Appellation Marlborough Wine
from Wine Blast with Susie and Peter Hosted by Susie and Peter, Masters of Wine
Appellations are wine regions with rules, normally associated with Europe. So how come an enviably free-wheeling, super successful region like New Zealand's Marlborough has felt the need to develop Appellation Marlborough Wine? We put this question and more to Ben Glover, renowned winemaker and proud Appellation Marlborough Wine (AMW) member. He talks about, 'ripping the beige quilt off Marlborough' and his distaste for 'mediocrity'. We also have fun playing around with AMW's jazzy new interactive wine map, tasting along to bring the geography to life through a set of delicious Marlborough Sauvignon Blancs. (You can do the same too!) Thanks to Appellation Marlborough Wine for sponsoring this episode and once again allowing us to taste and talk about one of our all-time favourite wine regions. We also touch on things as diverse as pastoral shows, the Model T Ford in black, springtime fireworks, scripture, swamps, growing pains, snow peas, 'corrupt acidity' and dancing a merry jig... Thanks for tuning in. We love to hear from you so please do get in touch! Send us a voice message via Speakpipe. Or you can find contact info, together with all details from this episode, on our website: Show notes for Wine Blast S6 E13 - Appellation Marlborough Wine Instagram: @susieandpeter
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Appellations are wine regions with rules, normally associated with Europe. So how come an enviably free-wheeling, super successful region like New Zealand's Marlborough has felt the need to develop Appellation Marlborough Wine? We put this question and more to Ben Glover, renowned winemaker and proud Appellation Marlborough Wine (AMW) member. He talks about, 'ripping the beige quilt off Marlborough' and his distaste for 'mediocrity'. We also have fun playing around with AMW's jazzy new ...
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- 0:39 Hello and welcome
- 1:24 Headline quote
- 1:49 Appellation Marlborough Wine
- 2:34 We've featured Marlborough on the pod before...
- 3:48 Setting the scene: Marlborough
- 4:38 Where Appellation Marlborough Wine (AMW) comes in...
- 5:16 So what are the AMW rules?
- 7:57 Ben Glover talks AMW
- 14:26 'We don't want mediocrity'
- 16:01 MID-EPISODE RECAP
- 16:41 Ben Glover talks Marlborough geography
- 20:35 Playing around with the new AMW interactive map
- 23:57 Tasting AMW wines to bring the map to life
- 32:42 Ben Glover talks 'ripping the beige quilt off Marlborough'
- 35:50 Tasting Ben's Zephyr wines
- 36:46 On price
- 37:39 FINAL SUMMARY
- 38:25 Outro
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