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The gasoline smell in German Riesling is real. It comes from a compound called TDN that forms as the wine ages. Serious wine drinkers consider it a quality marker. Your first instinct might be to put the glass down. Don't.
decanter.com/learn/german-riesling-a-buying-guide-for-beginners-524608/
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You bet! Thanks for your support as always!!!
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German Riesling smells like airplane glue. We know. We smelled it in both bottles this week and couldn't stop drinking them. New episode.
thewinepairpodcast.com/episode/germ...
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We tasted two pét-nats this week. Agreed on the first one. On the second, Joe gave it an 8. Carmela gave it a 4. In case you're wondering: we are still married.
thewinepairpodcast.com/episode/pet-...
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Pét-Nat is bottled mid-fermentation. The yeast is still active. As it finishes converting sugar to alcohol, the CO2 is trapped and becomes bubbles. No second fermentation, no added sugar, no disgorgement. A controlled accident.
daily.sevenfifty.com/the-science-of-pet-nat-wines/
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Bugey-Cerdon is a tiny French appellation in the foothills of the Alps, south of Burgundy. Its whole identity is built around light, aromatic pét-nats. It only received its AOC status in 2009. Worth knowing.
www.winescholarguild.com/blog/regions...
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Always follow the monks to find great wine! Benedictine monks at the Abbey of Saint-Hilaire in Limoux are credited with making the first pétillant naturel in 1531. Almost 500 years ago.
masterclass.com/articles/learn-the-petillant-naturel-method
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Great article!
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Some natural wine people argue the funky, barnyard qualities of pét-nat are features, not flaws signs of authenticity. Others say it's a way to market wine that's gone sideways. We weigh in, but what do you think?
punchdrink.com/articles/what-is-pet-nat-really/
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Pét-Nat predates Champagne by 200 years, all the way back to 1531. We tasted two under $25, from France, one from South Africa, and asked the obvious question: is it actually better? New episode.
thewinepairpodcast.com/episode/pet-...
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The Vinho de Talha DOC has one very specific rule: the wine must stay in the clay pot, in contact with the grape skins, until November 11. St. Martin's Day. No exceptions. That alone is worth knowing. New episode this week on Alentejo reds.
thewinepairpodcast.com/episode/port...
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Alicante Bouschet is a French grape, created in the 1860s by crossing Grenache with Petit Bouschet. It flopped in France but found a home in Portugal's Alentejo. It is also one of only a few grapes in the world with red flesh as well as red skin.
winefolly.com/deep-dive/alicante-bouschet-wine/
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Clay pots allow a small amount of oxygen into the wine, similar to oak barrels. But unlike oak, they add little flavor. The result: rounder tannins and an earthy, mineral character that you just do not get from steel or wood.
wineenthusiast.com/culture/wine/portugal-traditional-amphorae-wines/
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It’s TACO Tuesday. Again.
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It’s TACO Tuesday. Again.
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Vinho de Talha, wine made in large clay pots called talhas, has been made in the Alentejo region of Portugal for years. Most of Europe abandoned it. Alentejo never let go. In 2010, it became the first officially recognized amphora wine DOC.
alcoholprofessor.com/blog-posts/amphora-portugal-wine
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We just got back from Portugal and we are not over it. So this week we went back for one more episode: red wines from the Alentejo made in ancient clay pots. Both under $25. Both interesting. Did either make the cut?
thewinepairpodcast.com/episode/port...
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Fausto Cellario describes himself as simply a spectator who watches a miracle of nature happen. That philosophy shows up in everything he does. No pesticides, no chemicals, natural yeasts, biodynamic farming, wines that genuinely have a part of him in them.
thewinepairpodcast.com/episode/spec...
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Poderi Cellario farms 30 hectares across five vineyard sites in the southern Langhe, but it is not just vineyards. They grow legumes between the vines to promote biodiversity, produce their own solar energy, and use natural manure. The vineyard is its own ecosystem.
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Only the best people!!!
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Biodynamic farmers follow a lunar calendar. Poderi Cellario bottles their wines according to these lunar phases, a practice going back to Rudolf Steiner's work in the 1920s.
idealwine.info/why-do-biodynamic-winemakers-follow-the-lunar-calendar/
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Most people think of Barolo and Barbaresco when they think of Piedmont. But the region has dozens of indigenous grapes. Fausto Cellario works exclusively with these native varieties and refuses to plant anything else.
cellartours.com/blog/italy/the-inimitable-grape-varieties-of-piedmont
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Fausto Cellario planted a vineyard in 2013 with Doux d'Henry, a rare native grape that is illegal to grow in Langhe . His response? "Wine? What wine? That doesn't exist." The grape covers just 17 hectares in all of Piedmont and is rarely vinified on its own
wine-searcher.com/grape-1989-doux-d-henry
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This week we talked to a Piedmont winemaker who named one of his wines "the wine that doesn't exist" because he's technically not allowed to make it. That tells you pretty much everything you need to know about Fausto Cellario. New episode today.
thewinepairpodcast.com/episode/spec...
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We have done a lot of winemaker interviews. This one is different. Pascal Marty is funny, humble, and has one of those careers that makes you wonder how one person fit it all in. Mouton Rothschild. Opus One. Almaviva. And now Viña Marty.
thewinepairpodcast.com/episode/spec...
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The label for Viña Marty's Goutte d'Argent was designed by the creators of Drops of God, the Japanese manga series that turned the wine world upside down. The design was inspired by a Japanese poem. bettanedesseauveasia.com/the-market/back-from-the-vineyards/vina-marty-goutte-dargent/
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Sake yeast ferments at temperatures far colder than standard wine yeast. Pascal Marty spent five years getting access to it, and Viña Marty is the only non-Japanese member. The result is a Sauvignon Blanc unlike anything else. kindredvines.com/product/vina-marty-goutte-dargent-sauvignon-blanc/
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Almaviva was born from a partnership between Rothschild and Concha y Toro with one goal: make a wine in Chile that could compete with the great Bordeaux wines. Pascal Marty was brought in to build it. jamessuckling.com/wine-tasting-reports/almaviva-vertical-tasting-cult-status-through-consistency
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Opus One started as a conversation between Robert Mondavi and Baron Philippe de Rothschild at a hotel in Hawaii in 1970. The joint venture wasn't announced until 1980. The winery wasn't built until 1989. Pascal Marty was part of the team that made it happen. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_One_Winery
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