Boozy Biddies Talk Wine

One name kept on coming up in the cult wine episode, so the biddies decided to investigate! Robert Mondavi helped influence a lot of California’s influential winemakers, helped basically invent the wine style that is known as Fume Blanc and helped to both elevate Californian wine and make some super affordable wines for everyone. Tune in to learn more!

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The biddies chat with James Beard Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author, Natalie MacLean, about her most recent book Wine Witch On Fire. Tune in to this wide-ranging conversation about favorite wines, the writing process, navigating divorce, sexism in the wine and wine-writing industries, mental health struggles, navigating the fine line of indulging in delicious wine and overdrinking, a career-upending moment that Natalie faced and how she came back, and so much more. We had the most fun talking to this biddy and are so excited to share the interview with you!

Wine Witch on Fire has just been released in the US! Grab the book with some juicy bonuses from Natalie here:

www.WineWitchonFire.com

You can also get the free companion reader guide with tips on for book club discussion questions as well as organizing an informal wine tasting with friends here:

www.WineWitchonFire.com/Guide

Those who want to find out more about Natalie’s free online food and wine pairing class and Unreserved Wine Talk podcast are welcome to visit here atwww.nataliemaclean.com.

For the full show notes: boozybiddies.com/127

Having gotten into some of the California cult wines (unfortunately not literally), the biddies turn to some international cult-considered wines. Yes, we’ll talk about Domaine Romainee-Conti Grand Cru, which averages $25,378. But, we’ll also talk about some other options from Europe and elsewhere that you *might* actually be able to afford.

Full show notes: boozybiddies.com/126

The biddies explore the phenomenon of cult wine. While there are cult wines from around the world, the phenomenon is thought to have started with Californian wines, primarily California cabs. The biddies look at a few of these highly sought after wines, such as Screaming Eagle, Harlan Estate and Opus One.

Show notes: boozybiddies.com/125

Also entitled “How to Steal Fancy Wine from Restaurants and Warehouses”... the biddies detail some more ridiculous and incredible wine heists from recent years, including one from famous Californian restaurant French Laundry, and one in which the Royal Family’s own wine was stolen and the thieves toasted themselves on the spot. Tune in to learn more.

For the full show notes: boozybiddies.com/124

The biddies discuss what it takes to steal $5 Million worth of wine and lay out the details of some of history’s biggest wine heists. Tune in to hear all about the seedy underworld of forklift operators as well as the best (or worst) wine thief who literally replaced $370 wine bottles with Charles Shaws’ Two Buck Chuck.

For the full show notes: boozybiddies.com/123

The biddies discuss what it takes to steal $5 Million worth of wine and lay out the details of some of history’s biggest wine heists. Tune in to hear all about the seedy underworld of forklift operators as well as the best (or worst) wine thief who literally replaced $370 wine bottles with Charles Shaws’ Two Buck Chuck.

For the full show notes: boozybiddies.com/123

The biddies explore a classic cocktail and Kentucky Derby favorite: the mint julep. It turns out there’s a lot more to the history of mint juleps than meets the eye. Learn about the origin of the mint julep and how it became the cocktail it is today (and by the way, it wasn’t always made with bourbon). (This episode is a re-run of episode #87)

In the episode:

• mint julep's roots in the Arab world
• how it became a classic and popular cocktail in the 1800s
• the role of black bartenders in developing the recipe
• just how many mint juleps are served at the Kentucky Derby

Show notes are here: boozybiddies.com/122

The biddies turn to the liquor made from wine (some of the time): brandy. Tune in to learn about the difference between a cognac and an armagnac and some other liquors you may not have even known fall into the brandy category.

In this episode:

• Types of brandy

• History of brandy

• How brandy is made

• Cognac and Armagnac, the two big French brandy styles

• Calvados

• Grappa

• Pisco

For the full show notes: boozybiddies.com/121

The biddies take another stop on the passport tour to discuss more delicious red wine and possibly the first traditional method fermented sparkling wine. Together Languedoc and Roussillon produce one-third of all French wine. Tune in to hear about this not much talked about wine region.

For the full show notes: boozybiddies.com/120