EAT SLEEP WINE REPEAT: A Wine Podcast Exploring Wine Regions, Grapes & Education

To download the transcript CLICK HERE This is part two with Carlos de Jesus from Amorim. Now we are continuing our journey into the wonderful sustainable world of cork production. This episode, you're gonna learn about the species of tree, the percentage of cork trees in Portugal compared to the rest of the Southern Iberian peninsula. You'll learn about some incredible investment that Amorim’s don...

To download the transcript CLICK HERE Today's theme is Cork, a natural wine stopper that has been used for centuries. They come from a forest habitat with incredible biological diversity. With the explosion of screw caps in the last 20 years, many began predicting that cork stopper would become obsolete. But the story behind cork is so much more than the fact that they are adequate at sealing the...

To download the transcript CLICK HERE This is Part two with South American wine specialist Lee Issacs . We are continuing on with Chile. We will talk about old vine Carignan, and discuss one of the associations that are really making waves in Chile, Vigno. Alongside that, we'll also be talking about MOVI, another movement that you need to know about. We also highlight old vine Pais. You will learn...

To download the transcript CLICK HERE This episode is all about Chile and the grape variety Carmenère. Lee Issacs is joining me, a South American wine specialist, wine merchant and wine educator. You will learn some interesting stories about this grapes past, how it was rediscovered after 150 years and why it has struggles to get the attention it deserves. There’s certainly a few wine facts in thi...

To download the transcript CLICK HERE This is part 2 with Chris Tyrrell of Tyrrell’s Wines . We are looking at Shiraz from the Hunter Valley, but it's not anything like you would identify as an Aussie Shiraz. These are incredibly different from all Shiraz and Syrahs around the world. We will also be talking old Vines. Tyrrell’s has some of the oldest vines in the world, and in fact, you will learn...

To download the transcript CLICK HERE This episode is going to be all about the white wine grape variety Semillon, a grape that is such an age worthy grape variety that is also very affordable. Those of you interested to try, should turn your attention to the wine region of Hunter Valley in New South Wales, Australia, which is the new world's spiritual home for this grape variety. When talking of...

To download the transcript CLICK HERE This is a new style of episode specifically designed to help out my WSET diploma friends. Several episodes ago I focused on viticulture. Part 1 is Episode 98 and Part 2 is Episode 105. My teachings in those episodes (or ramblings) are all things expected of you IF you want to pass your D1 ‘Wine production’ exams. Since then, regardless of if you are studying f...

To download the transcript CLICK HERE This is part 2 with Dr Laura Catena and we are going deeper into what makes great wines: Terroir. And this takes us to THE ADRIANNA VINEYARD: the vineyard, situated in the Gualtallary sub-region of the Tupungato region (which in itself is part of the Uco Valley) lies at almost 5,000 feet in elevation. This is considered to be the most studied vineyard in the w...

To download the transcript CLICK HERE   This is part 1 with Dr Laura Catena, managing director of Catena Zapata . She's a fourth-generation Argentine Vintner, has graduated from Harvard, and has a medical doctorate degree from Stanford University. She uses science to work with nature and promotes Malbec across the world. She has been an emergency physician for 30 plus years, and volunteers to help...

To download the transcript CLICK HERE   This is Part 2 with Dr. Jamie Goode where we are discussing more parts from his third edition ' Wine Science ' Book. You can read his articles on thousands of wineries over at his blog wineanorak.com In this episode, we are discussing the advantages and disadvantages of using native (wild) yeasts versus cultured (packaged) yeasts and the different strains. W...

To download the transcript CLICK HERE This is the first part with Dr Jamie Goode, who has a PhD in plant biology, was originally a science editor and then got the wine bug. Since then he has travelled to thousands of wineries, founded the incredibly successful wine blog https://wineanorak.com/ which features wineries, wine regions and wine topics of interest and has published several wine books. I...

To download the transcript CLICK HERE Welcome back to part 2 with TWO TIMES winner of the IWSC Communicator of the year award Joe Wadsack. We are jumping over to mainland Portugal, talking about two wine regions Vinho Verde and Bairrada and the delicious sweet and fortified wine Moscatel de Setúbal. This is an episode as equally entertaining as it is educational. Made sure you stay till the end to...

WELCOME BACK TO SERIES 3!!!!!!!! To download the transcript CLICK HERE I decided to start with a bang and am chatting with TWO TIMES winner of the IWSC Communicator of the year award Joe Wadsack. Get strapped in as you are about to be taken for a ride. If you don't know Joe, you certainly will after this. He will be taking you through a few of his stories getting into wine, talking about working i...

To download the transcript CLICK HERE PLEASE vote for me at The Peoples Choice Podcast Awards. Voting is open ONLY FOR JULY 2022. I am in the ‘ARTS’ Category. CLICK HERE TO VOTE and thank you so much!! This is the last episode of Season 2. Season 3 will start in September. I am finishing on a high with Fergus Elias , the head winemaker of Balfour winery – my winemaker! We just picked up a trophy f...

To download the transcript CLICK HERE PLEASE vote for me at The Peoples Choice Podcast Awards. Voting is open ONLY FOR JULY 2022. I am in the ‘ARTS’ Category. CLICK HERE TO VOTE and thank you so much!! This is part 2 of my viticulture series. If you haven’t heard part 1, go back to episode 98. However, if you are ready for part two, we are going be looking at rootstocks and clonal selections, then...

To download the transcript CLICK HERE PLEASE vote for me at The Peoples Choice Podcast Awards. Voting is open ONLY FOR JULY 2022. I am in the ‘ARTS’ Category. CLICK HERE TO VOTE and thank you so much!! This is Part 2 with Laura Felluga, granddaughter of Livio Felluga , the rebuilder of the Friulian viticulture. This episode is all about the grapes varieties that are native to the Friuli-Venezia Gi...

To download the transcript CLICK HERE PLEASE vote for me at The Peoples Choice Podcast Awards. Voting is open ONLY FOR JULY 2022. I am in the ‘ARTS’ Category. CLICK HERE TO VOTE and thank you so much!! This week I am joined with Laura Felluga who is the granddaughter of a great man: the man who reestablished and rebuilt the wine culture in Friuli. Friuli-Venezia Giulia is a wine region best known...

To download the transcript CLICK HERE This episode is Part 2 with Paul Kalemkiarian who is the owner of the original wine of the month club . We dive into the modern day history of drinking habits in the US and it’s reputation around the world. We look at how The 1976 Judgement of Paris put California on the map, and Paul goes into detail laying out the facts and the key players behind this tastin...

To download the transcript CLICK HERE This episode is Part 1 with Paul Kalemkiarian who is the owner of the original wine of the month club , based out of LA, California. During his 32 years in the trade he has tasted up of 100,000 bottles and learned many things along the way. In this episode he is talking about many of the changes of the years in the US. How retailers used to work AND the shocki...

To download the transcript CLICK HERE This is Part 2 with Master of Wine Stage 1 Student, Melissa Worrall. Earlier this year she went to Rust, Austria for a 1 week residential. She is going to tell us all about this, what is expected from her and the emotional journey of being on it. Then we are going to talk about how to identify the 3 main varieties of Austria: Grüner Veltliner, Zweigelt and Bla...

To download the transcript CLICK HERE I am joined today by a good wine friend of mine, Melissa Worrall. We did our WSET diploma together and now she embarks on the next stage: Master of Wine. There are different stages and she is on Stage 1, so she will explain what is required of her, the types of things she is studying right now in details, and how to deal with the incredibly high financial cost...

To download the transcript CLICK HERE This episode is all about vine growing and vineyard choices. Firstly we will look at the annual growth cycle of a vine so you can fully understand what happens each year, and at every stage. I will be breaking down the different categories of climates out there and then looking deeper into the meso-climates of each site. Then we will get really geeky looking i...

To download the transcript CLICK HERE Welcome back to part 4 of our four-part series on the Finger Lakes wine region. Again I am joined by Richard Rainey, Managing Partner of Forge Cellars . He continues his reign of energy and gives us more information on Seneca Lake (the deepest, largest lake of the Finger Lakes). We will talk about why his wines have certain flavours and what the terroir has of...

To download the transcript CLICK HERE Welcome back to part 3 of our four-part series on the Finger Lakes wine region. I am joined by Richard Rainey, Managing Partner of Forge Cellars . His energy is going to make you feel on top of the world. Of course we will talk a little bit about Seneca lake, where they are based, but we will be discussing their use of wild yeasts and how that affects the ferm...

To download the transcript CLICK HERE Welcome back to part two of our four part series on the Finger Lakes wine region. I am joined again by Fourth Generation Meaghan Frank from Dr Konstantin Frank . This episode we are talking and tasting their Gewürztraminer and Cabernet Franc whilst talking about over varieties they produce such as Rkatsiteli. You'll also learn about a new series in their wine...