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Wine Cast with State of the Vine is a podcast for wine lovers!

This episode is a conversation with Amanda Page of Banville Wine Merchants. We chat about how wines make it to a restaurant’s wine list, working in fine wine sales in the US, and the happiest place on earth...Champagne!

Have you ever found yourself staring at the wine list at a restaurant or wine bar, wondering what’s a good value and what’s just a ripoff? I sat down with Slate wine bar’s head chef and sommelier Danny Lledo to talk about that very topic, and a whole lot more, including his career and how he got here.

This episode is a conversation with Jim Law, the winemaker at Linden Vineyards in Virginia. We chat about wine as an agricultural product, winemaking in Virginia, his favorite food and wine pairings and much more!

Timing is everything, right? It was for Washington State winery Fortuity Cellars. This episode is my conversation with the owners, right after they released their first vintage. We talk about starting a winery and why Washington State wines are awesome.

This episode is a conversation with Jeff Snow, owner of Glou Glou Wines, an importing company. We chat about sulfur in wine, what natural wine is, wine and alcohol related shipping laws in the US, and so much more!  

This episode is a conversation about wine with founder and sommelier Brent Kroll of Maxwell Park DC. We chat about serving and storage temperatures for wine and why that is so important. We also talk about unique wine grapes and how to turn your closet into a wine refrigerator!

This episode is a conversation with Sebastian Zutant, Owner and Beverage Director of Primrose DC, a french wine bar and restaurant. We chat about why he decided to open a wine bar that only serves natural wine, his career, and Virginia wine.

This episode is a conversation with Jordan Stahl of Tyber Creek Wine Bar and Kitchen. We chat about what it's like to leave your corporate career to start a wine bar!

This episode is a conversation with Claude Thibaut of Thibaut Janisson winery. We chat about sparkling wine, Champagne, natural wine, climate change, food and wine pairing, and his life and career.