Laurel Simmons

Wine Behind The Scenes

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Do you love and enjoy wine? Are you fascinated by everything about wine? If so, you'll love this show. Every other week, join Laurel Simmons, who is just like you, passionate about wine and who has explored it with much enthusiasm, intention, and travels as you escape into and explore stories about wine -- the places, tastes, smells, sights, and the people who enjoy it. Learn with her, laugh with her, taste, and travel with her as you explore Wine Behind The Scenes together.

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Laurel Simmons

Episodes

Part 2: Chocolate love, with thanks to my mom 10.08.2022 17:24

Judith Lewis is about as passionate as you can get about wine and food. (Listen to Part One if you want to hear how Judith's mom forced her to taste everything and why she's grateful for it.) Judith loves wine AND chocolate, and she is an international judge of both products. She gives us some insight into how you can improve your taste and smell of, you guessed it! Chocolate and wine. After liste...

Nadia Dubeau: wine, mushrooms, and real estate 27.07.2022 22:42

Nadia Dubeau is going places. She's worked in the wine industry in one way or another for over 15 years and is determined that nothing will stop her. Nadia has travelled the world. She has studied winery and viticulture practices at college in Niagara, Ontario, and has successfully completed Master's level viticulture courses in ITALIAN in Italy. Nadia dreams big, and she's found a great job where...

Jennifer Wilhelm: from terrified server to author 27.07.2022 29:36

It's hard to believe that when Jenn Wilhelm started her journey in the wine industry that she was a terrified young woman who couldn't pronounce the names of grapes, let alone the places where the grapes were grown and the wine was made. Yet here she is now, enjoying an unbelievably rich life. Jenn was a member of the first graduating class of the Canadian Association of Professional Sommeliers...

Part 1: Everything I taste in wine I have Mom to thank 27.07.2022 23:25

Judith Lewis is about as passionate as you can get about wine and food. Doesn't smell right? Don't eat it or drink it (thanks, Mom). Digitize the world of wine? Judith's passionate about it. Helping wineries handle climate change? – Judith's working on it. Looking to taste wines in Majorca, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Greece, and other European countries? – you might bump into her in those wineries...

Wine Behind The Scenes [Introduction] 17.06.2022 5:59

Do you love wine, food, travel and fascinating stories? Then you're in the right place. Welcome to the Wine Behind The Scenes Podcast where you can escape into stories about wine, and the passion and people behind it. Join me Laurel Simmons! Do you love wine? Are you curious about what's behind a particular wine, or the people involved in getting that wine to you? I have been passionate about wi...