Unreserved Wine Talk
Hosted by Natalie MacLean · Natalie MacLean
4.7from 86 ratings
- 416
- Episodes
- 33
- Transcribed
- 86
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2018
- First episode
- 292K
- YouTube views
About Unreserved Wine Talk
The Unreserved Wine Talk podcast features candid conversations with the most fascinating people in the wine world. Your host, award-winning journalist Natalie MacLean, dives into how it feels to compete in the nerve-wracking World's Best Sommelier Competition, the shadowy underground of wine forgery, the zany tactics of a winemaker who hosted a funeral for cork, and more. Nestled in these colourful stories are practical tips on how to choose wine from a restaurant list, pair it with food and spot great values in the liquor store. Every second episode, Natalie goes solo with an unfiltered, personal reflection on wine. She'll share with you how it feels to be a woman in what is still a largely male-dominated field, her gut reaction to the latest health study that says no amount of alcohol consumption is safe and her journey in writing her next book. She'll reveal these vulnerable, sometimes embarrassing, stories with tipsy wit and wisdom that she's soaked up from 20 years of writing about wine. This podcast is for wine lovers from novices to well-cellared aficionados.
- Publisher
- Natalie MacLean
- Category
- arts · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 20 Nov 2018
- Latest episode
- 7 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
33 of 416 episodes have a transcript.
7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
410: How can a bottle of wine become the invitation for Come Over October? John Boyton, CEO of Arterra Wines Canada, shares his insights
30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
409: How can two rums taste completely different even though they're both made from sugar cane? Kara Newman reveals the secret
23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
408: How Are Modern Whisky Makers Using Blending To Capture Emotions and Experiences?
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410: How can a bottle of wine become the invitation for Come Over October? John Boyton, CEO of Arterra Wines Canada, shares his insights
Published 7 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So you said that wine isn't the point, though, of the whole thing. Conversation is. So where does the bottle of wine actually do its work? Is it In the glass, in the invitation, both. Well, this is where I think really wine separates itself from everything else. Wine is not only the excuse, but it is also the invitation. And it's also the reason to accept the invitation. It is a signal that I haven't seen you in a while and I want to see you. So it's a message in itself. It is the speed adjudicator. So as I said, it slows everything down. It is a creation of the conversation because it slows things down. […]
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- John Boynton
- Kara Newman
- Kristiane Westray
- Liz Gabay
- Ben Bernheim
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- YouTube views
- 292,318
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 64 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 22 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 84 / 100
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- Quality
- 99
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 90
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