by whit on January 25, 2012
We’re not following the yellow brick road over here in Crush Land. It’s more like red stained concrete, if that makes any sense at all as I try desperately to pull a wine analogy out of my ass. But, we do have Mr. Oz with us in…Episode 26!
Mr. Oz being Oz Clarke, a veritable wine KING over in “Blighty”, as Christina says since she’s practically British by now. He’s in the hot seat for our Crush Quickfire and it’s not to be missed! We chat about an online random wine tasting note generator that will pleasantly waste 5 minutes of your day, decanters and aerators (and reveal what a Vinturi in action sounds like), complain about stupid stickers all over wine bottles and feature a region I’ve been to many times and where I took this photo of a 36 year old stunner.
Tune in! Tune out. Get some nebbiolo in your glass. My job here is done.
by whit on January 11, 2012
Here she is world! Episode 24!
Yes. Sexual Chocolate, which is the name of an actual wine from California. We discuss that and other cheeky wine names and how wine TOTALLY sells when its label even remotely refers to sex (Menage a Trois) or “bad” words (Bitch, Fat Bastard). We’re not judging. Except we’re totally judging. ALSO- find out stuff like what wine term is derived from fir trees in Germany and what our favorite brands of wine glasses are and what all those different shapes are about.
You know what else we’re dropping into our conversation? Nasal douches. And wine lady cleanses. Let us not forget Carmen Grape-iago! She’s traipsing around drinking with my cool as hell ancestors in our weekly make believe globetrotting adventure. Where could she be??
The Crush Quickfire this episode is with Doug Wregg of Les Caves de Pyrene. Here’s a pic of Doug with Christina and her husband at Terroirs when I was in London back in October. PS- He writes tasting notes like this (about a 1996 Cornas “Chaillot” from Thierry Allemand):
“Tasted like dry granite scrapings on day one. Day two, mirabile dictu, transmogrified into a sheer beauty, billowing bountifully from the glass, with floral-fruity aromas and lovely smoked blueberry fruit underpinned by crunchy acidity. A brilliant wine.”
Yeah…I feel stupid too.
by whit on December 27, 2011
Twenty-Two for Twenty Twelve. Episode 22 is here!
Christina and I talk about what we ate and drank with our fams on Christmas, how elevage is like raising children, the Dave Matthews Band wine Christina was given, bellinis and why I got turned away from Harry’s Bar in Venice, 2012 wine world predictions (and hopes) and our imaginary friend Carmen Grape-iago is boozing it up in our secret wine region, as always. Where is she this time? Hint- it rhymes with ham pain.
We also talked New Year’s Day…and hangovers. That’s what I dug into January 1, 2011. What are you guys going to drink for the big countdown on New Year’s Eve and the morning after?
by whit on December 21, 2011
It’s Holiday time ya’ll!! Snow and ice and everything nice.
Episode 21 is all things northerly and wintry. We’re talking eiswein, our family’s Holiday meal traditions (and drinking traditions or lack thereof), if wine from Michigan is any good, what we would serve Santa instead of milk and cookies and we shoot off our Crush Quickfire questions to this super good lookin’ dude.
Here’s a Christmas photo of me with my Nana and Daddad (yeah…) and my little cousin Justin, who now has two children and a beard. My brain still doesn’t know how to wrap itself around those facts.
Anyway- thought it would bring a little Holiday cheer. And I love them so much and can’t wait to see them in a few days!
