Jan 12, 2024

Part 1 of this 2-part series will explore the Champagne region, history, the significance of the chalk, and some stories that bring us up to modern times. Part 2 will focus on production, grapes, and styles.

This is how we’re doing Dry January. 

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Books:

Champagne, Liem, P.,...

Jul 14, 2023

An exploration of bourbon’s origins, some crazy history bits, and the whiskey's standing as a uniquely American spirit.

This also is probably the most excited a podcast host has ever gotten about corn, so there’s that.

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Books:

Big Whiskey [Revised Edition], DeVito, C. (2021)

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Jun 9, 2023

Amador county’s history is rooted not only in gold mining but in zinfandel pioneers. This wine region is rich in American spirit, tenaciousness, and the mother lode of award-winning, quality wines.

 So here we are: talking about why j’adore (I love) Amador County and its wines, and why we wine lovers should pay...

Jan 27, 2023

This episode winds its way through Algerian’s long, controversial wine history to the present day efforts to revive it.

Only 100 years ago, Algeria overcame everything from jackals, fungus, phylloxera (complete with phylloxera deniers), colonial infighting, slander, war, and a plague of locusts to rank among the top...

Oct 28, 2022

While your host continues to heal from a recent illness, please enjoy this primer on why we see crosses from the Knights Templar and the Order of Malta on wine bottles to this day.

GIS will be back in November with a new episode in the "booze from islands" series on the wines of ... you guessed it ... Malta!

Thank you...