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Daniel Posner, owner of Grapes the Wine Company, joins Robert Tas for a special episode of CorkRules. Daniel has been a wine consultant, with clients from all over the globe. He travels extensively each year to wine regions to meet with producers, winemakers, winery owners, and to help procure the wines for his store. Daniel’s expertise in wine goes far beyond the usual wine store owner’s knowledge, and in this episode, he shares his expertise to help you choose wine for the holiday season.

Daniel's holiday recommendations include:

Pinot Noir

Sparkling

Bourbon

Scotch

Tequila

Reserva de la Familia

Dobel

Fortaleza

Mezcal

Transcript: Grape the Wine Co.

RT: Hello and Welcome to CorkRules!

A podcast where we typically review a wine list from your favorite restaurants. Today we have a special guest with us to talk about holiday wine shopping and the world of wine.

I’m your host Robert Tas along with our special guest and my friend Daniel Posner owner of Grape the Wine Co. Welcome to the CorkRules podcast?

DP: Hello Robert, great to be here.

RT: So, let me start by introducing Daniel. He has been in the wine world for over 22 years, he is one of the most influential wine retailers in the United States. He is the owner of the Grape The wine co in white plains NY and is the former president of the National Association of Wine Retailers. He has contributed to major publications like Wine Spectator to WSJ. He tastes 10K wine annually. I’m trying to catch up. And travels frequently to meet producers, winemakers.

So, Daniel welcome to the CorkRules podcast.

DP: Thank you great to be hear to talk about wine.

So, Daniel, given your seat in the wine world, I’d love to start and get a report on how the retail wine world is doing post covid.

RT: During Covid, I saw a lot of wine clubs pop up, what’s your take?

DP:

RT: What’s your take on the impact of social media on wine?

DP:

RT: Alright, let’s pivot to why we are here. So, as we head into the holidays, can you give our listeners some tips when thinking of buying wines for the holidays?

DP:

RT: How should our listeners think about gifting? Can we think beyond CA Cab?

DP:

Pinot Noir

RT: What about bubbles?

DP:

Sparkling

RT: What about spirits? Scotches? Tequila?? Mescal?

DP:

Bourbon

Scotch

Tequila

Reserva de la Familia

Dobel

Fortaleza

Mezcal

RT: Daniel, this was fantastic. Thank you for all your great holiday recommendations. Please check out Grapes the Wine Grape Co.com.

To our audience, thank you all for joining us here on CorkRules. As always, if you would like us to review one of your favorite restaurants or have a topic for us to discuss, please send us email to: Info@CorkRules.com or visit our web website where we have a request form available.

We are looking forward to being with you on another CorkRules episode soon. In the meantime, please check out our website for other episodes of your favorite restaurant wine lists. Follow us on social media @CorkRules and @grapesthewineco

And finally, drink what you love and please make sure you drink responsibly.

Thank you.

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