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.
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Friends from different countries giving our top threes' in various subjects. We'll hopefully be learning, but we'll definitely be laughing!
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An opinionated podcast by opinionated people. Hosted by Marco Arment and Tiff Arment.
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Ep. 149: Enzymes, Endorphins, and Ethanol
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Martín Reyes, MW continues his residency in part two of our exploration of alcohol metabolization. We get into enzymes, dopamine, and orgasms in this occasionally off-kilter discussion of how our bodies deal with alcohol. All aboard our very adult Magic School Bus!על ידי The Four Top
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Ep. 148: The One with Science In It
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Martín Reyes, MW is back for a two-episode arc! We've got science, dad jokes, and questionable man-made sound effects on this one. Join us as Katherine and Martín dig in to how alcohol is metabolized in our bodies in part one of this two-parter.על ידי The Four Top
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Ep. 147: Teetotalers vs. Nebuchadnezzars
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Neo prohibitionists have the ears of health officials. It turns out old vines can travel. We've got a climate change game show for you. Yet another wine brand has been bought by its founder. These are the wine news stories we're following this week.על ידי The Four Top
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Ep. 146: Import Outrage and Export Heroics
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A winemaker takes back his brand from a big ol' private equity firm. A surprising amount of American wine is not actually American. Organic wine importers are completely freaking out, and we don't blame them. Washington State is throwing British Columbia a lifeline. These are the four wine news stories we're following this week.…
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Ep. 145: The Curse of the Blue Nun
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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.…
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Ep. 144: Sheep and Cheese and Registries
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Sheep counting has gotten out of hand. Cheese is on the chopping block. Wine retailers love registries. Ukrainian wine abides. These are the four wine news stories we're following this week.על ידי The Four Top
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Ep. 143: Snow in the Sierras and Saboteurs in Spain
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Snow in the Sierra Nevadas. Saboteurs in Spain. The French court says, "mais non," to predatory negociants, and we have all been speaking Latin all wrong. These are the four wine news stories at our table right now.על ידי The Four Top
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This Episode is Directed by Karim Kronfli. In this S02E10 episode, we talk about our top Audio Dramas. Ok well maybe a little more “If-Sarah-Golding-isn't-in-your-show-is-it-even-an-audio-drama?”. We talk about remote voice acting, the backalley of bandcamp, making TLD 4 years longer to punish Neil and Audio Drama Actors: The Drinking Game. 4 Top 3…
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Martín Reyes, MW is back, and he’s brought some friends. With their help, we get into misleading claims from the W.H.O, the health effects of wine, and how moderation may just be good for you. Joining us this week are Dr. Laura Catena, a Harvard and Stanford trained biologist and physician, fourth generation vintner, and the managing director of Bo…
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Ep. 141: Zillennial Zeitgeist, Secretive Subpoenas & Sub-Zero Temps
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Mystery subpoenas hit some of the Napa Valley's biggest names. Someone claims to have tapped into the zillennial zeitgeist. British Columbia has been frozen out, and Rioja is sounding a bit more charming. These are the wine stories we're following this week.על ידי The Four Top
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Ep. 140: Psilocybin and Smoke Taint
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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.על ידי The Four Top
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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.על ידי The Four Top
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Ep. 138: Good Vibrations from AI Robots
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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.על ידי The Four Top
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In this S02E09 episode, we talk about our favourite tropes. Ok well maybe a little more “tropes-are-toolkits-and-keep-parents-alive-for-plotpoints”. We talk about calling an ambulance but not for me, reluctant hero/laundry doer, Hakuna Moana and boogeys in the beard. 4 Top 3’s - Twitter Facebook Patreon Find this month’s ad - Red Odyssey Links (we …
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Ep. 137: Explosions and Cocaine (and Wine)
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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.על ידי The Four Top
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Ep. 136: Righted Wrongs and French Families
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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 followi…
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Ep. 135: $30,000 Bottles and Beer Goggles
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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.על ידי The Four Top
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Ep. 134: Wine: It Does a Body Good
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"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.…
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Ep. 133: Financial Failures and Lost Generations
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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 a…
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Ep. 132: Wine Scams and TikTok Takeovers
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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.על ידי The Four Top
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Ep. 131: An AI Version of Taylor Swift Drinking Natural Wine
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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 we…
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Ep. 130: Grapes, Water, the Death Star...
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This week, Martín Reyes, MW is back! In this deep dive episode we get into ingredient labeling, sugar content, sulfites, allergens, health risks, and what winemakers call, "the Death Star." There's also a dad joke, and it's...good?על ידי The Four Top
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Crozes-Hermitage gets touchy about temperature, Linfield University's Wine Studies Program gets a director with hometown roots, there's real science behind that red wine headache, and impending rules around labeling in the EU are turning those headaches into migraines. These are the stories we're following this week.…
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Ep. 128: Is Chardonnay the Low-Rise Jeans of the Wine World?
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Low-calorie wines see growth while the rest of the industry shrinks, glass bottles are getting slimmer and cleaner, dozens of new Criolla grape varieties are discovered centuries after their ancestors arrived in South America, and Chardonnay, the low-rise jeans of the wine world, is hot once again, to the tune of $400 million. These are the stories…
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Ep. 127: Wine Tastings Are a Civil Right?
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We’ve got big news: we’re back with a new format! Join us as we break down the four biggest wine news stories of the week and add our own takes. Global wine production has fallen to a 62 year low. Israel's vineyards report on a war torn harvest. California producers may have dodged carcinogen warnings on their labels, but not for the reason you mig…
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Content Warning - Mentions of Holocaust. In this S02E08 episode, we talk about our top school trips. Ok well maybe a little more “Neil-is-a-musical-ditto-if-we-can-learn-music-without-knowing-how-the-same-applies-to-skiiing”. We talk about stay at home fashion, Neptune isn’t called Marble Dong of Italy, haunted Icelandic ouiji boards and learning w…
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In this S02E07 episode, we talk about our favourite candy. Ok well maybe a little more “salt-sticks-are-not-a-candy-and-biscuits-are-not-a-candy-actually-we-need-a-definition-of-what-a-candy-is ”. We talk about what constitutes a candy, pineapples on pizzas?!, why Vee wants to travel with a drawstring bag and how a wendy’s burger should count as ca…
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Here it is, folks; our episode about Roundup…but it’s so much more than that. In Ep. 126. we dive into regenerative agriculture, climate action, and the fight over how to grow grapes on a rapidly changing planet. Rounding out our expertise this week are Dr. Jamie Goode, an award-winning wine journalist, plant biologist, and the author of I Taste Re…
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Ep. 125: Sustainability Means Inclusivity
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From The Court of Master Sommeliers to vineyards around the world, diversity has become a buzzword, but what does it mean in practice? In Ep. 125 (recorded live at Napa RISE), our guests help us understand how to unravel the wine industry and rework it as an inclusive, inviting space. On the stage with us for this live recording are Philana Bouvier…
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Ep. 124: The Viticulture Counterculture
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Viticulture is monoculture… but it doesn’t have to be. In Ep. 124, our guests discuss permaculture and natural farming, and so much more. In their quest to capture the past in order to change the future of winegrowing, they will go so far as to introduce genetic diversity from vine to vine. Behind the mics this week are Nate Ready, a former Master …
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Ep. 123: Packaging Visions for Reduced Emissions
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Sustainability is a hot topic in wine, but we’re still addicted to carbon-intensive glass bottles. Our guests this week are trying to change that. We’re diving into canned wine, lightweight packaging, and how to wean ourselves off the evil that is styrofoam. Joining us for Ep. 123 are Kristin Olszewski, founder and CEO of Nomadica Wine; and Nicolas…
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Ep. 122: Gray Water for Green Vineyards
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Historic droughts followed by colossal atmospheric rivers? There’s a term for that: weather whiplash. As wine regions experience the highest highs and lowest lows back-to-back, vineyards are looking for ways to adapt. Our guests on Ep. 122 discuss the future of water use in winegrowing, from gray water to dry farming. Our aqua-experts are Dr. Peter…
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CW: We talk about a game called “Hello Charlotte” and the youtube series Petscop, which have fictional child ab*se, and how that affected our character Squash. In this S02E06 episode, we talk about our top inspirations for Blighthouse Projects. Ok well maybe a little more “inspiration-isn’t-always-a-eureka-moment-but-its-basically-just-narrowing-do…
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Our favorite Phish songs. (Finally.) This episode of Top Four is sponsored by: DoorDash: Get 50% off when you spend $10 or more on your next DashPass order. Links and Show Notes: Tiff's Apple Music playlist Marco's samples played: You Enjoy Myself - 2023/02/26 Carini - 2021/10/16 Turtle in the Clouds - 2019/12/29 Waves - 2013/12/29 Wading in the Ve…
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Ep. 121: You Can't Afford NOT To!
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Imagine losing out on $120,000 of energy savings just by forgetting to fill out one form. Do we have your attention? Then tune in as our guests share ways for wineries to save, from the simple (LED light bulbs) to the innovative (water batteries?). Increasing efficiency with us on Ep. 121 are Peter Yeung, a wine business consultant and the co-host …
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Ep. 120: "Anna-Dotes," aka The Six Pillars of Sustainability
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Hello Wine World; we’re back! We kick off The Four Top’s sustainability season with Anna Brittain, executive director of Napa Green and Napa RISE. Anna lays out “the six pillars of sustainability,” sharing anecdotes—we call them “Anna-dotes”—to illustrate each one. Prepare to be surprised by Ep. 120.…
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In this S02E05 episode, we talk about our favourite Video Games. Ok well maybe a little more “who-gave-the-computer-the-power-to-cancel-me-from-the-council?”. We talk about Zoom’s new moving video frames, space operas, best loading screens and we’re Spoilering EVERYTHING. 4 Top 3’s - Twitter Facebook Patreon Sarah is Polarity Audio Works, you can h…
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Our 100th-episode spectacular! Here's to 100 great episodes — well, 100 episodes, at least — and more to come. This episode of Top Four is sponsored by: DoorDash: Get 50% off up to a $20 value and zero delivery fees. Links and Show Notes: Shokupan (Japanese milk bread): Goldbelly, Amazon (currently unavailable) Portuguese Massa Follow-up: Fidget sp…
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Counterbalance Taking Initiative The Lucky Die The White Vault Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesעל ידי Blighthouse Studio | Realm
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A terrible surprise. This episode of Top Four is sponsored by: DoorDash: Get 50% off up to a $20 value and zero delivery fees. Links and Show Notes: Slug Dumpling Metal spinner Shape-shifting box Brass gear cube Anxiety ring Fidget cube 1 Fidget cube 2 Metal rollers Atomic balls Ball with tiny balls Three rings Tangle Cards Stress ball '80s-dad han…
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In this S02E04 episode, we talk about our top three intros. Ok well maybe a little more “My-Recording-Of-Eyþór-Saying-It-Trumps-Your-Discord-Note-Vee!”. We talk about our top favourite ads, why you sleep with a wrench, how to spell cumin and anime. 4 Top 3’s - Twitter Facebook Patreon Links (we take no responsibility if you decide to click these): …
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Aslan Does Not Believe In Aliens
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In this S02E03 episode, we talk about our favourite songs from musicals. Ok well maybe a little more “Narnia-is-the-bible-told-from-a-furry-point-of-view”. We talk about Shrek being the Best Musical, musical-or-songical, gorgeous duets and how many cats in War of the Worlds? 4 Top 3’s - Twitter Facebook Patreon Find this month’s ad - Space Poddity …
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We actually tried every flavor of Hot Pockets and lived to tell the tale. This episode of Top Four is sponsored by: DoorDash: Get 50% off up to a $20 value and zero delivery fees. Links and Show Notes: Hot Pockets Susceptor (manufacturer) Support Top Four with a Relay FM Membershipעל ידי Marco Arment and Tiff Arment
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CW: There is a lot, and we mean A LOT of swearing in this episode, unbleeped, and yes including THAT cuss word. Good thing we’re not monetised! In this S02E02 episode, we talk about our favourite uses of profanity in media. Ok well maybe a little more “HOW-MANY-2006-MOVIES-DOES-NEIL-KNOW-AND-IS-IT-A-BIT?”. We talk about Mother Fluffing Bunnies, ble…
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Subtitle: Are you ready for this? Are you ready for this? This episode of Top Four is sponsored by: DoorDash: Get 50% off up to a $20 value and zero delivery fees. Links and Show Notes: Jock Jams album series Original TV commercial Spotify playlist with most of the songs Jock Jams Megamix Support Top Four with a Relay FM Membership…
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And In The Morning I’m Making Waffles
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In this S02E01 episode, we talk about our favourite scents. Ok well maybe a little more “fart-in-the-shower-or-bath-for-science”. We talk about how we’ve learned nothing since season one, chicken and stars, the pretentiousness of alcohol descriptions and who doesn’t sponsor us. 4 Top 3’s - Twitter Facebook Patreon Find this month’s ad - Counterbala…
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Our favorite cakes, in honor of Tiff's birthday. This episode of Top Four is sponsored by: DoorDash: Get 50% off up to a $20 value and zero delivery fees. Links and Show Notes: Wikipedia: List of cakes Cakes on Hudson Support Top Four with a Relay FM Membershipעל ידי Marco Arment and Tiff Arment
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In this S01E12 episode, we talk about our Most Loopable Songs. Ok well maybe a little more “Most-Loopable-Songs-according-to-whatever-criteria-we-decided”. We talk about appreciating art without being able to art, at-ing Neil about genres and rocking out with both your guitars out. We did something different this time. We highly recommend listening…
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Ep. 119: Hot Takes, Cold Wine, Part Deux
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Did the ghost of Georges Duboeuf haunt filmmaker Jason Wise this Christmas? Will NBA star-turned TV commentator Channing Frye ever be invited back to Napa? In our final episode of this wine season, we toast the new year with hot takes from two of wine’s wittiest pundits, and add a couple of our own crackpot ideas. Making their opinions known on E…
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The best flavors among far too many candy-cane options. This episode of Top Four is sponsored by: CleanMyMac X: Your Mac. As good as new. Get 5% off today. Links and Show Notes: Blair Candy Company Candy Favorites Candy Store Support Top Four with a Relay FM Membershipעל ידי Marco Arment and Tiff Arment
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