A wine podcast bringing the joys of wine to wherever you are in the world. This is the place for fun, casual wine conversations, with tips, wine facts and wine tasting to inspire your next bottle of wine or vineyard visit. Listen to Winemakers, Sommeliers and Master of Wines who share their extensive knowledge, talking about wine regions and their terroir, their favourite wine pairings and winemaking techniques. This podcast is ideal for anyone starting their wine journey and studying WSET level 1 and 2 or just some great revision for those of you going even further. So grab that wine glass and lets get stuck in!
Episodes
Monday Nov 29, 2021
Monday Nov 29, 2021
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Today's episode is Part 2 with Celebrity Chef Andrea Zagatti and we are talking all about his home region of Emilia-Romagna and the delicious Lambruscos that come our of their. We are also touching on his Mr Z sandwiches. Yes you can buy one of his sandwiches for £250. And he has created the most expensise easter egg in the world. We will be talking about all of these creations and then choosing some wines as the perfect pairing.
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1.23: Emilia-Romagna - the region
2.53: lambrusco styles and production methods
5.18: Winery of the week: Camillo Donati
- Talking about biodynamic farming and the ancestral method (natural sparkling wine)
9.46: Tasting the Camillo Donati Lambrusco 2019 £17.40 Joseph Barnes £18.50 Natty Boy Wines
11.42: Chat with Andrea Zagatti
- Talking about his Mr Z Sandwiches
13.57: The £250 Billionaire Sandwich and wine pairing
18.42: The £50 Millionaire Sandwich and wine pairing
21.00: The Tzar Egg (worlds most expensive easter egg) and wine pairing
25.33: The foods in Emilia Romagna
28.25: Lambrusco - it's flavours, grape varieties and regions
34.37: Sabrage and tips on how to do it
39.00: Great value Champagne recommendation for about £30 a bottle
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Monday Nov 22, 2021
Monday Nov 22, 2021
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Today's episode is Part 1 with Celebrity Chef Andrea Zagatti and we are bringing you a little luxury. He has cooked for the likes of Kanye West, Royal Families and the Chelsea Football Club. He has access to some of the finest wines in the world and has had experiences that have taken him all over. In this episode he talks of how he ditched the 24/7 working lifestyle stuck in a kitchen, and how he set up his own business, and then we discuss just a few of the wine events he has been privy to. What it's like to taste cult wines, many of us can only dream of, and what it's like to organise and cook for high-end wine events and dinners.
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1.45: The top 5 Worlds Best Restaurants
3.00: Natural wines - what they are and the current certification
5.11: Natural wines on the list at Noma Restaurant
6.21: Chat with Andrea
6.51: Andrea's story, and how it all started with a cheesecake, including stories of Mugaritz, Osterua Francescana and Gordon Ramsey Hospital Road
20.42: A day in the life of a celebrity chef
22.22: A Liber Pater party - what it's like to cook for the release of the most expensive wine IN THE WORLD
28.19: Organising the Golden Vines Awards - a wine industry first, focused on encouraging diversity.
32.47: Dom Perignon P2
34.31: Egon Müller
34.59: DRC
35.55: Château d'Yquem
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Monday Nov 15, 2021
Monday Nov 15, 2021
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Today I am talking Bolivian wine with MS Candidate and Entrepreneur Aubrey Terrazas, co-founder of Palate Club and founder of Terra Vine Marketing Firm.
Bolivia is South America's sixth-largest wine producer, and as Aubrey has personal connections and has visited the main wine region Tarija, she tells us her thoughts on this rather interesting wine-producing country.
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1.47: The wine regions of Bolivia, its geography and the main wine grapes
5.37: Tannat
6.49: Marselan
9.37: Winery of the week Bodega y Viñedos Kuhlmann
12.10: Tasting The Santa Patrono Altiplano Tannat-Marselan 2020 £15.99 Laithewaites
5.09: Chat with Aubrey - her experiences in Bolivia, driving in the country, the effects of the UV lights and altitude to the grapes, Chuflay, Singani, and much more.
32.30: Winery Jardín Oculto and it's 3 ancestral grapes
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Monday Nov 08, 2021
Monday Nov 08, 2021
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I am talking with Aubrey Terrazas in this episode. She is a girl after my own heart with an incredible CV having worked at Michelin star restaurants as a sommelier, co-founded Palate Club and then founded Terra Vine Marketing Firm amongst many other things. Due to her experience working with Data Science within Palate Club, we are discussing how that works and how it can help the buyer choose better wines. We will of course be touching on lots of different wines that you can try, and as Aubrey is such an entrepreneur, she will also be offering out some business ideas and thoughts to hopefully inspire you, should you be working from home, or be planning to go it alone.
If you want to skip ahead:
2.06: Examples of how AI and date science can benefit the wine industry from the vineyards to picking wines for your taste
5.09: Chat with Aubrey
6.10: Aubrey discusses setting up a new business in a different country, during Covid times.
9.37: Working more digitally in your business
10.35: Tips on how to produce more valuable content for people online
13.05: How to have a system for success if working from home
14.47: What is Palate Club
17.52: The complications of selling wine across different US states
18.53: Using Data Science in Palate Club and how Sommeliers have used their understanding of wine traits, aromas and flavours to help customers find their perfect wines
24.55: Some wine suggestions based on if you enjoy Bordeaux of Rhone Reds
29.11: Xinomavro and Assyrtiko - Greek varieties that you need to try,
32.40: Aubrey's new podcast: Think & Drink
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Monday Nov 01, 2021
Monday Nov 01, 2021
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This episode is Part 2 with Master of Wine Siobhan Turner. As Siobhan is Canadian we are talking about a special wine region called Okanagan Valley and her research paper that was entitled: Okanagan: a potential signature red variety? Learn more about the Cabernet Franc variety and if Siobhan's research concluded Cab Franc to be the one or not.
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0.07 Cabernet Franc's aroma and flavour profile
3.45 The wine regions of Canada
5.08 The Okanagan Valley - geology, climate etc
10.12 The recent history and changes in quality in Okanagan
13.03 Tasting Mission Hill Vistas Edge Cabernet Franc 2019 £50 Kenricks Wines
18.13 Clones and Rootstocks of Cabernet Franc in the Okanagan
22.29 Winemaking knowlege from outside Canada coming to the Okanagan
25.04 Looking at Siobhan's research paper on Cabernet Franc and her discoveries
29.59 The different styles of Cabernet Franc in the Okanagan
32.58 Mission Hill Estate Winery
34.51 Perfect pairing for the Cabernet Franc we were drinking
35.57 Cabernet Franc Day
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Monday Oct 25, 2021
Monday Oct 25, 2021
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This episode I am talking with Master of Wine Siobhan Turner. We are talking about her journey in wine, her time as Director of the Institute of Master of Wine, her biggest struggles as a MW student and she gives us fantastic advice on blind tasting. Siobhan is now woking with wine authentification and she gives us advice on making sure we don't buy counterfeits and explains how people are producing these fake bottles.
If you want to skip ahead:
2.45 Chat with Siobhan Turner MW
5.43 Working as the Director of the Institute of Master of Wine
12.31 Struggles with Bling tasting and her advise to overcome this
18.12 Best part of the MW programme
20.16 Heartwarming anecdote of Siobhan's husband during her studies
21.01 Finding out she has passed her MW
26.20 Working with Maureen Downey in Wine Fraud
27.17 Discussing the 'skills' of wine fraudster Rudy Kurniawan
27.57 Two wakes fake bottles can be produced
30.51 Looking for and how to identify a fake bottle
32.27 Looking for the inaccuracies
34.30 Whar wineries are doing to combat this
36.30 Advise of purchasing for your wine cellar
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Monday Oct 18, 2021
Monday Oct 18, 2021
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This episode I am talking with the first and only Master of Wine from India: Sonal Holland MW for Part 2. This episode is very much about getting to know about the wine being made in India; the styles, the grapes and the main wine regions.
If you want to skip ahead:
2.25 Most Popular white grape varieties
2.55 The story of Chenin Blanc in India
3.45 The Best reds growing in India
4.02 The wine capital Nashik
5.12 Other wine regions and fruit growing
6.10 Travelling to Nashik
7.16 Vallonné Vineyards
9.23 Tasting the Vallonné Anokhee Chenin Blanc 2018 (£26 Wine Monkey) and talking about Chenin Blanc in India
12.44 Pairing food with Chenin Blanc
13.45 Temperature and topography of Nashik
14.51 Harvesting the vineyards
18.06 The styles of red wine in India
19.37 Tasting the Charosa Reserve Tempranillo 2016 (£30 Wine Monkey) and talking about Tempranillo
21.39 Alcohol levels in Indian wine
23.26 Screw caps V Cork
25.46 Food Pairings for Tempranillo
26.53 Other red varieties
28.01 Percentage of imported wine V domestic wine
28.21 The future of Indian wine
If you want to follow Sonal Holland you can find her on Instagram or on Youtube.
Special thanks to Wines in India who not only sent us the wines we tried, but are the ones who are importing some of the delicious wines of India into the UK.
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Monday Oct 11, 2021
Monday Oct 11, 2021
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This episode I am talking with the first and only Master of Wine from India: Sonal Holland MW. We are talking very much about her journey on the Master of Wine programme and how she managed to do all this from India as her base. If you are looking for inspiration to follow a new path or to studying the MW yourself, this could be the inspiration you need. We are also looking at the rapidly changing wine scene and culture in India. This is Part 1 with Sonal. Next week Part 2 we will dive into the wines of India.
If you want to skip ahead:
0.34 Facts on the current and past Master of Wines
1.27 Some figures and numbers on Indian rapid wine growth and development
2.36 Chat with Sonal and she discusses her upbringing in india with wine
5.30 Who inspired Sonal Holland in the world of wine, and then her inspiring story of how she became a MW
12.47 The Challenges and lack of access to wine in India and what is required of you as a Master of Wine Student
14.00 What is the MW Programme
19.43 Sonal Holland Wine TV on You Tube
22.00 The high taxes on wine in India
22.47 Where to buy wine in India
24.08 The Wine capital of India: Nashik
24.30 India as a growing market, and womens involvement now and how this were for women in the past
27.56 Gen Z and the youths of India
28.45 Fortified indian wine and the changes, palate preferences and changes in society tiers
32.03 The grape varieties growing in India
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Monday Oct 04, 2021
Monday Oct 04, 2021
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This episode is all about the wines of Campania. I was sent some samples from a relatively small winery called Donna Elvira, established in 2010 and they really inspired the episode, and I decided to bring these wines to you whilst also covering all the main grape varieties of this region that you should know about.
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4.16 Winery Donna Elvira
6.51 Soils of Campania
7.31 History of Campania
8.19 Cult wines and the 4 x DOCGs
9.49 Climate of Campania
10.46 Falanghina grape variety
11.55 Tasting Donna Elvira Fringilla Falanghina 2019 £15 Campania wines
13.45 Fiano grape variety and Fiano di Avellino
14.53 Tasting Donna Elvira Fink Fiano di Avellino 2019 £18 Campania wines
16.32 Greco grape variety and Greco di Tufo
17.30 Tasting Donna Elvira Aegidius Greco di Tufo 2019 £18 Campania wines
19.16 Tasting Donna Elvira Kaysara Rosato 2019 £15 Campania wines
21.20 Aglianico grape variety and Taurasi
23.59 Tasting Donna Elvira Settemazza Aglianico 2018 £18 Campania wines
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Monday Sep 27, 2021
Monday Sep 27, 2021
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This episode is part 2 with fellow wine podcast host Lawrence Francis. After a trip to Jerez, Lawrence has always been inspired by Sherry wines. He brings his personal experiences to this episode and we discuss the different wine styles of the dry sherries that you can choose from.
To listen to some of Lawrence's episodes or to know more about what he is doing go to https://www.interpretingwine.com/
If you want to skip ahead:
1.09 Chat with Lawrence
5.01 Manzanilla and Fino wine style and food pairings
9.00 Bodega Hidalgo - La Gitana
9.52 Feria de Abril and the Sherry drink: Rebujito
13.82 The fino grape, and tasting of La Gitana Manzanilla £9.69 75cl Waitrose
19.03 The Sherry Triangle
20.47 Sanlúcar de Barrameda
25.14 Copa Jerez - competition
28.26 What is Palo Cortado, Amontillado and Oloroso
32.29 Tasting the Wellington Palo Cortado £22.95 50cl Davys
39.19 More about Bodega Hidalgo - La Gitana
40.33 Albariza soils
45.18 Sherry Wine week
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