Cork Taint

We talk about the benefits of being in a tasting group, how to start one, if/why you should be in one and start one, plus more good stuff so check it out. Also, for more fantastic content check out Patreon.com/Corktaint, where you can sign up and help us fund this ridiculous project. Thanks everybody

We recap the recap episode about the recent portfolio tasting I attended featuring all sorts of super super cool kid sommy wines! But also a lot of very delicious things that you should look out for. If you want to listen to the first recap episode, check out Patreon.com/Corktaint !!

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Sorry for the delay, believe it or not we were pretty busy making wine. Harvest is only about halfway(?) over, give or take, but here's a progress-check on how it's all going/went. For a bonus episode featuring reviews of some pretty crazy wines we had recently, check out ⁠Patreon.com/CorkTaint⁠

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A good ol inside scoop of what happens before harvest, an update of what's goin with this vintage, and christ I'm so tired I don't have the effort for this description. SIGN UP AT PATREON.COM/CORKTAINT FOR BONUS CONTENT Thanks Everybody

We discuss Residual Sugar AKA RS in wine, its merits, function and properties, explain Brix and the Oechsle scale, and loads of other fascinating stuff. Also I said something about Auslese indicating botrytis - that is incorrect. Interestingly enough, none of the tiers of the Pradikat system indicate botrytis, so in theory a TBA could be absent of any. Check out out patreon at ⁠Patreon.com/CorkTaint⁠ for incredible bonus content. Thanks everybody

Can you believe we haven't done an episode about Oregon wine until now? We couldn't either. On this episode we cover the main AVAs and give you a long list of our favorite producers in each area. Speaking of our favorite producers, check out Patreon.com/CorkTaint for an exclusive episode about a recent vertical tasting of Eyrie's South Block bottling, the most storied wine in Oregon! It's quite good check it out

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This is a recap of our watchalong of Somm3 that can be found at Patreon.com/CorkTaint. Check that out to hear our live commentary of the movie which, as you can probably imagine, we didn't care for. Thanks guys

The boys are united and they're talkin cocktails this episode, folks. Trying out new mics so cut us some slack. It's a good one

We talk about what "Burgundian" chardonnay is, chardonnay style, how places elsewhere in the world can do it just as well if not better, and why you should care.

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Francis explains the DNA-based geology diagram in the slideshow and the way it shaped his perspective on grape varieties. Check it out!