ThirtyFifty's Level 4 Wine Podcast

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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