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First Aired - 03/16/2010 04:00PM
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Erin talks malbec & Cahors live in San Francisco!
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At The Root of It: On The Road With Helene Jouves (9:12)
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At The Root of It, Erin Fitzpatrick, on the road!, Cahors, Domaine Du Prince, family business, local customers, 80% of the wine is consumed within the region, Malbec, Argentinians, Argentina, marketing, originally a grape from France, Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, climate, grape raising temperature, difference between Cahors malbec and Argentinian mablec, terroir, classic bottle with an old world look, wax, Helene Jouves,Lucien Dimani from Le Bout du Lieu and Afton Vineyards (11:01)
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Virginia, Afton, Cahors, built a cellar in 2002, home wine, Argentinian malbec, differences between Argentinian and French, Argentinian malbec is a new style of wine making, fruity, oak flavor, most vintages are similar, Cahors malbec is more earth and mineral driven, cooler climate, malbec wine is a diva, Miami, Washington DC, San Francisco,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 06/23/2009 04:00PM
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Part II of Erin's interview with Grant Phelps, Chief Winemaker for Viu Manent wines, Chile's Malbec forerunners.
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Viu Manent: The Future of Chilean Wines (14:50)
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Malbec long history in South America, 300 years of history in Chile, wine consumption shrinking in Chile, no concept of fine wine in Chile, Viu Manent is Malbec leader in Chile, Malbec handles heat well, Viu Manent Malbec won tasting competition versus twelve Argentina wines, Chile undergoing Pinot revolution, doing cheap Pinot well, Manent's Pinot has grip and structure, ages well with screwcap, due to exports Chilean wine industry growing,The Closure Debate Continues... (15:40)
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96% of New Zealand wines under screwcap, Grant started off anti-screwcap, big cork supplier sent New Zealand bad batch of cork in late 90's, convinced New Zealanders that screwcaps were better closure, cork changes wines in bottle, a good cork should not be porous, cork taint issues, closures, if a consumer knows a wine is corked they'll blame the cork, otherwise they blame the wine, screwcap has bad image, sommeliers are anti-screwcap, winemakers generally prefer screwcaps, iconic wines will always be resistant to screwcap, California's top wines slowly switching to screwcap, people don't age wine anymore, aging, what closure is best, www.viumanent.cl,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 05/10/2011 04:00PM
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Erin Fitzpatrick & Brian DiMarco are joined by Brian Smith, the owner/founder of Loca Linda. Brian talks about wine from Argentina and specifically, the Torrontes white wine grape. Tune in for an on-air tasting and find out more about conditioning, importing and the Famatina Valley. This episode was sponsored by Whole Foods Market
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