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
Yannick Benjamin, Sommelier & Co_Founder and Director of Development for Wheeling Forward and Wine on Wheels
Yannick Benjamin is a Sommelier in his native New York. Yannick refused to let a life-changing accident alter his dreams of college and his love of wine.
He is the Co-Founder and Director of Developm…
01:02:28 |
Wed 11 Mar 2020
Laurent Ponsot & Erwan Faiveley
Laurent Ponsot and Erwan Faiveley are amongst the most revered winemakers in Burgundy. Laurent left his eponymous family winery after 36 years to start Laurent Ponsot Wines. Erwan Faiveley oversees h…
00:59:15 |
Wed 04 Mar 2020
Cathy Corison, Corison Winery, Napa, CA
Cathy Corison has been making wine for over 4 decades. She was the first woman winemaker-proprietor in the Napa Valley at her Corison Winery located in the benchland of the valley since 1987. Her foc…
01:12:47 |
Wed 26 Feb 2020
Alfred Tesseron, Proprietor, Pontet-Canet & Nicolas Glumineau, GM & Winemaker, Pichon Comtesse
I was recently in Florida at the Naples Winter Wine Festival benefitting the Naples Children and Education Foundation.
I had the opportunity to sit with the best wine people from around the world.
Th…
00:55:23 |
Wed 19 Feb 2020
Zach & Jen Pelka
Siblings Jen and Zach Pelka would make any parent proud graduating respectively form Stanford and Wharton. Zach with a background in finance and startups is now a consultant and the CEO/Founder of Ch…
01:02:09 |
Thu 13 Feb 2020
Valter Fissore, Elvio Cogno, & Brahm Callahan, MS
Valter Fissore is the Co-owner and winemaker at Elvio Cogno, a multi-generational winery in the Novello commune in the Piedmont region of Italy. Valter had worked side by side with his father-in-law …
01:13:09 |
Wed 05 Feb 2020
Episode 140: Natalie Johnson, GM & Beverage Director, Anton's, NYC
Natalie Johnson grew up around food and drink with her family. Her Dad further exposed her with a trip to Italy when she was 15. Natalie moved to NYC in 2010 and cut her teeth on some downtown restau…
01:07:58 |
Thu 30 Jan 2020
Episode 139: Andre Hueston Mack
From military school to Citicorp, to wine, Andre Hueston Mack got his start in San Antonio where he was selected Best Young Somm by the Chaine des Rotisserie, also the first Afro-American to do so. A…
01:10:37 |
Wed 22 Jan 2020
Episode 138: Hannah Williams, Beverage Director, Blue Hill at Stone Barns
Hannah Blair Williams studied creative writing at Columbia and studied abroad in Scotland where she found her love for wine. She eventually made her way back to NYC where she pursued a career in wine…
01:04:43 |
Wed 15 Jan 2020
Episode 137: Herve Jestin, Chef de Cave, Leclerc Briant Champagne.
Herve Jestin is the Chef du Cave at Champagne Leclerc Briant, overseeing all production since 2008. Herve is a practitioner and expert in organic and biodynamic farming and is a forefather of bioener…
01:05:15 |
Wed 18 Dec 2019
Episode 136: Aldo Sohm, Sommelier and author of "Wine Simple"
Aldo Sohm is an award-winning Sommelier, including “The Best Sommelier in America”, and the Wine Director of the legendary 3 Michelin starred Le Bernadin Restaurant in NYC since 2007. In 2014 along w…
01:07:41 |
Wed 11 Dec 2019
Episode 135: Josh Greene, Publisher, Editor, Wine and Spirits Magazine
Josh Greene, really needs no introduction on The Grape Nation, this is his fourth appearance and we invite him on the show at the end of each year. We will be looking back at “2019, The Year in Wine”…
01:07:08 |
Wed 04 Dec 2019
Episode 134: The Grape Nation and Heritage Radio Live at Industry City with Brooklyn Kura Sake and Moore Bros. Wine Shop.
Today we will be talking with Brian Polen and Brandon Doughan from Brooklyn Kura, makers of American craft Sake, and NY’s first Sake brewery, and Gregg and Terry Moore from Moore Bros. Wine Company, …
00:51:08 |
Wed 27 Nov 2019
Episode 133: Genevieve Janssens, Chief Winemaker, Robert Mondavi Winery.
Born to a French wine family in Morocco, Genevieve Janssens studied under the best wine minds in France. She made her way to Napa in 1978 to work for Robert Mondavi, spent a few years consulting, and…
01:05:56 |
Wed 20 Nov 2019
Episode 132: Victor Urrutia Ybarra, CEO, CVNE Wine, Rioja, Spain..
Victor Urrutia is the CEO of Compania Vinicola del Norte de Espana also known as CVNE or CUNE. He is fifth generation and only the seventh person to run this family business. CVNE is a storied Rioja …
01:07:32 |
Wed 13 Nov 2019
Episode 131: The Prosecco Show with Gianluca Bisol
Gianluca Bisol is the President and CEO of Bisol Prosecco Superiore in Conegliano Valdobbiane in the Treviso/Veneto region of northeast, Italy. This revered Prosecco house dates back five centuries t…
00:59:10 |
Wed 06 Nov 2019
Episode 130: Jancis Robinson and Hugh Johnson, "The World Atlas of Wine" 8th Edition
Jancis Robinson and Hugh Johnson are wine writers and journalists…that sounds a bit pedestrian! Jancis and Hugh are collectively the most awarded, influential, and respected writers in all of wine. T…
01:13:32 |
Wed 30 Oct 2019
Episode 129: Byron Bates, Founder of Wild World Festival, A fermentation Festival.
Byron Bates was waving the “natural wine flag” before it was a thing. He introduced natural winemakers via his wine lists in NYC over 20 years ago. He left the floor to bring these wines to the US th…
01:03:50 |
Wed 23 Oct 2019
Episode 128: Elena Penna Currado from Vietti Winery
Elena Penna Currado Vietti is partner at Vietti Winery and wife of winemaker Luca Vietti. Vietti is one of the oldest producers in Barolo with an impressive list of vineyard sites in the region. They…
01:25:36 |
Wed 16 Oct 2019
Episode 127: Isabelle Legeron, Founder of Raw Wine
Isabelle Legeron is a Master of Wine, consultant, contributing journalist, and author of the seminal book on natural wine, “Natural Wine, An Introduction to Organic and Biodynamic Wines Made Naturall…
00:57:35 |
Wed 09 Oct 2019
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