In early episodes, we covered some wine news but we haven’t done so lately, so this week we’re bringing you an episode of wine news. We’ve come across some interesting wine news recently which either taught us something new or showcases a fresh perspective worth talking about. Since this is a new episode format, please send us your feedback at weeklywineshow@gmail.com and let us know whether or not we should do more episodes like this every once in awhile....
Mar 01, 2017•37 min
Recently we attended the Cold Climate Conference held yearly in Minnesota. This conference is geared towards grape growers and wine makers. During the conference we learned a ton about cold climate grapes, challenges in wine-making and tried some excellent wines. You might ask, why do cold climate or hybrids grapes need to exist? Grapes like Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon have been tried and failed in areas like Minnesota even when the vines were buried during the wintertime. It’s simply too ...
Feb 22, 2017•30 min
Central Coast is a huge wine region spanning 250 miles down the coast from southern San Francisco to the tip of Santa Barbara County. Central Coast is a series of valleys running east to west leaving it open to coastal fog and afternoon breeze. Normally I hear California and visions of hot weather and big wines come to mind, but Central Coast's cool climate gives us wines reminiscent of Old World Burgundy. With high acid and refined fruit, Central Coast Pinot Noir is the ultimate expression of t...
Feb 15, 2017•18 min
Sicily is know more for than it's beautiful scenery and the Godfather. This island also produces tons of a wine. In fact, it's the three largest producer of wine behind the Veneto and Emilia Romagna regions. In terms of red wine, Nero d'Avola is Sicily's crown jewel of dry, food friendly wines. Brought over over by the ancient Greeks, "Black of Avola" has been a staple of Sicilian wine for centuries and the subject of this episode.
Feb 08, 2017•16 min
This week we take a trip back to Loire to talk about Vouvray. Vouvray is both a place and a rich aromatic white wine in the middle Loire Valley area made from Chenin Blanc grapes.We did cover Chenin Blanc from South Africa in a previous episode , so if you are looking to learn more about New World and warm climate style Chenin Blanc wines check it out.
Feb 01, 2017•19 min
This week is another four fabulous wines that we loved! Check out the tasting notes and details.
Jan 25, 2017•13 min
Columbia Valley is a special place. It sits in the same latitude as Burgundy but the terrior is so different. Columbia Valley seems like the ideal place to to grown grapes; dry, lots of sunshine and low nutrient soil causing the vines to grow deep. Thanks to it's large size, if it's Washington wine, it's Columbia Valley. This week we tackle the Columbia Valley AVA and we discuss: The size and scope of Columbia Valley AVA The History of Washington wine Terrior of Columbia Valley The wines of Colu...
Jan 18, 2017•21 min
Montepulciano d’Abruzzo is not just an obscure wine from a tiny part of Italy. It’s the second most planted red grape in Italy (second to Sangiovese) and Montepulciano d’Abruzzo is one of the most exported DOC wines from Italy. It’s approachable a
Jan 11, 2017•17 min
This week's episode we revisit Southern Rhone but focus our attention on white blends and the Costières de Nîmes AOC. This podcast episode we dive into review of Southern Rhone, Costières de Nîmes AOC, major white grapes in Southern Rhone, history in Southern Rhone, and styles of white blends and flavor characteristics.
Jan 04, 2017•17 min
We launch our podcast in early 2016 and it have been a crazy year. We've learned a lot and drank a lot of tasty wine. It's hard to pinned down what our favorites from 2016 but in this episode we attempt to do just that.
Dec 28, 2016•28 min
Port is the most famous wine from Portugal. It's a sweet, rich, and delicious fortified wine that is meant to be sipped and savored. We like port because it goes well with a lot of desserts making it a nice fit for this time of year. In this episode we discuss the history of Port, the Douro Region, how Port is made, styles of Port, flavor characteristics, and food pairings.
Dec 21, 2016•21 min
This week's episode is all about sparkling wine!!! We cover Champagne, Cremant, Cava, Prosecco, and Moscato d'Asti.
Dec 14, 2016•24 min
In this episode we discuss the Piedmont region of Italy, it’s geography and climate, the history of the barbera grape, where the barbera grape grows and how it thrives, flavor characteristics of Italian barbera wine, and food pairings.
Dec 07, 2016•24 min
Since Bordeaux is the largest wine region in France and there is so much history to this great region, we decided to split our coverage of this topic into two episodes. Check out last week's episode first before diving into part two. This week we cover the 1855 Classification, Claret wine, grapes that make up red Bordeaux wine, classifications of Bordeaux wine, and dominant flavors and food pairings for red Bordeaux.
Nov 30, 2016•26 min
In this episode, we discuss Bordeaux as the one of the largest of most prestigious wine region in the world, about the geography and climate and how it affects the wine, the early history of Bordeaux, the importance of Bordeaux to Britain, and white Bordeaux: grapes, styles, flavor characteristics and food pairings.
Nov 23, 2016•30 min
We have 36 Episodes behind us, and if you’ve been with us from the beginning or listened to any of our early episodes, you know we started this podcast because we decided to get serious about wine and we wanted to invite you to learn along with us. That’s 36 episodes learning about wine regions, grape varieties, taste characteristics, and pairing those wines with food. Focusing on pairing wine with Thanksgiving dinner is an opportunity to review some of what we’ve learned, and it gives us a chan...
Nov 16, 2016•22 min
This week's episode is unique. We had the privilege of viewing the film Decanted A Winemaker's Journey a few weeks ago which is being shown at this year's Napa Film Festival . This episode features an interview with Nick Kovacic, director of the film and Steve Reynolds, winemaker at Italics winery .
Nov 09, 2016•36 min
It's time again for another Four Wines episode. Tony and I get the opportunity to try wines outside of those for podcast research and we want to share a few that we are digging. It just happened that all these wines are European and contain native grape varieties. The wines featured in this episode are Cantine Colosi Nero D’Avola 2014 , Esporao Quinta dos Murcas Assobio Red 2013 , Geil Scheurebe Kabinett 2015, Orion Wines 'Zensa' Fiano...
Nov 02, 2016•20 min
Petite means small or dainty but the petite sirah is anything but dainty. This grape makes wine that is big and bold with intense fruit flavor. Petite sirah makes some pretty awesome wine so I was shocked to read that there is only about 10,000 acres worldwide, most of which are in California. So we are here to spread the petite sirah love!
Oct 26, 2016•19 min
So this week's episode is all about celebrating Merlot wine. We discusss the history of Merlot and where the name came from. Merlot is a sensitive grape but it'll grown wherever, Warm climate Merlot vs cool climate Merlot, Flavor characteristics and Food pairings.
Oct 19, 2016•13 min
In this week's episode, we'll discuss Cabernet Franc; where it comes from and where's it grown, Loire wine region of France, Chinon AOC and why it's a great place to grow Cab Fran, flavor characteristics of Cab Franc from Chinon and food pairings
Oct 12, 2016•12 min
In this episode, we discuss Côtes du Rhône AOC and red wine it produces, history of wine in the Rhône region, differences between north and south Rhône, Côtes du Rhône classifications and food pairings
Oct 05, 2016•22 min
Most of the wines we drink these days are research for the podcast. Not that I'm complaining, but this means that if we try a wine at a tasting or a friend's house, it might not fit into an episode. These wines can be forgotten so we had an idea to switch up the format of the podcast this week to include a few wines we're enjoying right now.
Sep 28, 2016•24 min
This week we discuss Monastrell (or you might know it but it's French name Mourvèdre). This wine is the third most grown red grape in Spain and makes a big, bold, meaty wine meant to be enjoyed with food. Since it's origins are Spanish, it's only fitting that we included in this series. We hope you enjoy. Cheers!
Sep 21, 2016•24 min
We continue with week three of our month of Spanish wines. The Garnacha grape has its origin in the Argon region of Spain (part of the Calatayud DO and makes some beautiful, low tannin, easy drinking wine. Spanish Garnacha was the first red wine we really fell in love with. It was only a matter of time before we dedicated an episode to these wines.
Sep 14, 2016•20 min
This week's episode is all about crisp, dry white wines from Rueda wine region in Spain.
Sep 07, 2016•22 min
In this episode we discuss Rioja region of Spain and recommend some excellent Rioja Crianza wines!
Aug 31, 2016•23 min
This is part two of a series focused on the wines of Lodi. A couple of weeks ago, we attended the Annual Wine Bloggers conference and wanted to share some of our experience with you. Although Lodi is the self-proclaimed "Zinfandel capital of the World", this episode focuses on wineries working with some lesser know varieties grown in Lodi.
Aug 24, 2016•26 min
We attended the Annual Wine Bloggers Conference in Lodi, CA this past week. During our time, we met winemakers, farmers and people from the Lodi Wine Commission and it was clear from the beginning that these people have immeasurable passion for wine and the land it comes from. Over the next couple of weeks we hope to highlight some of their stories.
Aug 17, 2016•40 min
This week is all about South African Chenin Blanc (aka Steen) wine!
Aug 10, 2016•26 min
