Mar 25, 2022
Vodka: What it is, where it's from, its role in the rise and fall of empires and … barbarians? Again?
This episode is especially relevant to current events, and hopes to elucidate otherwise confusing issues around boycotting Russian Vodka: it has history, scandal, and irresistible international intrigue, especially...
Mar 11, 2022
A quick trip around Swiss wine regions, grapes, and styles, ending with fascinating bits involving a world class counterfeiter, and … the Dalai Lama?
Resources from this episode:
Books:
The Oxford Companion to Wine [Kindle Edition], Robinson, J. & Harding J. (2015)
Wine Grapes: A Complete Guide to 1,368 Vine...