Keith Wallace

1 week ago | vinology.com | Keith Wallace

Wine marketing is a curious beast. One moment, you’re sipping an obscure rosé on a boat with industry insiders; the next, that same rosé is on every restaurant wine list in the country. In this episode of After School: The Wine Podcast, we dive into the marketing machine behind wine trends—with a glass of Provence rosé in hand, of course. Today’s featured wine is the Minuty “M” Rosé from the Côte de Provence.

2 weeks ago | vinology.com | Keith Wallace

In February 2025, Fleur de Sel became the first Michelin-starred restaurant in Serbia to feature a sommelier trained at the Wine School of Philadelphia. That sommelier is Dušan Vranić—now the Head Sommelier and General Manager of Fleur de Sel, located within the Šapat Wine Estate in the Fruška Gora hills. With that star, Dušan becomes the first alumnus of the Wine School to reach such a milestone. But his path to international acclaim began, quietly enough, in a classroom in Philadelphia.

2 weeks ago | vinology.com | Keith Wallace

Listen to this episode now by clicking this link. In the latest episode of After Wine School, Keith Wallace and Alana Zerbe, two of the nation’s leading wine educators, tackled a topic that strikes at the heart of the wine community: the decline of wine books. Their lively and often irreverent discussion peeled back the layers on why wine books have all but disappeared from bookstore shelves and what it means for the future of wine education. Slim Jims.

3 weeks ago | vinology.com | Keith Wallace

In this article, I cover all the hidden information on the wine label. If you want more information on wine terms on the labels, we have an entire Glossary of Wine Terms. Enjoy!What’s the most prominent text on the front label? Always put your best foot forward, right? The biggest text is what the winery is most proud of. It will be one of three things: the region in which the grapes are grown, the name of the winery, or a fantasy name. Which it is will tell you a lot about the wine.

3 weeks ago | vinology.com | Keith Wallace

Podcasts didn’t exist until the mid-2000s, but it didn’t take long for wine lovers to find their way to the mic. As soon as audio content became easy to distribute, wine podcasts started popping up. What began as a niche side project for passionate drinkers and a few insiders has since become one of the most dynamic formats for wine education, conversation, and storytelling. Podcasting officially kicked off in 2004 when iPodder made it possible to download audio files directly to MP3 players.