The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast

The Critic Who Finally Came Around | Jeanine Pt. 5

For the finale, Forrest flips the format and puts four multiple-choice questions to Jeanine about the product she spent years building. She handles the first one easily —

She Designed It Around TSA Rules | Jeanine Pt. 4

This is the practical episode. Jeanine walks through what you'll find at 3rdbottle.com: two bags, a six-pack and a twelve-pack, each with the interlocking modular ice pac

The Tuesday Wine vs. the I-Just-Closed-Something Bottle Pt. 4

Victoria wrote a book about building a personal brand, and then people kept asking her the same follow-up question: fine, I built it — now what? That question became the

Can You Ace the CLINQ ZERO Pop Quiz? Find Out Now!

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: - The inspiration behind the name CLINQ ZERO - Anto's previous corporate experience - How CLINQ ZERO differs from traditional wines - The business mode

The MBA Means Almost Nothing to Her. Here's What Does Pt. 3

India, twenty-some years ago: the site manager who addressed her male employee instead of her Aggressive versus assertive — and the word that gets used on women Guilt a

You Missed the Mark on the Wine Industry — Jeanine vs. Hydro Flask Pt. 3

This part is where the numbers come out. Jeanine wanted twelve to fifteen hours of chill, driven by a specific need: she and her husband keep a second home in Albuquerque

Graduated High School at 16, Bought a House at 19 - Victoria Pt. 2

The Canadian tell — "out and about" Growing up in Calgary; talked into the University of Calgary at sixteen despite offers elsewhere Scholarship in hand, room and board

They're About the Beers and the Bros — Why Wine Coolers Don't Work Pt. 2

Every product story has a stretch in the middle that nobody puts in the marketing copy, and this is Jeanine Lum's. Her first project manager had never had a drink in his

Adopted at 4, Unstoppable by 14 - Victoria Pt. 1

Getting the name right, first thing — P-E-L-L-E-T-I-E-R  Only child, gifted kid, self-described loner: the bike as an instrument of exploration  Streetlights as the onl

Wine Mule Replacement: Jeanine Lum's Journey to Building 3rd Bottle Pt. 1

Jeanine Lum never set out to become an inventor. A W2 employee with no manufacturing background, she stumbled into her business idea the hard way, through a series of win

Applied for a "Warm Body" Job 1995. Now He Runs a World-Class Winery Pt. 1-9

Justin Ennis, Senior Director of Winemaking for Joseph Phelps Vineyards in Sonoma County, responsible for the Sonoma Coast wines under the Freestone brand — a role he's h

The Engineer Who Built CLINQ ZERO - Inside the Wine Industry Pt. 1-5

From a family bakery in Sicily to founding a non-alcoholic wine brand in Dallas, Anto's path to CLINQ ZERO runs through aerospace engineering, Fiat, agriculture, Tetra Pa

Winemaker on the Hot Seat: 10 Rapid-Fire Questions, Zero Hesitation Pt. 9

The rapid-fire rundown: Joe Phelps began his search for the perfect cool-climate site in the 90s. The two estate vineyards behind the vineyard-designate wines are Quarter

The Brand That Wants to Replace Your Soda- CLINQ ZERO Pt. 5

What does success actually look like five years into building a non-alcoholic wine brand? For Anto, founder of CLINQ ZERO, it's simple: becoming the bottle people keep in

Wine That Goes With Everything (According to the Man Who Makes It) Pt. 8

Why Pinot Noir? For Justin, it's the flavor and the challenge — a difficult grape to grow and a difficult wine to make, which makes a phenomenal vintage from Quarter Moon

The Three Products Launching Under CLINQ ZERO Pt. 4

Did you know San Pellegrino comes out of the ground already sparkling? Anto shares that detail in this CLINQ ZERO conversation, right before walking through the brand's f

The Real Price of Wine: 401ks, Living Wages, 35 Sprays a Season Pt. 7

Forrest asks the question wine lovers wonder in the store aisle: what's the story behind the price? Justin lays it out plainly. Freestone employs its own in-house vineyar

The Reason CLINQ ZERO Comes in a Can AND a Bottle Pt. 3

What actually gets removed when you dealcoholize wine — and what gets left behind? In Part 3 of this CLINQ ZERO conversation, founder Anto explains how the distillation-b

Why He Lets Pinot Ferment Wild but Never Chardonnay Pt. 6

Forrest asks the question on everyone's mind: is AI finding its way into the vineyard? Justin embraces technology on the business side — presentations, emails, efficiency

The Process Behind CLINQ ZERO Will Surprise You Pt. 2

Why does a wine with no alcohol cost more to make, not less? In Part 2 of this CLINQ ZERO conversation, founder Anto walks Forrest through the real economics and technolo