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Each week, wine media veteran Katherine Cole serves up and breaks down the four biggest stories in the vinous world with help from The Four Top team, including our contributing cohost, Martín Reyes, MW. Come for the headlines, stick around for the occasional bad pun, and savor the conversation.

The Four Top is winner of both the James Beard and IACP awards for Best Culinary Podcast.

Each week, wine media veteran Katherine Cole serves up and breaks down the four biggest stories in the vinous world with help from The Four Top team, including our contributing cohost, Martín Reyes, MW. Come for the headlines, stick around for the occasional bad pun, and savor the conversation. The Four Top is winner of both the James Beard and IACP awards for Best Culinary Podcast. read more read less

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Ep. 140: Psilocybin and Smoke Taint
Well, move over wine; magic mushrooms are taking over. Israel's pruning season is in distress. Hay un escándalo en La Rioja. Smoke taint, rose taint, there's taint, and we're going to talk about it. These are the four wine stories we're following this week.

14 Feb, 2024 - 19:51
Ep. 139: The Pope Has Spoken
The Pope promotes the heavenly origins of wine. Wine growers worldwide take to their tractors in protest. Oregon keeps booze tax facts under wraps. Southern Glazer's may have met its match. These are the stories were following this week.

7 Feb, 2024 - 15:51
Ep. 138: Good Vibrations from AI Robots
Brutal news from Abruzzo. Winemakers call for cuts thanks to a glut of grapes. AI robots are bringing sexy back. A vintage wine estate seems to be falling apart at the seams. This is the Four Top, and these are the stories we're following this week.

31 Jan, 2024 - 16:50
Ep. 137: Explosions and Cocaine (and Wine)
Drizly is shown the exit. Are large wine pours out the door? The state of the U.S. wine industry is, uh, pretty shitty, actually. Wine is all about explosions and cocaine. These are the wine stories we're following this week. This week's episode is brought to you by Josh, Josh, and Josh.

24 Jan, 2024 - 19:54
Ep. 136: Righted Wrongs and French Families
A cultural wrong just got righted in California bars and restaurants. Argentine wine faces the choppy waters of hyperinflation and devaluation. You can get paid for that strip of vineyard land you're not using. One very rich French family sells an old faithful standby of a wine to another very rich French family. These are the stories we’re following this week.

17 Jan, 2024 - 19:24
Ep. 135: $30,000 Bottles and Beer Goggles
Restaurants see high demand for low-ABV cocktails. Washington and Colorado wage wine war against California. Scientists declare that beer goggles are not a thing. Just what is the world's most expensive wine? These are the stories we're following this week.

10 Jan, 2024 - 19:27
Ep. 134: Wine: It Does a Body Good
"No level of alcohol consumption is safe for our health." Those words were published by the World Health Organization almost exactly a year ago, and the wine world was not happy. But was that declaration accurate? In Ep. 134, we look at conflicting research, scientific bias, and the centenarians who swear by their daily glass of wine.

3 Jan, 2024 - 26:17
Ep. 133: Financial Failures and Lost Generations
We should note that we were going to call this a year-end news roundup, but we've decided to phase that out... Get it? It's a glyphosate joke. Millennials and Gen Z are lost generations. Wine's most important banks just...stopped. Napa Green showed glyphosate the door. There's a movie called A Vineyard Christmas and it's really good *wink*. These are the stories from 2023 that stuck out the most to us.

27 Dec, 2023 - 17:19
Ep. 132: Wine Scams and TikTok Takeovers
TikTokers take over a Parisian wine bar. British scam artists face charges in the U.S. Rare wine collections are found under a Times Square TGI Fridays. And should you be perturbed by pesticides in your wine? These are the stories we're following this week.

20 Dec, 2023 - 18:01
Ep. 131: An AI Version of Taylor Swift Drinking Natural Wine
Admittedly, that title is misleading, but we do talk AI, T. Swift, AND natural wine in Ep. 131. The Queen Bee of Burgundy has stinging words for natural wine. AI tech authenticates terroir. Are California wineries ready for the CRV fee? And the W.H.O. thinks it can fight death with taxes. These are the four wine news stories we're following this week.

13 Dec, 2023 - 19:56
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