Podcast Episodes

Special Episode! Meet the (Wine) Makers #16: Kurtis Ogasawara, Director of Winemaking at Robert Mondavi Winery

Season 1 Episode 174

How did a kid with no background in winemaking, a D1 scholarship to wrestle in college, and an interest in Mechanical Engineering end up making wine at one of the most famous wineries in Napa? You co…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Minisode #18: How Alcohol Content Impacts Wine

Understanding a wine’s alcohol content doesn’t just mean you can figure out how fast it will get you a buzz - it actually can be central to understanding what style of wine you will be drinking AND w…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Italian Wine Adventure #17: Ribolla Gialla!

Season 1 Episode 173

A favorite wine of sommeliers, Ribolla Gialla is just different. Hailing from the beautiful Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy, this wine even made it into the seminal and historically significant…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

WTF is Assyrtiko?

Season 1 Episode 172

This is a “wow your friends” wine if there ever was one! Serve this wine, have them guess what it is, and then amaze them with your wine knowledge. Assyrtiko is sometimes called THE Greek wine - the …

Published on 3 months ago

Minisode #17: Why Are Wines Sometimes Named After a Place Rather than the Grape?

Many people find it confusing that wines from places like France, Italy, and Spain are often named for where they are from rather than the grapes they are made from. For example, did you know that wh…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Boxed Wine Unboxed: Bota Box and La Vieille Ferme!

Season 1 Episode 171

Boxed wine sucks - or does it?!? When a listener suggested we do an episode on boxed wine given all of the nuttiness with tariffs and rising wine prices, we said “Why the eff not?!?” Look, we may be …

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Portuguese Wine Primer #3: Douro Tinto!

Season 1 Episode 170

Douro Tinto is often called a “Steakhouse Wine” but that really doesn’t do it justice. This fabulous wine from the Douro region of Portugal - an area most famous for the fortified wine Port - is a ri…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Costco Kirkland Signature 2022 Willamette Valley Pinot Noir Challenge!

Season 1 Episode 169

It ain’t easy to find an Oregon Pinot Noir under $25, but in this episode, we taste and review 3 Willamette Valley Pinot Noirs to see if any of them are worth seeking out, and in particular, if the 2…

Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago

WTF is Châteauneuf-du-Pape? (A wine with a direct line to the Pope)

Season 1 Episode 168

As the Cardinals head into Conclave to elect the new Pope, we head into our studio (ok, it's our basement, but whatever) to dig into a big, bold, red wine that links directly to the Papacy when it wa…

Published on 4 months ago

Getting Serious About Rosé #3: Tavel! (The Pope’s wine, The 4th wine)

Season 1 Episode 167

Visually stunning, Tavel is not your typical rosé, and may be the rosé wine that makes your snobby “I don’t drink rosé” friends change their minds! Sometimes called the 4th wine, and sometimes called…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago