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Château d'Yquem: Exploring Wine, Noble Rot, and Human Emotion with Lorenzo Pasquini
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- Wine Talks with Paul K.
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- Mar 19, 2026
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Summary
Wine is experiential. It is what the industry has to hang its hat on. Each glass needs to conjure up emotion, memories and a sense of being. My father bought his wine shop in 1969 and a started his academic journey to understand and promote wine. He took master classes before they were masterclasses: German Wine Academy, the Italian Wine Consortium and many more. He was a learner. So when he was telling me a story about one of the most emotional wines he had ever tasted, and how he had waited in a long line to get a thimblefull of a taste, it was required listening. That day at a Hueblien auction, they were auctioning the iconic 1921 Chateau d'Yquem and I believe the auctioneer was the famed Michael Broadbent. When I heard that Lorenzo Pasquini, the Director of Chateau d"Yquem was going to be in LA, I created a stir of inquiries to get him on the podcast. We ended up at Wallys famed wine bar and restaurant for a sit down episode of the show. I have to tell you that sitting down with Lorenzo Pasquini at Wally's in Beverly Hills was a breath of fresh air. It's not every day you get to share a table (and a glass) with the director of Château d'Yquem, one of the most storied estates in Bordeaux. Right from the start, Lorenzo hit me with a line that stuck: "Wine is by definition very human." As someone who's been fascinated by the soul and story of wine for decades, I couldn't help but smile. This wasn't going to be your average technical chat about barrels and Brix. Now, I like anecdotes—my dad was the king of them—and I come from a world where every wine has a memory attached. Lorenzo gets that. He talked about how Yquem isn't just a brand, or even a name, but something almost universal, capable of creating emotion in savvy collectors and absolute newcomers alike. It remi…