Cru Podcast | Stories From The People Behind Wine

John Kapon (@JohnKapon) is the CEO of his family's wine store that was started in 1820, Acker Merrall & Condit. Acker Wines is now one of the largest auction houses in the world. You can learn more about John at http://crupodcast.com/show/johnkapon We invite you to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and leave a review. It helps other people find the show. Follow us on Instagram and hashtag your wine pictures with #crupodcast to be featured on our feed. http://instagram.com/crupodcast

David Baker (@dave301) a writer, filmmaker and interactive media producer living in the Pacific Northwest. He directed American Wine Story is a documentary about the passion and determination of those who pioneer wine in America.  You can learn more about David at http://crupodcast.com/show/davidbaker We invite you to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and leave a review. It helps other people find the show. Follow us on Instagram and hashtag your wine pictures with #crupodcast to be featured on our feed. http://instagram.com/crupodcast

Philip Staveley (@StaveleyPhilip) is a director at Amphora Portfolio Management, a bespoke wine investment business advising private investors. Philip graduated from St. Andrews in 1980, has worked in Hong Kong and London as an Asian equities broker, and built the first ever composite Global Emerging Markets distribution platform for Deutsche Bank. He is a fine wine investor himself and loves sharing wine with others.  You can learn more about Philip at http://crupodcast.com/show/philipstaveley We invite you to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and leave a review. It helps other people find the show. Follow us on Instagram and hashtag your wine pictures with #crupodcast to be featured on our feed. http://instagram.com/crupodcast

Peter Shakeshaft (@PRShakeshaft) is the founder and CEO of Vin-X. A qualified corporate financier, Peter’s career spans twenty years in the Financial Services industry where he founded and led a group which grew sales to over £100 million. You can learn more about Peter at http://crupodcast.com/show/petershakeshaft We invite you to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and leave a review. It helps other people find the show. Follow us on Instagram and hashtag your wine pictures with #crupodcast to be featured on our feed. http://instagram.com/crupodcast

Miles Davis (@wamllp) is a partner at the London based Wine Asset Managers, who are responsible for managing The Fine Wine Fund and The Fine Wine Investment Fund. Think of Wine Asset Managers as a hedge fund for wine. You can connect with Miles on Twitter and learn more about him here.  You can learn more about Miles at http://crupodcast.com/show/milesdavis We invite you to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and leave a review. It helps other people find the show. Follow us on Instagram and hashtag your wine pictures with #crupodcast to be featured on our feed. http://instagram.com/crupodcast

Constantin Press (@WineContor) Founder of The Wine Contor, an importer of high-end German and Italian wines based in Shanghai. He’s lived and worked in New Zealand, Chile, worked for Vinitaly, and was born in the Mosel in Germany. Constantin is working to bring great wine to the people of Shanghai. You can learn more about Constantin at http://crupodcast.com/show/constantinpress We invite you to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and leave a review. It helps other people find the show. Follow us on Instagram and hashtag your wine pictures with #crupodcast to be featured on our feed. http://instagram.com/crupodcast

Rob McMillan (@SVBWine) is the founder and Executive Vice President of Silicon Valley Bank's Wine Division based in St. Helena, California. Starting in 1992 he developed the division from the idea and start-up phase to the point where it is today, now regarded by many as the leading provider of financial services to the fine wine business on the west coast of the United States. You can learn more about Rob at http://crupodcast.com/show/robmcmillan We invite you to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and leave a review. It helps other people find the show. Follow us on Instagram and hashtag your wine pictures with #crupodcast to be featured on our feed. http://instagram.com/crupodcast

Scott McWilliam (@scottmcwilliam) is a 6th generation senior winemaker with McWilliam’s Wines, his family’s wine company that was started in 1877 when the first vines were planted. We talk about everything from the art of winemaking to the history of his family’s company that played a large part in the formation of the Australian wine industry. You can learn more about Scott at http://crupodcast.com/show/scottmcwilliam We invite you to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and leave a review. It helps other people find the show. Follow us on Instagram and hashtag your wine pictures with #crupodcast to be featured on our feed. http://instagram.com/crupodcast

David Baeza (@DavidBaeza) is a Harvard Business School educated entrepreneur and marketer. He's worked with companies like Citrix to develop Go To Meeting and Go To Webinar. He's been the Senior Vice President of Marketing at Lynda.com, is an advisor to Treehouse the online education platform, and is now the CEO & Co-Founder of a company called Vine Rangers. His mission with Vine Rangers is to utilize the latest in drone, mobile, cloud, and imaging technology to work with winemakers to help them grow the best possible quality grapes, help them understand why, and do it again the next year.  You can learn more about David at http://crupodcast.com/show/davidbaeza We invite you to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and leave a review. It helps other people find the show. Follow us on Instagram and hashtag your wine pictures with #crupodcast to be featured on our feed. http://instagram.com/crupodcast

Dustin Wilson (@dustinwilsonms) is a Master Sommelier. At the time of this recording he was the Wine Director at Eleven Madison Park. Currently, he is the Co-founder of Vallin Wine & Anvil Wine and an advisor the PerUs and Mason Pacific. You may know him from the wine documentary, Somm and Somm: Into The Bottle, where we witnessed part of his journey to becoming a Master Sommelier. You can learn more about Dustin at http://crupodcast.com/show/dustinwilson We invite you to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes and leave a review. It helps other people find the show. Follow us on Instagram and hashtag your wine pictures with #crupodcast to be featured on our feed. http://instagram.com/crupodcast