About the Podcast
The Wine For Normal People Podcast is for people who like wine, but not the snobbery that goes with it. It’s for people who want to learn about wine in a way they can relate to.
I treat the subject with respect, accuracy, and candor but also add pop culture, asides, opinions, and humor to lighten it up. Since 2011, Wine For Normal People has translated wine into relatable terms for listeners.
I’m grateful to have been mentioned in publications like the New York Times and Wine Enthusiast for the show, but I care far more about what our outstanding, smart, cool listeners think.
Our sponsor, Wine Access, keeps the current episodes free, but if you want to listen to more than the current year’s shows, you can join Patreon to get instant access to the whole back catalog!
The Host: Elizabeth Schneider
I’m your host: Elizabeth Schneider. Click here to learn more about me.
Past co-hosts include Rick Breslin, founder of the Hello Vino app, and the person who started this whole podcast adventure, and M.C. Ice, just a wine-loving normal person (not in the wine industry!).
What do I talk about?
Only wine (no beer or spirits here!). The show is a fun mix of wine-related topics – grapes, regions, wine etiquette, food and wine, industry stuff, and interviews featuring the most interesting people in wine (generally small, indie producers, growers, or others in wine that you may never have heard of. I leave the big guests for the other wine shows). To get on the show, you have to be a nice human who I would want to have dinner with (no jerks!).
Is the wine podcast for you?
The show is for normal wine-loving people who want well-researched but easy to understand wine info peppered with humor, informed opinion, pop culture, and, as fans have come to know and love, ”dork out” moments, a.k.a., technical stuff about wine. We like to banter and like all radio shows, we have personalities that you may like or may not like. We want people in the WFNP community who like our brand of enthusiasm, humor, and education.
How long is each episode?
Each show is usually around 50 minutes long but I don’t have a formula, so it varies. I take as long as we need to cover the topic thoroughly, but it’s edited for clarity and flow.
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