Fine Wine Confidential Podcast
The Fine Wine Confidential Podcast tells the story of how the modern-day Virginia wine industry has progressed during the past forty-five years and is now achieving Thomas Jefferson's aspiration to produce world-class wine. Fred Reno interviews many of the Old Dominion's prominent winery owners, winemakers and viticulturists. In their own words, you the listener, will learn why Virginia is the most exciting wine-growing State in the country today.
The Fine Wine Confidential Podcast having chronicled the beginnings of the Virginia modern-day growth is now focused on the wines produced from the Norton grape as Virginia is its ancestral home. Look for All About Virginia Norton.
Podcasting since 2020 • 78 episodes
Fine Wine Confidential Podcast
Latest Episodes
EPISODE #7 FRANCHISE LAW PART 2
In this Episode #7, I detail how I unwittingly jumped in and tried to make a significant change in the wine industry by trying to undo the Franchise Law protection that the alcoholic beverage wholesale distributors have in this country. These L...
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Season 2025
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Episode 7
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7:22
EPISODE # 6 FRANCHISE LAWS AND BEING CONNED IN GEORGIA
Episode #6 describes my initial encounter with the bureaucracy in the wine business. It was when I went to work at William Hill Winery back in 1984 and was introduced to the world of Franchise Laws. Franchise Laws come in many shape...
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Episode 6
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6:04
EPISODE #5 ROOKIE BUYING WINE IN CALIFORNIA
This Episode shares a firsthand account of some of my early wine-buying visits to top California wine producers in 1981 & 1982. It is just a small sample of what I encountered at a time when the early wine producers were just beginning to b...
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Episode 5
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13:09
EPISODE #4 SPARKS STEAKHOUSE ADVENTURE
In this snippet from my upcoming book, I share a story about my first time on the streets of New York, calling on accounts and selling William Hill wines in only the second week after I had taken the position as VP of Sales for the Eas...
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Episode 4
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6:49
EPISODE #3 ROOKIE IN THE WINE BUSINESS EXCERPT
In this episode I share a story about one of the actions I took early in my career that change the course for me. It was 1979 and I had just been hired 5 months before at a Retail Wine Merchant in Washington, DC. I was promoted by t...
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Episode 3
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5:02