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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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Tips & Tricks Wine Bites

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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Bathtub Winemaking Project

Bathtub Winemaking Day 449 – Élévage: Raising the Kids 2017 Wine Decoded Shiraz

It’s a busy day in the Tiny Winery today! It’s 449 days since our beautiful Shiraz arrived in the winery.
Blending time … mostly!

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Wine Bites

Wine Decoded Tasting Revolution: Wine Bite 1 – Depth & Length

Today we’re looking at the value of tasting in Context & with Contrast & we’re covering the first two things to look at when you’re trying to work out whether a wine is any good.
Depth or Concentration and Length or Persistence.

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Wine Bites

Q&A with Paul: “How does the percentage of new oak affect wine?”

Don’t get hung up the numbers, the numbers can lie! Taste it, looking for balance!

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Wine Bites

Q&A with Paul “Where do You Stand as far as No Addition So-Called “Natural Wines” are Concerned?”

There is a lot of confusion around natural wine, for several reasons: it lacks a consistent definition, consumers don’t truly know what it means, there are many makers that abuse the label and use it as an excuse for making bad wine.
My default position, the wine still has to be delicious in the glass and be begging for you to drink more no matter what name it has.

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Tips & Tricks Wine Bites

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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Bathtub Winemaking Project

The Wait is Over … Our 1st Wine Decoded Wine is Here!

The 2015 Wine Decoded ‘Bathtub’ Cabernet Sauvignon!
Just a little bit excited 😉

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Winemaker Sessions

The Sandrone Sessions with Barbara Sandrone

From the potential of life as a carpenter to one of Barolo’s greats. Sandrone last 15 years making Barolo has been a demonstration of the wisdom accumulated over the previous 35 years! Such intrigue!

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Tips & Tricks Wine Bites

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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Tips & Tricks Winery & Wine Review

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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