number is very cl...Show More