Wine Line - Wine Education and Tasting Podcast

This week on wineLine Radio, Robert’s “Timely Wine News” covers three topics: (1) A mistaken report about a notable French Chateau owner, calling him DEAD, is corrected. Martin Bouygues was briefly reported as dead last weekend by Agence France Presse (AFP),  but the news agency retracted its report and issued an apology after the Bouygues Group clarified that  the the billionaire co-owner of Chateau Montrose was still alive. (2) Germany will overtake Italy to become the world's third largest wine consuming nation within four years,  according to a report that also predicts the US will cement its position as the world’s largest wine market. (3) Some specifics about Villa Saint Simon in Blaye, Bordeaux. Here’s some answers to inquiries.   The “Wine of the Week” is Pickberry, Single Vineyard Merlot, Sonoma County 2013 produced for www.nakedwines.com by Jim Olsen and Tom Shula. The tasting will be cond