Ep 029 Just Desserts (Wine, That Is)
Wine for Normal People
Wine for Normal People
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 3 October 2011
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
This week, Elizabeth and Rick explore the sweeter side of wine, talking about some of the major dessert wines you may be wondering about. They discuss everything from the NASCAR grape to why rot is so awesome in dessert wine… Here are the show notes: Port: The big daddy of dessert wine A shout out to sweet Champagne…en vogue again Madeira: Thomas Jefferson’s favorite Sherry: Not an old-lady drink Vin doux Naturel – not really naturally sweet, but tasty nonetheless Why moldy grapes make kick-ass wine everywhere from Germany to Hungary A word on late harvest wines Please drop a comment on the Wine For Normal People Blog or Facebook Page. Dig the podcast? Please review us on iTunes and we’ll give you a shout out! Sponsored by the free Hello Vino app (wine recommendations on the iPhone or Android) [...]
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| 0:00.0 | Thanks for |
| 0:04.7 | downloading Wine for Normal People Radio, the podcast for people who like wine but not the |
| 0:08.8 | snobbery that goes with it. |
| 0:11.1 | That's right, this podcast has a strict no snobs allowed policy. |
| 0:17.0 | I'm Elizabeth Schneider, a certified sill moorier and certified specialist of wine. |
| 0:21.0 | And I'm Rick Breslin, a certified wine-loving tech geek. |
| 0:25.0 | Okay, so today's topic, the one and the only, the thing that everybody's been waiting |
| 0:31.1 | for, dessert lines. This is Dessert wine's kind of the guilty pleasure of wine, I guess. |
| 0:38.0 | Yeah, sadly, we did say in our fun wine facts that dessert wines actually do have more calories. |
| 0:45.9 | So, you know, if you're on a diet, maybe skip the dessert wine, but I think it's worth |
| 0:51.1 | indulging. It's only a small, small sip. |
| 0:53.0 | Yeah, it's sort of that nice touch, the finishing touch to beautiful dinner. |
| 0:59.0 | Or if you just want a little dessert wine on its own at the end of the night, maybe, you know, it's, it's late night and you're watching Conan. |
| 1:08.8 | You know, this guy is probably the most popular guy in the internet right now but I love it I think in |
| 1:16.1 | the last episode I talked about the the restaurant experience when the the waiter |
| 1:21.3 | the waitress comes by with a dessert wine on the house and how it's just an awesome |
| 1:26.4 | experience, but you are going to actually take us through popular dessert wines and some of the history and also what they're made up of. |
| 1:35.0 | I am and I'm also going to maybe mention some that you have not heard of that you really |
| 1:41.0 | should be familiar with because they are just divine divine |
| 1:46.2 | especially with dessert like actually as a pairing so let's jump into it |
| 1:52.0 | okay and we're gonna start with probably the So let's jump into it. Okay. |
| 1:53.0 | And we're going to start with probably the most popular and the thing that most people associate |
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