Interpreting Wine Podcast

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If you know someone who would enjoy this episode please share the direct link: www.interpretingwine.com/425 If you really enjoyed it please leave the episode an iTunes review on the same link. Thanks! 👌👌 We finish our brief tour of Organic Spain with a podcast first, an island producer from Mallorca, Bàrbara Mesquida Mora, Mesquida Mora, growing on 20 hectares across 8 plots. Our first stop with...

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 Learn more about Diplomatherapy here: www.interpretingwine.com/d3help   Today's episode of the podcast is a Rosé tasting for Diploma students with Anne McHale MW.  En route to becoming an MW, Anne collected three awards for outstanding achievement, covering both the theory and tasting components. Calibrate your palate with Anne's as she assesses the 2019 Provence rosé from Le Grand Cros at WSET L...

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Vivien concludes coverage of an amazing wine tasting at Lady of the Grapes organised jointly with Corney & Barrow Wine Merchants for a celebration of women in the wine industry. We hear her origin story and international experience before returning to Hungary and taking up the winemaker position at Barta Winery in the Tokaji region. Before leading a tasting of three of her furmints, all available...

Wendy Outhwaite continues coverage of an amazing wine tasting at Lady of the Grapes organised jointly with Corney & Barrow Wine Merchants for a celebration of women in the wine industry. She talks experimentation and we learn why she thinks English wine production  is so exciting at the moment. Before leading a tasting of three of her wines. All available in the UK with Corney and Barrow via the l...

Rebecca Palmer kicks off coverage of an amazing wine tasting at Lady of the Grapes organised jointly with Corney & Barrow Wine Merchants for a celebration of women in the wine industry. She answers four questions covering her progression in the industry which delivers fascinating insight for anyone who is interested in what it's like to work in wine.   Please consider leaving a rating and review w...