Going Gaga for Garnacha

Wine Blast with Susie and Peter

It's called 'The Grenaissance'.
This exhilarating revival of the grape variety known as Garnacha in Spain and Grenache in France, once the world's fourth most widely planted wine grape, which has gone from workhorse to show pony in the blink of an eye. How come? What's changed? Who's leading the charge and fuelling the new wave? And what's this we hear about inherent suitability vis a vis climate change?!
We ask all these questions and more, focusing on the epicentre of Grenache renaissance: Spain. We hear from leading Spanish wine lights Sara Perez, Fernando Mora, Alvaro Palacios and Norrel Robertson, among others. A fair few delicious recommendations litter the chat, during which we also dwell on love, diamonds, mastication, stems, Samurai - and the will of the cosmos.
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Capitole

1. Going Gaga for Garnacha (00:00:00)

2. Welcome (00:00:05)

3. What should we call it?! (00:00:20)

4. Quotes: a taste of what's coming up (00:01:50)

5. A question from Ilia - Garnacha and Spain please! (00:02:48)

6. Setting the scene for Grenache/Garnacha (00:05:13)

7. Sara Perez interview (00:12:44)

8. MID-EPISODE RECAP (00:23:42)

9. Alvaro Palacios speaks (00:24:06)

10. Fernando Mora MW interview (00:27:34)

11. Alvaro Ribalta MW interview (00:38:03)

12. More great Spanish Garnacha recommendations (00:43:48)

13. Norrel Robertson MW speaks (00:45:28)

14. Australia does a great line in Grenache (00:48:36)

15. FINAL SUMMARY (00:51:42)

16. Outro (00:53:01)