Ep 136: Deep Dive into Sparkling Wines of the World: Champagne for WSET Diploma Students (Part 2)

2023-05-01

To download the transcript CLICK HERE This is part 2 of the deep dive series into Sparkling wines: All on Champagne. These episodes are specifically designed to help out my WSET diploma friends. This is a flashcard-style podcast, which is a useful way for those trying to memorize the information, however, for all of you who just love wine and want to know more and increase your knowledge, this will still be a really interesting episode as you can just play it all the way through like any other episode. If you want to skip ahead: 2.20: The...

To download the transcript CLICK HERE

This is part 2 of the deep dive series into Sparkling wines: All on Champagne. These episodes are specifically designed to help out my WSET diploma friends. This is a flashcard-style podcast, which is a useful way for those trying to memorize the information, however, for all of you who just love wine and want to know more and increase your knowledge, this will still be a really interesting episode as you can just play it all the way through like any other episode.

If you want to skip ahead:

2.20: The terroir of Champagne

4.56: The Grand Crus and Premier Crus, and five major sub regions

9.22: L'échelle des crus

12.47: Approved pruning methods

13.32: Yields

14.20: Minimum terms for ageing

15.01: CIVC

15.47: Letter on the label and who is making the wines

17.18: Prestige Cuvee Champage

18.52: Dom Perignon

20.38: Krug