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Today I am chatting with Polish Head Sommelier Adam Michocki who currently works at Michelin star restaurant Shaun Rankin at Grantley Hall, but has also worked at The Glasshouse and The man behind the curtain. He has set up Central Wines where he is importing into the UK, Polish Wines, and today we look at the white varieties, the wine regions, and the climate, along with some food pairings and the tasting of a very delicious white wine.

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3.11: Chat with Adam

4.24: How Adam got into wine coming from a country that didn't drink wine, and his wine studies and experience

7.19: Taking part and winning the Best Polish Young Sommelier competition

11.00: What makes a good or bad Sommelier?

12.32: How it was to set up Central Wines and import polish wine

14.21: Talking about the Silesian winery and tasting their Cuvee 2019 £18.90 Central Wines

18.04: The white grape varieties of Poland

23.55: Food pairings

28.46: The different wine regions of Poland

31.01: Recommended wineries close to Krakow

33.00: Recommeded wineries close to Wrocław

33.40: The temperature and climate in Poland

34.59: Warren Winiarski - a winemaker with Polish heritage to know about

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Today I am looking at the wines from some of the most extreme vineyards in the world. I am starting off with the most dangerous and will be covering the highest vineyards, the most northern and southern, the steepest, the smallest, and the oldest vines. I will let you know if these vineyards are making wines that are commercially available, and their prices. Plus we will look at the following grapes in more detail: Torrontes, Riesling, Chasselas, and Petite Arvine. I also squeeze in a little about the lesser-known region of Valais, and why an old vine can produce better fruit. Enjoy!

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0.54: The most dangerous vineyard in the world: Domaine de Bargylus

6.19 Tasting Domaine de Bargylus Blanc 2015 £31.10 Hedonism

8.42: The highest vineyard in the world

12.31: The most northern commercial vineyard in the world

17.23: The most southern commercial vineyard in the world

18.38: The steepest vineyard in the world

21.11: The smallest vineyard in the world

22.24: The Valais region in Switzerland 

25.12: The oldest vine in the world

26.20: the oldest Shiraz vines in the world

28.08: What are old vines and why do they produce better fruit

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Today's episode is Part 2 with Celebrity Chef Andrea Zagatti and we are talking all about his home region of Emilia-Romagna and the delicious Lambruscos that come our of their. We are also touching on his Mr Z sandwiches. Yes you can buy one of his sandwiches for £250. And he has created the most expensise easter egg in the world. We will be talking about all of these creations and then choosing some wines as the perfect pairing.

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1.23: Emilia-Romagna - the region

2.53: lambrusco styles and production methods

5.18: Winery of the week: Camillo Donati

- Talking about biodynamic farming and the ancestral method (natural sparkling wine)

9.46: Tasting the Camillo Donati Lambrusco 2019 £17.40 Joseph Barnes £18.50 Natty Boy Wines

11.42: Chat with Andrea Zagatti

- Talking about his Mr Z Sandwiches

13.57: The £250 Billionaire Sandwich and wine pairing

18.42: The £50 Millionaire Sandwich and wine pairing

21.00: The Tzar Egg (worlds most expensive easter egg) and wine pairing

25.33: The foods in Emilia Romagna

28.25: Lambrusco - it's flavours, grape varieties and regions

34.37: Sabrage and tips on how to do it

39.00: Great value Champagne recommendation for about £30 a bottle

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Today's episode is Part 1 with Celebrity Chef Andrea Zagatti and we are bringing you a little luxury. He has cooked for the likes of Kanye West, Royal Families and the Chelsea Football Club. He has access to some of the finest wines in the world and has had experiences that have taken him all over. In this episode he talks of how he ditched the 24/7 working lifestyle stuck in a kitchen, and how he set up his own business, and then we discuss just a few of the wine events he has been privy to. What it's like to taste cult wines, many of us can only dream of, and what it's like to organise and cook for high-end wine events and dinners.

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1.45: The top 5 Worlds Best Restaurants

3.00: Natural wines - what they are and the current certification

5.11: Natural wines on the list at Noma Restaurant

6.21: Chat with Andrea

6.51: Andrea's story, and how it all started with a cheesecake, including stories of Mugaritz, Osterua Francescana and Gordon Ramsey Hospital Road

20.42: A day in the life of a celebrity chef

22.22: A Liber Pater party - what it's like to cook for the release of the most expensive wine IN THE WORLD

28.19: Organising the Golden Vines Awards - a wine industry first, focused on encouraging diversity.

32.47: Dom Perignon P2

34.31: Egon Müller

34.59: DRC

35.55: Château d'Yquem

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Today I am talking Bolivian wine with MS Candidate and Entrepreneur Aubrey Terrazas, co-founder of Palate Club and founder of Terra Vine Marketing Firm.

Bolivia is South America's sixth-largest wine producer, and as Aubrey has personal connections and has visited the main wine region Tarija, she tells us her thoughts on this rather interesting wine-producing country.

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1.47: The wine regions of Bolivia, its geography and the main wine grapes

5.37: Tannat

6.49: Marselan 

9.37: Winery of the week Bodega y Viñedos Kuhlmann

12.10: Tasting The Santa Patrono Altiplano Tannat-Marselan 2020 £15.99 Laithewaites

5.09: Chat with Aubrey - her experiences in Bolivia, driving in the country, the effects of the UV lights and altitude to the grapes, Chuflay, Singani, and much more.

32.30: Winery Jardín Oculto and it's 3 ancestral grapes

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I am talking with Aubrey Terrazas in this episode. She is a girl after my own heart with an incredible CV having worked at Michelin star restaurants as a sommelier, co-founded Palate Club and then founded Terra Vine Marketing Firm amongst many other things. Due to her experience working with Data Science within Palate Club, we are discussing how that works and how it can help the buyer choose better wines. We will of course be touching on lots of different wines that you can try, and as Aubrey is such an entrepreneur, she will also be offering out some business ideas and thoughts to hopefully inspire you, should you be working from home, or be planning to go it alone.

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2.06: Examples of how AI and date science can benefit the wine industry from the vineyards to picking wines for your taste

5.09: Chat with Aubrey

6.10: Aubrey discusses setting up a new business in a different country, during Covid times.

9.37: Working more digitally in your business

10.35: Tips on how to produce more valuable content for people online

13.05: How to have a system for success if working from home

14.47: What is Palate Club

17.52: The complications of selling wine across different US states

18.53: Using Data Science in Palate Club and how Sommeliers have used their understanding of wine traits, aromas and flavours to help customers find their perfect wines

24.55: Some wine suggestions based on if you enjoy Bordeaux of Rhone Reds

29.11: Xinomavro and Assyrtiko - Greek varieties that you need to try, 

32.40: Aubrey's new podcast: Think & Drink

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This episode is Part 2 with Master of Wine Siobhan Turner. As Siobhan is Canadian we are talking about a special wine region called Okanagan Valley and her research paper that was entitled: Okanagan: a potential signature red variety? Learn more about the Cabernet Franc variety and if Siobhan's research concluded Cab Franc to be the one or not.

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0.07 Cabernet Franc's aroma and flavour profile

3.45 The wine regions of Canada

5.08 The Okanagan Valley - geology, climate etc

10.12 The recent history and changes in quality in Okanagan

13.03 Tasting Mission Hill Vistas Edge Cabernet Franc 2019 £50 Kenricks Wines

18.13 Clones and Rootstocks of Cabernet Franc in the Okanagan

22.29 Winemaking knowlege from outside Canada coming to the Okanagan

25.04 Looking at Siobhan's research paper on Cabernet Franc and her discoveries

29.59 The different styles of Cabernet Franc in the Okanagan

32.58 Mission Hill Estate Winery

34.51 Perfect pairing for the Cabernet Franc we were drinking

35.57 Cabernet Franc Day

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This episode I am talking with Master of Wine Siobhan Turner. We are talking about her journey in wine, her time as Director of the Institute of Master of Wine, her biggest struggles as a MW student and she gives us fantastic advice on blind tasting. Siobhan is now woking with wine authentification and she gives us advice on making sure we don't buy counterfeits and explains how people are producing these fake bottles.

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2.45 Chat with Siobhan Turner MW

5.43 Working as the Director of the Institute of Master of Wine

12.31 Struggles with Bling tasting and her advise to overcome this

18.12 Best part of the MW programme

20.16 Heartwarming anecdote of Siobhan's husband during her studies

21.01 Finding out she has passed her MW

26.20 Working with Maureen Downey in Wine Fraud

27.17 Discussing the 'skills' of wine fraudster Rudy Kurniawan

27.57 Two wakes fake bottles can be produced

30.51 Looking for and how to identify a fake bottle

32.27 Looking for the inaccuracies

34.30 Whar wineries are doing to combat this

36.30 Advise of purchasing for your wine cellar

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This episode I am talking with the first and only Master of Wine from India: Sonal Holland MW for Part 2.  This episode is very much about getting to know about the wine being made in India; the styles, the grapes and the main wine regions.

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2.25 Most Popular white grape varieties

2.55 The story of Chenin Blanc in India

3.45 The Best reds growing in India

4.02 The wine capital Nashik

5.12 Other wine regions and fruit growing

6.10 Travelling to Nashik

7.16 Vallonné Vineyards

9.23 Tasting the Vallonné Anokhee Chenin Blanc 2018 (£26 Wine Monkey) and talking about Chenin Blanc in India

12.44 Pairing food with Chenin Blanc

13.45 Temperature and topography of Nashik

14.51 Harvesting the vineyards

18.06 The styles of red wine in India

19.37 Tasting the Charosa Reserve Tempranillo 2016 (£30 Wine Monkey) and talking about Tempranillo

21.39 Alcohol levels in Indian wine

23.26 Screw caps V Cork

25.46 Food Pairings for Tempranillo

26.53 Other red varieties

28.01 Percentage of imported wine V domestic wine

28.21 The future of Indian wine

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Special thanks to Wines in India who not only sent us the wines we tried, but are the ones who are importing some of the delicious wines of India into the UK.

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This episode I am talking with the first and only Master of Wine from India: Sonal Holland MW. We are talking very much about her journey on the Master of Wine programme and how she managed to do all this from India as her base. If you are looking for inspiration to follow a new path or to studying the MW yourself, this could be the inspiration you need. We are also looking at the rapidly changing wine scene and culture in India. This is Part 1 with Sonal. Next week Part 2 we will dive into the wines of India. 

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0.34 Facts on the current and past Master of Wines

1.27 Some figures and numbers on Indian rapid wine growth and development

2.36 Chat with Sonal and she discusses her upbringing in india with wine

5.30 Who inspired Sonal Holland in the world of wine, and then her inspiring story of how she became a MW

12.47 The Challenges and lack of access to wine in India and what is required of you as a Master of Wine Student

14.00 What is the MW Programme

19.43 Sonal Holland Wine TV on You Tube

22.00 The high taxes on wine in India

22.47 Where to buy wine in India

24.08 The Wine capital of India: Nashik

24.30 India as a growing market, and womens involvement now and how this were for women in the past

27.56 Gen Z and the youths of India

28.45 Fortified indian wine and the changes, palate preferences and changes in society tiers

32.03 The grape varieties growing in India

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