Wine Chat with Cal (and Cam)

This week Cal and Cam explore what is on offer in the Atlantic South West of France, while pondering why it hasn't risen to the same level of fame as its neighbour Bordeaux...neighbordeax!

This week in Wine Chat, Cal and Cam return to Bordeaux. They've left "Affordeaux" behind and looking at the history of the Cru system and some of politics around it. Its Bordeaux Deux. Bordeux!

Cal enjoys a blind tasting and vibrant discussion with Lucian Fitzgerald of Bar Lulu in The Rocks in Sydney.

This episode is all about Bordeaux. Although Bordeaux is home to some of France's most expensive wines, this week Cal and Cam are focusing on the more affordable wines from the region. Get onboard for Affordeaux.

This week Cal ad Cam begin their French Tour in earnest starting in the Loire Valley in France's North West. Stretching across 1,000 km the Loire is home to some of France's most exciting and dynamic wines, yet still remains a region that is overlooked by international markets.

This week on Wine Chat, Cal and Cam finally dive into the deep barrel that is the French Wine regions. Before we get into any specific regions, we need to talk about Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée, France's official system for classifying wine.

This week Cal and Cam delve into fining agents, and the contention surrounding their use. Quite the thread on quite the cable knit jumper.

This week Cal spoke to Nic Midgley of Abinett wines, owner of a small scale winery located in Marrickville of all places. Nic's Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/abinett_wine/ - Website were you can buy her wine  https://abinettwine.com.au/ On the 23rd Nic will be pouring her wines at Famelia in Enmore, more information here  https://www.famelia.com.au/products/winemaker-tasting-nichola-mid...

As we approach the end of our journey through faults and taints we reach the obscure and unusual flaws. Some of the harmless, some of them lost to time, and some of them just weird.

This week Cal and Cam look at the ying and yang that is Oxidation and Reduction in wine. Some of the most common yet often the most poorly understood wine faults.

Get your mousetraps ready, this week Cal and Cam tackle one of the most objectionable faults in wine - mousiness, and other undesirable faults caused by Lactic Acid Bacteria.

This week Cal and Cam discuss what it means to be "Bretty". One of the more controversial faults, Brettanomyces is commonly misunderstood and has even been lauded as a sign of quality and terroir.

In this episode of Wine Chat, Cal and Cam talk Cork, Taint, and everything in-between.

Continuing their course of Wine Faults, this week Cal and Cam look at Volatile Activity - when wine becomes vinegar.

Cal and Cam start a new course looking at wine faults. Is there such a thing as too perfect?

We return this week to continue our conversation around ferment health. This week we’re specifically looking at stuck and faulty ferments, how to diagnose them and what can you do about them.

This week we start our two-part look at fermentation and the Fun-Guys who make it happen. Cal is drinking something surprising this week.

This week at wine chat we have our first ever interview. Cal sat down with James and Dario from the Sydney Amateur Winemakers Club. To talk about the club and it's history. If you would like to join up with the Sydney Amateur Winemakers Club you can visit their website https://www.sydneyawc.com/ or send them an email sydneyawclub@gmail.com

We are heading to the volcanic Canary Islands, a particularly unique microcosm of Spanish Winemaking

This week on our Spanish Wine Tour, we head to Jerez. Jerez is known for producing one of the most drunk varieties of Fortified Wine - Sherry. Music featured: Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs performed by Kelsey Grammer

We start our tour of Spain and its wine regions in earnest. First up, Rioja - lets be honest. Its the reason we're all here.

Welcome to Wine Chat. In this unit we will explore the wines of Spain - but first we need to look at Spain as a whole before we get into the regions proper. Pop a cork and join us on this viticultural voyage.