Episode 016: The Wine Industry — The True Hollywood Story

Wine for Normal People

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

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🗓️ 12 May 2011

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Another great podcast with Elizabeth and guest host M.C. Ice!

Shoutouts to friends on Twitter, Facebook, and commenters the blog

Main topic: Inside the Wine Industry

How does the wine industry work?
- Regulation, the three tier system, and how it functions
- A few ways you can get into the industry if you want to pursue it as a career
- The real scoop — Elizabeth’s opinions on how it’s far from glitz and glamour.
- Elizabeth and M.C. Ice share some personal experiences and tell it how it really is
- Personalities in the wine industry — from the veteran to the lifestyle junkie, to the snobs, you’ll find it all in this biz
- To sum it all up: think long and hard before diving into the wine industry…it’s not too much different from any other business, despite what it looks like from the outside!

And…The Grape of the Week is Cabernet Franc

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0:00.0	Welcome to Wine for Normal People Radio, for people who like wine but not the snobbery that goes with it.
0:10.0	This weekly podcast is an exploration of a hot topic in wine.
0:15.0	It's an honest, fun, and interesting look inside wine, wine technology, and the wine
0:20.4	industry.
0:21.4	And I'll prove to you that wine doesn't have to be snoddy, condescending or boring.
0:26.2	We're normal people who like wine and we welcome you to Wine for Normal People Radio.
0:30.6	Today's program is sponsored by Hello Vino, a free mobile app that will help you pick a wine next time you're in the store or the restaurant.
0:38.0	The free app is available on both iPhone and Android. Check it out at hello vino dot com. I'm Elizabeth Schneider a
0:45.2	certified solier certified specialist of wine wine blogger of wine for
0:49.5	normal people and educator with years of experience in the wine industry, but I'm not an insider.
0:54.2	I can't stand pretense in wine or in anything else.
0:58.0	And I'm Rick Kreslin co-host and certified technology lover.
1:02.2	Also the co-founder of Helovino, the Wine App for Normal People.
1:06.0	Welcome to Wine for Normal People Radio. Today is May 11th. And today's topic, it's a good one. The wine industry, the true Hollywood story.
1:17.0	I'm really excited for this one. And today again we have MC Ice joining us Jimmy Phoenix and Company who left a very nice and
1:27.4	complimentary endorsement for MC Ice on the blog. We'll be very happy to hear that MC Ice is back.
1:34.5	That's right guys, checks in the mail, thank you so much for the comments.
1:37.7	He he he.
1:38.7	Okay, so we are not going to be doing the true Hollywood story like,
1:44.4	and then tragedy struck.
1:47.2	But we could.
1:48.4	We totally could, but we're not going to do that.
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