Podcasts about Blue Nun

The BanterThe Guys went to a firefighter cook off. It was fantastic! Listen for Mark's advice on how to elevate any dish. The ConversationThe Restaurant Guys welcome pillar of California wine country Bettina Sichel of Laurel Glen Vineyard. Bettina talks about the uniqueness of Laurel Glen and the amazing story of her family's legacy from escaping Germany during the war to owning the best selling wine in the world! The Inside TrackThe Guys took their staff to visit Bettina at Laurel Glen a few years ago. It was great to hear about her work leading up to running Laurel Glen Vineyard. “Well, it did start small. so I went to work for Augustine Hues who was getting ready to launch his pet project, his very special project Quintessa. And, I was lucky enough to be on there to help him. I was the first director of sales and marketing and I helped to build the reputation and it was a great ride. It was really fun,” Bettina Sichel on The Restaurant Guys Podcast 2025BioIn 2011, Bettina Sichel, a veteran of the California wine industry, became the steward of Laurel Glen Vineyard after purchasing the iconic estate from founder Patrick Campbell in partnership with a small group of wine lovers. During her 30-plus-year career, she has worked with some of the finest producers of Cabernet Sauvignon. In 1998, Sichel helped launch Quintessa and went on to develop its reputation and profile distribution over the next decade as director of sales and marketing. The daughter of Peter M.F. Sichel, the man responsible for making his family's Blue Nun a household name in America, Bettina is the fifth generation of the Sichel family to work in the wine business.InfoLaurel Glen Vineyardhttps://laurelglen.com/Peter Sichel (who passed away Feb 2025)https://www.jancisrobinson.com/articles/peter-m-Friday, March 14 is the first Restaurant Guys LIVE with Chef Rocco DiSpirito at the NBPAC in New Brunswick, NJ (next to The Guys' restaurants!)Restaurant Guys' Regulars get a discount code for VIP tickets. Become on today!https://www.buzzsprout.com/2401692/subscribeGet tickets here.https://secure.nbpac.org/rocco-dispirito/22947 Our Sponsors The Heldrich Hotel & Conference Centerhttps://www.theheldrich.com/ Magyar Bankhttps://www.magbank.com/ Withum Accountinghttps://www.withum.com/ Our Places Stage Left Steakhttps://www.stageleft.com/ Catherine Lombardi Restauranthttps://www.catherinelombardi.com/ Stage Left Wineshophttps://www.stageleftwineshop.com/ To hear more about food, wine and the finer things in life:https://www.instagram.com/restaurantguyspodcast/https://www.facebook.com/restaurantguysReach Out to The Guys!TheGuys@restaurantguyspodcast.com**Become a Restaurant Guys Regular and get two bonus episodes per month, bonus content and Regulars Only events.**Click Below! https://www.buzzsprout.com/2401692/subscribe

"The lady in blue was seen bilocating more than 500 times from her cloistered convent in Spain, to the indigenous people of what is now Southwest America. More than 60,000 were baptized here." ---------- Hi there! Trapper Jack here. How did this one slip by the historians? As we gathered around the Thanksgiving table this year, somebody brought up the original Thanksgiving story of Pilgrims and such. The 102 souls who ventured from Europe for religious freedom. It gave me an opportunity to share the much bigger story which occurred in the same timeframe. Few seem to know about the 60,000 indigenous people, otherwise known as Indians, who were baptized into Christianity, right here in what we now call America. Since I have not talked about this on the podcast for more than five years, let's have a go of it again. It opens the door to the saintly types who walk among us, in particular, the venerable Maria de Ágreda (Mary of Jesus) who bilocated to what is now the southwest of the United States from her convent in Spain. This sister, in her blue habit, was seen flying in and out of what we now call Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. Don't believe it? Just give a listen and watch the video link to a priest and the documentation. Enjoy the podcast! ---------- Visit Our Website: https://TrapperJackSpeaks.com  Patreon Donation Link: https://www.patreon.com/bfl  Purchase our Products ·       CD Sales: https://trapperjackspeaksstore.com/ ·       Talk Downloads: https://www.patreon.com/bfl/shop  Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TouchedByHeaven.TrapperJack  Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trapperjack/  Join us on X/Twitter: https://x.com/TrapperJack1  

Greetings fine folk,Join Keri and Matthew this week as they scale the Alp that is German humour about Bonnie Tyler.And some Archers stuff, honest...Wine and Dash: Alice nabs Blue Nun.Tree's the magic number: Ed, Emma and George hit the roadThat boy needs therapy: Josh gets Jealous?Produced by Matthew WeirTo help us out with a lovely worded 5 star review hit the link below. Then scroll down to ‘Ratings and Reviews' and a little further below that is ‘Write a Review' (this is so much nicer than just tapping the stars

TVC 644.2: Greg Ehrbar discusses the Kino Lorber Blu-ray release of A Fish in the Bathtub (1998), an offbeat comedy starring Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara, Phyllis Newman, Bob Dishy, and Judy Graubart that also marks one of the few times that Stiller and Meara performed together on film (other than their series of commercials for Blue Nun wines). Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program. They're great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started: https://www.advertisecast.com/TVConfidentialAradiotalkshowabout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A winery uses AI to sexy up its team, do backflips, and oh yeah, sell wine. Californians are scrambling for last resort fire insurance. We've definitely identified the economic sweet spots for the wine industry. The curse of the blue nun has been lifted. These are the wine news stories we're following this week. 

Dan Berger and Clark Smith. Clark Smith returns to California Wine Country with Steve Jaxon and Dan Berger today, to talk about pairing wine with music and other vinous subjects. His last episode was this one on December 8, 2021. He talked about his book on pairing wine with music. His website, called Who Is Clark Smith dot com, explains all about his consulting practice and his writing. His other website, called WineSmith Wines dot com, is all about his winemaking, including his use of many unusual grapes and winemaking techniques. Finally, Clark's website about wine and music is called Pairing Wine and Music dot com. Clark Smith returns to California Wine Country today for the sixth time. He was actually our guest seven years ago, on the first podcast edition of CWC with Steve Jaxon and Dan Berger, here on March 15, 2017. To celebrate the 2017 start date, Dan Berger has chosen a 2017 bottle from his personal cellar, to open and taste on today's show. It is a 2017 Zinfandel from Ridge Vineyards. It all started with Mateus Rosé When Clark Smith came to California, there were only about 250 wineries in the United States. The average alcohol of a California wine in the 1960s was 18.5%, but by 1970 the average had dropped to 11%. "Everyone wanted to make Blue Nun knock-offs." Steve Jaxon's first experiene with wine was Mateus Rosé. (They had a catchy jingle on their radio and TV ads.) Clark admits that half of the wines he sold in the 1970s  were "crap" but "we have cleaned up our act" since then. Mateus Rosé TV Ad, 1972 https://calwinecountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Mateus-Rose-Wine-Commercial-1972.mp3 They are able to pair a song with a wine. This dark angry music from the Doors matches the dark angry 2013 Cabernet. The opposite of that music would be Beer Barrel Polka, which played against the same wine, ruins the wine. "Wine is liquid music," says Clark. He and his colleague Don Blackburn were consulting to Benziger in the 1990s. Originally, it was Don that demonstrated the pairing of music and wine to Clark. They are tasting a wine made with a grape called Norton, which was a native American grape, not a European strain. Doctor Norton discovered it in the 1800s and he gave his name to the grape. It is popular in Missouri and Virginia, where it grows. They will taste this wine against the Bing Crosby song, Moonlight Becomes You. Winesmith makes wine from about 12 different vineyards in California and one in Kansas City. Clark coaches about another 120 wineries spread out all over the world. Clark and Dan were both involved in the website Appellation America which was an attempt to produce a complete catalog of American wine production. The website is still in existence, "on life support" as Clark describes. it.

This is the weekly columnWhile wine has been an integral part of civilization for at least 8,000 years, it also is subject to the waxes and wanes of fashion. What is rad and fav today can be tomorrow's meh. Think merlot. Think white zinfandel. Think Milli Vanilli.In the 1990s and 2000s wine enjoyed the intoxicating euphoria of being the next big thing. Wine sales  grew in double digits. Wine replaced beer as the swell's sip of choice. The Mediterranean diet suggested wine, especially red wine, was good for you, heart healthy, not just part of the good life but part of a longer life. Baby Boomers were all in to the Elysium zeitgeist of wine as the wonder elixir. Oh, those were the days. Those were the daze.Every boom busts. Every bubble bursts. And so with wine in the 2020s. Boomers (59-77+) not only grow older and our consumption declines, we are dying off. That was inevitable, even if we foolishly thought ourselves bullet proof and forever the center of attention.Boomers still dominate the higher end of the wine market. Wine sales may decline, but wine prices are up, creating a sort of balance. We drank Blue Nun, Mateus, and Hearty Burgundy in our salad days. Now, thanks to social security checks and 401Ks, we slurp Jordans and vintage Left Bank Bordeaux. But those days are actuarially numbered—for my fellow Boomers, for wineries.So, what about Gen X (43-58), Millennials (27-42), and Gen Z (21-26)? Gen X, sandwiched between the larger demographics of Boomer and Millennial, appears to have overtaken Boomers in amount and quality of the wine they consume, but that likely is ephemeral. Millennials and Gen Z loom on the time line inevitabilities, and there the wine world worries.Millennials are the largest and wealthiest consumer category after Boomers and their predilections, as fads and fashions are wont to do, stray from their progenitor's penchants. Spirits have overtaken wine in consumer consumption statistics. Millennials fret about environmental impacts, female and minority participation, sustainability, social justice. It is not just the Robert Parker score—and he no longer is tasting and posting scores, BTW—but it is the whole penumbra around wine making that influences Mellennial's buying proclivities.And this does not even touch upon the neo-prohibitionists who assert almost any alcohol intake is harmful to health. After heady years of tailwinds, the wine world today is buffeted by headwinds of change. As it has experienced for 8,000 years and counting. Watch this space.Last roundA group of earsplitting toddlers is called a tantrum. Wine time.Email: wine@cwadv.comNewsletter: gusclemens.substack.comWebsite:  gusclemensonwine.comFacebook:  facebook.com/GusClemensOnWine/posts/Twitter (X): @gusclemensLong form wine stories on Vocal: Gus Clemens on Vocal This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit gusclemens.substack.com/subscribe

Kitty broadcasts from in front of her leopard print rail and fills us in on the latest drama with Brenda.Watch this episode here: https://youtu.be/cLVWhLncWOk?si=D3rVYClyHFCj1i2q Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's episode, we give a nod to Shelley's 50th High School Reunion by drinking a wine that was very popular back when she went to high school, Blue Nun! Remember back in the day?  These days, Blue Nun has transitioned away from Liebfraumilch wines in recent years, and now focuses on producing wines from a variety of grape varieties.Happy 50th High School reunion, Shelley, and #HappyFriday! #ItsWineTime! #Cheersing #BlueFriday #GoLions Wines featured this episode:2020 Blue Nun Authentic White ($15 at many retailers)

Wayne Hussey föddes i Bristol och växte upp i en mormonsk familj. Han spelade med Dead or Alive och The Sisters of Mercy innan han 1986 startade The Mission som gjorde succé med sin smäktande gothrock. Hemma hos Strage pratar Wayne Hussey bland annat om att som sexuellt hämmad mormon spela i samma band som den dekadenta divan Pete Burns, om sin kärlek till Marc Bolan och sunkvinet Blue Nun, om varför han i sina självbiografier skriver mer sexigt om gitarrer än om sex, om att ta syra och hångla med sin gitarrist i Hell's Angels klubbhus i New Orleans och om det kortlivade glamrock-coverbandet The Sexist Boys som han hade med Martin Gore. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why should we change the way we talk about Riesling? How have Austrian and German wines transformed in recent years? How can you pair German-speaking wines with food?   In this episode of the Unreserved Wine Talk podcast, I'm interviewing journalist and co-founder of TRINK magazine, Valerie Kathawala.   You can find the wines we discussed at https://www.nataliemaclean.com/winepicks   Highlights How is Skinny Pablo recontextualizing Riesling for younger generations? What happened in Austria's antifreeze scandal in the mid-80s? How has Austria's wine industry transformed for the better since that scandal? Has the Blue Nun brand hurt or helped the German wine industry? Why do we need to change how we talk about Riesling? What makes Riesling the perfect deserted island wine? Which unique characteristics will you experience from Beuerer wines? How do the qualities of the Beamsville Bench make it particularly well-suited for growing Riesling? What makes Weingut Bianka und Daniel Schmitt's Frei.Körper.Kultur Rosé the perfect summer sipper? What controversial opinion does Valerie hold on wine experts? Which defining aromas does Valerie associate with her childhood? How would Valerie now pair one of her favourite childhood food with wine? Why are wine glasses Valerie's favourite wine gadgets? What are Valerie's favourite wine books? What was the vision behind creating TRINK Magazine?   Key Takeaways I agree with Valerie that we need to change the way we talk about Riesling. It's so versatile in style, taste, and food pairing potential. It doesn't deserve to be pigeonholed into outdated stereotypes. I was interested in her insights on how Austrian and German wines have transformed in recent years. I love her tips on how German-speaking wines, especially with their acidity and salinity, give energy to their taste and help them pair well with food.     Join me on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube Live Join the live-stream video of this conversation on Wed at 7 pm ET on Instagram Live Video, Facebook Live Video or YouTube Live Video. I want to hear from you! What's your opinion of what we're discussing? What takeaways or tips do you love most from this chat? What questions do you have that we didn't answer? Want to know when we go live? Add this to your calendar: https://www.addevent.com/calendar/CB262621   About Valerie Kathawala Valerie Kathawala is a freelance journalist focused on the wines of Germany, Austria, South Tyrol, and Switzerland, with a particular interest in biodynamics. She's a lifelong student of German culture and language and has lived and worked in both Germany and Austria. She crossed over from translation and editorial work at the United Nations to writing about “German-speaking wines” and hasn't looked back since.     To learn more, visit https://www.nataliemaclean.com/201.

Trish and Lorraine meet Brit Pop rebel turned fashion and interior designer Pearl Lowe. From teen parent and party girl to recovering drug addict, she charts the milestones that have led her to finding a life of joy and tranquility as a mother of four, as well as the secrets to the success of her 27-year relationship with husband, Supergrass drummer Danny Goffey.Plus: expert advice for creating strong emotional connections with your children, preparing for an empty nest & first encounters with a bottle of Blue Nun in Nostalgia Noodle Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the podcast Peter chats about the famous rock band The Rolling Stones. With such an iconic band will Russell finally know a thing or two and be able to join in the conversation? Of course, Peter just can't chat about one subject and just has to give us another hitchhiking tale, and what's this about a Blue Nun? Join in with the chat by sending us an email on apintwithpeter@gmail.com or if your on tweet use @apintwithpeter. You can now support the podcast even more by buying us a pint on https://www.buymeacoffee.com/pintwithpeter. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/a-pint-with-peter/message

58 movies into our journey, and some of us are starting to question whether watching EVERY New World Pictures movie was a good idea. However, the Board won't budge so we continue with 1985's TRANSYLVANIA 6-500 starring the ever-delightful Jeff Goldblum and Ed Begley, Jr. leading an incredible cast of comedic actors! (Also, Michael Richards.)  We dive into this wacky film, and, along the way, we learn an inordinate amount about Marc's 10th grade Drama class, Erica unveils her Carol Kane impression and then gets outraged at a cast member's assessment of the film, and we all learn about Blue Nun wine. It's good, eh?   

When Bill Curtis opened TASTINGS Restaurant, Wine Bar, & Wine Shop in 1990 it was the first of its kind on the East Coast to combine all these elements under one roof.  Bill has been involved in the Virginia wine and food scene for close to 40 years and has a tremendous Passion still, for the wine world.  He is exceptional in his breadth of knowledge and is especially sharp when it comes to wines from Burgundy, France.Bill is an example of a "fine wine merchant" in the true sense of that descriptor.  He will learn your palate, what your price threshold is and recommend wine that will always please your palate and keep you within your budget.  In my opinion this type of Wine Merchant is harder and harder to find in today's environment of on-line and flash sales.  This interview brought another perspective and look back and forward to winegrowing in Virginia.HIGHLIGHTS:a).  Bill shares how he hosted several of the early Monticello Cup tastings in the 1980's.b).  He explains how he learn to be a chef, (in the kitchen no formal training) and his style and approach to cooking.c). Shares some great stories about the early pioneers in Virginia winegrowing and offers the opinion that Piedmont Vineyards, no longer in operation, produced the best Chardonnay in Virginia at the time and would still stand the test of time against those being produced today.d). Bill shares how he started by buying two bottles of German Wine in 1972 at a Safeway in Va. one of the bottles was Blue Nun and the other was Spatlese from Prince Rupert Urban and the Blue Nun was 10 cents more expensive. It opened his eyes to wine though.e). In 1976 he opens Court Square Tavern and in 1977 he turns it into one of the first specialy beer joints in Charlottesville because that is what sold.There is much, much more of these stories. Take a listen below or read the transcript.

Jay and James are joined by the delightful 'First Couple' of wine, Master of Wine Susie and Peter, to discuss everything from the amazing explosion in English wine producers to the nostalgic Blue Nun and Babycham brands.  Plus they'll be exploring what it takes to start your own vineyard (clue you'll need some cash!) and how you become a master of wine.  So grab your glass for a journey to the centre of wine.

It's whine time ALL the time at Antigen Internet Radio, as Jason breaks out the Blue Nun to celebrate one year without being sacked from Ship Full of Bombs. Join him for a party mix packed with political poison and carelessly curated music from around the globe. Expose your ears to the electronic sounds emanating from Kampala, with music from the Ugandan underground. Marvel at petri-dish culture minister Nadine Dorries, as she pushes eating an ostrich anus for cash further down the list of her top 10 most embarrassing TV moments. Shiver in silent dread, as we uncover the voice-activated killer lurking in 100 million homes. And frown at the brazen product placement for the new MacGillivray album, which came out on antigen records this week. La Roche – Liye Liye Lisa Germano – It's Party Time Rudimentary Peni – Teenage Time Killer UKAEA – Vampire Moth MacGillivray – Dry My Hair, My Feet Are Clean Nihiloxica – Diggi Dagga Tony Gallardo – Plata O Plomo Rev Simpkins – John Henry's Prayer (Live at Colchester Arts Centre) Mercury Rev – Chasing a Bee Nico – Frozen Warnings mclusky – Dethink to Survive Sun Kil Moon – UK Blues Nat King Cole – The Party's Over

We have it all in this episode. As we approach Christmas, we discuss a true Texas miracle. Imagine natives that have never known Christianity until they meet a nun dressed in blue that comes to them out of know where. Imagine 2000 of them asking to be baptized and now imagine that when she leaves, blue bonnets appear for the first time in Texas. Come on!!! You gotta be intrigued by this story.

What's the difference between English sparkling wine and champagne? Why bother doing the Master of Wine qualification? What's the story behind Wine Blast, and why is podcasting so suited to wine? If we could be any wine, what would it be? What to do with a wine festival in lockdown? If we could share a glass of wine with anyone, who would that be? We answer all these questions and more in an interview conducted expertly by Natalie MacLean and originally featured on her Unreserved Wine Talk podcast (Ep 118: Dream Wine Careers with Susie Barrie and Peter Richards). This is the second part of this interview; Part 1 is the previous episode of Wine Blast (S2 E16). We also talk about how to film wine TV amidst a global pandemic, focusing on Peter's recent trip to Georgia. Oh, and there are passing mentions of Blue Nun, the King of the Netherlands, epic orange Frysland cheese, a neolithic picnic, the WineGB Awards, a MiG fighter jet, personalised portaloos...and the importance of bubbles.

It's A Conspiracy! 321 - The World Really Did End In 2012?!, Charlie Scream’s: Monster of the Week - The Fresno Nightcrawler, and The Teleporting Blue Nun   It's a Conspiracy! is proud to be a part of the Albert Podcast Network: AlbertaPodcastNetwork.com   Links: The World Really Did End In 2012?! Did the World End in 2012? There's a conspiracy theory that the world ended in 2012 and it makes sense December 21, 2012 Charlie Scream’s: Monster of the Week - The Fresno Nightcrawler Fresno Nightcrawler Cryptidz Page Carmel Area Creature Cryptidz Page First Sighting: Fresno Alien, Nightcrawler, Stick Figure Surveilence Analysis - Higher Quality Second Sighting: Strange Alien Stick-like creatures caught on security camera above Fresno in Yosemite National Park The Teleporting Blue Nun Unravelling the Mystery of the Mystical "Lady in Blue" What is Teleportation? (with pictures) Mary of Jesus of Ágreda The Blue Nun - María Jesus de Ágreda What Are We Drinking? Andrew was Drinking Ransack the Universe from Collective Arts Brewing. --- Patreon / Instagram / Twitter / Facebook Questions, comments, or feedback? Email the show at itsaconspiracy@protonmail.com

Purchase Decision Hierarchy Join Andrew Grant and Darren A. Smith in the fifteenth episode of Grocery Guru. This episode discusses the purchase decision hierarchy, shopper map, analytic hierarchy process, consumer decision tree… Whatever you call it, understanding how the shopper shops is key to category performance. Purchase Decision Hierarchy – the way customers decide what they’re going to buy. You Can Read the Full Purchase Decision Hierarchy Episode Transcript Below: Darren A. Smith: Welcome to episode 15 of the Grocery Guru with Andrew Grant. Andrew, how are you? Andrew Grant: Good morning, Darren. Yes. Very, very well. Thank you. Darren A. Smith: Good. Good. All right. Well, this week we’re going to get stuck in straight away because I know you and I had a debate earlier about purchase decision hierarchy. What the hell is it? Andrew Grant: Yeah, no, absolutely. The way customers decide what they’re going to buy. Darren A. Smith: Okay. Andrew Grant: And a lot of commentators have said it’s no longer relevant in the world of shopper insight. When a club card swipe can tell you everything you want to know about your shopper, category management’s dead, isn’t it? Darren A. Smith: Well… So it’s also called customer decision hierarchy, consumer decision hierarchy. I like to call it shopper map because I think it gives you a map of how to shop something. And if you can’t understand the map, you’re not going to shop it or you’re going to buy less of it. Andrew Grant: Yeah. But a lot of people would say, the minute you’ve got that club card or that loyalty data, you can see inside the basket and you can see what the shopper bought with what, when, from which part of the store, how often and how that links to his or her family situation. So why do you need to spend time at a flip chart, working out what the customer decision hierarchy is? Darren A. Smith: Because I think we need to know what decisions the shopper makes both before and at the fixture. Andrew Grant: Well, let’s do a little test because I do believe that actually loyalty data is, as we kept going on about it, it’s the future. And it can tell you a lot. There’s one thing it can’t tell you. So, Darren, I take you’d like a bit of wine? Darren A. Smith: Yes. Andrew Grant: I know you like to whine, but you do like some wine. Darren A. Smith: I like wine. Go on. Andrew Grant: Okay. So let’s assume you are going on an essential journey to your local supermarket this afternoon. Darren A. Smith: Yep. Cool. Andrew Grant: And you’re going to shop the wine aisle for the weekend. Darren A. Smith: Yep. Andrew Grant: Just do me a quick picture on a piece of paper of what you’re going to buy. Darren A. Smith: Okay. Right, pen. Andrew Grant: Yeah. Darren A. Smith: Ready for rubbish drawing? Oh God, I feel like I’m back in art class at school. Now, this is what we buy as a treat. And I realized only six months ago, I’ve been saying it wrong for 20 years. Andrew Grant: What, Liebfraumilch? Oh, right. Darren A. Smith: Barolo. Andrew Grant: Okay. Right. That’s interesting. You’ve drawn a bottle of wine. Darren A. Smith: Yes. Andrew Grant: So you’re not in the market for a box of wine or one of those little miniatures that you used to be able to get on a train? Darren A. Smith: Not if I’m going this afternoon because it’s Friday. No, for the family, who’s the kids now drink wine as well. Kids in their 20’s. Andrew Grant: So this is the bit where I think customer decision hierarchy is important because what a club card or a loyalty data can’t tell you is that subconscious decision. You decided before, almost without thinking about it- Darren A. Smith: Yeah. Andrew Grant: … I’m in the market for a bottle of wine, not a five-litre box of wine. Darren A. Smith: Yep. Andrew Grant: You’ve made a subconscious decision. It’s the same with cars. If I asked you to draw the next car you want, you would probably draw a four-wheel-drive SUV. Darren A. Smith: Yeah. Andrew Grant: Yeah? Because you’ve subconsciously said, well, I don’t want a Supermini- Darren A. Smith: Yeah. Andrew Grant: Or I don’t want an estate car. You draw a saloon. You wouldn’t draw an estate car because subconsciously I’m not in the market for an estate car. Darren A. Smith: Nope. That’s very true. That’s very true. Now here’s the bit that winds me up. And I’m going to get on my high horse just for a moment. Shopping wine, I can’t see the data, but I would bet £5 of your money, Andrew, that people buy a lot of promotions online because they look at the wine fixture. They can’t understand the map and they go, “Stop this. I’m going to the bottle at the end because it’s on offer. So it’s probably quite good. And I’m going to grab that.” Andrew Grant: Yeah, no, absolutely. And that’s what people… When people don’t believe in category management and decision hierarchy is they often rubbish it by saying, “Well, people just shop on price.” Darren A. Smith: Yeah. Andrew Grant: And actually, you’re right. The vast majority of people are very price-conscious. Darren A. Smith: Yes. Andrew Grant: But let’s put it this way. So you just drew you a nice bottle of Barolo, which if my memory serves me right, is a very decent Italian red. Darren A. Smith: It is. It’s one of our favourites. Yes. Andrew Grant: Okay. If Blue Nun is on offer in Tesco at £2.49 a bottle, are you going to buy that? It’s dead cheap. Darren A. Smith: No- Andrew Grant: No. Well, there you go. Darren A. Smith: Because I tried Blue Nun when I was 17, it was horrible. Andrew Grant: Okay. So the price isn’t important to you because if the price was the sole decision, you would buy the Blue Nun at 2.49 bug off. Darren A. Smith: Absolutely. I agree. I agree. The other bit that winds me up, why is it that when I go to a restaurant it’s so different? Andrew Grant: What, so much more expensive? Darren A. Smith: No, no, no, no, not expensive. The map. So I open the wine menu in the restaurant and I’m looking, the first thing I see is, as we call it pink, white, or red or sparkling. Okay. So that sort of matches what’s in the supermarket-ish, but the next decision we make is a bit about the price because in a restaurant it was sort of £20-something much, much higher. And we’re looking at the grape. The kids quite like a Merlot. We don’t really spend that much about wine, but they quite like a Merlot, we like a Shiraz. That’s how we’re shopping. So why is it, it’s all laid out by countries in the supermarket? Andrew Grant: Well, absolutely. Because lots and lots in there and we already burned three-quarters of our time because when we do this with clients, we spend a good morning, at least doing this because there are some fascinating insights that come out. But just talking about the restaurant experience, you’ve already decided the occasion. Darren A. Smith: Yeah. Andrew Grant: You’re not going to order a five-litre box of wine because it’s a restaurant occasion or I hope you don’t. So occasion is probably the number one factor when deciding on a bottle of wine. And I don’t want to denigrate any retailers here, but you’re not going to take the cheapest bottle of Fred Blog’s discount stores red to your mum’s 70th birthday party. Darren A. Smith: Of course. Of course. The occasion’s important. Absolutely. Yeah. I would agree. Andrew Grant: So occasion drives a lot of it, then as we’ve just said, it’s not the price with wine. It’s actually colour. Darren A. Smith: Yes. Andrew Grant: Because if you like red wine, are you really going to get tempted to buy Rose or white? Darren A. Smith: No. No. Andrew Grant: You did on occasion maybe. Darren A. Smith: Yep. So I’m looking at the first three decisions we make in any task. And I would guess with wine, it’s colour first, probably pricing somewhere in there, and then there’s something about the grape. Andrew Grant: I think it’s the occasion, colour, and then it’s grape or brand actually. When you do the research, and I bought wine for a number of years, it was really interesting. People think the grape variety’s often the brand. Darren A. Smith: Oh, is that? Andrew Grant: They think Chardonnay is a brand as well as being an ’80s footballer’s wife. It’s also in their head, a brand. As is a Shiraz. And they often get confused and people with wine, and this is a UK thing because we were fairly late to the party drinking house wine. They go to a restaurant and they have a nice bottle of something that says Jacob’s Creek. Darren A. Smith: Yep. Andrew Grant: And instantly on the shelves, they look for that sort of brand beacon that says, Jacob’s Creek, or actually, I had that nice Shiraz. So they get the brand and the grape mixed up. Unfortunately, some people like that also buy it because it’s got a nice, big cuddly fat penguin on the label. I didn’t know you’d be surprised. If you look at the wine aisle, there’s lots and lots of bottles with nice, colourful lizards on it, big fat penguins, French men riding bicycles with a beret.  A lot of people buy on that’s a nice bottle, that looks fun. Darren A. Smith: Well, and that comes back to it’s… And I guess some wine buyers out there are thinking we ought to be more educated, but I think they need to make it easier for us. Why am I presented by an aisle that’s by country when I don’t shop by country? I don’t know Australian, I don’t care. Andrew Grant: Well, again, that comes back to some of these ingrained habits. I mean, would you invent a category called frozen foods because you don’t think I must have a frozen burger for dinner tonight. Darren A. Smith: No, no, very expensive. Andrew Grant: I want a burger, and then you decide whether you want to have it fresh or frozen or eat out or whatever. Darren A. Smith: Yeah. Andrew Grant: The fact that it’s just so expensive to put frozen food cabinets in a supermarket means they all have to be clustered together. Darren A. Smith: Yes. Andrew Grant: So you create this artificial category called frozen foods that people just got used to shopping. And in wine, it was exactly the same thing. Back in the ’60s or the ’70s, Sainsbury’s actually decided that the UK market was right for drinking table wine. And so they brought French table wine to the masses. Sainsbury’s being Sainsbury’s. As all good retailers, they said to the French wine board, “If you want to sell lots of wine tours, it’d be really nice if you paid for the displays.” So the French wine board at the time, very kindly paid a whole load of money for Sainsbury’s to set up a French wine section. And then of course, when the Australians came along and said, “Good day, mates. Can we sell you some of our wine?” They said, “Well, yeah, but you’re going to have to pay for the space.” Darren A. Smith: Right. Andrew Grant: So hence now in every supermarket, there’s a French section. There’s an Australian section. There’s a Chilean section, et cetera. Darren A. Smith: Wow. Andrew Grant: It’s a hangover from way, way back. Darren A. Smith: And what I see when I look at the wine section, there’s probably seven different maps from tiers to countries, to colour, to a format. And then you’ve got sort of the copy of the cheese, which is a mature red or light and fizzy, or whatever it is. It just adds more complexity. And then they started changing the bottle tops to match those colours and those varieties and it’s, oh, I’ve got so many maps to look at I can’t understand it. Andrew Grant: Well, that comes down to the conundrum of category management. You’re trying to please all the people all the time because some people will want to buy their wine based on I’m having Stilton for my dessert course. Some people will hate sweet wines. They want something very, very dry. Some people will only buy wine if it’s won a gold medal somewhere, or if Heston Blumenthal says it’s the very best thing to drink in the Saturday Times. So what they’re trying to do with that complexity that you see, they’re trying to meet all the needs of everybody, which is why shelves have to work so, so hard. Darren A. Smith: They do. And I think particularly for wine, a bugbear of mine, I think they’re trying to be a Jack of all trades, master of none. Andrew Grant: Yeah. Now, who does category management perfectly? Final question before we have to go. Who does wine category management perfectly? Darren A. Smith: God. Don’t know. Andrew Grant: They all do. It’s when you go online. When you go online, yeah? Darren A. Smith: Yes. Andrew Grant: You can set the store app to Darren’s personal preference. So I only want to see Italian reds in bottles. Darren A. Smith: Yeah, true. Andrew Grant: I only want to see Italian reds in bottles under £8. And then you might do it by body or sweetness or dryness or ones that have won medals. So you can set out the store, whether it’s Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury’s, whoever to Darren’s personal wine selection. Darren A. Smith: Yeah. And the challenge with that is if my wall of wine is this big, it’s only ever going to be this big because it will struggle to go wider than that. And then we go back to where Sainsbury’s was talking about sleep shopping some years ago, where we just, let’s order that. It comes, done. Okay, Andrew, we’re out of time. What’s the takeaway for our viewers before we go? Andrew Grant: Well, I wouldn’t match wine with a takeaway unless it’s a really good takeaway. I think the takeaway is yes, look, I always find them great fun. Whenever we do this with clients, they love doing these decision trees. It’s great, great fun getting a group of guys and girls around a flip chart and getting them to try and decide how they shop, but then how other shoppers shop. So it is still valid even in this crazy electronic world of loyalty and insight and data that we keep banging on about. Some of the old truth still ring true. Darren A. Smith: Very true. All right, thank you, Andrew. And next week, I think we’re going to talk about terminology and some of the crazy stuff we use in this industry that shoppers have no clue about. Andrew Grant: Yeah. Okay. Let’s talk about that. Darren A. Smith: Okay. Until next week. Andrew Grant: Okay. Darren A. Smith: Andrew, thank you. For further tips and information, you can take a look at our Ultimate Guide to Category Management and our Category Management YouTube Channel. Also, check out our award-winning blog to see more Category Management tips and articles.

Busqué en Spotify el disco “Blue Nun” de Carlene Carter - heredera de Carter Family - del año 1981 producido por Nick Lowe y no está. Hoy sonará el vinilo impreso entonces en España. También The Replacements el grupo de Paul Westerberg lo escucharemos en vinilo. Estos antojos que aquí os presento son fruto de una búsqueda laboriosa de canciones que a lo largo de los años me han marcado con un punto guitarrero “americana” de los 80, 90 más recientes. Hay mucho rock y mucha melodía pop. La excepción es el último tema que me ha llegado inesperadamente. DISCO 1 LOVE TRACTOR Chilli Part Two (Cara 1 Corte 3)  DISCO 2 THE REPLACEMENTS Can’t Hardly Wait (Cara 2 Corte último ) DISCO 3 MARSHALL CRENSHAW Blues Is King (Cara 1 Corte 3)  DISCO 4 CARLENE CARTER Love is A 4 Letter Verb (Cara 1 Corte 2) DISCO 5 MATTHEW SWEET Nobody Knows (9) DISCO 6 JENNY LEWIS The New You (7) DISCO 7 SAM PHILLIPS I Need Love (11) DISCO 8 PETE YORN On Your Side (11) DISCO 9 PETE YORN & SCARLETT JOHANSSON Relator (6) DISCO 10 THE STROKES The Adults Are Talking (1) DISCO 11 ALPACA SPORTS Summer Days (3) DISCO 12 BIKERIDE A Summer Song (12) DISCO 13 FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE It Must Be Summer (13) DISCO 14 NADA SURF Sick day (HOUSE - 18) DISCO 15 VÍA VERDE Limitarme a vivir (HOUSE - 18) Escuchar audio

On our latest show: Latino Conservation Week; the "Blue Nun"; new bird books for kids; and the items in Mike's store that Mike doesn't really like.

All the cool people were born early enough to appreciate the 60s. I was born in 1962 so I was too young to join in. My cultural nursery was the 1970s, with their bad hair, bad clothes, Mike sodding Yarwood on a Saturday night, strikes and strife. In Episode One, I arrive late to the party that was the 60s, to find everyone has hooked up and all that's left is a warm bottle of Blue Nun.Parental Guidance; this episode does include a foul-mouthed toddler.

Today we learn that listening to Brews News Week is great for your fitness. So jog along as Matt and Pete discuss the news of the week. Board changes at the IBA Beer excise changes set to come into effect Is market concentration actually good for craft brewers? North of Nowhere Pale Ale 'Completely wrong': alcohol retailer BWS partners with Dry July Bintani launches hops selection trial Real Men of Genius commercial Wine Wars: The Curse of the Blue Nun, the Miracle of Two Buck Chuck, and the Revenge of the Terroirists Pre-hop harvest planning at Bushy Park Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt has been bringing you the world's best local and imported malts. Your premium brewing partner and proud supporters of Brews News. We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Call Rallings on 1300 852 235 to discover a more efficient way to get your small batch canning labels done. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: Sponsoring the show Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts All letter writers will receive a brews news bottle opener and go into the draw to win a mixed six-pack thanks to our good friends at Beer Cartel who sponsor our letter for the week.

Today we learn that listening to Brews News Week is great for your fitness. So jog along as Matt and Pete discuss the news of the week. Board changes at the IBA Beer excise changes set to come into effect Is market concentration actually good for craft brewers? North of Nowhere Pale Ale 'Completely wrong': alcohol retailer BWS partners with Dry July Bintani launches hops selection trial Real Men of Genius commercial Wine Wars: The Curse of the Blue Nun, the Miracle of Two Buck Chuck, and the Revenge of the Terroirists Pre-hop harvest planning at Bushy Park Radio Brews News is proudly presented by Cryer Malt. With over 25 years in the field, Cryer Malt has been bringing you the world’s best local and imported malts. Your premium brewing partner and proud supporters of Brews News. We thank Rallings Labels and Stickers for sponsoring this podcast. Call Rallings on 1300 852 235 to discover a more efficient way to get your small batch canning labels done. If you like what we do at Radio Brews News you can help us out by: Sponsoring the show Reviewing us on iTunes or your favourite podcasting service Emailing us at producer@brewsnews.com.au to share your thoughts All letter writers will receive a brews news bottle opener and go into the draw to win a mixed six-pack thanks to our good friends at Beer Cartel who sponsor our letter for the week.

In this episode, we talk about school hauntings (much to contempt of the Affiliated Demons). Rinki looks more into the legend behind two gargoyles at the University of Toronto, the mysteries of the Christie mansion and Lee Williams High School. Whereas, Karishma looks at the legend of the Red Priest and Blue Nun at St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you listen to us! Email us your relevant or irrelevant stories at: thosedumbghouls@gmail.com Follow us on Instagram @thosedumbghouls Join our facebook group: Those Dumb Ghouls-the podcast

“We seem to have reached the age where life stops giving us things and starts taking them away.” It’s the end of series 7 and the Spoiler team have finally got round to a Steven Spielberg film. So which classic have we gone for? ‘Jaws’? ‘Jurassic Park’? ‘Schindler’s List’ perhaps? No, we’ve opted for probably the most reviled film in this great director’s canon; the 2008 Indiana Jones revival ‘Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’. With the intention of giving this fan-lambasted underdog a fair hearing, the team discover much to enjoy in the extremely-flawed but lively romp including a charisma-oozing Harrison Ford, the return of Karen Allen to our screens, a would-be-iconic reintroduction of the beloved central character and some fun, exciting action scenes. Hell, they even loved the ants! But don’t despair ‘...Crystal Skull’ haters, there’s plenty of downsides to discuss including easily-deletable characters, ropey CGI, cliched plot developments, awful accents and, of course, that lead-lined refrigerator. Also discussed is the ongoing debate on whether this film is better or worse than ‘Temple of Doom’, how Rachael was in love with practically every cast member from the original trilogy and why the blazes Paul has still not seen ‘...Last Crusade’. And just what is The ‘Ratatouille’ effect? Andy explains. Elsewhere, Andy becomes a treasure hunter himself as he goes searching for hidden Easter Eggs in vinyl albums by The Beatles, the Monty Python team and ELO. This week’s scale: A £500 bottle of Cristal from Fortnum and Mason or a bottle of Blue Nun from the corner shop

Cults, Cryptids, and Conspiracies is a new podcast about all the weird crap that's happened throughout history and up to today hosted by Cristina Van Epps and Chelsea Reed Miller.In the first episode we talk about the nun who traveled from Spain to the Americas by way of Angels and two Dutch students who went missing while hiking in Panama.

"Aw, c'mon. Elephants ain't got no feelings" This week we’re watching the 1941 Disney classic Dumbo.  This “kids film” is one of fully-grown man Andy’s all-time favourites, but will it win over a sceptical Paul and “emotionally available” Racheal? Meanwhile, Andy takes a look at some of Walt Disney’s most pant-wettingly scary moments, and Racheal sets a Disney music quiz, pitting Andy, who has a large collection of Disney DVDs in numbered order, against Paul who “doesn’t watch kids films”... This week’s scale: Champagne, Cava or Blue Nun   

Jennie Hammar och Karin Bastin på spaning i Los Angeles. Trender, fenomen, folk och stjärnor i Hollywood. Träning och hälsa. Samt lite vardagsliv. Och hunden Buster.

Angelos and Barry talk raw fish, raw rice, and eating with pencils. Foreign cuisine and farmers markets? We barely drink at all here, but it's one rule for us and another for Europe! The boys are also a little bit excited about their new sponsor! Produced by Paul Myers and Mike Leigh A Playback Media Production playbackmedia.co.uk

Angelos and Barry talk Fray Bentos, being a secret Agent and Liposuction. Angelo's has lost some weight inspired by Barrys hard work and the guys discuss which lookalikes they'd like to meet, and what they'd do with them. Produced by Paul Myers and Mike Leigh A Playback Media Production playbackmedia.co.uk

Today Peter begins a conversation with the remarkable Peter Sichel, OSS veteran, senior CIA official of the 1950s, and onetime head of Blue Nun wines. After fleeing Nazi Germany with his family in the 1930s and eventually finding himself in the United States, Sichel joined the OSS and in 1944 he went back to Europe where he recruited German prisoners of war to spy for the US 7th Army. Hear him talk about his operations in Europe and his friendship with future Director of the CIA, Richard Helms.

" I like Merlot."  There I said it.  Bucking the trend in this pod cast we highlight Merlot, the wine that the movie Sideways kicked off the stage.  These days the trendy wine set wouldn't be caught in public with a glass of Merlot in their hands, yet for as unfashionable as Merlot has become there's a substantial amount of it grown worldwide. After experiencing a protracted run of popularity through the eighties and nineties, punctuated with over-planting, overproduction and overpricing Merlot now enjoys a comfortable co- starring role in the wine world.  An important part of France's Bordeaux Blend ( Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot ), Merlot is estimated to be the third most grown grape globally.  Wine types and brands go through cycles of popularity ( IE White Zinfandel, Mateus Rose and Blue Nun ) and Merlot in the end seems to have benefited from the spotlight.  With wine producers and grape growers chasing the latest wines of fashion those that continue to cultivate Merlot are producing wine that represent better consistency, quality and better value than in the past.  Just what we're looking for at Vino 101. Chances are that eight dollar bottle of Merlot you find at your local grocer ( Please consider buying your wines at a reliable wine retailer ) is likely to be made in a simple, plain and smooth style with no rough edges.  Nothing wrong with that but you can get so much more flavor and pleasure by spending a little more.  To experience good quality Merlot you need to spend around thirteen to twenty dollars.  You can spend a lot more, but the top price you pay won't always translate to a wine that delivers the most satisfaction.  Pinot Noir usually gets all the praise for being the great translator of terroir, however Merlot which is climate sensitive can speak well of where it is grown and the differences in wine raised in cool climates versus warm climates can be striking.  Merlot has more body than Pinot Noir and less body and tannin than Cabernet Sauvignon.  The color ranges from medium to dark, with low to medium tannins and a soft texture.  Typical aroma and flavors of Merlot grown in cool climates are red berry fruit, mint, green olive and bell pepper.  In warmer climates you will notice blackberry fruits, plum, blueberry, caramel and chocolate.  Merlot doesn't bowl you over with intense aromas or flavors like a Zinfandel or a Cabernet Sauvignon.  The appeal of Merlot is it's structure or mouth feel.  In a word it's smooth and that's why so much of it is produced worldwide. For this show we profiled ten Merlots priced from eight to twenty-five dollars.  Your best insight into what Merlot can bring to the table is to use the contrast and compare method.  Purchase several Merlots from different areas, invite some friends over and pop some corks.  Tasting the wines side by side helps to accentuate the differences and similarities of the wines.  Thanks to all for your support and feedback.  Enjoy the cast. Cheers!

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