By Tim on Oct 3, 2006 in Pinot Noir, Vcast, Wine News | 2 Comments
Fellow wine blogger and podcaster Alan Baker, better known in these parts as The Cellar Rat, has just announced a collaboration with CrushPad to make Pinot Noir from Anderson Valley’s noted Wetzel Vineyard. Alan calls this project “Pinot 2.0″. Last year he made a Syrah (1.0?) from Sonoma’s Bradford Mountain that’s still aging in the barrel at Peterson Winery. I’ve tasted this Syrah a couple times this year and can attest that it will be a very interesting and personal expression of the kind of wine Alan (and I) like to drink. All this bodes well for this year’s Pinot and he will be producing video podcasts along the way (click here to subscribe). Here’s the intro teaser video podcast:
If you are like me and want to get “hands on” (in an internet kind of way) with the making of this wine, join the Rat Pack group at CrushPad. I’ll keep you posted here on Alan’s journey… if all works out according to plan, next vintage will be the first Winecast crush 
By Tim on Oct 31, 2005 in Chardonnay, Podcast, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Vcast | 4 Comments
Today’s podcast is a return to the virtual tasting format first suggested by a listener back in February. I taste the “Big Three Whites”, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay “live” on the show and invite listeners to taste these wines as they listen. The podcast was also filmed to be the first wine related Vcast or what Apple has been calling “video podcast” released, optimized for Apple’s 5G iPods.
Show Notes:
0:20 - Welcome
0:32 - Introduction of “virtual tasting”
01:10 - Review the three wines to be tasted
01:59 - Dr. Fischer, Ockfener Bockstein Riesling, Mosel Saar Ruwer, Germany 2003 ($14)
05:36 - Brancott, Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, New Zealand 2004 ($9)
07:29 - Los Cardos, Chardonnay, Mendoza, Argentina 2003 ($9)
11:40 - Best of tasting
11:51 - Best value
12:15 - Contact details
12:37 - Theme for next show
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