Ep 019 How A Grape Becomes A Wine

Wine for Normal People

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

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2011

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Shoutouts to friends on Twitter, Facebook, iTunes, and commenters on email and on the blog Main Topic: How a Grape Becomes a Wine The Goal: to talk about the important factors in winemaking without getting too technical! We focus more about where flavor comes from in the process. It all starts in the vineyard: the importance of terroir Grape flavors Destemming and crushing and what they do to flavor Fermentation and how yeast can change the taste of wine Malolactic fermentation: What it is and why it matters Aging, another word on oak, and the tale of dead yeast Blending and why the winemaker is an artist Hope this one is helpful without being too dorky! Please leave us your feedback at the Wine for Normal People blog, on the Wine For Normal People Facebook Page, and on Twitter @normalwine Sponsored by the free Hello Vino mobile app (iPhone & Android) Tweet This [...]

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0:00.0	Welcome to Wine for Normal People Radio, for people who like wine but not the snobbery that goes with it.
0:10.0	This weekly podcast is an exploration of a hot topic in wine.
0:15.0	It's an honest, fun, and interesting look inside wine, wine technology, and the wine
0:20.4	industry.
0:21.4	And I'll prove to you that wine doesn't have to be snoddy, condescending or boring.
0:26.2	We're normal people who like wine and we welcome you to Wine for Normal People Radio.
0:30.6	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.
0:54.2	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.
1:06.0	This is Wine for Normal People Radio today is Friday June 24th, and today's topic, How a grape becomes a wine.
1:14.0	One of my favorites, this is exciting.
1:16.0	It is exciting. It's a topic that has been suggested a couple of times by a number of different people
1:21.0	and I think that it's appropriate that we just take it
1:23.5	head on. This is a topic where you could really show off and showcase all of your
1:28.1	knowledge and experience but I think it's best to just keep it at 30,000 feet and not get too bogged down and all the details.
1:35.6	Oh, how you do run on and compliment me so.
1:38.8	I don't know about all that.
1:40.8	I like it when you dork out though. Well, let's try not to dork out too much. I think that the most
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