Perhaps the rarest bottles of wine are the ones that are just barely corked, minimally damaged enough that they are still drinkable. Most flaws in wine exist somewhere on a spectrum, some amount being acceptable or even enjoyable to the right palette. Cork taint (TCA - 2,4,6 trichloroanisole if you’re a nerd) is special because …
Update on our Podcast Page
Hey guys, we stopped putting our episodes on youtube. It was taking too much time and energy and space and stuff. You can find new (and all of the old) episodes on all platforms that stream podcasts like apple podcasts, spotify, and anchor.fm/cork-taint. We'll probably take this tab of the site down soon but we'll …
Wine Shop Shop Talk
Alright partner, per furious requests today we're talking about how, when faced with the occasionally infuriating experience of wine shopping, to buy a bottle you will enjoy. I'm gonna go through a few scenarios here based on three tiers of wine knowledge and experience. I'll preface this by saying that no matter how much knowledge …
SPLATBurgunder: Non-French European Pinot Noir
We drink German and Austrian Pinot Noir (locally known as Spatburgunder and Blauburgunder respectively) which is very good. Weingut Brundlmayer 2011 pinot noir reserve and Koehler-Ruprecht 2017 Kabinett Trocken https://youtu.be/yolqPho04Mo
What does wine mean?
Essentially? Who knows. As with any meaningful thing or concept with enough depth for real meaning to exist unto itself, you can basically make any claim you want. Is it a symbol of history, place, labor, and culture? Sure. Is it the best thing to drink with your pals to demonstrate a more sophisticated set …
Episode 12: Never be my hole… OH (Sopranos voice)
Nebbiolo is delicious We drank PRODUTTORI DEL BARBARESCO NEBBIOLO LANGHE and Pierro Benevelli 'Ravera' Barolo https://youtu.be/QZE8AKFRrQQ
Episode 11: SlobbyOnMyHonkin Danc
https://youtu.be/LA0zD_PJP0U We drink sancerre and pouilly fume and stuff and stay on topic most of the time
Episode 10: Val pole E Chella
Yea we got lazy and didn't write down the names of the wines and I don't feel like listening to this to figure it out. https://youtu.be/PDo9lngio9Y
Wine Age
There are already a ton of articles on this subject, but then again I guess that can be said about most things. I'll try to make this a bit different than others. In one way or another, you've probably been told at some point that older wine is better. It's not completely wrong; when a …
Episode 9 Zin Fan Dell
https://youtu.be/2-ESiigAQ98 2017 Seghesio Sonoma Zinfandel. It's delicious
Cork Taint 