Interview with Katie Nelson on Cabernet Sauvignon
Katie Nelson has been making wine since the 1990s, and she is now based in Washington State where she makes the popular Borne of Fire Cabernet-based wine. In this interview, she talks about Cabernet S...
23 Sep 201925min
Interview with Clay Mauritson (III) - The Terroir of Zinfandel
Third and final installment in my interview with Clay Mauritson. In this episode, we talk about three single-vineyard Zinfandels which all come from the Rockpile AVA. All different expressions of Zinf...
16 Sep 201923min
Interview with Clay Mauritson (II) - Zinfandel and the Rockpile AVA
Zinfandel is the signature grape of California, although it's one that often misunderstood. Clay Mauritson reveals the many challenges that Zinfandel poses - but why it's well worth the effort. Plus h...
9 Sep 201930min
Interview with Clay Mauritson (I) - The Evolution of the California Wine Industry
First of three interviews with Clay Mauritson of Mauritson Wines located in Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County, in which he talks about his family history which dates back to 1868. That history parallels...
2 Sep 201928min
Bulgaria
Bulgaria has a 3,000 year history of making wine, but it was only in the mid to late twentieth century that the wine was drunk abroad. After the fall of communism, quality went into decline but it's n...
17 Jul 201914min
Hardy Wallace of Dirty and Rowdy on Mourvèdre
Mourvèdre is one of the great Mediterranean grapes, but it's often neglected as the third and least important of the GSM varieties. However, there's much more to it than that. In this episode, I talk ...
8 Jul 201937min
Food & Wine Pairings with Andreya Nightingale (II)
Second episode interviewing chef Andreya Nightingale focuses on the unctuous possibilities involved in pairing sweet wine with food - our examples are chocolate, cheese, foie gras, and oysters. Enjoy!
1 Jul 201919min
Interview with Eric Lyman (IV) - Faults in Wine
The final episode interviewing winemaker Eric Lyman focuses on faults in wine - TCA, volatile acidity, Brett, oxidation - and how they can be prevented or eliminated.
1 Jul 201918min
