Podcast appearances and mentions of kevin begos

Kevin Begos, author of the new book Tasting the Past: The Science of Flavor & the Search for the Origins of Wine, chats with the W25 ladies. Fresh off his book tour, he shares the "tasting notes" on a 10-year wine grape journey ... that all started in a hotel room minibar in the Middle East. [This episode was recorded on 30 July 2018.]   Show notes, pics, links & more at winetwofive.com   Wine Podcast, Interview with "Tasting the Past" author Kevin Begos; wine history, wine grapes, wine education

This week on Unorthodox, we're wining and dining. Our Jewish guest is author Andre Aciman, whose 2007 novel Call Me By Your Name was adapted into the Oscar-nominated film starring Armie Hammer and Timothee Chalamet. He tells us about being forced to leave Egypt with his family as a teenager, getting recognized on the Upper West Side after the film premiered, and his absolute favorite coffeemaker. Our gentile of the week is journalist Kevin Begos, whose new book is Tasting the Past: The Science of Flavor and the Search for the Origins of Wine, a literary undertaking that began when he found an obscure wine from Bethlehem in a hotel room minibar. He tells us how local Israeli grapes got overshadowed when Edmond de Rothschild arrived in the 19th century and started making European wine in the Holy Land, and why we should ditch the Pinot Noirs and Cabernets and drink wine made from local Israeli grapes like jandali, hamdani, and dabouki instead.  This is the last week of our fundraising drive. If you like listening to us, consider making a donation at tabletmag.com/donate. Write the name of your favorite host in your donation notes. We love hearing from you! Email us at Unorthodox@tabletmag.com or leave a message at our listener line: 914-570-4869. We may share your note on the air. If you like listening, please consider leaving a review in iTunes. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and join our Facebook group to chat with the hosts and see what happens behind-the-scenes! Sign up for our weekly newsletter to get new episodes, photos, and more. Show your love for Unorthodox with our new T-shirts, sweatshirts, and baby onesies. Get yours at bit.ly/unorthoshirt This episode is sponsored by One Day University. Get 20% off your ticket to see Mark Oppenheimer's Oct. 14 lecture on religion in America by using the code MARK when you register at OneDayU.com. This episode is sponsored by Harry’s. Get $5 off a shave set from Harry’s with code UNORTHODOX at Harrys.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you pick your wine? By its history? By its grape? By the picture on the bottle? Well you're about to get your wine world turned upside down. We'll hear about the history of this fabulous fermentation from Kevin Begos, author of the book "Tasting the Past: The Science of Flavor and the Search for the Origins of Wine". Then we'll talk with Erika Szymanski about the little microbes that make it all possible, yeast! On the way, we're going to have Science for the People's first ever wine tasting! Related links: Background music: Mozart Flute Quartet in D...

“The general public, if you look at the broad numbers, it's like 60 percent of vineyards around the world, in the New World, have been planted with just five or six varieties of grapes in the last 10 or 20 years. From the Australians to New Zealand to, of course, all of California.”Science journalist Kevin Begos, the author of the new book Tasting the Past: The Science of Flavor and the Search for the Origins of Wine. He spoke in June at Astor Wines and Spirits in Manhattan. At one point he talked about disease threats to wine grapes.“So the scientists are starting to get really concerned that this is setting up a perfect scenario for a grape pandemic. Which would seem a little far-fetched, except…we all know that grapes are being reproduced by cuttings, not by seed, to keep the flavor qualities. What that means is they haven't been evolving for hundreds or thousands of years. Pinot is 2,000 years old, which is kind of the general estimate.“Since we've been cloning it to keep the flavors for roughly 2,000 years, all the insects and pathogens and mildews that attack grape vines have been evolving that whole time. They always figure out new ways to attack the grape vines…“Wine grape researchers at the leading institutions are saying, look, you're doing the exact same thing they did during the Irish potato famine, which was plant the same variety of potato all over Ireland, propagate it just from buds, from the shoots coming out of old potatoes. And then when a fungus hit it, it wipes out the whole population. So these are not just hypotheticals…“So I don't want to be unduly alarmist, because this could be 50 years down the road, it could be 100 years down the road.”Or it could be prevented. Because other grapes, which have not been popular for widescale winemaking have kept evolving. And some of these have natural disease resistance. Crossing these wine grape varieties with more popular ones could head off a pandemic before it happens. You can hear more of Kevin Begos's talk about wine on an upcoming episode of the longform Scientific American podcast Science Talk.—Steve Mirsky(The above text is a transcript of this podcast)

“The general public, if you look at the broad numbers, it's like 60 percent of vineyards around the world, in the New World, have been planted with just five or six varieties of grapes in the last 10 or 20 years. From the Australians to New Zealand to, of course, all of California.”Science journalist Kevin Begos, the author of the new book Tasting the Past: The Science of Flavor and the Search for the Origins of Wine. He spoke in June at Astor Wines and Spirits in Manhattan. At one point he talked about disease threats to wine grapes.“So the scientists are starting to get really concerned that this is setting up a perfect scenario for a grape pandemic. Which would seem a little far-fetched, except…we all know that grapes are being reproduced by cuttings, not by seed, to keep the flavor qualities. What that means is they haven't been evolving for hundreds or thousands of years. Pinot is 2,000 years old, which is kind of the general estimate.“Since we've been cloning it to keep the flavors for roughly 2,000 years, all the insects and pathogens and mildews that attack grape vines have been evolving that whole time. They always figure out new ways to attack the grape vines…“Wine grape researchers at the leading institutions are saying, look, you're doing the exact same thing they did during the Irish potato famine, which was plant the same variety of potato all over Ireland, propagate it just from buds, from the shoots coming out of old potatoes. And then when a fungus hit it, it wipes out the whole population. So these are not just hypotheticals…“So I don't want to be unduly alarmist, because this could be 50 years down the road, it could be 100 years down the road.”Or it could be prevented. Because other grapes, which have not been popular for widescale winemaking have kept evolving. And some of these have natural disease resistance. Crossing these wine grape varieties with more popular ones could head off a pandemic before it happens. You can hear more of Kevin Begos's talk about wine on an upcoming episode of the longform Scientific American podcast Science Talk.—Steve Mirsky(The above text is a transcript of this podcast)

Wine book author Kevin Begos explains that just a few varieties of wine grapes dominate the industry, which leaves them vulnerable to potentially catastrophic disease outbreaks.

Wine book author Kevin Begos explains that just a few varieties of wine grapes dominate the industry, which leaves them vulnerable to potentially catastrophic disease outbreaks.

John & Heidi share funny stories of people doing weird things... plus John chats with author Kevin Begos about his new book Tasting The Past Learn more about our radio program, podcast & blog at www.JohnAndHeidiShow.com

After a chance encounter with an obscure Middle Eastern red, journalist Kevin Begos embarks on a ten-year journey to seek the origins of wine. What he unearths is a whole world of forgotten grapes, each with distinctive tastes and aromas, as well as the archaeologists, geneticists, chemists—even a paleobotanist—who are deciphering wine down to molecules of flavor. The post The History and Science of Wine – Ep 40 with Kevin Begos appeared first on Read Learn Live Podcast.

Big Blend Radio World of Wine Show focusing on the history of wine, vegan wines, and wine temperature. Featured Guests: - Journalist Kevin Begos discusses his new book “Tasting the Past: The Science of Flavor & the Search for the Origins of Wine”. www.KevinBegos.com - Frances Gonzalez, founder of www.VeganWines.com talks about the world of vegan wines.- Sommelier Hilarie Larson, co-founder of Northwinds Wine Consulting shares her tips on Wine Temperatures. www.NorthwindsWineConsulting.com Featured Music includes: ‘Holy Water’ by Allison August “Summer Wine” by Shelley King, and “Wine Headed” by Johnny Mastro and Mama's Boys.Thank you to this episode’s sponsors: - International Food Wine and Travel Writers Association a global network of journalists who cover the hospitality and lifestyle fields, and the people who promote them. www.IFWTWA.org - Jeremy's on the Hill serving farm-to-table food and local beers and wines, up in San Diego, California’s mountain and back-country region. www.JeremysontheHill.com

Today on Arts & Seizures FIND OUT WHAT JESUS DRANK!!! No joke, science and wine guy Kevin Begos joins us to discuss his new book TASTING THE PAST.... Plus Zaremba cools it down with some good time blooz and Edison yuks it up. Oy. Arts & Seizures is powered by Simplecast.

Freelance science journalist Kevin Begos reports from the U.S. Power and Renewable Summit in Austin, Texas, on the use of blockchain technology to make more efficient energy markets and distribution. 

Freelance journalist Kevin Begos talks with archaeologist Aren Maeir, from Bar Ilan University in Israel, at his dig site in Gath, thought to be Goliath's hometown and a major city of the Philistine civilization.  

In this episode, University of California, Davis, professor Charles Bamforth talks about beer science. And journalist Kevin Begos discusses the centennial meeting of the American Association For Cancer Research. Plus we'll test your knowedge of some recent science in the news. Website mentioned on this episode include www.aacr.org.