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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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Tips & Tricks Wine Bites

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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Wine Bites

Getting Your Head Around Champagne – Varieties, Regions & Styles

The diversity of Champagne wines can make it difficult to generalise, but there are three major considerations that will influence the way champagne tastes including grape variety, region and the cuvée. Understanding what distinguishes one style from another is important to identify your personal preferences.

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Winery & Wine Review

A Decade of Cappellano Pie Franco Barolo

Cappellano sits with the greats of Barolo along with Giuseppe Rinaldi, Bartolo Mascarello and Giacomo Conterno. Luca Carrudo of Vietti considers Baldo a second father.

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Wine Bites

Wine Camp 2020-2021

Wine Camp 2020-2021 has been a blast! Sharing Wine Wisdom & a Few Choice Beverages is what it’s all about!
Just in cased you missed anything, here’s the archive of everything we covered.

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Wine Bites Winery & Wine Review

Getting Your Head Around Barolo “The 8 Cru’s of Giovanni Sordo” 2.0 the 2016’s

Exploring 8 Cru’s from Across Barolo is a great way to get your head around the region. Add the input of Neb-Head, David Ridge & you’re in for some fun!
Version 2.0 This time we’re looking at the 2016’s
Watch 🎥for the full experience with flyover maps of the communes & more!

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Winemaker Sessions

A Session with Fabrice of Champagne R Pouillon

Ask a simple question about wine and you are often greeted with a basic scripted response that sadly is a close reflection of reality.
Ask Fabrice a ‘simple’ question with the intent of eliciting some deep thought and wisdom and that is exactly what you get.

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Winemaker Sessions

Live Stream with Letizia Patanè of Passopisciaro

Letizia Patanè of Passopisciaro joined us to talk all things Etna, Lava Juice and Nerello Mascelese!

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Tips & Tricks

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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Tips & Tricks

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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Winery & Wine Review

Exploring Calbretta’s Lava Juice from Etna with Michael Trembath.

We spent some time with Michael Trembath talking through his thoughts on Etna, Calabretta and the individual wines.
It’s clear that the family is well and truly connected to the land and that the knowledge of past generations has been passed down the line.

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Winemaker Sessions

Talking all things Lava Juice with Giuseppe Russo of Etna’s Girolamo Russo

Giuseppe Russo visited Wine Decoded HQ to talk all things Lava Juice AKA Wines from Mount Etna, Sicily.
He shared his knowledge of the history of viticulture on Mount Etna and his history from training in classical music and literature to returning to his family vineyards to transition them to the delicious Enta reds wines, white wine, and rosato that he makes today.

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