Dec 19, 2020
This week! Philip marvels at the history of Vitis Vinifera, and it's long history with humanity. Yes, it makes wine, but there's more there than even we were expecting.
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Comrade! The time for revolution is upon us! Throw off the shackles of the oppressor and drink champagne!
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Dec 4, 2020
This week!
Philip talks about Underberg, and the whole category of herbal digestifs --do they work? How? What's with that Underberg jingle?
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Liam walks us through wine's criminal underbelly, and the daring Christmas thefts that rocked the California fine wine scene. Ho Ho Ho, mushroom farmer.
Nov 20, 2020
So. It has come to this. I really think this combination of wine maker blasphemy and absurd internet garbage is a fitting blend for episode 20 of this podcast.
This week: Philip profanes the word terroir and Liam flushes us down the tumblr hole.
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Nov 6, 2020
This week! Has been a week. What a week, in fact. Thankfully we recorded this before the election, because who knows what would have happened otherwise.
This week! Philip talks about tannins in wine, what they do, and how they help wine age. Probably. Maybe.
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Liam gives an oral history of New Albion brewing, and it's...
Oct 23, 2020
This week, Philip makes the bold claim that no one, including him, really knows what a Sommelier is, and then attempts to back up that claim with history and a tour of the Somm schools of the world.
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Liam takes us into the sordid history of McSorley's, the NYC institution and strongest contender for the oldest bar in...