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Wine 101 is a wine podcast for the everyday wine lover. Once a week VinePair's tastings director Keith Beavers will breakdown everything from how wine is made to wine regions of the world in easy-to-digest fashion giving the listener the confidence they need on their wine journey.
Follow Keith on Instagram for episode previews and general wine lover musings @vinepairkeith
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We begin our Rhone series with a look back at wine in the region's antiquity. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A quick episode on the story of Beaujolais. It's just south of Burgundy but it came up a very different way. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
As we close our Burgundy series, we see the wine region experience a rollercoaster ride from flourish to hardship and ending with silver linings resulting in the Burgundy we know today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Dukes of Burgundy were a vibe, for sure, and their wealth and royal connections made this era in the region prosperous and messy. But it was Phillip the Bold who sewed and seed that brought about change that would last until today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
As we dive further into how Burgundy became Burgundy we need to talk about the people who gave this region its name. How did the kingdom of Burgundy form and how do vines and wines play into the mix? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We are diving into a series exploring how Burgundy became the famous wine region it is today. And we begin with the Gauls and their obsession with wine south of the Alps. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this brief episode, we take it all in and explain the five sub-zones of Champagne, what grows there and why. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
As Champagne evolved and prospered cooperatives began to spring up diversifying grape sourcing even more. With all of this came the Champagne codes. The what? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Champagne riots were ugly and violent but were an important moment in the wine region's development as well as the rest of the country's wine industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Modern-day Champagne as we know it is largely credited to Madam Clicquot. Her innovations and drive for success was unmatched. IN the episode we talk about her life and the world around her as the wine region grows. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
An important moment in Champagne's history arises with the most famous monk in wine, Dom Perignon. What is it with this guy and all the legends surrounding him? Did he invent champagne? Was he blind? What did he do and say? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In our next installment of how Champagne became Champagne, we examine human history and an important relationship that put this wine region on its destiny path. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Before we dive deep into the wild history of this famous region we need to go back in time. Like Jurrasic Park time. This is a short episode but it's packed to the gills. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Wrapping up our Bordeaux series with a breakdown of the wine styles you will encounter form the three (four?) regions of the Right Bank known as The Libournais. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
How did the Right Bank of Bordeaux become the Right Bank? Let's do some history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Now that we have a nice in-depth understanding of the history of Bordeaux let's dive into each of the four famous communes that house the Classed Growth and get into what they're all about. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A quick supplemental episode as the holidays roll over us about the town and region that lost to Bordeaux and its wine region that endures today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Bordeaux becomes the largest and most popular fine wine region in the world as Napoleon the third showcases the best of France Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Out of the ashes of war, Bordeaux sees its rise on the horizon as the Dutch begin to dominate trade across the world leading to land reclamation in the Medoc. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This is part one of a series where we dive deep and head first into the history of Bordeaux. How did this region get to where it is today? Through poets and kings, wars and weddings, and from antiquity to the Hundreds Year War, Bordeaux's story begins. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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