Ep 071: Wine Scandals

Wine for Normal People

Alcohol, Lifestyle, Arts, Education, Food, Wine, Dining, Grapes

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2013

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

I love a good scandal. So this week’s podcast covers the best of the last 30 years. From Champagne to a corrupt Canadian wine critic to Austria’s downfall in the 80s, we discuss the wrongdoing of some big time players in the industry. Then we move on to the fun stories of a world of which we’ll never be a part: the wealthy, elite collectors of rare, old (and appallingly expensive) wines and how a few cunning dudes defrauded collectors and duped critics. We cover Hardy Rodenstock, the subject of The Billlionaire’s Vinegar (a great book! Shameless plug: Go to www.audibletrial.com/winefornormalpeople to get a FREE audiobook download) and Rudy Kurniawan, whose story is even crazier and more recent. The Grape of the Week is Melon de Bourgogne/Muscadet. Per our recommendation: make sure to look for Muscadet Sevre et Maine and sur lie on the labels for quality. Enjoy! Thanks to audible.com - our sponsor! Get a FREE audiobook download at www [...]

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0:00.0	MC Ice, guess what?
0:02.0	Today's podcast is brought to our listeners by audible.com.
0:05.0	Yep, and they can get a free audiobook download at
0:08.0	W.W.
0:11.0	www. Audible Trial.com, forward slash wine for normal people there's over a hundred thousand
0:14.7	titles to choose from and those are for your iPhone Android Kindle or MP3
0:19.0	player go get a buck let's get to the show. Thanks for downloading wine for normal people radio.
0:27.0	The podcast for people who like wine but not the snobbery that goes with it.
0:35.0	I'm Elizabeth Schneider, a certified silye, and certified specialist of wine.
0:39.0	And I'm MC Ice, just a wine-loving normal person.
0:42.0	Rib from the headline.
0:44.0	All of the salacious, dirty, disgusting things the people can do with fermented grape juice.
0:52.0	Oh my, you've really been watching too much gossip girl.
0:55.0	I have been watching a lot of gossip girl.
0:57.0	I've also been watching a lot of revenge.
0:59.0	I also love a good skin.
1:02.0	I can't help it. I'm just fascinated by this and we have a number of
1:08.4	very excellent wine scandals to share. We're going to break the podcast up into ones that are from the wineries
1:16.9	and then into some crazy ass stuff that happened with super rich people. I'm sorry if you're one of these super rich people.
1:23.3	I'm sorry if you're one of these super rich people
1:25.1	and you're listening who collect wines
1:28.2	that are extremely rare and place these ridiculous gambles.
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