Wine 101

Wrapping up our Bordeaux series with a breakdown of the wine styles you will encounter form the three (four?) regions of the Right Bank known as The Libournais. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How did the Right Bank of Bordeaux become the Right Bank? Let's do some history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Now that we have a nice in-depth understanding of the history of Bordeaux let's dive into each of the four famous communes that house the Classed Growth and get into what they're all about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A quick supplemental episode as the holidays roll over us about the town and region that lost to Bordeaux and its wine region that endures today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bordeaux becomes the largest and most popular fine wine region in the world as Napoleon the third showcases the best of France Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Out of the ashes of war, Bordeaux sees its rise on the horizon as the Dutch begin to dominate trade across the world leading to land reclamation in the Medoc. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is part one of a series where we dive deep and head first into the history of Bordeaux. How did this region get to where it is today? Through poets and kings, wars and weddings, and from antiquity to the Hundreds Year War, Bordeaux's story begins. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does it mean to have diversity in wine? What does it look like and how can we continue to work towards absolute equality in this industry? For the last episode of the season, I say down with Reggie Leonard III, co-founder of Virginia's Oenoverse and the Two Up Wine Down Festival to talk about what it all means and what we can do to further inclusivity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...

I sat down with Alex Schrecengost Founder of Virtual With Us and Culture With US who has experienced the full WSET program. We talked about how she got to WSET, what the levels involved and what she took away from the program. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yeast comes up a lot on his podcast and in your wine world but what is this little single-celled critter and how does it work? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s a building block of wine and crucial to color and age worthiness. Let’s break down tannin, literally Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's a word you will come across the further you get into wine. It can be a bit confusing and has a few meanings so let's dive in. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is it odd that a rot is noble? Not in the wine world! In this episode, we get down with the nature science behind this humid phenomenon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

THe word Brix sounds cool and is popping up more and more in our consumer wine world. In the episode, we get a little geeky with some science and a dose of history to understand this very cool-looking word. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's a term being displayed more and more on winemaker websites as well as e-commerce so what is residual sugar and how does it affect wine and your palate? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we break down and break out of the confusion surrounding this prevalent process in winemaking. Let's do some science! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode with dive into the history and science behind this, sometimes confusing concept and winemaking process. Is it a good thing? A bad thing? It's complicated. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the first of a series of "keyword" episodes let's break down the meaning of the term Negociant. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we break down the En Primeur phenomenon of buying wine almost two years before it's bottled. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Blind tasting is fun! It's not a completion (although it can be) and not a must. You could enjoy wine and never blind but blinding can help you enjoy wine. Let's explain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Keith takes a deep dive into what an AVA is. The history was covered in the History of American Wine series in season three but is an AVA really in the modern sense of today's wine world? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From the soil to the vine. In the episode we break down the idea of vine training; what does it mean, how is it used and how does it benefit wine? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we dive deep into the earth. Well, the bedrock at least. Let's a general sense of what soil is when it comes to wine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Scott Kozel, winemaker at Frei Brothers and the greater Costal California zones, talks about how to maintain quality as wine production scales up. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Matt Steel Director, of Central Coast Winemaking at Gallo comes on the pod to help wrap our heads around this vast winemaking region Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.