Albariño is perfect for seafood:
Mark riffs on the ultimate “sea-foodie wine,” Albariño from Spain.
Featured wine:
Martin Codax Albarino 2008
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Albarino – Drink Bravely with Mark Oldman – Episode 3
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Rueda – Drink Bravely with Mark Oldman – Episode 2
Mark describes how Rueda weaned his friend Alison off of an addiction to “boring old Pinot Grigio.”
Featured wine: Shaya Rueda 2008 (Spain)
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Essential Wine: Rosé – Drink Bravely with Mark Oldman – Episode 1
Mark reveals why rosé is an essential wine despite some still viewing it as the vinous equivalent of Rush Limbaugh’s ties or Donald Trump’s hairline.
Featured wines:
Robert Oatley Rose of Sangiovese 2009 (Australia)
Domaines Ott Chateau de Selle Rosé 2009 (France)
For more, check out MarkOldman.com
“No Bossy Galoopies”: 11 Oft-Mispronounced Sonoma Wine Names – Drink Bravely with Mark Oldman
“No Bossy Galoopies”: 11 Oft-Mispronounced Sonoma Wine Names
Mark Oldman visits the acclaimed Williams Selyem winery to set the record straight on eleven tongue-twisting names of Sonoma’s Russian River Valley.
Media snippets:
-Flight Attendant, Anger Management (movie)
-Robin Thicke (ft. Pharrell Williams), “Blurred Lines”
-Snopp Dogg (ft. Pharrell Williams), “Beautiful”
-Jinxy the Cat, Meet the Parents (movie)
-Mick Jagger, “She’s the Boss”
Guest cameraman: William Eggleston III.
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A Google Glass View of 140 Wine Lovers
At his “Hunt for the Next Malbec” event at last week’s Austin Food & Wine Festival, Mark Oldman leads the enthusiastic audience of wine lovers in an energizing chant. See it through Google Glass in this video. Over 140 Served!
Here were Mark’s picks for the next wine category that will or should break out like Malbec has:
- Grenache:
Austin Hope Grenache 2011 - Carmenere:
Santa Ema Carmenere 2012 - Primitivo:
Tormaresca Primitivo Salento Torcicoda 2011 - Nero d’Avola from Italy:
Planeta Sicilia La Segreta Red 2012 - Monastrell from Spain
- Castano Monastrell 2012
- Red from Walla Walla Washington:
Leonetti Merlot Walla Walla 2011
