Wine Camp 2020-2021

We’re kicking off with a focus on Burgundy!

Home to the World’s Greatest Pinot’s & Chardonnays

Something to Drink

Louis Boillot’s 2016’s 3 x Barolos from the Legendary ‘Villero’ Cru!
Vietti Riserva + Sordo + Oddero

Wine Word – ‘Monopole’
  Getting Your Head Around Burgundy Part 10 “Chablis”
Wine Bites Mag – Varietal Decoded ‘Chardonnay’

Purity, complexity, amazing texture, lovely lines of acid are the hallmarks of these incredible wines

Moreau-Naudet’s 2018 Chablis
Lavantureux’s 2017 Chablis

Wine Word – ‘Lieu Dit’
  Getting Your Head Around Burgundy Part 4 “The White(ish) Villages of Chassagne-Montrachet, Pugliny-Montrachet, Saint-Aubin”

Bernard-Moreau
Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey

Wine Word – ‘Bâtonnage’
Getting Your Head Around Burgundy Part 2 – Tiny Old Vines & Heaps of them!
Winemaker Session: ‘A Bit of Bindi on the Side with Michael Dhillon’

Ben Leroux’s Burg’s
Michael Dhillon’s Bindi’s

Wine Word – ‘Reductive’
Getting Your Head Around Burgundy Part 3 – Get it in your Gob. Tasting the Villages, Classifications, the Phases of Ageing
Livestream Challenge 1: Opening a 50 year old bottle of Red!

Some of the best value Pinot coming out of Burgundy!

Wine Word – ‘Oxidative’
Getting Your Head Around Burgundy Part 5 – The White Village of Meursault
Wine Bites Mag: Just How Does Sulphur Affect Wine? + A Pro Tip for Buying Old Wine

Daniel Bouland makes some of the most old school and expressive wines in the whole of Beaujolais.

Wine Word – ‘Ullage’

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!

One of Burgundy’s best kept secrets is barely a secret any more. Olivier Lamy is making some of the purest and most mineral white Burgundies of the Côte.
We scored a few extra bottles!!

Wine Word – ‘Vigna Vecchie’

Wine Maker Session: Giuseppe Russo from Etna’s Girolamo Russo
Giuseppe Russo visited Wine Decoded HQ to talk all things Lava Juice AKA Wines from Mount Etna, Sicily.
🎥Watch or 🎧listen, the choice is yours! Enjoy!

Giuseppe is making stunning rosé & white from Etna, matching his superb reds!

Wine Word – ‘Contrada’
Live Stream: Letizia Patanè of Passopisciaro joined us to talk all things
Etna, Lava Juice and Nerello Mascelese!
🎥Watch or 🎧listen, the choice is yours! Enjoy!

This is the winery that kicked off my fascination with Etna!

A Primer – ‘Montalcino: Rosso, Brunello, Riserva & IGT’

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!

2016, 2017, 2018 + a sneaky Fuligni & Pertimali
The perfect way to get your eye in on future vintages of Brunello!
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Ucelliera, Pertimali, Poggio di Sotto, Canalicchio
2015 has proven to be a fantastic vintage with 2016 coming through hot on its heels!

Winemaker Session – ‘Luca di Napoli of Castello di Rampolla’
Luca came to play 🎥 at Wine Decoded HQ

Q&A with Paul: “What are Pressings in Red Wine?”
The Process of Pressing, The Difference between Free Run & Pressings, The Taste of Pressings + Videos of Pressing our Very Own Vino!

Giuseppe is making stunning rosé & white from Etna, matching his superb reds!

Seriously just watch the videos! The wines are as good as the setting in which they are made!

Wine Word – Mousy, A Wine Fault

Tips & Tricks – Broken Cork Stuck in Your Bottle of Filthy Good Vino? Use a Coat Hanger!
Watch 🎥 the Video

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

Paolo doesn’t look for power but for elegance and finesse!

Castell’in Villa’s Chianti Classico Riserva 2013, 2010, 2006
Fairy tale stuff here a Princess turned farmer. Maker of 3 of Walter Spellers Top 5 Chianti’s

Wine Word – Capo Submerso
🎥 Demonstration by Luca Roagna, Barbaresco.
Explanation by Chief Wine Hacker, Paul Kaan.

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

2017 Rabajà, 2017 Barbaresco (the new one & it’s delicious) The Epic 2013 Riserva Rabajà in Mag + 750ml

Barbaresco Bite
A little Intro to Barbaresco.

Tips & Tricks: “Using a Vintage Chart to Pick Wines Sucks … Here’s a Better Way!”
What went wrong?
BEWARE, DANGER LIES AHEAD! THE VINTAGE CHART!.

2016 Massolino Barolo Stepping up again! Massolino’s 2016 Normale is Superb!
2016 Boasso Barolos Seriously just watch the videos! The wines are as good as the setting in which they are made!

Barolo Bite
A little Intro to Barolo

Tips & Tricks: “Dreams do come TRUE! My 300 bottle Wine Cellar is done!”
An old post with all the details, materials, measurements etc for racking on the cheap
PS This one is not my pro-climate controlled storage.

Those who have tried even the Langhe Neb will have quickly seen a wine from a maker with an understanding of harmony, restraint and purity.

Add an amazing suite of vineyards in Serralunga and the Commune & Cru wines are simply delicious

Yes, I have tried the 2016 now. Yes, it is brilliant!

Varietal Decoded: Nebbiolo
A little Intro to Nebbiolo

Wine Bite Mag: Getting Your Head Around Barolo “The 8 Cru’s of Giovanni Sordo” 2.0 the 2016’s
The mega 🎥 session as David Ridge + Paul Kaan take you through 8 Cru Barolos covering 5 Communes.
The only way to get closer to vines would be to jump on a plane & walk the vineyards!

The 8 Cru’s of Giovanni Sordo
An Epic Trip through Barolo covering some of the best Cru’s in the land!

Wine Words: Biodynamics
Biodynamics has been called a cult, a pseudoscience, witchcraft.  Find out more about this alternative form of agriculture very similar to organic farming, but it includes various esoteric concepts drawn from the ideas of Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925).

Wine Bite Mag: 13 Vintages of Gaja Barbaresco over 5 decades
An intriguing tasting. More twists than a series of House of Cards!
It is a rare experience to taste the same wine from a single producer across 5 decades, let alone the wines of the much sort after Gaja.

Such intoxicating perfumes & layered textures!

These wines are things of beauty!
PS We now have Mag’s & Double Mag’s of 2016 Petirosso!

Wine Decoded Tasting Revollution: Bite 1 – Depth & Length
The Reality: Wine is Complicated!
We’re going to make it as simple as possible without making it too simple!
This is not a talk fest …
You will be tasting vino when you want, where you want, with who you want!

  Olek Bondonio’s Roncagliette

From the same vineyard that offers us Gaja’s Sori Tildini!

The Barbaresco version of Sordo. The PdB Cru release is always highly anticipated. A rare chance to try 9 Barbaresco Cru’s from the 1 maker.

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Wine Camp Bite 19

We’re off to see zee German’s!

It’s time for some of the finest Rizza in the World!

Wine Words: Residual Sugar

Explore all the details + check out the palate training exercise you can do at home to help you pick up Residual Sugar in wine.

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Something to Drink

Julian Haart’s Divine 2019 Mosel Rizza’s