The SOMM TV Podcast

The SOMM TV Podcast

224 Episodes

Featuring an ongoing conversation about wine, food, and life with Jason Wise. Episodes available here and anywhere you get your podcasts.

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  • Dry Wine

    The SOMM TV team breaks down the many misconceptions surrounding the term "Dry Wine" in today's podcast. What makes a wine dry and what does that actually mean to the average drinker? make sure to subscribe to sommtv.com for hundreds of hours of original shows and educational content about food...

  • The World's Most Extreme Vineyards

    Get ready to count down the most extreme vineyards in the world. On today's podcast we take you to the craziest locations people are growing grapes for wine. Make sure to subscribe to sommtv.com to watch the video version of this episode.

  • The SOMM TV Top Wines of 2022

    Through a year of filming, podcasting, and traveling, the SOMM TV team has narrowed down their top wines of 2022. Some familiar and some not so familiar bottles made our list of the best and most interesting. Join Jason Wise, Claire Coppi, and podcast producer John Adams as they pick their favo...

  • A Deep Dive on Portugal

    Lets take a deep dive into one of the great wine destinations, Portugal. Jason Wise and Elaine Chukan Brown talk about the regions, grapes, and wines across this incredible country.

  • Top Sparkling Wines for the Holidays

    Everyone needs more bubbles, especially now. Jason Wise and Claire Coppi each pick four sparkling wines you want to try for the holidays including one under 20$, a major bargain under 35$, a celebration wine, and their wish list wine. Make sure to sign up or gift SOMMTV.COM to the wine and food ...

  • Wine of the Holy Land

    On this episode, the History and current status of wines of two very historic and religious centers are discussed in depth. Armenia, the first Christian nation and the site of the first winery, and Israel the crossroad and center of most western faith have been making wine for a millennia. The ...

  • An Intro to the Wines of Portugal

    Portugal is one of the world’s great wine and culinary treasures. In this podcast, Jason Wise is joined by writer Elaine Chukan Brown to talk about and gush over the basics of the wines and regions of Portugal.

  • Wine and Hockey

    Hockey Legend Jim Fox sits down with Jason Wise to talk about the fascinating world of the NHL and wine, what it is like to play against Wayne Gretzky, and the direction the sport is going with food and drink.

  • The Rothschild’s S. American Wineries

    Join the SOMM TV staff as we discuss wineries in Chile and Argentina that hold the coveted Rothschild name working with local grapes and French Oak to create something of two worlds.

  • Are Wine Holidays BS?

    There are more and more “Wine days” celebrating grapes, wines, styles and more, it seems we are running out of days. The SOMM TV team is here to discuss if the four most recent ones are worth celebrating and along the way we tell the story of the grapes involved. Merlot, Tempranillo, Carménère, a...

  • The Noble Grapes

    Jason Wise and head wine writer for Food & Wine Magazine litigate the old notion of "Noble Grapes". For centuries, these grapes were known as the kings and queens of all grapes. It's time to expand and maybe even kick a few out of the club.

  • Hemingway Cocktails

    Ernest Hemingway is rumored to have invented many drinks around the world, lets get to the bottom of the truth in today's podcast. Join Amanda Sasser of The CanTiki bar and Jason Wise as they drink around the world seeking the truth about this mythic writer and drinker.

  • Horror Films & Drinks

    Jason Wise and Claire Coppi sit down with the writer of Thor, X-men: First Class, and Fringe: Zack Stentz to pick our top scary movies and what you should drink while watching for this Halloween.

  • Tony Parker

    Jason Wise sits down with four time NBA champion to discuss basketball and wine. and how being raised in Europe changed his perspective on sports and the culinary world.

  • The NBA Championship

    NBA Champion, Winemaker Channing Frye sits down to discuss the wild story of what you drink during, after and because of the NBA championship and how that involves Justin Timberlake and crying into a margarita.

  • The Keeper of the Cup

    Episode 139

    Jason Wise sits down with Phil Pritchard of the Hockey Hall of Fame, the man who for decades has watched over the Stanley Cup as it tours around the world with the champions who all get to drink, eat, and use it for 24 hours. What has been drank from this mythic trophy?

  • Turtle Soup and Oysters

    Jason Wise sits down to talk to one of the culinary world's busiest chefs, Meg Bickford, to discuss New Orleans cuisine, the back of the house and a passion for turtle soup.

  • Harvest with Hugh

    Jason Wise talks to Schramsberg Winemaker Hugh Davies about the 2022 Napa Harvest, the history of Napa, and what it is like to watch Napa explode the way it has since his parents started their iconic winery.

  • Vegan Wine

    Jason Wise sits down with Susie Selby, Winemaker at Belse Wines to discuss what makes a wine Vegan and why you should care.

  • Top Wine Cellars

    Jason Wise sits down with renowned wine experts Kelli White and Elaine Chukan Brown to deliberate our three favorite wine cellars around the world. Join us as we travel the globe searching for what makes a barrel room the most interesting and what that has to do with German Heavy Metal, Australia...

  • Best SOMM TV Wines

    The SOMM TV team sits down to deliberate their top 3 wines they have drank during production so far on SOMM TV as they send off podcast producer Nadine Nettmann.

  • White Zinfandel

    Jason Wise and winemaker Steve Matthiasson dive into the history of White Zinfandel and the effects it had on the California wine market. From its creation to its popularity and how it saved some wineries in the 80s, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss. This episode is brought to you by...

  • CJ McCollum

    Jason Wise and basketball star/winemaker CJ McCollum sit down in Aspen to pour some wine and chat about his journey into wine, basketball, winemaking, his Oregon vines, and who really knows about wine in the NBA. This episode was also filmed and can be seen on SOMM TV.

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  • Eight Years Later

    Jason Wise and Jackson Myers share stories from the aftermath of the 2014 Napa earthquake, which happened eight years ago this week, and the moments that ended up in Into The Bottle.