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
Sunday Aug 22, 2021
Sunday Aug 22, 2021
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This episode is the second episode with John Jackson, aka Attorney Somm (on youtube and Instagram), and we are looking at the Bordeaux region in general. John will certainly give you a load of Chateaus to go out and try, and you will learn a little bit more of the sub-regions within Bordeaux and what they can offer. If you have ever wondered about the many classifications systems, I will also go over them. NOTE: I was really proud of myself, thinking I had covered them all, and then after recording, realized I didn’t cover the Graves classification system of 1953. Oh well, that’s for another episode!
Don't forget there is a competition running, to with a virtual wine tasting, hosted by me (open to listens all over the world). More details at the bottom.*
If you want to skip ahead:
0.31 Introduction to the Bordeaux region
3.56: Cru Bourgeois and it’s classification system
8.08: My winey of the week Chateau de Villegeorge
10.23: Tasting L'Étoile De Villegeorge 2018 £14.99 mix 4 Wine App
12.45: Chat with John – we discuss great value wines, the difference between regions like Pauillac and Margaux, some of the best vintages.
29.46: Understanding the Saint-Émilion classification system and the current shock news in the industry.
Fancy watching some videos on my youtube channel: Eat Sleep Wine Repeat
Or come say hi at www.eatsleepwinerepeat.co.uk
Or contact me on Instagram @eatsleep_winerepeat or on email: janina@eatsleepwinerepeat.co.uk
Until next time, Cheers to you!
*Competition closes on August 30th 2021. It is open to participants all over the world. The virtual tasting will include 6 wines. These wines will be chosen based on the winner's chosen theme, what they want to learn and what wines are available in their country. The winner will be chosen on August 31st and contacted. To win, leave a review and some stars on Apple Podcasts, take a screenshot, and send this screenshot to janina@eatsleepwinerepeat.co.uk or on Instagram @eatsleep_winerepeat
You can always contact me in advance if you have any other questions. Good luck.
Saturday Aug 21, 2021
Saturday Aug 21, 2021
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This episode is my first episode ever, when I am talking to someone who is NOT in the wine industry, but knows far more about a wine topic than I do: Fine wine investment. I am talking with John Jackson, aka Attorney Somm (on youtube and Instagram), and certainly has a few things to say regarding buying wine to either drink further down the line, or to sell. So if you have ever wondered where to start, what to buy, how much to buy, then this episode might be worth listening to.
Don't forget there is a competition running, to with a virtual wine tasting, hosted by me (open to listens all over the world). More details at the bottom.*
If you want to skip ahead:
2.41: Most expensive wines sold in auction
6.18: How John, an attorney, got into wine
9.25: How John started in wine investment
11.08: Deciding what is worthy of investment
12.22: What is OWC
12.48: Storage options
14.48: How much of each wine to buy
16.10: Following points, trackers or critics to make your choice on which wine to buy
17.38: Choosing the right vintage
18.30: Where to purchase the wines, mailing lists, winery clubs and En Primeur
22.05: What apps to use to track your wines
23.50: Temperature for storage and how to keep labels in top shape
25.42: Great wines for drinking under $40
28.23: DPD or In Bond
29.21: Auction Houses
31.05: What is La place de Bordeaux
Fancy watching some videos on my youtube channel: Eat Sleep Wine Repeat
Or come say hi at www.eatsleepwinerepeat.co.uk
Or contact me on Instagram @eatsleep_winerepeat or on email: janina@eatsleepwinerepeat.co.uk
Until next time, Cheers to you!
*Competition closes on August 30th 2021. It is open to participants all over the world. The virtual tasting will include 6 wines. These wines will be chosen based on the winner's chosen theme, what they want to learn and what wines are available in their country. The winner will be chosen on August 31st and contacted. To win, leave a review and some stars on Apple Podcasts, take a screenshot, and send this screenshot to janina@eatsleepwinerepeat.co.uk or on Instagram @eatsleep_winerepeat
You can always contact me in advance if you have any other questions. Good luck.
Friday Aug 20, 2021
Friday Aug 20, 2021
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This episode is part 2 with owner and winemaker Daniel Chaffey Hartwig from Chaffey Bros Wine Co. If you haven't listened to Episode 57 go back to that now.
This episode we are looking at the three varieties that make up the famous GSM blend: Grenache, Syrah and Mourvèdre. We will be tasting two of his wines that use these varities and than chatting about the differences between the two Valleys, Eden Valley and Barossa valley.
Don't forget there is a competition running, to with a virtual wine tasting, hosted by me (open to listens all over the world). More details at the bottom.*
If you want to skip ahead:
1.26: Why Mourvèdre is called Mataro in Australia
2.23: How and why Barossa got it's name
3.40: Talking about and tasting the Not your Grandma's Rosé 2020, including food pairings and a comparison with Provence Rosé £12.55 mix 12 The Great Wine Co
9.31: Talking about and tasting the La Resistance 2018 including food pairings and what each grape variety adds to a GSM blend £13.95 mix 12 The Great Wine Co
20.58: The best part of his job at Chaffey Bros
25.21: The Barossa Grounds Project - and the different soils in Barossa
26.53: Difference of Shiraz from Barossa Valley V Eden Valley
Fancy watching some videos on my youtube channel: Eat Sleep Wine Repeat
Or come say hi at www.eatsleepwinerepeat.co.uk
Or contact me on Instagram @eatsleep_winerepeat or on email: janina@eatsleepwinerepeat.co.uk
Until next time, Cheers to you!
*Competition closes on August 30th 2021. It is open to participants all over the world. The virtual tasting will include 6 wines. These wines will be chosen based on the winner's chosen theme, what they want to learn and what wines are available in their country. The winner will be chosen on August 31st and contacted. To win, leave a review and some stars on Apple Podcasts, take a screenshot, and send this screenshot to janina@eatsleepwinerepeat.co.uk or on Instagram @eatsleep_winerepeat
You can always contact me in advance if you have any other questions. Good luck.
Thursday Aug 19, 2021
Thursday Aug 19, 2021
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Today's episode I am joined by the owner and winemaker of Chaffey Bros Wine Co. All these wines have electricity and energy, and you need to know about them. Based In Eden Valley, Australia, the wines are artisanally made in small batch. In this episode we are focusing on the grape variety KERNER, which is a German variety, and Chaffey Bros are the only winery working with this variety in the southern hemisphere (to their knowledge).
Don't forget there is a competition running, to with a virtual wine tasting, hosted by me (open to listens all over the world). More details at the bottom.*
If you want to skip ahead:
3.06 How Daniel started in the wine industry and how Chaffey Bros came about
11.02 The essence of the winery and how they make their wines
12.46 How the wines are so textural and aromatic
16.30 The grape variety Kerner
19.11 Tasting of the Kontrapunkt Kerner 2019 £15.25 (mixed) The Great Wine Co
20.00 The reason for the 'punkt' names
21.37 The german heritage in Barossa
23.46 Touching of the different soils in Eden Valley
24.05 Food pairings for Kerner
25.55 Ageability of Kerner
27.59 The astericks on the wine labels, and the story telling
Fancy watching some videos on my youtube channel: Eat Sleep Wine Repeat
Or come say hi at www.eatsleepwinerepeat.co.uk
Or contact me on Instagram @eatsleep_winerepeat or on email: janina@eatsleepwinerepeat.co.uk
Until next time, Cheers to you!
*Competition closes on August 30th 2021. It is open to participants all over the world. The virtual tasting will include 6 wines. These wines will be chosen based on the winner's chosen theme, what they want to learn and what wines are available in their country. The winner will be chosen on August 31st and contacted. To win, leave a review and some stars on Apple Podcasts, take a screenshot, and send this screenshot to janina@eatsleepwinerepeat.co.uk or on Instagram @eatsleep_winerepeat
You can always contact me in advance if you have any other questions. Good luck.
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
Wednesday Aug 18, 2021
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This is the second part of my chat with Sommelier extraordinaire Bert Blaize, and we are talking about his favourite wine region: Tuscany. He has visited this region many times, and so not only talks about his recommended wines but the places themselves. If you haven't listened to Ep 55 about his ideal (and mistake) food and wine pairings, go back and have a listen.
Don't forget there is a competition running, to with a virtual wine tasting, hosted by me (open to listens all over the world). More details at the bottom.*
If you want to skip ahead:
1.15 My winery of the week: Fattoria dei Barbi
4.59 Tasting their Morellino di Scansano 2019 (£16.27 WineApp)
6.16 Tuscany chat with Bert
7.14 Elba and Isolo de Giglio
8.08 Style of wines from Maremma
8.51 Super Tuscans and a recommendation Le Macchiole
11.00 Northern Tuscany: Lucca and Colline Lucchesi DOCG with recommendation Tenuta di Valgiano
15.41 Sangiovese and favourite regions
16.42 Brunello Recommendations Fellini, Stella di Campalto
21.42 Bert's wine shop in London, Bottles 'N' Jars
23.27 Perfect Pairing for a Chianti Classico Reserva
27.47 First love in Chianti: Isole e Olena
28.00 Describing Chianti and comparing the landscape to Montalcino
30.13 Advice on buying Chianti
32.03 One of the best whites in Italy: Isole e Olena Chardonnnay
Fancy watching some videos on my youtube channel: Eat Sleep Wine Repeat
Or come say hi at www.eatsleepwinerepeat.co.uk
Or contact me on Instagram @eatsleep_winerepeat or on email: janina@eatsleepwinerepeat.co.uk
Until next time, Cheers to you!
*Competition closes on August 30th 2021. It is open to participants all over the world. The virtual tasting will include 6 wines. These wines will be chosen based on the winner's chosen theme, what they want to learn and what wines are available in their country. The winner will be chosen on August 31st and contacted. To win, leave a review and some stars on Apple Podcasts, take a screenshot, and send this screenshot to janina@eatsleepwinerepeat.co.uk or on Instagram @eatsleep_winerepeat
You can always contact me in advance if you have any other questions. Good luck.
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
Tuesday Aug 17, 2021
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This episode I am joined by the very talented Bert Blaize: ex Sommelier of Michelin star restaurant Clove Club, winner of Young Sommelier of the year, and now turned wine consultant with his own wine shop in London Bottles 'N' Jars
As if that isn't enough, he wrote a wine book for us all: Which Wine When that is an ultimate guide to food and wine pairing. Todays episode Bert will be taking us through his journey and talking us through some interesting food pairings.
Don't forget about the WINE COMPETITION to wine a virtual tasting hosted by me. Full Details at the bottom.*
If you want to skip ahead:
3.22 Bert's journey into wine
10.04 How food became a big focus for Bert
12.00 The Wine Book, and how you get the perfect pairing and the trials and errors
16.39 Manzanilla and some surprise pairings
21.22 Hot dogs and Verdejo
24.46 A perfect pairing
29.23 Pairing fizz with vegetables
33.00 What to find in Which Wine When
Fancy watching some videos on my youtube channel: Eat Sleep Wine Repeat
Or come say hi at www.eatsleepwinerepeat.co.uk
Or contact me on Instagram @eatsleep_winerepeat or on email: janina@eatsleepwinerepeat.co.uk
Until next time, Cheers to you!
*Competition closes on August 30th 2021. It is open to participants all over the world. The virtual tasting will include 6 wines. These wines will be chosen based on the winner's chosen theme, what they want to learn and what wines are available in their country. The winner will be chosen on August 31st and contacted. To win, leave a review and some stars on Apple Podcasts, take a screenshot, and send this screenshot to janina@eatsleepwinerepeat.co.uk or on Instagram @eatsleep_winerepeat
You can always contact me in advance if you have any other questions. Good luck.
Monday Aug 16, 2021
Monday Aug 16, 2021
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WELCOME TO SEASON 2 WINE LOVERS!
To celebrate, I am offering one person (and their friends and family) a private and personalized virtual wine tasting, hosted by myself. Just leave a wine review and stars on apple podcasts. Full T&C's at the bottom* GOOD LUCK!
This episode is looking at Canned wines. What are they? Why are they becoming so popular. And I was inspired to do the episode as I have 3 cans to try from Canned Wine Co.
They currently have a Viognier, a Grenache Rosé and a St. Laurent, so we are going to look at these 3 varieties in detail with some ideal food pairings - and I'll give them all a little swig and let you know what I think.
If you want to skip ahead:
3:22 All about Canned wine
6:49 Viognier
13:15 Grenache
18:15 St. Laurent
Fancy watching some videos on my youtube channel: Eat Sleep Wine Repeat
Or come say hi at www.eatsleepwinerepeat.co.uk
Or contact me on Instagram @eatsleep_winerepeat or on email: janina@eatsleepwinerepeat.co.uk
Until next time, Cheers to you!
*Competition closes on August 30th 2021. It is open to participants all over the world. The virtual tasting will include 6 wines. These wines will be chosen based on the winner's chosen theme, what they want to learn and what wines are available in their country. The winner will be chosen on August 31st and contacted. To win, leave a review and some stars on Apple Podcasts, take a screenshot, and send this screenshot to janina@eatsleepwinerepeat.co.uk or on Instagram @eatsleep_winerepeat
You can always contact me in advance if you have any other questions. Good luck.
Monday Jul 05, 2021
Monday Jul 05, 2021
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Welcome to the last episode of Season One of Eat Sleep Wine Repeat ( don't worry - I will be back on 16th August!)
In this episode I am talking with top Sommelier Andre Luis Martins who is Head Sommelier at The Calvary and Guards Private Members Club in London.
He is a judge for the Sommelier Wine Awards, The International Challenge and The London Wine Challenge so he will talk a little bit about these 3 different competitions and how he judges the wines. We will go in to more details on how to wine taste and then will go to Andre's home country, Portugal. We will focus on the Wines of Alentejo. Learn about the varieties of this region, its topography and terrior and about the special Vinhos de Talha DOC.
If you want to skip ahead:
1.51: My Winery of the week: Espaço Rural who make Vinho de Talha
- learn about what this tradional wine is
- focus on the sub-region Vidigueira
WINE TASTED: 2018 Vinho De Talha Bojador Tinto Espaço Rural £24.95 Davys
7.57: Talk with Andre
10.35: Talking about his portugese wine on his winelist
11.23: Judging in wine competitions
15.54: How to taste and judge wine, looking at tannins, acidity, structure, body, aromas, and how to enchance you skills to pick our aromas and flavours
35.58: The region of Alentejo
- the climate, terroir and topography
- the top subregions
- the iconic wines
- top producers
- the grape varieties
49.23: Vinho de Talha DOC
51.36: Rosé wine of Alentejo
Thank you as ever for listening. You can pop across to my blog to read other articles or book your very own wine event: www.eatsleepwinerepeat.co.uk
Or watch some wine videos on my Youtube Channel Eat Sleep Wine Repeat
Send me your messages to @eatsleep_winerepeat on Instagram or email me at janina@eatsleepwinerepeat.co.uk
I would especially love to have your feedback as I start recording and planning for Season 2 - Do you like the length of the episodes? Do you like that I focus on the wine regions? Would you prefer some episodes focused on specific grape varieties? Let me know your thoughts!!
I can't wait to be back with you all in mid-August. Sending you all love and delicious wine!
Cheers to you!
Monday Jun 21, 2021
Monday Jun 21, 2021
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Today's episode is all about the English sparkling wines that are made by Langham Wine Estate down in Dorset. I am talking with head winemaker Tommy Grimshaw, who is one of the youngest winemakers in the UK. He we educate us all on the winemaking techniques of traditional method sparkling wine (as in Champagne) along with another more quirky winemaking method he has just started: Col Fondo (as in the natural and most traditional wines of Prosecco). We will be looking in detail at disgorgement and dosage and how this affects sparkling wine, along with each of the grape varieties; Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier.
If you want to skip ahead:
2:40 - Langham Wine Estates big acknowledgment with IWSC and how Tommy got to be in the wine world
5:37 - Talking about Emerging Vines Tommy's platform for selling the best English Wine, talking about English Wine and also a space to offer Wine Tastings
7:14 - Talking about Ex Head winemaker Daniel Ham who has now set up Offbeat Wines and his low intervention approach, and tasting the 2 Classic Cuvees.
Wine Tasting:
Corallian NV (based on 2018 vintage) £27.50 https://langhamwine.co.uk/product/corallian/
Culvar NV (based on 2018 vintage) £27.50
https://langhamwine.co.uk/product/culver/
- Tommy talks about the Chalk strates and different types of chalk soils that run through the vineyard.
17.19: Tommy talks us through the full winemaking process of how to make a traditional method sparkling wine.
20.16: Discussing the disgorgement date and how this affects the wine.
24.18: Discussing Tommy's low intervention approach and his style of winemaking.
27.13: Tommy tells us how he choices the final blend of grapes and how he decides how much reserve wine to add in.
33.45: Tommy tells us how he choices the amount of dosage (sugar and wine added in at the end) in the wine.
36.50: Learn all about Tommy's latest release - a Col Fondo in Keg!
46.01: Wine Tasting the Rosé
Rosé 2017 £29.90
https://langhamwine.co.uk/product/rose-2017/
51.31: Discussing the three grape varieties Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier - how they are in England Soils and terroir, and what each grape offers to the blend.
55.38: Some of Langham's new wine projects to look out for.
57.26: The two wine regions that have inspired Tommy as a winemaker.
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Until next time, Cheers to you!
Monday Jun 07, 2021
Monday Jun 07, 2021
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This episode is breaking down what is Cap Classique (also known as MCC) and it's history in South Africa.
If you want to skip ahead:
1.22: What is Cap Classique and MCC
2.28: The History of Cap Classique
4.45: A brief look at the grape variety Chenin Blanc
6.08: Back to the History of Cap Classique
8.55: My Winery of the Week: Simonsig
10.04: How to open your bottle of Sparkling Wine correctly
11.32: Tasting Simonsig Kaapse Vonkel Brut 2019 £12.99 Lea & Sandemans
15.17: The regulations for Cap Classique
18.42: Tips to enjoy your sparkling wine at it's fullest
22.27: Dybunking the Myth of Dom Perignon and his actual story of developing Champagne
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