Fine Wine Confidential Podcast

About Fine Wine Confidential Podcast

The Fine Wine Confidential Podcast tells the story of how the modern-day Virginia wine industry has progressed during the past forty-five years and is now achieving Thomas Jefferson's aspiration to produce world-class wine. Fred Reno interviews many of the Old Dominion's prominent winery owners, winemakers and viticulturists. In their own words, you the listener, will learn why Virginia is the most exciting wine-growing State in the country today. The Fine Wine Confidential Podcast having chronicled the beginnings of the Virginia modern-day growth is now focused on the wines produced from the Norton grape as Virginia is its ancestral home. Look for All About Virginia Norton.

Publisher

Fred Reno

Category

arts · arts · history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

3 Nov 2020

Latest episode

18 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

87 episodes in the feed.

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   18 Sept 2026

   EPISODE #17 KNOW WHEN TO FOLD THEM/WILLIAM HILL WINERY SAGA

   Send us Fan Mail Episode #17 shares with you, the listener, the events of the night I resigned as Vice President of Sales after over 4 years at William Hill Winery. After the '21 Club Event in May 1987, it became clear that it was time for me to move on from William Hill Winery. In the Immortal words of Kenny Rogers, you have to know when to hold 'em, and when to fold 'em. For me it was time to fold them. The question then became: when? Well, it happened on the afternoon of April ...

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   9 Sept 2026

   EPISODE #16 THE WHITE BURGUNDY CLUB

   Send us Fan Mail This Episode captures the moment and evening event when what became known as The White Burgundy Club was established. I called this new event the White Burgundy Club, and it ran for many sessions during my career. The first is detailed here and occurred on the evening of October 11, 2005, less than six months after recovering from a Heart Attack and 5-level bypass surgery, when I was clinically dead on the emergency room table. I recaptured the fun and magic of this clu...

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   10 Jul 2026

   EPISODE #15 LESSONS LEARNED IN MY 46-YEAR WINE CAREER

   Send us Fan Mail In my career, I learned many valuable lessons about business and life that I share throughout my book, Fine Wine Confidential. In Episode #15, I recount a small sampling of the lessons that helped shape my successes, which were not necessarily apparent to me at the time. This Episode will give you a feel for what I experienced, and I will let my record speak for itself. My Tell-All Memoir, Fine Wine Confidential, is now published and available on Amazon and other online book ...

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

20 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

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