Your Cool Aunts present The Wine Merchant
172 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago -Narrated entries from Claire’s Diary tell insider stories from the international wine business. Travel with her to uncover the mysteries behind the creation and acquisition of luxury goods from vintage wines to high fashion. Claire joins a group of unique women at The Wine Merchant in their work to fix the PR problems of the rich and catch the thieves. Her writing is so brilliantly descriptive you’ll feel as though you’re in Claire’s pocket walking through the vineyards or sitting in her cafe with Remi the wolfhound. Episode 1-32 are her earliest memories, 33-present are her very recent experiences. More @YourCoolAunts.com
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New Day
September 24, 2021 19:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBGrace and Sid create a new business plan for Claire. The new plan offers Claire a pathway for her new business to succeed. But first, Claire must agree to absolute secrecy. Relieved and shocked Claire listens to their plan and agrees to think about the offer overnight. Her last question is a broad one - is there anyone else involved that I should know about? Their answer shocks her once more - Claire cannot believe that she is the last to know. How could this have happened without her know...
Now Is The Time
September 21, 2021 15:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBClaire is back with a letter and she tells us that she's on the cusp of something that will change everything - in a good way. Luckily she was locked down for the pandemic on a vineyard in Northern California with an amazing group of people. Her wine importing business idea has been waiting for her attention. Grace and Sidonie are the experts and they are here to help.
41. Now Is The Time
September 21, 2021 15:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBClaire is back with a letter and she tells us that she's on the cusp of something that will change everything - in a good way. Luckily she was locked down for the pandemic on a vineyard in Northern California with an amazing group of people. Her wine importing business idea has been waiting for her attention. Grace and Sidonie are the experts and they are here to help.
40. Friends+
March 14, 2021 01:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBAlexandre leaves Natalie's vineyard and heads home to France and leaving Claire at her new home in the refrubished Barn to weather the shutdown - insecure and feeling a little down. But not an hour passes when out of the dust trail appears Claire's oldest friend from college Grace - pulling an Airstream trailer into the Vineyard. A reunion and much laughter ensues on the porch of the Beekeeper's Cottage. Once installed, Grace and Sidonie plan to start their business on the West Coast but fi...
Friends
March 14, 2021 01:00 - 32 minutes - 22.1 MBAlexandre leaves Natalie's vineyard and heads home to France and leaving Claire at her new home in the refrubished Barn to weather the shutdown - insecure and feeling a little down. But not an hour passes when out of the dust trail appears Claire's oldest friend from college Grace - pulling an Airstream trailer into the Vineyard. A reunion and much laughter ensues on the porch of the Beekeeper's Cottage. Once installed, Grace and Sidonie plan to start their business on the West Coast but fi...
Coming and Going
March 04, 2021 18:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBAn emotional turn around as Claire struggles after Alexandre's departure - his return to France has left her wondering if they would have anything like a future together. Barret is there for her - to offer advice as CoolAunts always manage to do. Claire is uninspired and without any ideas for her next move, until she is surprised by the unexpected arrival of her dear friend Grace. As is her usual, Grace arrives in a big way with another friend in tow - and a 25 foot long Airstream trailer. ...
39. Comings and Goings
March 04, 2021 18:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MBAn emotional turn around as Claire struggles after Alexandre's departure - his return to France has left her wondering if they would have anything like a future together. Barret is there for her - to offer advice as CoolAunts always manage to do. Claire is uninspired and without any ideas for her next move, until she is surprised by the unexpected arrival of her dear friend Grace. As is her usual, Grace arrives in a big way with another friend in tow - and a 25 foot long Airstream trailer. ...
38. Better Than Instead
February 26, 2021 17:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBThe Barn remodel is just about finished. Everyone has pitched in on the work in the Barn and the vineyard too. Natalie's first harvest with the new water supply is saved when Barret comes up with a plan to step in for the absent pickers. Throughout the pandemic shut down everyone at the vineyard picks up on whatever needs doing and gets it done. Barret steps in again for Claire - she's collected an inspiration file for Claire by listening to her and her dreams for collecting art and furnishi...
Better Than Instead Of
February 26, 2021 17:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBThe Barn remodel is just about finished. Everyone has pitched in on the work in the Barn and the vineyard too. Natalie's first harvest with the new water supply is saved when Barret comes up with a plan to step in for the absent pickers. Throughout the pandemic shut down everyone at the vineyard picks up on whatever needs doing and gets it done. Barret steps in again for Claire - she's collected an inspiration file for Claire by listening to her and her dreams for collecting art and furnishi...
Change of Plans
February 19, 2021 17:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBLike everyone, Claire plans have been upended by the pandemic. She has just left her job to start a wine and spirits import and export business. Laurente has left on the last flight out to Paris. Caught up in the lockdown, Claire is inspired by the diaries in Love War Champagne once again and lives the value of being in the moment she has. Claire, Barret, Natalie, Tim and Alexandre are a force together - they manage to complete Natalie's vineyard harvest, maintain the vineyard and remodel ...
37. Change of Plans
February 19, 2021 17:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBLike everyone, Claire plans have been upended by the pandemic. She has just left her job to start a wine and spirits import and export business. Laurente has left on the last flight out to Paris. Caught up in the lockdown, Claire is inspired by the diaries in Love War Champagne once again and lives the value of being in the moment she has. Claire, Barret, Natalie, Tim and Alexandre are a force together - they manage to complete Natalie's vineyard harvest, maintain the vineyard and remodel ...
36. For The Wine
February 12, 2021 17:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBIn this season finale, good things fall into place for Claire and seemingly everyone around her too. Tim's big brother/hero status is secured and the future of Natalie's vineyard is bright as her grandfather's struggle is resolved. All of this happens with some help from the new comer Alexandre. Of course, Laurente's fingerprints are found on the 'unlikely coincidence' of two seat mates finding one another on a flight from Paris. Love is in the air.
For The Wine
February 12, 2021 17:00 - 31 minutes - 21.5 MBIn this season finale, good things fall into place for Claire and seemingly everyone around her too. Tim's big brother/hero status is secured and the future of Natalie's vineyard is bright as her grandfather's struggle is resolved. All of this happens with some help from the new comer Alexandre. Of course, Laurente's fingerprints are found on the 'unlikely coincidence' of two seat mates finding one another on a flight from Paris. Love is in the air.
From The Porch
February 05, 2021 23:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBNearing the end of Season III Claire has a few surprises from her Diary. Knowing this will be a significant event, Claire wants to savor, notice and share as much as she can - such that she'll be able to return to this time in memory and to share it with as many details as possible . There are heroes, beekeeping, surveys, villains and new friends with blue skies every day. Better than a romance novel or any other fiction, this is Claire's Diary life for real.
35. From The Porch
February 05, 2021 23:00 - 27 minutes - 19.2 MBNearing the end of Season III Claire has a few surprises from her Diary. Knowing this will be a significant event, Claire wants to savor, notice and share as much as she can - such that she'll be able to return to this time in memory and to share it with as many details as possible . There are heroes, beekeeping, surveys, villains and new friends with blue skies every day. Better than a romance novel or any other fiction, this is Claire's Diary life for real.
First Impressions
January 29, 2021 19:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBFeeling nostalgic on her return to her mother's home, Claire has decided to leave her job and to start her own business. She will be importing the artisanal wines and spirits she was unable to buy for her now former employer - that 'big box' corporation. She also shares some thoughts about what she calls 'memorable moments' - those places and times when you want to lock it into your memory bank - so you can return to it again. This visit with her mother is one of those ‘moments’ from the beg...
34. First Impressions
January 29, 2021 19:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBFeeling nostalgic on her return to her mother's home, Claire has decided to leave her job and to start her own business. She will be importing the artisanal wines and spirits she was unable to buy for her now former employer - that 'big box' corporation. She also shares some thoughts about what she calls 'memorable moments' - those places and times when you want to lock it into your memory bank - so you can return to it again. This visit with her mother is one of those ‘moments’ from the beg...
Homeward Bound
January 22, 2021 14:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MBClaire has been traveling throughout France constantly. A dream job for sure, but her work as a wine buyer for a 'big box' store has its downside too. She's been in constant motion for a few years at this point and so much so that she doesn't even maintain her own home. That is about to change. In need of a break, she heads for her mother's home - The Beekeeper's Cottage - in California. Along the way Claire meets a French winemaker and Laurente's fingerprints seem to be everywhere Claire t...
33. Homeward Bound
January 22, 2021 14:00 - 23 minutes - 16.3 MBClaire has been traveling throughout France constantly. A dream job for sure, but her work as a wine buyer for a 'big box' store has its downside too. She's been in constant motion for a few years at this point and so much so that she doesn't even maintain her own home. That is about to change. In need of a break, she heads for her mother's home - The Beekeeper's Cottage - in California. Along the way Claire meets a French winemaker and Laurente's fingerprints seem to be everywhere Claire t...
Hero's Welcome
January 15, 2021 18:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBAfter a long travel delay, Claire returns to Champagne for the annual Celebration - it's her first time back to the village as a 'working woman' in the wine business. It's also an intense rush of emotion and memory when Claire is put on the spot to speak to the gathered celebrants. There's important history from the postmistress and Legion of Honor recipient - Madame A Huron, who finally reveals her mysterious first name to Claire - and why it has been a secret all this time. While not a ...
32. A Hero's Welcome
January 15, 2021 18:00 - 34 minutes - 23.5 MBAfter a long travel delay, Claire returns to Champagne for the annual Celebration - it's her first time back to the village as a 'working woman' in the wine business. It's also an intense rush of emotion and memory when Claire is put on the spot to speak to the gathered celebrants. There's important history from the postmistress and Legion of Honor recipient - Madame A Huron, who finally reveals her mysterious first name to Claire - and why it has been a secret all this time. While not a ...
**Back Again
January 08, 2021 20:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBLove War Champagne series continues with another diary entry where a young woman leads her village in the Resistance in the caves of Champagne of war time France. American soldiers accompany them on their journey of survival, love and espionage. The future is so uncertain - can they resist falling in love?
31. **Back Again
January 08, 2021 20:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBLove War Champagne series continues with another diary entry where a young woman leads her village in the Resistance in the caves of Champagne of war time France. American soldiers accompany them on their journey of survival, love and espionage. The future is so uncertain - can they resist falling in love?
**My American
December 31, 2020 20:00 - 25 minutes - 17.2 MBLove War Champagne - Part 3. A relationship grows amidst wartime life in a Champagne cave. Cooperation and creativity displace dwindling supplies and everyone benefits. She's able to write in her diary again with the Christmas gifts from the American. Hope is afoot, the two leaders grow close - enough so that she shares her diary with the book starved, curious American. She wants him - and anyone who might read her diary in the future - to understand why they fight so hard for this place -...
30. **My American
December 31, 2020 20:00 - 25 minutes - 17.2 MBLove War Champagne - Part 3. A relationship grows amidst wartime life in a Champagne cave. Cooperation and creativity displace dwindling supplies and everyone benefits. She's able to write in her diary again with the Christmas gifts from the American. Hope is afoot, the two leaders grow close - enough so that she shares her diary with the book starved, curious American. She wants him - and anyone who might read her diary in the future - to understand why they fight so hard for this place -...
30. My American
December 31, 2020 20:00 - 25 minutes - 17.2 MBLove War Champagne - Part 3. A relationship grows amidst wartime life in a Champagne cave. Cooperation and creativity displace dwindling supplies and everyone benefits. She's able to write in her diary again with the Christmas gifts from the American. Hope is afoot, the two leaders grow close - enough so that she shares her diary with the book starved, curious American. She wants him - and anyone who might read her diary in the future - to understand why they fight so hard for this place -...
29. **Ink and Paper
December 24, 2020 20:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBLove War Champagne - The 2nd in a multi-part series. Claire is reading from an old inherited diary - a young woman deals with life (and love) in the Champagne caves of wartime France. With little more than her determination, creativity and the company of her diary, she manages a day at a time. A wayward group of American soldiers joins them in the cave where they figure out how to work together to survive. As Claire reads the diary, she becomes deeply intrigued by the degree to which she ide...
**Ink and Paper
December 24, 2020 20:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBLove War Champagne - The 2nd in a multi-part series. Claire is reading from an old inherited diary - a young woman deals with life (and love) in the Champagne caves of wartime France. With little more than her determination, creativity and the company of her diary, she manages a day at a time. A wayward group of American soldiers joins them in the cave where they figure out how to work together to survive. As Claire reads the diary, she becomes deeply intrigued by the degree to which she ide...
29. Ink and Paper
December 24, 2020 20:00 - 27 minutes - 19 MBLove War Champagne - The 2nd in a multi-part series. Claire is reading from an old inherited diary - a young woman deals with life (and love) in the Champagne caves of wartime France. With little more than her determination, creativity and the company of her diary, she manages a day at a time. A wayward group of American soldiers joins them in the cave where they figure out how to work together to survive. As Claire reads the diary, she becomes deeply intrigued by the degree to which she ide...
Come With Me
December 18, 2020 16:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBLove War Champagne - First in a multi-part series - Laurente shares an inherited diary with Claire that brings her into the world of Diary Legacies. Here, Claire shares selected diary entries from the women of Champagne who lived it - war, pestilence, economic devastation - and wrote their way through it all. Learning to love during war, surviving in the caves of Champagne and so much more. Although they are living in very different times and places; these women and their diaries have much m...
28. *Come With Me
December 18, 2020 16:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBLove War Champagne - First in a multi-part series - Laurente shares an inherited diary with Claire that brings her into the world of Diary Legacies. Here, Claire shares selected diary entries from the women of Champagne who lived it - war, pestilence, economic devastation - and wrote their way through it all. Learning to love during war, surviving in the caves of Champagne and so much more. Although they are living in very different times and places; these women and their diaries have much m...
**Come With Me
December 18, 2020 16:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBLove War Champagne - First in a multi-part series - Laurente shares an inherited diary with Claire that brings her into the world of Diary Legacies. Here, Claire shares selected diary entries from the women of Champagne who lived it - war, pestilence, economic devastation - and wrote their way through it all. Learning to love during war, surviving in the caves of Champagne and so much more. Although they are living in very different times and places; these women and their diaries have much m...
28. **Come With Me
December 18, 2020 16:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBLove War Champagne - First in a multi-part series - Laurente shares an inherited diary with Claire that brings her into the world of Diary Legacies. Here, Claire shares selected diary entries from the women of Champagne who lived it - war, pestilence, economic devastation - and wrote their way through it all. Learning to love during war, surviving in the caves of Champagne and so much more. Although they are living in very different times and places; these women and their diaries have much m...
Common Traits of CoolAunts
December 11, 2020 20:00 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MBClaire recalls some moments as a tour guide intern in France. Brigitte is a kid from the village and is an old soul and wise one too even though she is much younger than any of the tour guides in this group of friends. There are nine young women in the group and they all intend on being a 'big sister' to Brigitte or even better, a CoolAunt. Brigitte surprises them all with her stories and local wisdom and at the end of the day they wonder who is leading whom? Have they formed a surrogate f...
27. Common Traits of CoolAunts
December 11, 2020 20:00 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MBClaire recalls some moments as a tour guide intern in France. Brigitte is a kid from the village and is an old soul and wise one too even though she is much younger than any of the tour guides in this group of friends. There are nine young women in the group and they all intend on being a 'big sister' to Brigitte or even better, a CoolAunt. Brigitte surprises them all with her stories and local wisdom and at the end of the day they wonder who is leading whom? Have they formed a surrogate f...
Common Traits
December 11, 2020 20:00 - 25 minutes - 17.7 MBClaire recalls some moments as a tour guide intern in France. Brigitte is a kid from the village and is an old soul and wise one too even though she is much younger than any of the tour guides in this group of friends. There are nine young women in the group and they all intend on being a 'big sister' to Brigitte or even better, a CoolAunt. Brigitte surprises them all with her stories and local wisdom and at the end of the day they wonder who is leading whom? Have they formed a surrogate f...
Lingering
December 04, 2020 03:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBThe art of being fully in the moment - on a long awaited get together Laurente and Claire get into a conversation about lingering. What they think of when they engage in lingering - how and when to do it, define it and perfect the art of lingering.
26. Lingering
December 04, 2020 03:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBThe art of being fully in the moment - on a long awaited get together Laurente and Claire get into a conversation about lingering. What they think of when they engage in lingering - how and when to do it, define it and perfect the art of lingering.
26. * Lingering
December 04, 2020 03:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBThe art of being fully in the moment - on a long awaited get together Laurente and Claire get into a conversation about lingering. What they think of when they engage in lingering - how and when to do it, define it and perfect the art of lingering.
* Lingering
December 04, 2020 03:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBThe art of being fully in the moment - on a long awaited get together Laurente and Claire get into a conversation about lingering. What they think of when they engage in lingering - how and when to do it, define it and perfect the art of lingering.
25. Becoming A Podcast
November 28, 2020 02:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBSeason III opens with a Special Edition - A Letter From Claire to the Readers, Listeners and Followers of YourCoolAunts - All of the Nieces, Aunts and Friends out there in the world of CoolAunts. Claire tells us how her diary became a podcast with the help of Sam&Ted.
25. Becoming; The Letter From Claire
November 28, 2020 02:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBSeason III opens with a Special Edition - A Letter From Claire to the Readers, Listeners and Followers of YourCoolAunts - All of the Nieces, Aunts and Friends out there in the world of CoolAunts. Claire tells us how her diary became a podcast with the help of Sam&Ted.
25. Becoming A Podcast; A Letter From Claire
November 28, 2020 02:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBSeason III opens with a Special Edition - A Letter From Claire to the Readers, Listeners and Followers of YourCoolAunts - All of the Nieces, Aunts and Friends out there in the world of CoolAunts. Claire tells us how her diary became a podcast with the help of Sam&Ted.
Becoming
November 28, 2020 02:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBSeason III opens with a Special Edition - A Letter From Claire to the Readers, Listeners and Followers of YourCoolAunts - All of the Nieces, Aunts and Friends out there in the world of CoolAunts. Claire tells us how her diary became a podcast with the help of Sam&Ted.
Becoming A Podcast; A Letter From Claire
November 28, 2020 02:00 - 35 minutes - 24.5 MBSeason III opens with a Special Edition - A Letter From Claire to the Readers, Listeners and Followers of YourCoolAunts - All of the Nieces, Aunts and Friends out there in the world of CoolAunts. Claire tells us how her diary became a podcast with the help of Sam&Ted.
Same Time, Place and Table
November 21, 2020 01:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MBClaire and friends - CoolAunt admirers all - regularly get together for dinner at their favorite restaurant. There's always someone new joining the group, so the notion of CoolAunts needs to be explained - or does it? Doesn't everyone have a CoolAunt?
24. Same Time, Place and Table
November 21, 2020 01:00 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MBClaire and friends - CoolAunt admirers all - regularly get together for dinner at their favorite restaurant. There's always someone new joining the group, so the notion of CoolAunts needs to be explained - or does it? Doesn't everyone have a CoolAunt?
Parisian Songstress
November 13, 2020 20:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBClaire spends another Sunday morning at Laurente's NYC townhouse and once again learns something new about Laurente and herself. The lesson for Claire is a reminder to be open, seek out new things or change - and most of all - never make assumptions concerning Laurente.
23. Parisian Songstress
November 13, 2020 20:00 - 28 minutes - 19.8 MBPlease leave a review wherever you listen. Claire spends another Sunday morning at Laurente's NYC townhouse and once again learns something new about Laurente and herself. The lesson for Claire is a reminder to be open, seek out new things or change - and most of all - never make assumptions concerning Laurente.
22. Knitting Code
November 07, 2020 01:00 - 26 minutes - 18.5 MBClaire always admired her mother's knitting skill but never learned until now. She sets out to find a way to start knitting and finds the math and community alongside of the craft.