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PODCASTS

These two-minute wine podcasts are part of an ongoing wine series presented by Stephen Williams, Managing Director of The Antique Wine Company. The series launched on Riviera Radio in Monaco in November 2009

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Principles of Wine Appreciation

  1. The Five Senses
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  2. Appearance and Aroma
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  3. Palate
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  4. Acidity, Alcohol and Aftertaste
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  5. Dinner Party Tricks
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  6. Fruit and Extracts
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  7. Balance and Structure
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  8. Tannin
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  9. How to tell if wine is too old or too young
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  10. How to tell if wine is corked
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Grape Varieties, Terroir and Labels

  1. Terroir
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  2. Why vintage matters
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  3. What makes a great winemaker
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  4. Solo grape varieties
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  5. Blends
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Wine Regions of France

  1. Bordeaux
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  2. Burgundy
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  3. Rhone Valley
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  4. Champagne
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  5. Provence
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Christmas Wine Entertaining

  1. How to plan your Christmas wine buying
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  2. What wines to buy and what to spend
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  3. Dinner party wine dilemma
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  4. Wine Books
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  5. Large format bottles
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  6. Food and wine matching
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  7. Wine with canapes
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  8. Wine with starters
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  9. Wine with main course
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  10. Wine with cheese board
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Champagne

  1. Ultimate champagne tasting
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  2. Great champagne on a budget
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  3. Champagne v sparkling wine
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  4. Rose champagne
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  5. Champagne cocktails
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Planning the Ideal Wine Cellar

  1. Why have a cellar?
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  2. Starting a cellar
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  3. What wines to buy for the cellar
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  4. How to budget
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  5. When is the optimum time to start a wine cellar
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  6. Cellar conditions
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  7. Building a cellar
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  8. Storing with a wine merchant
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  9. Creating a wine cellar on a yacht
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Burgundy en primeur 2008

  1. Burgundy en primeur 2008
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How to organise your own tasting

  1. Decanting wine generally
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  2. Decanting white wine
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  3. Decanting older red wine
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  4. Vertical and horizontal tastings
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  5. Semi-blind tastings
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  6. Blind tastings
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  7. French wine labels
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  8. Italian wine labels
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  9. New World wine labels
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  10. Chateau Mouton Rothschild artist label series
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Wine Investment

  1. Principles of wine investment
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  2. Practical benefits of wine investment
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  3. What makes investment grade wine
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  4. How to go about wine investment
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Ordering Wine in Restaurants

  1. General guide to ordering wine in restaurants
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  2. How to handle the sommelier
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  3. When restaurant wine is corked
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  4. When the sommelier disagrees the wine is corked
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Wine Jargon

  1. Wine jargon overview
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  2. Wine jargon examples
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Food and Wine Matching

  1. Food and wine matching principles
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  2. Food and wine matching tips
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  3. Further food and wine matching tips
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  4. Wine and cheese
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Burgundy

  1. Burgundy v Bordeaux
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  2. Why Burgundy is so special
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  3. Matching Burgundy with food
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  4. Investing in Burgundy wines
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