History of Wine

Hosted by renowned sommelier and restaurateur, Matthew Kaner, and part of the SOMM TV Podcast Network, Season One focuses on the Americas. Travel back in time to see how the regions were planted with vines and how struggles and historical events formed the wine we drink today

Hosted by renowned sommelier and restaurateur, Matthew Kaner, and part of the SOMM TV Podcast Network, Season One focuses on the Americas. Travel back in time to see how the regions were planted with vines and how struggles and historical events formed the wine we drink today. Each week Matthew is joined by a special guest to help tell the story of their country/state/region as we explore the impact Spanish Missionaries had with proliferating vitis vinifera for use in the Sacrament, Prohibition, and the ever important shift each market makes towards modernity.