GuildSomm Podcasts

  • Soju & Sake

    In this episode, GuildSomm Interim Executive Director  interviews two entrepreneurs who specialize in east Asian beverages. Master Sommelier  discusses how his company, KMS Imports, is creating a market for Korean soju and other artisanal beverages in the US. Later, Todd Bellomy describes the production process and styles of sake and the vision behind Farthest Star Sake, his forthcoming sake brewery…

    • Jun 8, 2021
  • Career Series: Packaging Design & Branding

    This month on the GuildSomm podcast, we're hosting a special series focused on careers in the wine industry. We're releasing one episode per week throughout the month of May, featuring interviews with wine professionals whose careers highlight lesser-known paths within the industry.

    For our fourth and final episode in the series, GuildSomm Director of Strategic Partnerships  interviews Kevin…

    • May 30, 2021
  • Career Series: Wine Auction

    This month on the GuildSomm podcast, we're hosting a special series focused on careers in the wine industry. We're releasing one episode per week throughout the month of May, featuring interviews with wine professionals whose careers highlight lesser-known paths within the industry.

    For our third episode in the series, GuildSomm director of operations and editor  speaks with Marie Keep…

    • May 24, 2021
  • Career Series: Consulting

    This month on the GuildSomm podcast, we're hosting a special series focused on careers in the wine industry. We're releasing one episode per week throughout the month of May, featuring interviews with wine professionals whose careers highlight lesser-known paths within the industry.

    For our second episode in the series, GuildSomm Interim Executive Director  interviews 

  • Career Series: Wine Public Relations

    This month on the GuildSomm podcast, we're hosting a special series focused on careers in the wine industry. We'll release one episode per week throughout the month of May, featuring interviews with wine professionals whose careers highlight lesser-known paths within the industry. In June, we'll get back to our regular monthly podcast, including the blind wine reveal from the "Unexpected Booze" episode.…

    • May 9, 2021
  • Unexpected Booze

    In this episode, the GuildSomm team explores wines made from fruit other than grapes. Stacy Ladenburger interviews Michael Terrien about his Maine blueberry wine label, Bluet, and co-fermentation projects at his Sonoma Winery, Obsidian Ridge, and  speaks with  about her family's meadery in Ferndale, Michigan. The episode closes with another opportunity for listeners to practice blind tasting…

    • Apr 30, 2021
  • Sangiovese

    In this episode, we cover all things Sangiovese.  talks with Frasca Hospitality Group Wine Director  about the versatility of the grape from the sommelier perspective, and  interviews winegrowers Roberto Stucchi of Badia a Coltibuono in Chianti Classico and Tancredi Biondi-Santi of his family's Il Greppo estate in Montalcino.

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    • Mar 25, 2021
  • Remembering Steven Spurrier

    In light of Steven Spurrier's passing last week, we are rereleasing this 2018 conversation he had with our interim executive director, We remember Steven as a humble leader in the industry, whose passion and curiosity for the world of wine inspired countless others in their careers. We hope you'll enjoy hearing Steven's insights about the UK's wine history and its influence on several of Europe…
    • Mar 19, 2021