Ep 068: California

Wine for Normal People

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

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2013

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

California is a huge state and makes up 90% of wine production in the United States. This week we tackle this great state that put U.S. winemaking on the map. A special thanks to Magnus, a listener from Sweden, who brought it to my attention that we had to get on it and tackle California. Here’s the show summary: We start with a story about a corked wine we had and M.C. Ice explains his experience of it. We tackle an excellent listener question about why high alcohol wines don’t age well. Then we hit the major quality winemaking areas of California from north to south, giving an overview (or maybe a little more than an overview) of each: Mendocino Sonoma Napa The Central Coast And then we touch on the Sierra Foothills, the Central Valley, Southern California, and a mention a few others. We’ll hit each of the four big areas in detail in future podcasts, but this should give you some idea of how much more California has going on than meets the eye. I [...]

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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.
0:14.0	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.
0:23.0	If you just downloaded this, don't be scared by the time next to the file.
0:29.0	It's a long one, but it's worth it.
0:31.0	You might have to break it up into two half hours of your commute or the half hour that you have time to listen to the podcast.
0:37.5	And listen to it half on the way to work, half on the way home.
0:40.0	The reason that this podcast is so long is because California is confusing, although it seems like
0:45.1	it's just very simple and easy to figure out.
0:48.6	If you start to peel back the layers of the onion, you're going to figure out that California has a lot, a lot going on.
0:55.0	And adding to it, the listener question was really good
0:58.0	and very interesting.
0:59.0	I know some of you skip over the listener thanks section but this one's really worth checking out.
1:05.7	With that said enjoy the podcast on California and hope you like it.
1:12.1	You're a slacker why because what number is this this is episode 68 yeah and we're finally
1:19.3	getting around to California I understand that but I know that not all listeners also read
1:26.8	the blog but I cover California so frequently on the blog and especially when we take
1:31.1	trips and that's usually
1:33.7	once a year big thing and then I have lots of wine that I buy
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