Ep 148: Conversation with Champagne Laurent-Perrier President Michelle DeFeo
Wine for Normal People
English - December 08, 2015 21:21 - 1 hour - 63 MB - ★★★★★ - 1.3K ratingsFood Arts Education wine alcohol dining education food grapes lifestyle travel Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Michelle DeFeo is a rock star of the Champagne world. She's a fabulous businesswoman, a Champagne nerd, and a normal wine person! We discuss everything from Bon Jovi to being a woman in the wine biz to differences in Champagne styles to flutes vs wine glasses.
Here are more detailed show notes:
We discuss the landscape of the Champagne industry and Laurent-Perrier's place in it Then we discuss Michelle's background -- her journey from Jersey girl to Francophile and whether she's on team Springsteen or team Bon Jovi We trade war stories about the perils of being a woman in the wine industry and Michelle shares her hopeful outlook on the situation Then it's a Champagne dork out -- flutes v. glasses, occasions for Champagne, and sugar levels in the wine (and a little secret about sugar in wine) We discuss the storied history of Laurent-Perrier and it's pure, fresh, elegant style plus vintage and multi-vintage Champagnes from the house We wrap with some information on what it's like to work for Laurent-PerrierFinally Michelle tells us what she'll be drinking for the holidays!
A super informative podcast with a great lady. The wine is delicious too -- so put it on the list!
Enjoy!