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Bathtub Winemaking Project

Wine Decoded Yarra Valley Shiraz 2016 Season Recap + Launch!

From Grape 🍇 to your mouth 🍷 it takes 3 years to prepare this tasty beverage!
Today we share the Season Recap with a 🎥 7min highlight real!

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Winery & Wine Review

The Barolo of Guiseppe Rinaldi 2006-2014

It’s a rare event to have a single bottle of Rinaldi’s Barolo, to have 12 in one night now that’s the stuff dreams are made of!

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Wine Bites Winery & Wine Review

The Bewildering Array of Sweet German Rieslings from the Mosel

Even the most dedicated wine geek often has trouble getting their head around the German naming systems, something they’ve been working on simplifying!

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Wine Bites

Q&A with Paul: “Do winemakers need to add tartaric acid to keep it fresh and age-worthy?”

Thanks for the question Andrew!
We explore why we add acid to wine, looking at the chemistry, and, impact on taste, as well as how it will affect the wines ability to age.

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Wine Bites

What is Noble Rot? AKA Botrytis

Botrytis cinerea, also known as “noble rot” is a fungus that colonizes the grape and causes water to evaporate through the skin of the fruit.

Under the perfect conditions with the right amount of humidity and heat Botrytis will transform the grapes into “drops of gold”.

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Wine Bites

Getting Your Head Around Sicily’s Mount Etna

Etna is at once both a fossil and a piece of modern art!
Vines aged from 70-120 years old grow on the slopes of a volcano at altitudes that make noses bleed.

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Wine Bites

Getting Your Head Around the Yarra Valley

A short long history. From the Pioneers in the 1800’s to those who rejuvenated the Yarra Valley in the 1960’s and the new wave from the 1990’s to today, the Yarra Valley is making the best wines it has ever made.

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Winemaker Sessions

The Tough Years Are When Experience Really Counts – 2016 with Alex Moreau

One of the most honest reflections of a tough vintage that you will ever hear. Listen to this and you will understand the depth of deliberate, consequential thought that required for the world’s best vignerons always optimise.

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Wine Bites

Getting Your Head Around Burgundy Part 8 – The Villages of Vosne-Romanée & Clos-Vougeot

We explore the Geology, Geography and Wines of the Côte de Nuits Villages: Vosne-Romanée & Clos-Vougeot

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Tips & Tricks Wine Bites

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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Tips & Tricks Wine Bites

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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Tips & Tricks Wine Bites

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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