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"Wine sells": Captain Cork on viticulture politics and storytelling

26 Aug, 22

Wine sold! #89 About the episode

Marcus Johst of Capatin Cork is known in the wine world for entertaining wine reviews and explosive media skirmishes. In this episode we talk about stories that sell and disastrous winemaking politics.

About the podcast

WEIN verkauft! serves the good of the winemaking community. With the podcast, Diego Weber offers practical expertise for forward-thinking wineries, young winemakers and career changers to listen to in the vineyard, in the cellar or while delivering. All episodes can be heard on Fridays with a two-week head start for wein.plus members and are announced in the weekly newsletter in the news.

WEIN verkauft! from the winemaker's point of view

About Diego Weber

Diego Weber has been running his podcast since July 2021. He also offers Swapwine , a scalable newsletter network for direct marketing wineries, and is a management consultant specialising in strategic positioning in the wine industry.

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