Marc Nadeau is the Managing Director of Académie du Vin, a wine school originally established in Paris in 1973 by Marc’s friend and partner, Steven Spurrier – the wine legend who will be known to many of our listeners as the man behind the 1976 Judgment of Paris.

Dedicated to bringing a wine education program tailored to wine consumers rather than wine professionals to life, Marc and Steven revived the Académie du Vin first in Paris and London and then in Canada in 2018. Marc has been instrumental in preserving Steven’s philosophy of wine education, which balances a rigorous curriculum with a focus on wine appreciation, equipping wine lovers to derive the most pleasure from every glass.

In this episode, Yule Georgieva and Marc Nadeau talk about the Academie du Vin, but also Academie du Vin Library which is a sister company of sorts that Steven founded to publish great wine books.

Timings for each topic:

• 4:21 – 5:10 = Marc doing wine courses in Paris 
• 9:03 – 9:52 = Judgement of Paris 
• 12:00 – 13:01 – 14:50 = AdV course
• 15:00 – 17: 50 – 19:45 = Blind tasting 
• 19:45 – 20:29 = InVintory philosophy on wine 
• 21:40 – 23:22 = Courses 
• 26:00 – 27:40 = Wines courses use 
• 28:27 – 29 = Inflation 
• 29:24 – 31:40 = Takeaway after course
• 34:31 – 35:14 = Tasting with knowledge 
• 43:20 – 45:22 = Marc’s favourite books 
• 47:16 – 47:50 = Learning / Tasting from the books
• 51:36 – 53:20 = Evolution of taste 
• 55:20 – 56 – 58 = Memories / stories 
• 59:27 = Wine reccommendations
• 1:01:40 – 1:02:44 = 1 piece of advice 

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Academie du Vin Library here: https://academieduvinlibrary.com/

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