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ThirtyFifty's Level 4 Wine Podcast is a fabulous resource for students studying the WSET Level 4 Award in Wine. We have taken the most relevant interviews from ThirtyFifty's UK Wine Show Podcast and put them all in one place and in the order that you would typically do the course in the classroom or online. Some of the shows as designed specifically to support the WSET Level 4 Wine Course, while others are interviews with leading wine experts covering topics from the syllabus.

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    • Jan 27, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    D0: Introducing The ThirtyFifty Level 4 Podcast for WSET Diploma students.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2023


    Chris Welcomes you to the podcast and gives an overview of what and how to get the most out of the podcast.

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    D0: Introducing the WSET L4 Diploma in Wines with Lauren Denyer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2023


    An overview of the WSET L4 Award in Wines, the students who embark on this Diploma level wine course and what it covers.

    D0: Spotlight: Answering WSET L4 Diploma Exam Questions with Euan Robertson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2023


    Euan marks WSET Diploma homework essays for the WSET School. In this episode he gives us top tips for essay writing at L4 Diploma Level.

    D0: Spotlight: WSET Level 4 Theory Exams Overview with Lauren Denyer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2023


    Lauren Denyer, Level 4 tutor at the WSET School, shares her tips on how to tackle the WSET L4 Diploma theory exams for units D1, D2, D3 and D4/D5.

    D0: Spotlight: Wine Tasting the WSET L4 SAT, What is new compared to the L3.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2023


    WSET Diploma L4 students will find this a useful episode for understanding the differences in the SAT for Level 3 and Level 4 wine tasting.

    D0: Recap: the WSET L3 SAT

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2023


    The WSET Level 4 SAT is very similar to the L3. We go through the L3 in detail, to help you pass the exam.

    D0: Recap: How to Improve your Sense of Smell and Taste with Chris Scott

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2022


    How to Improve your Sense of Smell and Taste with Chris Scott

    D0: Recap: The Flavours in Wine with Chris Scott

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2022


    This week we take a deep dive into the flavours of wine, led by your host Chris Scott.

    D0: Background: Richard Lane on studying WSET L4 as a blind person

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2022


    Chris chats with WSET Diploma student Richard Lane on his journey so far studying wine as a blind person.

    D0: Background: George Dodd Perfumer on how smell works

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2022


    George Dodd is a perfumer and an expert on the sense of smell. George explains how it all works.

    D0: Background: The difference in ability to smell with perfumer George Dodd

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2022


    George Dodd is a perfumer and an expert on the sense of smell. George explains how we all have different levels of sensitivity to smells.

    D0: Background: Wine Aromas with George Dodd

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2022


    George Dodd is a perfumer and an expert on the sense of smell. In this interview we discuss how we perceive the aromas in wine.

    D0: Background: Improving your nose with George Dodd

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2022


    George Dodd is a perfumer and an expert on the sense of smell. In this interview we discuss ways to train your nose.

    D0: Background: James Leonard Wine vs Teeth Protection Prevention and Cure

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2022


    James Leonard is a dentist in Blenheim, New Zealand and cares for the teeth of many in the local wine industry. We find out about teeth protection, prevention and cures relative to wine.

    D0: Resources: Background: Meiningers Wine Business International with Felicity Carter

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2022


    Meininger's Wine Business International, the magazine for CEOs, senior management teams and Master of Wine students.

    D1: The Vine: Background: Dr Greg Dunn on Plant Biology

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2022


    In this interview with Dr Greg Dunn of Plumpton College we discuss plant biology and get to grips with some of the technical processes.

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    D1: The Vine: Background: Jamie Goode on the vines roots and grapes

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2022


    Jamie Goode is a wine writer and leading wine blogger with a PhD in plant biology. In this second interview Jamie gives us an overview of grapes, vines and roots.

    D1: The Vine: Background: Jamie Goode on respiration and photosynthesis

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2022


    Jamie Goode is a wine writer and leading wine blogger with a PhD in plant biology. In this final interview Jamie gives us an overview of grapevine respiration and photosynthesis.

    D1: The Vine: Background: Jose Vouillamoz DNA Mapping of Grapes

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2022


    Jose Vouillamoz is a botanist and grape geneticist and is co-author of the book Wine Grapes. We talk to him about mapping grape varieties and their DNA profiling.

    D1: The Vine: Background: Jose Vouillamoz on DNA Mapping the technical stuff

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2022


    Jose Vouillamoz is a botanist and grape geneticist and is co-author of the book Wine Grapes. We talk to him about the technicalities of DNA mapping of grape varieties.

    D1: The Vine: Background: Professor Chris Howe on the parentage of Chardonnay

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2022


    Chris Howe is professor of plant and microbial biochemistry at Cambridge University. We find out how he discovered the parentage of the Chardonnay grape.

    D1: The Vine: Background: Ernst Ruhl from Geisenheim on Vine Breeding

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2022


    Professor Ernst Ruhl from the Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute explains how vines are bred in this second interview.

    D1: The Vine: Background: Ernst Ruhl on Geisenheim Root Stock Breeding

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2022


    Professor Ernst Ruhl from the Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute explains how root stocks are bred in this third interview.

    D1: Climate: Background: Mariela Molinari of Catena on altitude effects on wine

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2022


    Bodega Catena Zapata has high elevation vineyards in Mendoza, Argentina producing world-class wines. We spoke to Mariela Molinari, assistant winemaker, to find out how altitude affects wine.

    D1: Climate: Background: Tim Finn of Neudorf Vineyards on UV Light

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2022


    Tim Finn established Neudorf Vineyards 30 years ago in 1978 in the village of Neudorf, Nelson in New Zealand's South Island. Tim has been experimenting with UV light to achieve the perfect balance between flavour and sugar.

    D1: Background: Frost Protection in UK with Alistair Nesbitt

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2022


    We talk with leading Viti climatologist Alistair Nesbitt about the different types of frosts and the best way to manage them.

    D1: Climate: Background: Greg Jones Climate Change and Wine

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2022


    Greg Jones is a Professor of Climatology at the University of Oregon in the United States. We talk about the big picture for climate change and what it means for the wine industry.

    D1: Climate Background: Dr Hans Schultz Climate Change and Wine: Impact on Viticulture in Europe

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2022


    Dr Hans Schultz is Professor at the Department of Viticulture in The Geisenheim Research Institute of Germany. He has researched the impact of climate change on Viticulture and talks about how increasing temperatures might affect grape-growing in Europe.

    D1: Climate: Background: Richard Smart Climate Change and Wine: Regions

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2022


    Dr Richard Smart is a world-leading viticulturist and canopy management specialist. We ask how climate change will affect current wine regions.

    D1: Climate: Background: Alistair Nesbitt on Climate Change and UK Wine

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2022


    Viticultural climatologist Alistair Nesbitt explains that while the climate is warming the variability in the weather has not changed.

    D1: Viticulture: Background: Sioban Harnett Viticulturist at Cloudy Bay Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2022


    Sioban Harnett is the viticulturist at Cloudy Bay, New Zealand's iconic winery. We talk about the different jobs of a viticulturist throughout the growing season.

    D1: Viticulture: Background: Sioban Harnett Viticulturist at Cloudy Bay Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2022


    Sioban Harnett is viticulturist at Cloudy Bay, the iconic New Zealand winery. We find out how the vines are trained and managed to suit the growing conditions of the Marlborough region.

    D1: Viticulture: Background: The ripening of grapes with Giovanni Battista Tornielli

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2022


    We are deep diving into what happens as grapes ripen from with Professor Giovanni Battista Tornielli

    D1: Viticulture: Background: Dr Richard Smart on viticultural practice and myths

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2022


    Dr Richard Smart is a world-leading viticulturalist and consultant on canopy management. In this second interview with Richard he explodes a few common myths on viticultural practices.

    D1: Viticulture: Background: Viticulture in Margaux with Benjamin Sichel of Chateau Angludet

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2022


    Benjamin Sichel from Chateau Angludet in Margaux talks us through the yearly cycle of work in the vineyard, from winter through to harvest.

    D1: Viti Approaches: Background: Monty Waldin on Biodynamics Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2022


    Biodynamic winemaker Monty Waldin describes and debates the principles and practices of biodynamic farming.

    D1: Viti Approaches: Bacakground: Monty Waldin on Biodynamics Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2022


    Winemaker Monty Waldin shares his views on biodynamic farming and viticulture.

    D1: Viti Approaches: Bacakground: Natural Wine with Doug Wregg from Les Caves de Pyrene

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2022


    Doug Wregg from Les Caves de Pyrene talks to us about natural wines - Part 1.

    D1: Viti Approaches: Bacakground: Natural Wine Part 2 with Doug Wregg from Les Caves de Pyrene

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2022


    Doug Wregg from Les Caves de Pyrene talks to us about natural wines Part 2.

    D1: Vineyard Establishment: Background: Planting a vineyard in England with Cameron Roucher

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2022


    We discuss viticulture issues that need to be considered when planting a vineyard such as about row spacing, orientations, seaweed fertiliser as well as whether Organics is viable for a large vineyard such as Rathfinny.

    D1: Vineyard Establishment: Background: Felton Road Viticulture and Vineyard Layout with Gareth King

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2022


    A great interview for wine techies, exploring the layout of a vineyard and vine management with Felton Road viticulturist Gareth King.

    D1: Canopy Management: Background: Trellising and pruning with Gareth King from Felton Road

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2022


    We get onto the subjects of trellising and pruning methods with viticulturist Gareth King from Felton Road, Central Otago.

    D1: Hazards, Pets, Disease: Background: Phylloxera with Drew Noon MW and Rachel Williams

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2022


    Drew and Rachel are both based in McLaren Vale South Australia. In this first interview we get stuck into the topic of Phylloxera and how Australia manages its bio security inter-state to keep it at bay.

    D1: Hazards, Pets, Disease: Bacakground: Ernst Ruhl from Geisenheim on Phylloxera

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2022


    We ask Professor Ernst Ruhl from the Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute to explain how phylloxera attacks grape vines.

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    D1: Hazards, Pets, Disease: Background: Managing Smoke Taint with Dr Mango Parker of the AWRI

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2022


    In this second interview with Dr Mango Parker and Con Simos of the Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI) we discuss how wine producers can manage the problem of smoke taint in grapes.

    D1: Hazards, Pets, Disease: Background: Murray Barlow on South Africa and Leaf Roll Virus

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2022


    Murray Barlow of Rustenberg Wines talks to us about Stellenbosch and Leaf Roll Virus

    D1: Harvest: Background: Physiological ripeness and the wines of Bouchard Finlayson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2022


    Peter Finlayson of Bouchard Finlayson talks about their wines and physiological ripeness.

    D1: Flavour Chemistry: Spotlight: Aromas in Wine with Sietze Wijma

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2022


    eek out in this deep dive into the science of wine aromas with Sietze Wijma from The Art of Tasting, based in the Netherlands.

    D1: Wine Making: Background: Fitting out a winery with Jonathan Medard of Rathfinny Estate Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2022


    Jonathan Medard is the winemaker at Rathfinny Estate. He talks about kitting out the winery and the equipment they will be using.

    D1: Wiine Making: Background: Fitting out a winery with Jonathan Medard of Rathfinny Estate Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2022


    Jonathan Medard is winemaker at Rathfinny Estate. He talks to us about some of the equipment being installed in the new winery.

    D1: Adjustments: Background: Emma Rice on Wine Analysis and Lab Work Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2022


    Chris talks to Emma Rice of Hattingley Valley Wines about their wine lab Custom Crush which offers wine analysis and lab tests for wineries.

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