Our vineyard manager discusses the process of vineyard shoot thinning (suckering) in the spring. The number of grapevine shoots removed is based on the quantity of fruit the viticulture team wants each vine to yield and desired air flow in the vine canopy to combat disease. http://blog.jordanwinery.com/2010/06/suckering-rainy-spring-means-extensive-grapevine-shoot-removal/.
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One of the world’s greatest red wines is Barolo, made from Nebbiolo grapes in Piedmont. Learn about the region and the wine with Bruce Sanderson and Alessandro Ceretto.
Have you ever wondered what happens inside a wine barrel? Watch the winemaking process of batonnage (the stirring of the Chardonnay lees) inside a wine barrel at Jordan Winery, as demonstrated in this wine education video. This special barrel was created to show Tour & Tasting guests the important winemaking art of batonnage perfomed during
The Veneto Primer continues with a focus on Valpolicella, which is the name of a sub-region and its wine. What’s the difference between basic Valpolicella and Superiore? What is Ripasso? Get the answers from Marilisa Allegrini.
Here’s my DIY greenery garland table runner with step-by-step instructions for making this elegant garland table runner and its colorful, mini flower bouquets. Whether you’re hosting a wedding reception, a romantic dinner party or holiday meals like Thanksgiving and Christmas, your guests will love this natural and simple centerpiece! ____ Visit https://winecountrytable.com/entertain/tablescapes/how-to-make-eucalyptus-greenery-garland-table-runner for full instructions.
Dense, concentrated and age-worthy with aromas of cherry, currant and spice, Amarone is one of the world’s great wines. Learn the key grapes as well as the styles of regional and single-vineyard wines as Alison Napjus is joined by Pierangelo Tommasi.
How can you taste red wine like a pro? Why should you swirl? What flavors should you look for? To get the answers to these questions –and more– watch HowTo: Taste Red Wine from Wine Spectator.
Watch winemakers demonstrate how to use an ah-so wine opener for older vintages. This two prong wine opener is the preferred way to open a bottle of wine once it’s more than 10 years old.
Learn about the importance of leaf pulling the grapevines during summer with this wine education video, including how leaf thinning is conducted and why this practice is key for how to ripen grapes on the vine. View our blog for more wine education: http://blog.jordanwinery.com/2010/08/leaf-pulling-preparing-grapevines-for-ripening/.
In any restaurant, wine service can make or break the dining experience. Whether you’re a guest, a waiter or a sommelier, you’ll get the inside scoop on the key aspects of wine service from wine directors at Wine Spectator award-winning restaurants.
New York’s Le Bernardin is one of the top restaurants in the United States. Meet chef-owner Eric Ripert and learn to make his exquisite sautéed cod with pea shoots and ginger-lemon-scallion broth.
Picking wine grapes is a mix of art and science. Three measurements are often mentioned: Brix, Ph, and Acidity. In this video, Wes Hagen of Clos Pepe defines each and talks about Birx levels in California, in German Rielsing, in Champagne, and in the Rhone Valley. This is a useful video for WSET students and
Watch Jordan Cabernet Sauvignon grapevine growth stages with this life cycle time lapse video, showing as the vines transform through their growing season from bud break (April 10) to veraison (August 15) at Jordan Winery in Sonoma County, California. Watch the full time-lapse video, “Life Cycle of a Grapevine:” https://blog.jordanwinery.com/2014/04/time-lapse-video-365-days-with-a-cabernet-grapevine/
Natural wines can be made from conventionally grown grapes and industrial wines can be made from Biodynamic grapes. Winemaker Eric Texier explains some of the labels that people use to describe wines made with and without chemicals. All of our videos with Eric Texier: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?feature=edit_ok&list=PLddUmDhg4G_Ii80zEvJNTWZi1n9NvHZwX Ask a Winemaker on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/askawinemaker?ref=hl Ask a Winemaker on
Learn how wine barrels are made for oak aging with a hands-on demonstration by Nadalie Cooperage in Napa Valley. Watch coopers, or barrel makers, in action making wine barrels by hand, from bending wood staves to toasting barrels. https://blog.jordanwinery.com/2011/04/the-art-of-old-world-winemaking-how-to-make-a-wine-barrel-video/
Whole cluster fermentation refers to putting the entire cluster of grapes, stems, stalks and all, into the fermenting tank. Todd Hamina in Oregon likes to use the technique because it reduces the damage to the grapes that can happen with grapes are destemmed. Watch our entire collection of videos with Todd Hamina: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLddUmDhg4G_KhloZrUThDwv10P5ItBXqs Biggio Hamina
Jordan Winery’s baker extraordinaire, Cristina Valencia, returns to show tips and techniques for making the perfect chocolate truffle. Cristina teaches you how to make three different kinds of truffles using one simple recipe. View the complete recipe on our blog: http://blog.jordanwinery.com/2013/02/how-to-make-chocolate-truffles-video-demonstration-and-recipe/
What should a home wine maker do if the wine smells like rotten eggs and has a problem with Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S)? Fred Scherrer of the Scherrer Winery explains how low nutrients leads to the build of of H2S and what can be done to help. He suggests using copper, but warns that it is
Jordan Winery’s baker extraordinaire, Cristina Valencia, returns to show tips and techniques for baking the perfect pie crust from scratch. View the complete pie dough crust recipe, including pie filling, on our website: https://www.jordanwinery.com/culinary/recipes/wine-country-flaky-apple-pie. Don’t forget: This pie will taste sweeter if you start the meal with a bottle of food-friendly wine: https://www.jordanwinery.com/shop. This flaky
Jordan Winery’s baker extraordinaire, Cristina Valencia, returns to show tips and techniques for how to make macarons with an easy macaron recipe. View the complete recipe at https://winecountrytable.com/watch/desserts/how-to-make-french-macarons-cookie-recipe-ideas-baking-tips. These delicate cookies will impress any winter guest and cookie lover. Cristina teaches you how to prepare your ingredients, how to customize the flavor of the cookies
Grape vines in Burgundy see far less sunshine than their counterparts in Oregon and Sonoma simply because of how far north they sit. Winemaker Alex Gambal explains the differences in the angle of the sunlight and the amount of sunlight that each region receives over the course of the summer. In many ways, this is
How do Sommeliers learn to taste wine? Rajat Parr, who oversees the wine program of the Michael Mina restaurant group and now makes wines at Sandhi Wines, explains how he learned. He adds that with study, blind tasting is “actually fairly easy” when wines are presented in their classic form. Filmed at the International Pinot
Natural Wine is a term widely used but rarely defined. Frank Cornelissen, growing and venting on Mount Etna in Sicily offers his definition of the term and insists that it goes beyond simply not using sulfites in the cellar. This is part one of 2 in our series. Watch part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnpRZAm0USQ&list=PLddUmDhg4G_J8ee7_bIqp8ynkfDYYo8nt&index=18 Ask a Winemaker
On Pronouncing the 10 Cru Beaujolais : French born turned Chilean Winemaker Louis-Antoine Luyt helps us with an informative and quirky listen on the correct ways to say – Chénas – Chiroubles – Cote de Brouilly – Fleurie – Juliénas – Morgon – Moulin à Vent – Régnié – Saint Amour Ask a Winemaker filmed
How to pronounce Melon de Bourgogne? How about Pinot Noir, Grolleau, and Malvoisie? There are more grapes that grow in and around the Muscadet region of the Loire Valley than you might think. Here, Jo Landron of Domaine de la Louvetrie pronounces them for you. Que du bonheur. How to pronounce the regions of Beaujolais:
Malolactic Fermentation is the conversion of Malic acid to Lactic acid in wines, but that is not all that is happening. Fred Scherrer of the Scherrer Winery gave us a detailed description of this process. Filmed with Fred Scherrer at the winery in California and City Winery Chicago. See all of our videos with Fred