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Malvasia
Season 10 Episode 2
Malvasia isn't a grape variety, nor is it a family of grape varieties: it's a group of grape varieties which happen to have the same name. Some of th…
3 years, 8 months ago
Muscat
Season 10 Episode 1
Muscat isn't a grape variety, but a family of related varieties all with different features. There are also many styles of wine made from the Muscat …
3 years, 8 months ago
The Unqiue Grape Varieties of South America: Interview with Amanda Barnes
Season 8 Episode 7
Interview with Amanda Barnes, author of The South America Wine Guide. We discuss grape varieties which are largely only found in the diverse continen…
3 years, 9 months ago
Interview with Paul Yanon on the Southern Rhône
Season 10 Episode 4
The southern Rhône is a large region where many styles of wine are produced - red, white, rosé, and fortified. There are also lots of different appel…
3 years, 10 months ago
Interview with Bruce Taylor of Kono in Marlborough
Season 10 Episode 5
Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc has been one of the extraordinary success stories of the last forty years, creating an entirely new category of wine. In …
3 years, 11 months ago
Italian White Grape Varieties
Season 10 Episode 3
Italian white wine has improved greatly over the last 30 years, with much fresher, crisper wines. There are lots of different varieties which are ass…
3 years, 11 months ago
Sémillon
Season 9 Episode 2
Sémillon is an historic Bordeaux variety, although plantings have fallen over the last 50 years. But it remains important, producing a range of style…
4 years ago
Carignan in the Mediterranean
Season 10 Episode 2
My recent visit to Mediterranean France and Spain gave me a chance to explore the possibilities of Carignan. It's a contradictory variety: younger vi…
4 years, 1 month ago
Priorat
Season 10 Episode 1
Priorat is one of Spain's most prestigious regions, the vines grown on steep slate slopes. Garnatxa (Grenache) and Carinyena (Carignan) are the two m…
4 years, 2 months ago
Mourvèdre
Season 8 Episode 8
Mourvèdre is a grape best known as part of a Rhône blend with Grenache and Syrah, but it makes fantastic wine in its own right and in a wide range of…
4 years, 4 months ago