The Four Top: Wine News and Culture
Each week, wine media veteran Katherine Cole serves up and breaks down the four biggest stories in the vinous world with help from The Four Top team, including our contributing cohost, Martín Reyes, MW. Come for the headlines, stick around for the occasional bad pun, and savor the conversation.
The Four Top is winner of both the James Beard and IACP awards for Best Culinary Podcast.
Ep. 181: Pizza Wine & Faux Foie Gras
Ep. 180: (Thirty-Five Million) Buck Chuck
Ep. 179: Tariffs and Toxic Waste
Ep. 178: Napa Handles the Heat
Ep. 177: Ghosts, Ghouls, and GPTs
Ep. 176: Chardonngay and a New AVA
Ep. 175: Blue Zones B.S. and Billion Dollar Buyouts
Ep. 174: Dock Strikes and Chip Farms
Ep. 173: The Joy of Wine
Ep. 172: India is Bucking Wine Trends
Ep. 171: The Four Top’s Excellent UK Adventure
Ep. 170: A Teaser
Ep. 169: New Grapes, Same Bullshit
Ep. 168: Cabernet Cocoons and Aged Grapes
Ep. 167: Rubles, Roundup, and Rapa Nui
Ep. 166: Walking Off the Wine
Ep. 165: Chillable Reds and Friends
Ep. 164: Taxing the Air
Ep. 163: Wine Bots and Unpaid Bills
Ep. 162: Swiftonomics and the Supreme Court
Ep. 161: Booze, Hold the Alcohol
Ep. 160: Garden Party
Ep. 159: (Chilled) Red Wine Supernova
Ep. 158: Pests, Pricing, and Pinot Noir
Ep. 157: Dolly Parton Giveth
Ep. 156: Smoke and Sulfur
Ep. 155: Weed > Wine?
Ep. 154: Vegan Beef and Sake Futures
Ep. 153: Tomato Wine and the Sideways Guy
Ep. 152: No Future for Bordeaux Futures?
Ep. 151: Wine: The Superior Sports Drink
Ep. 150: Reruns: Sound Off on Roundup
Ep. 149: Enzymes, Endorphins, and Ethanol
Ep. 148: The One with Science In It
Ep. 147: Teetotalers vs. Nebuchadnezzars
Ep. 146: Import Outrage and Export Heroics
Ep. 145: The Curse of the Blue Nun
Ep. 144: Sheep and Cheese and Registries
Ep. 143: Snow in the Sierras and Saboteurs in Spain
Ep. 142: Dr. WHO?
Ep. 141: Zillennial Zeitgeist, Secretive Subpoenas & Sub-Zero Temps
Ep. 140: Psilocybin and Smoke Taint
Ep. 139: The Pope Has Spoken
Ep. 138: Good Vibrations from AI Robots
Ep. 137: Explosions and Cocaine (and Wine)
Ep. 136: Righted Wrongs and French Families
Ep. 135: $30,000 Bottles and Beer Goggles
Ep. 134: Wine: It Does a Body Good
Ep. 133: Financial Failures and Lost Generations
Ep. 132: Wine Scams and TikTok Takeovers
Ep. 131: An AI Version of Taylor Swift Drinking Natural Wine
Ep. 130: Grapes, Water, the Death Star...
Ep. 129: Hot Gazpacho
Ep. 128: Is Chardonnay the Low-Rise Jeans of the Wine World?
Ep. 127: Wine Tastings Are a Civil Right?
Ep. 126: Sound Off on Roundup
Ep. 125: Sustainability Means Inclusivity
Ep. 124: The Viticulture Counterculture
Ep. 123: Packaging Visions for Reduced Emissions
Ep. 122: Gray Water for Green Vineyards
Ep. 121: You Can't Afford NOT To!
Ep. 120: "Anna-Dotes," aka The Six Pillars of Sustainability
Ep. 119: Hot Takes, Cold Wine, Part Deux
Ep. 118: Bonus Episode — Cuffing Season
Ep. 117: READY, SET, STRIKE
Ep. 116: Bonus Episode — Navel Gazing and Pearl Clutching
Ep. 115: What We Need to Know About Web 3.0
Ep. 114: Bonus Episode — Commodity or Luxury? Heroes or Villains?
Ep. 113: Is Wine Writing Going the Way of Coal Mining?
Ep. 112: Is Wine Culture White Supremacist? Er, um, yeah.
Ep. 111: Wine Talk on TikTok
Ep. 110: Power, Power, Power
Ep. 109: Smash the Glass
Ep. 108: Hot Takes, Cold Wine
Ep. 107: Taboos & Titillation
Ep. 106: Should We Be Pro-Prohibition?
Ep. 105: Wine for the Metaverse
Ep. 104: The Tractor That’s Bringing Sexy Back
Ep. 103: Wine Criticism Is Dead
Ep. 102: The Hurt Lingers. How Do We Heal?
Ep. 101: Bonus Episode — Maggie Henriquez on the Luxury Market
Ep. 100: What Wine Gets Wrong About Indigenous Americans
Ep. 99: Feeling Conflicted About Selling Luxury
Ep. 98: Everyone (Except our Guests) Is Wrong About Sustainability
Ep. 97: The Vineyard Stories You Haven’t Heard
Ep. 96: Battling Burnout While Working in Wine
Ep. 95: The Nose Episode
Ep. 94: The Natural Wine Cold War
Ep. 93: Vinfluencers... or Thirst Traps?
Ep. 92: Money, Money, Money
Ep. 91: Wild Wine Fairs
Ep. 90: The New (Non) Rules of Wine Pairing
Ep. 89: How To Appear Normal at Social Events
Ep. 88: Why Wine is Rock & Roll
Ep. 87: Cannabis in the Kitchen
Ep. 86: Reenvisioning Food Media for an Equitable Future
Ep. 85: Diet Lies
Ep. 84: Time for Change in the Wine Industry
Ep. 83: Celebrating Hispanic Roots in Winemaking
Ep. 82: Harvest in 2020 – A Year Like No Other
Ep. 81: ‘Junk’ Food & Judgment
Ep. 80: Reenvisioning Food Media for an Equitable Future
Ep. 79: Food, Film, and Fiction
Ep. 78: Why Veganism Matters Now
Ep. 77: Eating On The Edge
Ep. 76: Meet the New Wave of Culinary E-Entrepreneurs
Ep. 75: Diet Lies
Ep. 74: Coronavirus Hits The Food Industry
Ep. 73: The Future Of Food Is The Past
Ep. 72: Special Episode - Assemblage Symposium
Ep. 71: Bonus Episode - Interview with Nancy Rommelmann
Ep. 70: What Is Nattō?
Ep. 69: Japanese Cuisine Today
Ep. 68: Bonus Episode | Interview with Farideh Sadeghin
Ep. 67: Special Episode | Ed Levine | J. Kenji López-Alt
Ep. 66: Lynne Curry | Camas Davis | John Schiable
Ep. 65: Courtney Taylor-Taylor | Jay Boberg | Sheri Hood
Ep. 64: Sarah Masoni | Ivy Manning | Megan Scott
Ep. 63 Penelope Bass | Michael Alberty | Jordan Michelman
Ep. 62: Erin DeJesus | Juan Diego Ramirez | Heather Arndt Anderson
Ep. 61: Reva Barewal | Alexis Hillyard | Drew Prindle
Ep. 60: Maggie Hoffman | Lee Hedgmon | Cheryl Wakerhauser
Ep. 59 Claudia Lucero | Juno DeMelo | Kyra Bussanich
Ep. 58: Drew Prindle | Liz Crain | Michael Zusman
Ep. 57: Ben Jacobsen | Kristofor Lofgren
Ep. 56: Cynthia Nims | Kerry Newberry | Diane Morgan
Ep. 55: Miles Hassell | Mea Hassell | Sarah Bowen Shea
Ep. 54: Ivy Manning | Virginia Gewin | Tove Danovich
Ep. 53: Ashley Rodriguez | Brent Braun | Zach Geballe | Chad Murphy
Ep. 52: Fernando Divina | Jill Lightner | Amanda Oborne
Ep. 51: Rebecca Hopkins | Cathy Huyghe | Hannah Wallace
Ep. 50: Dana Frank | Jordan Michelman | Andrea Slonecker
Ep. 49: Sarah Marshall | Sara Bir | Heather Arndt Anderson
Ep. 48: Michelle Smith | Kelly Montoya | Julie O'Toole
Ep. 47: Drew Prindle | Chase McPeak | Sam Slaughter
Ep. 46: Steven Raichlen | Marnie Hanel | Jen Stevenson
Ep. 45: Dr. Greg Jones | Hannah Wallace | Jordan Michelman
Ep. 44: Karen Karbo | Katie Pratt | Alex Prud'homme
Ep. 43: Jim Meehan | Jeffrey Morgenthaler | Jacob Grier
Ep. 42: Cheryl Wakerhauser | Danielle Centoni | Kyra Bussanich
Ep. 41: Ashley Duchemin | Emilly Prado | Juan Ramirez
Ep. 40: Beth Federici | Ivy Manning | Kathleen Squires
Ep. 39: Nick Fauchald | Martha Holmberg | Christina Henry de Tessan
Ep. 38: Mary Paganelli | Virginia Gewin | Heather Arndt Anderson
Ep. 37: Connie Blumhardt | Kenneth Olson | Jordan Michelman
Ep. 36: Molly Wizenberg | Paul Clarke | Matthew Amster-Burton
Ep. 35: Bonnie Frumkin Morales | Deena Prichep | Michael Zusman
Ep. 34: Bronwen Percival | Francis Percival | Christian Debenedetti
Ep. 33: Jami Curl | Michelle Lopez | Kyra Bussanich
Ep. 32: Jeff Alworth | Erin James | Jeff Smith
Ep. 31: Christopher Kimball | Matthew Card | Carrie Welch
Ep. 30: Hannah Wallace | Andy Kryza | Jeff Alworth
Ep. 29: Diners Gone Wild | Food Cart Backlash | Marijuana on Menus?
Ep. 28: Andrew Knowlton | Khushbu Shah | Hillary Dixler Canavan
Ep. 27: The Future of Food
Ep. 26: Food Critics on Food Critics
Ep. 25: Let Pregnant Women Eat in Peace!
Ep. 24: Figurative Salads and Reading Cookbooks in Bed
Ep. 23: Wine Naked, Canned, and Nutritional?
Ep. 22: IS Kombucha a Cure, Craft, or Craze?
Ep. 21: Cannabis in the Kitchen
Ep. 20: From the Trading Post to Costco
Ep. 19: Six Seasons?
Ep. 18: A Place at the Table for Everyone
Ep. 17: How Do We Really Feel About Lady Food Bloggers?
Ep. 16: Is Donald Trump Hospitality’s Unlikely Hero?
Ep. 15: Carhartt Beer and Tabasco Jelly Beans… Really?
Ep. 14: The Average Home Cook Shops for a Dinner Party
Ep. 13: Food Network Champion Tells All
Ep. 12: The Homely Little Tubers on the Black Market
Ep. 11: Bringing “High” Society to High Society
Ep. 10: “I Wanna Go Before It Changes”
Ep. 9: Juice Cleansing, Digital Foraging, Wartime Dining
Ep. 8: Are Holidays Hip or Homey?
Ep. 7: Have You Eaten Your Sea Vegetables?
Ep. 6: Fear the Soylent, Embrace the Yeti?
Ep. 5: Going “Animal Style” with Secret Menus
Ep. 4: Beer is Back in Session
Ep. 3: Hey, That’s MY Recipe!
Ep. 2: B.S. Food Terminology
Ep. 1: When Breakfast Takes Over