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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Wine chemistry, regional detail, and food pairing become clear through informed conversation grounded in tasting.
Vinmonopolets podcast turns wine knowledge into conversation, moving easily between sensory chemistry, regional styles, food pairing, and the institution's own history.
Cooked cabbage in your glass gets a chemistry lesson, so your nose can stop guessing.
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A practical, chemistry-led look at wine faults, from mouse aroma to cooked cabbage and wet asphalt.
Wine faults sit right where sensory judgment meets chemistry, and this first Vinmonopolet episode takes that border seriously. Tone Veseth Furhommen, a Master of Wine, and Trygve Brekke, Vinmonopolet's in-house chemist and head of product quality, move through oxidation and…
A practical Easter pairing leads into Rioja's split between fresh Garnacha and traditionally stored wines.
Easter lamb gives this episode a useful way into Rioja. Anne Engrav and Tone Vestfrerholmen use the meal as a practical test case, weighing a confident red-wine pairing against the wider range of styles the region can offer.
A steady, useful case for taking Beaujolais and its serious natural wines more seriously.
Beaujolais is given a careful reset as Niklas Lundmark and Alexander Mikhalsen look at why the region still tends to be priced below its seriousness.
A grounded Brunello guide that ties Tuscan geography, DOC rules and table-ready food pairings together.
Brunello di Montalcino comes through as both a wine and a place, with Niklas Lundmark and Master of Wine Tone W.Z. Fureholmen moving through Tuscany's geography, rules, climate and cellar choices without losing sight of the glass.
A clear 2013 look at Vinmonopolet's shift from local resistance to popular demand.
Episode 26 finds Vinmonopolet at a telling 2013 turning point: communities that once resisted a store were now asking for one. It moves from Obama's second inauguration and Lance Armstrong's doping admission into the pressure for expansion, with politicians across the spectrum…
A focused wine-fault discussion that explains why mousiness can be so easy to miss until the finish.
Vinmonopolets podcast takes on a wine fault that can be hard to pin down: mousiness often shows itself only after tasting, retronasally, as an aftertaste that can upend an otherwise clean impression.
Bourbon talk, barrel stories, messy good pours.
Bourbon reviews with memory, candor, and community.
Everyday life, thought through together.
En samtale om vinfeilen musearoma, med master of wine Tone W.Z.
Vinmonopolets podcast episode 339 bruker 2013 som ramme, med Anders Stueland, Jens Nordahl og Ann Engrav som kobler året til Barack Obama, Lance Armstrong og flere dødsfall som Hugo Chavez, Margaret Thatcher og Lou Reed.
The Vinmonopolet podcast hosts Niklas Lundmark and Anne Engrav, joined by product manager Tone Veseth Furholmen, discuss the wine fault mousiness.
Anne Engrav and Polecook Andreas Inghul discuss the challenges and nuances of pairing wine with asparagus, debating its bitterness and seasonality.
A podcast episode exploring New Zealand's wine culture, geography, and history, including the origin of its name and its unique wine attributes like screwcaps and fruit-driven wines.
Guest host Trond Erleng Pettersen leads a blind wine tasting with Anne Engrav and Anders Stueland, discussing the wine's origin, grape, age, and price.
Vinmonopolets podcast bruker del 1 av "Vinfeil" til å gå gjennom oksidasjon, reduktivitet, eddik og TCA med Master of Wine Tone Veseth Furhommen og huskjemiker Trygve Brekke.
Vinmonopolets podcast episode 416, “Påskelam og moderne Rioja,” pairs Easter lamb with Rioja and compares traditional Reserva and Gran Reserva wines against newer, place-focused styles.
Vertene tester om alkohol koker bort i matlaging og avslører laboratorieresultater.
Rolf Erling Eriksen fra Vinmonopolet forklarer misforståelser rundt nye krav om lettvektsemballasje for vin under 250 kroner.
En samtale om hvordan chili påvirker drikkevalg og hvordan vin kan balansere styrken i mat.
Beaujolais is "very easy to drink," but Alexander Mikhalsen says the region's Gamay is often "firm in structure" and not just fruity.
Vinmonopolets podcast with Niklas Lundmark and Master of Wine Tone W.Z.
Polkokken Andreas diskuterer bruk av tang i matlaging og presenterer oppskrifter fra Vinbladet.