Wine Education: We Blind Taste Spätlese Riesling
Send us Fan Mail We build a fast, practical way to remember German Riesling by region, then test it with a blind Spätlese flight that forces us to use Mel's... interesting study technique. Along the w...
5 Aug 47min
Wine News: National Vintage Report 2026, European Heatwaves & Shifting Consumer Behaviours, Look at Gen Z Go
Send us Fan Mail The Australian vintage just shrank, but the story is not as simple as “less wine equals higher prices”. We unpack Wine Australia’s national vintage report, why production is down acro...
29 Juli 30min
Wine News Goes Rogue: A Heated Debate About Whether Winemakers Matter To Brands Anymore
Send us Fan Mail A winemaker gets cut, a flagship winery gets prepped for sale, and suddenly we are not talking about tasting notes anymore. We dig into the Oakridge bombshell: David Bicknell, the win...
22 Juli 30min
Gamay Gets Technical: Unleash The Geek!
Send us Fan Mail Get your clipboard, lab coat and pen at the ready as Meg and Mel NERD OUT on this episode about Gamay. We go deep on Gamay and Beaujolais, from Nouveau history to why carbonic macera...
16 Juli 39min
The $25 Australian Shiraz That Beat The World
Send us Fan Mail A $25 McLaren Vale Shiraz wins Best Shiraz in the world, so we put Beresford to the test with side-by-side pours and zero patience for hype. We chase what makes the wines feel so seam...
8 Juli 32min
Wine news: who won the world wine awards, disease resistant vines, mental health in wine, bulk wines update, and is there a silver lining in all this?
Send us Fan Mail We stack up the week’s wine news with a mix of hard numbers and genuine bright spots, from rock-bottom bulk prices to a more diverse global awards landscape. We also get real about me...
2 Juli 35min
Does Price Matter? The Ultimate Langhe Nebbiolo Blind Taste Test
Send us Fan Mail We test a bold theory about Langhe Nebbiolo by blind tasting four bottles across wildly different price points. The surprise isn’t just which wine wins, but how often this Piedmont re...
24 Juni 26min
Pinot Gris v Pinot Grigio: The Blind Taste Test
Send us Fan Mail We taste Pinot Gris versus Pinot Grigio blind and find the difference is real when we focus on structure instead of label hype. We also share the tricks we use to call style, origin a...
17 Juni 41min
