Ep 53 Wines of Alentejo, Portugal and how to taste wine with Sommelier Andre Luis Martins

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07/05/21 • 55 min

EAT SLEEP WINE REPEAT: A wine podcast

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Welcome to the last episode of Season One of Eat Sleep Wine Repeat ( don't worry - I will be back on 16th August!)

In this episode I am talking with top Sommelier Andre Luis Martins who is Head Sommelier at The Calvary and Guards Private Members Club in London.

He is a judge for the Sommelier Wine Awards, The International Challenge and The London Wine Challenge so he will talk a little bit about these 3 different competitions and how he judges the wines. We will go in to more details on how to wine taste and then will go to Andre's home country, Portugal. We will focus on the Wines of Alentejo. Learn about the varieties of this region, its topography and terrior and about the special Vinhos de Talha DOC.

If you want to skip ahead:

1.51: My Winery of the week: Espaço Rural who make Vinho de Talha

learn about what this tradional wine is

focus on the sub-region Vidigueira

WINE TASTED: 2018 Vinho De Talha Bojador Tinto Espaço Rural £24.95 Davys

7.57: Talk with Andre

10.35: Talking about his portugese wine on his winelist

11.23: Judging in wine competitions

15.54: How to taste and judge wine, looking at tannins, acidity, structure, body, aromas, and how to enchance you skills to pick our aromas and flavours

35.58: The region of Alentejo

the climate, terroir and topography

the top subregions

the iconic wines

top producers

the grape varieties

49.23: Vinho de Talha DOC

51.36: Rosé wine of Alentejo

Thank you as ever for listening. You can pop across to my blog to read other articles or book your very own wine event: www.eatsleepwinerepeat.co.uk

Or watch some wine videos on my Youtube Channel Eat Sleep Wine Repeat

Send me your messages to @eatsleep_winerepeat on Instagram or email me at [email protected]

I would especially love to have your feedback as I start recording and planning for Season 2 - Do you like the length of the episodes? Do you like that I focus on the wine regions? Would you prefer some episodes focused on specific grape varieties? Let me know your thoughts!!

I can't wait to be back with you all in mid-August. Sending you all love and delicious wine!

Cheers to you!

Click HERE to download the transcript!

Welcome to the last episode of Season One of Eat Sleep Wine Repeat ( don't worry - I will be back on 16th August!)

In this episode I am talking with top Sommelier Andre Luis Martins who is Head Sommelier at The Calvary and Guards Private Members Club in London.

If you want to skip ahead:

1.51: My Winery of the week: Espaço Rural who make Vinho de Talha

learn about what this tradional wine is

focus on the sub-region Vidigueira

WINE TASTED: 2018 Vinho De Talha Bojador Tinto Espaço Rural £24.95 Davys

7.57: Talk with Andre

10.35: Talking about his portugese wine on his winelist

11.23: Judging in wine competitions

15.54: How to taste and judge wine, looking at tannins, acidity, structure, body, aromas, and how to enchance you skills to pick our aromas and flavours

35.58: The region of Alentejo

the climate, terroir and topography

the top subregions

the iconic wines

top producers

the grape varieties

49.23: Vinho de Talha DOC

51.36: Rosé wine of Alentejo

Thank you as ever for listening. You can pop across to my blog to read other articles or book your very own wine event: www.eatsleepwinerepeat.co.uk

Or watch some wine videos on my Youtube Channel Eat Sleep Wine Repeat

Send me your messages to @eatsleep_winerepeat on Instagram or email me at [email protected]

I can't wait to be back with you all in mid-August. Sending you all love and delicious wine!

Cheers to you!

Previous Episode

Ep 52 Sparkling Winemaking with English winemaker Tommy Grimshaw of Langham Wine Estate

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Today's episode is all about the English sparkling wines that are made by Langham Wine Estate down in Dorset. I am talking with head winemaker Tommy Grimshaw, who is one of the youngest winemakers in the UK. He we educate us all on the winemaking techniques of traditional method sparkling wine (as in Champagne) along with another more quirky winemaking method he has just started: Col Fondo (as in the natural and most traditional wines of Prosecco). We will be looking in detail at disgorgement and dosage and how this affects sparkling wine, along with each of the grape varieties; Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier.

If you want to skip ahead:

2:40 - Langham Wine Estates big acknowledgment with IWSC and how Tommy got to be in the wine world

5:37 - Talking about Emerging Vines Tommy's platform for selling the best English Wine, talking about English Wine and also a space to offer Wine Tastings

7:14 - Talking about Ex Head winemaker Daniel Ham who has now set up Offbeat Wines and his low intervention approach, and tasting the 2 Classic Cuvees.

Wine Tasting:

Corallian NV (based on 2018 vintage) £27.50 https://langhamwine.co.uk/product/corallian/

Culvar NV (based on 2018 vintage) £27.50

https://langhamwine.co.uk/product/culver/

Tommy talks about the Chalk strates and different types of chalk soils that run through the vineyard.

17.19: Tommy talks us through the full winemaking process of how to make a traditional method sparkling wine.

20.16: Discussing the disgorgement date and how this affects the wine.

24.18: Discussing Tommy's low intervention approach and his style of winemaking.

27.13: Tommy tells us how he choices the final blend of grapes and how he decides how much reserve wine to add in.

33.45: Tommy tells us how he choices the amount of dosage (sugar and wine added in at the end) in the wine.

36.50: Learn all about Tommy's latest release - a Col Fondo in Keg!

46.01: Wine Tasting the Rosé

Rosé 2017 £29.90

https://langhamwine.co.uk/product/rose-2017/

51.31: Discussing the three grape varieties Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier - how they are in England Soils and terroir, and what each grape offers to the blend.

55.38: Some of Langham's new wine projects to look out for.

57.26: The two wine regions that have inspired Tommy as a winemaker.

Fancy watching some videos on my youtube channel: Eat Sleep Wine Repeat

Or come say hi at www.eatsleepwinerepeat.co.uk

Or contact me on Instagram @eatsleep_winerepeat or on email: [email protected]

Until next time, Cheers to you!

Next Episode

Ep 54 Viognier, Grenache, St. Laurent and Canned wines

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WELCOME TO SEASON 2 WINE LOVERS!

To celebrate, I am offering one person (and their friends and family) a private and personalized virtual wine tasting, hosted by myself. Just leave a wine review and stars on apple podcasts. Full T&C's at the bottom* GOOD LUCK!

This episode is looking at Canned wines. What are they? Why are they becoming so popular. And I was inspired to do the episode as I have 3 cans to try from Canned Wine Co.

They currently have a Viognier, a Grenache Rosé and a St. Laurent, so we are going to look at these 3 varieties in detail with some ideal food pairings - and I'll give them all a little swig and let you know what I think.

If you want to skip ahead:

3:22 All about Canned wine

6:49 Viognier

13:15 Grenache

18:15 St. Laurent

Fancy watching some videos on my youtube channel: Eat Sleep Wine Repeat

Or come say hi at www.eatsleepwinerepeat.co.uk

Or contact me on Instagram @eatsleep_winerepeat or on email: [email protected]

Until next time, Cheers to you!

*Competition closes on August 30th 2021. It is open to participants all over the world. The virtual tasting will include 6 wines. These wines will be chosen based on the winner's chosen theme, what they want to learn and what wines are available in their country. The winner will be chosen on August 31st and contacted. To win, leave a review and some stars on Apple Podcasts, take a screenshot, and send this screenshot to [email protected] or on Instagram @eatsleep_winerepeat

You can always contact me in advance if you have any other questions. Good luck.