Stay ConnectedWine 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.
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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.
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In this brief episode, we take it all in and explain the five sub-zones of Champagne, what grows there and why.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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How did the Right Bank of Bordeaux become the Right Bank? Let's do some history.
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