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by The Cellar RatFollow Alan Baker, the Cellar Rat, as learns the ropes of grape-growing and winemaking, converses with trailblazing winemakers, and figures out what it takes to make it in the sometimes odd (but always interesting) world of wine.
Recent podcasts
Ratcast #60, Mass Customization For Gentleman Farmers
17/11/2006
The Rat catches up with Michael Evens. CEO of Vines of Mendoza, a company that will do everything from direct ship wines from Argentina, to plant and manage a vineyard for you in Mendoza
Ratcast #59, Pinot 2.0 Art or Science
15/11/2006
Is winemaking an art, or is it a science? I take a trip to the lab at Crushpad to figure out what we need to know about the Pinot 2.0 must as it begins fermentation.
Ratcast #58, Pinot 2.0 Crush and Cold Soak
09/11/2006
The Rat Pack get the grapes back to San Francisco and then help crush and manage the must as we extract color during the cold soak
Ratcast #57, Pinot 2.0 Harvest Day
22/10/2006
It's Harvest Day for the Pinot Noir that will go into the Pinot 2.0 project's wine
Ratcast #56, Winemaker David Dain
18/10/2006
The Cellar Rat catches up with David Dain, of Dain wines, to figure out how he's launching California wines from Missouri.
