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First Aired - 02/23/2010 04:00PM
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Christopher Tracy of Channing Daughters Winery
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Week In Wine Recap (10:00)
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Erin Fitzpatrick, At The Root Of It, Week In Wine Recap, Hearst Ranch, crop report,Christopher Tracy of Channing Daughters Winery (18:20)
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Bridgehampton, Long Island wine industry, Long Island is now an established region for wine, North Fork, Hamptons, promoting and protecting place names, Channing Daughters Winery, 125 acres on the property, Peconic Land Trust, 28 acres of planted vineyards, niche market, blended white wines, Wolffer Estate, climate differences between the two forks, the south fork is a degree or two cooler, latitude, temperate climates, the most important parameters are temperature and water, Bordeaux, similarities between regions, varietal wines, blended wines, Allison Dubin, Cristopher Tracy,The Institute of Masters of Wine (11:40)
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MW and MS programs, Master of Wine, writers, producers, critics, there are 278 Master of Wines in the world, Master of Sommelier, service driven, blind tasting, word based, www.mastersofwine.org, lonely do it yourself program, dissertation, Napa, Europe, Australia, international focus, Long Island, labeling, labels, Walter Channing, wood sculptor, farmers market chef approach to wine making, Astor Wine & Spirits,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 08/18/2009 04:00PM
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This week on At The Root Of It, Erin talks about branding wine and private labels with the Owner & Managing Director of Barterhouse Wines, Brian DiMarco
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Weekly Wine Recap (3:58)
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Erin Fitzpatrick, Weekly Wine Recap, Testa Wines, Hennessy, Diageo, Wine Spectator, California is facing an over supply of fine wine grapes, Napa, recession, consumers are buying less wine in the $20 plus range, new and small growers are at risk, grape glut might be short term, vineyard plots, Sigales is being commissioned 30,000 Euro's to perform a study on Beaujolais, LVMH,Brian DiMarco of Barterhouse Wines Talks About Wine Marketplace Changes (14:19)
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Brian DiMarco, importer, distributor, Owner & Managing Director of Barterhouse Wines, http://www.thebarterhouse.com, blogger and author, www.taintedcork.com, boutique high end market, Barterhouse has doubled down on bottles under $10, high taste profiles, product labels, Santa Barbara, Pinot Noir, blended wines, Argentina, consumer following, Meander Wines, Conspire, Amy Aiken, textured, less expensive wine in South America, real estate prices, cost of land, Hamptons, Long Island wines, the industry has a lack of awareness for Long Island wines, North Fork, Bridgehampton, Montauk, www.to27.com, Highway 27, fruity up front reds, Shenandoah River, Italy, Austria, www.taintedcork, beer, musings, jug wine, watered down, pizza joint wine, twitter, blogging is an experiment in terror, wholesalers are looking for their own version of the $12 Malbec, liquor,Brian DiMarco Discusses the Impact of Private Labels in the Marketplace (12:02)
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corked wine, tainted corks, fungus, Portugal, cork trees, winemaking is an imperfect science, there is no consistency with corking, Saintsbury, Marks & Spencer, private labels, UK, grocery stores, Mendoza, brand recognition, Whole Foods, salsa and chips, store brands, Trader Joes, Two Buck Chuck, bulk wine, many of us are motivated by packaging, brand affinity, sophisticated buyers, people gravitate towards brands, advertising, Mike's Hard Lemonade, Rapheal Winery, AVA's, American Viticultural Area, Long Island Merlot, private labels are the future,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 08/04/2010 07:00PM
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On this week's Burning Down The House, Curtis is joined by Jessica Sheridan, Editor-In-Chief of the AIA NY's online magazine "e-Oculus", and Jacob Alspector, architect and Principal of Alspector Architecture. The three discuss the shifting power of the architect in today's economy and offer stories of the past and predictions for the future. Learn about the awesomeness of The Pantheon, the magic of the new Living Pavilion, and where to take a tourist to see great ephemeral architecture in New York City. This episode was brought to you by Tekserve, NYC's most remarkable Mac shop! Visit www.tekserve.com for all your Mac, iPod, and accessory needs.
Photo 1: The Bridgehampton National Bank, designed and built by Curtis B. Wayne. Photo 2: Utah Valley University Digital Learning Center, designed by built by Jacob Jacob Alspector. Photo 3: The Living Pavillion, designed and built by Ann Ha & Behrang Behin.
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Burning Down The House Intro (19:48)
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Burning Down The House, Cutis B. Wayne, heritageradionetwork.com, going viral, design and architecture, Tekserve, kick ass pro audio shop, Roberta's, sweatlodge kiva event, e-Oculus E-Zine, American Institute of Architecture, Jessica Sheridan, RISD, The Talking Heads, Oberlin College, Dr. Jacob Alspector, Cooper Union, Alspector Architecture, Twilight, Hunter Mountain New York, Katy Keifer, Chauncey Gardner in Being There, building onto existing structures, respecting the social contract of the existing context, utilitarianism, doctor of architecture, doctores, what it looks like should be an extension of solving problems, oculus, the Oculus of The Pantheon, The Pantheon is the greatest building ever, AIA New York Chapter, the AIA's stance on standard contract language, the litigious environment of the 1980s, limiting architects liability, the omnipotent construction manager, ionic capitals, construction from CAD files, digital exchange files, the dangers of misconstruing CAD files, Revit Architecture, Viollet Le-Duc, building The Bridgehampton National Bank,Revitalizing The City (21:47)
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the bad man, the economy has totally decimated the architecture industry, the creative arts are in the tank, very little new construction lending, university spending continues, Paterson's not paying people, state spending frozen, what's really happening in New York, Mayor Bloomberg, The High Line, Times Square, revitalizing the city, pop-up stores, temporary art spaces, public space, public work, private educational and cultural work, fast track, the word construction manager did not exist, press releases, The Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, The American Society for Landscape Architects, Eyes Wide Shut, reporting on architecture, contributing to the written world, ENYA Design Competitions, Emerging New York Architects, Governor's Island, International Ideas Competition, The ENYA Prize, encouraging people to get their licenses, Matt Arnold, the increasing amount of time it takes from graduation to licensing, NCARB, the social contract between employer and employee, Perkins Eastman, construction administration, the width of a carpenter's pencil, dimensioning masonry, ARE / IDP concurrency, the European model, Utah Valley University Digital Learning Center,I Love This Town (17:02)
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I Love This Town, Nancy Griffith and Jimmy Buffet, Brooklyn, Bloomberg, Riverside South, Chelsea Piers, Tom Balsley, I Can't Afford This Town, The Upper West Side, mitzvahs, AIA, Figment, participatory arts, The Living Pavilion on Governor's Island, The Serpentine Pavilion in London, reticulated structure, Ann Ha, Behrang Behin, evapotransporation, sustainability, milk crate construction, The Green Thumb Program, Department of Parks and Recreation, The Science Barge, The Living Wall, ephemeral architecture, Nancy from Cincinnati, Cats on Broadway, the TKTS booth, The Highline, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, SO-IL, instalation, Pole Dance, The Pepsi Pavilion at The World's Fair, New York in the 1950s/60s, creative eras in New York, Frank Lloyd Wright, The Guggenheim, The United Nations, Huntington Hartford, The Museum of Art and Design, The MAD Museum, architecture is becoming much more collaberative, the broadening of the scope, diversifying, the term building is becoming more vague, architecture melting into art and landscape, engagin the public, participatory architecture, empty lots and storefronts, struggling to stay in the proffession, optimism,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
