I am very new to Podcasting, in fact only discovered it on Wednesday last week, however I am have been a serious wine drinker for years (I have been in the UK wine trade for 17 years!!!).

Firstly, great show, well informed and refreshingly delivered. I now know what my iPod was invented for!!!!

I was very interested in your forthcoming tasting of Pinot Noir from non-indigenous areas. You have suggested looking at Australia, in my opinion you may find this a little disappointing. Although there are some fine examples from Oz, on the whole the climate is too warm and unless a huge amount of detail is taken over canopy management, yields and site selection then the resultant wine will not generally be great. May I suggest that you look at New Zealand as an alternative??? A cooler climate that allows some really excellent wines to be produced. Areas that are particularly good are: Central Otago and Martinborough. At the London Wine Trade Fair I tasted The Schubert Pinot Noir and it was outstanding, really complex with well-developed dark cherry fruit and a slight vegetal edge, if you ever see it I would heartily recommend buying a bottle (or case).

Or another idea may be to look at Germany….Spatburgunder, some cracking examples although can be pricy.

Many thanks for a great show please let me know if I can help in any way.

Regards,

Graeme

You asked for comments - here’s mine: please talk slower. It’s hard for me to follow your train of thoughts and wine picks.

Other than that, I shared many of your opinions about Cabs - the one I’m listening to now.

Thanks.