Food, wine, culture TV - Episode 15: Rhone wines and earthy food
October 8, 2008 by michael · Leave a Comment
Episode 15: Food, wine, culture TV: Today I’m tasting two wines from the Rhone Valley and I explain why their earthiness goes great with rustic cuisine! A couple guests stop by to taste and say hello!
Food, Wine, Culture TV: Episode 11- Who’s Drinking Sagrantino di Montefalco (a lesser-known Italian powerhouse)?
September 11, 2008 by michael · 6 Comments
Sagrantino di Montefalco is one of those wines I wish I could get people to try more often. These rich, dark, spicey, unique wines are only made on 400 acres of land in Umbria (around the town of Montefalco) which is one reason not too many people have tried one. Join me today for a tasting of a major producer in the region as I talk about the grape, the wines, and some food pairings! Read more
Food, Wine, Culture TV - Episode 7: Blind Prosciutto Tasting and Italian White Wines
August 26, 2008 by michael · 6 Comments
No news show this week! It was lost in the taping some how…so here’s an early Episode 7! (main page image: wikipedia.com wiki commons)
Episode 7: In what Michael refers to as episode 8, is really episode 7 (an episode was lost to the MiniDV Tape Gods!). Today we’re blind tasting three prosciuttos, and then tasting three Italian white wines. Join Michael to find out your best value Prosciutto and what wines to pair with it! Tune in to the next episode when we bring the wines back and pair it with two perfect seafood dishes!
“Cellar Notes” on WYPR: Great programming, but not always great advice!
May 12, 2008 by michael · Leave a Comment
As a PhD student, I spend a lot of time sitting in front of a computer that is attached to electrophysiology equipment, a big microscope equipped with a CCD camera, and a giant laser used to stimulate neurons in rat brain tissue. I spend hours and hours recording electrical activity of neurons with the hope that I’ll positive data so I can graduate some time before the 2005 Bordeaux’s are at their peak (in the next 20-40 years). The advantage to my day is that I can listen to music, podcasts, and watch videos while my experiments are running. Most of the day, though, I am just simply listening to National Public Radio (NPR) trying to keep up on the news, politics and other things going on in Baltimore and the rest of the world.
I think it’s fair to say that I’m slightly addicted to NPR. I listen at all hours of the day and night and home. I am really impressed with our local NPR station (WYPR in Baltimore). One program I really enjoy is a short (5 minutes or so) segment called Cellar Notes. Each day around 5:30 PM Al Spoler and Hugh Sisson discuss wine topics ranging from wine pairing advice and wine events, to recently to the new up and coming varietal.I really enjoy and appreciate the programming, and try to catch it at least a few times a week. I think it’s a great way to get people excited about wines and is very informative and well produced.
In the last few weeks though, two comments were made that I completely disagree with. One, involving American Pinot Noir versus those of Burgundy. The second, being a comment on foods that go better with beer (rather than wine).
