We chat with K Felix G Åhrberg, Oenologist & Winemaker at Kullabergs Vingård.  We ask what it takes to plant a vineyard in a marginal climate and how climate change is helping them as a region.  We talk about planting the newest generations of hybrids, suitable rootstocks.  Then chat about his preference for heterofermentative yeasts, fining, and 'fine-tuning' his wines. And much more...

Felix says he "fosters a sustainable vineyard with healthy soils and biodiversity. Scandinavias coolest cellar exports to Japan, Norway, Italy and represents the next step in vine growing and winemaking."

We chat to Cathy van Zyl MW about all things South Africa.  What are the key markers to look out for when funnelling between regions?  How has COVID affected the SA wine industry?  How have the styles and winemaking practices changed over the past few decades?  This episode is absolutely jam-packed with facts and figures, so have a notepad handy!

We talk to Dr Rachel Allison about her research at Cornell University into canned wines.  We ask how reductive compounds can be avoided and what the issues are with wines in cans.  Are there any wines that are not suitable for canning?  Is it a more sustainable packaging?  What steps can winemakers take to avoid VSCs?  And more....

Here are a link to a couple of her papers and presentations.

Canned wine

3 min talk at Cornell: https://vod.video.cornell.edu/media/2021+Three+Minute+Thesis+Competition-+Rachel+Allison/1_rblzalv7

Glutathione and brine-releasable H2S

paper: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jafc.1c04885

5 min video talk from ASEV conference:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPilnZBQ7To

We talk to Aileen Sevier, VP Strategy & Marketing, Early Mountain Vineyards.  We ask what they plant and what interesting things they do in Virginina as well as the biggest problems they face and what the future holds.  Aileen talks about her previous role at Terlato and metrics she uses to determine the strength of the brand, as well as giving some personal opinions on the three tier system.  And much more...

We talk to Dr Cain Todd and ask just one exam question - "can one wine ever be objectively better than another?" 

Cain Todd is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at Lancaster University (U.K.) and a visiting Humboldt Research Fellow at LMU, Munich. He primarily works on areas in aesthetics and philosophy of mind and perception. He became seriously interested in wine while on the Cambridge University Blind Tasting Team as a student and has since written a number of research and non-academic papers on the perception and appreciation of wine, on olfaction, on expertise and the objectivity of judgements of taste. HIs book is ’The Philosophy of Wine: a case of truth, beauty, and intoxication’ (Routledge 2010).

We talk to Nova Cadamatre MW - the first female winemaker MW in the USA about all things winemaking.  What yeasts and processing aids are best?  How do you rescue a stuck fermentation?  How safe is too safe for SO2?  Why is diammonium phosphate like a bag of crisps?  And more....

We talk to Millie Milliken about drinks communication.  How do the different drinks categories differ?  What does successful communication look like?  What will be the next big thing in drinks?  Is print dead?  And more...

To read more of Millie's work click on this link:  https://www.clippings.me/users/milliemilliken

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