Konstantin Baum - Master of Wine
Konstantin Baum - Master of Wine
Konstantin is the youngest German ever to pass the Master of Wine qualification. In 2019 he won the WSET & IWSC Future 50 award as he was named one of the leaders of the future wine, spirits, and sake industries.
He runs his import and retail business baumselection.com.
This channel is about knowledge, traveling, and wine tasting ... AND about staying thirsty!
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Thank you so much for your expertise! We can learn so much from your wealth of knowledge and I for wine appreciate it! :) ( pun intended!) lol
I *love* Valpolicella. I also made the great decision (thanks to my wife) of staying there during our Italian holiday to tour some wineries and taste the product. I had no idea that the popular styles were so young, however - to me, something like Amarone seemed like a stroke of genius from someone during the little ice age in Europe 😜
Most ideot person making this fucking video
Talking too much and not showing enough. Nah, bad review
Thank you for the wonderful explanation of Valpolicella, Ripasso, Amarone, and Recioto wines. Ever tasted the wines of Fratelli Vogadori from Negrar? Lovely family business with beautiful wines. I'm still holding on to an Amarone Forlago from 2004. Waiting for the right moment to taste with wine lovers :-)
At one time I had Amarone from 15 different producers.
These wines must age in order to eliminate the fruit and give more complex balance. 20 years on Amarone is magical.
I litterly said number 4 was going to be a South African Chenin blanc
dont get fooled, its fucking rancid vinegar
Loved the video love valpolicella and think recciota in particular is underrated
A classic Valpolicella Superiore is one of the nicest wines one can drink. Enough complexity to be interesting, but drinkable and not overwhelming. Go for Zymè or Zenato.
Really enjoy Valpolicella wines, the Rossos especially with pizza and other Italian food with red sauce, and the sweeter ones make awesome treats just to have on their own!
I've been a fan of Tedeschi wines for a long time and love all styles of Valpolicella - that bitter cherry character is totally addictive.
My father will get tomorrow 87. So he is born in 1937. My present will be a 1937 Colheita Port from Burmester & Co.
Nice!
I love the wines of Valpolicella! Very underrated region in my opinion. I visited Valpolicella and Soave many years ago, what a beautiful grape growing region. While there I had some interesting wines I have never seen since. One was a lightly oaked Soave/Chardonnay blend (very good), the other was a Recioto Soave that was aged in clay amphora. Phenomenal desert wine and I've never seen it since. Also on the other side of the valley is Bardolino. The cooling effect of Lago di Garda makes for some of my favorite light, chillable reds, the best of which are the Becco Rosso.
You brought back wonderful memories of our wine tasting at Tedeschi in October 2019, fortunately in our cellar we have 2 2013 Monti Olmi and 2 2016 Marne 180. We enjoy your presentations, thanks
My favorite big brand is Penfolds from Australia, they have some really tasty stuff ( both cheap & expensive ones)!
Hi @Konstantin, what do you think about vegan wine? Do they make sense?
I love Valpolicella wines, esp. Amarone. Funny you mentioned the producer Masi, they have some very nice stuff.
Ripasso is often a bargain. The well made Torre del Falasco Valpolicella Ripasso does around 12 euro here.
Amarone is 100% my favorite italian.
Amarone is the epitome of "Holiday Wine" in Italy. It's often consumed during Christmas dinner and it is surely not an everyday wine! Valpolicella region is rediscovering lighter wines with fairly great results: Ripasso and Valpolicella Superiore are more drinkable altough they're not easy goin' wines
The Valpolicella might be lovely at lunch time with friends 😉
I enjoy the style, powerful but also fresh. Veneto is definitely on my list of wine regions to visit, along with Südtirol
This video was worth watching just for this bit 7:38
perhaps the next tasting some wines from dal forno and guiseppe quintarelli?? somehow those two brands are way beyond legendary..
Let me just add something I realized also in some earlier videos. You are using the term Slovenian oak but it is Slavonian oak. A instead of O. Just one letter but very different meaning. Slavonia is a region in Croatia (and using a wider definition it also spans into Hungary and Serbia) which is well known for its oak trees used for barrels (usually larger vats).
Amarone was the wine that really kicked of the fascination for wine for me. It is for me a wine that needs the right moment and mood to truely shine. Ripasso often feels much more approachable and fresh, but still with spice and complexity from Amarone, which is why I count it among my favourites.
In tournament Scrabble VALPOLICELLAS is considered a playable word, and a possible but extremely unlikely play is to have the word POLICE already on the board in a suitable position and extend it to VALPOLICELLAS. The plural is because using all seven letters on your tile rack gives a bonus. When I heard about it I bought a couple bottles… not sure I’d had valpolicella before. Strange reason to try an unfamiliar wine!
Amarone.. My favorite
Hi Konstantin, as the grapes itself are not that characterful and the drying process (appassimento) seems to play a very significant role, do you think we can taste the terroir from Valpolicella wine ? There's lot of single vineyard wine coming out recently, can we really tell the difference ? Or we are just drinking the wine making techniques ?
David Sterza makes some great Valpolicella wines.. Worth seeking out 👍
Love the vibe of these Aussies, great entertainers. I prefer "dad wines" though 😅
What’d you do with the rest of it?
Thank you for another great video! Amarone has a strange place in my wine journey - that is, despite its fame, I haven’t had a great, memorable bottle yet though i still have a lot of curiosity. Perhaps I should try this bottle from the video, if there’s some elegance to it - I have had amarones that were mostly too heavy and tiring for my pallet. There were some Ripasso bottles that I enjoyed and felt like good value at the time.
BTW, if you watch F1 (I've been watching the Netflix series), they always have Ferrari 3 liters on the winner's podium.
Amarone was the wine that changed my perception of Italian wine. I always had bad luck with italian wine as i dont know the types. One day, my friend introduced me to Amarone corte aleardi reserva ( a nobody in valpolocella). Im tellint you, the wine changed it all. Its the best wine for me after Brunello
They had plastic caps 177 years ago?
Hey Konstantin! I first tasted Valpolicella Amarone in New Zealand and fell in love with it. I also liked how you used grapes as part of your description. Perhaps you can do this more often with other grape varieties in future videos. Salute!
A great episode! I first bought a Bertani Valpolicella Valpantena in the early 1970s. Loved them ever since. We do big amarone and ripasso business at my shop. The appasimento process can even produce affordable like wines.
I adore this rich style, very reasonably priced compared to pricy Burgundies for a wow meal, and I source wines crafted in the ripasso method also from Australia + France! Blind tasting would suggest Italy, the intense fruit and licorice notes 🍒😋
I have had hits and misses with Valpo. Overall the Ripasso are probably the most interesting. Don't get me wrong, Amarone is an exceptional wine, but to me wine is all about pairing with food, and I find Amarone extremely hard to pair. It's not really great with meat, and not sweet enough for dessert. It kind of works with game if you cook it with sometimes slightly sweet (like a sauce with berries and brandy). It may also work with Peking duck, although I have not tried yet.
Love how your videos really travel us to unexplored places, even for 15-20 mins. Love to unwind by watching them, always stay thirsty!
I have always struggled a bit with Amarone/Ripasso/Appassimento style wines. I don't like raisins - so - figures huh :) However, I do ensure I try them whenever I see them at tasting - it's all subjective, and there may always be something waiting to surprise you - and I have found the occasional Amarone that has been to my tastes. The other thing I seem to get from Ripasso that puts me off a little is a metallic finish (I think - haven't had one for years). It is a bit of a catch 22, because you don't want to spend too much on a wine style you're generally not fond of, so it may just be because it's cheaper wine. That's where wine tastings are so useful.
There are quite a few other Italian wines that use the same / similar method, often called governo (I think). What do you think of these? Have you come across them? Thank you!
Like most Italian wines. Always good but most of the time not very surprising.
I travelled to Lake Garda in 2011 and fell in love with the wines - especially Ripasso. Spent a few warm summer evenings sipping Amarone outside at picturesque little enotecas, chatting to the locals and eating aged cheese and charcuterie. It’s one of the most beautiful places on earth, imo, and the locals are so friendly and warm. I think of this holiday whenever I drink the wines of the region ❤
I'm a northern Italian and Amarone is the wine that started my journey in this strange and fascinating world. Nowadays I'm a sommelier and my taste changed quite a bit, but drinking an Amarone always takes me back to those early days and nostalgia kicks strong. Amarone, Ripasso and Valpolicella are far from my favorite wines, but they hold a very special place in my heart ❤
so what is your favorite italian wine?
Same here! Amarone was one of my first loves and is still special to me even though my taste has evolved.
I brought Eyrie Vinyeards "Original Vines" Pinot to a blind BYO tasting where you are supposed to bring "a good bottle". Well, there was no moderation that what kind of wines were opened in which order, so after ten or so prestige Champagnes and '82-83 1st growth Bdx my Pinot did taste like shit ;) As first bottle it might have been ok. Luckily I brought also Carignan as 2nd bottle and it was better fit to the situation.
Possibly my favourite wines, I had Amarone with my Christmas dinner last year and a Ripasso is my go-to bottle especially if the weather is a bit cold. These also seem to work well as gifts for people who like a bottle of Rioja or Shiraz from a mainstream producer, since it's similar enough in profile and not too expensive so it's fairly safe but also it's something they may not have tried.