Sommelier & TV Host Vince Answers Wine Questions! (Part I)

[@silasmoser301]

This is a wonderful episode. Looking forward to seeing your episodes on Argentina and Peru. A lot of people, even locals have no idea about the budding Peruvian wine scene.

[@visforvino]

Yes, hoping for that too! Peru would be so pretty as well.

[@benneil9651]

Would love to see a series on Australian and New Zealand wines and regions.

[@visforvino]

I’m definitely working on it. Hoping for 2025!

[@davidpeterkofsky2081]

Now I'm on the hunt for that Ojai Red syrah! Separately, I am heading to the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France in July and am hoping to find some good wines while I'm there. Your video on that region has given me some good ideas, including that amazing spot by the sea!

[@visforvino]

It's pretty easy to find online, hope you can try it!

[@tiger1701]

Healdsburg would be a great episode. Alexander Valley has some of the best Cabs in the region.

[@visforvino]

Yes, we may have to come back to Sonoma for a second episode!

[@viniciusmagnoni6492]

When are you visiting Argentina? You've already gone to Chile, why not Argentina? I really prefer it to Chile although Chilean wines are delicious.

[@FilipeSalgueiroo]

Glad you enjoyed Portugal, really liked that episode (you can always come back, we have many more wines for you to try ahah)

[@TheDesertWineGuy]

Very informative, thank you.

[@JumpCoachingConnection]

WSET answer is very helpful....just started Level 2 this past week.

[@francmassaneda]

Would love a deep down on spanish reds some day! It's not only classic-rioja tempranillo (which are awesome).

[@visforvino]

Hoping for more episodes in Spain for sure.

[@anneellis2362]

This was great! It’s fun to see what others ask and learn along the way!

[@visforvino]

Thanks Anne! Part II coming soon!

[@goinsomewheretogether]

Enjoying your videos! The Ojai (Red) that you show is that the one that is pinot noir blend? Thanks.

[@visforvino]

They have both a Pinot and a Syrah I love

[@frossato]

Chateau Musar is lovely!

[@visforvino]

They're part of the episode!

[@rnjbond]

I can't wait for the Lebanon episode

[@visforvino]

It's going to be fun!

[@ttweed87]

Ditto on Portugal!

[@tomdigangi2722]

Good video. Thanks for posting!

[@alankim6498]

Anything from Frescobaldi! My favorite is Castelgiocondo.

[@visforvino]

Great wines!

[@AnarchoKapital]

Portugal is an interesting choice. I would have said Tuscany. It has wine, food, culture, architecture, art, landscape, stable weather and is mostly close to the sea.

[@visforvino]

Hope to do an episode there next year and see for myself!

[@jerridorr107]

Pio Cerase Borolo is worth the price

[@frossato]

I've bought 5 bottles of Chetau Deyrem Valentin once. 4 were good and 1 was corked....all from the same lot...just had the bad luck of one being corked.

[@DonQuixote1917]

Watched this with a glass of California Cabernet 😅. Not my go to, but it’s what I had opened and well, nobody wants that to go bad so had to do what I had to do.

[@visforvino]

Haha😂

[@phukdeeanphukdee435]

How long we can store for Dry Savennieres Chenin Blanc ?

[@visforvino]

Easy 10+ years if it's high quality.

[@wr8925]

That was fun! And it went well with our sip of choice tonight-Domaine Eden Cab (Santa Cruz Bordeaux, not Napa😂) My question is the unanswered one- what is in Vince’s glass?

[@visforvino]

Haha just a glass of CA Sauv Blanc! Margerum

[@pmbirmingham]

Respond to Peter requesting “How to spot a Corked (Trichloroanisole mold aka: TCA)?” Good explanation you offered but how to avoid the chance, Buy a screw cap wine closure.

[@visforvino]

Yeah, but then you can't drink so many wines! lol

[@AnarchoKapital]

When it comes to the wine being more expensive in the winery, that is definitely true for Italy, but not for Germany. I have bought Italian wines way cheaper over the net with delivery to my home in Germany than if I had bought from the winery. German retailers actually proudly say on their website: “Same price as at winery”.

[@visforvino]

Oh, good tips!

[@Derek-qu5to]

what watch are you wearing?

[@visforvino]

It's actually a friends company that doesn't exist anymore called Le Coeur!

[@jerridorr107]

Why can I smell and taste exact fruits in white wine but when I smell/taste red wine which is my favorite I really say it smells and tastes like wine but I taste nothing except it’s dryness

[@JuicySommelier]

If you’re having trouble getting anything on the nose of a wine, try pulling it’s finger.

[@visforvino]

Start with broad differences. Red fruit Pinot Noir vs Black fruit Cabernet. Then, get wines that are more similar as your progress. Make sure to taste side by side.

[@marek8734]

As a sommelier I say that besides the balance, complexity and the length, I also look the drinkability level in the wine which you almost never hear even sommeliers talk about. But it is very important to get the wine which is mature and on the high level to drink when the bottle is opened. Many wines out there are below and some older wines are even already over the right time and you will loose not only your money but also the experience you were looking for. So, next time ask the sommelier some more questions:)

[@visforvino]

This is spot on for sure! This is one of the hardest things with restaurant wine lists. Usually all super young wines!

[@Ruirspirul]

Lebanon is not the world oldest wine region. Lebanon and that whole region is the oldest table grape growing regions that we know and amount of indigenous vitis vinifera varieties is a good indication of this. vitis grape domestication and wine making trajectory went something like this. Caucasus -> Greeks -> Romans(generic name for italian tribes of that time)/Egyptians/Phoenicians -> rest of the europe… so perhaps, Lebanon has older wine culture than Spain but nowhere near oldest out there.

[@AnarchoKapital]

As you say, oldest wine making region we know of today is south of Kaukasus in Georgia.

[@Ruirspirul]

@@AnarchoKapital yes but did not want to specify because 8000 years ago, there were no countries. but yes, currently Georgia is probably the only country that can claim an uninterrupted wine culture the longest with over 550 vitis vinifera verities, unique wine technology and many things.

[@visforvino]

I believe I said “one of the oldest”, which is what I meant to say, but apologizes if I misspoke

[@GoblinExplorerPL]

@@Ruirspirul Drinking a qvevri at the very moment 😉

[@Ruirspirul]

@@visforvino if older than France qualifies you to be one of the oldest than yes, otherwise not even close.

[@JuicySommelier]

If you’re having trouble getting anything on the nose of a wine, try pulling it’s finger.