Ep 386: Natalie MacLean -- Author, Wine Reviewer & Podcaster

<p>Natalie MacLean is an accredited sommelier who operates one of the largest wine sites on the web at <a href= "http://www.nataliemaclean.com" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">www.nataliemaclean.com</a>.<br /> <br /></p> <p><img style= "display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/45638/natalie-maclean-mobile.png" alt="" width="400" height="108" /></p> <p>Natalie's first book <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Red-White-Drunk-All-Over/dp/B07KBCP1TX/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Natalie+MacLean&qid=1628537118&sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Red, White and Drunk All Over: A Wine-Soaked Journey from Grape to Glass</em> </a>and her second book <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Unquenchable-Tipsy-Quest-Worlds-Bargain/dp/0399537074/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Natalie+MacLean&qid=1628537233&sr=8-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Unquenchable: A Tipsy Quest for the World's Best Bargain Wines</em></a> were each selected as an Amazon “Best Book of the Year.” She is the wine expert on CTV's <em>The Social</em>, Canada's largest daytime television show, CTV News, and Global Television's Morning Show.<br /> <br /></p> <p>She was named the World's Best Drinks Writer at the World Food Media Awards, and has won four James Beard Foundation Journalism Awards. Natalie is an author, online wine course instructor, and wine reviewer. She is a member of the National Capital Sommelier Guild, the Wine Writers Circle, and several French wine societies with complicated and impressive names.<br /> <br /></p> <p>Natalie holds an MBA and is a fellow podcast host, with her excellent podcast <a href= "https://www.nataliemaclean.com/blog/podcast" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">“Unreserved Wine Talk”</a> (on which <a href= "https://www.nataliemaclean.com/blog/podcast/wine-for-normal-people-with-elizabeth-schneider/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">I have also been a guest - Ep 50).</a></p> <p><img style= "display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src= "https://assets