As this is my first foray onto YouTube I thought it best to reintroduce myself. The more confident self with much better volume quality.

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0:00- 14:05 Introducing me

14:05- Finish wine of the week what’s coming up

I am sure you have come across people the are this way inclined a lot of the time it’s based around myths and misconceptions we break this down.

Timestamps

0:00- 5:05 Intro

6:03- 27:04 the pros, cons, myths and misconceptions

28:01- Finish wine of the week what’s coming up

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Why to wine people use this and what does it mean? We break this down and we also let you know how to use “Typicity” to enhance your ability to make better wine choices.

Timestamps

0:00- 12:15 Intro and wine of the week

13.12- 34:00 breaking down “Typicity”

34:00- Finish what’s coming up

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This week we go through all things to do with the palate and tasting wine from registering all parts your palate the wine interacts with and how your palate interacts with wine.

Timestamps

0:00- 1:42 Intro

2:39- 11:50 the FOUR (five) parts of the palate

11:50- 15:55 feeling how the wine moves through the palate

15:55- 18:10 glycerols/ fruit sugar

18:10- 19:35 the importance of acidity

19:35- 22:25 the role of tannin and how it changes with age

22:25- 25:43 tasting for faults/ off characters and whether it’s been open too long

25:43- 27:58 summation

28:56- Finish Wine of the Week what’s coming up

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Congratulations to those wineries that made the Real Reviews top 50 from 2025. I give my thoughts on the list and then my thoughts on the direction I would like see in NZ wine industry go in particular with these wine producers a great soap box rant let me know if you agree.

Timestamps

0:00-2:58 Intro

3:56- 15:00 Top 10

15:00- 21:00 favourites from outside the top 10

21:00- 29:37 my thoughts on the direction for these wines

30:35- Finish Wine of the Week what’s coming up

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Why should we smell wine, what age benefits of smell wines what external influences can influence what we smell. All this and a couple of stories thrown in for good measure.

Timestamps

0:00-3:22 Intro

4:20-11:50 Why we smell

11:50- 15:20 things that influence what we smell

15:20-25:28 what we can tell about a wine when we smell it first 25:28-27:04 summation

28:02- Finish Wine of the Week what’s coming up

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Over the last few months I have tried a fair few Marlborough Pinot Noir most of them have been excellent. In this episode I extol the virtues of Marlborough Pinot Noir and why should at least try it I think it will surprise you.

Timestamps

0:00-2:31 Intro

3:29-25:38 the virtues of Marlborough Pinot Noir

26:36- finish Wine of the Week what’s coming up

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Ever wanted to know how to describe the colour of wine? If you are starting to analyse your wine the colour / appearance can give you so much information to support and enhance what you smell and taste. Understanding colour is the first step in wine analysis.

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0:00-2:29 Intro

3:27-28.58 all things colour and appearance

29.56- finish Wine of the Week what’s coming up

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