Wine Two Five Podcast

We’re winding down from wine camp and rewinding our wine-soaked memories to replay our favorites. Also on deck: silly alcohol cures from a sillier time; someone gets a little too excited about kale; we ate everything on the menu. Also, we chatter about our first ever W25 Happy Hour with our listener community at Vault Martini! This is an all-out shout-out-palooza!   Show notes at WineTwoFive.com   Wine Camp 2017 Recap

This episode is an audio review of New York Times Bestselling book, Cork Dork: A wine-fueled adventure among the obsessive sommeliers, big bottle hunters, and rogue scientists who taught me to live for taste, by Bianca Bosker. We also, ironically, open a couple of screw cap wines, drop a factoid, and serve up some shoutouts. (Previously recorded, as the ladies are attending the Society of Wine Educators Conference in Portland this week).   Show notes at WineTwoFive.com     Cork Dork Book Review, Bianca Bosker

We’re in the moment this week with Jordan Cowe, CWE. He teaches us about being wineful, updates us on Canadian wine, and extends an invitation for the 30-day winefulness challenge. Full disclosure, Val is double barrel “bourbonful” while Steph gets “ginful” up in the pod. The factoid strays into “who’s umami” and “oleogustus for the rest of us” territory. All of this happens before lunch, so raise your breakfast cocktails to a wineful, educational, and fun-filled show. Namaste and Cheers ~

An interview this week that is straight with no chaser. We’re talking with Jordan Winery’s Director of Marketing and Communications, Lisa Mattson. She is the creative genius behind the latest “Despacito Embotellado” video as well as many award-winning films and videos. Lisa talks to us about the impact of video storytelling in the wine world, her book, “The Exes in My Glass: How I Refined My Taste in Men and Alcohol,” and the grape-squeezing moment in Miami that turned her world around and steered her career toward the world of wine.   Show notes at WineTwoFive.com   Jordan Winery, Lisa Mattson, Wine Podcast, Wine Writing, Wine Media

This month’s Grape Gab is all about Albarossa. We were fortunate to have a conversation earlier this month with Andrea Costa from the Marenco family winery in Piemonte, Italy. He was one of the first handful of producers to experiment with it, and he generously shares some of his experiences with us. We also tried a traditional May Wine – in July, because that’s how we roll – and have shoutouts and announcements to wrap up this week’s fun.   Show notes at WineTwoFive.com       Albarossa, May Wine, W25 Happy Hour, Podcast Awards

When wine label monsters attack – or just stare back – do you still buy the wine? The ladies engage in a little wine label bottle babble this week, keeping it light while exploring the – um – darker or sillier side of wine labels. We also mange to jam in a factoid about a California appellation, launch our new book club, draw a Patreon winner, and announce our first ever W25 Happy Hour next month in Portland at   Vault Martini. Lots to cover, so pour a glass, click play, and join the fun! Cheers ~   Show notes at WineTwoFive.com       Wine Labels, Red Hills AVA, Dawn's Dream, Assobio, Patreon Perks, Book Club

Kala Maxym joins the W25 ladies for remarkable stories, laughs and insight into Five Senses Tastings. Five Senses tastings has emerged as a unique and extremely successful wine tasting concept that provides elevated, multi-sensory experiences that can change the way we see, taste – and experience – wine.   Show notes at WineTwoFive.com

This week we discuss limoncello: what it is, where it comes from, and how to make it. Also on deck are Podcast Awards, a new book from Exotic Wine Travel, #SparklingWineWeek, limoncello bottles you wouldn’t take home to mom, and a lot of fun. All of this happened with Steph stuffed in a closet while sipping a limoncello buffet from a step stool. Val's trying out a new mic and slurping a PLB (Pallini limoncello, lemon, & bitters) cocktail. We hope you have just as much fun listening as we did recording. Cheers ~

Steph has a crazy dream, Val plays the diva card, and then we have an enlightening chat about another side of the wine biz. While we all do what we do out of passion, we concede that many aspects are not as fabulous as some may infer from what they see in magazines or on social media. In this episode we talk everything from health to hangovers, cost to credentials, travel to time, and what’s normally missing from the discussion. Is it all worth it? We’d like to hear what you think! Wine, Wine Podcasts, Transylvania, Vail Symposium, Port   Show notes at WineTwoFive.com.

This week we’re all about the versatile Grenache grape and its various styles. Steph and Val get back to our podcasting roots, share lovely wines and a Mezcal factoid. You may hear some thunder in the background, but these gray days are the days made brighter by sharing wine with friends.    Show notes at WineTwoFive.com   Wine, Wine Grapes, Mezcal, Wine Education, Wine Entertainment, Wine Podcasts

Wine Show TV host and IWSC Wine Communicator of the Year, Joe Fattorini, absolutely charms the W25 ladies this week. A gifted storyteller, Joe fills us in on some of the striking stories behind Season Two of Wine Show TV, and shares the single most stupid thing you could do when running the Bordeaux Marathon. Speaking of marathons, this episode is worth the trip - we go long and laugh hard. Joe’s not only won the BBC’s Celebrity Mastermind, but also our most embarrassing wine story honour to date. Show notes at WineTwoFive.com   Joe Fattorini, Wine Education, Wine Show TV, Wine Stories, Podcasts, Wine Writing, Entertainment

Andrea Rogers has over a decade and a half in the wine industry and joins the ladies of W25 today. Not only is she the reason this podcast exists, but she’s guiding the tasting and discussion about a successful wine brand that taking the country by storm. We’re chatting over six glasses of wines and cocktails, so click “play” to hear what the buzz – and “frothy creamy head” is all about.     Show notes at WineTwoFive.com     New Age Wines, Andrea Rogers, Cocktails

Wine guru and certified sommelier, Andrew Villarreal ,is on hand for a Millennial Moment to give us some insight into the Millennial wine mind. We’re chatting over bourbon, beer, and some serious amber wine, while discovering how the wine market is evolving in response to a significant sector of the population and their purchasing preferences. Andrew gives us a peek at his ‘new’ Chicago. He also explains what a naked lady on a Cadillac and $10 have to do with any of this. Click play, pour a glass, and join our chatter.   Show notes at WineTwoFive.com   Wine, Millennials, Wine Education, Wine Podcast

Miles and Jack are at it again, and so are Steph and Val. This week we review Rex Pickett’s Vertical: Passion and pinot on the Oregon wine trail while cozying up to our glasses on a Tuesday morning. Alongside our little book babble about the Sideways sequel, we have some Wino Radar goodies, shoutouts and factoids. Did they say pinot in a can? Yes, yes they did. It’s a fun week in the world of wine, and we hope you enjoy this episode! Cheers ~   Show notes at WineTwoFive.com   Wine, Vertical: Passion & Pinot Book Review, Wine Education, IPNC, Oregon Wine, Barbera, Wine Podcasts

We’re spending some time in the wine glasses this week with some bubbly banter to find that Steph and Val share a similar South African sparkling wine story. Then it’s time lay down a double dose of grape gab about Alicante before bringing it home with more sparkly speak and a flirty, fun factoid about Trepat. The May Patreon winner is announced and there are shout outs galore!   Show notes at WineTwoFive.com     Grape Gab, Alicante, Trepat, Sparking Wine, Wine  

Cynthia is the Principal and Creative Director of Sterling Creativeworks, a strategy, branding and design agency. She joins us this week to talk to us about wine labels, and what goes on behind the scenes of wine brands. We learn about what must be on a wine label as well as what cannot – and this may surprise you. Pour a glass of your favorite beverage and join us for a fun interview and some wine bottle label stories with Cynthia, Steph and Val. Show notes at WineTwoFive.com     Cynthia Sterling, Sterling Creativeworks, Wine, Labels, Branding

Jacqueline Strum, Wine Enthusiast’s Director of New Business Development, gives us the 411 on the new Thirsty Nest Wine and Spirits Registry. We also learned a little about Glacier Wine, an upcoming book about wine from the French Alps, and other cool things on the wine horizon. Pour a fresh glass, click play, and thank you for joining us!     Show notes at WineTwoFive.com

Robin Salls, founder of Girls Gone Grape (GGG), joins us on World Malbec Day. We chat wine, women, adventures, haikus, cocktails, and more. We share the story of GGG, upcoming trips to Tuscany and beyond, as well as climate change and extinct grapes. Yes, it’s all here, including some epic #WineOops stories for you and an occasional haiku. Pour a glass and join this week’s pour of fun! Girls Gone Grape, Wine, Women, Wine Education, Wine Travel

One hundred and five straight weeks of drinking and getting behind a microphone require celebratory drinks and a custom cocktail. This week we also pay homage to one of our founding fathers who revered wine as much as we do. While offering up some interesting, historical tidbits about one of our country’s earliest wine experts, we discover what he drank, where he visited, and some great resources for history lovers and wine lovers. So raise ‘em up, listeners, to early American cork dorkery during the birth of our nation, the birth of a new cocktail, and W25’s wine-soaked future. Cheers and thank you for being part of the W25 fun! Thomas Jefferson, Wine, Cocktail, Wine Education, Podcast, 

Steph and Val are answering a Burning Wine Question this week, and also launching an information session about the commonly demonized sulfites. There are many reasons for different reactions to different wines, so we address biogenic amines or proteins, “wee beasties,” and other theories as to why wine can sometimes not love us as much as we love it.   Burning Wine Question, Sulfites, Wine Podcast, Gin, Nebbiolo