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Friday Conversation with Aveleda Wines – Episode #112

Author: Mark V. Fusco San Antonio, TX In this video Skype interview, Mark talks with Aveleda’s Oenologist, Manuel Soares, about their 2007 Charamba wine from the Douro region of Portugal. At about the mid-way point my video went down for a second resulting in my

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Lesson 19 – Mosel, Rheingau, Rheinhessen

    Sommelier School Lesson 19 – Mosel, Rheingau, Rheinhessen Hello again everyone. Now that we got the basics of German wine and wine law out of the way, let’s get into the the wine-growing regions. To help out with this I need to introduce

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Lesson 18 – Introduction to Germany

  Sommelier School Lesson 18 – Introduction to Germany   Guten Tag, studenten. And that’s about as much German as I’ll attempt. I hope everyone had an outstanding winter break. Today we will do an overview of German wine and German wine laws. Germany has

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Getting all Bubbly- Episode #107

  San Antonio, TX In this special New Year’s Eve video wine review, Mark reviews the Non-Vintage Costa Del Mar from Argentina, the Non-Vintage La Marca Prosecco from Italy, and the Non-Vintage Segura Viudas Cava from Spain. Links for today’s show: Costa Del Mar –

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2009 Christmas Special – Episode #105

Author: Mark V. Fusco San Antonio, TX In this video wine review, Mark does his first Christmas special. He reviews 3 wines more typical of an Italian Christmas dinner. 2006 Lo Duca Bros Mamertino, 2003 Mastrobernardino Aglianico, 2008 Nachtgold Eiswein. Links for today’s show: Lo