Ep 059: Bordeaux Part 1

Wine for Normal People

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

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2012

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

After catching up on shoutouts, talking about my debut on national TV (see this clip from The Weather Channel!), and doing our regular banter, this week we get started on the huge topic of Bordeaux. We just scratch the surface of why Bordeaux is such a big deal, talking about: Stats that will explain why the area is so significant in the wine world The history of Bordeaux and how it became so important in wine The basics on geography — the differences between the left and right banks A near end to Bordeaux: phylloxera and a dorky discussion of clones, grafting, and grape species This is just the beginning. Next week we continue on Bordeaux, discussing the four most important things you need to know to get up to speed. If you like the podcast, please pass it on to your friends, review it on iTunes, drop a comment below, or join the awesome conversation on Facebook (Wine For Normal People page) and Twitter @normalwine! And if you’ve got a question you want us t [...]

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0:00.0	Thanks for
0:08.0	downloading Wine for Normal People Radio,
0:10.0	the podcast for people who like wine,
0:12.0	but not the snobbery that goes with it.
0:16.0	I'm Elizabeth Schneider, a certified Silmaier and certified specialist of wine.
0:20.0	And I'm MC Ice, just a wine-loving normal person.
0:22.8	We're so ambitious, aren't we?
0:27.0	Well, you are.
0:28.0	We tried to do an entire episode on Bordeaux and as we were editing it we realized that there was so much information and it was such a big topic that even though we could do even more episodes about it.
0:45.0	This could be like a five-part.
0:48.0	It may eventually be, but we decided that it was probably best if we broke it up. So the following episode is Bordeaux part one and here we just cover the basics of Bordeaux. We talk about why it's such a big deal. We talk a little bit
1:05.7	about the weather. Talk a little bit about the geography. Clear up the left bank and
1:10.9	right bank. Thank goodness. And then we'll clear it up again next
1:14.2	week when we elaborate on the four things that are really important to know
1:18.8	about Bordeaux there we really get into the brass tacks, but this is a good intro to Bordeaux and next week we will fill it out with even more detail.
1:30.0	So we hope you like this episode and get excited because it's two parts.
1:35.2	This is just the beginning.
1:37.4	Are you finally feeling a little better?
1:39.6	No, I'm not.
1:41.8	Hence why we've been lagging on the podcast again. Now we have to apologize again for my
1:48.4	sniffliness and my weak little voice over here, but we're still going to record because we're
1:55.0	behind we are so behind I've been looking at our archives we've got step it up
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