Ep 132: Grape Variety Palomino with wine writer Christina Rasmussen (Part 1)

2023-04-03

To download the transcript CLICK HERE Today’s episode is about the grape variety Palomino. Often thought of as a neutral grape variety yet there are certain people in the wine industry that are true believers like my guest today, Christina Rasmussen. She is a wine writer, speaker and has even made her very own still Palomino wine. So, I'm fascinated to pick Christina's brain to hear more about her love for this grape variety and her love for farming the soil and terroir. So, she will be talking about some of her wine p...

To download the transcript CLICK HERE

Today’s episode is about the grape variety Palomino. Often thought of as a neutral grape variety yet there are certain people in the wine industry that are true believers like my guest today, Christina Rasmussen. She is a wine writer, speaker and has even made her very own still Palomino wine. So, I'm fascinated to pick Christina's brain to hear more about her love for this grape variety and her love for farming the soil and terroir. So, she will be talking about some of her wine projects and how she brings the winemakers story to life. And then, we will be discussing Palomino and all the winemaking steps that she took to make her very own still white wine.

If you want to skip ahead:

2.25: How Burgundy was the start of Christina’s wine story

6.13: Becoming a wine writer

8.49: LITTLEWINE – a digital platform enabling winemakers to communicate directly and tell their story

14.04: Favourite winery Pedres Blanques, Banyuls, whilst traveling France

15.28: Another recommended winery Domaine Ligas in Pella, Greece

16.03: What is permaculture?

18.37: Palomino: How Christina realized how good this variety can be, looking at wines from Envinate and Suertes del Marques in Tenerife, and Eben Sadie of the Sadie family wines and Adi Badenhorst in South Africa

25.01: Making wine with Abe Schoener, a winemaker who has the Scholium project, but also more recently the LA River Wine Company

28.32: Why Palomino can taste special

31.44: Discussing Christinas winemaking journey and decisions when making her own wine The Alley 2019

- flor or no flor

- skin contact

- adding marbles to barrel to raise the levels of juice to top

- leaving wine on heavy lees

- adding sulphites

39.52: How The Alley 2019 tasted

42.00: What Christina learned on her winemaking journey and rescuing a stuck fermentation

44.17: LA River Raisin City White 2019

46.05: Recommended winery for Palomino in Jerez: Muchada-Léclapart