EAT SLEEP WINE REPEAT: A wine podcast - Ep 98: Viticulture: The annual growth cycle, understanding your meso-climates, and soil structures and nutrients (Part 1)

Ep 98: Viticulture: The annual growth cycle, understanding your meso-climates, and soil structures and nutrients (Part 1)

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05/30/22 • 32 min

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This episode is all about vine growing and vineyard choices. Firstly we will look at the annual growth cycle of a vine so you can fully understand what happens each year, and at every stage. I will be breaking down the different categories of climates out there and then looking deeper into the meso-climates of each site. Then we will get really geeky looking into soils, and talking about textures, nutrients and minerals.

If you want to skip ahead:

3.22: The annual growth cycle – looking at each stage in the year and the hazards and issues vines can come across

13.14: Looking at the difference between continental, maritime and Mediterranean climates. What qualifies as cool climate, moderate and warm, and the effects of being far from the equator. Effects of:

altitude

-mountains

-slope aspect

-bodies of water

22.19: Looking at different soil textures and types and the nutrients that a vine needs.

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

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

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Until next time, Cheers to you!

To download the transcript CLICK HERE

If you want to skip ahead:

3.22: The annual growth cycle – looking at each stage in the year and the hazards and issues vines can come across

altitude

-mountains

-slope aspect

-bodies of water

22.19: Looking at different soil textures and types and the nutrients that a vine needs.

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!

Previous Episode

Ep 97: New York State: The Finger Lakes Part 4 with Richard Rainey from Forge Cellars

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Welcome back to part 4 of our four-part series on the Finger Lakes wine region. Again I am joined by Richard Rainey, Managing Partner of Forge Cellars. He continues his reign of energy and gives us more information on Seneca Lake (the deepest, largest lake of the Finger Lakes). We will talk about why his wines have certain flavours and what the terroir has offered up. You will learn about a very surprising but amazing food pairing match for Riesling, along with conversations on petrol notes in Riesling, sustainable packaging etc! Enjoy!

If you want to skip ahead:

1.54: Talking about their naked bottles (their bit for sustainability)

5.02: Being included in The Wine Spectators top 100 wines of the year (twice)

6.53: The tough vintage 2018

8.09: The difference between Seneca Lake and the other two main lakes, Cayuga and Keuka.

13.04: The Lieu-dits of Forge Cellars

15.51: Talking about and tasting the Breakneck Creek Riesling 2020 ($26 in the US)

18.02: Petrol/Kerosine flavours in Riesling

22.09: The size of Riesling plantings compared to Other US regions and Canada

24.31: Talking about and tasting the Leidenfrost Riesling 2020 ($26 in the US)

31.35: Food pairings with Riesling and a new one: TINNED FISH

36.46: Coming to visit Forge Cellars

39.13: Actual stats on Rielsing plantings and total plantings for New York State, Finger Lakes and Washington State

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 99: Being a Master of Wine Stage 1 Student, and the wine regions of South Australia with Melissa Worrall (Part 1)

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I am joined today by a good wine friend of mine, Melissa Worrall. We did our WSET diploma together and now she embarks on the next stage: Master of Wine. There are different stages and she is on Stage 1, so she will explain what is required of her, the types of things she is studying right now in details, and how to deal with the incredibly high financial costs. As she is from South Australia, she is going to be taking us overseas and talking about the main wine regions of this area. We will be comparing several of the main grape varieites and seeing what nuances they have depending on where they grow within South Australia.

Follow Mel and her journey on Instagram @mwdrinkswine or @mwwineambassador for winery and wine events.

If you want to skip ahead:

2.08: The famous Terra Rossa wine soils of Coonawarra, South Australia

3.35: Chat with Mel

4.46: Jancis Robinsons wine writing competitions and Mel’s article that won on old vines in the Barossa

9.55: Life affirming moment in a Birgit Braunstein’s vineyard in Austria

12.16: Why study to be a Master of Wine

14.03: The biggest surprises and shocks of being a Master of Wine Student

15.48: Ways to deal with the financial costs associated with becoming an MW

19.47: The subjects and what you have to study to pass Stage 1 MW

25.12: How to structure the learning

28.23: Talking about the wine regions of South Australia- where they are and their main grape varieties