Studio Ochenta’s creative work reflects our motto: Raising Voices across Cultures. We produce global stories for international audiences to make sure language isn’t a barrier to enjoying a great story. Check out our award-winning original podcasts for kids of all ages, which reached #1 in over 31 countries. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/wine-school-dropout. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

Before cell phones and the internet, if you wanted to call La Casa, you’d have to stroll into a cabina telefónica (calling center) and pay for some minutes with a few quarters. Set in 1995, La Cabina Telefónica is a bilingual audio novela that tells the story of Matty Cardona, a Colombian immigrant who launched Matty's Llamadas y Servicios 82 to do just that. She runs the shop in Jackson Heights, Queens with her daughter Rossy and offers calling, printing, faxing, money transfers and much more to her local clients. Each episode includes a phone call in a pho ..read more

As a black woman, whenever I step into a winery or a wine tasting or a tasting event, I scan the room to see who’s there. What’s the scene, what’s the demographic. I don’t know why, it’s just something I do when I’m in a space that I think or is known to be a predominately white space.  Back when I first started attending wine tastings is like 2006 or so in Washington DC, the makeup of the room was vastly different than it is now. And I have to say I smile a bit to myself because of this!! The American wine industry is a lot more colorful now if I may say so. Buuuuuut there is still more ..read more

Italian food and wine are a perfect combination. We all know this. So this week we chatted with an expert in what makes the best Italian food pairings to go with your favorite Italian wines. Natasha of Mamma Mia Lab produces organic preserves and spreads to pair with the wines of Southern Italy. Tune in to hear her recs for Italian wine and food pairings to die for. CREDITS: Thank you for listening to Wine School Dropout. This episode was produced by Studio Ochenta and hosted by Tanisha Townsend. Our executive producer is Lory Martinez, our sound editor is Luis Raul Lopez Levi. Our theme was ..read more

Hello Wine School Dropout friends! We're back with a brand new season this fall, and this time we're going to study abroad in SOUTHERN ITALY! That's right. We took a trip to Puglia, Italy this summer, so this season is gonna give you the ins and outs of all the italian wines you love. This first episode is a guide to grapes, courtesy of italian wine aficionados and owners themselves. Enjoy! Thanks for listening. This episode was produced by Studio Ochenta. Hosted by Tanisha Townsend, aka Girl Meets Glass. It was edited by Luis Raul Lopez Levi. You can find more info on our guests over on ou ..read more

For this final episode of our summer mini season, we're finishing of with a wine region we love: Bordeaux. Jacques Lurton has created a line of wines to try and change that perception. Not new to the wine scene of Bordeaux by any means as he has Chateau la Louviere, Chateau Bonnet, and Chateau Couhins-Lurton under his purview just to name a few. His new line, Diane by Jacques Lurton aims to take some of the confusion and intimidation out of Bordeaux wines by creating this line of single varietal wines with the name of the grape on the bottle. But I don’t want to spoil his story, we’ll let him ..read more

Natalie MacLean is the host of Unreserved Wine Talk, selected as one of the best drinks podcasts by The New York Times and offers popular online wine and food pairing courses at www.natalie maclean.com.  In this episode, we talk about favorite wines and the future of the industry. Enjoy!   CREDITS: Thank you for listening to Wine School Dropout. This podcast was produced by Studio Ochenta. Hosted by Tanisha Townsend. Our executive producer is Lory Martinez, our sound editor is Luis Raul Lopez Levi. Our theme was done by Gabriel Dalmasso. Music is by Makaih beats. Our art is by T ..read more

What a trip we’ve taken this season! We’ve been to China, Provence, Bordeaux, South Africa, Tasmania… of course it only makes sense that we finish up in Paris. For the final episode of this season of Wine School Dropout we speak with friend and studio mate Sutanya Dacres of the Dinner for One podcast. Now, Sutanya isn’t a wine professional or in the industry at all… she’s actually the type of consumer we created this show for. With episodes from Season 1 like Wine Language and Finding Your Wine Yoda, we wanted you, our listeners, to be able to gain practical knowledge from each episode that yo ..read more

Some of us think of one thing we want to do or what we’re good at, select a place and then go do that thing. Well, you all know my story and how that didn’t work quite the same for me and not quite the same for today’s guest Zhuoxu. Born in China, but wanting to learn wine at a top institution, he went to California to work a harvest and gain some wine-making skills. Then also worked vineyards in Australia and then went back to China to make wine and work in imports/exports. Zhuoxu’s story is fascinating in how he navigates the differences in the world of wine on multiple continents, from work ..read more

Tuanni Price of South African wine tourism company, Zuri Wine Tasting tells us how she adapted to lockdown restrictions to keep her business thriving. This podcast was produced by Studio Ochenta. Hosted by Tanisha Townsend. Our executive producer is Lory Martinez, our sound editor is Luis Raul Lopez Levi. Our theme was done by Gabriel Dalmasso. Music is by Makaih beats. Our art is by Tiffanie Delune. Follow us on IG @wineschooldropout. ****** PSST! I know you can’t be here in Paris right now, but how about a virtual wine tasting? Take a one hour Tour de France with Girl Meets Glass and hear ..read more