The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast

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

2 Vineyards, 1 Winemaker — Why the Wines Taste Nothing Alike Pt. 5

Justin breaks down what's actually in the glass — Pastorale Pinot Noir is fruit-forward and flashy with red cherry and strawberry notes and a long finish, while Quarter M

Sicily to Dallas: CLINQ ZERO Saw the Gap in the Wine Industry Pt. 1

Most people who launch a non-alcoholic wine brand come at it from the wellness world, the beverage startup world, or the "I gave up drinking and couldn't find anything go

Why Joseph Phelps Expanded to the Sonoma Coast — Freestone Vineyards w/ Justin Ennis Pt. 4

Justin Ennis explains that you can't talk about Napa Valley's red table wine history without talking about Joe Phelps, who founded Joseph Phelps Vineyards in 1973 after b

Maryse Wrote the Book on Wine Smart — Now Take the Quiz

Rusty Cellars is back behind the quiz desk, and this time the subject is the one guest who literally wrote the book on wine talk. Maryse Chevriere — certified sommelier,

32 Harvests, Here's the Real Path - Justin Ennis Pt. 3

Justin Ennis explains that his path into winemaking didn't run through a four-year degree program, but through 32 harvests of hands-on, ground-up learning that started at

Premium Blend Is Giving Away Product — For the Best Possible Reason

Henry Santos of Premium Blend joins Forrest to talk about Raise a Glass for Colombia, the company's earthquake relief campaign. Premium Blend has deep roots in the Colomb

From the Vault: Keith Urban, Golden Road Era Pt. 3 — The Finale

Then things get playful: Keith cheerfully ad-libs an Outback Steakhouse tagline ("Crikey, I just threw that one in myself"), before a rapid-fire lightning round turns up

Why Every Winemaker Needs To Travel First - Justin Ennis Pt. 2

Justin Ennis dives into the long tradition of international exchange programs in winemaking, where interns and foreign workers move between wineries to share techniques,

Wine-Based Cocktails, a Cuban Escape — Premium Blend Pt. 1-5

What does it take to build a 35-year-old spirits brand from scratch when nobody believes in your product, you have no industry experience, and a liquor license costs seve

1 Harvest Changed Everything: Freestone Winemaker Justin Ennis's Sonoma Coast Story Pt. 1

Justin Ennis, senior director of winemaking for Joseph Phelps Vineyards and the steward of its Freestone brand along the Sonoma Coast, where he's spent the last twenty ye

Keith Urban: Golden Road Interview — Guitar Heroes & Hidden Tracks Pt. 2

Keith talks his TV run on Leno and The View, a fan poll that had him wanting to see him on the big screen (right behind Faith Hill), and previews the next single, Raining

New Products, World Cup, Holiday Table: Premium Blend's Next Chapter Pt. 5

Thirty-five years. Same 800 number. Still picking up. That's Premium Blend in a nutshell — built on relationships, consistency, and a product that just keeps finding new

Greets You With… But Hits You in the Face: Inside Wine Drawings Everyone Loves Pt. 6

Maryse Chevriere's illustrations — a little figure she simply calls "my little dude." He's intentionally universal, someone anyone can see themselves in, though she'll ad