Month: June 2020

Jordan Vineyard & Winery co-founder Sally Jordan shares the story of how Andre Tchelistcheff became consulting winemaker and how his legacy lives on today in Jordan Winemaker Rob Davis, who has crafted every vintage of Jordan since the inaugural 1976 and was mentored by Tchelistcheff until 1992. http://blog.jordanwinery.com

A basket press is a traditional tool used to squeeze juice and or wine out of grapes. Winemaker Fred Scherrer explains how and why he uses a basket press for certain lots but not others in this video. Our Winemaking 101 series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLddUmDhg4G_IPyaCdujShOPm8H_dhO1yl See all of our videos with Fred Scherrer: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL60BA50DBFAAF2E0A Filmed with Fred

Jamie Goode visits Georgia for the first time. This is the country that has a strong claim as being the cradle of wine, where grape vines were first domesticated. And through some 8000 years of unbroken wine history, an ancient way of making wine in large clay vessels called qvevri has survived. Goode visits wine

Alexandra Marnier-Lapostolle purchased an old-vine vineyard in the Colchagua Valley’s Apalta region in 1994. Within 3 years, she was making some of Chile’s top wines. Listen in as she describes her vineyard jewel to Wine Spectator’s James Molesworth.

Scenes from the October 16 morning harvest of Cabernet Sauvignon grapes from Munselle Vineyards in Alexander Valley. All of the grapes harvested for Jordan Cabernet Sauvignon are picked when our Winemaker Rob Davis believes the flavors are ideal for making a beautifully balanced, elegant, silky wine. Follow these grapes from the vine to the winery

The Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855 was established by Napoleon III to establish a ranking of the best wines in Bordeaux. David Launay, formerly of Gruaud Larose, a classified Second Growth in Saint-Julien explains the system. David Launay was the Commercial Director at Château Gruaud-Larose in St.Julien, Bordeaux for 12 years. See all of

This is course number 1 Part 3 of the Julien’s 3.5 minute wine course so we are going to start from the beginning, how to taste wine properly, or at least better. This is more intended to people that are relatively new to wine, but I think if you are already a wine connoisseur, you

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Perhaps the biggest make-or-break decision by a winemaker is when to harvest. In this winemaking process video, Jordan Winery explains how wine grape sampling and sugar testing is done to determine when to harvest grapes at Jordan Winery. Read the full blog post at http://blog.jordanwinery.com/2012/10/grape-sampling-a-critical-winemaking-step-during-harvest/.

Wineamaker Brianne Day talks about the community of winemakers and people who helped her go from cellar rat to independent winemaker in Oregon. Brianne Day sat with Ask a Winemaker in Chicago in 2013. See all of our Videos with Brianne Day: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLddUmDhg4G_K5zuuHj49lhOq7C4Cr5rV6 Ask a Winemaker on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/askawinemaker?ref=hl Ask a Winemaker on Twitter: www.twitter.com/askawinemaker

This video is about my experience visiting V. Sattui Winery, St. Helena, CA Napa Valley. This was a private (birthday) wine tasting. Wine can bring people together as is the case in this video. But what was most interesting about this is that our host (wine educator) was someone I did not expect. Tom Davies