Talking of Wine

Talking of Wine

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Talking of Wine episodes

  • Restaurants
    Potentially a huge subject but we whittle things down to a few general pointers. Words on sommeliers, pairing with food, inside or outside? Although titled as Restaurants we flirt around a little bit of everything when it comes to choosing a wine for your meal. Are you splashing the cash or saving your pennies? Have you ever considered larger format bottles? What is Cinderella pricing or the Venturi effect? A nod to the pioneering Gerard Basset and obviously, being a podcast on wine, we are not averse to extolling the sometime virtues of beer!

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    36 min
  • Labels
    The episode where we help you to navigate a wine label. Easy perhaps for some but some pointers for others who want to know more. We also discover that many wine shops effectively offer a pre-label label by categorising wines to there system. Country style etc. And it also leads us to the wonderful world of discoveries that is a Bin-End. Ever wondered why there are now two labels? What purpose does the one on the back serve? And how is it that wine can put the polish back on to a one pence/cent coin? Scenic detours this week do not include the films Bottle Shock and The Hangover but we do discuss them etymologically. Now there's a word for you…

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    33 min
  • Tasting:Drinking
    What is the difference between tasting and drinking? Is one just more pretentious than the other? Or do we all in fact do a bit of both all the time? We think it basically boils down to whether you spit or swallow. Drinking is undoubtably great but tasting is clearly fundamental to making the stuff in the first place. Then there are the ubiquitous medal wines and why they are selected. Naturally we digress. The wonderful Impressionists, some dappled horses and we even manage to reference the Batphone. It's all in the Ep.

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    33 min
  • Wildwood III
    Just in time for July we get the latest on the month of June in Wildwood. Dr Paul is back with everything from trunk rubbing to Crowning. Flowering is the big mover this month and so we get the lowdown on what this means for vines both young and old. Paul also flaunts his wines to the Three Wine Men and explains the benefits of worm poo. Joe and I chip in with badgers, Chameleons and David Icke. Why not?

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    40 min
  • Regions Part II
    So, the second part of our Regions Ramblings. This episode we finish off with Spain, South America and, of course, NZ and Australia. Along the way we discuss Garnacha, Carmanere, Tempranillo and what exactly is Hunter Burgundy or Hunter Riesling? We hint at my Dad, John Avery's legacy, discuss a time when Chardonnay wasn't even in Australian vocabulary and reacquaint with our Crusading Knight who retires as a Hermit in the Rhône. Not forgetting Spaghetti Westerns, and bung in a dose of far too high brow for this podcast, chemical name dropping, methoxypyrazines.

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    40 min
  • Regions Part I
    Back again and, after flirting with a hiatus, clearly looking to make up for lost time. A simple episode on Regions of the world very quickly became an out of control epic. Overrunning, Wadsack unleashed, the episode went into hyperdrive and so has been edited into two parts. This, the first, deftly weaves the journeys of some grapes throughout the world. From the Dynastic Carmenet family of grapes to the more parochial Zinfandel and Pinotage. From Bordeaux to California, via South Africa with stop-overs in Italy and others. When I say 'deftly' it obviously does stop us from some rambling through Mad Men and Liverpool FC on a couple horses of the Apocalypse…

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    39 min
  • Wildwood II
    With Joe wandering the markets and festivals across the land, he left me to catch up with Paul from Wildwood vineyard. Frost threats have nearly passed, are the bougies still out or not? Have the buds burst or have they been nipped? What is 'charge' (pronounced a la Francaise)? A relatively quiet month, it gave the chance to look back a bit over the earlier months of the year before motoring on to motoring and crop spraying. We also take a fascinating look at 'baby vineyard' management. An episode that has everything from a Downey Alert, a brief introduction to my prowess as a gardener and even a little tickle of that which may or may not be in a bio-dynamic wine-maker's toolbox. Coal face canaries, a dash of Nigella and a spraying Ghostbuster.

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    39 min
  • Sense of Place

    Back, better late than never!

    Terre is the French for soil but how do we translate 'Terroir'? Here we try and lift the lid on this slightly mystical topic. Joe compares vines to factory workers and recalls school blackboards. Ever dreamed in a foreign language? And what on earth is CATSUIT? (It is nothing to do with cosplay). Few little tech gremlins again, apologies

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    23 min
  • Wildwood I
    This is the first of series of bonus episodes. Each month we will be talking to vineyard owner and most excellent grower of grapes, Dr Paul Olding. The idea is to map out the journey of a grape, from vine to bottle. The month of April sees the vines waking up from winter hibernation only to be immediately met with the threat of frost. Paul explains the risks that this poses to the year's crop and guides us through the steps a winemaker can take to alleviate any damage. On this occasion Paul also introduces us to his Kent vineyard, Wildwood, explains to us his choices of grapes and also gives us a brief lesson in the production of vermouth. As always we deviate a little along the way. This time we are distracted by the Young Ones, fork handles and Baboons in South Africa!

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    47 min
  • Grape Varietals
    Varietal, variety, or even cultivar? This episode puts broad brushstrokes to the role of grape selection in the making of wine. Speaking of brushstrokes there's even some art history, Chagall and Klimt (or is it Kandinsky?), a bit of Footballers Wives and even some changing of lightbulbs. Its all here…

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    31 min

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Generally chewing the cud grape on all things wine. Joe Wadsack and, whether Richard or Alex Avery, they both love their wine. Both have various connections within the wine world. Whether Talking of…