2024 was a great year for wine. Join the LiquidStoryTeller and our panel of past guest as we recount some of our favorite bottles from the 2024!

Malbec: this fantastic French grape hailing from Cahors, enjoyed a meteoric surge in popularity once the drinking public became familiar with the versions hailing from Argentina. In this episode the LiquidStoryteller (Nick Materese) and Rachel Lipman (Winemaker at Loew Vineyards) sit down to offer their takes on this versatile grape. We drink and discuss several different versions and offer our thoughts on them all as well as where we think the grape is headed.

Wines tasted:

Chevalier de Famaey Malbec Rose--FRANCE

Mil Historias Manchuela (Organic)--SPAIN

Château Les Ricaudelles Bordeaux, FRANCE

Bedell Cellars, Long Island, NY

Chateau Famaey Prestige Cahors, FRANCE

Agua de Piedra - Gran Seleccion - Malbec ARGENTINA

Loew Vineyards Malbec--MT AIRY, MARYLAND

Please reach out with any questions or comments and thanks for listening.

Any discussion about Austrian wines in the DC Metro area, must start with a shout out to the one and only Klaus Wittauer and KWSelections. As an Austrian native, he was one of the first to champion Austrian wine in the USA eventually leading him to start his own import company, which has become the gateway for many wine fans, retailers and restauranteurs to explore this area. The LiquidStoryteller (Nick Materese) is joined by George Photinakis of The Bottle Shop/Beers and Cheers Too and William Van Laaten of Lakewood Country Club/ Downtown Crown Wine & Beer for a quick introduction to Austria, some of its grapes and regions as well as why we are excited to drink all the wines coming from Europe's only nation with vineyards in its capital city!