Jun 24, 2019
Greece is among both the oldest and among the newest wine
nations
in the world. Although it got cooking with winemaking more than
6000 years ago, a huge break in the action took it out of the
winemaking game from about the mid 1400s until the 1990s. It's back
these days, and as it has always been grapes are grown...
Jun 18, 2019
Jason Haas from Tablas Creek returns (he was in Ep 162) to
give 
us his perspective on 30 years
of the most innovative winery in California, which runs in
partnership with the Perrins of Rhône fame. We take the long view,
discussing a retrospective blog post Jason wrote
on what they got right and wrong in the last 30...
Jun 10, 2019
Provence, France is a multifaceted wine region. Although it makes mainly rosé, there is much to explore here. To start, not all of that rosé is created equal. And there are whites and reds you may not be aware of, that are just stunning. This podcast is a surprising, dorky, deep look at this beautiful wine region.
Jun 3, 2019
Greg La Follette is known in the wine world as a founding father of California Pinot Noir. A former seminarian and biochemist with degrees in Plant Biology and Chemistry, he was an early AIDS researcher at the University of California San Francisco before earning his masters degree in Food Science and Technology at...
May 27, 2019
At the request of UK listener, Peregrine (great idea, thanks!), we discuss vegetarian food pairing, an art that's just as easy or hard as with any dish. The difference is that in the veg world, we pair with sauce and seasoning and the complexities are many --and we dig into many of them!
We discuss my three step pairing...