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What Rosé Actually Is... And What It Isn’t

Rosé is the most misunderstood wine style in the world. Most people either dismiss it as a sweet summertime afterthought or overcompensate by treating it as a guilty pleasure, and both reactions miss what great rosé actually is. Today’s episode sets the record straight: how rosé is really made (and the one method that doesn’t exist), why pink doesn’t mean sweet, the key vocabulary for the week, and why this category deserves to be taken seriously year-round.

100 Episodes. Here's What I've Learned.

Episode 100 of The Daily Decant. This one is a little different; instead of diving straight into a region or a grape, we're taking five minutes to reflect on what 100 episodes of wine education have actually meant, what the show has learned alongside its listeners, and where it's going next. Listener questions answered, the five most memorable wines from the first 100 episodes, and a genuine thank-you to everyone who has been showing up every week.

Week 14 Wrap-Up: Why Spain Deserves a Permanent Spot on Your Table

Six episodes, four regions, one country that has been punching above its weight in quality and below it in price for decades. Sunday's wrap-up brings Spain week together: the defining argument for why Spain belongs permanently in any serious wine lover's rotation, a personal top five bottles across all four regions, your three-sentence Spanish wine cheat sheet, and a preview of next week, Rosé Week, covering Provence, Tavel, and the best domestic examples.

How to Buy Spanish Wine Without Getting Lost

Spain has one of the most practical and consumer-friendly label systems of any wine country, once you understand it. Saturday's episode consolidates everything from the week into a practical buying guide: the aging classification system that appears across all Spanish appellations, the vintages worth seeking in each region right now, value picks at every price point from fifteen to one hundred-plus dollars, and the sommelier script that gets you exactly what you want from a Spanish wine list.

Albariño & the Wines of Galicia: Spain's Other Identity

Everything we've covered this week has been rich, structured, powerful red wine from Spain's hot interior. Friday is a total tonal shift, we're heading to the cool, rainy, Atlantic-influenced northwest, to Galicia, where Spain's most celebrated white grape thrives. Today's episode covers Albariño and the Rías Baixas appellation, why this wine pairs so perfectly with seafood, the other white grape worth knowing in Galicia (Godello), and a brief look at the region's underrated reds made from Mencía.