First segment of this weeks VinVillageRadio Show: Banfi Vinters and Lambrusco Wines - Sharron McCarthy

Sharron McCarthy, Vice President of Wine Education, Banfi Vinters, shares her enthusiasm for, while teaching us about, the lightly frizzante wines of Emilia-Romagna we know as Lambrusco.... light, low in alcohol, perfect for hot weather entertaining and enjoyment. The best-selling Riunite Lambrusco enjoyed a recent package redesign which appears very upscale and chic. Riunite Lambrusco is available in a white, rose and traditional red. The dry Ottocentro Nero Lambrusco IGT from Albinea Canali is more limited in production and we can expect the introduction of Movendo Dry Lambrusco IGT and companion dry Riesling in the US January, 2009. The point of our chat is to motivate listeners to rethink Lambrusco wines if you have not tasted a Banfi import in recent years. With today's multi-ethnic cuisine, off-dry or dry, Lambrusco's refreshing fruitiness and uplifting acidity proves to be a perfect partner with salty, fatty or spicy foods.

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Second segment of this weeks Show: Certified Wine Education President - Sharron McCarthy

Sharron McCarthy, President, Society of Wine Educators, founded in 1974; A professional membership organization dedicated to advancing wine education through professional development and certification; the largest wine certification organization in the US.

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Third segment of this weeks Show: The Master of the BBQ Pit - Ed Mitchell

Ed Mitchell, the Pit Master, The Pit, Raleigh, North Carolina, recently featured as an expert on authentic barbecue in the June, 2008 issue of Bon Appetit Magazine. The Pit restaurant is unique among eastern North Carolina BbQ eateries, probably even among it's Southern US peers, for the fine dining complete experience showcasing good wine, wheat beers, and charred barrel aged Bourbons to sip with Mitchell's legendary approach to cooking whole hog, learned from his father and grandfather. Before opening The Pit, Ed toured the country teaching his traditional Carolina family barbecue method with the endorsement of Southern Foodways Alliance. That success spawned the soon-to-open Mitchell's BbQ Cooking School in Wilson, North Carolina with interns eagerly lined up to learn from The Master.

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Fourth segment of this weeks Show: More with the Master of the BBQ Pit - Ed Mitchell

Ed Mitchell, the Pit Master, The Pit, Raleigh, North Carolina, recently featured as an expert on authentic barbecue in the June, 2008 issue of Bon Appetit Magazine.

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lynn krielow chamberlain, independent wine journalist, hosts, Wine and Dine Radio, global internet radio broadcast on VinVillageRadio heard on wsRadio.