Wine Tasting 101

Greek Wines

Tasting a Family wine form Corfu (Episode 62)

In this Episode, we taste a homemade wine produced in Kavos, Corfu - Greece. One of John's colleagues had just been on holiday and dined regularly at the Roussos Restuarant…
Red wine

Tasting a Shiraz and Viognier blend (Episode 61 Part 3)

In the last part of this Episode, we taste a Red Wine that is a blend produced by blending Shiraz and Viognier. John and I attempt to taste the Viognier…
Australia Wine

Tasting a Viognier from Eden Valley Australia (Episode 61 Part 2)

In the 2nd part of this Episode, we taste another Australian Viognier from the Eden Valley (South Australia). This wine smell (nose) reminded us more of a Riesling than the…
Australia Wine

Tasting a Deakin Estate Viognier from Victoria Australia (Episode 61 Part 1)

In Part 1 of this Episode, we taste a Viognier from Deakin Estate - Victoria Australia. If you like Chenin, but would like something with a little more fruit or…
French Wine

Introduction to our Viognier Tasting (Episode 61 Introduction)

We introduce our Viognier episode where we try to help you identify the flavours that make up wine from this lovely grape. https://youtu.be/wXcCHZwSGaw Remember to subscribe to http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=WineMastery This wine…
New Zealand

Tasting a Riesling from New Zealand (Episode 60 Part 3)

In the last part of this episode, we taste a Riesling from New Zealand. This Riesling is much softer than those tried in Part 1 & 2. A hint of…
German Wine

Tasting a German Riesling (Episode 60 Part 2)

The second Riesling we try is from Germany and the nose, or scent, of the wine, is of honey and the taste reflects this with a slight “grassy” taste and…
French Wine

Tasting a Riesling from Alsace (Episode 60 Part 1)

In Part 1 of this Episode, we taste the first of our three Rieslings which is from Alsace in France. It certainly has a punch for those that like their…
French Wine

Comparing Two European Rieslings to a New Zealand Riesling (Episode 60 Introduction)

In this Episode we taste three Rieslings, two from Europe, France and Germany, and one from "down under" New Zealand. We were both surprised that not one of them tasted…
Gin

Secret Gin Tasting in New Distillery (Episode 59 Introduction)

We take a break from wine tasting to tasting a new Gin about to hit the market. We have the privilege of trying the very first batches of Gin being…