KCTS 9 Connects For May 15, 2009

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KCTS 9 Connects For May 15, 2009

It’s the newest trend in wine-making that combines science and agriculture with astrology, mysticism and spirituality. Biodynamic wine makers use almost pagan-like rituals to produce their wines, promising to infuse them with as much cosmic karma as grape juice.  Producer Jenny Cunningham shows us how biodynamic wine is made.  Does it really make a better wine, or is it just vintner voodoo? Can our oenophiles distinguish the biodynamic wine from the conventional vino? Producer Jenny Cunningham gathers a panel of wine-lovers for a taste test. Democratic strategist Cathy Allen, Republican strategist Randy Pepple, and Seattle Times columnist Joni Balter join Enrique Cerna for our weekly political roundtable. Will longtime Seattle City Council Member Jan Drago join the race for mayor?; new Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske’s war on the word “war”; and Sarah Palin’s million dollar book deal Con artists will do anyt
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It’s the newest trend in wine-making that combines science and agriculture with astrology, mysticism and spirituality. Biodynamic wine makers use almost pagan-like rituals to produce their wines, promising to infuse them with as much cosmic karma as grape juice. Producer Jenny Cunningham shows us how biodynamic wine is made. Does it really make a better wine, or is it just vintner voodoo?

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It’s the newest trend in wine-making that combines science and agriculture with astrology, mysticism and spirituality. Biodynamic wine makers use almost pagan-like rituals to produce their wines, promising to infuse them with as much cosmic karma as grape juice. Producer Jenny Cunningham shows us how biodynamic wine is made. Does it really make a better wine, or is it just vintner voodoo?
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Roundtable - Will Jan Drago join the race for mayor?
Can our oenophiles distinguish the biodynamic wine from the conventional vino? Producer Jenny Cunningham gathers a panel of wine-lovers for a taste test.
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Online Extra: Biodynamic wine taste test
Democratic strategist Cathy Allen, Republican strategist Randy Pepple, and Seattle Times columnist Joni Balter join Enrique Cerna for our weekly political roundtable. Will longtime Seattle City Council Member Jan Drago join the race for mayor?; new Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske’s war on the word “war”; and Sarah Palin’s million dollar book deal
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Biodynamic Wine
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