I'll Drink to That! Wine Talk
A former sommelier interviews incredibly famous and knowledgeable wine personalities in his tiny apartment. He gets them to talk candidly about their lives and work, and then shares the conversations with you. To see new episodes sooner and to see all of the hundreds of back episodes in your feed, it is important to FOLLOW or SUBSCRIBE the show. It is free to do either, the show is free.
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Instagram @leviopenswine
Website illdrinktothatpod.com
- Update frequency
- every 17 days
- Average duration
- 64 minutes
- Episodes
- 504
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2025
503: Peter Jakob Kühn Found Quality Along With Pain
Peter Jakob Kühn made the wines at Weingut Peter Jakob Kühn in Germany's Rheingau region for many decades before retiring and passing the family winery on to his son Peter Bernhard Kühn.
Peter Ja…
01:12:35 |
Wed 13 Aug 2025
502: Matt Dees Likes How Grapevines Think
Matt Dees is the winemaker at JONATA, The Hilt, and The Paring, wineries which are located in California's Santa Barbara County.
Matt recalls studying plant and soil science, and then his first job …
01:55:32 |
Tue 01 Apr 2025
501: This Conversation with Meike Näkel Has A Terrifying Turn
Meike Näkel and her sister Dörte run the Meyer-Näkel winery in the Ahr region of Germany.
As a winery, over 90% of Meyer-Näkel's production is of red wine, and most of that is Spätburgunder (Pino…
01:22:36 |
Fri 03 Jan 2025
500: Richard Sanford and the Hot Tub Time Machine Wine Fermenters
Richard Sanford co-founded the Sanford and Benedict Winery and planted the Sanford and Benedict Vineyard. He founded the Sanford Winery, and he also founded the Alma Rosa Winery, all in Santa Barbara…
01:57:54 |
Tue 04 Jun 2024
499: David Rafanelli on Four Generations Making Wine in California
David Rafanelli and his family own the A. Rafanelli Winery in the Dry Creek Valley of Sonoma County, California.
David relates the story of his Italian grandmother arriving in California in 1903,…
01:20:40 |
Fri 10 May 2024
498: A Rush of Blood to the Wine Glass from Dan Keeling
Dan Keeling is a co-founder and partner in the Noble Rot restaurants and Shrine to the Vine retail shops in London, "Noble Rot" Magazine, and Keeling Andrew and Co., an importer of wine into the Unit…
01:27:10 |
Thu 08 Feb 2024
497: Robert Drouhin Is From A Good Vintage
Robert Drouhin and his family own Maison Joseph Drouhin in the Burgundy region of France, as well as Domaine Drouhin in the Willamette Valley of Oregon.
Robert describes moving to Burgundy as a c…
01:43:53 |
Sun 07 Jan 2024
496: Sandy Block's Shot at Redemption
Sandy Block was a Master of Wine who was also the Vice President of Beverage at the Legal Sea Foods group of restaurants, and an Adjunct Professor at Boston University in Massachusetts. Sandy passed …
01:21:29 |
Sun 24 Dec 2023
495: Steve Doerner and the Burgundian Bicyclists
Steve Doerner is Winemaker Emeritus at Cristom Vineyards in Oregon.
Steve discusses his shift from being a Biochemistry Major at UC Davis in the mid-1970s to his first Job working for Josh Jensen…
02:19:13 |
Mon 13 Nov 2023
494: Alicia Towns Franken's Wine Life
Alicia Towns Franken is a Co-Founder of Towns Wine Co. and the Executive Director of Wine Unify.
Alicia discusses her upbringing in Chicago and her introduction to wine in college. She then segwa…
01:09:46 |
Wed 16 Aug 2023
493: Neil Empson Shifted Gears Into Wine
Neil Empson is the founder of Empson & Co., an exporter of wines from Italy and other countries.
Neil, who was born in New Zealand in 1939, recounts his youthful days driving fast, reselling Ferr…
01:40:19 |
Tue 08 Aug 2023
492: Jean-Emmanuel Simond Does Not Like Your White Wine
Jean-Emmanuel Simond is a writer and wine critic for "La Revue du vin de France", covering the Côte de Nuits of Burgundy and Alsace. He is also a co-owner of wine importer Oenotropie. He is based in …
01:30:08 |
Sat 01 Jul 2023
491: Ukraine, Wine and Terror
Levi Dalton speaks with three Ukrainians about the struggles faced by winemakers and winery owners amongst the warfare in Ukraine.
Alla Plachkova discusses fleeing Kyiv as bombs begin to fall on …
00:59:28 |
Mon 22 May 2023
490: Patrick Campbell Pruned Mountain Vines on Crutches
Patrick Campbell was the owner of Laurel Glen Vineyard on Sonoma Mountain in California, a winery he sold in 2011. He began the Tierra Divina Vineyards company, which encompasses the Terra Rosa, REDS…
01:32:30 |
Sat 21 May 2022
489: Sylvain Pataille and the New Old Style
Sylvain Pataille is the owner and winemaker at Domaine Sylvain Pataille, which is located in the Marsannay area of Burgundy, within France.
Sylvain discusses the impact in Burgundy of economic ch…
01:25:52 |
Sat 15 Jan 2022
488: Erin and the Volcano
Erin Scala explores the wines of Pico Island, a part of the Portuguese Azores in the Atlantic Ocean.
Erin puts on sturdy boots and ventures to the Azores to explore mysterious vineyards and ancie…
01:49:41 |
Sat 25 Dec 2021
487: Dominik Sona and a Conception of Kabinett
Dominik Sona is the General Manager of the Koehler-Ruprecht winery, which is located in the Pfalz region of Germany.
Dominik speaks about his family history in the Pfalz and his winemaking work e…
00:57:16 |
Sun 06 Jun 2021
486: George Skouras and the New Old World
George Skouras is the owner and winemaker at Domaine Skouras, located in the Peloponnese of Greece.
George explains how his interest in wine first developed, and discusses his time as a student, …
01:12:12 |
Sun 11 Apr 2021
485: Robert Vifian and Stories from the Tan Dinh Wine Cellar
Robert Vifian is the chef and co-owner of Tan Dinh Restaurant, located in Paris, France.
Robert was born in Vietnam in 1948, and lived in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) as a child, experiencing th…
01:16:13 |
Fri 02 Apr 2021
484: Erin Scala Looks Deep Into Lake Garda
Erin Scala explores the long history and many recent changes in the area around Lake Garda and in the Bardolino wine zone, in the northeastern Italy.
Erin speaks with a number of different winema…
00:48:21 |
Sun 28 Mar 2021
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