Hi Konstantin: I'm a peruvian wine writer and am very glad to see the Intipalka Chardonnay featured on your channel. Valle del Sol is not a region but the translation from quechua native language: "Inti" Sun (Sol) / "Palka" Valley (Valle). The wine is from Ica our most important region. The producer is Viñas Queirolo with more than 100 years of history and 400+ hectares. In fact Peru produces wine since 450 years ago aprox. being the first wine producing country in South America. Today the revival of the wine scene is quite stimulating and promising, using international varieties as well as other historical such as various muscats and listán prieto related.

@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine

Жыл бұрын

Very interesting- thanks!

Hey Konstantin!! It was really nice to see you tasting something from Brazil! Miolo is one of the largest wine producers here, and this is really an entry-level wine. It must be hard to find good Brazilian wine outside of Brazil. Miolo has some better wines, but is by no means the best producer in Brazil! It would be awesome if you could taste some of our more high-end wines, like Pizzato DNA 99, Casa Valduga Storia or even Miolo Sesmarias. Of course, ideally, we'd go with smaller producers, but I bet the wines I mentioned make their way to Europe. Anyway, big shoutout to Brazil, and great job with the video!

@CNEXbeijing

Жыл бұрын

Something with Chinese wine like last time, only very entry-level wine, I think it's also hard to find good Chinese wine in Germany.

@gabrieldacosta1914

Жыл бұрын

Brazilian sparkling wine is generally better than reds or whites. I dare say they are the best in south america

@MundoVinho

Ай бұрын

Forget about the reds, go sparkling

This is a message for Leon: Just returned from a wine tour through Moldova. Purcari, Mimi, Novak, etc I would love to see Konstantin blind taste a wine from that area. I was impressed about their top wines.

@schferleon

Жыл бұрын

We had Purcari in the first „Did you know they make wine video" ;)

I can't get enough of your blind tastings. I watch them repeatedly. I truly enjoy and appreciate your channel.

Hahah Konstantin promising to rate the wine before revealing it and then repeatedly forgetting to do so made me laugh

The azores is becoming a crazy region for wine making, the vulcanic land makes quite an impact on the wines. Also if I'm not wrong, it has become the region of Portugal which has the most expensive grapes per kilogram. A lot of wine producers, portuguese and from other countries are going there to produce wine

@missourimongoose8858

Жыл бұрын

If I'm not mistaken I think I remember reading something about the azores used to be a major wine making area but most of the vines died back in the day due to some disease

@killer0178

Жыл бұрын

@@missourimongoose8858 not really, the azores was not a big wine making region compared to Madeira, both produced fortified wines but Madeira has always been more dominant. The region suffered a lot with the phylloxera, so much that the winemaking was almost wiped out. Only in the 1990s did the region came back into producing wine

@Yeoldelole

Жыл бұрын

@@killer0178 So basically he was right and you rephrased what he said, but told him he was "not really correct"

I had plenty of Peruvian wines while travelling through this beautiful country. Intipalka is the biggest producer and they have very solid lineup of both whites and reds. When visiting Lima and some of its best restaurants (like Central) you can also try wines made only for those places (also by Intipalka).

We spend time in Kos Greece every year. Kos has some very good wines our favorite is Hatziemmanouil Vineyards.

A friend of mines father made a wine of 100 % Syrah for personal use in south eastern Norway, it drank a lot like Beaujolais nouveau, interesting experience!

Very happy to see you blind testing a Turkish wine. Yakut is a an OK, well known good priced average supermarket wine but you cannot go wrong with a Okuzgozu/Boğazkere blend. Also you already know that are very fine examples of that blend from other producers in Turkey. Next time pick a white wine as well. Turkey offer excellent indigenous grape wines (narince,kalecik karası, emir, misket, karasakız..etc) 😬😬

Very surprised about Yakut. 25-30 years agi it was the go to wine in restaurants in Turkey, the label is still exactly the same thats why it looks cheap. Kavaklidere is probably the real first big winery in Turkey. I dont remember being it that good but now I have to try again. In fact it is the easiest Turkish wine to find in the US. But you should try more brilliant wines from Turkey in one episode.

I'm always very invested in your videos, there's a lot of tension listening to you. you really have this aura of being a master about yourself. gute Besserung and stay thirsty!

@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Happy to see my homeland 🇧🇷 represented here, obrigado! 😃I think a more natural choice from my point of view would've been champenoise sparkling or merlot. We don't really make remarkable pinots with rare exceptions, Miolo not being one of them 😅

Love the work, Konstantin !

I'm so happy one of those were from Brazil but Miolo isn't anymore a reference of good wine here. We have great red , rose, white and sparkling wines from other brands and regions in Brazil ! You really should taste it and come to Brazil

A new video, super excited to watch it, thank you!

Even with your slight misses, im very impressed with your tasting skill! Out of everywhere in the world wine can be grown, getting even close to the actual place just by taste and smell is incredible! Hope you come out with more videos like this that demonstrate your tasting capabilities

This Brazilian wine is very entry level like you said. I think it is pretty bad to be honest lol. There are more interesting things coming out of here, but maybe it's not widely available in Europe

@frossato

Жыл бұрын

I agree. I think it is a region too young to produce wines that will deliver a top wine. I would definitely go for the Serra Gaucha region. It will be easier to find a better representative of the best Brazilian wine.

@juanito2109

Жыл бұрын

Yeah thats a really bad pinot noir... its hard to find brazilian wine in europe... But we have some good stuff down here just not available everywhere... for now...

@gregoryfelitto9034

Жыл бұрын

@@juanito2109 how did he find Miolo in Europe? Haha

@juanito2109

Жыл бұрын

@@gregoryfelitto9034 Miolo is probably the big exporter of Brazilian wine, they have some good ones. Like Testardi form Vale do São Francisco. But i wish he could taste some Casa Valduga whites, Cave Geisse, Lidio Carraro reds and other amazing ones...

@yuripinto9541

Жыл бұрын

@@juanito2109 Santa Catarina and São Paulo have some good ones too

Ecuador also produces wine. We bought a few bottles when we were there visiting my wife's family in May this year...bought some high-elevation coffee beans as well.

Hopefully one day you’ll give Croatian wines a shot. Some of the best I’ve ever tasted have come from Croatia. For red, try Plavac Mali (similar to Zinfandel). For white, try Pošip.

@ericthompson3255

Жыл бұрын

Two of my most favourite wines, and producers are from Croatia as well. Criminally underrated wine producing country, especially considering their long history with wine. I've loved the Stina Majstor Barique Plavac Mali, and the Coronica Gran Malvazija,

@schferleon

Жыл бұрын

Definitely! There're already some great wines coming from Croatia. Had Piquentum and Mora a few weeks ago, incredible 👍

I enjoy your tastings! It may be impossible without coming to the US, but I’d love to see you taste some of the lesser known wines here, like from Missouri, US Georgia, Vermont, Virginia, and New York.

@sc100ott

Жыл бұрын

Michigan, also!

I love blind tasting episodes! Thanks for the great content, Konstantin!

Awesome video! I always look forward to new videos from you!

@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Hi Konstantin! I see you cover a lot of different wines now which is great! I do think there is a grape that i dont really see that often anymore and is not really discussed. Carmenere! For many years ago i came across a bottle of Montes Purple Angel from Chile and i found it really really good. Maybe its too similar to Merlot so it dosent make it worth to cover but would be fun to hear some words from the Master of Wine about it! Would be fun if you could cover some Carmenere wines if you have the time in the future and thanks for great content and channels. Cheers!

Really interesting and exciting tasting! Never knew that about the Azores - think I may try and source the one you had to taste it myself!

I'm a big fan of Azores wines. Autochthon grapes, a unique soil and excellent wine making skills. Prices aren't that high, either.

This was a very fun video. I laughed a little when you kept getting white wines. I was expecting/hoping to see Chateau Musar from Lebanon hidden in there. It's one of my favorites and I have had many vintages from the 80's onward. It's one of my favorite wines and somewhat lesser known internationally but usually of a good to very good quality. Thank you again for the wonderful videos!!!

Great video. I am looking forward to your tasting of Georgian wines one day or putting them in the mix They have such a unique and great variety, Especially made in qvevry.

Always a treat to find a new video by you in my feed! 🙏 And congrats on 80k+ subscribers! Vorwärts bis 💯!

@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine

Жыл бұрын

Thanks John!

My most obscure countries has to be Armenia, Moldova, India and Switzerland. Switzerland mainly because they keep alot of their wine and don’t sell it to other countries. I’ve only found 1 in Norway

@piscotpatisserie7259

Жыл бұрын

And Moldova and Armenia because they're not on the EU market. Not obscure at all, is just your lack of knowledge

Canaan winery just outside of the capital Beijing in China. They do some really Napa Valley style Pinots and chards.

Coincidentally I just picked up a bottle of the Branco Vulcanico from the Azores just two days ago! Can't wait to taste it!

No Dutch wine yet. So I guess this series needs a part three 🤗

I had a bubbly from Lithuania. No information and the back label said "variety of grapes". It was $10 and way better than my expectations.

Hey Konstantin, I was wondering if you've had the chance to taste any Canadian wines and your thoughts about them? Great video as always! Keep it up : )

@iBeaver1973

Жыл бұрын

@SP33DDY7 shall we narrow it down.... BC, Similkameen, Okanogan Valley? And which Style? It's all over the place, but there are some wonderful wines to be found! 👍🏼

@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine

Жыл бұрын

Looks like I need to!

@markrr18

Жыл бұрын

@@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine Niagara region in Ontario, Canada has some good options too.

@SP33DDY7

Жыл бұрын

I'm here studying winemaking and viticulture here in Niagara and can definitely speak to some fantastic wines. For the rest of Canada I'm overdue in some exploration!

@alexandrehenri-bhargava2741

Жыл бұрын

@@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine we have some world class wines here but many small producers that you will have time finding in Europe. For good examples of Okanagan Valley (Canada’s best) I would recommend trying Checkmate winery and Painted Rock which I know both export to Europe

Gruet in New Mexico, USA, produces some beautiful examples of Methode Champenoise sparkling wines. There's one with no residual sugar that is fascinating, but the rose of pinot noir will always be my favorite. This year I'm making an orange wine in Utah, from unknown grapes planted in the 1950's. There's quite a bit of promise already, full tropical fruit with a seductive feather of tannins across the lips, It's coming in at about 12.5%, no MLB, on medium toast American oak. It was so good I had to pour apple cider on the lees, and 3 days in the cider tastes like apricot nectar with that whisper of tannins carrying through. After 8 years, this is going to be my best cider yet!!!

Very intresting video as always. The one from the azores is an odd one, I have the 100% Arinto version from the same producer (the guy is like a wine pioneer for the region or something)

Looking forward to part 3

Awesome content! Can't wait to see some croatian wines on this channel!

Dear Konstantin, thanks for another great video! It's always refreshing to see and get to know some more things about wine. I would just like to call your attention that verdelho is not verdejo. They are two different grapes. Looking for your next video. Portuguese greetings from Hamburg

Very interesting series. I would love to see you taste wines from new wine countries/regions that are developping now due to the climate change.

Lovely video as always Konstantin, you should do a video in this style, but instead of focusing on little known countries, focusing on little known regions in classic countries

Yakut is your basic but very good Turkish red wine especially for the price. I was introduced to it when I flew Turkish Airlines in economy class from the US. I enjoy picking up Turkish and Lebanese red wines.

The most "exotic" wine I have drunk to date is the Hatten Rose from Bali, Indonesia. I looked at my Vivino notes and it said: "grapefruit, passion fruit, lime, pear, low acidity, medium bodied floral". This wasn't a mind blowing wine, but drinkable and enjoyable. We had our honeymoon in Bali so it has special memories besides just the wine itself.

Wow! Happy to see my very old friend, Yakut here. It was my very first wine!

New slogan: "I will do better on the next wine, promise" :D Love the content!

@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

From Brazil. I really like your videos . Miolo is the largest wine producer in Brazil. Their production is parkerized. Really interesting Brazilian wines come from small producers, like Era dos Ventos.

I hope you can try more of the Bargylus wines - I've tried some of their red wines and they're amazing. Long live Syria and Syrian wine!

I loved this !

you gotta go for the brazilian sparkling. They are really good. It would be nice to see you compare icewines from Canada, Austria and German

I think Konstantin needs to combine this video and his previous video (about ageing under sea) and try some of the Netherlands' wines, since they are scarce and technically under sea level :-)

I love all your videos especially the ones that help you to get more knowledge. Do you have experience with cellar management software, if so, can you share your experience.

Great video - tough challenge. Strangest wine I tried - some Indian wines at a tasting 10 years ago. Out of 100 different wines about 20% were wild wines. Will never forget some of them. Sula has been around a long time. Good average wine.

Hi Konstantin, it was nice to see you tasting something from Brazil but I believe sparkling wines are a must when talking about Brazilian wines, even the wines made from the charmat method are surprisingly good, all very vibrant and fruity, I hope you can make a video tasting our bubbles, thank you very much. 😊

I've actually visited the Sula winery in Nashik 🙂It's a nice place.

I've actually spent time throughout Turkey, and remember enjoying the majority of the local wines I tried.

Thanks for getting me into better wine. The difference between just buying the cheapest and cleverly named wines and spending a little more is massive

Really interesting! Rather pleased with myself for guessing the Japanese wine before it was revealed - you described the characteristics very well.

Valle de Ica is a top place for Peruvian wine. It`s a bit closer to the desert than Pisco - where the eponymous liquor comes from. Vines have been in Peru since brought there by the Jesuits in the 16th Century. One for your intern to look out for are the wines of Pepe Moquillaza. There are also plenty of great wines coming out of Brazil. Well worth steering clear of the big commercial vineyards, focusing instead on small producers. Unfortunately, Brazil allows the use of plenty of agrochemicals and pesticides banned in many other places in the world.

Hi Konstantin! I propose Israel for one of your next tasting experiences from exotic wine countries. Wines from Israel are very special as they are some kind of mixture between old and new world. And despite of the small country size, they have very distinct terroirs, like from the hills of Galilee, from the cooler Golan Heights (volcanic terroir) and from the Negev desert. Really worth a try - I am sure you will like it as you are always looking forward to learn something new.

Well I have had a strange red wine from the Greek Island of Lefkada, called Demestica. This is a red with some frissante and unexpected sparkle which works well on the island but when tried in the rainy north - west of England, somehow doesn't quite work the same way.. But you'd expect more, so its strange in its unusual style.. Great vid, hats off for honesty Konstantin! Cheers. 🍷👍

Nice! Next time maybe taste some wines from Estland😋

Hi! Please try wine from the Okanagan in Canada ! Love this channel from Canada 🇨🇦

Hi Konstantin! I like to see the Brazilian wine ! We have a long way to travel until we produce high end wines that are not too manipulated. A fellow braziiian mention here Guaspari, but is a really manipulated wine that is interesting only if you drink one glass. And another fellow mention some of the really expensive Brazilian wines …. If you try some Brazilian wines again I would love to hear your opinion about the sparkling ones ! Thanks !

Had a Sauv Blanc from India in a blind tasting w friends ...and nailed it! I could sense it was from a warmer climate (and not really well made) and I remembered an Indian SB release in our province not long before, so went for it!

Would love to see a video of you trying various Australian wines!

Please do a tasting video on cremant (not necessarily comparing to champagne) very curious what you think of them and how you would rate them

hello Konstantin! great video, as usual. just to add something to the oldest wine regions part: archeological findings have dated Georgia to be one of the oldest wine producers in the world (8000 years ago). just thought it would be an interesting part to add to the oldest wine producers :)

@piscotpatisserie7259

Жыл бұрын

True. Same with Romania. He doesn't know. He only knows whines that he can buy, commercial ones

Schön zu sehen wie dein Kanal wächst.weiter so

@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine

Жыл бұрын

Danke!

Yoooo so happy to see India represented here! I know Leon doesn't intern with you anymore, but I'm glad he picked something from my country 🫡 Sula is definitely one of the oldest/biggest producers here, but the past few years have been incredible for general improvement of Indian wine. Hopefully it starts popping up in more international markets soon. Great video. Never knew Syria was making wine, so I'm going to have to keep an eye out for it 👀

The wine world is definitely getting better and bigger. Let’s try more wines from Mexico, Brazil, and Bolivia (believe it or not). Salud!

Thanks for another great tasting! Are Algerian grapes still permitted in Southern France wines? It's also very interesting to see you blind taste the traditional method made sparkling from different countries with similar properties. It's very interesting to which extend they are recognizable.

Curious to know what kind of wine glasses you use? You’re the man!

@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I always put that information into the description.

I had a very interesting wine at the weekend. Fratelli MS. Italian vines replanted in India.. Very good end product. Also I've had some reds from Moldova and a good reisling from Canada.

There is a masterpiece of wine coming out from Brazil, but it is not Miolo, most definitely. The producer is called "Guaspari". It is a Syrah, "Vista do Chá" ou "Vista da Serra". Trully masterpieces, you would rate them 92 points or above easily. There are trully at least 10 world-class, outstanding wines in the South of Brazil and Minas Gerais. Miolo is like the cheapest, most basic and disapointing one your Leon could have picked. Sad to see this one in particular representing our growing wine-production culture in your channel.

Another entertaining and informative video. 👍 I hope you don’t mind me making one suggestion: I find the muzak a bit distracting. The video would be better without it. 😊

Hi, very nice video. Is the glass really Performance ? 🙂

In the mid 70’s when I lived in Paris in grad school, we drank Sidi Brahim often. The wine was from Algeria and Morocco- cheap and solid for spicy food.

Very interesting video! I really like your question because I just came back from holidays in Albania, during which I visited some wineries. I tasted a lot of interesting wines both in red (cab, merlot and local grapes) and in white (many local grapes but also riesling). I know that Albania is a famous old old wine region, one of the cradle of wine, but it is not very common and not easy to find.

@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine

Жыл бұрын

Interesting! I haven't tasted many wines from there.

I'm not surprised by your comments on the Sidi Brahim, from what I recall it used to be a cheap table wine that was from Algeria (which was French back then) that was quite well-known in France, I'd guess until the 60's-70's? I've never seen one myself but I've heard of it a few times. I thought it had disappeared tbh, it didn't have a great reputation.

Fantastic episode once again. It would be so interesting to see you do an episode on Canadian wines - NOT ICE WINE! We have a great many excellent wines from the Niagara Valley in Ontario and some from British Columbia. I am not talking the big name wines from Canada but some of the smaller vineyards. Such as Painted Rock Estate Winery, Poplar Grove Winery, Dark Horse Estate Winery, Maelstrom Winery etc.

@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine

Жыл бұрын

That would be interesting

@bigal7373

Жыл бұрын

@@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine I would like to help you with this. I am not hugely knowledgeable on how to get wines to you from Canada. Perhaps you have access to them?

@robcook2798

Жыл бұрын

I've had a great reisling from Canada, very surprised. 👍

Interesting that a local wine arrives in europe in similar price that we pay here in Brazil. Miolo is a big producer here, we may find great wines but this is not exaclty the best one. We've got small producer that present high end quality stuff, I'm personally passionated about the wines of high altitude from Santa Catarina. They produce the best of the best in regard of Sauvignon Blanc and Montepulcciano in Brazil. Take a look, I'm sure you're gonna find great stuff.

Great video as always, now you have tasted a brazilian and peruvian, now you need to land in the middle and try a bolivian wine, all the wine grapes are grown at high altitude, starting at 1600 meters. For the intipalka, it should be from the Ica valley, it is a very hot and dry region in the middle of the desert with sandy soils, the same region were the pisco grapes are grown.

Weirdest wine place, um, Arizona was surprising and awesome. Good reds, odd grapes, great winery chill out environment in cottonwood. Shhhh...one of my favorite hideaways.

i wanna see you taste nordic wines! Sweden, norway, denmark, iceland and finland

Would love to know what all of those beautiful bottles behind you are, will we ever know about your collection?

Wines from Pico island are among the top whites from Portugal. Really good stuff. They do great still white from their unique varieties: Terrantez do Pico, Arinto dos Azores, Verdelho. They are also very well known for their fortified wine tradition. I would definitely recommend you check the singe variety wines from Azores Wine Company (especially the Arinto and the Terrantez) and the 10 year old fortified wine from the Cooperativa Vitivinicola da Ilha do Pico. The vineyard itself is impressive with unesco world heritage landscape!

Not quite related to the theme but wish you try majuang mosel which is made in korea with riseling kabinet grownin Germany Most of majuang’s wine is really bad but majuan mosel is quite good and popular here

I went to a All inclusive resort in Turkey. I had the great opportunity to taste what cannot be considered wine..

@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine

Жыл бұрын

🤣

You should do Canaan (Chinese wine) or Mexican wines.

I admire your restraint from using the word 'crap'. Sorry. Very tolerant of you. I've been enjoying a South African chenin blanc/ viognier blend. Very compatible grapes to me.

Hi Konstantin! I actually live in the Azores (in Portuguese it is spelled Açores ;). This is an arquipelago composed of nine islands. The wine that you tasted comes from Pico island - although most every island has its own little production) and the winemaking here dates back to the XVth century. For example, at some point there was great business in shipping wine from Pico to Russia, wich, because of the rocking of the boats, is said to have acquired a liquorous quality, and still today is named the wine of the czares (tzares) - there is actually a wine from pico called Czar. The producer of the Branco Vulcânico is António Maçanita, one of Portugal's most commended producers nowadays. killer0178 is right about the grape prices in Pico, wich are crazy, because both of the hardships of growing wine in very dry volcanic soil and, of course, the fame that the wine is gaining daily - (they sell a white wine - Vinha dos Utras for around 240 euros!!!! - crazy stuff). Great video, btw!!

@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your feedback. That's what I thought. I need to come by and visit the islands.

@joaoribeira

Жыл бұрын

@@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine fantastic idea!

Hi, Konstantin. Next time please do not foget to taste som wine from Scandinavia e.g Denmark. There is being done a lot with natural wines and orange wine in Denmark, but also white wines like Solaris is gettin more and more grip in to the scenery in Denmark.

hey can you try some dutch wine? would be cool!

Weirdest wine place, for me, was also Turkey. A blend of cabernet Sauvignon and other local varieties. We sell the Branco Vulcanico at the wine shop I work at, and I was also quite impressed with it! Not a super weird place of origin for wine, but nit the most famous eiher.

Please can you link where you buyed those bottle covers with numbers.. please please please 🙏

A little bit of information from me, there is a grape called Boğazkere here and it is one of the grapes with the highest tannin content in the world.

Several years ago, while visiting family in eastern Montana (USA), I was invited (subjected) to a tasting of local fruit wines at a family winery. I have never experienced the onset of a hangover while sipping wine since, and I truly hope this was my sole experience. 0/10

Technical comment: I don't know if it was subtle music or what but there was a quiet beeping sound throughout the video that had me wondering what kitchen appliance needs my attention.

Had 2 from Usbekistan couple of weeks ago...