All The Wine, All The Cheese & Saber That Champagne on Industry Night with Nycci Nellis

So many very exciting things happening here on Industry Night with me Nycci Nellis. First the new home & sponsor. Most of the shows are now taped at the private wine club, WineLair. However, today's show finds us with Jill Erber the absolute cheesiest and I say that whole heartedly. Jill opened her first Cheesetique in 2004 — the one we are recording from today -- in Del Ray and she now has a second one in Shirlington. Jill chats entertaining with cheese all day long which is why we are such good friends. She talks about the cheese, she serves the cheese and I eat the cheese! AND! Sometimes she pours wine — It is a perfect relationship! So today at the Del Ray property people from all over the area are coming into Cheesetique for their annal Wine & Dine Expo. Jill invited me to record the show here so she and I could chat cheese, holidays, all her programming and so much more. Jill brought with her several of the people pouring wines today including John Peters from Well Crafted Beverage & Andrea Wallace from Metro Cellars. Warning we learn how to saber -- and and are ready to entertain at our next dinner party Quotes There is kind of an industry expectation and standard of what it means to be natural. And it means you're just not adding stuff in the winemaking process. - Andrea Wallace What I have found in my relationship with our vendors is that the personal relationship and knowing one another is the most important. - Jill Erber Guests ad Social Media Links Jill Erber https://www.instagram.com/cheesetique https://www.cheesetique.com John Peters Andrea Wallace https://www.metrocellars.com ‌Featuring Nycci Nellis https://www.instagram.com/nyccinellis https://www.thelistareyouonit.com Chapters 00:00 Show Intro 04:47 Curating Cheese 06:26 What makes cheese a holiday-ish? 08:16 How seasonality impacts the cheese market? 11:00 The importance of Expos 17:19 Introducing John Peters 19:15 Finding small wineries 21:12 Variety of wines 21:50 1st Wine Tasting and cheese pairing 25:22 2nd Wine Tasting and cheese pairing 29:21 Introducing Andrea Wallace 33:51 Working With Metro Cellars 34:50 Production of Wine 38:26 Natural Wines 40:33 3rd Wine Tasting and cheese pairing 42:19 4th Wine Tasting and cheese pairing 44:13 What is Sabering? 43:02 How to reach Andrea 46:46 Working with wine experts 51:40 Understanding wines and cheese and simple ways 54:07 What to lookout for 56:00 Online platforms and locations 57:44 Outro Produced by Heartcast Media http://www.heartcastmedia.com