Ah, wine. The flavours, the varieties, the way they work with different foods…ahh…can I have some now? But the world of wine can be confusing and whether the bottle is for you or a friend, you want to pick one you’ll really enjoy, not something you’ll merely tolerate. If you are drinking wine and not
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Wine writer + expert Elaine Chukan Brown speaks with Nicole Hitchcock, winemaker at J Vineyards & Winery. Elaine speaks with Nicole about her current role as head winemaker at one of California’s leading and influential sparkling wine producers, where she oversees all aspects of winemaking. They will dive into the unique characteristics of the cool-climate
G’day! We’re happy to be sharing the tasting room with one of our favorite producers in Australia today, Troy Kalleske of Kalleske wines. Troy’s family has been around the Barossa block growing grapes for over 160 years but somehow Troy is the first generation to actually make wine with them!
Join Vanessa Conlin MW for an in-depth exploration of Napa Valley’s top grape varieties. Whether you discuss Napa Valley wines on a regular basis or are in the early stages of your wine journey, this session will help you understand the characteristics and differences between key grapes and the resulting signature wine styles. This hour-long,
How many times we asked ourselves where does the wine come from? Lets find it together Wine’s color is determined by the presence of coloring substances mainly present in the skins of berries. Coloring substances present in wine belong to the families of flavones and anthocyanins, respectively responsible for the coloring of white wines and
What is sustainable wine, really? Ask five different people and you’ll get five different answers – maybe more! This is because sustainability is a catchall for the work winegrowers can do to conserve resources and make great wine for the long haul. Join us to discover how wineries in three of New York’s major AVAs
Sommelier explains what winemakers do to change the way your wine tastes. This is Part 2 of What Makes Wine Different. We’re going to go over a few winemaking processes that change the way your wine tastes. How does oak change my wine? What does Natural Yeast mean? What does blending wines do? This will
John Szabo’s groundbreaking new book, Volcanic Wines – Salt, Grit & Power, provides wine scholars and aficionados a seismic shift in how to look at terroir in future. By putting sharp focus on several of the planet’s unique wine growing zones developed around active and inactive volcanoes, Szabo clearly demonstrates a relationship between volcanic terroirs
Check out this special offer for our wine partnership (and become a partner yourself!): https://bit.ly/extreme-altitude-wines Julien looks into different types of wine bottle openers to find out which are the most practical, quick and easy for opening a bottle of wine. Part 2: https://youtu.be/mha0vukdyr8
Learn more about the Alti Wine Exchange: https://www.altiwineexchange.com/ Italy is probably most famous for its red wines, as well as its sparklings, right? I mean, Prosecco is ultra-famous now, Moscato, we’ve talked about those in previous episodes, and of course the red wines from Piedmont, Tuscany, Abruzzo, Puglia or Sicily just to name a few
Learn more about which wines to cook with and which you should avoid. Cheers.
This 45-minute session explores the wines of North-East Italy. This romantic and picturesque corner of Italy, hugging the Austrian, Swiss and Slovenian borders, produces distinctive wine styles that are not only unique but adored. The three main regions – Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Trentino-Alto Adige – produce a wide range of styles with a focus on crisp whites,