Wine 101 with UW Professor Michael Wagner 

I am from Sri Lanka and have watched close to 100 videos on RU-vid trying to lean about wine and all the technical jargon. But none of those videos came to at least 40% near this. This is the best beginners wine guide that I have ever come across. Great job and thank you so much for sharing.

this video is extremely helpful. I love the way its laid out. very organized.

Just a little note. Bordeaux allows 6 grapes to be grown instead of 5 with Carmenere as the main grape varietal. However due to the Phylloxera (1869-1880) wiping out most of the vinyards, winemakers decided not to plant the Carmenere because it's extremely difficult and it's a late riper than the other grapes, prone to disease, fragile etc.. They chose to the plant Cab Sauvaignon, Cab Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot instead. Malbec is mainly grown in Cahor.

I really appreciated this break down of wines

Can’t wait to show off my new wine knowledge. Thank you

Thank you for making this info available online! Really helpful for a wine novice like me!

the only introductory guide to wine worth watching on RU-vid. Very good lecture, thanks :)

Got more from this beginners tutorial than others...nice bonus at the end, ordered from them right away! Practically one of each red varietal to try out. Figured it’s time I did something nice for myself for a change LOL So I appreciate this video!

INVALUABLE info, thank you!

"... that's why they don't make wines in the central valley" - Actually they do, and much more of it than in Napa/Sonoma. From the foothills of the Sierras, to Lodi, down to Paso Robles. And for some wine varietals, it is a superior environment.

We drink every time he says OK. its a fun time

Excellent resource. Thank you.

Fantastic video, very helpful for WSET Level 1 in Wines

I really enjoyed watching this video, I am a general manager in a fine dining restaurant and is always interested in learning more about wine. Your presentation was very helpful and I was able to understand old world wines a little better. Thank you

I leaned so much from this. Thank you so much

a loved the presentation, amazing.

Thanks. I’m working at the LCBO and am taking a viticulture course. Your presentation was useful. Does you wife now like Italian red wine?

Thanks for posting this very informative and organised video, I don’t know if I’m getting into wine, but sure appreciated the incredible culture behind it.

Got my first big girl job at stags leap in Napa 🖤

Thank you, this is very informative, I've learnt a lot. I'll have to watch it again to memorize everything better. And, I need a Coravin now! 🤔👍🏼

Well explained and detailed presentation,,..I can learnt lot of valuable information regarding wines.. Interesting online class session.

I been working in bars for a while, but didn't know much about wines until now. Thank you for the great video ! Cheers

What a great lesson and thank you so much

im really happy that i pushed play on this video. Thank you for the upload. #learnwine #enjoylife #drinkwine #Northwest #wineknowledge

If you get anything out of this lecture, he recommends Cameron Hughes and I would urge anyone new to wine to try them. I chose a wide variety and every last one was very good quality! I even found out I can like white wine after all, although previously didn’t care for anything I had tried. Some of their red ones are soooo gooood...practically pennies on the dollar

thank you for that great video!

Thanks so much for your work

Very useful information about wines

laughed at his “somme” puns in the first half minute. Sadly not a peep from his students. You can even hear him wait for a brief second hear any laughter after the fact, realize nobody is laughing, then chuckle to himself about it. The somber first class is sometimes awesome.

This is an awesome video explaining wine. Just curious if someone could leave a link for the PDF slides that were on the video. Thank you

Thank you sir for the lecture

Really a great video. Thanks

Thanks for your entertainment and information

Let's pick a random Burgundy wine, like for instance the most expensive and renowned domain in the entire region! You can find expensive wines anywhere, for instance, a 1992 screaming eagle from California will set you back $7000.

recently visited chateu montelena beautiful winery..

this was AMAZING

Excellent and very informative video. I am trying to learn more about the wine world, so this video help me a lot. Thank you

Amazing information.

great video

Good one 💎👍👍

Merci beaucoup!

awesome JOb!!!

Great talk, Where can I download the PDFs?

I've enjoyed this, thank you!

very good video. on pairing though, spicy food with syrah/shiraz is pretty good. conventional wisdom may disagree, but it oddly works.

This video aged well. 🍷

...old world does put varietals on their lables...yes even France....(plus back labels ) also: theres really good dry (non sweet) Riesling. What he said about the variety in Chardonnay also goes for Riesling!

I love this

great basic info to know. wheres the pdf?

Is relly nice to talk about peru because now peru makes a nice red wine call intipalka#1 is relly nice

Very helpful video. I'm going to add it to my "Learn about Wine" Playlist on my channel. Cheers!

21:50 Had thought the last wine on the right would be an "orange" wine from Italy.

I am really enjoying your straightforward presentation. However, I would like to respectfully remind you that a "varietal" is not a type of grape. A "varietal" is a "wine made primarily from one type of grape." A "variety" of grape is Cabernet Sauvignon. A bottle of Napa Cabernet Sauvignon is a "varietal".

Does anybody use the aroma wheel when tasting wine? A friend of mine actually requested it when tasting. He thought it helped him get more flavors from the wine.

Does anyone have the pdf of this to share? :D

Decorking a wine is another audible association.

can I get some of the cards from the classes. I need help to organize information so I can access it

Bordeaux wines tend to be ones that need aging before they open up while California wines are more fruit forward. That could explain the 1976 blind tasting. (I did see "Bottle Shock" BTW). As for the Stag's Leap, it was most likely the Cask 23, and no way you're getting a bottle of that for less than $175.00. Even their regular bottling is well over $80.00. Sangiovese is pronounced san-juy-vay-zee. There is no ' on the last e like in, cafe'. .

With respect to opening a sparkling wine, e.g. champagne might I suggest holding the cork securely and twisting the bottle.

Link to the slides?

Any way of posting the slideshow in the description?

Where can I get the pdf

Sounds like Guillermo from What We Do in the Shadows

Mkay...

On old world wines the label on the backside of the bottle usually by law will state the grape varietal and give additional information on location of vinification and bottling. In addition old world wines are governed by strict laws contained in DOC or DOCQ regulations. New world wines can vinify wines paying no attention to traditional ru;es.

Hi, can you drop the pdf here ?

How about wine from Morocco? Is it new or old world?

'contains SULFITES'

regarding new world vs old world: Old world = Europe. everything else=New world

waht about Lambrusco .... what cat is that in ?

Did you mean that pinot noir gets good after 10 glasses or what

i thought this was about the virtual software on linux WINE(Wine Is Not an Emulator) "compatibility layer capable of running Windows applications on several POSIX-compliant operating systems" how disappointing

Wine is not that subjective. Quality is quality wathever you liked the wine or not.

Mom: Why do you wanna go to UW? Me: I wanna study about something great and help people. Me (actually): Attending wine lectures to impress girls

Great.. Just the pronounciation of 'Sangiovese' ;).. And the 'montepulciano'

Israel belonges to the " new world" wine produse too and it is in the top of the list . you will be amaized how high qualited is the Israeli wine .

surprisingly he did not mention Shiraz/Syrah as one of the dominant noble grapes

59:06 best way is to buy a wine box! it is good for a month! also cheap when you boy so much

Wine is good mmmk

Acidic and sour are the same thing, no?

Very helpful video and thank you for that. Though, you were in between the lines very suggestive in favor in New world wines, specially US. In the manner of teaching I think you should be more objective and less suggestive.

Degree's or Fahrenheit?? 😅

M'kay? Okay. So...

Wines from the US are the best of the world, Riesling is sweet, in Europe wines are named by the region... Some of statement in this lecture... I would call them strange...

Great Video. But please review the degrees ;). 40-50 degrees white wine would feel like something is cooking in your mouth.

"I have no official credential in wine" yeah we can tell

typical reisling SWEET???? ONLY in the USA Dry everywhere else in the world unless German Mosel or it says Spatlese or late picked Reisling is a DRY white

75%of French wines are Vin ordinaire,being of lower quality to Australian cheap cask wines,According to my many French friends.The quality wines are too expensive.I'll still to quality Australian wines.

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Beer is. Not wine. Says Benjamin Franklin

This time I'll use woodprix instructions to make it by my hand :)

Saying "... wine is really subjective" is not helpful in understanding the world of wine - better to consider: the characteristics from "smell & taste" (data) vs evaluations/like-dislike of the "smell & taste" ...

You're supposed to spit it out... no way Jose! It tastes like fruit!

Some of the info are biased from someone from very limited knowledge

8:16 (milestone)

Hello just wanna say that Chianti he says 5dollar a bottle are you sure it’s a 12-15 euro a battle here in Rome and are you sure chiantis wine is a so so so wine hello come again here in Rome Italy and try some Banfi chianti thanks and god bless

it was violated once, so?

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Whoppers

Great job, but I think your wife is your role model and your mentor. What can we do all who haven't a woman yet? Are all the same or there are differences? Just for a joke. Cheers!! from Mytilene.