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First Aired - 11/03/2009 04:00PM
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On this week's episode, Justin Christoph of Riesling AC talks about the versatile grape, German wine history & "wet" auctions.
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Weekly Wine Recap (3:23)
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Erin Fitzpatrick, Roberta's, At The Root Of It, Fairway Market, Germany's 2009 vintage,Justin Christoph of Riseling AC (13:11)
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Justin Christoph, Brian DiMarco, global warming, Riesling, what are the chances of Canada and upstate New York making high class wine, global warming can help these reasons, Germany has had some of the strongest vintages recently, winemakers would have died 40 years ago for a vintage like 08, wet auctions are auctions where you can taste all the wines, tastings are usually done in the morning with producers present, auctioneers, people in the audience cannot bid themselves, they use commissioners, tickets are only 25-75 euro, some people come just to taste the wines, private buyers, commissioners negotiate the price towards the end of the auction, barrell auctions,Gold Capsule & The Versatility Of Riesling Grapes (11:10)
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German wine producers, gold capsule evolved after the 1971 wine law banned the world feinst, German's put long gold capsules on the most special wines to get around the law, Joh. Jos. Prum, JJ Prum, ice wine, Chateau Musar, www.rieslingac.com, dry wines, riesling is a very versatile grape, reflects its terroir, pinot noir, Black Tower, Blue Nun, there is a huge demand for Germany red wines in Germany, most Americans would rather drink a Burgundy, Justin's desert island wine, Auslace aged,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 05/05/2009 12:00PM
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Erin Fitzpatrick travels to Germany to bring us interviews with the country's leading winemakers, recorded around the Weinborse Fair, a German trade fair featuring two hundred leading VDP wine estates and their 2008 releases.
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Intro: The Weekly Wine Recap (3:50)
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Cinco de Mayo, Tax Trade Bureau, San Louis Obispo, Omni Wines, Le Cirque,Erin in the Field: Weinborse Fair (6:33)
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Rheingau, Rheinhessen, viticulture, specifications, grape varieties, riesling, high-quality, limited production, 2008 Vintage, low-alcohol, dry, German wine, sweet, no recipe for success, varietals, Vin De Padikat, Terroir,Erin in the Field: Fritz Hasselbach, Gunderloch Estates Winemaker (8:50)
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Gunderloch Estate, German Wine Classification System, German winemakers, Fritz Hasselbach, unified EU classification system, complications, vineyard classification system, Burgundy Classification System, German Riesling, decline in US imports, US market, food pairings, wine-lover's wine, biodynamic farming, organic farming, Terroir,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 11/16/2010 05:00PM
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This week on Beer Sessions an unprecedented combination of Jimmy, Sam, and Ray had a fascinating discussion with Matthias Trum and Matthias Neidhart of Aecht Schlenkerla about German beer. Don't miss this chance to learn about how beer fits into German culture (perhaps a bit better than in America), how the German Purity Law limits or inspires German brewers, and the 6 generation, 500+ year tradition of Aecht Schlenkerla and "smoked" brewing. This episode was sponsored by Great Brewers.com: a favorite source for beer information and education and one of the internet's most popular beer destinations.
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Beer Sessions Introduction: Matthias Trum of Schlenkerla (14:50)
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Beer Sessions, Jimmy Carbone, Jimmy's No. 43, Ray Deter, d.b.a., Heritage Radio Network, GreatBrewers.com, Good Beer Seal, Samuel Merritt, Civilization of Beer, beer and cheese, alpine cheese and dark ales, Aecht Schlenkerla, event tonight at the Ginger Man, Schlenkerla sausage, smoke style, liquid beer history, stone beer, stone bock, basic lagers for basic drinking, granite bocks, caramelization, beer rocks, B United, Matthias is a 6th generation brewmaster, brewing is a family practice in Germany, Bamberg, Germany, Franconia, brewing heartland, Matthias Trum, Matthias Neidhart,The Reinheitsgebot: The German Purity Law (16:50)
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traditions of beer and food in Germany, beer dinners, artisanal brewing, doesn't exist in Germany, Germany is lacking in the craft beer movement, German purity law, creative ways of creating complex beers, magic potion legend, purity law is a touchy subject for Germans, a matter of national pride, EU tried to ban the law, The Reinheitsgebot, price dumping, people don't value beer anymore, beer as a commodity, Germany is very multi faceted, beer is regarded as nutrition and food in Bavaria, it was important for politicians to keep beer affordable, Schlenkerla Marzen, Aecht Schlenkerla Eiche (Schlenkerla Oak Smoke),Schlenkerla: Walking Like a Drunk Person (16:04)
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Aecht Schlenkerla Eiche (Schlenkerla Oak Smoke), not only a brewery but also a malt house, smoke malt with beechwood fires, malt batch with oak wood, oak wood has a very different aroma, multi faceted smoke, double bock, Franconian are very hard, malty dark and rich beers, water purification, pilsner beers, classic bock beer style, barley wines, Schlenkerla means to walk like a drunk person, brewery and brewery pub are separated, German beer drinkers are very patriotic, go cups, Bamberg malt, malt industry,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
