Latest Wine and spirits Podcast Episodes
51. Don't Ask How & Don't Ask Why
Your Cool Aunts present The Wine Merchant - April 17, 2022 18:00 - 24 minutesClaire has decided to help Alexandre. There is something very wrong with the wine from his family's vineyard and he needs help finding the problem and the culprit. All this action against the backdrop of maybe something more than 'a friendship' developing between the two of them. Brigitte plays ...
Don't Ask
Your Cool Aunts present The Wine Merchant - April 17, 2022 18:00 - 24 minutesClaire has decided to help Alexandre. There is something very wrong with the wine from his family's vineyard and he needs help finding the problem and the culprit. All this action against the backdrop of maybe something more than 'a friendship' developing between the two of them. Brigitte plays ...
50. Need to Know
Your Cool Aunts present The Wine Merchant - November 19, 2021 20:00 - 26 minutesThe Wine Merchant is real. Claire finally reveals the 'other' work of The Wine Merchant - most of it, just enough - to Alexandre.
Need to Know
Your Cool Aunts present The Wine Merchant - November 19, 2021 20:00 - 26 minutesThe Wine Merchant is real. Claire finally reveals the 'other' work of The Wine Merchant - most of it, just enough - to Alexandre.
Help Wanted
Your Cool Aunts present The Wine Merchant - November 12, 2021 20:00 - 24 minutesAlexandre turns to Claire for some help. He didn’t know where to turn or what he was getting into - and neither did she. Claire is so caring and possibly too much so. Either way, there's a great deal of interest between the two of them.
49. Help Wanted
Your Cool Aunts present The Wine Merchant - November 12, 2021 20:00 - 24 minutesAlexandre turns to Claire for some help. He didn’t know where to turn or what he was getting into - and neither did she. Claire is so caring and possibly too much so. Either way, there's a great deal of interest between the two of them.
Family Ties
Your Cool Aunts present The Wine Merchant - November 05, 2021 19:00 - 24 minutesAlexandre is out and about promoting the wines of his region as well as his own award winning recent vintage. Until something goes very wrong with his sample wine.
48. Family Ties
Your Cool Aunts present The Wine Merchant - November 05, 2021 19:00 - 24 minutesNarrated 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 ...
47. Grand Opening
Your Cool Aunts present The Wine Merchant - October 29, 2021 17:00 - 26 minutesClaire has returned to France to start her new business. She found a shop and it's perfect. Brigitte was instrumental in finding the right place. Claire calls it equal parts wine shop, cafe and bookstore. Have a seat and stay for a while.
Grand Opening
Your Cool Aunts present The Wine Merchant - October 29, 2021 17:00 - 26 minutesClaire has returned to France to start her new business. She found a shop and it's perfect. Brigitte was instrumental in finding the right place. Claire calls it equal parts wine shop, cafe and bookstore. Have a seat and stay for a while.
Yes You Can
Your Cool Aunts present The Wine Merchant - October 22, 2021 20:00 - 30 minutesLaurente has inspired Claire once again and now she is ready to work with the members of The Wine Merchant. Claire could never pass on the chance to join these women at The Wine Merchant to defend and protect not only their products, but also the terroir - the reputation of the source. It's the...
46. Yes We Can
Your Cool Aunts present The Wine Merchant - October 22, 2021 20:00 - 30 minutesLaurente has inspired Claire once again and now she is ready to work with the members of The Wine Merchant. Claire could never pass on the chance to join these women at The Wine Merchant to defend and protect not only their products, but also the terroir - the reputation of the source. It's the...
45. Count Me In
Your Cool Aunts present The Wine Merchant - October 15, 2021 15:00 - 18 minutesWhen Grace needed help Laurente answered her call but there was so much more to be done. As the village's defacto mayor, Laurente cared about the reputation of the place and the wine. As to the farmers and vintners; she amassed their information, knew things the Committee could never penetrate ...
Count Me In
Your Cool Aunts present The Wine Merchant - October 15, 2021 15:00 - 18 minutesWhen Grace needed help Laurente answered her call but there was so much more to be done. As the village's defacto mayor, Laurente cared about the reputation of the place and the wine. As to the farmers and vintners; she amassed their information, knew things the Committee could never penetrate ...
The Chairman's Problem
Your Cool Aunts present The Wine Merchant - October 08, 2021 19:00 - 25 minutesGrace shares the details of how she became involved with the wine business - and how she called upon Laurente for help with a very serious client problem.
44. The Chairman's Problem
Your Cool Aunts present The Wine Merchant - October 08, 2021 19:00 - 25 minutesGrace shares the details of how she became involved with the wine business - and how she called upon Laurente for help with a very serious client problem.
But First . . .
Your Cool Aunts present The Wine Merchant - October 01, 2021 20:00 - 32 minutesClaire needed Grace and Sid to answer a few more questions before she spoke to Barret and Laurente. She reminisces about her career path in the wine business - it's about the good and the not-so-good people and their intentions. Her decision is obvious, but she wants to go into this business arr...
43. But First . . .
Your Cool Aunts present The Wine Merchant - October 01, 2021 20:00 - 32 minutesClaire needed Grace and Sid to answer a few more questions before she spoke to Barret and Laurente. She reminisces about her career path in the wine business - it's about the good and the not-so-good people and their intentions. Her decision is obvious, but she wants to go into this business arr...
But First . . .
Your Cool Aunts present The Wine Merchant - October 01, 2021 20:00 - 32 minutesClaire needed Grace and Sid to answer a few more questions before she spoke to Barret and Laurente. She reminisces about her career path in the wine business - it's about the good and the not-so-good people and their intentions. Her decision is obvious, but she wants to go into this business arr...
42. A New Day
Your Cool Aunts present The Wine Merchant - September 24, 2021 19:00 - 25 minutesGrace 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 b...
New Day
Your Cool Aunts present The Wine Merchant - September 24, 2021 19:00 - 25 minutesGrace 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 b...
41. Now Is The Time
Your Cool Aunts present The Wine Merchant - September 21, 2021 15:00 - 35 minutesClaire 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 ...
Now Is The Time
Your Cool Aunts present The Wine Merchant - September 21, 2021 15:00 - 35 minutesClaire 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 ...
40. Friends+
Your Cool Aunts present The Wine Merchant - March 14, 2021 01:00 - 32 minutesAlexandre 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 A...
Friends
Your Cool Aunts present The Wine Merchant - March 14, 2021 01:00 - 32 minutesAlexandre 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 A...
Coming and Going
Your Cool Aunts present The Wine Merchant - March 04, 2021 18:00 - 34 minutesAn 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 h...
39. Comings and Goings
Your Cool Aunts present The Wine Merchant - March 04, 2021 18:00 - 34 minutesAn 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 h...
38. Better Than Instead
Your Cool Aunts present The Wine Merchant - February 26, 2021 17:00 - 23 minutesThe 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...
Better Than Instead Of
Your Cool Aunts present The Wine Merchant - February 26, 2021 17:00 - 23 minutesThe 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...
Change of Plans
Your Cool Aunts present The Wine Merchant - February 19, 2021 17:00 - 33 minutesLike 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 li...
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