Wine Tasting 101

Champagne

Pol Roger 2004 Vintage Champagne (Episode 134 Part 1)

In this episode, we taste two big names in the Champagne world Pol Roger and Armand de Brignac which both have a hefty price tag so we are expecting great…
Cahors

Chateau Les Bouysses Malbec (Episode 133 Part 3)

In this last part of this episode, we taste our last French Malbec from the Cahors region. This one was darker in colour and on the nose smells more like…
Cahors

Rigal Original Malbec (Episode 133 Part 2)

In the second part of this episode, we continue tasting French Malbec. This wine - Rigal Original Malbec - is available from Asda at £7.50. On the nose, it is…
Cahors

Tescos Finest Cahors Malbec (Episode 133 Part 1)

In this episode, we taste the first of the three French Malbecs, this one purchased from Tescos and is part of their own Finest brand. It had a rich garnet…
Argentine wine

Finco Los Altepes Argentine Malbec (Episode 132 Part 4)

This part of the episode was shot a few weeks after we tasted the wines in parts 1, 2 and three. Whilst the first three in this episode were very…
Argentine wine

Trivento Argentina Mendoza Malbec (Episode 132 Part 3)

In this final part of our episode on tasting Argentine Malbec, we taste a bottle of Trivento Malbec again from the Mendoza region which is available from Tescos priced at…
Argentinian Wine

D V Cantena Argentine Malbec 2015 (Episode 132 Part 1)

In this episode, we taste three Malbecs from Argentina available on the high street in the UK. In the first part of this episode, we taste a D. V. Cantina…
Red wine

Aeration of Wine by Decanting (Episode 131 Part 3)

In this episode, we taste wine straight out of a bottle, using an electric aeration pump and finally in this part of the episode by decanting the wine before pouring…
Red wine

Aeration of Wine (Episode 131 Part 1)

In this episode, we compare the same bottle just opened, once straight out of the bottle, then using an electric wine aerator produced by Aervana (www.Aervana.com). In this first part,…
Red wine

Snobby Wine Terms Explained (Episode 129)

This video was conceived from a question from Herya Wang who asked for a better explanation of the term earthy. So we decided to go through some of the terms…