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When You Just Want A Glass Of Wine

Zena Polin and Renée Gentry

A podcast dedicated to making wine drinking more approachable and inclusive. Join us as we decode the language and unlock the customs of wine drinking.

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53:48

Barboursville, Vermentino and the Road to Nascent

When You Just Want A Glass Of Wine ·

2026/10/06

What a day! If you're offered the opportunity to spend an hour or so with Virginia wine legend and winemaker Luca Paschina, his associate winemaker, Daniele Tessaro, along with National Sales Director and Sommelier Holly Rocco Feraci, in the beautiful Palladio Restaurant at Barboursville Vineyards to do a vertical tasting (2017, 2019, 2020, 2021) of their extended maceration Vermentino (with bonus tastings of the 2024 Vermentino Reserve and the 2020 Nascent)....you say YES!

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11:31

What's In Renée's Glass?

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2026/10/03

Old World/New World? Which is it. Pinot Noir in the new world?? Got a little age on it. A lovely blend of Pinot Noir and Cabernet Franc aka the Loew Vineyards 2022 Eva. #RiedelSwirl

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72:05

Austria Through the Winemakers: Weingut Tegernseerhoff

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2026/09/29

Lisa Wildlert leads us through a tasting at the winery in the Wachau, a world heritage site. Join us for personal stories and anecdotes while we taste some of the country’s best rieslings.

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13:57

What's in Renée's Glass?

When You Just Want A Glass Of Wine ·

2026/09/26

Acid? Check. Green fruit? Check. Floral? Check. White pepper? Check? Pairs great with Weiner Schnitzel and white asparagus soup? Why, yes! A Pennsylvania Grüner Veltliner? Heck ya! It's the 2024 Galen Glen Grüner Veltliner!

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65:02

Austria Through the Winemakers: Weingut Franz and...

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2026/09/22

Christina Netzl leads a tasting and Mama Netzl serves us her famous goulash at their winery. Join us in Carnutum where we fall in love with some of Austria’s incredible red wines.

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16:23

What's In Renée's Glass?

When You Just Want A Glass Of Wine ·

2026/09/19

The Dauntless Wine Co.'s Lost at Sea!

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84:58

Müller Grossman

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2026/09/15

Dinner with Marlies!

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26:10

Austrian Recap

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2026/09/14

Zena and Renée and Jimi hanging out by the cold plunge pool recapping the magic...and maybe a song or two....We taped this recap in our bathing suits at Loisium Wine & Spa Hotel, which tells you pretty much everything about our priorities by Day 2. 🤣We were only a day and a half in and already had a lot to talk about. First stop, Paul D in the Wagram. Weissburgunder that had us doing a double take (because, surprise, Pinot Blanc not Chardonnay) + Gemischter Satz, Frizzante, white asparagus

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15:30

What's in Renée's Glass?

When You Just Want A Glass Of Wine ·

2026/09/12

The 2023 Left Foot Charley, Old Mission Peninsula Vineyards, Bläufrankisch! Michigan for the win again!

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34:18

The Oak Cooperage

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2026/09/08

What a day! Zena and Renée get a behind-the-scenes tour at The Oak Cooperage, one of the premier cooperages in the world, led by Master Cooper Danny Orton (1 of only 50 Master Coopers in the US!). Join us as we "raise the barrel" and learn about, seasoning, toasting, bending the staves, and the importance of consistency with your palate. We learn about the partnership with Silver Oak winery who partnered with the cooperage in 2000 and in 2015, purchased the cooperage outright.Cheers to Tara Kunze,

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19:34

What's in Renée's Glass?

When You Just Want A Glass Of Wine ·

2026/09/05

2024 Bedell White Franc Blanc Wells Road Vineyard - North Fork. A white Cabernet Franc! Glorious wine!!!

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29:21

Les Bourgeois Vineyards

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2026/09/01

Our first stop in Missouri! Zena and Renée launch their Missouri Wine Road Trip in historic Rocheport, Mo at the Les Bourgeois Vineyards with Marketing Director Christina Kelley - who introduces Renée to her new favorite grape, the Missouri-grown St. Vincent with a crisp, lovely dry méthode traditionnelle Brut Rosé, followed by an amazing tasting with Les Bourgeois' tasting room manager, Natalie, where we tried chambourcins, chardonels and, Zena's favorite on the day, a lovely bottle of Solay (a

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23:04

What's in Renée's Glass?

When You Just Want A Glass Of Wine ·

2026/08/29

A beautiful old vines wine from Zena’s friends in Uruguay: Cerro Chapeu Cabernet Sauvignon! This week, we’re heading to Uruguay for a Cabernet Sauvignon that has a lot more going on than you might expect.Cerro Chapeu Cabernet Sauvignon comes from old vines planted in 1978, deep red Batoví soils, and a gravity-flow winery built right into the hillside. We talk about the Carrau family’s ten generations of winemaking, native yeast fermentation, and the work of our friend Francisco Carrau, whose

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35:26

Germany

When You Just Want A Glass Of Wine ·

2026/08/25

Join Zena and Jimi, and their friends Jon and Kelly, on location at Kloster Eberbach in Germany’s Rheingau, a nearly 900-year-old former Cistercian monastery with one of the region’s most important wine histories. After an intensive tasting and a tour through the monastery, they sit down to talk Riesling, Pinot Noir, terroir and the way climate can completely reshape a wine. They also decode some of the language that can make German wine feel intimidating and talk about how those words can help you

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22:06

What's In Renée's Glass?

When You Just Want A Glass Of Wine ·

2026/08/22

Why it's a 2022 Papillon Lavoignat, Mâcon-Péronne, Chardonnay!

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48:35

Wine Faults-Is Is Faulty, Old, Funky or Just...Wine?

When You Just Want A Glass Of Wine ·

2026/08/18

Zena and Renée play a little wine roulette pulling from deep in their "cellars". Join us while we discuss how to properly store wine, how (and when) to send wine back, and how to tell whether it's truly faulty or just not your palate. We're drinking a 2014 Greenhill Ontology (100% Chambourcin) from Middleburg, VA, a 2010 Vino Nobile Di Montepulciano Incanta (primarily Sangiovese), a 2010 Nerello Mascalese from Calabretta Azienda Vinicola from Sicily, a 2010 Dunn Vineyards Napa Valley Cabernet

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14:47

What's in Renée's Glass?

When You Just Want A Glass Of Wine ·

2026/08/15

Zena & Renée (and Jimi!) coming to you live from the pool deck of the Loisium Hotel for this special episode of What's in Renée's Glass? Why it's a Kloster Eberbach Berg Schlossberg Spätburgunder GG from the Rheingau!!

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32:14

S4-E-Five Wine Geeks Go To Virginia

When You Just Want A Glass Of Wine ·

2026/08/11

Join Zena, Renée, Holly Feraci , Kathy Lang Wiedemann and Matt Fitzsimmons as they hit their favorite VA wineries.Cheers to Glen Manor Vineyards and Linden Vineyards for their hospitality!

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17:42

S4-R-What's in Renée's Glass

When You Just Want A Glass Of Wine ·

2026/08/08

Ah....it's a Chenin Blanc! The beautiful 2024 Domaine Mandard Jean-Christophe Chenin Blanc.

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33:21

Season 4 Launch at the Austrian Embassy

When You Just Want A Glass Of Wine ·

2026/08/04

What a night! Join Zena, Renée, Klaus, Her Excellency Ambassador Schneebauer and their friends for a celebration of all things Austria! We reminisce about when Beauty Champagne and Sugar Boutique joined KWSelections for five magical days in Austria. Cheers to Klaus Wittauer, and Sebastian Lin (our fantastic driver throughout - who made sure we had AC and ice cream!), and all the families who welcomed us into their homes, their wineries their world.

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