The James Suckling Wine Podcast
This is the podcast of James Suckling, international wine critic with 40 years of experience tasting, critiquing and loving wine! We focus on the great wines of the world including Italy, Bordeaux, Champagne, Australia, New Zealand, California, Chile, and Argentina, but are always open to and looking for surprises. We taste and review thousands of wines each year - 25,000 in 2019 alone! - and meet hundreds of the world's best winemakers along that journey. That's where this podcast comes in - a place to access my conversations with these titans of the wine world, and also my own tasting team as we travel the world to taste amazing wines. I hope you enjoy these podcasts - head to jamessuckling.com for even more reports, videos and articles about how to enjoy wine.
FAMILIA DEICAS' SANTIAGO DEICAS ON THEIR CRU D'EXCEPTION 2020 & COFFEE-MAKING APPROACH TO WINE
JamesSuckling.com Senior Editor Zekun Shuai talks to Santiago Deicas of Bodega Familia Deicas in Uruguay...
Listen'OLD-VINE SPECIALISTS': TORBRECK'S IAN HONGELL ON RECENT VINTAGES & OLD VINES
In this podcast, Ian Hongell, Torbreck Vintners' general manager and chief winemaker, discusses...
ListenTASTING FLEUR DE MIRAVAL CHAMPAGNE EXCLUSIVEMENT ROSÉ 3 NV
In this new podcast, James discusses the latest release of Fleur de Miraval Champagne Exclusivement...
ListenRARE CHAMPAGNE UNVEILS ITS 13TH MILLE?SIME, WITH ÉMILIEN BOUTILLAT AND MAUD RABIN
Rare Champagne just launched its 2013 Rare Millésime, which will be on the market in June. In this...
ListenDISCUSSING BOLLINGER RD 2008 - INTERVIEW WITH DENIS BUNNER
James tasted and rated the new release of Champagne Bollinger RD 2008 in March over Zoom with the cellarmaster...
ListenHENSCHKE'S HILL OF GRACE: HISTORY IN THE MAKING
Senior Editor Zekun Shuai tasted Henschke's 2018 wines over Zoom with the family and you can hear...
ListenBIBI GRAETZ'S NEW SINGLE-VINEYARD WINES AND HIS VIEW OF 2020
Tuscan producer Bibi Graetz recently unveiled three new single-vineyard, small-production wines from...
ListenSASSICAIA 2020: TENUTA SAN GUIDO'S EPIC WINE FROM A CHALLENGING YEAR
Listen to James Suckling chat with Priscilla Incisa della Rocchetta, the owner of Tenuta San Guido,...
ListenTASTING SEPPELTSFIELD'S 1923 100 YEAR OLD PARA VINTAGE TAWNY: 'JEWEL IN THE CROWN'
JamesSuckling.com Associate Editor Andrii Stetsiuk talks with the team at Australian winery Seppeltsfield...
ListenCROIX DE LABRIE’S PIERRE COURDURIE ON BORDEAUX’S 2020 VINTAGE
We’ve been making our way through hundreds of Bordeaux 2020 samples each week in our office in Hong...
ListenBRUNELLO'S 2018 VINTAGE: A CLASSIC IN THE MAKING?
The JamesSuckling.com tasting team talks with owners and winemakers from Brunello vintners Ciacci Piccolomini...
ListenTASTING NEW RELEASES FROM TYRRELL'S WINES WITH CHRIS TYRRELL
James chats with Chris Tyrrell, winemaker for his family's Tyrrell's Wines in Australia's...
ListenTELMO RODRIGUEZ ON HIS LATEST VINTAGES
JamesSuckling.com Senior Editor Zekun Shuai talks with Spanish winemaker Telmo Rodriguez about his latest...
ListenMICHEL FRIOU AND MANUEL LOUZADA ON ALMAVIVA’S 25TH-ANNIVERSARY VINTAGE
JamesSuckling.com Senior Editor Zekun Shuai discusses Chilean winery Almaviva's 2020 vintage –...
ListenCHARLES AND HARRY SYMINGTON ON SYMINGTON FAMILY ESTATE’S 2020 PORTS
James sits down with Charles and Harry Symington of the eponymous Symington Family Estates in Portugal's...
ListenEMILIEN BOUTILLAT AND MAUD RABIN TALK RARE CHAMPAGNE’S LATEST RELEASES
Associate Editor Claire Nesbitt recently tasted and discussed the latest vintages of Rare Champagne...
ListenROBERT SANTANA OF ENVINATE ON THE FRESHNESS AND DRINKABILITY OF 'NEW SPANISH WINE'
JamesSuckling.com Senior Editor Zekun Shuai interviews Robert Santana of Spain's Envinate about...
ListenFRANCISCO BAETTIG OF VIÑA ERRAZURIZ ON CHILE'S RECENT VINTAGES
Francisco Baettig and JamesSuckling.com Senior Editor Zekun Shuai talk about the differences between...
ListenRICARDO BAETTIG OF MORANDÉ DISCUSSES CHILE'S VARIETAL DIVERSITY AND RECENT VINTAGES
Senior Editor Zekun Shuai sits down with Ricardo Baettig of Chilean winery Morandé to talk carbonic...
ListenCONCHA Y TORO’S MARCELO PAPA ON CHILE’S 2020 VINTAGE AND THE EFFECT OF LA NIÑA
JamesSuckling.com Senior Editor Zekun Shuai chats with Marcelo Papa, the winemaker and technical director...
ListenDISCUSSING URUGUAYAN WINE WITH SANTIAGO DEICAS OF BODEGA FAMILIA DEICAS
JamesSuckling.com Senior Editor Zekun Shuai talks with Santiago Deicas of Bodega Famila Deicas in Chile...
ListenSOTER VINEYARDS’ TONY SOTER ON OREGON WINEMAKING
James sits down with Tony Soter of Soter Vineyards in Willamette Valley, Oregon, to discuss the state's...
Listen'GETTING THE VITICULTURE RIGHT': BRENNON LEIGHTON OF K VINTNERS TALKS WASHINGTON WINE
James visited the vineyards of K Vintners in Walla Walla, Washington, and then spoke with winemaker...
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