Taste Matters
LIVE 11 - 11:30am EST
First Aired - 04/21/2009 12:00PM
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Erin Fitzpatrick shares a conversation with Kreso Petrokovic of Vinum Imports, importers of Croatian and Slovenian wines, about wines of the region.
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Introduction (0:32)
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Introduction, wine, program, Croatia, Slovenia, Slovenian, Erin Fitzpatrick, Vinum Imports, Kreso Petrokovic, Croatian,A Brief Background on Slovenian and Croatian Wine (1:58)
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cold war, wines provided wine Roman Emperors, lack quantity of high qualilty, old-school,Rebirth in Slovenian and Croatian Wine (1:45)
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wine makers are artists, regional transitions, family wineries, pushing boutique, back to the families, preserving old vines,Terroir and Flavor (1:45)
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hard work makes good wines, wine makers versus buisness men, wine is made in the vineyard, natural, don't be offended by taste, same varietals different flavor, Terroir,Crotian and Slovenian Variatals (5:02)
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Vinum Imports, International and traditional flavors, vines having too much sex, coastal region, all hand picked, low yields, riesling, welsh weising, Flagship Variatels, Zinfandel, acidity,Affordability in Croation and Slovenian Wines (2:36)
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affordable, wine makers not greedy, wine is life, family owned, expensive wine is trickery, hard work can make wine affordable,Oak Used to Flavor Wines (1:06)
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French Oak, No American Oak, Large Barrels are used, brunello, neutral and beautiful flavor, Slovenia versus Slavonia, Slavonian Oak,Malvas a Great Wine for Dining (2:29)
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varietals, Koslovich, malvasia, in, the, line, of, chardonnay, taste, apples, mediterranean, inspired, fresh, food, is, glorified, emphasis, on, Simplicity,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
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Rachel sits down with her sister and brother-in-law, Rebekah and Stephen Hren, authors and inhabitants of "The Carbon-Free Home" (www.thecarbonfreehome.com)
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Brooklyn Eats Introduction: Let The Sunshine In (14:13)
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Edible Brooklyn, edible New York, Electric Avenue, carbon footprint, The Carbon Free Home, www.thecarbonfreehome.com, DIY projects to reduce emmisssions, fossil energy, solar electricity, green construction, retrofitting existing construction, peeing in a bottle, Durham North Carolina, passive water heating, incredible edible landscaping, the unsustainable food loop, using your urine, growth zones, meyer lemons, dwarf bananas, sprouts and mushrooms for apartment dwellers, mung beans in mason jars, delicious squash sprouts, edible urban gardening, cooling buildings through rooftop gardening, green roofs, cooking in solar ovens, solarcookers.org, you are a total badass, Stephen Hren, Rachel Wharton, Rebekah Hren,The Carbon-Free Home (19:10)
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The Carbon Free Home, reducing your carbon footprint, Hren is Slovenian for horseraddish, horseraddish is slang for units, mushroom logs, shitakis, the gourmet decomposers, mushrooms like to be petted, mushrooms are the fruits of mycelium, those white stringy things, fungi.com, how mushrooms are going to save the world, mushroom of the month club, Paul Stamats, innoculated log delivery, impetus to get in the kitchen, the nutritional value of sprouts, sprouts vs beans, wild fermentaion, induction cooktop, electric resistance heat, magnetic induction, green tags, buying and selling green energy through the utility company, NC Green Power, moving away from fossil fuels, efficiency versus renewablity, solar electric panels, fifty percenty of municipality energy use goes into water purification, only heat up as much water as you need, hang your clothes to dry, never use a clothes dryer, Hearst Ranch, Rebekah and Stephen Hren,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
