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Fly to the cellars of the world with the Flying Wine Man Andrew Jones and learn the
background to many famous labels first hand.
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 Misiones de Rengo
Andrew travelled to Santiago in Chile and drove two
hours to the little town of Rengo. There he went to a 19th century Spanish mission which is now part of the Misiones winery. His host was Export Director, Francisco Ascui.
Misiones label showing old
Spanish mission winery
Los Robles
Three hours' drive south of Santiago in Chil e lies the little town of Curico, home to the Los
Robles wine co-operative where wonderful humanitarian things are happening. It also makes some delicious wines. Andrew met Sergio Allard Neumann, the Export Director.
Vinos Los Robles headquarters
Hacienda Zorita (Durius Winery)
Christopher Columbus slept here over a two month period in 1486, while he prepared his
plans for his intended voyage to the New World. He stayed at Hacienda Zorita (the Dove Farm), which was the summer retreat of the Dominican monks of Salamanca University.
Today the hacienda is both a hotel and winery and Andrew went there to meet Victor Redondo, the founder of Haciendas de España. Andrew spoke to Victor as they stood next to an old mill at the edge of the property.
Bowmore Islay Single Malt
Wearing a different hat as the Flying Whisky
Man, Andrew flew west of Scotland to the Island of Islay in the Inner Hebrides, where he spoke to Bowmore distillery manager, Percy McPherson.
Bowmore distillery on the Island of Islay
Glen Garioch Highland Single Malt
In the second of his Malt whisky visits Andrew arrived at Old Meldrum in the
Highland region, home to Glen Garioch (pronounced Geery) distillery. Here manager Fraser Hughes explained what happened when the water source dried up.
Fraser Hughes, manager at Glen Garioch distillery
 Auchentoshan Lowland Single Malt
Andrew's third trip was to Auchentoshan
distillery at Old Kilpatrick on the banks of the River Clyde. Distillery manager Ronnie Learmond explained how it is the only triple distilled Lowland Malt in Scotland.
Auchentoshan distillery at Old Kilpatrick
Blue Nun Merlot
Andrew went to Pertuis near Aix in the Vin de
Pays d'Oc region of France, where he met Armin Wagner director of Blue Nun Merlot
Armin and Andrew in the vineyards with an
automatic grape picker
 Delicato Vineyards
Andrew visited Delicato Vineyards in
Monterey, California and met Chris
Indelicato who opened the vineyard gate onto 12,000 acres of vines.
San Bernabe Vineyard - the largest single
vineyard in the world
Jindalee
Andrew travelled to Australia to learn about Jindalee, one of
the exciting new successes from the emerging Murray-Darling region. There he met head winemaker, Scott Ireland.
Map showing the location of
Jindalee vineyards and winery.
 Croft Port
Andrew Jones has been to the Port wine harvest to look at
production at the House of Croft, founded in 1678. Some things have changed in the vineyards, but not in the winemaking.
Quinta do Roeda
Kendall-Jackson, Sonoma
Andrew travelled to Sonoma,
California to experience the 2002 harvest with Kendall-Jackson, renowned for their Vintner's Reserve Chardonnay.
Kendall-Jackson Wine Centre at Fulton CA
Spier Estate, South Africa
Editor Andrew Jones aka The Flying Wine Man has been to
South Africa to visit an estate called Spier that is more than a vineyard.
Wine and leisure at Stellenbosch
Bertani, Italy
The Flying Wine Man Andrew Jones has been to Italy to the classic house of Bertani which created the famous Amarone style. He began
talking to one of the partners.
Castello Novara, Bertani headquarters.
Xanadu Western Australia
Editor Andrew Jones recently flew to the exciting Margaret River region of Western Australia, where he
visited the exotically named Xanadu winery. In 2000 the winery won first prize for the very finest wine exported from Australia. There he met marketing manager, Kelly Renouf and winemaker, Glenn Goodall
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Cha
rdonnay Budburst at Xanadu
Rymill Coonawarra South Australia
 The Editor, Andrew Jones, says Coonawarra is his favourite red wine region in Australia and so was
delighted to visit the area again. On this occasion his host was John Innes, head winemaker and general manager of the prestigious Rymill Coonawarra winery, which is now producing some world class Cabernet.
To his surprise he found one of its wines influenced by Albert Einstein.
Rymill Coonawarra winery
Wyndham Estate New South Wales
As some will know the Flying Wine Man has a penchant for wine history, and so when the  opportunity arose to make a Radio Postcard at Australia's oldest surviving winery, he seized the
chance. He travelled to New South Wales, to Wyndham Estate founded in 1828, where his host was chief winemaker, Brett McKinnon.
Brett McKinnon, Chief Winemaker at
Wyndham Estate
Nobilo New Zealand
The Marlborough region in the North of New Zealand's
South Island is arguably the finest situation for Sauvignon Blanc and Nobilo one of its most prestigious names. Andrew Jones flew there to see a winery that has been so successful it just cannot
meet demand. At Nobilo he met head winemaker, Darryl Woolley and export manager,
Tim Fogarty. Extensive new Rarangi Vineyard for
Nobilo at Marlborough
. Rioja
Editor, Andrew Jones, flew to the Rioja region of Spain to look at the 2000 harvest and observe the
classic wine production there. His host was Roberto Alonso of Bodegas Faustino.
Bodegas Faustino aging cellar
 Taylor's Port / Douro, Portugal
Join Andrew and Taylor's Director Adrian Bridge for a look at the historic house founded in 1692. Recorded in
the Taylor's lodges at Vila Nova da Gaia.
Taylor Fladgate Port vineyards
in the Douro Valley
Charles Heidsieck / Champagne, France
Charles Heidsieck President–Directeur–General Francois Henry is waiting for Andrew in
the 2,000 year old Roman cellar where the Champagne is made. Head winemaker Daniel Thibault cannot speak a word of English but he still manages to make his point. |
Last updated on May 09, 2008