Wine Is Life

Wine Is Life

Wine lovers discussing the passion, beauty & art of wine.

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May 23, 2025 41 mins

Tanja and I discuss the Left Bank of Bordeaux. It's history, the Classification of 1855....and we drink some wonderful wine !!!!

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The final part of my wonderful chat with Jeff Mayo of Mayo Family Winery. He speaks of his love of wine and his journey in the wine world. Thank you for listening. And enjoy !!!

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I continue my conversation with Jeff Mayo at the Mayo Family winery Reserve Room in Kenwood, California, Sonoma County.

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Visiting Sonoma we talked Jeff Mayo at Mayo Family Winery. We talked about wine, the wine industry, and everything in between. Our conversation was long long enough for three episodes. Enjoy, and thanks for listening.

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March 16, 2025 50 mins

My friends Nicole & Tanja are back, and they blind taste three Napa Cabs: M by Monticello from the Corley Family, Prince of Music by Blankiet, and Caymus.

Grab a bottle of of one, or all of these as friends talk Cab...and Caymus !!!!

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My friend Amanda and I just shoot the shit with a couple bottles of older Baldacci Cabernets, 2005 & 2007.

Get a bottle of Napa Cab and join as we talk about the art, the beauty, and passion of wine !!!

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Grab a bottle of Gran Reserva Rioja and join me as I discuss how great the wines of Rioja can be....and at a great price.

I'm sipping a 2017 Coto De Imaz Gran Reserva. Let's sip wine and relax !!!!

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What the hell is Mega Purple, and how it adulterates so many American supermarket wines. And how to get your friends off of this shit.

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We blind taste 3 champagnes, knowing that one is Dom Perignon. We taste #1 Bollinger Special Cuvee ($80-100), #2 Chateau Lanson Black Label ($60-80), and #3 Dom Perignon ($270 & up).

Grab a bottle of one and join us as we ask: "Is Dom special ?"

Thanks for listening...wineislifepodcast@gmail.com.

 

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My dear friends Adam and Julie, whose bottle shop in Charlotte is opening soon, join me for good wine, and good wine conversation.

We enjoy Abbona Gavi, La Zebra di Volpedo Volpi Barbera, and Montresor Valpolicella Ripasso. Get a bottle, grab a glass.....and let's enjoy the art, the beauty, and the passion of wine !!

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Forget what the movie "Sideways" did to Merlot. It also helped flood the American market with sweet, manipulated Pinot Noir that is an insult to one one of the finest wine grapes of the world.

Tonight we enjoy: Evolution Pinot Noir, and Evolution Granache from Willamette Valley, Oregon, by Sokol Blosser; Sandhi Pinot from Sta. Rita HIlls, California; and a Saint-Aubin Burgundy by Au Pied du Mont Chauve.

Get a glass, grab a bottle a...

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Why do I do this podcast?  It's for the art, the beauty, and passion of wine. I talk of this passion in this episode.

Grab a glass.....and enjoy !!!

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The beauty and art of sparkling wine from regions not named "Champagne"

My friend Tom and I sip and chat over some great bubbly that is not technically, "Champagne."

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October 23, 2024 43 mins

Tanja from Raffaldini Vineyards joins us on Episode #1 as introduce the Wine is Life podcast and enjoy a few glasses as we discuss the Art, Beauty, and Passion of wine.

Pour a glass and join us !!!

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