Matthew's World of Wine and Drink
An Englishman in California soaking up the sun, I am a WSET Diploma graduate, Certified WSET Educator, and MW student. I blog about wine, teach it at all levels, and drink plenty of it. Follow me on twitter @mattswineworld or check out my website: matthewsworldofwineanddrink.com
- Update frequency
- every 20 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 66
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Long Island
Celebrating its 50th anniversary, Long Island has unique growing conditions heavily influenced by the Atlantic Ocean. I interview three producers: Jenny Smith from Pellegrini (on the North Fork), Rom…
Albania
Montenegro and Kosovo
North Macedonia
Serbia
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Part 3 of series on the wines of the Balkan States and former Yugoslavia: Bosnia-Herzegovina. A small wine industry, with just 3,500ha of plantings but 11,000 growers. The main regions are around Mos…
Croatia
Slovenia
Portuguese Varieties
Austrian Grape Varieties
Trip to Australia
Just back from a two-week trip to Australia where I visited the wine regions of Tasmania, Adelaide Hills, and McLaren Vale. The former two are relatively young with lots of development over the last …
Scarce and Wild Italian Grape Varieties
Conversation with Sheila Donohue of Vero Vino, who specialise in importing "scarce and wild" Italian grape varieties. We discuss four lesser known—or completely unknown—varieties local to their regio…
The Identity of Cava
Interview with three Cava producers on its identity and what makes the sparkling wine different from others: place, grape varieties, ageing, and its history. Cava has introduced labelling terms and r…
Old v New World
What's the difference between an Old and a New World Wine? Is there a differerence? This episode explores what the terms mean, whether we should use them, and how they can be an easy way into describ…
Southern Italy Black Grape Varieties
There are many historic grape varieties from southern Italy, which are deservedly regaining attention. This episode looks at some of the black grape varieties across southern Italy, as well as Sicily…
Malvasia
Malvasia isn't a grape variety, nor is it a family of grape varieties: it's a group of grape varieties which happen to have the same name. Some of them are related, some of them are not. Every style …
Muscat
Muscat isn't a grape variety, but a family of related varieties all with different features. There are also many styles of wine made from the Muscat family: dry, sweet, fortified, and sparkling, made…
The Unqiue Grape Varieties of South America: Interview with Amanda Barnes
Interview with Amanda Barnes, author of The South America Wine Guide. We discuss grape varieties which are largely only found in the diverse continent: País/Criolla Chica, Torrontés, Vischoqueña, Que…
Interview with Paul Yanon on the Southern Rhône
The southern Rhône is a large region where many styles of wine are produced - red, white, rosé, and fortified. There are also lots of different appellations to understand. In this episode, Paul Yanon…
Interview with Bruce Taylor of Kono in Marlborough
Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc has been one of the extraordinary success stories of the last forty years, creating an entirely new category of wine. In this episode, I interview Bruce Taylor, winemaker …