Ep 001: Wine Varietals vs. Varieties - Which is correct?

Wine for Normal People

Alcohol, Lifestyle, Arts, Education, Food, Wine, Dining, Grapes

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2011

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Elizabeth and Rick discuss some confusing wine terminology and set the record straight.

Show Notes:

A new podcast!

What’s it all about?
Which term is correct?
Varietal or variety (of wine) It’s all about the grapes Naming conventions for wines across the world
Difference between New World and Old World wines
Blending wines and grape characteristics
Making fun of confusing wine pronunciations It’s mer-a-TIJ not mer-a-TAHJ

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0:00.0	Welcome to Wine for Normal People Radio for People
0:06.0	for People Who Like Wine but Not the Snobbery that goes with it.
0:09.0	This weekly podcast is a 22 minute exploration of a hot topic in wine.
0:16.0	It's an honest, fun, and interesting look inside wine, wine technology, and the wine industry.
0:21.0	And it'll prove to you that wine doesn't have to be snotty, condescending, or boring.
0:26.0	We're normal people who like wine and we welcome you to wine for normal people.
0:30.0	Today's program is sponsored by Hello Vino, a free mobile app that will help you pick a wine next time you're in the store or the restaurant.
0:38.0	The free app is available on both iPhone and Android. Check it out at hello vino dot com. I'm Elizabeth Schneider a
0:45.2	certified solier certified specialist of wine wine blogger of wine for
0:49.5	normal people and educator with years of experience in the wine industry, but I'm not an insider.
0:54.3	I can't stand pretense in wine or in anything else.
0:58.0	And I'm Rick Kreslin co-host and certified technology lover.
1:02.2	Also the co-founder of Helovino, the Wine App for Normal People.
1:06.3	Today is January 7, 2011, and we're going to be talking about varietals or varieties or which is it God knows. There's
1:19.2	certainly lots of people that would argue either side and I think it's grammatically correct to
1:24.9	say varieties but there's been a lot of stuff that's been changing lately in terms
1:29.1	of whether people call it varietals, varieties, I don't know. You can call whatever you want. It's
1:34.8	still the same thing. Kind of grape. I see. So it's kind of variety of grape. We should
1:40.2	probably explain real quick what we're doing here. It's a first episode.
1:44.0	Yes it is. So, wine for normal people radio. Like we said in the intro, we're going to be coming
1:50.6	to you every week talking about a hot topic and you know we're not
1:54.2	for wine snobs we're not for wine experts we're a different kind of
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