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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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Zinfandel's leftover juice meets postwar Provence, if you like your rosé with a plot.
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A focused look at how Rombauer tends its American Chardonnay legacy while making room for new wines.
American wine's legacy comes through here as a working responsibility, not a museum piece. Keith Beavers talks with Richie Allen, Rombauer's senior director of viticulture and winemaking, about running the operation, protecting what the name already means, and deciding where new…
Keith Beavers follows a tentative Rose trail into Provence's postwar renewal and its growing wine identity.
Wine 101 follows Keith Beavers as he traces a possible route for Rose back toward Provence, moving through American blush, white Zinfandel, and Matus along the way.
Overlooked lives, read from the sources, talked through warmly.
Mike Duncan narrates Rome's full history solo, from Aeneas to Romulus Augustulus's exile in 476.
Keith Beavers discusses the composition of wine, focusing on fixed substances, while touching on trends like non-alcoholic wine and ingredients labeling.
Keith Beavers continues exploring wine composition, focusing on volatile substances after discussing dissolved gases, using a thought experiment about wine labeling to make the topic engaging and accessible.
Keith Beavers introduces an episode exploring the composition of wine, starting with a question about ingredients on labels and discussing trends like organic and natural wine movements.
Keith Beavers introduces a deep dive into the history of Bordeaux wine, specifically the story of Château Haut-Brion, and encourages listeners to catch up on previous episodes for context.
Keith Beavers concludes a series on famous American wines and introduces a theory about how California wine regions sparked a national wine culture.
Keith Beavers introduces a series on famous wineries, sharing a personal story and previewing upcoming episodes on Bordeaux.
Keith Beavers talks with Richie Allen, Rombauer’s senior director of viticulture and winemaking, about a legacy Napa brand and the job of running vineyards, wineries, and cellar work together.
Keith Beavers traces rosé’s modern Provence identity through Marcel Ott, who arrived in Provence in 1896 and bought Château de Selle in 1912.
This episode explores the modern history of rosé wine and its entry into the American market.
Keith Beavers revisits food-and-wine pairing on Wine 101 by tracing modern restaurants from Paris’s 1786 restaurateur decree through post-1933 United States wine culture.
Keith Beavers explores how people become winemakers, sharing a winemaker's story and discussing the diverse backgrounds of those in the industry.
Keith Beavers concludes a series on Chianti history, explaining how the region became Italy's first fine wine region.
Keith Beavers introduces the episode by discussing the Roman Empire's impact on the Rhone Valley wine region.
This episode explores the modern history of Burgundy wine, focusing on the rule of the dukes and the eventual integration into France.