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Wine Talks with Paul K.
Wine Talks with Paul K.
All you knew about wine is about to bust wide open….we are going to talk about what really happens in the wine business and I’m taking no prisoners... I am your host Paul Kalemkiarian and as the 2nd generation owner of the Original Wine of the Month Club, I sold 17,000,000 bottles of wine and tasted somewhere north of 100,000 wines. And what I learned is that wine is about the story; the story can't be that I bought this wine on the internet for 5 bucks. Join me as we peel back the real stories behind the wine you are tasting. How can Groupon sell 12 bottles for $60 and the wines be good? How do you start a winery anyway and lose money? And is a screwcap really better than a cork? Sometimes I have to pick a wine at the store by the label and the price...and I get screwed. Subscribe now and prepare to be enlightened.
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Wine Talks with Paul K.

Wine Talks with Paul K.

All you knew about wine is about to bust wide open….we are going to talk about what really happens in the wine business and I’m taking no prisoners...

I am your host Paul Kalemkiarian 2nd generation owner of the Original Wine of the Month Club, and I am somewhere north of 100,000 wines tasted.

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Navigating Napa and Beyond: Wine Adventures with Paul Kalemkiarian
Sept. 30, 2025

Navigating Napa and Beyond: Wine Adventures with Paul Kalemkiarian

I can talk about this stuff for days. Get me on a high horse and it is off to the races. I’ve tasted more wines than most people could ever dare dream of—but what fascinates me isn’t just what’s in the glass. It’s the stories...
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How CellarTracker and AI Are Changing Wine Collecting
Sept. 25, 2025

How CellarTracker and AI Are Changing Wine Collecting

I have had a dozen cellar apps. In fact, many were brought to me as the President of the Original Wine of the Month Club to be tested. The current database that houses all my internal tastings over the past 35 years was never...
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From Ancient Roots to Modern Bottles Armenia’s Journey to World-Class Wine Status
Sept. 23, 2025

From Ancient Roots to Modern Bottles Armenia’s Journey to World-Class Wine Status

The Armenian wine trade, like the rest of the wine world, has headwinds and maybe a bit more than the more established countries and regions where wine is well known and respected. You have to add to the mix of struggles; unk...
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Behind the Scenes at the Original Judgment of Paris Tasting
Sept. 18, 2025

Behind the Scenes at the Original Judgment of Paris Tasting

Wine Talks is deeply connected to the Judgement of Paris. Not only were the Barretts good customers of our wine shop, Warren Winiarski stayed in our home on a trip to Los Angeles. The industry was completely different then. C...
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From Paris to New York: Jonathan Waxman on Food, Wine, and Cooking’s New Frontiers
Sept. 16, 2025

From Paris to New York: Jonathan Waxman on Food, Wine, and Cooking’s New Frontiers

Famed Chef Jonathan Waxman came to Wine Talks through a mutual friend who we lost last year to cancer; Melvin Masters was a one-of-a-kind character in the wine trade and Jonathans partner in the famed Jams Restaruarant. On a ...
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Wine Industry at a Crossroads: Changing Tastes, AI, and Where the Money Goes
Sept. 11, 2025

Wine Industry at a Crossroads: Changing Tastes, AI, and Where the Money Goes

You can't speak of trends in the wine trends in the wine trade without mentioning Felicity Carter. You can't talk data mining in the wine trade without mentioning Felicity Carter...in fact, I can't think of many surrounding t...
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The Power of Connection in Modern Hospitality
Nov. 21, 2024

The Power of Connection in Modern Hospitality

```html In today's fast-paced digital world, genuine human connection is more valuable than ever. This blog post delves into the transformative power of authentic interactions, particularly within the hospitality industry. We'll explore how seeming…

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"Experiential Innovation" is real.
Aug. 12, 2024

"Experiential Innovation" is real.

Experiential Innovation Paul Kalemkiarian  Host of Wine Talks with Paul K The concept of “experiential innovation” is critical to most consumer products going forward in a post COVID world. And certainly, wine is at the top of …

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Stay The Course
July 5, 2024

Stay The Course

It is common conversation among people in the wine trade to say that our industry. is in a rut. And I would agree. It is wrestling with an identity crisis. The market forces are multi-pronged and complicated. It isn't like the old days where you wo…

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