Ep 2352 Robert Joseph| Book Club with Richard Hough

Welcome to Book Club and Episode 2352 of the Italian Wine Podcast with Richard Hough. Today Richard is in conversation with wine expert, consultant, producer and industry analyst, Robert Joseph.   Amongst other things, the conversion covers Robert’s memories of the summer of love of wine, his role as a General Chair of 5StarWines, the challenges of wine production, and playing devil’s advocate and questioning the status quo    On the bookshelf:   The books discussed in today’s show include:    The Last American Road Trip by Sarah Kendzior The Mick Herron Slough House series O. Henry (AKA William Sydney Porter)   About today’s guest: Robert Joseph is an associate editor of Meininger’s Wine Business International, which he helped to launch in 2006. In 1983, after living in Burgundy for five years, he launched the Wine International magazine; set up the International Wine Challenge; became a wine writer for the Sunday Telegraph, and wrote The Wine Lists, the first of his 25 books. He has chaired and launched over 50 wine competitions in Asia, Europe and the UK. Robert has been in Who’s Who since 2013, and the awards he has received include the Jacob’s Creek ‘Golden Vine’; ‘the Best Wine Guide in the World’; the Glenfiddich (twice); The Wine Guild of the United Kingdom Premier; the Marques de Caceres. He regularly appears on television and radio and has lectured at the Wine & Spirits Educational Trust, Burgundy and Sonoma Wine Business Schools. Joseph is one of the trio behind Hugh Kevin & Robert Wines, whose Le Grand Noir range now sells over 3.8m bottles per year in over 60 countries. He recently-launched his own Georgian wine venture: K’AVSHIRI. Connect: Website: https://winethinker.com/    More about the host:   Richard Hough is the editor, translator and project curator behind Wine Democracy and Vine and Prejudice. He has also published several books about life in Verona, chronicling the city’s history, culture and daily life, not forgetting, of course, its wine! With a long-standing passion for whisky and beer, he’s a relative newcomer to the world of wine and is now desperately trying to make up for lost time! He is the host of Book Club on the Italian Wine Podcast.   Connect: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rickhough.bsky.social  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ricksnotesfromverona  Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickhough/   _______________________________   Let's keep in touch! Follow Italian Wine Podcast on our social media channels:   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/italianwinepodcast/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ItalianWinePodcast  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/itawinepodcast  Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mammajumboshrimp  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/italianwinepodcast    If you feel like helping us, donate here: https://www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/   Until next time, Cin Cin!