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Cru | Wine Industry Podcast

111 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 62 ratings

Welcome to Cru, a wine industry podcast.

Every Monday, we feature in-depth interviews with the legends and disruptors in the wine industry.

Whether you're a seasoned sommelier, a brand new business owner, winemaker with many vintages under your belt, or just starting your journey in the industry, you won't want to miss a single episode. Have the best minds in the wine business whispering their secrets and insights directly into your ear holes. Guests include Raj Parr, Steve Matthiasson, Esther Mobley, Francoise Peschon, Andre Mack, Marissa Ross, Bob Cabral, Brian McClintic, and many more.

Hosted by founder of Monday Wine, Wine Enthusiast 40 Under 40 Tastemaker, award-winning sommelier, and wine marketer, Chappy Cottrell.

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Episodes

The Art of Making People Smile with Giuseppe Cola

October 02, 2016 13:33 - 57 minutes - 78.6 MB

Giuseppe Cola (@pjritzsomm) is the first Perrier-Jouet sommelier at The Ritz London. He is also the award winner of the Annual Award of Excellence in Service 2016 from the Royal Academy of Culinary Arts London, the most prestigious award available to young professionals in the hospitality industry today.  You can learn more about Giuseppe at http://crupodcast.com/show/giuseppecola We invite you to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and leave a review. It helps other people find the show....

#9 John Kapon

October 02, 2016 13:14 - 34 minutes - 46.7 MB

John Kapon (@JohnKapon) is the CEO of his family's wine store that was started in 1820, Acker Merrall & Condit. Acker Wines is now one of the largest auction houses in the world. You can learn more about John at http://crupodcast.com/show/johnkapon We invite you to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and leave a review. It helps other people find the show. Follow us on Instagram and hashtag your wine pictures with #crupodcast to be featured on our feed. http://instagram.com/crupodcast

#8 David Baker

October 02, 2016 13:06 - 44 minutes - 61 MB

David Baker (@dave301) a writer, filmmaker and interactive media producer living in the Pacific Northwest. He directed American Wine Story is a documentary about the passion and determination of those who pioneer wine in America.  You can learn more about David at http://crupodcast.com/show/davidbaker We invite you to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and leave a review. It helps other people find the show. Follow us on Instagram and hashtag your wine pictures with #crupodcast to be f...

#7 Philip Staveley

October 02, 2016 12:59 - 1 hour - 110 MB

Philip Staveley (@StaveleyPhilip) is a director at Amphora Portfolio Management, a bespoke wine investment business advising private investors. Philip graduated from St. Andrews in 1980, has worked in Hong Kong and London as an Asian equities broker, and built the first ever composite Global Emerging Markets distribution platform for Deutsche Bank. He is a fine wine investor himself and loves sharing wine with others.  You can learn more about Philip at http://crupodcast.com/show/philipsta...

#6 Peter Shakeshaft

October 02, 2016 12:45 - 21 minutes - 29.8 MB

Peter Shakeshaft (@PRShakeshaft) is the founder and CEO of Vin-X. A qualified corporate financier, Peter’s career spans twenty years in the Financial Services industry where he founded and led a group which grew sales to over £100 million. You can learn more about Peter at http://crupodcast.com/show/petershakeshaft We invite you to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and leave a review. It helps other people find the show. Follow us on Instagram and hashtag your wine pictures with #crup...

#5 Miles Davis

October 02, 2016 12:37 - 33 minutes - 45.4 MB

Miles Davis (@wamllp) is a partner at the London based Wine Asset Managers, who are responsible for managing The Fine Wine Fund and The Fine Wine Investment Fund. Think of Wine Asset Managers as a hedge fund for wine. You can connect with Miles on Twitter and learn more about him here.  You can learn more about Miles at http://crupodcast.com/show/milesdavis We invite you to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and leave a review. It helps other people find the show. Follow us on Instagra...

#4 Constantin Press

October 02, 2016 12:30 - 54 minutes - 75.1 MB

Constantin Press (@WineContor) Founder of The Wine Contor, an importer of high-end German and Italian wines based in Shanghai. He’s lived and worked in New Zealand, Chile, worked for Vinitaly, and was born in the Mosel in Germany. Constantin is working to bring great wine to the people of Shanghai. You can learn more about Constantin at http://crupodcast.com/show/constantinpress We invite you to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and leave a review. It helps other people find the show. ...

#3 Rob McMillan

October 02, 2016 12:20 - 48 minutes - 66.2 MB

Rob McMillan (@SVBWine) is the founder and Executive Vice President of Silicon Valley Bank's Wine Division based in St. Helena, California. Starting in 1992 he developed the division from the idea and start-up phase to the point where it is today, now regarded by many as the leading provider of financial services to the fine wine business on the west coast of the United States. You can learn more about Rob at http://crupodcast.com/show/robmcmillan We invite you to subscribe to the podcas...

#2 Scott McWilliam

October 02, 2016 12:10 - 51 minutes - 71.1 MB

Scott McWilliam (@scottmcwilliam) is a 6th generation senior winemaker with McWilliam’s Wines, his family’s wine company that was started in 1877 when the first vines were planted. We talk about everything from the art of winemaking to the history of his family’s company that played a large part in the formation of the Australian wine industry. You can learn more about Scott at http://crupodcast.com/show/scottmcwilliam We invite you to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and leave a revie...

#1 David Baeza

October 02, 2016 11:54 - 36 minutes - 50 MB

David Baeza (@DavidBaeza) is a Harvard Business School educated entrepreneur and marketer. He's worked with companies like Citrix to develop Go To Meeting and Go To Webinar. He's been the Senior Vice President of Marketing at Lynda.com, is an advisor to Treehouse the online education platform, and is now the CEO & Co-Founder of a company called Vine Rangers. His mission with Vine Rangers is to utilize the latest in drone, mobile, cloud, and imaging technology to work with winemakers to help ...

#0 Dustin Wilson MS

October 02, 2016 10:29 - 36 minutes - 50.5 MB

Dustin Wilson (@dustinwilsonms) is a Master Sommelier. At the time of this recording he was the Wine Director at Eleven Madison Park. Currently, he is the Co-founder of Vallin Wine & Anvil Wine and an advisor the PerUs and Mason Pacific. You may know him from the wine documentary, Somm and Somm: Into The Bottle, where we witnessed part of his journey to becoming a Master Sommelier. You can learn more about Dustin at http://crupodcast.com/show/dustinwilson We invite you to subscribe to th...

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