Postcards in a Glass

Postcards in a Glass shares an unpretentious world of wine, believing that every good wine "takes you somewhere." This series of audio postcards from great wine regions around the world is hosted by James Beard Award-winning journalist and WSET (Wine & Spirit Education Trust) Certified Educator Lyn Farmer. In conversations with winemakers and many others who love wine, Lyn brings out the passion and joy people have for the beverage, and every now and then manages to include a discussion of spirits, beer, sake and the arts. You don't need to be an expert to share the passion for wine and food at the heart of this podcast focusing equally on geographical as well as cultural terroir.

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07 November 2025

Sipping Sancerre with a Rock Star - a conversation with Armand Mellot

Loire Valley winemaker Armand Mellot joins host Lyn Farmer to talk about one of France's (and the world's) greatest white wines, Sancerre. Sancerre is a place, and it is famous for making wines that are 100 percent sauvignon blanc. Long before New Zealand sauvignon captured a place on wine lists around the world, Sancerre was, and remains, the iconic example of the fresh fruit, striking minerality and zippy acidity of which sauvignon blanc is capable. Armand's family has been tending vines in Sancerre and its surroundings since 1513, one of his ancestors was the wine advisor to Louis XIV in the late 17th century and today his family is the only producer to own vineyards in all eight sub-regions of the Centre-Loire. Armand Mellot is an engaging ambassador of the region, a charming advocate for its wines and a great storyteller, as you will hear in this episode of Postcards in a Glass.

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18 October 2025

The Dynamic Douro - Modern Styles for a Classic Region

Portugal's Douro Valley was the world's first geographically delimited wine region when its boundaries were set out in the mid-1700s. For three centuries, Port has been intertwined with tradition but today, the region and the wines are changing. Exceptional dry white and red table wines are produced in the region and the variety of sweet fortified wines available beckons wine lovers to discover new flavors and styles. On this episode of Posatcards in a Gloass, we visit the Douro Valley and explore the region and its wine styles with Ana Rato of Ramos Pinto, a dynamic family-run port house owned by another family company, Champagne Louis Roederer.

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25 September 2025

Bringing Boutique to the Big Time: Viña Carmen's Ana Maria Cumsillé

Winemaker Ana Maria Cumsillé of Chile's Carmen winery joins host Lyn Farmer to talk about the diversity of the country's terroirs and the joy of bringing an artisanal, boutique aesthetic to a large winery.

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02 September 2025

The Vine Whisperer Speaks - Greg La Follette

One of the OGs of California Wine, Greg La Follette, is the guest on this episode of Postcards in a Glass. He shares snapshots from his more than 50 years as "the vine whisperer," a complete wine creator who is never happier than in dusty overalls and boots caked with soil from a new vineyard. If you want an insider's view of how great wine comes about, Greg La Follette is the man to tell its story, on Postcards in a Glass.

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07 August 2025

Wine in the shadow of the Sun King - A New Vineyard at Versailles

Winemaker Adrien Pélissié has created a stunning winery by revisiting French history and planting grapes at the Versailles, the palace of the Sun King just outside Paris. Conventional wisdom says this area is too far north to fully ripen wine grapes, but it would seem the Sun King's radiance is enough to create some elegant vintages. You can hear about it directly from La Bouche du Roi and founder Adrien Pélissié.

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26 June 2025

Teleporting Wine - The dream of Coravin Inventor Greg Lambrecht

Greg Lambrecht is a medical device inventor who fell in love with wine and managed to use his expertise as an inventor ("I'm very good with needles," he says) to create the Coravin, a wine preservation device that has revolutionized the tasting experience for enthusiasts and professionals alike. How did the Coravin (originally called "the Wine Mosquito") come about, how does the inventor use it, what are the best wines to use it on? These questions and more are answered in this engaging conversation with a master inventor and storyteller, Greg Lambrecht.

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