Have you ever been sitting around with your friends, talking and laughing...maybe a little drinking, and you came up with this crazy idea? Whatever the idea was, one of you in the group thought it was nuts and you let it go. But what would happen if you actually did it? Three friends in southern Italy had the idea to make sparkling wines in Italy similar to Champagne. They didn’t just talk about it though, they did it! Fast forward to now and we’re talking with a daughter of the original three men as she tells us of her role in the business and what it’s like to make sparkling wine in Italy.  In this episode meet Anna D'Amico from D'Arapri Winery in Puglia, Italia. Credits: Thank you for listening to Wine School Dropout. This episode was produced by Studio Ochenta and hosted by Tanisha Townsend. Our executive producer is Lory Martinez, our sound editor is Luis Raul Lopez Levi. Our theme was done by Gabriel Dalmasso. Music is by Makaih beats. Our art is by Tiffanie Delune. Follow us @wineschooldropout on IG. You can find more information about the wines of Cantine d'Amico at https://www.cantinedamico.com/ and on Facebook and Twitter @cantinedamico*******It's not a secret that France loves cheese and wine - so not surprising that an entire culture revolves around the consumption of these two great gifts to the culinary world. Come and discover one of the best parts of French culture with a Cheese & Wine Class or a Wine Tasting class. Come and join Host Tanisha Townsend on a Cheese and Wine Class or Wine Tasting Class - a great opportunity to experience the French terroir -  the flavor of the earth and the culture of the land. During this 2-hour class, you'll sample some of the finest cheeses and wines, learn the techniques and language of cheese/wine tasting, and the concept of terroir.  Spend a great evening in a relaxed atmosphere with beautiful surroundings in the heart of Montmartre and get a great headstart to fully understand & appreciate our love for French cheese & wine and help you approach them with greater confidence. Visit Cooknwithclass.com, search Paris classes for more information, or to book your date.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/wine-school-dropout. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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WSD Study Abroad: D'Arapri Winery

Italian food and wine are a perfect combination. We all know this. So this week we chatted with an expert in what makes the best Italian food pairings to go with your favorite Italian wines. Natasha of Mamma Mia Lab produces organic preserves and spreads to pair with the wines of Southern Italy. Tune in to hear her recs for Italian wine and food pairings to die for.CREDITS:Thank you for listening to Wine School Dropout. This episode was produced by Studio Ochenta and hosted by Tanisha Townsend. Our executive producer is Lory Martinez, our sound editor is Luis Raul Lopez Levi. Our theme was done by Gabriel Dalmasso. Music is by Makaih beats. Our art is by Tiffanie Delune. Follow us @wineschooldropout on IG. If you liked the show, you should tell a friend about it and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts﻿! Until next time, sit back relax, and have a glass.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/wine-school-dropout. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

WSD Study Abroad: Mamma Mia Lab

Hello Wine School Dropout friends! We're back with a brand new season this fall, and this time we're going to study abroad in SOUTHERN ITALY! That's right. We took a trip to Puglia, Italy this summer, so this season is gonna give you the ins and outs of all the italian wines you love. This first episode is a guide to grapes, courtesy of italian wine aficionados and owners themselves. Enjoy! Thanks for listening. This episode was produced by Studio Ochenta. Hosted by Tanisha Townsend, aka Girl Meets Glass. It was edited by Luis Raul Lopez Levi. You can find more info on our guests over on our website: https://ochentastudio.com/wine-school-dropout-podcast and you can binge our last 2 seasons there too, and if you're not ready for fall just yet, check out a special mini-season we did on summer wine this past July. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/wine-school-dropout. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

WSD Study Abroad: Italian Grapes

For this final episode of our summer mini season, we're finishing of with a wine region we love: Bordeaux. Jacques Lurton has created a line of wines to try and change that perception. Not new to the wine scene of Bordeaux by any means as he has Chateau la Louviere, Chateau Bonnet, and Chateau Couhins-Lurton under his purview just to name a few. His new line, Diane by Jacques Lurton aims to take some of the confusion and intimidation out of Bordeaux wines by creating this line of single varietal wines with the name of the grape on the bottle. But I don’t want to spoil his story, we’ll let him tell it. CREDITS:Thank you for listening to Wine School Dropout. This podcast was produced by Studio Ochenta. Hosted by Tanisha Townsend. Our executive producer is Lory Martinez, our sound editor is Luis Raul Lopez Levi. Our theme was done by Gabriel Dalmasso. Music is by Makaih beats. Our art is by Tiffanie Delune. Follow us @wineschooldropout on IG. If you’re dreaming of sitting in a wine bar in Paris, check out our ebook: 75 in the 75 - 75 wine bars to visit in Paris (district number 75). All of Tanisha's bar a vin picks in one place, and tons of photos of the City of Lights. For purchase visit www.girlmeetsglass.com and select 75 in the 75 wine guide.A big thank you to Jacques Lurton and Claire Dawson of Diane Wines in Bordeaux. You can find them on Instagram @dianebyjacqueslurton and at https://www.andrelurton.com/ There you can find an online boutique to purchase these wines while they set up their distribution network. They are currently in Germany and Switzerland, with the US coming up next. You are hearing it here first listeners, Diane hasn’t been in production very long, so please look for these wines, order these wines, buy these wines!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Summer in Wine: Jacques Lurton

Natalie MacLean is the host of Unreserved Wine Talk, selected as one of the best drinks podcasts by The New York Times and offers popular online wine and food pairing courses at www.natalie maclean.com.  In this episode, we talk about favorite wines and the future of the industry. Enjoy!  CREDITS:Thank you for listening to Wine School Dropout. This podcast was produced by Studio Ochenta. Hosted by Tanisha Townsend. Our executive producer is Lory Martinez, our sound editor is Luis Raul Lopez Levi. Our theme was done by Gabriel Dalmasso. Music is by Makaih beats. Our art is by Tiffanie Delune. Follow us @wineschooldropout on IG. For more from Natalie, check out both of her books, Red, White and Drunk All Over: A Wine-Soaked Journey from Grape to Glass, which is one of the first wine books I read, and Unquenchable: A Tipsy Quest for the World's Best Bargain Bottles were chosen as one of Amazon’s Best Books of the Year. If you’re dreaming of sitting in a wine bar in Paris, check out our ebook: 75 in the 75 - 75 wine bars to visit in Paris (district number 75). All of Tanisha's bar a vin picks in one place, and tons of photos of the City of Lights. For purchase visit www.girlmeetsglass.com and select 75 in the 75 wine guide. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Summer in Wine: Natalie Maclean

For the second episode of our Summer in Wine bonus series, We talk to Lionel Boillot of We Wine and Vignobles Mayard. What follows is an interesting conversation about working in other countries and languages, doing old things in new ways, and believing in yourself.Thank you for listening to Wine School Dropout. This episode was produced by Studio Ochenta and hosted by Tanisha Townsend. Our executive producer is Lory Martinez, our sound editor is Luis Raul Lopez Levi. Our theme was done by Gabriel Dalmasso. Music is by Makaih beats. Our art is by Tiffanie Delune. Follow us @wineschooldropout on IG. A Big thank you to Lionel for sharing his career story and wine story with us. To learn more about him and his wines, you can visit his website at www.we-wine.fr, on IG at wewine.ig and wewine.fb See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Summer in Wine: Lionel Boillot

Hello and Welcome to these bonus episodes of Wine School Dropout. It’s the summer and while we’re out of school per se, we at WSD want to share a ‘Summer in Wine’ with you! In this mini season, you’ll hear about some cool things happening in the wine world this summer. Think of this a little like ‘Summer School’ and we’re back in session, enjoy!Gone are the days of long-winded chat about wine notes of a field of fresh violets or talking about tannins and which vintage of Grand Cru Bordeaux is the best. There’s a new kind of wine expert in town: the #vinfluencer. A Vinfluencer is sort of a new thing in France, so we sat down with dalkia_loves_wine and @missvicky to learn about this new dream job in wine. CREDITS: Special thanks to our two guests. You can find Diane as @dalkia_loves_wine on IG and her website (in French), and check out her wine reviews on Vivino as well. Anne-Victoire is on Twitter and IG at Vickywine, or visit her website missvickywine.com to find O Joie, the wine in a can at retail locations or purchase her wines directly online. Thank you for listening to Wine School Dropout. This podcast was produced by Studio Ochenta. Hosted by me, Tanisha Townsend. Our executive producer is Lory Martinez, our sound editor is Luis Raul Lopez Levi. Our theme was done by Gabriel Dalmasso. Music is by Makaih beats. Our art is by Tiffanie Delune. Follow us @wineschooldropout on IG. And if you’re dreaming of sitting in a wine bar in the city again, why not purchase my ebook, 75 in the 75 - 75 wine bars to visit in Paris (district number 75). All of my bar a vins pics in one place, and tons of photos of the City of Lights. Classic or natural, big euros or centimes -  we’ve got all tastes covered! For purchase visit my website www.girlmeetsglass.com and select 75 in the 75 wine guide. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Summer in Wine: The #Vinfluencers

What a trip we’ve taken this season! We’ve been to China, Provence, Bordeaux, South Africa, Tasmania… of course it only makes sense that we finish up in Paris. For the final episode of this season of Wine School Dropout we speak with friend and studio mate Sutanya Dacres of the Dinner for One podcast. Now, Sutanya isn’t a wine professional or in the industry at all… she’s actually the type of consumer we created this show for. With episodes from Season 1 like Wine Language and Finding Your Wine Yoda, we wanted you, our listeners, to be able to gain practical knowledge from each episode that you could take with you and use right away. Sutanya is all about cooking and she makes amazing dishes in her kitchen, all with fresh ingredients from local butchers, fromageries and green grocers. But how is she when she talks to the French caviste? Well, take a listen! CREDITS: I know you enjoyed hearing from Sutanya so please follow her on Twitter or Instagram. That's dinner for a period. one, spell out the one. Or dinner phone podcast, dot com.  There you have it everyone, another great conversation to finish out the season here for Wine School Dropout. Thank you for supporting this season. You can find more info on Girl Meets glass  my virtual wine tastings, wine guide to Paris (for when you can return) on my website www.girlmeetsglass.com and of course follow on all forms of social media, GirlMeetsGlass and WineSchoolDropoutContinue supporting the businesses and entrepreneurs we featured this season by following them on social media and by checking out their work. To listen to this season again (and again) in its entirety, it's available on ochentapodcasts.com/wineschool dropout. If you like the show tell a friend, until next time, sit back, relax, and have a glass!  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Wine Around the World with: Dinner for one

Some of us think of one thing we want to do or what we’re good at, select a place and then go do that thing. Well, you all know my story and how that didn’t work quite the same for me and not quite the same for today’s guest Zhuoxu. Born in China, but wanting to learn wine at a top institution, he went to California to work a harvest and gain some wine-making skills. Then also worked vineyards in Australia and then went back to China to make wine and work in imports/exports. Zhuoxu’s story is fascinating in how he navigates the differences in the world of wine on multiple continents, from work ethic to translations yet he handles them flawlessly. Currently in China but awaiting his next adventure on another continent, here’s Zhuoxu.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Wine around the world with: Zhuoxu

Tuanni Price of South African wine tourism company, Zuri Wine Tasting tells us how she adapted to lockdown restrictions to keep her business thriving.This podcast was produced by Studio Ochenta. Hosted by Tanisha Townsend. Our executive producer is Lory Martinez, our sound editor is Luis Raul Lopez Levi. Our theme was done by Gabriel Dalmasso. Music is by Makaih beats. Our art is by Tiffanie Delune. Follow us on IG @wineschooldropout.******PSST! I know you can’t be here in Paris right now, but how about a virtual wine tasting? Take a one hour Tour de France with Girl Meets Glass and hear about current life in Paris as we talk about the famed wine regions of France and taste a few wines together. For purchase visit my website www.girlmeetsglass.com and select "Work with Girl Meets Glass."  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Wine Around the World with: Tuanni Price

We’ve heard that red wine goes with red meat and white wine with like, fish but is that all there is? What about the myriad of flavors out there? What about spices? Mandy Mason, Wine Ambassador of Be Inclusive Hospitality in London talks about diversity in flavors and why wine needs to embrace other types of food and styles of cooking. What wine pairs with Garam Masala for example? Well, listen closely and find out.CREDITS: Thank you for listening to Wine School Dropout, you can find more info and follow Mandy on Instagram @comewinewith_me or on Twitter @mandyjmason. This podcast was produced by Studio Ochenta. Hosted by Tanisha Townsend. Our executive producer is Lory Martinez, our sound editor is Luis Raul Lopez Levi. Our theme was done by Gabriel Dalmasso. Music is by Makaih beats. Our art is by Tiffanie Delune. Follow us @wineschooldropout on IG, see you next week!   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Wine Around the World with: Mandy J Mason

When you think of rosé, you probably think of sunny skies, a sandy beach, or maybe a terrasse with ‘the girls’. But what about drinking rosé in the middle of winter paired with an amazing Christmas dinner you just prepared for your family? Well, the owner of La Fete du Rosé, Donae Burston thought just that. In this episode, Donae reinvents the summer wine and tells us how he developed a new Rosé lifestyle.CREDITS: Thank you for listening to Wine School Dropout, you can find more info on Donae Burston and his wine at his website: La fete du Rose.com On Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook as well, @lafeterose. And his personal Instagram is @ThurstonBurstonIII, his nod to Gilligan's Island.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Wine Around the World with: La Fête du Rosé

In last season’s episode Wine Language, we talked about the different words wine professionals use to discuss and describe wine. But are those words actually helpful? Today we talk with fellow Wine Educator Curly Haslam-Coates about these words and what people really want to know about wine. Haslam-Coates shares her unique approach to teaching. Live from Tasmania, here is Curly Haslam-Coates.CREDITS:Thank you for listening to Wine School Dropout, you can find more info and follow Curly on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @vintageTasmania.This podcast was produced by Studio Ochenta. Hosted by Tanisha Townsend. Our executive producer is Lory Martinez, our sound editor is Luis Raul Lopez Levi. Our theme was done by Gabriel Dalmasso. Music is by Makaih Beats. Our art is by Tiffanie Delune. Follow us @wineschooldropout on IG. See you next week! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/wine-school-dropout.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Wine Around the World with : Curly Haslam-Coates

Ever think you’re not living your best life? That You can and should be doing more to live up to your full potential? Or maybe you’re just bored where you are. This week's guest Namratha found herself in a similar situation and wanted to do something about it. It wasn’t easy and it wasn’t pretty but she made the decision to gain new skills, including learning French, to see where that would take her. Well, it took her all the way to Bordeaux. Listen as Namratha recounts her steps from her wife life in India, to her wine life in Bordeaux.CREDITS: Thank you for listening to Wine School Dropout. This episode was produced by Studio Ochenta and hosted by Tanisha Townsend. This podcast was produced by Studio Ochenta. Hosted by me, Tanisha Townsend. Our executive producer is Lory Martinez, our sound editor is Luis Raul Lopez Levi. Our theme was done by Gabriel Dalmasso. Music is by Ma-kAY-I beats. Our art is by Tiffanie Delune. Follow us @wineschooldropout on IG. You can find more info about Namratha and Solicantus at Solicantus.fr. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/wine-school-dropout.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A Beautiful Life with Solicantus

 Starting a business is hard. Starting a business in another country and another language is even harder. But that didn’t stop this duo from taking an idea and turning it into a lifestyle brand. Patrick and William are two American men that enjoyed the finer things in life and thought, why not do more with this? A chance meeting on a flight to France, and a champagne and cognac brand was born. Here’s the story of William Benson and Patrick Ductant of Billionaire’s Row.Thank you for listening to Wine School Dropout, you can find more info on Billionaire’s Row on Instagram @billionaires row. Twitter @billionaires row. If you want to find out more about the product or purchase the product, you can go to billionairesrow.com. You can also visit reserve bar.com, which is one of the top wine and spirits for purchase and check out their social: @WilliamLBenson and @PatrickDuctant on Instagram. This podcast was produced by Studio Ochenta. Hosted by me, Tanisha Townsend. Our executive producer is Lory Martinez, our sound editor is Luis Raul Lopez Levi. Our theme was done by Gabriel Dalmasso. Music is by Ma-kAY-I beats. Our art is by Tiffanie Delune. Follow us @wineschooldropout on IG and check out ochentastudio.com for full transcripts of this and every episode of the show! See you next week!  Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/wine-school-dropout.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Wine Around the World with: Billionaires Row

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