Mas Vino Please Podcast – Détails, épisodes et analyse

This week’s solo episode touches on the importance of advocating for Latinos in American wine, the massive role they played in the expansion of the US wine industry, and a couple of Latino/a producers that I’m loving right now. Plus, I share a few ways YOU can support Latino produced wine. Mas Vino Latino Please!

Get familiar with some of the producers I mention here:

* Xochitl Wines (Paso Roble)

* Seis Soles (Lodi)

* Soto Vino (Austin TX)

* Final Girl Wines (Los Alamos CA)

* La Montañuela (Vermont)

For more information on Farmer Worker Rights, Protection and Advocacy, check out @flowerinspanish on instagram (https://www.instagram.com/flowerinspanish)

Swinging back into the podcasting groove with one of my favorite LA wine dudes: Ian from Good Clean Fun! Ian has been curating wine vibes and great bottles in DTLA since he opened GCF in 2021. Over the years, it’s become one of my go-to neighborhood hangouts with their epic patio parties and I even co-hosted my very first Mas Vino event with them back in November 2021!

Ian has always pushed the boundaries with what a great wine bar can be and has been instrumental in making the LA wine scene an exciting destination! I loved having this chat with Ian and always love learning from him and the wines he’s inspired by!

I hope you enjoy this episode— don’t forget to share, like and rate ;)

@gcfwines

We’re back! A week later than planned but here we are with a brand new episode for you <3

This week’s episode brings me a lot of joy! I was lucky enough to sit down with one of my wine boss inspirations: Kate Vourvoulis of Good Luck Wine Shop in Pasadena. She and her husband opened their shop peak pandemic and have grown it into an incredible community wine space and are curating some of the most interesting wines in the area.

Their wine club is UNMATCHED (ships nationwide!) and an great place for new or advanced wine drinkers explore. If you’re in the area, I highly recommend you pop in to check out their selection, or have a glass of wine in their tasting room! (They also own the winery next door: Vin De California).

In this episode, Kate shares about her own journey to wine, what it takes to open a shop and the truth about Post Malone’s wine! Give it a listen and be inspired—and don’t forget to share this podcast with 2 friends for a little **good luck** ;)

The vino we sipped in this episode is was Cara Cara by Vin de California, available at their shop and in their tasting room!

ps. I encountered a little bit of audio issue, so if you’re an audio geek and you notice, sorry lol.

In short: Kristin Olszewski is a badass. She went from Harvard Med School to realizing that wine is life and very quickly learned the ropes, then became a sommelier and wine director around the US. Eventually (and very quickly), she started her own sustainable canned wine company: Nomadica Canned Wines and is adding Founder/CEO to her very long and impressive resume.

In this episode, we chat about her journey to wine, somm life, and the tools to becoming a successful CEO. She’s been such a great friend and guide in my own wine journey, so I’m really excited to share her perspectives with you all and hopefully she can inspire some of you to start something amazing!

Oh and don’t call her a “female founder”. She’s a FOUNDER and she’s ready to show you the ropes.

We enjoyed a beautiful bottle of Sotto Banco Bianco by Andrea Occhipinti. A spectacular white wine from Sicily, very light skin contact.

Episode 2 is here! Are you ready?

I’m so excited to share this episode with Ben Shmikler, a photographer turned sommelier and the wine director of LA’s coolest hidden gem: Bar Restaurant in Silverlake.

Ben is single handedly building out one of the most interesting wine lists I’ve seen in a minute. He’s an adventurous wine enthusiast, always looking for new and unique producers from around the world. His enthusiasm is so inspiring and I lovedddd this conversation with him. We went on a fun roller coaster of tangents from pop-ups, to sustainability in food & wine, pouring wine for guests and… cookies? Trust me, it all makes sense once you listen!

I hope you enjoy this episode! Please let me know your thoughts on our convo and be sure to like, share, comment, rate, subscribe, etc etc ALL THE THINGS hehe. Your engagement helps me continue to build this community! <3 ps. it’s available on Spotify now! yay!

The wine we sipped and chatted about in this episode: Say When Piquette made with rehydrated skins of Grenache Noir and Riesling. Be sure to order from and support local winemakers!

Episode 1: Piquette Party with Rachel from Say When Wine

Rachel and I met last year at the beginning of my Tik Tok career and connected over our love of wine (of course), the flower market, and living in Downtown LA! She’s an incredibly talented winemaker that places a strong emphasis on sustainable and regenerative farming.

Rachel and her husband created Say When Wines to create experimental wines that bend the rules of traditional wine making, while still being extremely elegant and beautiful. Each of their wines tells a story that goes beyond the bottle and their thoughtful attention to detail is unmatched!

I am so honored and excited to have Rachel as my first guest on Más Vino Please: The Podcast! I hope you enjoy this very first episode!!! Please be sure to share with your friends and leave a comment with your review! Your feedback and reviews are alwaysss appreciated!

The wine we shared in this episode was Dawn by Neighborhood Winery/Pali Wine Co, a skin-contact wine of Pinot Gris/Chardonnay!

COMING THIS FRIDAY! MAY 27th!

The time has come! Mas Vino Please: The Podcast is here! Episode #1 drops THIS FRIDAY at 10am, so tell your friends! Episodes will be available on Substack first, so be sure to subscribe (or tell your friends to subscribe!) so you can get them straight to your inbox :)

I’m honored to bring you these episodes with some of my favorite people in wine! These conversations come from all over the wine industry with winemakers, wine directors, shop owners and founders—I hope they help you feel closer to the industry and inspire you on your own wine journey.

This podcast is entirely self-produced and funded (which also means: self taught! cuz I didn’t know how to produce or edit before this lol), so the more you share and listen, the more it helps me out!

Pleaseee, please, pleaseeee leave a comment and let me know what you think on each episode! Feedback will always help me, whether it’s an interesting tangent you liked, the audio sounded like crap, or you think something can be added or improved! I love you and can’t wait for you to listen!! <3

The long hiatus is over! The podcast is back, baby! I contemplated bringing back the pod back for a second season — I worried I wouldn’t have capacity for it or maybe I should wait and find a producer, but I realize my favorite projects are the ones I don’t think too hard about and just dive right in.

So here it is: episode 1, an intro. A quick little catch up on some of the things that have happened in the last year, I get a little honest and candid about wine and content creation, and a taste of what’s to come this year on the podcast.

New episodes are available each week on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Subscribers get episodes first, direct to their inbox.

If you haven’t already (and you love me), please consider rating the pod on Spotify & Apple Pods!

The Mas Vino Please: The Podcast season finale is here. Episode 10 is a candid conversation with my dad about natural wine, his wine memories and other insights—even though he’s currently on the no-alch, no-coffee lifestyle. My dad has always been a good sport when it comes to natural wine and always down to try the weird, funky, fizzy things I pass his way so I thought sharing a conversation with him over a bottle would be the best way to close out this season. In this episode he tries Como La Flor for the very first time and gives honest, live feedback (lol). Later in the episode I quiz him on natty wine terms I think everyone should know :)

We had a lot of fun recording this (even though I gave him Cov—d in the process lol sorry dad!) so I hope you all enjoy and I can’t wait to be back soon with season 2 of Mas Vino Please: The Podcast.

Please, please, please take my little bro’s advice and rate this podcast on all platforms. Every share and rate helps get the pod out to more folks who might be interested in all things wine. I love you!

This episode is a shorty to ease you into the new year! It’s been a couple weeks since we last talked, so I’m doing a little holiday recap with some wines I drank and food we ate this month. Stay til the end though for a very special guest: my little brother Nico! It’s the first ever interview with a second grader about wine lol. We chatted about how wine is made and he asks some of the hard hitting natty wine questions. He might know more about fermentation than some of the natty bros…

Enjoy this episode and if please share, follow and rate on Spotify! It really helps me out :)