A Northern Wine Odyssey

There IS a skill to dining out. Dan and Paul combine their years of different experiences to strategize maximizing your evening out by following some fundamental guidelines. For example, don't just make a reservation, but make every effort to show up on time for your reservation. Getting off on the right foot with the restaurant is crucial. Listen on for more!

In this episode, we follow the career of Dan's friend and colleague, Nathan Lithgow. Nate is an American Expat who, through a twist of fate, joined Dan in London in 2021 after a decade-long career in hospitality and wine in New York City. Trained as a chef and sommelier, he opened the smoked-meat speakeasy Holy Ground NYC in 2018. Since relocating to London, Nathan's experience and entrepr...

Paul and Dan recorded in person for the first time ever! Dan was in New York on assignment for the New York Wine & Grape Foundation’s annual B.E.V. NY conference. Over morning spritzes at Paul’s bar in Beacon, the two debrief the conference and conclude that much work is still to be done to bring wine to new audiences. Hosts:  Dan Belmont & Paul Brady Editor:  Dan Belmont Publisher:  Lenn...

Dan and Paul welcome guest Tim Buzinski — co-owner of Artisan Wines in Beacon, NY, and instructor of wine at the Culinary Institute of America. They discuss this year’s doom and gloom Silicon Valley Bank State of the Wine Industry Report — what was the marketing message during more lucrative decades versus what it is (or is not) now. Hosts:  Dan Belmont & Paul Brady Guests:  Tim Buzinski Edito...

Dan and Paul welcome sommelier, restaurateur, and wine and beer producer Christopher Bates to talk New York wines, being a sommelier, and the journey that New York wine has been on since Christopher's first vintage in 2009. Hosts:  Dan Belmont & Paul Brady Guests:  Christopher Bates Editor:  Dan Belmont Publisher:  Lenn Thompson/Cork Report Media

Dan and Paul welcome VinePair CEO Adam Teeter back to A Northern Wine Odyssey for an 'Ask Adam' episode!  Topics include whether it's advantageous or not to be branded an 'industry spot,' who might be in line to be the next New York Times Wine Critic, and more. Hosts: Dan Belmont & Paul Brady Guests: Adam Teeter Editor: Dan Belmont Publisher: Lenn Thompson/Cork Report Media

Dan and Paul welcome Christy Frank of Copake Wine Works in the Berkshires and Finger Lakes winemaker Ian Barry to A Northern Wine Odyssey. They discuss the various circles and marketing messages of upward-trending hybrid grapes – who's paying attention, who's not; what are we getting right or wrong about this movement? Hosts: Dan Belmont & Paul Brady Guests: Christy Frank & Ian Barry Edito...

Dan was on assignment for the New York Wine & Grape Foundation this summer. He and Paul chat at length about his sizable and comprehensive tour of the Finger Lakes. Hosts: Dan Belmont & Paul Brady Editor: Dan Belmont Publisher: Cork Report Media

Dan and Paul catch up on Dan's trip to Austria, favorite autumn seasonal drinks, and finally, about how wine bars and wine-centric restaurants seem to be in a holding pattern, without much innovation to speak of. Hosts: Dan Belmont & Paul Brady Editor: Dan Belmont Publisher: Cork Report Media

Dan was on assignment elsewhere to talk wine and barbecue, so he and Paul riff on some thinking about how awesome New York and northeast wines are, particularly with traditional, Southern American barbecue.  Then the conversation turns to new and exciting tasting room experiences worth checking out. Hosts: Dan Belmont & Paul Brady Editor: Dan Belmont Publisher: Cork Report Media

This one has been on the docket for a while. Dan and Paul have a lot of fun breaking down the wine-heavy parts of the film scene by scene as if they took place in New York, superimposing NY wines and wineries. What region did they have the New York versions of Miles and Jack visit? Listen to find out!

A Northern Wine Odyssey is back and we're super excited to welcome co-host Dan Belmont as a permanent fixture on the pod. Dan brings expertise in all areas of New York wine and adds an international perspective as he resides in London England.  Paul and Dan jump into a bit of Dan's background before tackling the subject of flagship grape varieties -- as in, do we need them in New York, or is...

Osmote Wine owner/winemaker Ben Ricardi and host Paul Brady pay tribute to Scott Signari, the chef/owner of the Stonecat Cafe in Hector, NY who recently passed away from brain cancer.  Brady reflects on his time as a server at the Stonecat in 2017, and Ricardi – being local to the area – discusses the chef's extremely hospitable and unique relationship to local wineries.  The two th...

Paul Brady is back with the first episode since the opening of his winery/tasting room/bottle shop/wine & cocktail bar Paul Brady Wine (https://www.paulbradywine.com/). His guest is Allison Slute who is perhaps best known as @cabfrancchronicles on Instagram. Listen in as they discuss a variety of topics including, of course, cabernet franc in New York and Ontario.  Host: Paul Brady Guest(...

Wine competitions -- useful or useless? In this episode, Paul is joined by wine writer Carrie Dykes – who has also judged wine competitions all over the world – to discuss wine competitions, their historical significance, how they have evolved (or not), and what the future of wine competitions might look like. Paul also lets us all know that he doesn't really drink white wine anymore. Host: Paul B...

In this episode, Paul catches up with Kyle Pallischeck, Executive Director of the Finger Lakes Wine Alliance, on the upcoming FLXcursion riesling conference and Finger Lakes Wine Month (this August!).

After a brief break from the pod, host Paul Brady is back this week talking with Philip Chorba, beverage director and front house manager at Yes Chef Wine Bar ( yeschefwinebarastoria.com ) in Astoria, Queens.  Listen in as they cover a variety of topics, including where to drink local wine in New York City this summer.  Host: Paul Brady Guest(s): Philip Chorba Producer: Lenn Thompson Sub...

This is one for winery owners in particular -- Adam Teeter, CEO of VinePair, with host Paul Brady on more effectively using data in marketing strategy.

For this week's episode, host Paul Brady speaks with his friend Kat Thomsen a creative director, writer & editor currently based in San Francisco.  Her amateur-friendly wine writing has appeared in Glamour, GQ, 7x7, and more. She is an unapologetic champagne devotee, a dress collector, rides a Ducati, and is the proud mama of a five-pound Pomeranian named Peaches. During their conversatio...

Winemaker Anthony Nappa has made wine around the world and found a home within the unique maritime climate of Long Island, where he makes wine under his own name as well as for the sizable North Fork winery, Raphael. He is one of the most knowledgeable on the subjects of sustainable agriculture and climate change and produces wines that are both excellent and true to place.

To take part in #openlocalwine all you need to do is: Get a bottle of local wine (or cider) and open it Saturday, April 10 . Enjoy it with a nice meal – either home-cooked or takeout from your favorite local restaurant. Post picture(s) of the wine or wines online – Instagram, Facebook, Twitter – using hashtag #openlocalwine . And tell us why you picked that wine (or wines) and who you are sharing...

Paul and Shannon Brock, the husband and wife team behind Silver Thread Vineyard in the Finger Lakes, on the shift from extreme climate hybrid grape growing and winemaking to the European vinifera grape wines that now have come to dominate the fine wine trade of the Figner Lakes. Then we come full circle back to the subject of hybrids and the renaissance that those grapes are experiencing now and h...

Sommelier Brooks Fraser on up north recreation and the transition from living and working in New York City for 17 years to now running the bar program at Hotel Saranac, among the high peaks in the Adirondacks region.

A Northern Wine Music Odyssey: Finger Lakes winemaker Kelby Russell was primed for a career in performing arts management. He and host Paul Brady touch on their lives as musicians before finishing with some thoughts on the future of the Finger Lakes wine industry, and how the pandemic has unavoidably shaped the possible outcomes.

Finger Lakes grape grower extraordinaire Mike Colizzi joins host Paul Brady on A Northern Wine Odyssey for a chat about the second wave of hybrid grapes to hit the East Coast of the U.S. back in the early part of the 20th century. Colizzi grows riesling, cabernet franc, and blaufrankisch in his vineyard on the west side of Seneca Lake -- most of which goes to the highly regarded winery H...