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 • 80 episodes
Fine Wine Confidential Podcast
Latest Episodes
EPISODE #9 THE FRANK PRIAL ESCAPADE vs WILLIAM HILL WINERY
This episode delves into a defining moment from February 1986 that catapulted William Hill Winery into the spotlight. At that time, I was Vice President of Sales when Frank Prial, in his popular New York Times column "Wine Talk," made a misstep...
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Season 2025
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Episode 9
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7:23
EPISODE # 8 WINE BUSINESS IS A TRAILING ECONOMIC INDICATOR
Episode #8 is an insider's view of the Henry Wine Group Board Meeting in the fall of 2007, when I was President & CEO.While reviewing some sales data for several of our top-end California producers, I noticed a disturbing trend that ...
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Season 2025
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Episode 8
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4:27
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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Season 2025
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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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Season 2025
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Episode 5
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13:09