Episodes

  • How AI is Powering Travel Experiences in Wine and Spirits Destinations.

    How AI is Powering Travel Experiences in Wine and Spirits Destinations.
    Jun 18 2026

    A dynamic dialogue with leading brands and writers about how AI is creating truly personalized experiences in wine and spirits destinations, and how an AI-first world is creating new opportunities for the industry to reframe its approach and turn challenges into triumph.


    Topics

    • How Leaders Are Creating Personalized Experiences
    • Meet the Transformation Economy
    • What Makes an Experience Ecosystem
    • Sensory Optimism in an AI-First World

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    53 mins
  • En Primeur 2026 with Colin Hay

    En Primeur 2026 with Colin Hay
    May 11 2026
    Db’s Bordeaux correspondent Colin Hay speaks to Arabella Mileham about the 2025 Bordeaux en primeur campaign. Noting the surprising quality of the wines despite challenging weather conditions, he shares his top picks of the vintage as well as the challenges ahead. This year, more than ever, pricing discipline will be crucial, and a successful campaign is vital for Bordeaux's financial stability - so far, the pace of the campaign has been slow and early releases shows modest reductions, but this may accelerate, and the next two weeks will prove decisive.

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    42 mins
  • WSET’s next chapter: Michelle Brampton on modernisation, sustainability and the future of drinks education

    WSET’s next chapter: Michelle Brampton on modernisation, sustainability and the future of drinks education
    May 5 2026
    In a wide-ranging interview with Patrick Schmitt MW, Michelle Brampton outlines her vision for the future of the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET): a more inclusive, digitally-enabled, sustainability-focused, and globally-connected organisation that remains the benchmark for drinks education worldwide.

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    33 mins
  • Taste Spain: what are most exciting Spanish wines right now

    Taste Spain: what are most exciting Spanish wines right now
    Apr 17 2026
    Patrick Schmitt MW discusses the past, present and future of Spain’s diverse wine scene with Ferran Centelles, the drinks manager at the El Bulli foundation, and Maria Naranjo, the director of food and drink at Spanish trade organisation ICEX.

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    34 mins
  • Webinar: How AI can transform the wine and spirits trade

    Webinar: How AI can transform the wine and spirits trade
    Apr 6 2026

    Panellists include Danny Cooper, chief information and digital officer at Virgin Wines; Rachel Wilson, general manager of Napa Valley Marriott; and Patrick Comiskey, Master of Fine Arts, wine writer and critic.


    As AI capabilities evolve at speed – enabling increasingly sophisticated product recommendations, targeted communications and data-driven insights – drinks businesses face a particular challenge: applying these tools in a category defined by complexity and deeply subjective consumer preferences.


    This session examines how AI-powered personalisation can be deployed effectively across retail, e-commerce and hospitality, and what a specialist, drinks-focused approach looks like in practice.


    Hosted in partnership with Preferabli, which provides recommendation solutions tailored specifically to the drinks sector, the webinar will bring together voices from across the trade — spanning digital retail, hospitality and wine criticism — to assess both the opportunities and practical realities of AI implementation.

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Nadine Fau: How to be green and premium in Provence

    Nadine Fau: How to be green and premium in Provence
    Mar 27 2026
    Château Galoupet managing director Nadine Fau tells Patrick Schmitt MW about the steps needed to produce wine sustainably in Provence and why premium rosé packaging doesn’t have to come at the expense of the environment.

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    56 mins
  • Eric LeVine: 'Dry January does not exist'

    Eric LeVine: 'Dry January does not exist'
    Mar 20 2026
    According to CellarTracker founder Eric LeVine, “Dry January does not exist” – at least among his audience – though drinkers are exploring far more wine regions than in the past. He tells Patrick Schmitt MW about the trends from his 'Year in Review'.

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    37 mins
  • David Furnish: Why Elton John launched an alcohol-free fizz

    David Furnish: Why Elton John launched an alcohol-free fizz
    Mar 5 2026
    Patrick Schmitt MW hears from David Furnish why he and his husband, Elton John decided to enter the drinks sector with an alcohol-free alternative to Champagne called Elton John Zero Blanc de Blancs

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    27 mins