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Season 2, Episode 30: Natural Wines and Where to Find Them

Season 2, Episode 30: Natural Wines and Where to Find Them

https://soundcloud.com/user-868113914/season-2-episode-30-natural-wines-and-where-to-find-them/s-JUbNwO9NkTg?si=217c9b71327d425b898a23caaf8971d8 We’ve explored a few natural wines over the course of this podcast and the associated blog, but we haven’t delved as deeply as we could have into this often-controversial topic. The fact is, Natural Wines are not something I know a great deal about, and…

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Season 2, Episode 27: "Fünf der Mai Riesling Extravaganza"

Season 2, Episode 27: “Fünf der Mai Riesling Extravaganza”

https://soundcloud.com/user-868113914/season-2-episode-27 In the American Southwest, celebrations around the Fifth of May are a big thing. Known as Cinco de Mayo, American pop culture seems to hold that this date is the independence day for Mexico, but this is actually a misnomer. May 5th actually celebrates the Battle of Puebla, where a Mexican army defeated a French army that was trying to…

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Season 2, Episode 25: "Diamond in the Rough"

Season 2, Episode 25: “Diamond in the Rough”

https://soundcloud.com/user-868113914/maga-episode-068-ny-3 Diamond is a grape you might know better than you think. You may not have heard of this hybrid varietal, but there is a decent chance that you might have tasted it… but not in wine. Also known as Moore’s Diamond, this hybrid cross between Concord and Iona is, along with Niagara, one of the main grapes grown by Welch’s for use as white…

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In our 13th episode of Season 2, we focus on a bright, highly acidic grape that is great for those hot summer months. Grüner Veltliner‽ I hardly know 'er! But you will get to know her, my friends. YOU WILL. #wine #winepodcasts #GrünerVeltliner With the world in the current state, what better time is there to drink, right? Even though I recorded this episode last summer...

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If Rkatsiteli, the grape we met in our last episode, was Goldberry, then Saperavi is Tom Bombadil. Let's go on another varietal deep dive on the Make America Grape Again Podcast! In the same early episode where I mentioned that Rkatsiteli was the viticultural equivalent of Goldberry…

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Do you like personifying grapes like I do? Have you ever wondered what grape Goldberry, from Lord of the Rings might be? Meet Rkatsiteli in our deep dive episode of Season 2, Episode 11 of the Make America Grape Again Podcast! Way back at the beginning of season one, I tangentially mentioned a fascinating grape in…

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Season 2, Episode 8: "Everything's gonna be Viognier." (Viognier Deep Dive with Michelle Petree) In this episode, I eat crow. Well, not literally. But I change my tune on Virginia Viognier, and we compare it to Viognier from France and Arizona. First of all, let me apologize for the erratic upload schedule this January. There is a lot of stuff going on in my life right now; a struggle with depression, a struggle with finances, and my mother is on her deathbed.

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Season 2, Episode 7: "Norton Deep Dive (featuring Kim Musket)" In this episode, friend and Norton aficionado Kim Musket brings me a 2008 Norton from Les Bourgeois winery and changes my life. Over my holiday hiatus, I was thinking recently about what 10 varietals might define the overall Wine industry in the United States.