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It’s no secret that Spain is producing many of the world’s great wine produced from Rhone varietals. Yet, it was another eye-opening experience to taste through the first seminar from the 2008 Hospice du Rhone. Importer Eric Solomon pulled together some of the top winemakers in Spain in the presence of Jurgen Wagner [...]
Ever wonder what it takes to get amenities onboard for the large number of customers served by someone like American Airlines? What kinds of wines do they serve, you might ask. Well, if you flew American Airlines to Italy in first or business class last May, you could have sipped Pommery Brut Non-Vintage Champagne, followed [...]
Thomas Jefferson was a polymath, who, among his other pursuits, was a very impressive and knowledgeable wine expert and enthusiast. If he lived today he would also be called a “wine geek”. Mr Jefferson also happened to be the third President of the United States, principal author of the Declaration of Independence, Founding Father of [...]
Port wines can seem like a challenging subject. There are all sorts of bottlings: vintage date, late-bottled vintage date, Colheitas, single Quintas, and still others know as ruby reserve, crusted, or white — and let’s not forget the various tawny Ports of 10, 20, 30 and 40 years of age. Why are there [...]
In 1980, Barbara and Jim Richards were living in Midland, Texas, and began thinking about a second home. They had an interest in wine and started looking for some property in the Napa Valley to build a home and plant a small vineyard. They realized their dream in 1983 when they found a property [...]
Château Palmer derives its English name from Charles Palmer (1777-1851), a former Mayor of the spa town of Bath and Member of Parliament, who rose to the rank of General during the Napoleonic period. A gentleman, officer, and aide-de-camp of the Prince of Wales, Charles Palmer apparently fell under the spell of Bordeaux as [...]
Founded in 1729, Ruinart is the longest established sparkling wine house in the Champagne region of France. Named after Benedictine monk Dom Thierry Ruinart, the winery is located in the city of Reims, where ancient crayères (chalk pits) serve as cellars that offer constant temperature and humidity, thus allowing the wine to age as [...]
Every fan of Pinot Noir will undoubtedly know the name of John Haeger. As author of the highly acclaimed “North American Pinot Noir,” John literally wrote the book on the fascinating history and evolution of Burgundy’s illustrious grape variety here in the United States. John’s academic approach to both the research and the [...]
Welcome to our video podcast 2008 Hospice Du Rhône Ask the Wine Maker - II - Video Show #46. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File Continuing our coverage of the 2008 Hospice du Rhône, we had some burning questions and we wanted some answers. What do today’s [...]
Welcome to our video podcast 2008 Hospice Du Rhône Ask the Wine Maker - I - Video Show #45. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File For our coverage of the 2008 Hospice du Rhône, we decided to put people on the spot. We came up with [...]
Welcome to our video podcast 2008 Hospice Du Rhône Syrah Shootout - Video Show #44. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File Imagine 45 bottles of Syrah, each one bagged and numbered just waiting for sensory evaluation. Now, imagine that these evaluations will come from the very [...]
Welcome to our video podcast Wine and Fire - Part 2 - Video Show #43. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File We’re back with part 2 of our coverage of the 2007 Sta. Rita Hills annual celebration of wine. Saturday, it was seminar time, complete with a [...]
Welcome to our video podcast Wine and Fire - Part 1 - Video Show #42. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File The Sta. Rita Hills Winegrowers Alliance held its 2nd annual Wine & Fire event in June of 2007. The festivities began on Friday evening with a [...]
Spring Mountain Vineyard is rich with history. After the sudden death of Tiburcio Parrott in the late 1800s, neither the house nor the 800 acres were used between 1896 and 1938. Eventually the property was purchased by Mike Robbins in 1974. Robbins bought an old Victorian on St. Helena Highway near Deer Park Road [...]
GrapeRadio Host Brian Clark spends three days in Germany’s Rhine River Valley. This media/press trip was sponsored by the German Wine Institute and the European Union for its Destination Riesling program. Join him as he travels to some of the most popular wine destinations in the Rheinhessen, Nahe and the Rheingau Regions. Day [...]
GrapeRadio Host Brian Clark spends three days in Germany’s Rhine River Valley. This media/press trip was sponsored by the German Wine Institute and the European Union for its Destination Riesling program. Join him as he travels to some of the most popular wine destinations in the Rheinhessen, Nahe and the Rheingau Regions. Day [...]
GrapeRadio Host Brian Clark spends three days in Germany’s Rhine River Valley. This media/press trip was sponsored by the German Wine Institute and the European Union for its Destination Riesling program. Join him as he travels to some of the most popular wine destinations in the Rheinhessen, Nahe and the Rheingau Regions. Day [...]
Welcome to our video podcast Sycamore Vineyards and Biodynamics - Video Show #41. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File The name biodynamics might be a term you recognize – or maybe not. Strictly speaking, biodynamics is an agricultural process that places first emphasis on the soil [...]
Opus One, certainly one of the most iconic wineries in Napa Valley, was the fruition of a 10-year collaboration between Robert Mondavi and Philippe de Rothschild of Chateau Mouton-Rothschild in Bordeaux. Celebrated as the first joint venture between California and France, the winery produced its first vintage in 1979, having been made, aged [...]
Welcome to our video podcast Vintus Wines - Video Show #40. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File We’re always looking for opportunities to talk with international producers, so a recent portfolio tasting from Vintus Wines offered us an excellent chance to do a little globe-trotting without actually [...]
Welcome to our video podcast Fontanafredda - Video Show #39. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File One of the oldest producers in Barolo, the Fontanafredda estate is a major player in Piedmont with a solid repertoire in Barolo, Barbera d’Alba, Dolcetto d’Alba and other Piedmontese DOCs. [...]
Welcome to our video podcast of the 2008 World of Pinot Noir: Walla Walla - Video Show #38. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File We’re back with Part 2 of our coverage of the 2008 World of Pinot Noir. Without a doubt, this annual Pinot Noir [...]
Welcome to our video podcast of the 2008 World of Pinot Noir: Part 1 - Video Show #37. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File The first weekend in March signals the World of Pinot Noir. Held on the bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean, this event includes [...]
When Dennis and Judy Groth purchased 121 acres in Oakville in 1981, it included the Oakcross Vineyard - filled with prime Cabernet Sauvignon that had been planted by Justin Meyer and Ray Duncan some 8-10 years earlier. So, it didn’t take long for them to establish a track record with their Cabernet. In [...]
One of the highlights of the 2008 World of Pinot Noir was the Wines of Domaine Jacques-Frédéric Mugnier. It was billed as a seminar, but it was really more like sitting down with one of the foremost authorities on Burgundy, Allen Meadows (Burghound.com), and the highly respected producer Frédéric (Freddy) Mugnier to sample and [...]
Acclaimed as the creator of the famous wine list at Windows on the World (which sold more wine than any restaurant in the United States), Kevin Zraly designed the training program for the most knowledgeable wine-service staff in America. He is a James Beard Award winner and has co-hosted the Food Newtork’s “Wine A to [...]
Marchesi Antinori is one of Italy’s most famous wineries. Indeed, the Antinori family has been making wine for over six hundred years, since Giovanni di Piero Antinori became part of the Arte Fiorentina dei Vinattieri in 1385. Not ones to be stuck in the past, they were also right there at the birth [...]
The new movie Bottle Shock premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and GrapeRadio was there to cover it. The screenplay is told through the lives of Jim and Bo Barrett of Chateau Montelena, whose Chardonnay went on to win the competition, and the movie chronicles the events leading up to the famous Paris [...]
Does the name Russell Bevan ring a bell? Well, it probably does to most wine-geek denizens of the internet. Russell (and alter ego Bacchus) was there at the start, when wine-based bulletin boards and discussion groups emerged from their cocoons. A rabid wine fan from the time he could buy wine (actually, even before), [...]
Welcome to our video podcast of the K Vintners: Walla Walla - Video Show #36. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File With his wild Adrian Duritz-like hair, Charles Smith looks more rock star than winemaker. But, while he did once manage rock bands, winemaking is where [...]
Pinot Takes a Walk on the Sparkling Side: A Champagne seminar at IPNC? Mais oui! If you dig through the calcium-laden soils of Champagne, more often than not, you will find Pinot Noir roots. Two Parts. Part One Moderators: Rollin Soles, Argyle Winery, Dundee, Willamette Valley, Oregon and Ghislain de [...]
We are back for more coverage of the 3rd annual Pinot Days, held in San Francisco’s Fort Mason Event Center, showcases some of the finest artisans making Pinot today. Organizers Steve and Lisa Rigisich and Eric and Teri White continue to tweak this event, and with blind tastings, grand tastings and seminars, it is one [...]
GrapeRadio has won the 2008 James Beard Award for webcasting! For more information on the James Beard Foundation: www.jamesbeard.org 2008 James Beard Foundation Award Winners: www.jbfawards.com Here is our video that won the award: Stewards of the Land. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File When you [...]
Cellar accidents, broken wine glasses, wine left in your car trunk - these are just a few of the wine disasters that can happen. Join us as the GrapeRadio bunch discuss some of their worst or most embarrassing moments. Sponsor: Wine Away, Red Wine Stain Remover: www.wineaway.com Click Below to Play the Show: Download audio file [...]
Welcome to our video podcast of the Vintage Walla Walla - Part 3 - Video Show #35. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File Part 3 of our visit to Vintage Walla Walla continues with visits to a few winemaking folks where we participate in a blending trial [...]
Welcome to our video podcast of the Vintage Walla Walla - Part 2 - Video Show #34. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File We continue with our visit to Vintage Walla Walla, this time getting down to the real nitty gritty - soil, that is. We [...]
Welcome to our video podcast of the Vintage Walla Walla - Part 1 - Video Show #33. Click the Image Below to Play the Video: Right Click Here to Download File Located in one of the primary agriculture-producing regions of Washington State, Walla Walla Valley lies in the southeastern part of the state on the [...]
The history of Vega-Sicilia began in 1848, when Basque landowner Don Toribio Lecanda met the bankrupt Marques de Valbuena and bought a 2,000 hectare estate. Don Toribio’s son later brought in 18,000 young vines of Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenere, Malbec, Merlot and Pinot Noir from France to begin the vineyard. Early wines were sold [...]
Break out the Champagne — we are celebrating our 200th audio show, and we couldn’t have planned it any better. Our guest for this momentous occasion is one of the world’s premiere Champagne producers, Champagne Krug. Bottles of Krug Champagne are considered some of the most sought-after collectibles in the vinous world. Whether [...]
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