A husband and wife team change the face of wine and help people discover over a billion bottles. Tony and Barbara Laithwaite have done so much in wine it's almost impossible to list it all, but in this wide ranging conversation we will try. From the beginning of English sparkling wine, democrat...

Madeira wine is more than just a drink. Through the centuries it has impacted history, war, and even the founding of the United States. Somehow this important and delicious drink is still misunderstood. On today’s episode, wine expert Rebecca Phillips opens up several styles and vintages of Ma...

It's football season and we have the perfect pairing. We pick the wines you should be drinking while watching the big game. Join renowned sommelier and wine bar owner Rebecca Phillips to help open up some great options for your game day snacks!

Amy Christine M.W. holds nothing back talking about the 2025 harvest at Holus Bolus wines. Warning: language and bugs

We travel to Abbott Claim in Oregon's Willamette Valley to discuss the word "Burgundian" and what it means to try to make a wine from somewhere else. This episode features James Beard award winner Jason Wise and famed winemaker Alban Debeaulieu as they open a bottle of Oregon Pinot and a bottle ...

Oregon's Eola-Amity Hills is now making some of the United States most respected and delicious Chardonnay. In this episode Alban Debeaulieu of Abbott Claim walks us through his wine.

There are only a few bottles that can be called truly legendary. In this episode Jean Louis Chave opens the 1969 hermitage red - one of the world's rarest and most legendary wines. Originally featured in the sequel to "SOMM" called "into the Bottle", this scene has been recut and remastered to ...

Two sommeliers at the top of their game blind taste at “Vintage” - one of LA’s leading wine bars.

The medieval village of Saint-Émilion may be famous for the vines surrounding it, but it holds an ancient secret. Kilometers of tunnels, quarries, and cellars wind below closed off to the millions who visit each year. On this new episode, we take you past the walls that exist for regular visito...

Big stores like Costco now bottle their own premium wines from great regions like Barolo. A leading sommelier and wine shop owner is here to answer the only question that really matters: Are they any good?

What wine goes with Breakfast? What pairs with fruit loops? We answer the most important questions that have been asked by scholars and scientists for a millennia.

A natural carbonic wine from Santa Barbara has changed the face of wine drinking around the world. This is the story of “Love you Bunches”, a wine with a small beginning that has become a very big thing. Pete Stolpman and Jason Wise tell the story of success.

We debate what US wine region deserves a visit this year and why it may not be on your radar. Is Napa still the gold standard? Are the best places to visit still in California? This is where you should visit this season.

A war over a name erupts in Napa and engulfs two winemaker's lives for a decade. "The Apostrophe war" as it has now come to be called between Stag's Leap wine cellars and Stags' Leap winery has become the stuff of legend, but also asks at what point is the fight not worth winning anymore? Today...

Sit down with three legends in wine as they open up the bottles that changed their lives forever. Steven Spurrier, Jancis Robinson, and Fred Dame come together at a table in Paris to taste through the wines that inspired them to become obsessed and dedicated to the world of wine.

Jason Wise, host of the SOMM TV Podcast sits down with Jeffrey Stein, CEO of UOVO Wine to discuss the often-overlooked and fascinating topic of storing wine properly.

Let's travel to the Côte de Nuits in Burgundy to learn about the world’s most famous place for Pinot Noir. Find out why for over two thousand years winemakers have been embracing the terroir to make one of the most complex and revered wines.

The legendary first vintage of traditional method wine from Argyle in the Willamette Valley, OR sparked a revolution. Oregon is now becoming a leader in American traditional method Sparkling wine, but many experts believe that movement started with the 1987 Argyle. On this episode, winemakers Ka...

Two families come together in Champagne over 200 years ago and started one of the most storied and respected sparkling wines on the planet. How did they survive world wars and family strife to survive to this day? We speak with the 7th generation of Billecart-Salmon Champagne to tell they story...

Long time sommelier and wine expert Art Tierce and renegade Oregon winemaker Travis Todd, sit down in Oregon’s Willamette Valley for a hilarious blind tasting sessions.

Chris Beyer has been experimenting with unique flavors and aromas for years, but recently he has found that things like tomatoes and even anchovies can elevate his vermouth and help drinkers find a new way of tasting. Meet the man who will ferment anything.

Sparkling wine can be among the hardest to blind taste, especially when you are a winemaker who makes traditional method bubbles. In this Episode Jeanne Feldkamp of Corollary wines and Kenny McMahon of Arabilis wines in Oregon's Willamette Valley face off to see if they can pull of blind tasting...

What went bump in the night on the set of “Ghosts of Napa Valley”? Director Jason Wise and Cast member / sommelier Claire Coppi discuss everything that went down behind the scenes of this haunted wine story.

What are the most famous songs that have wine in them? Pat Monahan, lead singer of the band Train, joins us to talk about his wine and countdown our favorite songs that mention wine in this conversation.