Wine caves aren't just for fancy parties. Some of the most famous caves date back to Roman times and have served mankind honorably through the centuries - for many purposes in addition to storing wine.

Why do we care? This episode dishes the dirt on wine caves, by going back millions of years before returning to the current era.

This is the who, what, where, when and why of wine caves.

Resources from this episode:

Books:

Champagne: The essential guide to the wines, producers, and terroirs of the iconic region (2017), Liem P.

Champagne: How the world's most glamorous wine triumphed over war and hard times (2005), Kladstrup D. and Kladstrup P.

Facts About Champagne and Other Sparkling Wines [Project Gutenberg Ebook: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20889] (1879), Vizetelly H.

A History of Champagne, with Notes on the Other Sparkling Wines of France [Project Gutenberg Ebook: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46953] (1882), Vizetelly H.

Into the Earth: A Wine Cave Renaissance (2009), D'Agostini D. & Chappellet M.

The Story of Champagne [Kindle Edition] (2016), Faith, N.

Wine and War: The French, the Nazis and the battle for France's greatest treasure (2001), Kladstrup D. and Kladstrup P.

Websites:

California Dream Big https://www.visitcalifornia.com/attraction/wine-caves

Geological Society of America https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/Education_Careers/Geologic_Time_Scale/GSA/timescale/home.aspx

Thrillist https://www.thrillist.com/drink/san-francisco/napa-sonoma/the-7-best-wine-caves-in-napasonoma

UNESCO https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1465

 

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