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alt.NPR: Ratcast: Wine Tales From the Cellar Rat

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Follow Alan Baker, the Cellar Rat, as learns the ropes of grape-growing and winemaking, converses with trailblazing winemakers, and figures out what it takes to make it in the sometimes odd (but always interesting) world of wine.

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Ratcast #60, Mass Customization For Gentleman Farmers
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The Rat catches up with Michael Evens. CEO of Vines of Mendoza, a company that will do everything from direct ship wines from Argentina, to plant and manage a vineyard ...

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Posted 106 weeks ago
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Ratcast #59, Pinot 2.0 Art or Science
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Is winemaking an art, or is it a science? I take a trip to the lab at Crushpad to figure out what we need to know about the Pinot 2.0 ...

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Posted 106 weeks ago
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Ratcast #58, Pinot 2.0 Crush and Cold Soak
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The Rat Pack get the grapes back to San Francisco and then help crush and manage the must as we extract color during the cold soak

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Posted 107 weeks ago
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Ratcast #57, Pinot 2.0 Harvest Day
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It's Harvest Day for the Pinot Noir that will go into the Pinot 2.0 project's wine

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Posted 110 weeks ago
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Ratcast #56, Winemaker David Dain
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The Cellar Rat catches up with David Dain, of Dain wines, to figure out how he's launching California wines from Missouri.

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Posted 110 weeks ago
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Ratcast #55, 2006 Anderson Valley/Mendocino Season Overview
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I discuss the growing season in Mendocino, and specifically Anderson Valley, with Casey Hartlip, the vineyard manager and winemaker for Eagle Point Ranch.

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Posted 113 weeks ago
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Ratcast #54, Making a Wine Plan
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The Rat takes off into Northern California to seek expert assistance on how to create a winemaking plan for the Pinot 2.0 project.

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Posted 114 weeks ago
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Ratcast #53, The Road to Wineville
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Looking back, and forward, at the life of a rat. Let's just call it a Ratrospective. Ratrospectacle?

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Posted 115 weeks ago
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Ratcast #52, 2006 California Wine Grape Harvest Begins!
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The 2006 wine grape harvest has begun in California! The Rat gets the lowdown from all over the state on how things are looking as the grapes start coming into ...

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Posted 117 weeks ago
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Ratcast #51, We're a Happy Family Winemakers
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Hangin' at the Family Winemakers tasting with Gary and Jeff Pisoni

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Posted 118 weeks ago
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