Wine Blast with Susie and Peter

Updated: 21 Mar 2025 • 145 episodes
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Wine Blast is a wine podcast with a difference. Susie and Peter are married Masters of Wine and experienced broadcasters who bring wine to life with a smile via interviews with amazing people, provocative chat, food, tips, your questions, gentle bickering and a certain amount of over-sharing. (And yes, they're aware they really need to get out more...) This award-winning, chart-topping pod has been widely featured in international press including The Times, Telegraph, Daily Mail, Sun, Evening Standard, Radio Times, Decanter, Wine Folly and beyond. Reviews of Wine Blast say: 'Love these guys (almost as much as wine): educational, invigorating and damn funny too' - 'Relatable, entertaining, light-hearted' (Drinks Business) - 'Best wine podcast out there' - 'A complete tonic for the heart, mind and soul' (Drinks Network). Cheers!

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Wine. In a can. A hellish reality of tinny plonk? Or a convenient, eco-friendly, fun new format that"s the future for wine?  This is fun one, because our adventure starts with comedy legend (and proud French snob) Marcel Lucont. We"re not only treated to an epic live rendition of his scabrous poem "Wine in a Can" (comp

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Appellations are wine regions with rules, normally associated with Europe. So how come an enviably free-wheeling, super successful region like New Zealand"s Marlborough has felt the need to develop Appellation Marlborough Wine? We put this question and more to Ben Glover, renowned winemaker and proud Appellation Marlbo

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21 Feb 2025 • EN

Why Wine Matters

Wine and other booze are under attack like seldom before, from many sides: moralists, the media, health authorities citing dubious studies... So it"s high time we reminded ourselves why wine is important, the many values and benefits it has, and what we can all do to challenge these pernicious narratives. Don"t worry.

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Western Australia"s Margaret River is renowned as one of the world"s foremost fine wine hotspots. But it only got started in 1967, so how has it built that reputation so fast? What makes this place unique? Why is it called, "wine utopia" as well as, "the best hangover cure known to man"?! Join us as we go behind the sc

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What the hell...where the hell...is the Great Southern?! That"s what most people say. Which is why Peter got on a plane and braved fires, snakes and Vegemite to bring you this story of what is arguably Western Australia"s best kept secret. Remote? Undoubtedly. Rural? Positively. Hugely exciting for the elegant, refined

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09 Jan 2025 • EN

Lessons in Wine Chemistry

Why does wine taste the way it does? Why does Cabernet smell like blackcurrant? Or Syrah like pepper? Or Beaujolais like...bananas?! In this intriguing show our genial, white-coated guide is wine chemist and sensory scientist Gus Zhu, the first Chinese Master of Wine. As he says, "Behind every glass of wine, there is s

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