EAT SLEEP WINE REPEAT: A wine podcast
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This is the last episode of Season 2. Season 3 will start in September. I am finishing on a high with Fergus Elias, the head winemaker of Balfour winery – my winemaker! We just picked up a trophy for best red wine in the WineGB awards 2022 and so it seemed the ideal time to talk with Ferg about his winemaking skills. Now, this is an awesome episode if you are interested in the English wine industry. We discuss Pinot Noir and its future in England. Have you heard about Crouch Valley in England? My guess is in a few years, that is going to be labelled a Grand Cru site. We are talking about clones and root stocks, which is rather convenient seeing as the episode before was all on viticulture. And also we touch on how our business model works in Balfour, now working with the growers of England and how that is expanding. You’ll also learn about the acid levels, and PH in English wines and how this affects Malolactic fermentation.
If you want to skip ahead:
2.28: Chat with Fergus
3.05: Fergus getting into wine, and how Balfour winery used to be
6.41: Working with Owen Elias, Dad of Ferg, and one of Englands wine making legends
9.21: What Ferg has learnt from Owen
10.07: What Owen has learnt from Ferg – discussing what ‘Malo’ is (malolactic fermentation) and how it is done in England and why
17.30: Discussing the innovative Winemakers Collection and THE AWARD WINNING GATEHOUSE PINOT NOIR 2020 £60 Balfourwinery.com
21.03: The clones used in The Gatehouse Pinot Noir and why choose specific clones
27.20: Discussing how different rootstocks can make a difference in English vines
31.10: Crouch Valley in Essex and our plantings
33.20: Working with growers in England and how to work the vineyards
35.37: Planting more Pinot Meunier and the incredible Red Miller Pinot Meunier 2018
40.34: Looking at the different soils: Clay, Chalk, Greensands
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Until next time, Cheers to you
Ep 176: Regenerative Viticulture with Wendy Outhwaite, Co-Founder and Winemaker at Ambriel (Part 2)
Ep 175: Regenerative Viticulture with Justin Howard-Sneyd MW (Part 1)
Ep 174: The Wines of Alto Adige - Trentino with Beatrice Bessi, Head Sommelier of Chiltern Firehouse (Part 2)
Ep 173: The Wines of Sicily with Beatrice Bessi, Head Sommelier of Chiltern Firehouse (Part 1)
Ep 172: Discovering Lirac, a Cru of the Côtes du Rhône & one of the Southern Rhône's hidden gems with Rodolphe de Pins of Château de Montfaucon
Ep 171: Wine Flavours, grapes and styles with Rob Buckhaven, Drinks Columnist for The Metro (Part 2)
Ep 170: Cava and Priorat Changes and Pre-Phylloxera varieties with Rob Buckhaven, Drinks Columnist for The Metro (Part 1)
Ep 169: Everything you need to know about Super Tuscan wines
Ep 168: The Regions of the Southern Rhône with Stage 2 MW student Anna Spooner (Part 2)
Ep 167: The Grapes of the Southern Rhône with Stage 2 MW student Anna Spooner (Part 1)
Ep 166: The story of wine grape Barbera with Norbert Reinisch, Export Manager of Braida Winery (Part 2)
Ep 165: The perfect Valentines Day Wine Brachetto d'Acqui with Norbert Reinisch, Export Manager of Braida winery (Part 1)
Ep 164: The wines of Ribera del Duero with Master of Wine Tim Atkin (Part 2)
Ep 163: The wines of Rioja with Master of Wine Tim Atkin (Part 1)
Ep 162: Wine & Wellness - Healthy dishes with perfect wine pairings
Ep 161 Tokaji Aszú The sweet wines of Tokaj with Zoltán Kovács, Winery Director for Royal Tokaji (Part 2)
Ep 160 Furmint and the dry wines of Tokaji with Zoltán Kovács, Winery Director for Royal Tokaji (Part 1)
Ep 159: The Ten Crus of Beaujolais with Dan Farrell-Wright, Founder of Wickhams Wine Merchants (Part 2)
Ep 158: Beaujolais Nouveau Day with Dan Farrell-Wright, Founder of Wickhams Wine Merchants (Part 1)
Ep 157: The wines and grapes of the Veneto wine region, Italy, with Wine Communicator Luma Monteiro (Part 2)
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