There are over a thousand grape varieties grown on Earth. You don’t need to know most of them.<\/p>\n
Fifteen grapes make up almost every wine you’ve ever drunk. Learn these, and you’ll never feel lost in front of a wine list again \u2014 not at a steakhouse in Manhattan, a trattoria in Rome, or a tasting room in Mendoza.<\/p>\n
In this episode, we break down the 8 reds and 7 whites that built modern wine culture. For each grape, you get the tasting notes, the food pairing, and the one story most people get wrong \u2014 from the DNA test that proved Cabernet Sauvignon was an accident, to the Croatian secret behind America’s most “American” red, to the grape that nearly went extinct in 1965 and came back from the dead.<\/p>\n
This isn’t a wine snob’s lecture. It’s a sommelier’s shortcut \u2014 the same fifteen grapes you’ll find behind every great wine list in the world, explained the way a friend at the bar would tell you.<\/p>\n
Pour something. Anything. By the end of this, you’ll know more about wine than most of your friends.
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\n\ud83c\udf47 CHAPTERS
\n0:00 – Intro
\n0:39 – Cabernet Sauvignon
\n2:00 – Merlot
\n3:15 – Pinot Noir
\n4:30 – Syrah \/ Shiraz
\n6:08 – Zinfandel
\n7:16 – Malbec
\n8:50 – Sangiovese
\n10:23 – Tempranillo
\n11:50 – Transition to White Wines
\n12:00 – Chardonnay
\n13:23 – Sauvignon Blanc
\n14:51 – Riesling
\n16:12 – Pinot Grigio
\n17:49 – Gewurztraminer
\n19:10 – Muscato
\n20:44 – Viognier
\n22:23 – 15 Grapes Outro
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