Talking of Wine

Back again and, after flirting with a hiatus, clearly looking to make up for lost time. A simple episode on Regions of the world very quickly became an out of control epic. Overrunning, Wadsack unleashed, the episode went into hyperdrive and so has been edited into two parts. This, the first, deftly weaves the journeys of some grapes throughout the world. From the Dynastic Carmenet family of grape...

With Joe wandering the markets and festivals across the land, he left me to catch up with Paul from Wildwood vineyard. Frost threats have nearly passed, are the bougies still out or not? Have the buds burst or have they been nipped? What is 'charge' (pronounced a la Francaise)? A relatively quiet month, it gave the chance to look back a bit over the earlier months of the year before motoring on to...

Back, better late than never! Terre is the French for soil but how do we translate 'Terroir'? Here we try and lift the lid on this slightly mystical topic. Joe compares vines to factory workers and recalls school blackboards. Ever dreamed in a foreign language? And what on earth is CATSUIT? (It is nothing to do with cosplay). Few little tech gremlins again, apologies Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...

This is the first of series of bonus episodes. Each month we will be talking to vineyard owner and most excellent grower of grapes, Dr Paul Olding. The idea is to map out the journey of a grape, from vine to bottle. The month of April sees the vines waking up from winter hibernation only to be immediately met with the threat of frost. Paul explains the risks that this poses to the year's crop and...

Varietal, variety, or even cultivar? This episode puts broad brushstrokes to the role of grape selection in the making of wine. Speaking of brushstrokes there's even some art history, Chagall and Klimt (or is it Kandinsky?), a bit of Footballers Wives and even some changing of lightbulbs. Its all here… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It appears we couldn't get everything we wanted to say into one episode so we bunged it into another. Good thing to as it meant we could even answer our first listener question in our new segment, The Listener Bin. In this episode we discuss traditional wine merchants, The Wine Society and what life may sound like at the bottom of an empty port bottle Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...

Now we know the history of wine and what it is, we need to get ourselves some. From an English market perspective but hopefully the principals can be applied to other countries. From Supermarket to Independent merchants, each have their own qualities. What is the "Magic 80"? What is a "Gondola" in a supermarket? The loss of Oddbins its all here in this latest episode, all with fewer sound gremlins...

As a catalyst to ignite a social occasion through to a new powerful investment opportunity, wine can be different things to different people. From Plato to Hemingway, professionals to casual enthusiasts. In this episode we discuss the social presentations of wine and why it is such a great drink. Grab yourself a glass of fermented fruit juice and listen along. Sound Warning: We were aware of the t...

Every week, Joe Wadsack and I, Richard Avery, will have a chat and talk all things wine. This is a trailer where you can hopefully get a taste for it all and be tempted back for more. The aim will be to drop a new episode each week. Cheers. Santé. Slaínte! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A quick little introduction to what we hope to deliver from this podcast. If nothing else you might get a few more points in your Pub Quiz Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In a fit of bold ambition we thought, for our first episode, we would distil the first 6,ooo years of wine making into a half hour podcast. From Ancient Sumer through to rampant vine-root eating bugs, with a 'blood' splattered crusader and a drunk Persian Princess along the way, we chat through our Brief History of Wine. Sound Warning: We are aware that there are teething problems with the sound o...