Ep 53 Wines of Alentejo, Portugal and how to taste wine with Sommelier Andre Luis Martins

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Click HERE to download the transcript! Welcome to the last episode of Season One of Eat Sleep Wine Repeat ( don't worry - I will be back on 16th August!) In this episode I am talking with top Sommelier Andre Luis Martins who is Head Sommelier at The Calvary and Guards Private Members Club in London. He is a judge for the Sommelier Wine Awards, The International Challenge and The London Wine Challenge so he will talk a little bit about these 3 different competitions and how he judges the wines. We will go in to more details on how to wine taste and then will go to Andre's home country, Portugal. We will focus on the Wines of Alentejo. Learn about the varieties of this region, its topography and terrior and about the special Vinhos de Talha DOC. If you want to skip ahead: 1.51: My Winery of the week: Espaço Rural who make Vinho de Talha - learn about what this tradional wine is - focus on the sub-region Vidigueira WINE TASTED: 2018 Vinho De Talha Bojador Tinto Espaço Rural £24.95 Davys 7.57: Talk with Andre 10.35: Talking about his portugese wine on his winelist 11.23: Judging in wine competitions 15.54: How to taste and judge wine, looking at tannins, acidity, structure, body, aromas, and how to enchance you skills to pick our aromas and flavours 35.58: The region of Alentejo - the climate, terroir and topography - the top subregions - the iconic wines - top producers - the grape varieties 49.23: Vinho de Talha DOC 51.36: Rosé wine of Alentejo Thank you as ever for listening. You can pop across to my blog to read other articles or book your very own wine event: www.eatsleepwinerepeat.co.uk Or watch some wine videos on my Youtube Channel Eat Sleep Wine Repeat Send me your messages to @eatsleep_winerepeat on Instagram or email me at [email protected] I would especially love to have your feedback as I start recording and planning for Season 2 - Do you like the length of the episodes? Do you like that I focus on the wine regions? Would you prefer some episodes focused on specific grape varieties? Let me know your thoughts!! I can't wait to be back with you all in mid-August. Sending you all love and delicious wine! Cheers to you!

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