Spill the Wine Episode 16: Making wines with a sense of place. A visit to The Batcave – Bachelder Estates (part one)
This is the first episode of Spill the Wine that doesn't include a wine tasting! The conversation
Andrea Morris had with Thomas Bacherlder – owner/winemaker of Bachelder Estates was so
interesting it needed a full episode to itself. Thomas' journey as a winemaker began in Montreal,
then led to Burgundy, Oregon and finally, Beamsville, which has the climate and terroir for
making the Burgundy style wines he loves– Pinot Noir and Chardonnay (and Gamay too!) You
will learn about the difference between Domaine and Chateau wineries, what "mapping" a
region means, and the terroir differences…
The skinny
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