Friends of the Pod Series -- Ep 262: Serge Dore Outstanding French Wine Importer

Wine for Normal People

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

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Serge Doré has been importing high quality, outstanding value wines from small French family wineries for decades. His passion, discerning palate, ethics, and intelligence make him a model for how importing should be done. He shares his story with us!!

First, here's where you can find Serge and his wines:

Serge's wines: www.sergedoreselections.com
The store that carries them: www.grapesthewineco.com
- Contact Daniel Posner - [email protected] at Grapes, The Wine Company with questions

And here are a few of the many topics Serge and I cover in the show:

1. Serge answers the big question: What exactly does an importer do

2. Serge discusses how he got into the profession and his experiences in building his business -- the joys and struggles (he tells us how importing can be very ugly for some of these small wineries when they hook up with the wrong people).

3. We discuss the wonderful family wineries Serge works with all over France and what it means to have their products sold in international markets, especially the U.S.

4. Serge tells us why French wines are often a better value than US wines

5. We discuss up and coming French regions that we should look out for and Serge offers advice for people who have a palate for New World wines but who would like to expand into French wines

Serge is passionate, kind, smart as a whip, and a fantastic person. I think you'll learn an incredible amount about importing, the wine business, and the struggles of small wineries by listening to this fascinating show. One of my favorite guests of all time!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Thanks for
0:08.0	listening to Wine for normal people.
0:10.0	The podcast for people who like wine, but not the snobbery that goes with it.
0:14.0	I'm Elizabeth Schneider a certified sileleier and certified specialist of wine.
0:20.0	And I'm MC Ice, just a wine-loving normal person.
0:23.2	I've been trying to make this podcast happen for so long.
0:26.9	We have Serge Dore from Serge Dorei selections.
0:30.2	He is a boutique wine importer that's based in Chappacoa, New York, and he is amazing.
0:36.6	Talk about wonderful wines, but an attitude of gold.
0:41.8	This guy is so fantastic. I'm going to let him tell you more about his
0:44.6	background. He is from Montreal and we met while I was working on a will not be
0:50.8	named project. Every single wine 90% of time except if it was from Langawdock because you know I hate Langadoc search right?
0:58.6	I know I know I know I know but every single wine I was always like can I have that one can I have that one can I have that one everyone
1:06.7	Serge works with family wineries his selection of wines and wineries is unparalleled and unrivaled and he is going to
1:17.1	tell us because we have never had an importer on the show to talk about what the life of
1:22.2	an importer is like.
1:23.7	He's been doing this for so long and is such a professional and such a wonderful person.
1:27.8	So thank you so much for being on the show, Serge.
1:30.4	Well, thank you so much Elizabeth to have me.
1:32.4	Tell us about your background and how you got into wine.
1:35.0	And my good lord, I mean, your life in a beautiful city of Montreal growing up.
1:40.0	Yeah, yeah, I'm born and raised, indeed, just out of Montreal and my parents at a small inn.
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