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Dawn Davies is a certified master of wine, former sommelier to the star, former head wine and spirits buyer for Selfridges, and has been the head wine and spirit buyer for the Whisky Exchange for the past 8 or 9 years.
00:00 What is Wine?
01:40 Where is Wine Made? Climate, New World & Old World, History, Soil
08:56 Wine Producing Regions of Note
15:19 Tasting Chablis, Comparing Wines, Intro to Terroir, Malolactic Fermentation, Lees
27:10 Tasting Californian Chardonnay
31:47 Wine Agriculture, The Life of a Grape Vine, Phylloxera, Yields, Quality
41:45 How Much to Spend on Wine, The Wine Market, Packaging, Penfolds Vineyard, FMC
51:14 Wine Closures - Cork vs. Screw Cap - Cork Taint, Smelling Corks, Oxidation, Other Faults
1:02:20 Tasting Pinot Gris, Pinot Grigio, Regional Variations
1:05:45 How to Explore and Order Wine
1:10:40 Categorising White Varieties by Flavour: Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, Viognier
1:17:10 Tasting Orange Wine, Wine Colour, Rosé, Tannin, Skin Contact, Orange Wines
1:27:19 Natural, Organic & Biodynamic Wines
1:40:13 Wine Additives: Sulphites, Chaptalisation, Water, Acids - Economics
1:45:10 Wine Labelling, Deciphering Regions in Europe, Profiling Flavour, Appreciation
1:51:00 Tasting Italian Frappato, Tasting Technique (slurping), Wine Temperature, Storing Open Wine
1:56:36 Tasting Argentinian Cabernet Franc
2:00:26 Categorising Reds by Flavour: Pinot Noir, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Malbec
2:04:08 Quick-fires: Wine Glass Shape, Letting Wine Breathe
Wines tasted:
https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/79526/chablis-village-domaine-jean-collet-2022
https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/81285/au-bon-climat-wild-boy-chardonnay-2022
https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/82836/pinot-gris-rockburn-2023
https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/81875/troupis-hoof-lur-moschofilero-orange-rose-wine-2023
https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/80866/les-cretes-la-sabla-2021
https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/83641/mauricio-lorca-natural-cabernet-franc-malbec-2023
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Thanks to this episode's sponsor: Fever-Tree
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