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...
View ArticleThe Wines of C.P. Lin – Mountford Estate (New Zealand)
Today show features the world’s only blind winemaker, C.P. Lin, of Mountford Estate in New Zealand Taiwan-born C.P. Lin was a brilliant mathematics student at University of Canterbury who became...
View Article20 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...
View Article20 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...
View ArticleWe’ve Come a Long Way Baby – Past, Present, and Future – The Wines of South...
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...
View ArticleWine 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleThe Comté Experience
Welcome to our video podcast: The Comté Experience – Video Shows #92-98. If you like cheese, you’re probably familiar with Comté, the French semi-hard cheese made from unpasteurized cow’s milk. The...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleWine 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...
View ArticleAllen 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...
View ArticleFirst 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...
View ArticleDistillation – 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 After fermentation, the white wine is distilled into...
View ArticleThe Art of Blending
Welcome to our video podcast – The Art of Blending – Video Show #54. NOTE: New Material Included in Video Blending, or the combining of multiple ingredients, has always been part of the art of cooking....
View ArticleTemecula – 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...
View ArticleAuction 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...
View ArticleHumboldt’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...
View ArticleMaking 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,...
View ArticleYoung 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...
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