The Art of Selling Wine (Diego Weber)

François Audouze escalated his passion for aged wine into the most extraordinary career: hosting dinners for wine explorers. In this episode, he guides Diego into the fascinating world of aged wines and how to enjoy them properly. 

Christophe is the brand-new director of SITEVI and talks to us about his vision for the fair. See you at SITEVI from Nov. 28th-30th 2023 in Montepellier.

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In this episode, Diego talks to Marie-Agnès Ducasse from IFV and Marc Perez from Inrae IFV about the breakthrough in red wine micro vinification for increased phenological analysis to speed up the development of new grape varieties.

In this podcast, Diego talks with Juan Carlos Sancha, he is a university professor and preserves old grape varieties, about the history of Rioja winemaking.

In this podcast, Diego talks to Vincent Rachet and Jean Christophe Rousseau from Exxact Robotics about hydrogen and bioethanol fuel concepts in agriculture.

In this podcast, Diego talks with Vanessa Bernard and Amandine Martheresse from Mycophyto about the role of mycorrhizal fungi for a higher soil biodiversity and regenerative agriculture.

Torben Endrici belongs to the new generation of winemakers at Cantina Endrizzi. In this episode, he explores business opportunities and customer acquisition for Italian wineries in Germany, Endrizzi's product development and his personal story entering the family winery.

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Diegos Venture through Bordeaux, started at the famous wine bar Aux Quatre Coins Du Vin. Bar Manager Pierro did his best to help him understand the area, the wines and the unique market for Bordeaux a bit better. Many of the following interviews will deepen the Topics, mentioned in this episode, so stay tuned!

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In this Episode Diego talks to Carlos de Jesus from AMORIM about the interplay of cork and the wine industry and the importance of cork as an oenological tool.

In this episode, Diego talks to Thomas Gueller from V&S News about industry news on wine economics. Ideas about sustainable packaging, bulk shipping and bottling in the target market.

Alexandre Abellan, editor in-chief of Vitisphere, introduces us to hot topics and controversies around wine growing politics and policies in Bordeaux and France. He and Diego also discuss the future of wine fairs and wine market trends. Vitisphere helps spread this podcast as french media partner.

In this podcast, Diego talks to Chiara Malvasi from PinoGino about the wines of Portofino and what's characteristic for this region.

David Siozard is a big fan of Bordeaux single grape variety wines. As winemaker, he adjusts parts of his production to this market branch and discusses the economic implications for his winery and the obvious demand for new Bordeaux wines with Diego in this podcast episode.

Matthieu Bordes, is manager and winemaker at Suntory's Château Lagrange, Grand Cru Classé in Saint-Julien, Bordeaux. He explains the en primeur market for wine, questions the authenticity of any Grand Cru classified vinyards, bought after 1855 and describes the relation of winery and négociant.

Philippe Casteja is president of Union des Grand Cru Classés in Bordeaux and owns several Châteaus. In this podcast, he talks about the celebration of great wine, the en primeur campaign and his role as wine producer and négociant. Also, he discusses the significance of staging wine properly.

In this episode Elodie Jouannel, founder of bordeauxwithelodie shares her wine tourism experience with Diego. Specialized on wine tours, she offers practical tips on how to serve wine tourists best and cooperate with tour guides that wine growers can apply all over the world.

Christophe Chateau is director of communication at the Bordeaux wine growers association CIVB. In this podcast, he compares the historical and today's image of Bordeaux concerning classical and emerging wine styles and the growing sustainabilty efforts in the wine industry.

In this Episode, Diego talks to Vitalie Popa from VBungVDoor about revolutionary design changes in barrique building, which is potentially game changing for flying winemakers. Download Geisenheim University report here.

Eura Mobil enabled the Trip to Bordeaux by sponsoring a mobile home for one month! They gave us an Activa One 690 VB and in this episode we describe our experience with the camper van, doing home office on the road.

In this episode Diego talks to prof. Alain Deloire from #Supagro about his research on shoot dormancy and delaying bud break and harvest time to face climate change.

article: https://ives-technicalreviews.eu/article/view/3420

In this episode from Vinitech Sifel 2022, Diego talks to Matthieu Hamel, market manager at Pellenc about vineyard automatization, IoT applications and the need for interoperability among suppliers of the wine industry.

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In this episode, Diego talks with Arturo Artuke about redefining Rioja wine styles.

In this podcast, Diego talks to Marzia Raggi from Cantina Sassarini about the wines of Cinque Terre in Italy.

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François-Thomas Bon owns Château La Grâce Fonrazade in Saint-Emillion and is president of the technical commission at CIVB. In this episode, he explores environmental issues with wine growing in Bordeaux and feasible solutions while enjoying his Grand Cru wines with Diego.

In this podcast, Diego talks to Kateřina Slezáková, marketing manager at Vinolok, about the role of aesthetics for wine stoppers and the different approach vinolok takes.

In this podcast, Diego talks with Audrey Elgoyhen from Sabi Agri about precision farming in wineries and synchronizing robots and tractors.

Today, Jenia and her staff create Molotov Cocktails from empty wine bottles in Kiev. Last summer, we recorded this interview about the—at that time—emerging domestic wine sector in Ukraine. We live in crazy times. I hope this helps more people to raise their voice against war and for a severe and brave European reaction.

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Agnes Destrac-Irvine does research on new grape varieties for Bordeaux wine at INRAE. In this episode, she gives Diego a preview into possible grape candidates for permission that winemakers could market as regional Bordeaux red wine or white wine and discusses the use of Piwi varieties.

As head of École du vin de Bordeaux, Stéphanie Barral is responsible for worldwide Bordeaux wine education. In this episode, she shows the impact of the Bordeaux wine ambassador concept as a successful strategy for regional marketing with global reach, that deserves taking a closer look at.

Pauline Lapierre runs two wine brands in Entre-Deux-Mers, Bordeaux: Château Haut-Rian and Les Vignes de Coulous. In this Podcast, she talks to Diego about changing wine styles, size ratios of wineries in Bordeaux, organic wine and female wine business.

In this episode, Diego talks to Emilie Adoir from IFV about a software for wine consultants to measure and enhance the carbon footprint of wineries. In the future, it also offers the option of selling carbon credits for additional income.

Le Puy from Bordeaux gained attention when they were declared world's best wine in The Drops of God manga series. In this podcast, export Manager Emeline and Diego explore the companies biodynamic philosophy, the foundation of le Puy's brand success.

In this podcast, Diego talks to Telmo Rodriguez, a star winemaker from Rioja, about Rioja as brand success story.

IVES, the International Viticulture & Enology Society, publishes cutting edge global wine related research. In cooperation with Diego, host of The Art of Selling Wine podcast, IVES executive manager Julien Dumercq announces a monthly science communication podcast for wine professionals.

https://ives-openscience.eu/

https://oeno-one.eu/

https://ives-technicalreviews.eu/

https://ives-openscience.eu/ives-conference-series/

In this episode, Diego talks to Patrick Delmarre about the project Viti Tunnel. A canopy for vineyards, which acts like rain cover and reduces the need of fungicides. Currently used in grand cru chateaus and revolutionary for environmental protection.

Eva Jung from Bordeaux is export manager for winery and négociant Cheval Canquard. In this episode, Eva introduces Diego to the négociant business, explains their product design and wine branding and explores the domestic and export market for her company.

Wine historian Bruno Boidron adds a fascinating perspective to current controversies on Bordeaux. In the podcast, he explains the evolution of Bordeaux as a wine growing region, a wine style and the impact of yesterday's decisions on today's wine business.