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Domaine de la Romanée Conti Romanée-Saint-Vivant Give Away

Flashback: May 2020 When the WINE DECODED Community Went Nuts!
Film 1: Tasting 1989 Domaine de la Romanée Conti Romanée-Saint-Vivant
Film 2: A vintage at DRC with a winemaker’s observations.

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Getting Your Head Around Burgundy Part 11 – The Village of Pernand-Vergelesses

Discover what makes the village and wines of Pernand-Vergelesses unique!

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Getting Your Head Around Burgundy Part 9.3 – The Village of Chambolle-Musigny

Discover what makes the village and wines of Chambolle-Musigny unique!

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Getting Your Head Around Burgundy Part 9.2 – The Village of Morey-Saint-Denis

Discover what makes the village and wines of Morey-Saint-Denis unique!

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Getting Your Head Around Burgundy Part 9.1 – The Village of Gevrey-Chambertin

Discover what makes the village and wines of Gevrey-Chambertin unique!

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Live Stream Challenge 2 – Saving Wine from the Drain

Most wine preserving systems are 💩💩💩
Check out the only 2 methods we use at Wine Decoded HQ!

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Live Stream Challenge 1 – Open a 50 year old Bottle of Vino!

Wine Decoded’s Chief Wine Hacker Goes Live Decoding Getting a Cork out of 50 year Old Wine!
Watch the video for all the juice!

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Getting Your Head Around Burgundy Part 9 – The Village of Chambolle, Morey, Gevrey

We explore the Geology, Geography and Wines of the Côte de Nuits Villages: Gevrey-Chambertin, Morey-Saint-Denis, Chambolle-Musigny

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Getting Your Head Around Burgundy Part 5 – The White Village of Meursault

We explore the Geology, Geography and Wines of the Côte de Beaune Village, Meursault

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Getting Your Head Around Burgundy Part 6 – The Reds of Pommard from the Côte de Beaune

We explore the Geology, Geography and Wines of Pommard

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Getting Your Head Around Burgundy Part 10 – Chablis

We explore the Geology, Geography and Wines of Chablis

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Getting Your Head Around Burgundy Part 7 – The Village of Nuits-Saint-Georges

We explore the Geology, Geography and Wines of the Côte de Nuits Villages: Gevrey-Chambertin, Morey-Saint-Denis, Chambolle-Musigny, Nuits-Saint-Georges

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Getting Your Head Around Burgundy Part 4 – The White(ish) Villages of Chassagne-Montrachet, Pugliny-Montrachet, Saint-Aubin

We explore the Geology, Geography and Wines of the Côte de Beaune Villages: Chassagne-Montrachet, Pugliny-Montrachet, Saint-Aubin

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Just How Does Sulphur Affect Wine? + A Pro Tip for Buying Old Wine

Most of the articles you see about how wine develops in the bottle over time explore the standard evolution of a single wine.
Taking this one step further, I ran an experiment over 18 years ago. Today you get to see the results.

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Getting Your Head Around Burgundy Part 3 – Get it in your Gob. Tasting the Villages, Classifications, the Phases of Ageing

During an impromptu tasting of Burgundies from Stéphane Magnien we got to explore the Villages of Morey-Saint-Denis, Chambolle-Musigny & Gevrey-Chambertin. Comparison of the 3 offering great insights into Burgundy in the glass!

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2013 Barolo & Barbaresco so far + 2 Tips on Assessing Vintage & A Great Video Explaining Barolo & Barbaresco

I’ve been asked, almost daily for months now about the 2013 Vintage in Barolo and Barbaresco. So, how do you cut through the hype to work out the reality?

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Getting Your Head Around Burgundy Part 2 – Tiny Old Vines & Heaps of them!

As you drive down the A6 from Paris, turn off at the N74 you start to see grape vines. Initially, you think you’ve gone a little cross-eyed from the long flight. Then you realise your eyes aren’t lying the vines are minute and packed close together!

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Getting Your Head Around Burgundy Part 1 – Vineyards, Classifications & Villages

This will be the first in many articles to help you understand Burgundy, the mythical home of Pinot Noir & Chardonnay.
Understanding Burgundy Starts with the Different Villages & After that it Just Keeps Getting Better!

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Tasting! Tasting! Tasting! Always Tasting!

Just how do the WINE DECODED crew choose wines to share with you?

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Want wine that’s 32,978 times more fun, more yummy? Samuel L Jackson & John Travolta have the answer …

Just like Samuel L Jackson and John Travolta in Pulp Fiction you must complete a Wine Decoded challenge to get the answer.

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Wanna know how to save a 49 year old wine … READ THIS!

At 49 years old this baby, 1966 Penfolds Bin 128 Coonawarra Claret, was looking tired! So I decanted it onto 30ppm of Sulphur & left it 2 days. Result was impressive!

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“Stop the Wine-ocide” Kaani 2012 – My Deep Dark Secret + a Wine Tip

I can keep my Deep, Dark Secret No Longer. I’ve Witnessed and Particpated in the Murder of TOO much Filthy Good Vino!

THE INSANITY HAS GOT TO STOP!

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Test Driving the Durand Corkscrew for Dodgy Corks in Old Bottles

Opening old bottles of wine with dodgy corks can be a challenge even for the most experienced wine hound.
Good hardware can make a big difference.

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Video Wine Tip: Broken Cork Stuck in Your Bottle of Filthy Good Vino? Use a Coat Hanger!

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Using a Vintage Chart to Pick Wines Sucks … Here’s a Better Way!

What went wrong?
BEWARE, DANGER LIES AHEAD! THE VINTAGE CHART!

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Opening a Bottle of Wine Tip 1: “Use a Power Drill, It’s Just Easier”

A great mate of mine, Adrian, also a winemaker, visited a couple of months back. As is the norm when a couple of ex-winemakers get together, the Filthy Good Vino comes out of the cellar.

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Dreams do come TRUE! My 300 bottle Wine Cellar is done! Awesome!

For years I’ve been wanting to have my own cellar to store all my #FilthyGoodVino.  Finally it’s done. A cellar that will store 300 bottles of the finest wines from the collection that are ready to drink. Material and Specifcations included!

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Wine Tips: Filthy Good Vino’s Best Technique for Cleaning Wine Glasses

Just got a couple of these to help me clean my wine glasses!

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