Ep 073: Alternatives to the Expensive Stuff

Wine for Normal People

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🗓️ 2 April 2013

⏱️ 41 minutes

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This week we have a hit parade of secret gems: the 9 wines you could sort of substitute for super expensive ones. A great topic provided by a listener! Since we hit the list pretty quickly, here are the wines and their analogues… Expensive Wine Less Expensive Analogue Brunello di Montalcino Rosso di Montalcino Oregon Pinot Noir, fruitier Burgundy New Zealand Pinot Noir CA Cabernet Sauvignon Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon, Argentinean Malbec Fine Bordeaux Rioja, Cahors, less fine Bordeaux Barolo Ghemme, Gattinara, Nebbiolo Hermitage Crozes-Hermitage, St-Joseph Dry German Riesling Australian Riesling from Clare, Eden Valleys, Austrian Riesling Champagne Cremant, Cava, Sparkling wine from anywhere else – not Prosecco or Sekt Priorat Spanish Garnacha from Calatayud, Montsant or Monastrell from Yecla Enjoy it and make sure to post the expensive wines you love so we can offer some advice on less expensive alternativ [...]

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0:00.0	MC Ice, guess what?
0:02.0	Today's podcast is brought to our listeners by audible.com.
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0:14.7	titles to choose from and those are for your iPhone Android Kindle or MP3
0:19.0	player go get a buck let's get to the show. Thanks for downloading wine for normal people radio, the podcast for people who like wine, but not the
0:31.9	snobbery that goes with it.
0:35.0	I'm Elizabeth Schneider, a certified silye and certified specialist of wine.
0:39.0	And I'm MC Ice, just a wine-loving normal person.
0:42.0	So this is our fifth take. See Ice, just a wine-loving normal person.
0:42.8	So this is our fifth take because Ellie's got a lot of energy right now.
0:47.4	And you know what?
0:48.4	I still don't know the topic for the darn podcast.
0:51.3	Well, I'm sorry about that.
0:52.4	Ellie definitely has a lot of energy and we have had to corral her.
0:55.4	We are going to do nine wines that if you can't afford them,
0:59.6	we can find some alternatives for you.
1:02.0	Ooh, I like it.
1:03.0	Now I'm not claiming responsibility or credit for this.
1:06.0	This was from a listener out of the UK,
1:08.0	L. L. L. Hues, who actually give us a number of ideas.
1:11.0	We've already given him a shout out on the podcast, but he's
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