Selecting HOLIDAY WINES like a Master for different OCCASIONS - BLIND Tasting Edition

[@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine]

Forgot to ask my question of the day: What is your favorite holiday wine?

[@frossato]

Whatever local...wine adventurous!

[@victorlabarcamadsen8569]

Pinot gris 2018 Matthias Gaul "st. Stephan"

[@feelinggrape]

Aged Riesling Auslese + Champagne

[@tomo16v86]

Fix Sprudel! Blanc de Blancs von Agrapart (Experience 12 steht heuer an) und/oder De Sousa. Und dann je nach Schneefall und Stimmung Barolo (zB Massolino

[@johnd0e25]

Champagne and old Bordeaux!

[@MrThor34]

"If you don't like your relatives, this wine will help you through the evening" Made my day! Nice tasting altogether.

[@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine]

😄

[@peterperigoe9231]

Vey good thought the same, saves faking a Covid test?

[@BradySD1]

We know you're a Master of Wine. You didn't have to rig this tasting to prove your qualifications. Kidding obviously, that was really impressive and entertaining.

[@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine]

Thanks!

[@panaceiasuberes6464]

Blind tasting! This is why I love this channel. It takes a Master Sommelier to go on a blind tasting to frequently as you go, Konstantin.

[@i_am_linezer0]

Your videos always feel like a present 🎁.

[@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine]

😊

[@Ildskalli]

I think my Christmas wine is usually sparkling, because I live in South America and the end of the year here is HOT. So, sparkling wines usually hit the spot nicely, especially in the evening, when the temperature still hasn't dropped. I had a brief flash of terror when Konstantin suggested sitting in front of the fireplace during Christmas 😅 As for Adventskalendar, I grew up with those, but that's because both of my parents are part-German. My mother had to sew a couple for me and my sister, as they weren't known around here. At some point, though, the custom gained traction all over the country, but I think it's declined a lot in these past few years, to the point that I don't see them in supermarkets anymore. So, in short, Advent Calendars aren't well-known in my country.

[@travioh]

Love this video!!! It really helps to think deductively as you explain your tasting before revealing. One of the best videos! Love Barolos and Rioja for the holidays :) The Bolgheri Tuscans and Bordeaux are so challenging to distinguish- though there’s a hint of “flair” with the Sangiovese blends.

[@frossato]

Never hesitate to show your skills It may inspire more people to follow your path

[@craigmetcalfe1749]

Hey Konstantin! I think you just hit on why I cellar my wine. It is to survive Christmas with the relatives. Our survival strategy, year in year out, is to celebrate Christmas with all the friends first then you are on such an emotional high, you can face the family. But seriously, many new collectors could easily get on board if they know they are collecting for Christmas. Of course, we all know that for some, it will become a chase for the perfect bottle for many future Christmases, but for now you have set an achievable goal and had a lot of fun into the bargain. Cheers!

[@wrap-itsolutions2387]

Christmas calendars are huge here in Sweden. Great video. Merry Christmas!

[@p4573qu3]

Inspiring selection. Good job Konstantin and Leon.

[@chewie94116]

Thank you for the recommendations. Please continue to put out the nuances that make a wine particular to that region. Also continue to provide food recommendations for each wine that you taste. Doing both will definitely help us understand the wine and encourage us to try out the wine and try it out with the foods that you recommend.

[@billmonteith1161]

So glad I found this channel. Thank you Konstantin

[@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine]

Thanks!

[@BosnWayne]

Tip of the hat good sir on all the Christmas songs

[@alex86600]

Really fun and impressive to watch! Been thinking about what wines to open on christmas eve the past 2 months, your video definetily helped!

[@Blue28485]

Excellent tasting - a lot of well known wines that should be available here in the us (or most other places) and I look forward to trying some this holiday season. Thanks!!

[@michaels.freeland6976]

Nice job Konstantin! Merry Christmas. We also have Christmas Calendars here in the US. Each day has a chocolate or some money. It runs for 25 days. Favorite Holiday wine is Champagne or a nice Sauternes

[@11tboucher]

New wine enthusiast here, and I can't stop watching your videos! Incredible content! Keep it coming!

[@massim72]

Ciao Konstantin and Merry Christmas. Thanks a lot for your videos. they are informative, with easy to understand and entertaining wine terms. To start the Christmas lunch a bubble is basic (I love mountain ones like Trento Doc), then we move on to a wine with Nebbiolo (Barolo but also a Ghemme or a Sfursat) and to close a glass of Moscato d'asti with panettone

[@rallaghan77]

Love your videos - was so sad to see you miss the perfect round! Next time! Merry xmas :)

[@tostman333]

amazing tasting and Bravo! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine]

Thank you 😋

[@henriknilsson7730]

yes, christmas calendars are big in Denmark.

[@Gcbyvr666]

Excellent tasting. From your description/tasting notes I picked 4 or 5of them correctly too!

[@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine]

Excellent!

[@salxxx1180]

Bravo Konstantin

[@crazyoncoffee]

Christmas calendars are very much a thing in the United States. Usually they are called advent calendars. Grocery stores sell ones with a chocolate for each day from Dec 1 to Dec 24. They also sell beer and wine calendars for adults. In my family it’s tradition to make one with 25 interlocking paper rings numbered 1-25. We hang it in the kitchen and tear off the numbers until only number 25 is left. I wonder if people in other countries do this?

[@mammajumboshrimp]

Can't believe Christmas is near! now watching this!

[@drmatthewhorkey]

I'm all for the Huet, Vietti, and R. Lopez de Heredia for a Christmas dinner!!

[@salprivitera571]

Great video as always! Happy Holidays

[@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine]

Same to you!

[@hjemmeis]

Here in Denmark we also have christmas calenders and its quite common to get 24 presents for each day or a chocolate calender. However the typical wines for christmas dinner is definitely Rhone whines for duck and porkroast.

[@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine]

Rhone and pork sounds great!

[@arispagoropoulos3798]

Amarone della Valpolicella is weirdly popular over Christmas in Denmark as well, and I am a little confused as to why (not that it is bad or anything, I just don’t see the connection)

[@jacques5072]

@@arispagoropoulos3798 I agree to an extent, but it is an attempt to match some of the sweetness in the brown potatoes and in the duck, as well as having a high alcohol percentage to cut through all the fattiness

[@carlcadregari7768]

Fantastic job…And great descriptions. As for my table….I enjoy different, so we’ll have to see what I can come up with…..

[@nejcpilih]

i love the idea of sitting alone in a chair after dinner, contemplating and just enjoying the moment. so let's see if I can find that Rioja wine where I am. Prost! :)

[@EricZeak]

Glad to hear you'll be drinking Champagne for the holidays. I was going to ask about sparkling wines for Christmas and New Years.

[@TomasYuriSchuman]

I have 3 bottles for Christmas , all to be paired with a lamb . 2015 Chateau D'ampiuis , a 2015 Delas La landonne .Finally to clean the palate we have a Chapoutier Hermitage Monier de la Sizeranne. Cant wait !!!

[@joe9427]

Master of wine most hardest job on planet

[@bennettvanliew5692]

Awesome video! Keep them coming, super entertaining and interesting!

[@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine]

Will do!

[@davidcostello7320]

Another fun wine tasting, Konstantin! Btw I failed to guess my wife’s single bottle tasting last night. Kudos to you!.

[@davidbattrick3690]

And he misses his last free throw... he dosen't lose the game, but his free throw average does drop just a little...:) 95% not bad!!! You realize that all-star material.

[@lisas6081]

👏👏Well done. Someone is on fire 🔥

[@philippedemecheleer2381]

Great video to watch, even in summer 🙂

[@gregzeman5181]

Thanks for the great video. New to wine collecting and looking for great wines that can be aged. Going to add Barolo to my collection.

[@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine]

You should!

[@KapetinHD]

The Spanish wine is absolutely amazing. I loved it a lot. You did very well!!!!

[@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine]

Thanks!

[@tjongtjong210]

Champagne and port. Just beer for the christmas dinner because its usually allover the place.

[@viktorvankovich7813]

Da bekommt man doch gleich Lust, mal mit Konstantin während eines Glases über Wein zu reden!

[@tarawalker7193]

Love the intro!

[@samirsajwani8807]

Love your videos

[@andrewgeorge7568]

Epic song references, love it! I know there's very limited time but can you do a southern hemisphere Christmas version for those of us outside in the sun with our bbq's going "dreaming of a white Christmas"?

[@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine]

Thanks! I should... not sure whether I can do it this year though.

[@matteomascis4784]

I am from Puglia and I love Nero di Troia. Drinking the wine in front of the fire with some rich food...."Al Bacio" !

[@tarawalker7193]

I was excited to have guessed 2 based on your descriptions , so yay! You also did great 👍 🙂

[@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine]

Yes! Thank you!

[@getsconesTRUTH]

Wow Leon went very name brand this time. My wife loves zin and petite sirah this time of year, but 40€ price on Saldo is outrageous, must be a huge tariff in Europe. Off topic but I love Konstantins wardrobe for some of his videos in the cellar... he looks so cozy!

[@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine]

Thanks! I think Leon tried to make up for the quirky Lemberger from the last blind tasting

[@The.Epicurean]

Outstanding. Unbelievable blind tasting skills.

[@alexandrehenri-bhargava2741]

We definitely do Advent calendars in Canada, and some of our wineries do wine Advent calendars!

[@elenam848]

Thank you for such a perfect wine list 🙌🏻

[@stpd1957]

Lovely video, thank you.

[@FranciscoRamirez-hp8ci]

Exelente wines, I think I like Rioja the most, congratulations !!!

[@mcolisekim]

can you get canadian wine??

[@schferleon]

That intro hahah great

[@itsmederek1]

Can hardly blame you for calling the super tuscan as a bordeaux! Very nice video :)

[@HawkeyeJmf]

Advent calendar, of course! Advent, advent. Ein Lichtlein brendt

[@Alexander_Tronstad]

I thought you would have a bunch of wines filled with oranges, cloves and marzipan. Pleasantly surprised!

[@zachburton4190]

I wish to one day be able to tell where a wine Is from just by the taste, let alone everything else you can tell from just a taste!! Props man 💪🏽

[@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine]

Thanks!

[@Natashaz48]

You are hilarious. Really enjoyed this video. I guessed three correctly just based on your descriptions! My favorite wine is Champagne for the holidays!

[@Speed_7545]

Le Volte is so good 👌

[@WineProfessor]

Le Haut Lieu sec from Huet is a big wine! I was thinking about to buy a Vouvray for Christmas but I will definitely do it ahah Thanks for this video and the discovery, I wanna try this wine from Ornellaia!

[@TocTocTrax]

I really enjoyed watching your video!! Keep up the excellent work! I'm looking forward to another awesome video! Take care and stay in touch! 🎄🙏🎄

[@aglass7539]

Stay thirsty… and get merry.

[@PianoGuy954]

Christmas calendars are a thing in France, they're called Calendrier de l'Avent, and generally you get a chocolate every date until the 24th!

[@DerekSmit]

I think advent calenders are a think in most countries

[@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine]

Interesting!

[@alexandermorsink]

Yes advent calendars are also a thing in Canada and the US

[@kyoxilbuzz]

Un calendrier de l'avent avec une bouteille differente chaque jour!! Ca, c'est une tres bonne idee!!

[@tarekbahri2008]

Great tasting and pinpoint accuracy! I personally would like to know the scores blind, before the reveal. Makes it more exciting, not that I believe the prices swayed your decision, but it makes for a clearer blind tasting. Cheers!

[@danf321]

On the 12th day of Christmas I’m glad I live in California where wines are relatively cheap. Here in Trader Joe’s the Saldo sells only for $20. Not my favorite Zin either.

[@bjornvelzeboer435]

Very Nice video! Surely I’m going to try one or two of these wines. Could you maybe make a video about new years eve champaigns? Iam looking for a Nice champaign this year but dont know wich one.

[@elfblood9127]

Now I finally realize why Rudolph's nose is red. He overindulges in great wines before every flight.

[@hyde3000]

Baloro is the most super tannin wine for me and I'll be with Taittinger

[@fredrich8611]

Hi, Blind tastings are my favourite and there's aleays alot to discover. Sometimes I think there are alot of editing that makes it look less real, as an experience I mean. Cheers. Expecting more before the holidays

[@ottovalkamo1]

Hey Konstantin, I wonder would this be a good idea for a wine video: Wine scandals or biggest wine scandals (i.e. wineries mixing lower quality grapes, messing with wine with artificial chemicals like the Austrian wine scandal and so on)? I think this could be a controversial but informative topic from a person who knows a lot more than the "average Joe" about wine. It could also give insight into the thing itself. Why did wineries decide to "edit" wines with illegal methods? Was it caused by the "parkerization" or "scoreficiation" of wines in the late 20th and the 21st centuries and wanting just better reviews from wine critics and peers?

[@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine]

Very good idea!

[@michaelbudds5749]

Would you do a video on Oregon Wines?

[@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine]

I did one in German a while ago. But yes, I would

[@michaelfallesen]

Advents/Christmas calendars are a big thing in Denmark too. This year I've got a portwine calendar with 24 different ports 🍷😀

[@sambowles9746]

Thanks Konstantin! Have you done a video on (your recommended) “best value” wines? Your comments regarding best price:quality ratio on this video intrigue.

[@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine]

I should...

[@TorkildKahrs]

0:00 - 0:23 Konstantin Baum, master of search engine optimization

[@gtdriver7423]

Thank‘s for your video! Nice collection with the exception of Le Volte. This wine was a disappointment for me this year.☹️ I had promissed myself a lot more. My holiday wines this year will probably be White Capgiró from Can Majoral (Grape Giro Ros) and Red Gallina y Focas from 4Kilos (Grape Manto Negro) Cheers 🍷

[@davidd708]

Christmas calendars (called "advent calendars") are a thing in the United States, but hardly universal (even among those who celebrate Christmas). BTW, this American really enjoys your content... keep pouring it in our glasses!

[@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine]

Thanks!

[@johnqureshi9840]

Favourite holiday wines, Mosel Riesling auslese, haute cote de units and Chablis premier cru

[@johnqureshi9840]

*Haute cote de Nuits

[@patrickrudiger8762]

I really like the Nino Negri Sfursat Carlo Negri. From Valtellina but not a light wine. Same production method as Amarone which brings quite some concentration, however made from Nebbiolo. In view of this, way more acidity than Amarone making it easier to use with food. Its also relatively cheap (26€) compared to a good Amarone.

[@tonygallo1104]

i've only heard of wine from Valtellina.. I think Lombardy? Yes same method as Amarone! way cool the same grape as nebbiollo but they call it something diff in this region.

[@teodorastoyanova8072]

Hi Konstantin, I love your channel! Thank you for the great content. Which of the performance glasses are you using in this one?

[@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine]

Thanks. The glass is in the description.

[@teodorastoyanova8072]

@@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine Ah, yes, thank you!

[@TobiasAsjogren]

Christmas calendars are definitely a thing in Sweden!

[@tomlafferty4393]

Great tasting! The turkey gets lost on my Christmas plate among the sausages wrapped in bacon, sage and onion stuffing, bread and bacon stuffing, ham, parmesan parsnips and a rich gravy. For this reason I prefer a red with my Christmas dinner, usually opting for a right-bank Bordeaux. Would you have any other suggestions for this year?

[@moomookim3414]

Hi Konstantin, where did you get that fancy blind covers?

[@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine]

At an online shop in the uk

[@mauricioalvarez204]

Great video, all of them red wines, is that because is winter there? Here in the south is summer and during christmas dinner generally we have 30°C, specially in a tropical City like mine, so I think I'll get a fresh white or rose, the bad part is that my wife hasnt liked any of the roses and whites I bought so far.

[@TheJackthisoff]

Love the video! Where did you buy those socks for blind tasting? 😁

[@andyjoint7874]

Barolo 17 it’s sooooo Young !

[@tommy254]

Impressive performance, nice wine selection, but man I always had to stare at that red fluff on the side of your head that remained from your Santa hat ;)

[@markchen5710]

le volte is one of my favourite super tuscans.

[@tlhuffman]

Great video--fun and educational. BTW, I had a Valmur Grand Cru Chablis over the weekend that was sublime. It might be nice to do a video tasting several Chablis of different levels of quality. Chablis is one of the few (if not the only) wines from Burgundy that you can still buy the highest level of quality for under $100. This Grand Cru Chablis was $80. If there is a better example of Chardonnay out there, I don't know it. I generally prefer red wine, but Grand Cru Chablis and good champagne are among my favorites also.

[@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine]

That would be fun!

[@yoonkang3558]

How do you do this without knowing those entries, big respect!!

[@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine]

Practice!

[@serbanchinole]

Congrats for the 6-1, my fav wine is Kunstler Riesling because we eat cabbage rolls with minced meat, sarmale namely

[@Simon77714]

Great fun :)

[@BB-kw5bz]

Love this video. A lot of great new choices for me to try. What kind of profile would you recommend for a classic Raclette x-mas dinner? Stronger Swiss cheese, baguette and/or potatos, pretty typical German Raclette style. Any direction you could point me towards would be highly appreciated!

[@maxka4515]

Tolle Videos, es macht absolut Spaß zuzugucken! Viel Erfolg weiterhin. Zu Weihnachten gönnen wir uns meist einen Amarone (diesmal Quintarelli :D) zum Steak und zum Dessert eine Mosel TBA.

[@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine]

Nice!

[@letsdazed1824]

There are christmas calenders in england and scotland. They have 25 Türchen

[@martinhansen8855]

Hi Konstantin, Would be really cool if you could do a holiday wine buying guide, perhaps on three different budgets: 25, >100. Thanks in advance!

[@martinhansen8855]

Were you select 3 or 4 different bottles within every budget range, and tell why they pair well with the food (traditional Christmas dinner like duck/goose and fatty foods) and how the wines compliment each other. And of course maybe you could reveal your own selection of wines for the holiday dinner. Personally I'm thinking about buying three bottles of red wine on a >25 euro budget per bottle, since the rest of my family prefer red whine only. So I'm heading in the direction of: 1. A burgundy from northern Cote de Nuits that is fresh and has some acidity, perhaps Le chapitre from Dom. Jean Founier. (35 €) 2. A northern rhone that brings a little extra structure than #1, but still fresh, vibrant and acidic. For example Crozes-Hermitage Le Rouvre from Yann Chave (38€) 3. A red Rioja with some aging, maybe a Viña Tondonia Reserva 2008

[@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine]

Great suggestion!

[@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine]

Those are very nice wines!

[@HawkeyeJmf]

Expensive for the rating, Konstantin.

[@joe9427]

Best master on planet