How To Get Into Wine
How To! with Mike Pesca
Peach Fish Projects
4.3 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Today on How To!, Ross, a TV director who enjoys a drink but feels intimidated by the pretension of the wine world, levels up his wine knowledge. Mike brings on journalist and The Corrupt Wine Writer Substack author Joel Stein to cut through the snobbery, explain why you shouldn't be afraid to ask for help at a wine shop, and offer practical tips on how to order confidently at restaurants without overspending. They discuss why "drinking what you like" is only half the battle and how to navigate restaurant markups. Plus, is wine knowledge actually a gateway to sophistication, or just another way to get stuck in the status-seeking trap?
Executive Producer Corey Wara
Edited by Geoff Craig
Booking by Ben Astaire
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| 1:13.9 | said that, and so many amazing things have been said about wine. You assume they're all true |
| 1:20.0 | because, you know, in vino veritas, but wine is also a snooty, snooty affair, or can be. |
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