The Grape Nation
The world of wine doesn't have to be intimidating. Wine-afficionado Sam Benrubi invites you on a weekly wine journey with The Grape Nation. No snobbery here, just a palatable trip through the world's vineyards, their keepers, journalists, authors, importers and more. Try some great wine with Sam and his guests and get tips for enjoying the best wines from the weekly "Wine List" and "Wine Sip." The Grape Nation...We Bring Wine to the People.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 72 minutes
- Episodes
- 305
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
David Choi, Wine & TikTok
Born in LA, David Choi grew up in DC and eventually set roots again, literally, in California. David is proprietor at Magna Carta Cellars and Angel Falls Wines. He came through the ranks in wine reta…
01:12:20 |
Wed 26 Jan 2022
Daniel Eddy, Winner
New Yorker Daniel Eddy jumped into the food scene in 2004. He bolted NYC after 4 years, and hooked up with Daniel Rose at critically acclaimed Spring Restaurant in Paris. He eventually headed back to…
01:20:14 |
Thu 20 Jan 2022
Peter Liem
Peter Liem is an award-winning author, wine critic, educator and truly one of the world’s great Champagne experts. Peter is the author of “Champagne: The Essential Guide to the Wines, Producers, and …
01:09:08 |
Wed 12 Jan 2022
We visit Santa Barbara and Cambria, CA.
I caught up with Raj Parr at his Phelan Farm in Cambria, CA., where he has devoted his time to preserving and expressing the farm's unique natural slate and growing his favorite varietals. Next we sp…
00:46:54 |
Wed 15 Dec 2021
Josh Greene, Wine and Spirits Magazine
Josh Greene is the Editor and Publisher of Wine and Spirits Magazine since 1986; the magazine was founded in 1982, and Josh eventually purchased it in 1989. Josh also serves as wine critic at Wine an…
01:16:23 |
Thu 02 Dec 2021
Christophe Baron, Bionic Wines
Christophe Baron’s family dates back to the mid 17th Century in Charly sur Marne in Champagne. He studied viticulture in Champagne and Burgundy. After meeting an American in Burgundy, Christophe was …
01:19:27 |
Wed 17 Nov 2021
Gary Vaynerchuk
Gary Vaynerchuk is the Chairman and CEO of Vayner X, overseeing companies including VaynerMedia, VaynerSports, VaynerNFT, Tracer, Gallery Media Group, to name a few. He is a prolific angel investor w…
00:59:38 |
Wed 10 Nov 2021
Matthew Conway, Tippling House
Matthew Conway headed east to NYC in 2003. After three years with Chef Grey Kunz, Matthew hooked up with Marc Forgione, at his eponymous restaurant for over a dozen years as Beverage Director and GM,…
01:29:36 |
Wed 03 Nov 2021
William Carroll, Gramercy Tavern
St. Louis born William Carroll headed east and grew up in Irvington, NY. William literally went from bus boy to Burgundy expert and everything in-between. He did fine wine sales, studied at Le Cordon…
01:10:14 |
Wed 27 Oct 2021
Cerise Zelenetz, Cherry on Top
Vermont born Cerise Zelenetz headed to Paris after High School to study at the Parsons School of Design, stayed in Paris for a while and also did a residency in Spain. Cerise makes jewelry, clothing,…
01:15:02 |
Wed 20 Oct 2021
Raj Vaidya
Jersey Boy Raj Vaidya has been grinding in the wine business for over 20 years at some of the best restaurants in the country. His longest tenure was with legendary chef Daniel Boulud in NYC where he…
01:21:00 |
Wed 13 Oct 2021
Rachel Signer, Pipette Magazine and Persephone Wines
Straight out of DC, Rachel Signer attended college in Virginia, headed to New York to get her Master's at the New School and an intensive writing program at CUNY. She settled into freelance writing g…
01:20:46 |
Wed 06 Oct 2021
Audrey Frick, Wine Director, One White St. NYC
New York born Audrey Frick headed west to pursue music and become a Buff at the Univ. of Colorado. She got the hospitality and wine bug in Boulder at Bobby Stuckey’s Frasca, working her way to the op…
01:10:23 |
Wed 29 Sep 2021
James O'Brien, Popina
Jersey boy James O’Brien attended the Institute of Culinary Education after college, and worked his way through Danny Meyers Union Sq. Hospitality Group at Tabla and Maiolino where he met his eventua…
01:18:03 |
Wed 22 Sep 2021
Annie Shi, King, NYC
New York’s own Annie Shi attended private school, Yale University, and moved to London to work in Finance at JP Morgan. So, the question is, and I am sure her parents asked many times, what the hell …
01:12:55 |
Wed 15 Sep 2021
Eliza Christen, Lilia & Misi
Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Eliza Christen and family made their way to the United States. Eliza attended the Univ. of Illinois and found her love for hospitality and wine in culinary mecca Champaign Urb…
01:07:00 |
Thu 09 Sep 2021
Tiffany Britton, Brainstorm Cellars, The Alliance of Women in Washington State Wine.
Tiffany Britton is the proprietor and winemaker at Brainstorm Cellars in West Richland in Washington state. She started Brainstorm with her partner Eric Williams in 2020. Their goal is to do wine dif…
00:52:35 |
Thu 19 Aug 2021
Amanda Smeltz
Poet turned sommelier turned poet, Amanda Smeltz left Pennsylvania to study at Marquette in Milwaukee. She stayed in Milwaukee, one of the world’s great food and wine capitols to learn hospitality be…
01:03:08 |
Thu 01 Jul 2021
Camille Riviere, Camille Riviere Selections.
Camille Riviere was raised in Paris and the Loire Valley. She fell in love with wine at an early age, so like any good mom, she enrolled Camille in wine classes. She interned, worked, and studied her…
01:15:43 |
Wed 23 Jun 2021
Jaimee Motley, Jaimee Motley Wines and Stony Hil Vineyards.
After growing up around a restaurant family and finishing college in Maryland, Jaimee headed west to pursue the arts. Jobs at Locanda and RN74 in SF changed her course, where she found her love for w…
01:09:01 |
Thu 17 Jun 2021
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