8 episodes
The Wine Sleuth Podcasts Denise Medrano
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Denise is a London based wine blogger, originally from California. As a professional wine blogger, she meets the movers and shakers of the wine world. From the iconic European houses to the New Zealand boutique family vineyard, they all come to London. This podcast is an effort to get to know the personality behind the wine. They might be quirky, funny, charming, or taciturn but above all, they are always generous with their time and wine, wine people are some of the most interesting around. Whether it's a chateau owner, wine grower, wine maker, sommelier or wine insider, she'll feature them on this podcast. So pour a glass, download and hopefully you find the wine peeps as interesting as she does.
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80 years of the Sherry Council
A chat with Beltran Domecq about the 80th anniversary of the Sherry Council, food and wine matching and the Feria de Jerez.
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Terroir Champagne-What Is It?
An interview with Caroline Henry, author of Terroir Champagne: The Luxury of Sustainable, Organic and Biodynamic Cuvees. Caroline talks about her upcoming book and what it means to produce environmentally friendly champagne.
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Louisa Rose, Chief Winemaker of Yalumba
Louisa Rose, Chief Winemaker of Australian winery Yalumba, talks about the difference between Viognier from Australia and the Rhone as well as Yalumba's shiraz/viognier blends and why she prefers screwcap for the whites and cork for the reds
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Neil McGuigan and Vines in the City
I was in Dublin recently to catch up with Australian winemaker, Neil McGuigan of McGuigan Estates to talk about this great event that they were doing called, Vines in the City. The concept is to bring a vineyard to city dwellers. I sat down with Neil to find out more about his Vines in the City and the new wines they have planned for the UK.
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Australian wine maker Brian Croser
The Wine Sleuth talks with legendary Australian wine maker, Brian Croser - founder of Petaluma Winery, about his latest wine label, Tapanappa and his views on terroir and why diurnal differences don't count for anything.
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Wines of Japan and Spain
This podcast features interviews with Japanese wine maker, Ayana Misawa speaking about the indigenous koshu grape of Japan, Bodeagas Bilbainas winemaker Diego Pinella Navarro telling us about his Rioja wines and the Consul General for Navarra, Jordi Vidal talking about the different wines of Navarra including sauvignon blanc, which seems to be particularly suited to the region.