A Fine Vintage

By: Sophia and Bronwyn
  • Summary

  • A Fine Vintage is a history podcast released biweekly. Every other Wednesday Bronwyn and Sophia take turns telling an unbelievable true story paired with a new wine. Join your new best friends for an evening wine down and story time. We'll bring the historical anecdotes and banter.
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Episodes
  • The Theft of the Facade of the Parthenon
    Oct 4 2023

    On today's episode Sophia tells the story of the theft of the facade of the Parthenon. Buckle up for a shipwreck, heist, and countless lost artifacts as we put the British Museum on blast.  This story is paired with the delightful Jen Pfeiffer's The Rebel Rosé of Pinot Gris 2022. Visit us at  www.afinevintagepodcast.com for more information and to purchase merchandise!

     

    Our Sources Include:

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/17/arts/design/parthenon-sculptures-elgin-marbles-negotiations.html

    https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1883142_1883129_1883001,00.html

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-much-debated-elgin-marbles-ended-up-in-england-180979311/

    https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sunken-treasures-found-where-elgin-lost-his-marbles-fl3fj8wbq

    https://www.britishmuseum.org/about-us/british-museum-story/contested-objects-collection/parthenon-sculptures

    https://www.britishmuseum.org/about-us/british-museum-story/contested-objects-collection/parthenon-sculptures/parthenon#:~:text=The%20Trustees%20firmly%20believe%20that,a%20complementary%20but%20different%20story.

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • The Bandit Queen: Bell Star
    Aug 30 2023

    On today's episode Bronwyn tells the story of the infamous, female outlaw Bell Star. This story is paired with the luscious F. Stephen Millier Lodi Cabernet Sauvignon 2020. Visit us at  www.afinevintagepodcast.com for more information and to purchase merchandise!

     

    Our Sources Include:

     

    Encyclopædia Britannica (2018, December 2). Retrieved from https://academic-eb-com. aurarialibrary.idm.oclc.org/levels/collegiate/article/Belle-Starr/69465

     

    Rau, M. (2001, June 1). Belle of the west: The true story of belle starr. Greensboro, NC: Morgan Reynolds Publishing.

     

    Encyclopedia of World Biography (2nd ed.). (2006). 26, 347-349. Detroit, MI: Gale. Retrieved from http://link.galegroup.com.aurarialibrary.idm.oclc.org/apps/doc/CX2550300162/ GVRL?u=auraria_main&sid=GVRL&xid=c0b2fee3

     

    https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/belle-starr-2406/

     

    https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-bellestarr/

     

    https://www.biography.com/crime/belle-starr

     

     

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    39 mins
  • The Dark History of Harvard with Kaelyn Moore
    Aug 17 2023

    Today we are thrilled to be joined by Kaelyn Moore, host of the podcast Heart Starts Pounding. Over a delightfully, refreshing glass of Olema Rose Cotes De Provence 2021 Kaelyn details Harvard's Medical School's checkered history in the black market corpse trade. From finding human skulls on facebook marketplace to the most high profile murder to occur at Harvard this story has it all. Visit us at  www.afinevintagepodcast.com for more information and to purchase merchandise!

     

    Subscribe to Heart Starts Pounding on Patreon for bonus content and to become a member of their Rogue Detecting Society.

    Follow Heart Starts Pounding on Tik Tok and Instagram for a daily dose of horror.

    Heart Starts Pounding is written and produced by Kaelyn Moore. 

    Shownotes: https://www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/harvardmorgue

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    58 mins

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