On this episode of SIP Virtual Wine Tasting & Education we chat about Merlot with Vintner Kenny Kahn of Blue Rock Vineyard in Sonoma County’s Alexander Valley. In the first 30 minutes we talk about Kenny finding the property and falling in love with wine in 1987. The second part of the show talks about Merlot, the movie Sideways and the positive effects of the fall of Merlot in early 2000s.
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction to SIP and what is new today
02:46 How to help World Central Kitchen with wine
03:38 Where to buy the Blue Rock Merlot and SIP wines
06:00 Meet Kenny Kahn – the story of Mr Milton Picard aka Pick
10:37 Discovering the Blue Rock property in Sonoma in 1987
15:45 Where the Blue Rock name came from – the terroir of Blue Rock Vineyard
22:18 First poll question
24:30 Sideways movie impact on Merlot and Pinot Noir
25:15 2nd Poll Question
30:10 The advantage of growing estate fruit
31:17 Sideways movie impact on Merlot and Pinot Noir
35:00 About the Best Barrels program at Blue Rock
37:25 – How private reserve became meaningless
40:45 What is a clone?
42:57 What style of Merlot is Blue Rock
46:20 Merlot from a farmer’s perspective
50:00 how growers reduce the herbaceous characteristics in wines
51:34 Google Earth of Blue Rock
55:50 Why hospitality is important at Blue Rock
58:00 What’s next on SIP
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