Ten recommendable German-language podcasts for wine fans

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21 June, 2021

of Alexander Lupersböck in General

Podcasts have become an indispensable alternative on headphones at breakneck speed. Just listen while travelling, exercising or doing housework. It's also a great way to learn interesting facts about wines and the people behind them. From relaxed chats to instructions on proper tasting: here is a subjective of recommendable wine podcasts.

Blind Flight A wine podcast with Felix Bodmann and Sascha Radke

To the podcast

Felix Bodmann, the Berlin wine blogger, author and owner of webweinschule.de, is one of the most high-profile German podcast producers. Under the label "Affected sipping doesn't help", he discusses wines and trendy topics such as "Natural wine swindle?", "Ghosts in viticulture" or "The aroma bar of horror" with photographer and wine freak Sascha Radke every fortnight in his "Blind Flight" series. They each pour a wine into a black glass for blind tasting. Sometimes it sounds like an audio shopping channel, but ideologies are picked apart with abandon. The conversations have very funny moments that advanced learners can enjoy better than wine beginners.

Understanding wine made easy Florian Boldt

About the podcast

A serious podcast that aims to impart basic knowledge about wine. Important here is the contact in the Facebook group, where you can also ask wine academic Florian Boldt questions. In addition, some wines are tasted and described in a classical way. Listeners can get these beforehand. In interviews, in-depth knowledge of the winemakers is also conveyed through questions. This results in wine courses for people who prefer to learn by listening rather than reading.

The gourmet podcast

To the podcast

This is more about food and cuisine, but the magazine "Der Feinschmecker" also has interesting wine topics. The episodes are around 40 minutes short, compact and - as you would expect from this team of authors - very professionally produced and pleasantly presented. Prominent guests were, for example, Ornellaia's chief oenologist Axel Heinz, Moselle vintner Katharina Prüm and Roman Niewodniczanski from Van Volxem. In addition, Patrick Bauer tells about the everyday life of a wine critic. They all provide exciting insights behind the scenes of the wine scene.

Originalverkorkt Christoph Raffelt

To the podcast

The Hamburg wine blogger, journalist, author and consultant Christoph Raffelt has been writing about wine since 2007 and has been publishing his weekly podcast "über flüssige und überflüssige Eskapaden" since 2013. In it, he presents wines outside the mainstream and thus offers thoroughly unusual and even exotic discoveries. The "In Conversation" section includes interviews with winemakers. Raffelt always stays close to the topic, here the wine is clearly in the foreground. He also produces another wine podcast together with the Berlin blogger Holger Klein in his format "WRINT". This is the abbreviation for the Gottfried Benn quote "He who talks is not dead". Published every four weeks or so, the slightly more than one-hour programmes on wines from trendy vintners offer a relaxed, entertaining insight into the world of wine.

Enjoyment on the bus Dr. Wolfgang Staudt

To the podcast

Casual country music, quickly getting to the point: the interviews with "interesting guys from the wine and winemaking scene" are fun and entertaining. Author, wine consultant and seminar leader Dr. Wolfgang Staudt visits vintners and always has a well-prepared script. This is pleasantly down-to-earth, no self-dramatisation and also suitable for non-wine professionals. Guests were, for example, Martin Gojer, Vincent Eymann, Franz Hirtzberger jun. and Christian Hirsch.

A bottle with... Björn Bittner

To the podcast

Björn Bittner manages to get very prominent and international guests in front of the microphone - for example Olivier Krug from the champagne house of the same name. But Saar vintner Dorothee Zilliken or Tagesschau boss Jan Hofer also like to tell him their stories. He tends to focus on expensive and high-quality products, but does not want to convey them in an elitist way. His relaxed approach makes the podcast an entertaining and interesting chat - not only about wines, but above all about people who produce and appreciate good things.

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Ten recommendable German-language podcasts for wine fans

Listen to wine

Four Bottles The wine podcast of the Hamburger Abendblatt

Winemaker Talk The wine podcast with Daniel Bayer

Blind Flight A wine podcast with Felix Bodmann and Sascha Radke

Understanding wine made easy Florian Boldt

The gourmet podcast

Originalverkorkt Christoph Raffelt

Listen to wine - with Kunze

Weinstein Podcast Jan Eißmann

Enjoyment on the bus Dr. Wolfgang Staudt

German Wines with Manuel Bretschi

A bottle with... Björn Bittner

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