The episode explores Natalie MacLean's journey into wine, including some personal details, but also talks about her books, podcast and other endeavors. It also touches on a few sensitive and important topics for the wine industry.
Natalie offers popular online wine and food pairing courses at www.nataliemaclean.com. She's the host of Unreserved Wine Talk, selected as one of the best drinks podcasts by The New York Times.
Both of her books, Red, White and Drunk All Over: A Wine-Soaked Journey from Grape to Glass and Unquenchable: A Tipsy Quest for the World's Best Bargain Bottles were chosen as one of Amazon’s Best Books of the Year.
Natalie was named the World's Best Drinks Journalist at the World Food Media Awards, and has won four James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards. She is the only person to have won both the M.F.K. Fisher Distinguished Writing Award from the James Beard Foundation and the M.F.K. Fisher Award for Excellence in Culinary Writing from Les Dames d'Escoffier International.
Natalie is offering Vintners Podcast listeners the Ultimate Food & Wine Pairing Guide at:
https://www.nataliemaclean.com/vintners
Two people from those who request the guide will also get signed copies of Natalie's books: Red, White and Drunk All Over: A Wine-Soaked Journey from Grape to Glass and Unquenchable: A Tipsy Quest for the World's Best Bargain Wines.
Those who want to find out more about her free online food and wine pairing class and Unreserved Wine Talk podcast are welcome to visit at www.nataliemaclean.com.