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Join us annually for our Spring at Jordan to celebrate the release of our newest vintages of Jordan Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay. Learn more at https://www.jordanwinery.com/events/spring-at-jordan-winery-healdsburg.

Jordan Winery’s award-winning The Journey of Jordan blog is named Best Winery Blog at the 2012 Wine Blog Awards for its behind-the-scenes wine and food videos. Usually behind the camera, Jordan’s Lisa Mattson personally thanks fans and staff in this video. Find all the award winners at http://bit.ly/Seb9tc.

The history of plantings in Central Otago is described by Nick Mills, with reference to Jean Désiré Feraud, but a focus on the people in the early 1970s. Grape growing in New Zealand’s Central Otago for wine production began in earnest in the 1970’s with Ann Pinckney, Alan Brady (Gibbston Valley), Rolfe and Lois Mills

Sugar is converted to alcohol by yeasts as wine ferments. Winemaker Fabian Zähringer from the Baden in Germany talks about how the two are related in this short piece. Ask a Winemaker filmed with Fabian on a trip sponsored by Wines of Germany in the Rheinhessen in 2013. Watch all of our videos with Fabian

David Launay was the Commercial Director at Château Gruaud-Larose in St.Julien, Bordeaux and has extensive experience helping in the cellar and in the vines. In 21015 he told us about the use of Cabernet Franc at the estate and how it plays a small, but important role in the final blend. See all of our

Juan Muga of Bodegas Muga gives a brief history of his family’s estate and winery back to 1746. For lots more with Juan, from explanations of grape varieties to detailed reviews of the different areas in Rioja, check out our full playlist here: Subscribe to Ask a Winemaker for hundreds more wine videos: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=askawinemaker Have

Winemaker Frank Cornelissen of Mount Etna in Sicily talks about burying the amphora in which his wine ages to imitate the role that a traditional wine cellar might play in Northern Europe. See all of our videos on Amphora and Kveri (qveri) : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLddUmDhg4G_JTWgyCVGgrFMwnB_xjrC_U See all of our videos with Frank Cornelissen here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLddUmDhg4G_J8ee7_bIqp8ynkfDYYo8nt See

Muscadet, located on the western edge of the Loire Valley on the Atlantic coast of France, is a white wine region that features the Melon de Bourgogne grape. Fred Niger from Domaine de L’Ecu explains the diversity of the appellation’s soils and their affect on Melon. See our playlist on Melon de Bourgogne: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLddUmDhg4G_LpuBf2MAkNYQYgva5fqHJS Muscadet

Please enjoy the next episode of our 22-part Hungarian Wine District series this time presenting the Tolna Wine district, with the guidance of Mátyás Szik Eternal Champion Sommelier of Hungary. ???????????? #Tolna #WineDistrict #HungarianWine #Wine #WinesOfHungary #WinesOfHungaryPersonally Agrármarketing Centrum Szik Mátyás Sommelier

The last days of summer have left us with a bounty of berries and peppers. Fortunately, associate tasting coordinator Cassia Schifter and Puggsy Bogues know just what to do with them!

Greg Miller discusses the first Merlot grapes of the 2012 harvest season. Read Greg’s full blog post at http://blog.jordanwinery.com/2012/09/our-first-merlot-grapes-of-2012-taking-a-trip-down-memory-lane/.

Winemaker Eric Texier talks about some of the differences between inexpensive and costly wines and how it is the job of the wine business and professionals in the industry to explain that not all wine is made the same way. 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