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Wine Mojo – 2011 Hospice du Rhone Another eagerly awaited seminar from the 2011 HdR was this in-depth look at the Central Coast wines of Joey Tensley (Tensley Wines) and the Sonoma County wines of Morgan Twain-Peterson (Bedrock Wine Co.). Many of the attendees were probably already familiar with Tensley’s wines, but this was a chance to get the seemingly taciturn winemaker [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Conversation with Louis-Fabrice Latour, President of Maison Louis Latour Louis-Fabrice Latour is the seventh generation to run the family-owned Louis Latour business, taking over as President in 1999. Born in Beaune in 1964, he is the son of Louis Latour, current Chairman of Maison Louis Latour. Louis-Fabrice is president of the association of Burgundy négociants and president of the French national wine and spirit [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2011 Hospice du Rhone Seminar – The Rhone Valley The first seminar from the 2011 Hospice du Rhone, was designed as an introduction to the Rhone Valley at large, the 2nd largest wine producing region in France. As with an introduction to anything, there is no way to fully cover the Rhone Valley in a single seminar. Thus, three producers were selected to discuss [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Rigorous Life of a Wine Critic: Josh Raynolds As the Assistant Editor of Stephen Tanzer’s International Wine Cellar (IWC) and a contributor to winophilia.com, Tanzer’s online wine magazine, Josh is a very busy guy. He has been responsible for the IWC’s annual reviews of the wines of California’s Sonoma Valley and Central Coast, Oregon, Chile, Spain, France’s Loire Valley, Champagne, Mâcon, Beaujolais, Rhône [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Lot Series with Cameron Hughes Cameron Hughes makes a “lot” of wine. Growing up in Modesto, California, wine was never far Cameron’s line of sight. In fact, his entry into the wine business could have easily been considered a foregone conclusion. His father, Steve Hughes invited him to work one summer in support of his direct-marketing team at his wine [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tour of Chile – The Bonus Reel Join us as Jay sits down with his fellow journalist to discuss their terrific trip to Chile’s wine Country. For More Information: Sponsor: Wine Berserkers – Wine Board: www.wineberserkers.com Click Below to Play the Show: Show #292 (19:38min 14MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tour of Chile – Part 3 Join us for Part 3, as we talk with representatives from Viña Santa Rita, Concha Y Toro, Veramonte, and Casablanca. For More Information: For More Information: www.santarita.com/international/home Concha Y Toro – www.conchaytoro.com Veramonte – www.veramonte.com Casablanca – www.casablancawinery.com Sponsor: Wine Berserkers – Wine Board: www.wineberserkers.com Click Below to Play the Show: Show #291 (48:36min 35MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tour of Chile – Part 2 Join us for Part 2, as we talk with representatives from Casa Lapostolle, Viña Montes, Viñedos y Bodega Apaltagua, and Cousiño Macul. For More Information: www.casalapostolle.com Viñedos y Bodega Apaltagua – www.apaltagua.com Cousiño Macul – www.cousinomacul.com Viña Montes – www.monteswines.com Sponsor: Wine Berserkers – Wine Board: www.wineberserkers.com Click Below to Play the Show: Show #290 [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tour of Chile – Part 1 Although it is considered New World, Chile has been growing wine since the 16th century, when the Spanish conquistadors brought vitis vinifera vines with them during their colonization of the region. About the mid-18th century, several French grape varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Carmenère were also introduced to the region. Chile’s five viticultural [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Discover Piedmont The Piemonte wine region lies in the northwestern corner of Italy. The Piedmont produces more DOC/G wines by volume than any other Italian wine region with nearly 84% of all the areas wine production falling under a DOC/G designation. While Barbera is the most widely-planted grape in the region, Nebbiolo and Dolcetto account for a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Napa Road Trip Like the grapes themselves, every year seems to bring a new crop of wineries to California. And, while Napa Valley is no exception, we recently found a couple of not-so-newcomers to the region, Sommerston and Hidden Ridge, who have been doing some interesting things, if a bit undetected. First, we’ll visit with Craig Becker, winemaker [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Young Burgundian Vignerons Visit World of Pinot Noir 2011 Rusty Gaffney and Jay Selman have a casual and intimate conversation with Alexandrine Roy and Thomas Bouley, participants in the “Young Turks of Burgundy” tasting at the World of Pinot Noir. We were impressed by their charm and willingness to share their insights into the role of young vignerons in Burgundy today and their impressions [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Making Sense of Puzzling Wine Shipping Laws This program features a conversation with David White, the founder and editor of Terroirist.com, a daily wine blog. A wine writer in Washington DC, David’s work has appeared in dozens of publications, including The World of Fine Wine, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and Reuters. He is a 2011 fellowship winner from Symposium [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Humboldt’s Other Crop – Wine Born and raised in La Canada and Pasadena, John Cabot may have seemed an unlikely candidate to settle in the upper reaches of the redwood-filled part of California. But, John seemed destined to till the earth as a farmer, leaving behind his expected role in the family business. Ironically, the Cabot family business also has [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Auction Napa Valley 2010 Welcome to our video podcast: Auction Napa Valley 2010 – Video Show #93. Right Click Here to Download File and iPhone users – Click here to View Video If you’re into food and wine, the Auction Napa Valley is pretty much the center of the universe. Comprised of four days of incredible wine and food, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Temecula – A Case of Preconceived Notions One doesn’t immediately think of Temecula when they think of California wine regions. Yet, along with the North Coast and the Central Coast, there is also a South Coast wine-growing region – a region which includes the Temecula Valley AVA. Located in a semi-rural section of Southern California’s Riverside County, the Temecula Valley is about [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Distillation – The Birth of Cognac Welcome to our video podcast: Cognac Distillation – Video Show #92. Right Click Here to Download File and iPhone users – Click here to View Video Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website First Sideways – Now Vertical Widely known as author of the novel, Sideways, which of course spawned the hit movie of the same name, screenwriter Rex Pickett has now created a sequel, appropriately named, Vertical. Yes, it’s another wine-related road trip book involving Miles and Jack. This time, however, they’re traveling to Oregon’s Willamette Valley to swirl some more Pinot [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Allen Meadows and the Wines of Domaine Fourrier Allen Meadows, a.k.a. Burghound, moderated this entertaining Seminar featuring the owner and winemaker of Domaine Fourrier, Jean Marie Fourrier. Domaine Fourrier has a four generation history in Gevrey-Chambertain and was one of the first Domaines in Burgundy to export wine to the United States. The Domaine experienced a revitalization with the arrival of Jean Marie [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wine Appraisal If it can be said that wine tasting is subjective, it probably follows that the monetary value of wine is even more subjective. Whether it’s the price of a single bottle, an auction lot, or an entire collection, the estimated value of that wine becomes one of the most important factors in determining its [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Scent of Black Welcome to our video podcast: The Scent of Black – Video Show #91. [NOTE: If you have a slower internet connection or experience playback problems, please try the YouTube version.] Right Click Here to Download File and iPhone users – Click here to View Video In the Cahors region of France, black truffles are almost [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Culture of Food and Wine Ever wonder what food and wine experiences are like in other countries? How about culinary traditions in other countries? Well, Summer Whitford (aka, the Food and Wine Diva) has written a book detailing several country’s cultural traditions and culinary customs in “Join Us at The Embassy.” Summer brings her experience as a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The 2010 World of Pinot Noir Welcome to our video podcast: The 2010 World of Pinot Noir – Video Show #90. Join us at the 2010 World of Pinot Noir in beautiful Shell Beach, CA as we ask the really, really, really hard pinot noir questions that must be answered! – Why is Pinot Noir a good wine for Newbies? [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wine Chat with GrapeRadio With 2010 drawing to a close, the GrapeRadio bunch thought it might be interesting to have a little round-table discussion about issues that have occurred to us during the past year. Right out of the gate, we wondered what people do for wines at Thanksgiving. Do you cater to your guests, or do [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website We’ve Come a Long Way Baby – Past, Present, and Future – The Wines of South Africa The first seminar from the 2010 Hospice du Rhône, was an introduction to all that has been happening lately with Syrah in South Africa. Appropriately titled, “We’ve Come a Long Way Baby”, the seminar did indeed give us a glimpse of how things used to be, and what they have become. Photo above – (Andrea Mullineux, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 20 Years of Williams Selyem – Part 2 As most people know, Burt and Ed sold the winery to John and Kathe Dyson in 1998, and Bob Cabral became new winemaker with the impossible task of replacing a legend in the wine world. Bob has strived to continue the tradition of excellence in crafting Williams Selyem wines, thus making the idea of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 20 Years of Williams Selyem – Part 1 In March of 2010, the World of Pinot Noir was celebrating its Tenth Anniversary. Something special ought to be done, the organizers thought. How about making one of the seminars a ten-year retrospective tasting from a well-known winery? Yes, that would be something special. However, when the retrospective covers ten years of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Wines of CP Lin – Cult Winery Mountford Estate Today show features the world’s only blind winemaker, C.P. Lin, of Cult Winery Mountford Estate in New Zealand Taiwan-born C.P. Lin was a brilliant mathematics student at University of Canterbury who became captivated by wine through participation in a social wine club on campus. He realized early on that he had an extremely well-developed sense [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tasting 2008 Oregon Pinot Noir The 2008 vintage for Oregon Pinot Noir may be the greatest this decade and some have claimed it the best vintage in Oregon’s modern winegrowing history. I know you have heard this type of vintage hype many times before, but 2008 is the bomb in Oregon! The wines possess perfect balance with moderate alcohols and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wine, the Web, and Jancis Robinson Jancis Robinson has been writing about wine since 1975, authoring some of the world’s most respected books on the subject. She is a wine correspondent of the London Financial Times, and the first non-trade Master of Wine as well an OBE. She considers herself a contemporary of Robert Parker, as well as the author [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website All About Comté – Part 2 Welcome to our video podcast: Comte – The Art of Cheese – Part 2 – Video Show #89. If you like cheese, you’re probably familiar with Comté. This French semi-hard cheese made from unpasteurized cow’s milk has been produced for hundreds of years, and is still traditionally made in more than 190 [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website All About Comté – Part 1 Welcome to our video podcast: Comte – The Art of Cheese – Part 1 – Video Show #88. Right Click Here to Download File and iPhone users – Click here to View Video If you like cheese, you’re probably familiar with Comté. This French semi-hard cheese made from unpasteurized cow’s milk has [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Alice Feiring on Wine Alice Feiring should be no stranger to those who follow the personalities in the world of wine. An unapologetic Francophile and something of a firebrand, Alice considers herself “the leading Natural Wine Advocate in this country,” which puts her in direct conflict with influential wine critic Robert Parker, and those who seemingly favor Parker’s [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sonoma County Road Trip We decided to make a trek up to Sonoma County to visit with a few personalities from the Kendall-Jackson stable of wineries. Our first stop was to visit with Melissa Stackhouse, winemaker for La Crema. The love for farming came naturally for Melissa, having spent summers on her grandparents’ farm in rural Minnesota. But, it was [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Châteauneuf du Pape – Ask the Wine Maker #5 Welcome to our video podcast: Châteauneuf du Pape – Ask the Wine Maker – Video Show #87. Right Click Here to Download File and iPhone users – Click here to View Video On his recent trip to the Chateauneuf-Du-Pape, Robert Kenney was able to ask several well-known winemakers our last big question: “Why do [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Châteauneuf du Pape – Ask the Wine Maker #4 Welcome to our video podcast: Châteauneuf du Pape – Ask the Wine Maker – Video Show #86. Right Click Here to Download File and iPhone users – Click here to View Video On his recent trip to the Chateauneuf-Du-Pape, Robert Kenney was able to ask several well-known winemakers our final burning question: “What do [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Châteauneuf du Pape – Ask the Wine Maker #3 Welcome to our video podcast: Châteauneuf du Pape – Ask the Wine Maker – Video Show #85. Right Click Here to Download File and iPhone users – Click here to View Video On his recent trip to the Chateauneuf-Du-Pape, Robert Kenney was able to ask several well-known winemakers another of our burning questions: “What’s [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Châteauneuf du Pape – Ask the Wine Maker #2 Welcome to our video podcast: Châteauneuf du Pape – Ask the Wine Maker – Video Show #84. Right Click Here to Download File and iPhone users – Click here to View Video On a recent trip to the Chateauneuf-Du-Pape, Robert Kenney was able to ask several well-known winemakers one of our usual burning questions: [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Châteauneuf du Pape – Ask the Wine Maker #1 Welcome to our video podcast: Châteauneuf du Pape – Ask the Wine Maker – Video Show #83. Right Click Here to Download File and iPhone users – Click here to View Video On a recent trip to the Chateauneuf-Du-Pape, Robert Kenny and Robert Farinhas was able to ask winemakers one of our burning questions: [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sustainability in the Vineyards In wine growing, the word “sustainability” gets bandied about frequently. So, what’s it really mean? Obviously, sustainability is the ability to continue on…to endure. So, with wine growing the term will usually mean that the grower uses farming methods that are least likely to harm the environment in general, and the farm [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Wine of Alsace Wines from Alsace – are they more German or more French? Well, they’re a little of both, owing not the least to its geographical location on France’s eastern border and on the west bank of the upper Rhine adjacent to Germany. Vines have been cultivated in Alsace for more than 2,000 years, thanks to the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Randall Grahm on Bonny Doon Named after a logging camp in the idyllic region of California’s Santa Cruz Mountains, Bonny Doon Vineyard began as one man’s attempt to wade into wine with both feet and hands. As with many of us, Randall Grahm’s journey began innocently enough. Mix in a little Beverly Hills upbringing, a UC Santa Cruz [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Casa Lapostolle and the Wines of Chile Although it is considered New World, Chile has been growing wine since the 16th century, when the Spanish conquistadors brought vitis vinifera vines with them during their colonization of the region. About the mid-18th century, several French grape varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Carmenère were also introduced to the region. Chile’s five viticultural [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Wines of Domaine Bouchard The name Bouchard Pere et Fils should be a familiar one to all fans of the wines from Burgundy. Tracing their wine roots back to the Eighteenth Century, the Bouchard family began as wine merchants in Beaune, purchasing their first vineyard in 1731. Over the course of time, Bouchard Père et Fils would [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website One Up Human nature is a funny thing. Many people (but especially guys) really want to appear to be “in-the-know” or always right about numerous things – the business world, politics, cars, sports, restaurants, and of course…wine. Just ask a fellow wine geek about his latest acquisition, and he’ll likely be able to go on [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Hospice du Rhone – 2009 Ask the Wine Maker Welcome to our video podcast: Hospice du Rhone – 2009 Ask the Wine Maker – Video Show #82. The HdR is a two-day event featuring wine seminars, library and Grand tastings, and a unique opportunity to meet and talk with people who are at the forefront of the increasingly popular Rhône varietal movement throughout the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Champagne Warrior Mention Champagne to people, and their eyes just light up. Thoughts of New Year’s Eve, wedding toasts, and other celebratory events jump immediately to mind. But, Champagne is a wine, first and foremost, and shouldn’t be relegated to some once-in-awhile beverage. So, how does one find out more about its versatility? Well, fortunately, we’ve invited [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Riedel – What’s in Your Cabinet? Each year, Hospice du Rhône produces an exciting three-day wine event that is regarded as the single most educational and enjoyable gathering of international Rhône wine producers and enthusiasts. Attendees are treated to four in-depth wine seminars, a well as wine tastings and some great meals. But, arguably the most valuable aspect of this [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Woman’s Touch: A Conversation with Theresa Heredia of Freestone Vineyards The California Pinot Noirs that tend to draw the attention of the critics and enthusiasts are ones that are single vineyard bottlings that stick their chest out and claim to be terroir-driven. In truth, the wines are often highly extracted, high in alcohol, generously oaked, and darkly colored, so loud and powerful that terroir [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Wines of Shea Wine Cellars – A Tasting Review It should come as no surprise that one of our favorite things to do is taste wine. Well, Grape Radio’s Rusty Gaffney (aka, The Prince of Pinot) invited us to take part in a tasting of wines from Oregon’s Shea Vineyard – specifically, the wines made by Shea Wine Cellars from Estate fruit. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bitten by the Wine Bug Shane Finley had been bitten by the wine bug. So, in 2001 he decided to ditch the New York corporate insurance world and try his hand at something different – making wine. After contacting Wells Guthrie at Copain to ask about an opportunity to intern, Shane packed his worldly belongings and headed for [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 25 Years of Wine with Kevin Zraly Justifiably recognized for his creation of the famous wine list at Windows on the World restaurant, Kevin Zraly is also a wine author and wine educator. He recently celebrated his 33th anniversary as the founder and teacher of the immensely popular Windows on the World Wine School that has graduated over 19,000 students since [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Murcia: Soul of a Land Welcome to our video podcast: Murcia: Soul of a Land – Video Show #78. Right Click Here to Download File and iPhone users – Click here to View Video The Murcia region of Spain attracts millions of tourists every year, mostly for its pristine beaches bathed by the warm Mediterranean climate. But, Murcia [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Italian Wines with Antonio Galloni Understanding Italian wines always seems to represent a stumbling block for most Americans. Aside from the obvious language issues, there are a substantially wide variety of wine regions and grapes in the country. So, we felt it was time to call in an expert to break things down for us. Antonio Galloni’s [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The World of Wine in 2009 With 2009 drawing to a close, the GrapeRadio bunch thought it might be interesting to have a little round-table discussion about the changes that the past year brought to us – and there were plenty of changes! The economy certainly led the parade, and to a large extent directed many of the events that followed [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2009 Hospice du Rhone – Sommeliers Gone Wild Each year, Hospice du Rhône produces an exciting three-day wine event held in Paso Robles, California. Regarded as the single most educational and enjoyable gathering of international Rhône wine producers and enthusiasts, attendees are treated to four in-depth wine seminars, two large-scale wine tastings, in addition to some great meals. But, arguably the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Food and Wine with Michael Chiarello With a resume that reads like road map to success, it is absolutely no wonder that award winning chef Michael Chiarello has accomplished so much in the world of food and wine in such a relatively short period of time. Born and raised in California, Michael has known what he wanted to do [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2009 Pinot Days – Seminar 1 – Part 2 We continue with our coverage of the 2009 Pinot Days in San Francisco, by spending some additional time at the focus tastings. These tastings examine the wines of different producers, each drawing fruit from a specific vineyard. The wines are bagged (single blind), then placed into individual flights and tasted by the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2009 Pinot Days – Seminar 1 – Part 1 At our recent visit to the 2009 Pinot Days in San Francisco, we spent some rewarding time at the focus tastings that have become a hallmark of the SF event. These tastings really ‘get into’ the wines of each producer, with an introduction to the vineyard as well as the specific growing area by [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Wines of Kumeu River Kumeu River Wines was established in 1944 when Mick and Katé Brajkovich and their son Maté first came to the small country settlement of Kumeu, about 20 km northwest of Auckland City, New Zealand. When Mick died in 1949, Maté and Katé continued to tend the vines and make the wine. In 1958 Maté [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website In Search of Bacchus – Part 1 George M. Taber is author of the “Judgment of Paris: California vs. France and the historic 1976 Paris Tasting,” a book chronicling the famous tasting where American wines bested the French in a blind competition. George has also authored “To Cork or Not to Cork: Tradition, Romance, Science, and the Battle for the Wine [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website In Search of Bacchus – Part 2 Enjoy part 2. Click Below to Play the Show: Part 2 Show #251 B (46:13 min 33MB) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Napa Road Show It’s always a pleasure to visit Northern California’s Wine Country. There’s so much to see and do – as well as taste and smell. With this in mind, we were quite pleased to accompany a small group recently, and head up to Napa and Sonoma to visit to with some familiar wineries; plus, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Napa Road Show It’s always a pleasure to visit Northern California’s Wine Country. There’s so much to see and do – as well as taste and smell. With this in mind, we were quite pleased to accompany a small group recently, and head up to Napa and Sonoma to visit to with some familiar wineries; plus, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2009 World of Pinot Noir Welcome to our video podcast: 2009 World of Pinot Noir – Video Show #77. Right Click Here to Download File and iPhone users – Click here to View Video The World of Pinot event, held annually in Shell Beach, California, celebrates all the best things about the “heartbreak grape.” From France’s Burgundy region [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Henri Gouges and the 2009 World of Pinot Noir Henri Gouges is an important figure in the history of Burgundy. Along with Marquis D’Angerville, he waged war against fraud in Burgundy in the 1920s, in the 1930s he helped delineate the crus in Burgundy for the Institut National d’Appellation d’Origine, and in 1933 challenged the negociants by bottling his wine at the Domaine [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website For the Love of Food and Wine What is it that distinguishes the quality and reputation of a fine restaurant? Without question, drive, desire and talent are all necessary – indeed, these would be major components the the restaurant’s success. However, there should also be little doubt that one’s passion for food and wine might be the single most important [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Whole Foods and Wine More and more frequently, consumers are seeking out natural food products. The reasons are numerous – these products may be healthier, or safer, or more nutritious, or a combination thereof. This in turn has spawned a movement in the grocery industry to focus on carrying such items. With retail stores in the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Norton Grape - Chrysalis Vineyards Welcome to our video podcast: Norton Grape - (Chrysalis Vineyards) - Video Show #76. Right Click Here to Download File and iPhone users - Click here to View Video Many people think of Zinfandel as “America’s Grape,” largely due to the venerable age of its many vineyards. However, it is the Norton grape [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website In the Lab - Chrysalis Vineyards Welcome to our video podcast: In the Lab -Chrysalis Vineyards - Video Show #75. Right Click Here to Download File and iPhone users - Click here to View Video Winemaking – is it art or science? Well, winemakers themselves will be the first to tell you it’s a bit of both. Obviously, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Oregon and the Wines of Eyrie Vineyards Jason Lett took over the winemaking reigns at The Eyrie Vineyards beginning with the 2005 vintage. His father, David Lett, founded The Eyrie Vineyards in the Dundee Hills of the Willamette Valley in 1966 becoming the first to successfully plant and vinify Pinot Noir and Pinot Gris in the Willamette Valley. The Eyrie [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Wines of Jerez - Part 2 Welcome to our video podcast: Jerez - Part 2 - Video Show #74. Right Click Here to Download File and iPhone users - Click here to View Video Located in the Andalusia region in southwestern Spain, the city of Jerez has become synonymous with the production of Sherry. Dating back to Moorish times [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Wines of Jerez - Part 1 Welcome to our video podcast: Jerez - Part 1- Video Show #73. Right Click Here to Download File and iPhone users - Click here to View Video Many of us are familiar with the name Sherry, but admittedly know little about the wine – or for that matter, the area that is famous for [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Versatility of Cognac As the saying goes, all Cognac is brandy - but not all brandy is Cognac. Cognac is distilled wine, or brandy, and often referred to as eau de vie. Of course, in order to be called Cognac, the brandy must be made according to strictly-defined regulations, and it must also come from the Cognac [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Château Pichon-Longueville Welcome to our video podcast: Château Pichon-Longueville - Video Show #72. Right Click Here to Download File and iPhone users - Click here to View Video It was during the 17th Century that Jacques de Pichon, Baron de Longueville, and his father-in-law, Pierre de Rauzan, first established the vineyard of Pichon-Longueville. This estate, in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Billionaire’s Vinegar with Ben Wallace In 1985, Michael Broadbent found himself conducting a wine auction for what seemed to be the rarest of wines - a bottle of Château Lafite apparently once owned by Thomas Jefferson. It was a standing-room only crowd, as the bidding for Lot 337 began. Among the bidders was Kip Forbes, son of publisher Malcolm Forbes [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Thomas Rivers Brown Thomas Rivers Brown (or TRB to the Internet denizens) is one of the most well-know young winemakers today in the Napa Valley. Originally from Sumter, South Carolina, Thomas developed his first interest in wine – a Burgundy, of course - while studying at the University of Virginia. Expanding his new found attraction, Thomas traveled [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website BBQ and Wine When people think of BBQ, or smoked meats, or even backyard grilling, the thought of pairing the food with wine is understandably not the first thing to cross their minds. Given the various kinds of wood available to cook or smoke the food, as well as many types of sauces and rubs used to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Esser Vineyards and Wine Marketing Welcome to our video podcast: Esser Vineyards - Video Show #71. Right Click Here to Download File iPhone users - Click here to View Video German-born Manfred Esser began his wine career as a salesman for a large European winery. In 1974, he came to the United States to build a wine import and marketing [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Economy and Wine What impact has the worst economic recession since the 1930’s had on the world wine trade and on US wine consumption? Have US consumers changed their wine drinking habits because of the current recession? Or is wine truly recession-proof? Join us, as Ted Burns and Brian Clark discuss wine and the economy with two leading [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Alcohol Levels and Wine Have the alcohol levels in wine gotten too high? And, just what is too high? It’s a controversial subject, and one with many opinions about its relevance in today’s wines. Some say it doesn’t matter at all - “it’s just a number.” Others counter that it takes away from the wine [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Oregon’s Willamette Valley Possibly no other grape variety is as subject to the differences of terroir, as is Pinot Noir. And, no discussion or tasting of Pinot Noir would be complete without including Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Located West and South of Portland, the Willamette Valley is 150 miles long and nearly 60 miles wide, with 200 [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Wines of Virginia Virginians have grown grapes for wine for four centuries, beginning first with the Jamestown settlers. Unfortunately, early efforts to grow vinifera in Virginia were unsuccessful. In the late 1700’s and early 1800’s, Thomas Jefferson cultivated European grapes but his Monticello vineyards never produced wine. George Washington, at Mount Vernon, was also unable to make wine [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Château Suduiraut - Part II Welcome to our video podcast: Château Suduiraut - Part II - Video Show #70. Right Click Here to Download File iPhone users - Click here to View Video The idea that wine was meant to pair harmoniously with food can sometimes create obvious misconceptions. For instance, in the case of Sauternes, one might automatically [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Château Suduiraut - Part I Welcome to our video podcast: Château Suduiraut - Part I - Video Show #69. Right Click Here to Download File iPhone users - Click here to View Video If you’re a fan of Bordeaux – especially the sweet wines of Sauternes - the name Château Suduiraut will be no stranger to you. This Sauternes [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The King of Zin After years of making wine out of their family home, Kent and Kathy Rosenblum took their love of winemaking to the next level and founded Rosenblum Cellars in 1978. In partnership with several close friends, and with Kathy acting as his assistant winemaker and helping with the crush, Kent made Rosenblum Cellars’ first vineyard [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website L’Ecole No. 41 - Part II - Bottling Welcome to our video podcast: L’Ecole Nº 41 - Part II - Video Show #68. Right Click Here to Download File iPhone users - Click here to View Video One of the more fascinating processes to watch in a winery is the act of bottling the wine, arguably the last step before the vintner bids [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website L’Ecole No. 41 - Part I Welcome to our video podcast: L’Ecole Nº 41 - Part I - Video Show #67. Right Click Here to Download File iPhone users - Click here to View Video Founded in 1983 by Jean and Baker Ferguson in Walla Wall, Washington, the L’Ecole Nº 41 winery is now owned and operated by their daughter and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Santa Margarita Ranch: A New AVA? Welcome to our video podcast: Santa Margarita Ranch: A New AVA? - Video Show #66. Right Click Here to Download File iPhone users - Click here to View Video On California’s Central Coast, half-way between the mision sites of San Luis Obispo and San Miguel, the Margarita Vineyard stands alone as the only vineyard in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mussels & Muscadet Welcome to our video podcast: Mussels & Muscadet - Video Show #65. Right Click Here to Download File iPhone users - Click here to View Video We are always looking for wine and food pairing opportunities. So, while in Naples, Florida, last year we just had to pay a visit to Jacques and Lysielle [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2008 Auction Napa Valley, Part 2 - Remembering Robert Mondavi Welcome to our video podcast 2008 Auction Napa Valley - Part 2 - Video Show #64. Right Click Here to Download File iPhone users - Click here to View Video Arguably the benchmark in charitable wine auctions, the Auction Napa Valley is held annually in (where else?) Napa Valley. Established by a group of Napa [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Update on our colleague, Brian Clark As our listeners are undoubtedly aware, our friend and colleague Brian Clark was injured in a terrible car accident in Paso Robles in early March. Well, we are now very pleased to report that Brian is doing much better, and has since been admitted to a fabulous rehabilitation facility near his Southern California home. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2008 Auction Napa Valley - Part 1 Welcome to our video podcast 2008 Auction Napa Valley - Part 1 - Video Show #63. Right Click Here to Download File iPhone users - Click here to View Video Arguably the benchmark in charitable wine auctions, the Auction Napa Valley is held annually in (where else?) Napa Valley. Established by a group of Napa [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Adams French Vineyards Welcome to our video podcast Adams French Vineyards - Video Show #62. Right Click Here to Download File iPhone users - Click here to View Video In 1993, billionaire Stephen Adams and his wife Denise were married at a country chapel in St.-Emilion, Bordeaux’s historic Right Bank city. This was the beginning of Adams’ fascination [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Black Ankle Vineyards - Maryland Welcome to our video podcast Black Ankle Vineyards- Video Show #61. Right Click Here to Download File One of the promising discoveries during our 2007 trip to visit some Mid-Atlantic wineries was Black Ankle Vineyards. Founders Ed Boyce and Sarah O’Herron decided to look for an alternative careers to Management Consulting, and their [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fiddlestix Vineyard: Sta. Rita Hills Welcome to our video podcast Fiddlestix Vineyard - Video Show #60. Right Click Here to Download File Located in the heart of the Sta. Rita Hills, Fiddlestix Vineyard is the brainchild of Kathy Joseph, proprietor of Fiddlehead Cellars. A UC Davis alumni, Kathy worked under Zelma Long at Simi Winery before branching out [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Château Petit-Village Welcome to our video podcast Château Petit-Village - Video Show #59. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File As with many of the Pomerol properties in Bordeaux, Château Petit-Village is actually devoid of a grand Château. Laid out in a triangular shape, the estate consists of 11 [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Andrew Jefford - A Day in the Life of a Wine Writer Welcome to our video podcast Andrew Jefford - Video Show #58. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File Andrew Jefford, the English author, journalist, editor, radio and television personality, and poet is a busy and very talented man. His passion for wine and writing has led to numerous [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wine Judging With a veritable sea of wine available to consumers, how can a winery get some individual recognition for the wines it produces? Well, one of the ways is to enter their wines into competitions or shootouts, to see how they fare to a group of wine judges. As President and founder of Affairs of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Château Cheval Blanc Welcome to our video podcast Château Cheval Blanc - Video Show #57. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File Certainly one of the most revered Châteaux in all of Bordeaux, Cheval Blanc holds an almost mystical power over admirers of the famed region. Located in Saint Emilion, the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Rhone Rangers, Paso Robles One of the missions of the Rhone Rangers, a non-profit wine education organization, is to educate the public by providing seminars and tastings that showcase Rhône varietal wines grown in America. What constitutes a Rhône varietal wine? Well, 75% of the wine’s content must include one or more of the traditional Rhône grape [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Wines of Cape Mentelle, Margaret River Born and raised in Western Australia, Rob Mann followed in the family tradition - oenology. After receiving his degree from University of Adelaide, Rob worked for Hardy’s in McLaren Vale, before returning home to pickup the reins at Cape Mentelle Vineyards in 2005 in Australia’s Margaret River region. Cape Mentelle was one of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Château Palmer - Video - Part 2 Welcome to our video podcast Château Palmer - Part 2 - Video Show #56. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File Château Palmer derives its name from Charles Palmer, an Englishman who owned the property from 1816-1853. An aide-de-camp of the Prince of Wales, Charles Palmer was [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Château Palmer - Video - Part 1 Welcome to our video podcast Château Palmer - Part 1 - Video Show #55. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File Château Palmer derives its name from Charles Palmer, an Englishman who owned the property from 1816-1853. The terroir at this Médoc estate dates from the Quaternary period, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Young Winemaker Making the Leap to Burgundy Ray Walker departs February 8, 2009 to set up the logistics for his negociant wine business in Burgundy. Only 27 years old, Ray left behind a promising career in the financial world a few years ago to pursue a career in winemaking. Smitten by Pinot Noir, and Burgundy in particular, Ray quite his [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Life With Maggie Let’s assume you’ve worked with Manfred Krankl at Sine Qua Non for the last eight years. What could you possibly do for an encore? Well, if you’re Maggie Harrison, you would become part of a venture to work with Oregon Pinot Noir. And then, you’d get to work on your own label [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sauvignon Blanc and Marlborough Located at the top of New Zealand’s South Island, Marlborough is home to the Kiwi’s largest wine growing region. Its international reputation has been cemented with the production of some excellent Sauvignon Blanc, along with some very nice Chardonnay and Riesling, and it is now flirting with Pinot Noir. However, fully one-third of the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Wines of Jonathan Maltus When Jonathan Maltus bought Château Teyssier in the early 1990s, he had big plans. Never mind that Château Teyssier was located in Vignonet, arguably the equivalent of the Outer Hebrides of St. Emilion, big plans could still come to fruition. The original estate had seen better days, but with the arrival of Jonathan and Lyn [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Boys of John Ash&Co: An Interview with Dan Kosta The Santa Rosa restaurant, John Ash & Co., has played a little know but remarkably important role in the history of Sonoma County wine. John Ash & Co. was known for spawning numerous innovative and progressive wine trends that have since become commonplace in restaurants today. Restaurant wine-by-the-glass service originated in California at [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Art of Blending Welcome to our video podcast - The Art of Blending - Video Show #54. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File Blending, or the combining of multiple ingredients, has always been part of the art of cooking. So too has it always been a part of wine [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2008 Hospice du Rhone - The Wines of E. Guigal To any fan of the wines from France’s Rhone Valley, the name Guigal needs no introduction - in fact it is as well known as Syrah itself. In fact, everyone attending the 4th seminar of the 2008 Hospice du Rhone was salivating to partake of these wines. Hosted by Phillippe Guigal, with additional [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Champagne Duval-Leroy Welcome to our video podcast Champagne Duval-Leroy - Video Show #53. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File Established in 1859 through the merger of two Champagne growers, Champagne Duval-Leroy is still a family business, handed down from father to son for 148 years. Carol Duval-Leroy has been [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Champagne Salon Welcome to our video podcast Champagne Salon - Video Show #52. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File Le Mesnil-sur-Oger, is south of Épernay in the middle of the Côte des Blancs, and is home to the House of Champagne Salon. Salon only produces one Champagne, the Cuvée [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Champagne Ruinart Welcome to our video podcast Champagne Ruinart - Video Show #51. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File Founded in 1721, the House of Ruinart was named after Benedictine monk Dom Thierry Ruinart. It is located at the entrance to the city of Reims, where crayères (Gallo-Roman chalk [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Champagne Roger Coulon Welcome to our video podcast Champagne Roger Coulon - Video Show #50. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File Champagne Roger Coulon is a classic example of a - Grower Champagne. Here in Vrigny, in the Montagne de Reims region of Champagne, Eric and Isabelle Coulon, are [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Linden Vineyards After purchasing an abandoned farm in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains in 1983, winegrower Jim Law began planting vines from cuttings and grafts in 1985. Varieties included Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Chardonnay, Vidal and Seyval. The first vintage was 1987 and Linden winery was opened in 1988. The relatively small 5,000 case production is Jim’s “sweet spot,” [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Champagne Jacquesson Welcome to our video podcast Champagne Jacquesson - Video Show #49. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File Champagne Jacquesson was founded in 1798 by Memmie Jacquesson and today stakes a claim as the oldest independent Champagne house. Purchased by the Chiquet family in 1974, Jacquesson is [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Champagne Pommery Welcome to our video podcast Champagne Pommery - Video Show #48. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File In 1836, the future Maison Pommery was begun by Narcisse Greno. He was joined by Louis Alexandre Pommery some 20 years later, and Henri Vasnier became the company’s financial backer. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Champagne of Dom Pérignon Welcome to our video podcast The Champagne of Dom Pérignon - Video Show #47. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File On our visit to Champagne, we had the opportunity to talk again with Richard Geoffroy, the Chef de Cave of Dom Pérignon, to get his perspective on [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Pomerol Seduction Although never officially classified, the wines of Pomerol have nonetheless been able to rise on their own merits to become some of the best, as well as some of the most expensive in Bordeaux. With its clay and gravel soils planted predominantly to Merlot and a lesser amount of Cabernet Franc, this small right-bank [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website In the Mind of Terry Theise As grower Champagnes appear with increasing frequency in the marketplace, we thought it was time to pop the hood (or cork) and take a closer look at them. The name “grower Champagne” is generally given to the sparkling wines of Champagne that are not produced by the larger houses, n�go�iants or coop�ratives. The [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2008 HdR - Conquistadors - The Reign in Spain It�s no secret that Spain is producing many of the world�s great wine produced from Rhone varietals. Yet, it was another eye-opening experience to taste through the first seminar from the 2008 Hospice du Rhone. Importer Eric Solomon pulled together some of the top winemakers in Spain in the presence of Jurgen Wagner [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Diane Teitelbaum of American Airlines Ever wonder what it takes to get amenities onboard for the large number of customers served by someone like American Airlines? What kinds of wines do they serve, you might ask. Well, if you flew American Airlines to Italy in first or business class last May, you could have sipped Pommery Brut Non-Vintage Champagne, followed [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Thomas Jefferson and Wine Thomas Jefferson was a polymath, who, among his other pursuits, was a very impressive and knowledgeable wine expert and enthusiast. If he lived today he would also be called a “wine geek”. Mr Jefferson also happened to be the third President of the United States, principal author of the Declaration of Independence, Founding Father of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Wines of Portugal Port wines can seem like a challenging subject. There are all sorts of bottlings: vintage date, late-bottled vintage date, Colheitas, single Quintas, and still others know as ruby reserve, crusted, or white — and let�s not forget the various tawny Ports of 10, 20, 30 and 40 years of age. Why are there [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Wines of Paloma Vineyard In 1980, Barbara and Jim Richards were living in Midland, Texas, and began thinking about a second home. They had an interest in wine and started looking for some property in the Napa Valley to build a home and plant a small vineyard. They realized their dream in 1983 when they found a property [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ch�teau Palmer Ch�teau Palmer derives its English name from Charles Palmer (1777-1851), a former Mayor of the spa town of Bath and Member of Parliament, who rose to the rank of General during the Napoleonic period. A gentleman, officer, and aide-de-camp of the Prince of Wales, Charles Palmer apparently fell under the spell of Bordeaux as [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Champagne Ruinart Founded in 1729, Ruinart is the longest established sparkling wine house in the Champagne region of France. Named after Benedictine monk Dom Thierry Ruinart, the winery is located in the city of Reims, where ancient cray�res (chalk pits) serve as cellars that offer constant temperature and humidity, thus allowing the wine to age as [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website John Haeger and Pinot Noir Every fan of Pinot Noir will undoubtedly know the name of John Haeger. As author of the highly acclaimed “North American Pinot Noir,” John literally wrote the book on the fascinating history and evolution of Burgundy’s illustrious grape variety here in the United States. John’s academic approach to both the research and the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2008 HdR Ask the Wine Maker - II Welcome to our video podcast 2008 Hospice Du Rh�ne Ask the Wine Maker - II - Video Show #46. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File Continuing our coverage of the 2008 Hospice du Rh�ne, we had some burning questions and we wanted some answers. What do today’s [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2008 HdR Ask the Wine Maker - I Welcome to our video podcast 2008 Hospice Du Rhone Ask the Wine Maker - I - Video Show #45. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File For our coverage of the 2008 Hospice du Rhone, we decided to put people on the spot. We came up with [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2008 HdR Syrah Shootout Welcome to our video podcast 2008 Hospice Du Rhone Syrah Shootout - Video Show #44. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File Imagine 45 bottles of Syrah, each one bagged and numbered just waiting for evaluation. Imagine that the evaluations will come from the very winemakers that [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2007 Wine & Fire - Part II Welcome to our video podcast Wine and Fire - Part 2 - Video Show #43. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File We’re back with part 2 of our coverage of the 2007 Sta. Rita Hills annual celebration of wine. Saturday, it was seminar time, complete with a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2007 Wine & Fire - Part I Welcome to our video podcast Wine and Fire - Part 1 - Video Show #42. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File The Sta. Rita Hills Winegrowers Alliance held its 2nd annual Wine & Fire event in June of 2007. The festivities began on Friday evening with a [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Spring Mountain Vineyard Spring Mountain Vineyard is rich with history. After the sudden death of Tiburcio Parrott in the late 1800s, neither the house nor the 800 acres were used between 1896 and 1938. Eventually the property was purchased by Mike Robbins in 1974. Robbins bought an old Victorian on St. Helena Highway near Deer Park Road [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Three Days in the Rhine River Valley - Day 3 GrapeRadio Host Brian Clark spends three days in Germany’s Rhine River Valley. This media/press trip was sponsored by the German Wine Institute and the European Union for its Destination Riesling program. Join him as he travels to some of the most popular wine destinations in the Rheinhessen, Nahe and the Rheingau Regions. Day [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Three Days in the Rhine River Valley - Day 2 GrapeRadio Host Brian Clark spends three days in Germany’s Rhine River Valley. This media/press trip was sponsored by the German Wine Institute and the European Union for its Destination Riesling program. Join him as he travels to some of the most popular wine destinations in the Rheinhessen, Nahe and the Rheingau Regions. Day [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Three Days in the Rhine River Valley - Day 1 GrapeRadio Host Brian Clark spends three days in Germany’s Rhine River Valley. This media/press trip was sponsored by the German Wine Institute and the European Union for its Destination Riesling program. Join him as he travels to some of the most popular wine destinations in the Rheinhessen, Nahe and the Rheingau Regions. Day [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sycamore Vineyards and Biodynamics Welcome to our video podcast Sycamore Vineyards and Biodynamics - Video Show #41. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File The name biodynamics might be a term you recognize � or maybe not. Strictly speaking, biodynamics is an agricultural process that places first emphasis on the soil [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Opus One Opus One, certainly one of the most iconic wineries in Napa Valley, was the fruition of a 10-year collaboration between Robert Mondavi and Philippe de Rothschild of Chateau Mouton-Rothschild in Bordeaux. Celebrated as the first joint venture between California and France, the winery produced its first vintage in 1979, having been made, aged [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Vintus Wines Welcome to our video podcast Vintus Wines - Video Show #40. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File We’re always looking for opportunities to talk with international producers, so a recent portfolio tasting from Vintus Wines offered us an excellent chance to do a little globe-trotting without actually [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Fontanafredda Welcome to our video podcast Fontanafredda - Video Show #39. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File One of the oldest producers in Barolo, the Fontanafredda estate is a major player in Piedmont with a solid repertoire in Barolo, Barbera d’Alba, Dolcetto d’Alba and other Piedmontese DOCs. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2008 World of Pinot Noir - Part 2 Video Welcome to our video podcast of the 2008 World of Pinot Noir: Walla Walla - Video Show #38. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File We’re back with Part 2 of our coverage of the 2008 World of Pinot Noir. Without a doubt, this annual Pinot Noir [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2008 World of Pinot Noir - Part 1 Video Welcome to our video podcast of the 2008 World of Pinot Noir: Part 1 - Video Show #37. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File The first weekend in March signals the World of Pinot Noir. Held on the bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean, this event includes [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Wines of Groth When Dennis and Judy Groth purchased 121 acres in Oakville in 1981, it included the Oakcross Vineyard - filled with prime Cabernet Sauvignon that had been planted by Justin Meyer and Ray Duncan some 8-10 years earlier. So, it didn’t take long for them to establish a track record with their Cabernet. In [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Domaine Jacques-Fr�d�ric Mugnier One of the highlights of the 2008 World of Pinot Noir was the Wines of Domaine Jacques-Fr�d�ric Mugnier. It was billed as a seminar, but it was really more like sitting down with one of the foremost authorities on Burgundy, Allen Meadows (Burghound.com), and the highly respected producer Fr�d�ric (Freddy) Mugnier to sample and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kevin Zraly and the World of Wine Acclaimed as the creator of the famous wine list at Windows on the World (which sold more wine than any restaurant in the United States), Kevin Zraly designed the training program for the most knowledgeable wine-service staff in America. He is a James Beard Award winner and has co-hosted the Food Newtork’s “Wine A to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Wines of Antinori Marchesi Antinori is one of Italy’s most famous wineries. Indeed, the Antinori family has been making wine for over six hundred years, since Giovanni di Piero Antinori became part of the Arte Fiorentina dei Vinattieri in 1385. Not ones to be stuck in the past, they were also right there at the birth [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bottle Shock The new movie Bottle Shock premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and GrapeRadio was there to cover it. The screenplay is told through the lives of Jim and Bo Barrett of Chateau Montelena, whose Chardonnay went on to win the competition, and the movie chronicles the events leading up to the famous Paris [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Talking Wine with Russell Bevan Does the name Russell Bevan ring a bell? Well, it probably does to most wine-geek denizens of the internet. Russell (and alter ego Bacchus) was there at the start, when wine-based bulletin boards and discussion groups emerged from their cocoons. A rabid wine fan from the time he could buy wine (actually, even before), [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website K Vintners - Walla Walla Welcome to our video podcast of the K Vintners: Walla Walla - Video Show #36. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File With his wild Adrian Duritz-like hair, Charles Smith looks more rock star than winemaker. But, while he did once manage rock bands, winemaking is where [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Secret Life of Pinot Noir Pinot Takes a Walk on the Sparkling Side: A Champagne seminar at IPNC? Mais oui! If you dig through the calcium-laden soils of Champagne, more often than not, you will find Pinot Noir roots. Two Parts. Part One Moderators: Rollin Soles, Argyle Winery, Dundee, Willamette Valley, Oregon and Ghislain de [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2007 Pinot Days - Part 2 We are back for more coverage of the 3rd annual Pinot Days, held in San Francisco’s Fort Mason Event Center, showcases some of the finest artisans making Pinot today. Organizers Steve and Lisa Rigisich and Eric and Teri White continue to tweak this event, and with blind tastings, grand tastings and seminars, it is one [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wine Disasters II Cellar accidents, broken wine glasses, wine left in your car trunk - these are just a few of the wine disasters that can happen. Join us as the GrapeRadio bunch discuss some of their worst or most embarrassing moments. Sponsor: Wine Away, Red Wine Stain Remover: www.wineaway.com Click Below to Play the Show: Show #202 (44:29 min [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Vintage Walla Walla - Part 3 Welcome to our video podcast of the Vintage Walla Walla - Part 3 - Video Show #35. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File Part 3 of our visit to Vintage Walla Walla continues with visits to a few winemaking folks where we participate in a blending trial [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Vintage Walla Walla - Part 2 Welcome to our video podcast of the Vintage Walla Walla - Part 2 - Video Show #34. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File We continue with our visit to Vintage Walla Walla, this time getting down to the real nitty gritty - soil, that is. We [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Vintage Walla Walla - Part 1 Welcome to our video podcast of the Vintage Walla Walla - Part 1 - Video Show #33. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File Located in one of the primary agriculture-producing regions of Washington State, Walla Walla Valley lies in the southeastern part of the state on the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Wines of Vega Sicilia The history of Vega-Sicilia began in 1848, when Basque landowner Don Toribio Lecanda met the bankrupt Marques de Valbuena and bought a 2,000 hectare estate. Don Toribio’s son later brought in 18,000 young vines of Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenere, Malbec, Merlot and Pinot Noir from France to begin the vineyard. Early wines were sold [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Champagne of Krug Break out the Champagne — we are celebrating our 200th audio show, and we couldn’t have planned it any better. Our guest for this momentous occasion is one of the world’s premiere Champagne producers, Champagne Krug. Bottles of Krug Champagne are considered some of the most sought-after collectibles in the vinous world. Whether [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Hiding Wine The GrapeRadio Bunch decided to have a bit of fun with this show. So, while kicking around some ideas, we wondered…Do you hide wine from your spouse or significant other? Of course not; who would do that? Well, maybe we would! Join us as Brian, Eric and Jay “come clean” about [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Champagne of Philipponnat Welcome to our video podcast of the The Champagne of Philipponnat - Video Show #32. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Click Here to Download File Although the Philipponnat family history in the Champagne region dates back to 1522, the recent history began when Auguste and Pierre Philipponnat settled in the Mareuil-sur-A� region [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Champagne Taittinger: A Walk Through the Cellars Welcome to our video podcast of the A Walk Through the Cellars - Taittinger - Video Show #31. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Click Here to Download File The roots of Taittinger date back to 1734, when Champagne merchant Jacques Fourneaux established his company. The business prospered through the 19th century, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Wines of Marqu�s de Murrieta If you’re into Spanish wine, you’re likely aware of the oldest Bodega in the Rioja. Founded in 1852, Marqu�s de Murrieta concentrates on making Reserva and Gran Reserva, each spending multiple years in large oak barrels. The Castillo de Ygay is their Gran Reserva, and is produced only in exceptional years. Incredibly, the current release [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Wines of Dunn Vineyards Beginning in 1979, Randy Dunn (then winemaker at Caymus) produced his first vintage of Cabernet from Howell Mountain fruit, arguably putting Howell Mtn on the map, and creating a demand from then on for “mountain-grown” fruit from Napa Valley. Join us as we talk with Kristina Dunn about her role as marketing director of the family business, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Among the Stones - The Wines of Cayuse Welcome to our video podcast of the Among the Stones - The Wines of Cayuse - Video Show #30. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Click Here to Download File Some might say Christophe Baron had rocks in his head to plant Syrah in 1997 in Washington’s Walla Walla Valley. But actually, it [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Soil, Weather, Terroir and Wine Ted Burns interviews David Schildknecht, Robert White and Greg Jones about the influences of soil and weather on wine grapes. David Schildknecht is a well-respected wine critic and writer for the Wine Advocate and has a special interest in the topic of terroir. Robert White is author of the book, Soils for Fine Wine. Greg [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shadow Stevens and the Wines of Scott Paul Scott Paul Wines is a boutique winery dedicated to producing ultra-premium Pinot Noirs from the Willamette Valley of Oregon. Proprietor and winemaker, Scott Paul Wright, came to winemaking as a second career. For thirty years, he had a career in the radio and music industries. As a disc jockey, his handle was [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Amarone of Masi The Boscaini family have been the owners of the Masi Winery in the Veneto region of Italy for six generations, and specialize in the production of Amarones and Reciotos. In 1964, Masi rediscovered and refined the technique of double fermentation using semi-dried grapes, essentially updating the style of Amarone by using new vinification techniques. Their [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Grand Cru de Bordeaux Tour Welcome to our video podcast of the Grand Cru de Bordeaux Tour - Video Show #29. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Click Here to Download File The highly touted 2005 Bordeaux vintage was reason enough to attend the Grand Cru de Bordeaux tasting in Santa Monica. With nearly 80 Ch�teaux in attendance, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Prince of Pinot and the 2007 IPNC Starting in 1987, the International Pinot Noir Celebration is held annually in McMinnville, Oregon, on the beautiful grounds of Linfield College. Arguably the benchmark in Pinot Noir festivals, this brings in participating wineries from Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, and of course the U.S., along with seminars, winemaker discussion panels, bus tours, lunches [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2007 Pinot Days - Part 1 The 3rd annual Pinot Days, held in San Francisco’s Fort Mason Event Center, showcases some of the finest artisans making Pinot today. Organizers Steve and Lisa Rigisich and Eric and Teri White continue to tweak this event, and with blind tastings, grand tastings and seminars, it is one of the must-attend Pinot Noir festivals during [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2008 Naples Winter Wine Festival - Part 3 Welcome to our video podcast of the 2008 Naples Winter Wine Festival - Part 3 - Video Show #28. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Click Here to Download File Part 3 of our coverage of the 2008 Naples Winter Wine Festival continues with more conversation from attendees, vintners, organizers, and some successful [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2008 Naples Winter Wine Festival - Part 1 Welcome to our video podcast of the 2008 Naples Winter Wine Festival - Part 1 - Video Show #26. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Click Here to Download File The 2008 Naples Winter Wine Festival raised $14 million for children�s charities, making it once again the most successful charity wine auction in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Wines of Domaine Faiveley Founded in 1825 in Nuits-Saint-Georges, Maison J. Faiveley has expanded over seven generations to include prestigious Crus from C�te de Nuits and C�te de Beaune, as well as the most renowned appellations of C�te Chalonnaise, such as Mercurey. Today, Domaine Faiveley owns more than 120 hectares (296 acres), including seven appellations in their entirety (monopoles) [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Wines of Moueix If you’re a Bordeaux fan, the name Ch�teau P�trus will be no stranger to you - even if the wine might be, given it’s exalted status and price. But, such is the result of something made in nearly miniscule quantities. Along with P�trus, the Moueix family own several other “right bank” Ch�teaux in St. Emilion [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Wines of Vietti The Vietti family trace their winemaking roots back to the mid 1800s in the Piedmont region of Italy. The modern era for Vietti began with Mario Vietti producing the first Vietti labeled wines, transforming the family�s farm into a grape growing and wine-producing business. In 1952 Alfredo Currado, married Mario�s daughter, Luciana, and became [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Wines of Michel Chapoutier Michel Chapoutier is one of the most highly respected winemakers in all of France. Since taking over his family firm in 1990 at age 26, he has transformed M. Chapoutier winery into its eminent role in the Rh�ne Valley. Michel embodies both the modern and the traditional, working at expanding operations and experimenting with cutting [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Burgundy and the World of Pinot Noir If you are into Pinot Noir, seminars on the subject are almost always interesting. But, what really gets all of the pinophiles attention and turns them into Burg-heads, is the opportunity to hear more about the Holy Grail of Pinot Noir - Burgundy. Join us as we listen to Allen Meadows take us [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Schramsberg Vineyards Welcome to our video podcast - Schramsberg Vineyards - Video Show #25. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Click Here to Download File The origins of Schramsberg Vineyards began in 1862, when immigrant Jacob Schram bought some acreage on a hillside in Napa Valley. He was a barber at the time, but [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Chateau Mouton Rothschild When Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild, a member of the English branch of the Rothschild family, purchased Pauillac’s Ch�teau Brane-Mouton in 1853, he founded what would become a Bordeaux powerhouse. Classified in 1855 as a second growth (”a first among seconds”), it would take almost 120 years to gain back what arguably should have been [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Wine of Frederic Magnien Frederic Magnien always felt destined to follow in his father’s footsteps - indeed, he is the 5th generation in his family to farm vineyards or make wine in Burgundy’s Morey-St-Denis. As winemaker for both his father’s label (Domaine Michel Magnien) as well as his own n�goce wines (Maison Frederic Magnien), Frederic approaches both vineyard management [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wine and Cheese Pairing Is it soft cheese with white wine, and hard cheese with red wine? Or, what’s this we have been hearing lately about cheese not even being a good match with wine? Find out the answers to some of your fromage questions as we listen to this World of Pinot Noir seminar on wine and cheese [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Iron Sommelier Imagine having the ability to pair food and wine, while the sommelier stands by ready to offer advice and/or commentary. That’s how the Iron Sommelier Challenge worked at the 2007 World of Pinot Noir. Five sommeliers sat on the panel, and took the attendees through each of the wines (Blind - not knowing [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Stewards of the Land: Russian River Valley Welcome to our video podcast - Stewards of the Land Russian River Valley, Sonoma - Video Show #24. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Click Here to Download File When you think of the Russian River Valley, what comes to mind? Pinot Noir and Chardonnay? Well, right now, yes, but it [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website To Cork or Not to Cork For journalist and author George M. Taber, much of our enjoyment of wine has to do with what he refers to as “the romance of the cork.” Indeed, there is a celebratory, even romantic feeling on hearing the “pop” of a cork pulled from a bottle. Unfortunately, romance sometimes becomes tainted. Although world [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Shea Vineyards - Video Welcome to our video podcast - Shea Vineyards - Video Show #23. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Click Here to Download File Oregon is rightfully known as Pinot Noir country, and one of the better-known purveyors of this grape is the 200-acre vineyard planted by Dick and Deirdre Shea in 1989. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wine Tasting with Shea Vineyards With friends and families gathering this time of year, plus a multitude of holiday parties, what better time to open several bottles of wine and organize your own wine tasting. With this in mind, the GrapeRadio bunch got together to assess 10 wines in a slightly formalized setting. In this case, “formalized” meant [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Winery at LaGrange - Video Welcome to our video podcast - Linden Vineyards - Video Show #22. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Click Here to Download File Located just outside of Haymarket, Virginia, the Winery at LaGrange is in a beautiful pastoral setting. The winery is named for its three and a half story La Grange [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Boordy Vineyards - Video Welcome to our video podcast - Linden Vineyards - Video Show #21. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Click Here to Download File Located in Hydes, Maryland, Boordy Vineyards was founded by Philip and Jocelyn Wagner, who established Maryland�s first commercial winery in 1945. Boordy is probably best known for introducing new [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Linden Vineyards - Video Welcome to our video podcast - Linden Vineyards - Video Show #20. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Click Here to Download File The one constant we heard during our East Coast winery visits was: see Jim Law at Linden Vineyards. And, without a doubt, we found Jim to be one of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Your New Years Wine Resolution As this year draws to a close, it is almost time to make those New Years’ Resolutions. How many of your resolutions are wine-related? Have you made made resolutions before? Were you able to keep them, or did you just give up? The GrapeRadio bunch discuss past successes and failures to live up [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Global Warming and Wine Global Warming � what does this portend for wine growers, wine makers and consumers? What adaptive changes will need to be made in existing wine regions as global temperatures increase? Will wine growing need to be relocated in cooler regions? Despite the many scientific uncertainties about the full effects if global warming, one thing [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Pioneers of Pinot Noir The word Legend seems to get tossed around quite a bit. But, in this case that word seems more than apt. Considered true legends of Pinot Noir (as well as Pied Pipers for the variety on the West Coast), these 4 gentlemen almost single-handedly started the New World Pinot Noir revolution. Join us as [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Look Back at Wine Do you ever long for the good old days? Were things in the wine world really better in 1990 - or were they actually not as good as we remember? Arguably, the year 1990 signaled the beginning of many changes to come in the growing, making, and selling of wine - not just [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website An Interview with Jancis Robinson Unless you have been on a desert island for the past 20 years, the name Jancis Robinson will need no introduction. However, for those of you have unfortunately been marooned, here is a brief introduction. Since 1975, Jancis has been one of the preeminent voices in the world of wine. A Master of Wine, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Champagne with Veuve Clicquot Think of Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Champagne, and what comes to mind? Possibly that bright yellow label on the non-vintage bottling? Or, perhaps it is the stylish bottle of La Grande Dame vintage bottling. Well, did you know that Madame Clicquote is actually the inventor of the table de remuage, or riddling table. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website An Interview with Jay Miller of Robert Parker Anyone familiar with Robert M. Parker�s newsletter, The Wine Advocate, is probably also familiar with Dr. Jay Miller. A clinical psychologist by training, Jay Miller assisted Bob Parker with tastings, visits, and editing for the Wine Advocate, on a part-time basis from 1985 to 1998. Bob �discovered� Dr. J., who was working part-time [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Wines of Laetitia In 1982, Maison Deutz followed the lead of several other French Champagne houses by heading west to make California sparkling wine. Deutz found a premier location on the central coast, and in 1982 they began planting a 160-acre vineyard with Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Blanc. In the ensuing years, Deutz was sold [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website All About Cognac What is Cognac - is it wine or is it distilled spirits? Well, actually, it is both. It is distilled wine, or brandy, and often called eau de vie. Beyond that, in order to be called Cognac it must be made according to strictly-defined regulations, and it must also come from the Cognac [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website If I Could Wave A Magic Wand What if you could wave a magic wand and change something about the world of wine? What would it be - affordable wine, no ratings, more ratings? Abolish scores? Abolish corks? GrapeRadio discusses a few of the impossible changes we would love to see. GrapeRadio Contest Alert: Tell us what you would like [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Wines of Dom Perignon We thought we were very fortunate to have Richard Geoffroy, the Chef de Cave of Dom Perignon, in our studio. But, we were doubly fortunate to have him bring along the current vintage releases of both the 1999 Cuvee and 1996 Rose for us to enjoy while we talked about Dom and the Champagne [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2007 World of Pinot Noir - Part 2 - Video Welcome to our video podcast - 2007 World of Pinot Noir - Part 1 - Video Show #19. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Click Here to Download File Sponsor: North Berkeley Imports: www.northberkeleyimports.com Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Do�s and Don�ts of Wine Call them Rules of the Road, Handy Hints, or just plain Do’s and Don’ts. Either way, there are (or, at least there ought to be) some basic tenets about how to buy and enjoy wine without over-extending your budget, guessing when a wine is ready to drink, or making a fool of yourself at [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2007 World of Pinot Noir - Part 1 - Video Welcome to our video podcast - 2007 World of Pinot Noir - Part 1 - Video Show #18. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Click Here to Download File Each Spring, the World of Pinot Noir seems to hit the ground running. Join us as we give you an overview of this [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2007 World of Pinot Noir - Part 3 In this installment from the World of Pinot Noir, we talk with more people about the event and what makes Pinot so special. Join us, as we hear from attendee Mark Sutherland, and from Kiwis, Dean Shaw (Two Paddocks) and Penny Loving (Central Otago’s Station Imports) about what’s happening with New Zealand’s Pinot Noir, and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2007 World of Pinot Noir - Part 2 We’re back with more of our coverage of the World of Pinot Noir. Pinot Noir Winemakers seem somehow different from their brethren. Often working both global hemispheres for the practical experience and training, these winemakers seem destined from the outset to work with the “heartbreak grape.” You have to wonder if they select the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2007 World of Pinot Noir - Part 1 Noted author John Winthrop Haeger’s book, North American Pinot Noir, is arguably the only book you need to read if you’re really interested in expanding your knowledge of Pinot Noir. Exhaustive, comprehensive, and filled with reference materials, this scholarly book will quench the thirst of wine neophytes and die-hard Pinotphiles alike. John brings [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mid Atlantic Wineries - Allegro Vineyards - Video Welcome to our video podcast - Mid Atlantic Wineries Series - Allegro, Pennsylvania - Video Show #17. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Click Here to Download File Located in Brogue, PA., Allegro Winery has the ironic distinction of being located in a dry county (athough Allegro was grandfathered in, the apparent purpose [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mid Atlantic Wineries - Barboursville Vineyard - Video Welcome to our video podcast - Mid Atlantic Wineries Series - Barboursville, Virginia - Video Show #16. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Click Here to Download File Owned since 1976 by the Zonin family of Italy, the historic Barboursville estate is named after the town, which in turn is named for James [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mid Atlantic Wineries - Chaddsford Winery - Video Welcome to our video podcast - Mid Atlantic Wineries Series - Chaddsford Winery, Pennsylvania - Video Show #15. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Click Here to Download File Housed in a 200 yr-old former dairy barn, Eric Miller’s Chaddsford Winery was part of the original William Penn Estate. The winery has been [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Mid-Atlantic Wineries We are always on the lookout for opportunities to get out and visit some other wine regions - both in the US, and around the world. Well, we finally found some time to visit a few wineries and vineyards on the East Coast, in the Mid-Atlantic states. So, join us for a recap [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Tour of Germany - Day 5 In Germany’s Mosel Valley, the Studert family has been cultivating vines here for twelve generations - since 1581. Grape-growing in the famous village of Wehlen historically dates back to 1256. Here, the vineyards are planted on very steeply inclined slopes, facing South and well secluded in the deep-cut Mosel valley. The soil is mostly [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2007 Auction Napa Valley - Taste Napa Valley Video Welcome to our video podcast - 2007 Auction Napa Valley - Taste Napa Valley - Video Show #14. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Click Here to Download File We are back with more video coverage of the 2007 Auction Napa Valley, and Friday’s Taste Napa Valley festival is a real show-stopper. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wine Ratings Wine reviews, wine ratings, wine scores - how do all of these affect the marketplace? What is gained or lost when a winery is reviewed in the media? Is scoring just another marketing scheme, or is there some tangible value to ratings? How do you give objective scores to something as subjective [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Wines of Argentina Although Argentina is the world’s 5th largest in wine production, and 6th largest in consumption, how much do we really know about its wines and vines? With Argentine wines becoming more readily available, it really helps to have a sense of the geography of the country, what kind of wines they grow, and more [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2007 International Pinot Noir Celebration The International Pinot Noir Celebration is rightfully considered the benchmark in Pinot Noir festivals. Beginning in 1987, this event is held annually in McMinnville, Oregon, on the beautiful grounds of Linfield College. With participating wineries from Australia, Chile, France, New Zealand, and of course the U.S., and seminars, winemaker discussion panels, bus tours, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ted Lemon and the Wines of Littorai To many wine lovers, the names Littorai and Pinot Noir are synonymous. And, if there could be any truth to California Pinot Noir having a French Connection, Littorai would likely have first claim to the title. It was an auspicious start for a young Ted Lemon � while studying French Literature at the University of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2007 Auction Napa Valley - Hospitality Events - Video Welcome to our video podcast - 2007 Auction Napa Valley - Hospitality Events - Video - Video Show #13. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Click Here to Download File As if the live auction itself were not enough, there are literally dozens of hospitality events held at numerous wineries and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Planning a Wine Event Are you hosting a wine event and want to use a local restaurant? Where do you start? Find out what goes into the pricing, planning, and logistics of holding a wine dinner for 5, 20, or even 50 people. Join us as we talk with Danielle Staffieri from the Pinot Provence restaurant [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2007 Auction Napa Valley Auction Napa Valley is a one-of-a-kind event. Beginning on Thursday, there are numerous hospitality events - at which the wineries pull out all the stops to wine and dine attendees with the best of best of food and wine. Friday brings the Taste of Napa, with a huge display of yet more food [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Hot News: 07 Champagne Region Update Hot News: What is happening in the Champagne region of France you might ask? Join us for an inside look, as we speak with Daniel Lorson from the Comit� Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne ( Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Review of the Health Benefits of Wine The esteemed author of the “French Paradox,” researcher Serge Renaud, PhD, has said, “There is no other drug that is so efficient at preventing heart disease as moderate intake of alcohol.” A corollary to the “French Paradox” is the “American Paradox.” We have spent billions in this country to match and surpass the [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2007 Vinexpo - Day 4 Bonus Coverage - Video Welcome to GrapeRadio Europes final video podcast from the 2007 Vinexpo show in France - GRE Video Show #5. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: [See post to watch QuickTime movie] Wine tasting at Air France, business class: Gevrey Chambertin in company of Jean-Charles Boisset, a goblet of champagne with Luc Bouchard, English exclusive [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2007 HdR - �The Events of Day 2? - Video Welcome to our video podcast - 2007 Hospice du Rhone - “The Events of Day 2″ - Video Show #10. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: [See post to watch QuickTime movie] Day 2 of the 2007 Hospice du Rhone presents two more wine seminars, followed by a great lunch and a live auction. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2007 HdR - Top of the Papes The final seminar of the 2007 Hospice du Rhone was a show-stopping Top of the Papes. Featuring 10 Chateauneuf du Papes from three of the hottest producers today. Moderated by Kelly McAuliffe, we take a look at wines from Domaine de la Janasse, Domaine de Marcoux, and Le Vieux Donjon. For More Information: Kelly McAuliffe - [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2007 Vinexpo - Day 4 - Video From our European affiliates ‘GrapeRadio Europe’ - 2007 Vinexpo - “The Events of Day 4″ - GRE Video Show #4. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: [See post to watch QuickTime movie] GrapeRadio Europe is bringing us daily coverage from Bordeaux, France of Vinexpo the worlds largest wine event. Please enjoy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2007 Vinexpo - Day 3 From our European affiliates ‘GrapeRadio Europe’ - 2007 Vinexpo - “The Events of Day 3″ - GRE Video Show #3. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: [See post to watch QuickTime movie] GrapeRadio Europe is bringing us daily coverage from Bordeaux, France of Vinexpo the worlds largest wine event. Please enjoy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2007 Vinexpo - Day 2 From our European affiliates ‘GrapeRadio Europe’ - 2007 Vinexpo - “The Events of Day 2″ - GRE Video Show #2. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: [See post to watch QuickTime movie] GrapeRadio Europe is bringing us daily coverage from Bordeaux, France of Vinexpo the worlds largest wine event. Please enjoy. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2007 Vinexpo - Day 1 Welcome to our first video podcast from our European affiliates ‘GrapeRadio Europe’ - 2007 Vinexpo - “The Events of Day 1″ - GRE Video Show #1. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: [See post to watch QuickTime movie] GrapeRadio Europe is bringing us daily coverage from Bordeaux, France of Vinexpo the worlds largest wine [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2007 HdR - Blinded by the White, Part Deux Day two, and what better in the morning than a breakfast of Rhone white wines — after your coffee and croisant of course. Moderated by Greg Brewer, Blinded by the White, Part Deux presented 8 various wines from Saint Joseph, Condrieu and Chateauneuf du Pape. For More Information: Greg Brewer - Brewer Clifton: www.brewerclifton.com Francois Villard [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2007 HdR �Rhone Around the World� At the first seminar from the 2007 Hospice du Rh�ne, we learn that Rh�ne varieties are grown nearly everywhere. Join us, along with moderator Patrick Comiskey and a cast of International producers to discover Rh�nes Around The World. We hear from Laura Catena of Luca (Argentina); Don Miller of Adobe Guadalupe (Baja California); Arnaud Frennet of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Oregon Wine County and Stoller Vineyards Deciding to turn the family turkey farm into a vineyard and build a new state-of-the-art winery in Oregon’s wine country, some might have thought Bill and Cathy Stoller had taken leave of their senses. But, as co-founders of Chehalem with Harry Peterson-Nedry, the couple already had some experience in the matter and decided to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2007 Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Festival The 10th Annual Anderson Valley Pinot Noir Festival was held May 18-20, 2007. 34 wineries either located in the Anderson Valley or that source fruit from the Anderson Valley participated. The pastoral Anderson Valley is acclaimed internationally for classic still wines including Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Gewurztraminer as well as sparkling wines. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wine Maker Profile: Mike Trujillo Founded in 1980, Sequoia Grove Winery has been at the forefront during the huge rise in popularity of Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon that has taken place over the last two decades. With the advent of cult wines and many additional Cabernet producers in the marketplace, how does an established winery maintain its edge? [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2006 Pinot Days - Part 3 Part of the uniqueness of Pinot Days is a series of sit-down blind tastings held during the event. Limited to 80 people and held over the course of an afternoon and evening, we were able to taste sixteen wines from the Russian River and Sonoma Coast appellations, followed by a similar number of wines [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2006 Pinot Days - Part 2 More interviews from the 2nd annual Pinot Days, held in San Francisco’s Fort Mason Event Center. Producers from around the globe are making better and better wines, and Pinot Noir certainly seems to be at the forefront of everyone’s interest. This varietal has become a passion for nearly all wine lovers, and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2006 Pinot Days - Part 1 The 2nd annual Pinot Days was held in San Francisco’s Fort Mason Event Center, June 23-24. Organizers Steve and Lisa Rigisich and Eric and Teri White continue to tweak this event, making it one of the must-attend Pinot Noir festivals during the year. The festivities included a series of sit-down blind tasting of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Special Report: 2007 Hospice of Sonoma Our new Correspondent, Rusty Gaffney (AKA “The Prince of Pinot”) hit the road last week to cover the annual charity event “Hospice de Sonoma”. Modeled after the world-renowned “Hospices de Beaune” auction held annually in Beaune, France this wine event raised over $450,000 to benefit local charities. The auction is the only place where you can [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Stephen Tanzer, International Wine Cellar We are excited to welcome back wine critic Stephen Tanzer, Editor and Publisher of the highly acclaimed bimonthly publication, International Wine Cellar an independent wine journal founded in 1985. The IWC is read by wine professionals and wine lovers alike, and was the first American wine periodical to be translated into French and Japanese. Tanzer samples [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Marc Perrin and Chateau Beaucastel We were fortunate to have in our studio, Marc Perrin, who together with his brother Pierre own the famous Ch�teau de Beaucastel in the Ch�teauneuf-du-Pape region of France.The terroir here is quite unique, so join us as we discuss this area carved by the Rhone River during the Miocene period, which left an alluvium soil [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Master of the Cave Tour - Dave Del Dotto - Video Welcome to our video podcast - Master of the Cave Tour. This show is designed to enhance your GrapeRadio Experience.�� Check out this awesome�video podcast and let us know what you think. Enjoy! [See post to watch QuickTime movie] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Master of the Cave Tour: Dave Del Dotto Sure, there are cave tours. But, then there are CAVE TOURS! Join us in the Napa Valley as we follow Dave Del Dotto through his nearly 150 year-old candle-lit cave. Along the way, Dave discusses everything from ancient wine history, religion and wine, fermenting in a clay vessel, how wines affect your body, the effects of [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Joint Declaration to Protect Wine Place&Origin - Video Welcome to our video podcast - 2007 Joint Delaration to Protect Wine Place & Origin. This show is designed to enhance your GrapeRadio Experience.������Check it out this wine video podcast and let us know what you think. Enjoy![See post to watch QuickTime movie] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2006 Auction Napa Valley - Part 3 The Live Auction - Without a doubt, the live auction portion of the Auction Napa Valley is the “Main Event.” Held at the Meadowood Napa Valley Resort, the auction is a spectacle to behold.�� Incredible auction lots, huge arrays of food and wine, and plenty of excitement, both during and after the auction - which [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2006 Auction Napa Valley - Part 2 Since its inception in 1981, the Auction Napa Valley has raised more than $68 million for Napa County health, youth and low-income housing non-profit organizations.Join us as we talk with Dennis Cakebread about his family’s involvement with chairing the 2006 event, and from event staff members about their participation in this charity event and its [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Global Cooperation to Protect Wine Origins Special Report: News Conference, Washington DC - Thirteen representatives from many of the world’s most prominent wine regions came together to declare their agreement to the principle of protecting the name and place of origin of wines on the wine labels.Representatives from Napa Valley, Sonoma County, Jerez, Champagne, Chianti Classico, Western Australia, Walla Walla, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2006 Auction Napa Valley - Part 1 The annual Auction Napa Valley is a wine-focused charity auction celebrating the wines, people and the land of Napa Valley. Several events are held over the course of three days, including scores of vintner-hosted events, a barrel auction, e-auction and a large no-holds-barred live auction. Since its inception over 25 years ago, this event has [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2006 World of Pinot Noir - Seminar on Clones The list of Pinot Noir clones seems almost endless - Pommard, Dijon, 667, 777, Calera, Swan, 114, 115, Mt. Eden, Pisoni, 828, 113, etc, etc. What’s the difference between a clone and a selection, and what does that have to do with the final blend of the wine? How are we supposed to make sense [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Burgundy with The Burghound - Part 2 Owner and author of the quarterly publication �Burghound, Allen Meadows is undoubtedly one of the foremost experts on the wines of Burgundy.� With a passion for Pinot Noir going back some thirty years, Allen has a lot to share.�Join us for part two of this two-part series as we talk with Allen Meadows about Burgundy [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2006 Hospice du Rhone - Part 6 Prior to the main events on Friday and Saturday, the winemakers conduct a Syrah Shootout. This is a head-to-head competition between winemakers, with winemakers/producers participating in a blind tasting to select the best three Syrahs in the lineup. The prize - bragging rights until next year’s even…oh, and a plaid (some might say gauche) sportcoat [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2006 Hospice du Rhone - Part 5 Importer Eric Solomon lined up an fantastic look at the Priorat, the region in Spain with the nearly impossible topography for growing grapes. Named for the �Prior� or head of the Cartesian Monks who planted the area’s original vines, Priorat is located in Catalonia, Spain, and is mostly about altitude - the region is mostly [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2006 Hospice du Rhone - Part 4 Recently named one of the top 100 vineyards in the world, Australia’s Elderton Estate comprises about 72 acres of Shiraz, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot in 14 blocks, with the majority of vines between 40 and 100 years old. This age, combined with mostly dry farming, is the basis for producing rich, concentrated fruit. Established in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2006 Hospice du Rhone - Part 3 The 14th annual Hospice du Rh�ne drew Rh�ne wine producers and enthusiasts from around the world to see, hear and taste what is new (and old, for that matter) in Syrah, Grenache, and twenty other Rh�ne varietals. This event provides a unique opportunity to meet and talk with the producers and winemakers from all over [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2006 Hospice du Rhone - Part 2 Titled - “Here, There and Everywhere” this seminar was designed to compare and contrast the wines of Vanessa Wong, Fran�oise Peschon, and Christine Vernay in a tasting of wines from these uniquely different terroirs.�Join us as we hear from each winemaker about their respective vineyards, and describe their preferences in winemaking, from Old World to [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2006 Hospice du Rhone - Part 1 Considered the benchmark in U.S. wine festivals, the Paso Robles-based Hospice du Rh�ne takes place over a three-day period, involving events such as seminars, tastings, an auction, and gourmet meals. Originally envisioned as a conference of sorts for winemakers and vintners who were passionate about wine varietals originating from the Rh�ne Valley in France, HdR [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Staglin Family Vineyard Staglin Family Vineyard began in 1985, when Garen and Shari Staglin purchased a unique 62-acre Rutherford Bench property with a 50-acre producing vineyard from Walter Sullivan and his wife Dagmar dePins, Georges de La Tour�s granddaughter. Originally planted under the guidance of the legendary Andr� Tchelistcheff in 1965 (for BV Georges de La Tour Private [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website All About Sake Often referred to as Rice Wine, Sake (saw-kay) actually has more in common with beer than with wine — because it’s brewed, rather than merely fermented. Join us as we talk with Jason Carter from the Wine Room about the many types of Sake, as well as the origin and customs surrounding this classic Japanese [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Riesling Shootout Join us for a seminar featuring moderator Anthony Dias Blue and wine makers�Ernst Loosen of Dr Loosen and�Bob Bertheau of Chateau St.�Michelle as they talk about Rieslings from around the world — how they’re doing and where they’re going. While Germany’s Riesling roots run deep, Washington State’s vinifera-growing only goes back to the late ’60s. [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Manfred Krankl and Sine Qua Non - Part 2 Sine Qua Non was created after the 1994 harvest of Syrah from the Bien Nacido Vineyard in Santa Maria.� Named “The Queen of Spades,” this Syrah began a long string of uniquely-named red and white wines.� The thought-provoking name for each wine, along with its fascinating label and packaging is all designed by Manfred Krankl, [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Manfred Krankl and Sine Qua Non - Part 1 The highly acclaimed, low production wines of Elaine and Manfred Krankl are some of the most collectible wines in the marketplace.� Sine Qua Non, or SQN, wines are distributed mostly through a mailing list, which has long since been closed.� (In fact, the waiting list is even more lengthy.)� What makes these wines so special?� [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2006 Wine and Fire - Santa Rita Hills - Part 4 More interviews from the weekend-long Sta. Rita Hills Winegrowers Alliance Wine and Fire festival.� Join us as we talk with luminary Richard Sanford, who pioneered the planting of vineyards in the area in the early ’70s.� And, we hear from Wes Hagen, Steve Pepe, and Peter Work about what it takes to put on an [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2006 Wine and Fire - Santa Rita Hills - Part 3 Continuing on with the Sta. Rita Hills Winegrowers Alliance Wine and Fire festival, we hear more from Saturday’s seminar program, with discussion from growers and producers about Sta. Rita Hills, and the benchmark Pinot Noirs being made from this relatively new region.�Featuring:Tim Perr of Pali Wine Co: www.paliwineco.comRyan Carr of Carr Wines and Turner Vnyd: [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2006 Wine and Fire - Santa Rita Hills - Part 2 We continue with the Sta. Rita Hills Winegrowers Alliance Wine and Fire festival.� Join us for the first of Saturday morning’s seminar programs, as we hear from growers and producers about this marvelous cold growing region, and their respective takes on growing great Chardonnay.�Featuring:Bryan Babcock of Babcock Winery and Vineyards: www.babcockwinery.comAlan Phillips of Foley Estate [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website 2006 Wine and Fire - Santa Rita Hills - Part 1 Celebrating their first Wine and Fire festival, the�Sta. Rita Hills Winegrowers Alliance put on a fabulous weekend-long event, beginning with a film screening of Rob Dafoe�s From Ground to Glass on Friday evening at the historic La Purisima Mission. Saturday consisted of appellation wine seminars, followed by a huge BBQ lunch - all held in [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wine Competitions Gold Medal, Best of Show, Two Silvers and a Bronze…. Who enters these wine competitions; why do they do it,�and how do all these medals get awarded?Join us as we talk with Larry Graham, President of the Orange County Wine Society to see what goes on behind the scenes of a top flight wine competition.For [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wine Clubs So, what exactly is a wine club?� Well, in the case of the California Wine Club, it’s a matter of culling through California wineries to�find the best wines�at the best prices on the behalf of their�membership.�With 16 years in the business, Bruce and Pam Boring must be doing something right.� Join us as we take [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Wines of Chile Mario Pablo Silva of Casa Silva VineyardsThink you know all about the wines�of Chile?� Join us, as we talk with Mario Pablo Silva of Casa Silva Vineyards and Winery, one of the oldest growers in the Colchagua Valley, and find out that there is indeed much more here than we imagined.� For instance, who [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Tour of Germany - Part 4 With roots on Germany’s mid-Mosel River valley site from 1156, the S.A. Pruem Family have been commercially producing wines here for 200 years. The Winery is a founding, active member of the VDP, and since Raimund Pruem took over the management of this family-owned property in 1971, has established an international reputation for Riesling, and [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A Tour of Germany - Part 3 Leigh in the Cellars of Robert WeilThe character of Robert Weil Rieslings are heavily influenced by the mineral-rich slate soils of the Reingau region of Germany. Founded in 1875 by Dr. Robert Weil, the vineyards are planted 98% to Riesling and just 2% to Sp�tburgunder. With 65 hectares (160 acres) under vine, it is one [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Urban Wineries Green acres is the place to be; Farm living is the life for me?� Well, it’s true that rural settings are usually where you’ll find vineyards and wineries.� But, maybe it doesn’t have to be that way.� If you live in the city or the suburbs — how about making wine right there in your [...] Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website