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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 …
9 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 understan…
9 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 mad…
9 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. A…
9 months, 4 weeks 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 the…
10 months 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 pri…
10 months, 1 week 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…
10 months, 2 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 …
10 months, 3 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…
11 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! S…
11 months, 1 week ago