Ep 127: Wines of Slovenia with Wine Writer Chris Boiling (Part 1)

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This is part one of my chat with wine writer and now part time winemaker Chris Boiling. You can find his work in Decanter or other online wine magazines. And more recently, a wine newsletter called Canopy, which you can find on the International Wine Challenge website. We will be talking about the wines of Slovenia because Chris has bought a home with a small vineyard there and it has inspired all kinds of wine projects. On the famous wine site jancisrobinson.com, you may have seen him chronicling his winemaking disasters in a column called Diary of a Dream. For this reason we will be touching on some winemaking techniques and some mistakes Chris has made on the way. We will look at some interesting grape varieties like Laški Rizling, Refošk, and Rebula. You'll learn about some indigenous varieties of Slovenia alongside the three main wine regions of this country, and I'll be trying Chris's very unique and interesting Pinot Gris.

If you want to skip ahead:

1.58: Why did Chris decided to buy a vineyard in Slovenia?

5.21: Slovenian wine getting the fame it deserves and it’s neighbours

6.45: The wine region Podravje

8.25: Documenting Chris’ winemaking journey on Jancis Robinsons website, called The Diary of a Dream

12.01: The grape variety Laški Rizling and discussing Chris’ Pinot Gris and the winemaking process

18.54: Tasting Chris’ Pinot Gris

25.22: Food pairings for Orange wines/Skin contact wines

27.15: Furmint in Slovenia and it’s differences from Hungary

30.29: The wine region Primorska and Ribolla Gialla

33.31: The red wine Teran and Refosc

35.25: The third and final wine region Posavska

36.03: The wine Cviček

37.31: Indigenous varieties Zelen, Pinella, Ranina and Ranfol

38.59: Movia, a winery that you need to know about

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