Wine Two Five Podcast
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Wine Two Five Podcast
Entertainment, education & consumer empowerment; everyday drinking for everyday people. Wine with lunch? Yes please! Wine-Two-Five is an entertaining wine podcast series featuring wine educators who like to drink their homework & have fun teaching. Val and Steph believe in wine with lunch and no...
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204 episodes
Episode 201: The W25 Journey - What a Trip! (Finale)
This is the season/series finale of the Wine Two Five Podcast. In this episode we look back, laugh, and look ahead at what's next.
We are sincer...
Episode 200: Laura Catena - More than Malbec!
Dr. Laura Catena of Bodega Catena Zapata and the Catena Institute of Wine joins us for some in-depth conversation about Malbec's heritage, Argentine w...
Episode 199: Pinotage Grape Gab
Grape Gab about the Pinotage grape, drinking whisky and a whiskey cocktail, and swag.
Episode 198: Coffee Liqueurs
What are coffee liqueurs, how are they made, and what are you supposed to do with them? Beyond breakfast and dessert, a little side trip into the hist...
Episode 197: Breakfast Wines
Breakfast wines extend beyond the Mimosa. Breakfast is just food. Wine goes with food. Whether you're having wine for breakfast or breakfast for dinne...
Episode 196: Ousia's Kamal Kouiri on Greek Wine
Kamal Kouiri joins us from New York to discuss Greek wines, history, styles, spirits, travel, and a funny frose' wine story. He is the Director of Ope...
Episode 195: Bloopers, 2018, and Molasses in our Glasses
Our 4th annual cutting room floor fun and a look back on the podcasting year that was (and what wasn't in the show, for obvious reasons).
Also i...
Episode 194: High Tech Wine Education
A walking tour of MSU Denver's Hospitality Learning Center with a 4,000 bottle wine cellar, cooking demonstration theater, and sensory analysis lab wi...
Episode 193: Grape Gab - Cabernet Franc
Getting frank about cab franc, a grape gab, a pod quiz, and way too much fun!
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Episode 192: Pét-Nats With Michelle Miller of Reno's Esoteric Wine Bar
Michelle Miller of Reno's Esoteric Wine Bar joins us for some peppy pét-nat chitchat. Pét-nat is short for pétillant naturel, a type of sparkling win...
Episode 191: Grape Gab - Sauvignon Blanc
December's Grape Gab on the sassy Sauvignon Blanc, its color mutations, family members, and styles, history and other fun facts. Wild, and wily, perha...
Episode 190: Smokin' Hot Burning Wine Question Edition
This episode is all about answering questions you all have sent in about everything from how this podcast got started, finding (or starting) a tasting...
Episode 189: Thanksgiving, Sipping Jordan and Wino Radar
The Wine Two Five ladies are offering listeners a small token of of gratitude this week, as well as some Wino Radar edutainment finds. We also managed...
Episode 188: Behind the Bottles With WTSO's Justin Kite
This week we are chatting with Wines 'Til Sold Out (WTSO) Chief Operating Officer (COO) Justin Kite. Not only is WTSO a relationship-based retailer, t...
Episode 187: Regional Rap - Wines of Israel (featuring Golan Heights Winery)
The November Regional Rap features the wines of Golan Heights Winery by Victor Schoenfeld. These brands include Mount Herman, Gilgal, and Yarden. Many...
Episode 186: Jessie "JABS" Birschbach, Managing Editor, The Somm Journal
This week we are chatting with The Somm Journal's Managing Editor, Jessie Birschbach, known as JABS. She is also the Senior Wine Editor at both The Ta...
W25LoCo1 - Bonacquisti Winery, Denver
This is the 1st episode of the W25 LoCo (Local Colorado) Edition! We are chatting with Paul Bonacquisti of Bonacquisti Winery in Denver, and Cha Cha C...
Episode 185: Grape Gab - Teroldego
We are talking Teroldego in October's Grape Gab. You may know it's an Italian original, but where else is it doing well? The answer may surprise you....
Episode 184: Master the World With Master Sommelier Evan Goldstein
A W25 exclusive! Evan Goldstein, MS, chats with us about his hottest new venture, Master the World, subscription-based and curated blind tasting kits....
Episode 183: A Punch of Fall
This is our annual celebration of all that is fall! We talk flavors that find themselves into nearly all we eat and, yes, drink! Also, we toast #Merlo...
Episode 182: Wine & Health With Dr. Matilde Parente, MD, CSW
Dr. Matilde Parente joins us for a fun - but serious - discussion on wine and Health. From headaches and hangovers, science and sulfites, to biogenic...
Episode 181: Regional Rap - Let's go Loire!
This month's Regional Rap is a virtual Loire lap in under 30 minutes! From the Muscadet of Pays Nantais, through Vouvray all the way to Pouilly-Fumé ....
Episode 180: Grape Gab - Semillon in September
It's time for our monthly Grape Gab! We're sliding into September with Sémillon, its styles, and all those things that make it special. Is it an unsun...
Episode 179: I Know What You Drank Last Summer
From Porto to Spain to the French Alps, this week is all about the beverage (and food!) finds from Steph's recent travels in Europe. Menorca was the #...
Episode 178: Burning Wine Questions and Arizona Wine With Clay Janson
Clay is bringing the heat this week from Phoenix, AZ, as he flips the scripts and drops burning wine questions for Steph and Val to answer. A long-tim...
Episode 177: Wine Camp in New York
We're in a "wine camp state of mind," having just returned from our 5th Society of Wine Educators (SWE) conference in the Finger Lakes, NY. We affecti...
Episode 176: Back to (Wine) School With Cru Artisan College
This episode is about the Cru Artisan College experience! Full of factoids, embarrassing stories and so much more, this edition contains four incredib...
Episode 175: Wine Tasting Potpourri Podcast Party
We Like Drinking Podcast host Jeff E. & die-hard supporter Diane H. enthusiastically join us to taste some unusual wines & spirits. For this episode,...
Episode 174: Tasting the Past With Author Kevin Begos
Kevin Begos, author of the new book Tasting the Past: The Science of Flavor & the Search for the Origins of Wine, chats with the W25 ladies. Fresh off...
Episode 173: The Great August Albariño Grape Gab
Roll out those crazy Albariño days of Summer! In this episode we are Grape Gabbing about Albariño. Also we announce our July Patron drawing at the end...
Episode 172: Tangled Vines - Smokin' Summer Book Club With Meg Hansen, CSW, CSS
Smokin' hot summer edition of the #W25BookClub. This week, die-hard listener, Meg Hansen, CSW, CSS, joins us to discuss "Tangled Vines: Greed, Murder,...
Episode 171: Wines of Mexico With Sommelier Sandra Fernandez Gaytan
Joining us from Mexico City is superstar sommelier & owner of SFG Public Relations for Premium Wine & Spirits, Sandra Fernández Gaytán. Not only did s...
Episode 170: Barbera Banter - A Midsummer Grape Gab
We love Barbera. It responds well to different wine making processes to result in a great variety of styles. We hate to put it in a style box, but we...
Episode 169: Anise Spirits and a Nice (Wine!) Surprise
This spirited discussion focuses on the flavoring, characteristics, and botanical foundations of anise or licorice-based spirits. What's fascinating i...
Episode 168: Tour de Provence
Provence. Bucolic images of lavender fields, stone farmhouses, Pastis, bowls of mussels … or Russell Crowe slowly unrotting his soul in uncle's vineya...
Episode 167: My Wine Society
Just when you think the online wine community couldn't get any cooler, the ultimate online wine community comes along - and it's pretty darned cool. W...
Episode 166: Grape Gab - Getting to Know Nebbiolo
We are getting to know Nebbiolo in June's Grape Gab. Also, we deliberate a Burning Wine Question on knowing when to open your bottles versus saving th...
Episode 165: Rhone Wine & Art - A Feast for the Senses
Côtes du Rhône wines were recently paired with London artist Joe Cruz's art for a creative tasting. Sommelier, wine writer, educator & prophet, Jonath...
Episode 164: Pearls of Wine Wisdom With Jameson Fink
Jameson Fink, creator of Wine Without Worry, joins the Wine Two Five ladies for some conversation about Chablis, oysters, and learning about wine when...
Episode 163 : Grape Gab - Getting Geekio With Verdicchio
We are geeking out on the Verdicchio grape in May's Grape Gab. Verdicchio is important to Italy's Le Marche, and makes diverse, interesting styles of...