Uncorked

A Doghobble Podcast

The voices that shaped wine, brought back to the table. Each series steps into the life of a figure who changed how the world drinks, told through their own words.

Series I

Thomas Jefferson

The Founding Father of American Wine

Long before Napa, a Virginian was convinced America could make wine to rival France. A three-part series on Thomas Jefferson: the vineyard he never gave up on, the cellar that shaped a nation’s taste, and the legacy that took two centuries to ripen.

Episode 1 · 23 min

America’s Father of Wine

Jefferson plants his first vines at Monticello and stakes his reputation on the conviction that America can grow great wine. Frost, disease, and doubt follow close behind.

Episode 2 · 14 min

The Dream vs. The Vine

Jefferson lands in France and falls headlong into Bordeaux, Burgundy, and the Rhône. The wines he ships home will quietly shape American taste for two centuries.

Episode 3 · 8 min

What the Dream Tastes Like

Jefferson dies still believing in American wine. It would take a century and a half to prove him right. The throughline from Monticello to the Dahlonega Plateau.

About Uncorked

What if the great voices of wine could sit down at our table?

Uncorked is a Doghobble project that brings the historical figures who shaped wine back into the conversation. Using carefully researched scripts and AI voice synthesis, we recreate the perspectives of the people who built the wine world, in their own voices, on the topics that defined them.

Each series takes on a new figure. Series I follows Thomas Jefferson across three episodes. More voices are already in the cellar, aging.