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First Aired - 05/04/2010 04:00PM
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This week on At the Root of It Erin spoke with Alex Skoff from Weingut Zahel. Tune in to hear about the rich history of vineyards in Austria and Germany, plus why a multi-grape wine is so hard to make (and so prized once made)!
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Week in Wine Recap (4:24)
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Barterhouse, At the Root of It, Erin Fitzpatrick, Heritage Radio Network, Week In Wine Recap, Robert Mondavi, Fine Wine 2010 Conference, Napa valley, crop report, Oregon, climate change, impact on vineyards, trying to reduce carbon footprint, vineyards asses greenhouse gas emissions, Michael Mondavi, non-profitable wineries in California will change hands under duress this year, www.decanter.com, Oregon participates in the Carbon Neutral Challenge, reduces their carbon footprint,In The Field With Alex Skoff from Weingut Zahel (25:36)
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Alex Skoff, Weingut Zahel, Vienna, Austria, Austrian Consulate, wine, history of Vienna as a wine growing region, field blend notoriety, local grapes, Vienna is the only region in the world with vineyards within its city limits, viennese wines, working together with other regions, creating a marketing group to help the image of the regions, there are some really good new wineries in Vienna, butterflies from the vineyard, Rose Garden, Riesling, Alex Skoff from Weingut Zahel, Darcy and Huber Selections, Vienna - has more vineyards within its city limits than anywhere in the world, Wien Wien vintners - setting quality standards for Viennese wine, Gemischter Satz - 'field blends' - up to 40 other white varieties found in Austria, Gruner Veltliner, Welschriesling, Weissburgunder, to qualify as Gemischter Satz all varieties must be grown in the same plot, harvested on the same day and vinified together, Zweigelt St. Laurent, Nussberg Grande Reserve,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 04/20/2010 04:00PM
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Erin talks with Krista Voisin, wine director of Roberta's. They talk Italian wine, Cajun cuisine & how high quality ingredients speak for themselves.
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Week in Wine Recap (4:35)
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At the Root of It, Erin Fitzpatrick, Barterhouse, Heritage Radio Network, Week in Wine Recap, direct shipment to consumers, Wine & Spirit Wholesalers of America, direct shipping bypasses wholesalers and monopolies, the measure could devastate the wine industry, stunt economic growth, crop report, 2009 Bordeaux is off to a slow start, Chinese interest, returns of 20%,Krista Voisin of Roberta's (15:33)
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Krista Voisin, Roberta's, Krista oversees the wine program at Roberta's, school field trip to Roberta's, Krista came to Roberta's three months ago, she used to work with Eddie Diaz at Otto, Italian wine list, some Long Island wines, Channing Daughters, Christopher Tracy, Spanish wines, focus on terroir, incorporating all five senses, origins, ecology, food activism, biodynamic wine, Krista is from Lousiana, gumbo, jambalaya, Cajun cuisine, Creole, born out of people who work in kitchens, New Orleans, wine is not necessarily a part of Cajun culture, Martin Wine Cellars, Decatur Street,Italian Wine & The Roberta's Philosophy (12:41)
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Kerner, Abbrazia Di Novacella, small grape varietals, 1500 varieties exist in Italy, Northern Italy, alpine valley, cooler climate higher altitude, Carlo's philosophy of cooking is to find the best ingredients available and cook to highlight the natural quality, Krista tries to find wines in that spirit for Roberta's, springtime wines, rooftop garden ingredients, speck, Roberta's uses a lot of pork, don't be afraid to ask sommeliers!, try something you haven't tried, service aspect, Italian white wines, Conspire, Amy Aiken,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 03/23/2010 04:00PM
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Erin talks to Ken Payton about his website Reign Of Terroir
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Week In Wine Recap (3:59)
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Erin Fitzpatrick, At the Root of It, Week In Wine Recap, Hearst Ranch, Heritage Radio Network, family Champagne business, France, Dom Pérignon, Enotec Imports Inc., San Francisco, Malbec tour, Napa valley,Ken Payton of Reign Of Terroir Talks About Wine Blogs (17:04)
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Ken Payton, www.reignofterroir.com, Purple Reign, Prince, copyright infringement, www.winelibrary.com, online forum, American winemaking traditions, Wines & Vines, National Geographic, The New Yorker, California, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Santa Cruz Mountains AVA, micro climates, Napa, regionality, wine regions, it's not uncommon to find producers who make a few thousand bottles a year, historical roots of terroir, makeup of minerals and soil, it's a lot of work to post every day on a blog, travel writers, food writers, blogs, Gregory V. Jones, climate, viticulture,Ken Speaks of Endangered Terroirs in Portugal and His Documentary (13:08)
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endangered terroirs, Ken is working on a documentary, planned to shoot in Portugal around the harvest time in late August, globalization of taste, internationalizing of wine styles, Portugal has some of the strangest and most unusual wines you can enjoy, wine cellars, tourist industry, there is no mechanism to prevent the sale of a vineyard to a real estate consumer, Cabernet, clay jars, endangered wines of Portugal, Canary Islands, the last thing the world needs is another Cabernet, Cahors Malbec,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
