Jul 29, 2020
The biddies return to Austria for the last segment of this first passport tour. Austria shares some similar labeling laws to Germany but even with more restrictions due to a scandal in the 1980s. The biddies also explore some non-French European grapes including Gruner Veltliner, Welschriesling, and Zweigelt. The...
Jul 22, 2020
The biddies take a break from Europe and head back down to South America where they focus on another country built on French varietals - Chile. Like Argentina with Malbec, Chile has become world renowned for focusing on lesser Bordeaux varietals (i.e. Carmenere) and truly making them their own. The biddies were lucky...
Jul 15, 2020
Portugal - much like Spain, much like Greece, much like Italy - has hundreds of indigenous varietals not found elsewhere. Did the biddies try to simplify this episode by specifically discussing Madeira and Port? They did. Did it work? No. Madeira and Port are very unique to Portugal’s long history of wine making and...
Jul 8, 2020
Spain is another country that can’t be condensed into one episode - not saying any of the great wine making regions only deserve 30 minutes - but Spain is similar to Greece and Italy and hosts hundreds of unique and indigenous varietals. The biddies focus on their light, crisp, and refreshing white wines and cava this...
Jul 1, 2020
With most of our passport tour, the biddies have focused on regional varietals, styles, and the history behind how the country became known as a wine region. With Germany, they focus much more on the laws and labeling of German wines in order to better educate how to pick the right bottle off the shelf. With an...