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ENTERTAINMENT |
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DOCUMENTARY SERIES |
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Cork! Bottle Wineaux is the story of friends who had become winemakers. This story details their step-by-step process of making 2018 vintages of Pinot Noir and Syrah. |
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Introducing the series and meeting Roger Brown, the inspiration for the winemaking. Also meeting Wendy Crawford, a member of the group. |
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Introducing Donna Wright, along with Michael Bologna, who talks about the importance of eating good food and drinking good wine. |
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Introducing Scott Duncan who discusses vineyard development in the Santa Rita Hills area of Santa Barbara County, where the group sources its grapes. |
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Introducing Buzz Coors who, along with his wife Sharon, enables the group to make the wine at their home. |
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Scott and Buzz discuss neutral oak barrels, blending, clones, and aging in the bottle. |
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The “chemistry experiment” of winemaking is revealed, as the team strives for the right balance. |
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Journey to Sta. Rita Hills AVA and the vineyards at Lafond Winery, which harvests from the adjacent Burning Creek Ranch. |
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Grape processing at Lafond Winery, from clusters of Pinot Noir in picking bins to sorting destemmed fruit. |
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Encountering David Lafond and Bruce McGuire, general manager and winemaker, respectively, as the Lafond team changes over for delivery of destemmed fruit for Averill Avenue Winemakers. |
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Scott prepares the fruit within the barrels for the journey southward. |
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Before departing Lafond Winery, Scott describes the Sta. Rita Hills appellation and the various microclimates that make it one of the most interesting wine-producing areas on the globe. |
