The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast

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  They're About the Beers and the Bros — Why Wine Coolers Don't Work Pt. 2 15.09.2026 5min

  Jeanine Lum walks through the brutal middle stretch of product development — a year of failed molds, a manufacturer who redesigned without asking and billed her every time, and three patent attorneys before she found one who saw the vision. Then she explains the interlocking modular ice pack system that makes the design work.
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  Adopted at 4, Unstoppable by 14 - Victoria Pt. 1 14.09.2026 6min

  Before the wine, there's the woman. Victoria Pelletier — award-winning corporate executive, board director, #1 bestselling author of five books, and a TEDx speaker whose talk on healthy resilience has drawn roughly two million views — opens the series with the story almost nobody leads with.
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  Wine Mule Replacement: Jeanine Lum's Journey to Building 3rd Bottle Pt. 1 10.09.2026 7min

  Jeanine Lum, founder of 3rd Bottle, joins Forrest to share the surprisingly personal story behind her wine transport invention. After a cork popped from heat exposure in Paso Robles and a cardboard box of $1,400 worth of wine tipped over on a road trip, Jeanine realized there was no product on the market actually designed to protect wine in transit. Everything she tried, from cheap canvas totes to expensive hard-cased bags, did the same single job: carry the bottle without protecting what's inside it.
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  Applied for a "Warm Body" Job 1995. Now He Runs a World-Class Winery Pt. 1-9 09.09.2026 41min

  Justin Ennis, Senior Director of Winemaking at Joseph Phelps Freestone Vineyards, takes us back to 1995 — his very first harvest at Hartford Court. Born and raised in Sonoma County with wine always in his peripheral vision, it was a nudge from his stepfather that turned an 18-year-old's summer job into a lifelong calling. What hooked him wasn't the wine — it was the people from Portugal, France, and Australia working right beside him.
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  The Engineer Who Built CLINQ ZERO - Inside the Wine Industry Pt. 1-5 08.09.2026 24min

  Anto, founder of CLINQ ZERO, for a full conversation spanning his Sicilian upbringing in a family bakery, his path through aerospace engineering, Fiat, Tetra Pak, and ultimately the wine industry, to the moment he decided to build his own non-alcoholic wine brand. Anto explains the meaning behind the CLINQ ZERO name, the skepticism he faced from friends and family in Italy, and the dealcoholization process that sets the brand apart — premium wine, ambient-temperature processing, no artificial flavoring.
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  Winemaker on the Hot Seat: 10 Rapid-Fire Questions, Zero Hesitation Pt. 9 07.09.2026 4min

  For the grand finale, Forrest Kelly puts Justin Ennis, Senior Director of Winemaking at Joseph Phelps Freestone Vineyards, on the hot seat with rapid-fire questions about his own winery — and he barely blinks.
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  The Brand That Wants to Replace Your Soda- CLINQ ZERO Pt. 5 03.09.2026 6min

  In the closing part of this CLINQ ZERO conversation, Anto opens up about life as a founder — talking to strangers about the brand multiple times a day, what separates CLINQ ZERO's ingredient list from competitors who lean on sugar to mask flavor loss, and his five-year vision for the brand. That vision is specific: CLINQ ZERO as the go-to bottle for weddings and baby showers, and the sparkling red as the drink people reach for over soda or beer on pizza night.
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  Wine That Goes With Everything (According to the Man Who Makes It) Pt. 8 02.09.2026 6min

  Justin Ennis, Senior Director of Winemaking at Joseph Phelps Freestone Vineyards, tells Forrest why Pinot Noir has his whole heart — one of the most food-friendly, versatile wines on the planet, ageable yet delicious young. Then some big news: Freestone's single-vineyard wines have escaped the wine club. The Pastorale Pinot, Quarter Moon Pinot, and Pastorale Chardonnay are rolling into 11 national markets, from New York to Chicago to Miami — just 500 cases each.
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  The Three Products Launching Under CLINQ ZERO Pt. 4 01.09.2026 5min

  In the final part of this CLINQ ZERO conversation, Anto and Forrest talk portion control and packaging — why cans appeal to consumers who want more control over what and how much they drink, and why CLINQ ZERO's low-calorie sparkling red could one day stand in for soda or sparkling water.
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  The Real Price of Wine: 401ks, Living Wages, 35 Sprays a Season Pt. 7 31.08.2026 5min

  Why does a bottle from Freestone cost what it does? Justin Ennis, Senior Director of Winemaking at Joseph Phelps Freestone Vineyards, gives Forrest Kelly one of the most honest cost breakdowns you'll ever hear — an in-house vineyard crew of 12 to 15 with benefits, retirement, and paid holidays; high-touch farming on the demanding Sonoma Coast; and ocean-influenced growing seasons that can require 35 vineyard sprays where Napa's valley floor might need 10.
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  The Reason CLINQ ZERO Comes in a Can AND a Bottle Pt. 3 27.08.2026 5min

  Part 3 of Forrest's conversation with Anto, founder of CLINQ ZERO, gets into the details that make the brand stand apart. Anto explains how the dealcoholization process specifically targets alcohol molecules through distillation, preserving the compounds — including resveratrol — that come naturally with real wine, all without adding artificial flavoring back in. He breaks down why CLINQ ZERO can sell direct-to-consumer without a distributor, why there's no age restriction on the website, and the bigger industry forces driving him: global alcohol consumption is dropping, and non-alcoholic wine represents a real growth opportunity for an industry that needs one. The conversation closes on packaging strategy — why CLINQ ZERO offers both a glass bottle for celebratory occasions and a can for anywhere life happens, from tailgates to the beach.
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  Why He Lets Pinot Ferment Wild but Never Chardonnay Pt. 6 26.08.2026 4min

  AI is coming for everything — but can it come for the cellar? Justin Ennis, Senior Director of Winemaking at Joseph Phelps Freestone Vineyards, tells Forrest Kelly where he'd welcome AI (the office, the sorting line, early vineyard detection) and where he draws a hard line: the handcrafted, chaotic, creative heart of winemaking. Then Justin unpacks his low-intervention philosophy.
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  The Process Behind CLINQ ZERO Will Surprise You Pt. 2 25.08.2026 6min

  Part 2 of Forrest's conversation with Anto, founder of CLINQ ZERO, goes deep into the "why" and the "how" behind the brand. Anto explains the meaning behind the name — the universal, inclusive feeling of a "clink" paired with the zero-alcohol promise — and shares the surprisingly mixed reaction from friends and family back in Italy, where wine tradition runs deep. He breaks down the dealcoholization process that sets CLINQ ZERO apart: starting with premium wine, processing entirely at ambient temperature with no heat, and skipping the sugar and artificial flavoring most non-alcoholic wines rely on to compensate for lost aroma. The result is real sparkling wine, gently dealcoholized — not grape juice with bubbles.
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  2 Vineyards, 1 Winemaker — Why the Wines Taste Nothing Alike Pt. 5 24.08.2026 5min

  Justin Ennis, Senior Director of Winemaking at Joseph Phelps Freestone Vineyards, pours out the difference between the Pastorale and Quarter Moon vineyards — same clones, same farming, wildly different wines. Then the conversation turns serious: the 2017 Tubbs fire, the 2020 LNU Lightning Complex fires, and the gut-wrenching decision to abandon an entire harvest rather than compromise quality. This is site-driven winemaking, and the full pour on what smoke taint really does to a grape.
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  Sicily to Dallas: CLINQ ZERO Saw the Gap in the Wine Industry Pt. 1 20.08.2026 5min

  Antonino Li Brizzi — "Anto" — founder of CLINQ ZERO, for the first episode of a new series. Anto's story begins in Sicily, where his family ran a bakery and pizzeria and bread was a way of life. From there it winds through aerospace engineering degrees in Italy, a corporate career spanning Fiat, agriculture, and Tetra Pak, and eventually a role as head of North America for an Italian company selling capital equipment — including machinery — to wineries. That last chapter is where everything clicked. Anto didn't stumble into the non-alcoholic wine space from the outside. He built CLINQ ZERO from inside an industry he already understood deeply.
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  Why Joseph Phelps Expanded to the Sonoma Coast — Freestone Vineyards w/ Justin Ennis Pt. 4 19.08.2026 4min

  Justin Ennis traces the origin story behind Joseph Phelps and the founding of Freestone Vineyards. Before wine, Joe Phelps ran a national construction company, Hensel Phelps, and only fell into winemaking after falling in love with St. Helena while working in Napa Valley. Justin walks through Phelps' relentless drive for excellence, from creating the first Bordeaux-style red blend in Napa in 1974 with Insignia, to being among the first to varietally label Syrah post-Prohibition, to ripping out entire vineyard plantings that didn't meet his standard. The conversation moves west to explain how Phelps' love of Burgundy-style Chardonnay and Pinot Noir led him to the Sonoma Coast, where Freestone Vineyards was eventually built around two estate vineyards, Pastoral and Quarter Moon, totaling 100 acres just miles from Bodega Bay.
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  Maryse Wrote the Book on Wine Smart — Now Take the Quiz 18.08.2026 5min

  Cork it, wine lovers — it's time to pop the quiz. Rusty Cellars pulls the cork on our conversations with Maryse Chevriere, the James Beard Award-winning writer, certified sommelier, and illustrator behind @FreshCutGardenHose and the book How to Sound Wine Smart, with two rounds and ten questions that turn her stories into bragging rights.
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  32 Harvests, Here's the Real Path - Justin Ennis Pt. 3 17.08.2026 5min

  Justin Ennis breaks down his real path into winemaking, no four-year winemaking degree, just hard work starting at 19 and building up through 32 harvests. He walks through the unglamorous entry point every winemaker shares: cleaning tanks, drains, and barrels before earning your way into running the crush pad or organizing the barrel room.
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  Premium Blend Is Giving Away Product — For the Best Possible Reason 15.08.2026 3min

  The Santos family returns to the show, this time for a cause close to their hearts. After the recent earthquake in Colombia, Henry Santos, vice president and co-owner of Premium Blend and AMN Distributors in Miami, shares how the company launched Raise a Glass for Colombia, a fundraising campaign inviting restaurants and bars to host one-night events with cocktail proceeds going to earthquake victims.
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  From the Vault: Keith Urban, Golden Road Era Pt. 3 — The Finale 15.08.2026 3min

  The final chapter of Forrest Kelly's vault conversation with Keith Urban, recorded during the Golden Road run at a major radio station. Keith opens up about the stream-of-consciousness writing behind one of the album's most personal lines — forgiving yourself for the mistakes you've made — and how he didn't realize what the song was saying until it was finished.