I am re-releasing one of our most talked about episodes because EVERYONE needs to hear this. So if you missed it or would like a "re-visit" (as we call it in wine tasting)... I'm bringing one of our first and most popular episodes to the top of our now 80 episode catalog!

I first met Dr Hoby Wedler when he led my wine education team and I through his signature “Tasting in the Dark” experience. We were blindfolded and tasting the wines (thought) we knew very well, in a whole new light (or lack thereof).

Dr. Hoby Wedler is a Chemist, Sensory Expert, Motivational Speaker and Entrepreneur who happens to be blind since birth.

After your virtual time with Hoby, you’ll have a new perspective on how to take in the world around you, especially when it comes to things like Seeing Flavor and Tasting Color!

You’ll hear about:

• The call from Francis Ford Coppola that inspired him to create Tasting in the Dark
• His first chemistry teacher who questioned how chemistry would “work for him”, until he told her “No one can see atoms”…. (Mic drop)
• His thought on the questions around the health benefits of wine
• How he identifies color
• His uncensored reaction when I snuck my newly released 2021 Sollevato Sangiovese into our “blind tasting”

You can find and follow Hoby here!

www.hobywedler.com

IG: @hobywedler

Email him at hoby@hobywedler.com

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Wine #1- Hoby's Choice: Chianti Classico

Wine #4 -The trick I played on him with my own wine: Sollevato Sangiovese

If you'd like to Support the Podcast, you can buy me or Hoby a glass of wine, we would be so grateful!

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