Oct 29, 2015
Ghosts and ghouls of alcohol’s checkered past pay us a visit. Black cats, green fairies, missing hands, corpse reviver, murder mysteries, and madness pack this episode full of creepy, seasonal fun. Steph takes one for the team with a pumpkin beverage, and Halloween takes a spirited turn toward the seas to conjure up...
Oct 22, 2015
Duckhorn’s Chief Marketing Officer Carol Reber and Western District Manager Jennifer Burke join us to talk about the October #MerlotMe month-long campaign. Shenanigans and partying with firefighters pair very well with Merlot, as we’ll see in this episode. We look closer at the “Sideways Effect” and uncover...
Oct 15, 2015
Master Sommelier Sally Mohr has the distinction of being the 2nd woman in North America to earn the MS title, and she joins the W25 crew this week! We chat everything from wine to sake, and Sally even offers sage advice on following your own wine path. We also talk about fake wine & what we learned may surprise you as...
Oct 8, 2015
We chat silly wine descriptions, introduce you to some unusual grapes, and offer a bite-sized factoid on wine colors. Also, Eric from Cooper’s Hawk Winery and Restaurants graciously sits down and shares some time, wine and insight with Steph, and even offers up his own experience with puzzling wine descriptions. Yes,...
Oct 1, 2015
Recorded on #InternationalPodcastDay and #WineWednesday this episode celebrates #fall. We’re chatting entertaining with richer foods, wines, cocktails, seasonal pairings, and a very cool factoid on eau de vie (water of life). Somehow, between Steph’s sips of cider and Val’s strange relationship with a rosemary...