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[E] Wines from Portugal #2 with Charles Metcalfe

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:28:03 GMT

http://www.bkwine.com/wine_tours/wine_tours.htm --- PART 2 of the interview with Charles Metcalfe, who can be called the guru on Portuguese wines: on the excellent wine and food in Portugal today. Is Portugal perhaps a New World wine country (with all the new technology and new knowledge)? Charles says perhaps, but perhaps not. It is maybe more a question of rediscovery of the old world. Portugal has also benefited enormously benefited from infrastructure investments financed by the European community. What about the prospects for the Portuguese to market and sell their wines with these local and unknown grape varieties on the international market? Are Portuguese grape names the future? Perhaps for arinto, touriga nacional, and maybe on or two others. Otherwise it is probably more important to emphasise the brand. But it can be very small “brands” e.g. Quinta do Crasto or Quinta de la Rosa to take two examples from the Douro Valley. Brands and branding is probably the way to go rather than the grape varieties, says Charles. We must also mention the book The Wine and Food Lover’s Guide to Portugal: A monumental book on Portugal, its food, the wineries and places to visits, hotels to stay in etc. A travel guide for people who love eating and drinking. By Charles Metcalfe and Kathryn McWhirter of course. This interview was made at the European Wine Bloggers Conference #EWBC 2009 in Lisbon: http://winebloggersconference.org/europe/ On the book: http://www.innhousepublishing.com/ Charles’ blog, The wine singer: http://thewinesinger.blog.co.uk/ More on Charles: http://www.wineeducators.com/charles_metcalfe.html Music: Kaleidoscope, Sol e dad, http://www.jamendo.com By BKWine, http://www.bkwine.com. Interviewer: Per Karlsson, BKWine See all our wine videos on our BKWine TV channel: http://www.youtube.com/bkwine

By bkwine

Tags : Portugal, author, bkwine, innovation, portuguese, tasting, tour, tradition, travel, vineyard, visit, wine, winery, writer

Wine review at Pourtal wine tasting bar in Santa Monica

Sat, 19 Dec 2009 08:54:00 GMT

http://www.celebritywinereview.tv Kelli visits Pourtal where you can load up a pre-paid tasting Card and take a trip to every wine region without the passport! The concept allows you to taste over 40 ever-changing wines by the ounce. Their Enomatic system keeps each bottle at optimum freshness and oxygen-free by a layer of harmless argon ensuring the highest quality taste. Wines that would normally be offered from $10-$70 a glass are available to try for a fraction of the price.

By celebwine

Tags : bar, brooks, celebrity, kelli, mccarty, pourtal, review, riesling, tasting, wine

African Lunch on Allee Bleue Wine Estate

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:07:04 GMT

Cafe Allee Bleue, the restaurant on the estate, was the location of our wine and food pairing. Erica, the chef was lovely and created dishes of prosciutto encrusted Kingklip, Braised Kudu and Springbok – to be paired with a Isabeau blend and Pinotage...

By ToastedHostess

Tags : Chardonnay, Noi, Pinot, Pinotage, Temptation, Travel, Wine, and, cheese, cork, corkscrew, cuisine, destination, diary, exotic, food, international, oenology, pairing, region, sommelier, tasting, tour, vineyard, viniculture, vino, viticulture, wine, winery

Wine For Newbies 101 Lesson 4: Evaluating wine, part 2

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:46:01 GMT

There are a number of free and inexpensive tools that can help you evaluate wine and write a tasting note.

By winefornewbies

Tags : For, Newbies, Wine, tasting, wine

[E] Wines from Portugal #1 with Charles Metcalfe

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:32:00 GMT

http://www.bkwine.com/wine_tours/wine_tours.htm --- PART 1 of the interview with Charles Metcalfe, who can be called the guru on Portuguese wines: on the excellent wine and food in Portugal today. Charles also talks about the recent history of Portuguese wines. 20 years ago, when Charles and his wife Kathryn wrote their first book about Portuguese wines, there used to be only a small number of producers. Today there is a large variety and large number of a young generation of winemakers in Portugal. The old image of rustic reds and oxidised whites is now history. The new generation winemakers make wonderful wines. Today there is so much more knowledge on how to make high quality wines. There is a vast variety of Portuguese grape varieties that give wines of characters and flavours that are unique. Some examples: Vinho Verde with aromatic grape varieties such as loureiro; Douro, not just red but also whites; Bucelas with e.g. arinto; etc. One of the big surprises with Portuguese wines for many people is that there are many excellent fresh and aromatic white wines from grapes such as bical, sercial, and arinto. Is Portugal perhaps a New World wine country (with all the new technology and new knowledge)? Charles says perhaps, but perhaps not. It is maybe more a question of rediscovery of the old world. Portugal has also benefited enormously benefited from infrastructure investments financed by the European community. What about the prospects for the Portuguese to market and sell their wines with these local and unknown grape varieties on the international market? Are Portuguese grape names the future? Perhaps for arinto, touriga nacional, and maybe on or two others. Otherwise it is probably more important to emphasise the brand. But it can be very small “brands” e.g. Quinta do Crasto or Quinta de la Rosa to take two examples from the Douro Valley. Brands and branding is probably the way to go rather than the grape varieties, say

By bkwine

Tags : Portugal, author, bkwine, innovation, portuguese, tasting, tour, tradition, travel, vineyard, visit, wine, winery, writer

Chokladprovning med Anders avsnitt 17

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:34:01 GMT

Chokladprovning med Anders avsnitt 17

By anderschoklad

Tags : anders, chocolate, chokladprovning, tasting

Tasting Notes: 2007 Henry Lagarde Malbec

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:18:01 GMT

Neil cracks a $13 bottle of Malbec. Distributed by Tubemogul.

By wineexpedition

Tags : Argentina, Expedition, Hengry, Lagarde, Maiers, Malbec, Mendoza, Neil, Pairing, Video, Wine, blog, tasting

[E] Wines from Portugal with Charles Metcalfe

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:34:01 GMT

http://www.bkwine.com/wine_tours/wine_tours.htm --- Interview with Charles Metcalfe, who can be called the guru on Portuguese wines; on the excellent wine and food in Portugal today. Charles also talks about the recent history of Portuguese wines. 20 years ago, when Charles and his wife Kathryn wrote their first book on Portuguese wines, there used to be only a small number of producers. Today there is a large variety and large number of a young generation of winemakers in Portugal. The old image of rustic reds and oxidised whites is now history. The new generation winemakers make wonderful wines. Today there is so much more knowledge on how to make quality wines. There is a vast variety of Portuguese grape varieties that give wines of character, and flavours that are unique. Some examples: Vinho Verde with aromatic grape varieties such as loureiro; Douro, not just red but also whites; Bucelas with e.g. arinto; etc. One of the big surprises with Portuguese wines for many people is that there are many excellent, fresh and aromatic white wines from grapes such as bical, sercial, and arinto. Is Portugal perhaps a New World wine country (with all the new technology and new knowledge)? Charles says perhaps, but perhaps not. It is maybe more a question of rediscovery of the old world. Portugal has also benefited enormously from infrastructure investments financed by the European community. What about the prospects for the Portuguese to market and sell their wines with these local and unknown grape varieties on the international market? Are Portuguese grape names the future? Perhaps for arinto, touriga nacional, and maybe on or two others. Otherwise it is probably more important to emphasise the brand. But it can be very small "brands" e.g. Quinta do Crasto or Quinta de la Rosa to take two examples from the Douro Valley. Brands and branding is probably the way to go rather than the grape varieties, says Charles. We must also me

By bkwine

Tags : Portugal, author, bkwine, innovation, portuguese, tasting, tour, tradition, travel, vineyard, visit, wine, winery, writer

Beer Review Leather Jacket Lager FortyBeers.com 10

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:50:00 GMT

http://www.FortyBeers.com - Beer Review - Leather Jacket Lager, Australian Beer #10. Visit http://www.FortyBeers.com for further details. FortyBeers.com-all things beer- beer reviews, tastings, beer recipes, beer stuff. Thanks, Matthew.

By MatthewHarding

Tags : Australian, Beer, Jacket, Lager, Leather, beer, beers, best, forty, fortybeers, matthew, premium, review, reviews, tasting

Tasting Notes: 2005 St. Supéry Cabernet Franc

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:24:00 GMT

Neil tastes the St. Supéry 'winery exclusive' Cabernet Franc. Distributed by Tubemogul.

By wineexpedition

Tags : Blog, Cabernet, California, Dollarhide, Expedition, Franc, Maiers, Napa, Neil, Pairing, Rutherford, St., Supéry, Tasting, Video, Wine

Chateau Boswell Vinyard

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:31:04 GMT

Tour and tasting of chateau Boswell from thewinebloggers.com

By TheWineBloggers

Tags : Chateau, Wine, bloggers, boswell, tasting, the, wine

Wine Expedition to Oregon: Witness Tree Vineyard Part 3

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:22:03 GMT

The last glass of Pinot after a full day of Oregon tasting. Distributed by Tubemogul.

By wineexpedition

Tags : Expedition, Maiers, Neil, Noir, Oregon, Pairing, Pinot, Salem, Tasting, Tree, Valley, Video, Willamette, Wine, Witness, blog, wine

Chokladprovning med Anders avsnitt 16

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:19:01 GMT

ChokladTV avsnitt 16. Chokladprovning av fairtrade och belgiskt denna dag

By anderschoklad

Tags : chocolate, choklad, provning, sweden, tasting

Special Report: Code 10, Bourgiosie Down!

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:53:53 GMT

Video recorded by user's WebCam on Mon Dec 07 10:53:53 MST 2009

By Kristasphere

Tags : 101, africanamerican, bougiewinetv, bourgiosie, code10, down, handsoffdesireerogers, tasting, tutorial, wine

Bougie Wine TV Episode 003 Fossi Rosso

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:54:00 GMT

Learn about my favorite "spaghetti wine", Fossi Rosso. I also explain the concept of "table wines" in the US and Europe.

By Kristasphere

Tags : africanamerican, black, bougiewinetv, female, italian, pizza, reds, spaghetti, tablewine, tasting, wine

Wine Expedition to Oregon: Witness Tree Vineyard Part 2

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:07:00 GMT

Neil gets to taste the Witness Tree Pinots. Distributed by Tubemogul.

By wineexpedition

Tags : Blog, Expedition., Maiers, Neil, Noir, Oregon, Pairing, Pinot, Salem, Tasting, Tree, Valley, Video, Willamette, Wine, Witness

Quick Bites: Rias Baixas - Santiago de Compostela

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:19:00 GMT

Jennifer arrives in Santiago de Compostela for a tour of Spain's Rias Baixas wine region, the land of Albarino white wines. A production of the Culinary Media Network. www.culinarymedianetwork.com

By culinarymedia

Tags : baixas, food, iannolo, jennifer, rias, spain, tasting, wine

[E] Niepoort Douro #2, Luis Seabra, winemaker

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:18:00 GMT

http://www.bkwine.com/wine_tours/wine_tours.htm --- Interview (Part 2) with Luis Seabra responsible for the vineyards and the winemaking; the Niepoort winemaker. We’re sitting at the brand new winery in the Tedo river valley, overlooking the terraced vineyards along the river and the Douro region impressively steep slopes. We are talking about the red wines and about the future of the Douro wines. Niepoort’s four main red wines are Vertente Tinto, Batuta, Redoma and Charme. They also make a new-old red wine called Robustus that is made in an old-fashioned style aged longer in wooden barrel. Luis Seabra is clearly someone who likes to experiment with different wines, different grapes and different vineyards. There is plenty to material to choose from: there are 40,000 hectares of vineyards, 100 different grape varieties for the reds and 80 different grape varieties for the whites. So, what will happen in the ten coming years? Luis thinks it is the great challenge of the Douro! For example improving the quality of the wines, but also in quantity, producing wines both of quality and in quantity; perhaps not always going the easy way. Louis speculates in the future strategy and emphasises that the key is to keep true to the origin of the vineyards, while at the same time avoiding doing too much work in the wine cellar: the wines must be allowed to express their origin, soil and grape material. We also draw some parallels with Priorat in Spain and learn some lessons from their mistakes. And one should not forget the port wines in the Douro; Niepoort is above all a port wine company and without the port wines the Douro would not be the same. Do not miss Part 1 of the interview where we talk about the white wines and about the style of winemaking at Niepoort. More on Niepoort: http://www.niepoort-vinhos.com This interview was made during a visit to the Douro Valley and the Douro Boys wineries in connection with the Euro

By bkwine

Tags : BKWine, Douro, Portugal, Portuguese, country, interview, talk, taste, tasting, tours, travel, vineyards, visit, wine, winemaker, winemaking

Tasting Notes: 2006 Robert Hall Rhone de Robles

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:15:01 GMT

Neil pours a taste of this Central Coast Rhone blend from Robert Hall in Paso Robles, California. Distributed by Tubemogul.

By wineexpedition

Tags : Blog, California, Central, Coast, Expedition, Grenache, Hall, Maiers, Neil, Pairing, Paso, Rhone, Robert, Robles, Syrah, Tasting, Video, Wine, de

Stacked Stone Cellars

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:50:01 GMT

Owner and Winemaker Donald Thiessen recounts his transition into becoming a professional winemaker and the founding of Stacked Stone Cellars. After briefly discussing his winemaking style and philosophy, he concludes with views from the winery facility and the various types of events that have been held at Stacked Stone.

By AmericanWinery

Tags : aging, cabernet, california, cellars, chardonnay, merlot, oak, paso, pruning, robles, sauvignon, stacked, stone, tasting, tour, vine, wine, winery