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| Episode 315: Burgundy / the End: As Good as it Gets ft. Ryan Looper | 15 Dec 2025 | 01:36:59 | |
Our baffled king composes one last hallelujah. ////WINE//// Chanterêves, Chorey-Lès-Beaune,'Champs Longs' 2020// Simon Bize & Fils, Savigny-les-Beaune, 'Aux Grands Liards,' 2019// Dominique Lafon, Beaune 1er Cru, 'Vignes Franches,' 2017//// | |||
| Episode 314: Burgundy / The End: Piss on the Bug ft. Amanda Smeltz | 19 Nov 2025 | 01:21:42 | |
The return of the urinal cake thing. Thank you Amanda. ////LIST//// Domaine Rougeot, Bourgogne Blanc,'Les Grands Gouttes,' 2022// Domaine Renaud Boyer, Saint Romain, 2023// Yann Durieux, 'Les Ponts,' 2021//// | |||
| Episode 305: The Wines of California ft. Elaine Chukan Brown and Christie Frank | 27 May 2025 | 01:12:40 | |
We're back. The boys welcome the truly incandescent Elaine Chukan Brown to discuss their incredible The Wines of California. Please stop what you're doing and read it. It is, full stop, absolutely required reading if you would like to ever think about wine again. Buy it. Christie came too, just in case we got weird or awkward. (We didn't but we love seeing Christie). After this episode Kevin and I discussed the next season, and lets just say, get ready to be really embarrassed you ever listened to this podcast. | |||
| Episode 225: Real Pain for my Cham Friends, Part Two: Joseph and the Technicolor Côte des Blancs (ft. Brittany Myrick) | 12 Dec 2022 | 01:19:10 | |
Local troublemaker Brittany Myrick comes to cause trouble and drink cote des blancs wine. This episode starts with a swear I'm sorry. Follow Brittany to get the inside scoop on Nightmoves and also to see what's next for our charming and cool friend. | |||
| Episode 224: Real Pain for my Cham Friends, Part One: Tony Montaigne (ft. Alexis Percival) | 05 Dec 2022 | 01:17:06 | |
Alexis Percival of Ruffian and kindred and Steak Frites came to discuss Montaigne De Reims, reverse sexism in wine, the reactions to Duck’s work, and the names of Oliver’s friends. Go and eat and drink anywhere she has ever been. Thank you all so much for letting us have this much fun. ////LIST//// | |||
| Episode 223: Bordeaux in the USA, Part Four: A Great Evil Walks Here (ft. Erica Catubig) | 14 Nov 2022 | 01:01:14 | |
Bordeaux's coolest champion, Erica Catubig, stepped into the octagon to eat french fries and discuss michel rolland... and we ran out of fries. Go visit her at Le Gratin, which might actually be the most fun we've had at a restaurant this year. Don't tell anyone. This is it, really, the moment of when we finally get to the evil heart of Bordeaux. Thank you so much, Patreons (Patreon.com/disgorgeous) for letting us have this much fun. We love you all. | |||
| Episode 222: Bordeaux in the USA, Part Three: Pauly Shore's Bio-Deaux (ft. Eric Moorer) | 07 Nov 2022 | 01:24:54 | |
Eric Moorer joins the boys to discuss Halloween, Kevin‘s bizarre double life, bees and ghost stuff. This of course, is a Bordeaux episode. You know, I’ve written these for years and no one has ever said anything are you reading? Let me know ok? I love you. Go visit Eric at Domestique wines in DC. | |||
| Episode 221: Bordeaux in the USA, Part Two: BDX VDF WTF BBQ 420 (ft. Miguel de Leon) | 31 Oct 2022 | 01:09:32 | |
James Beard award winning sommelier sextrodinaire Miguel De Leon came by the studio with his dog, Carrots, to discuss wines from Bordeaux that are not, as it were, of Bordeaux. Two dogs is a very interesting new stress factor for podcasting and I'm sure it's been utilized by all the greats. Luckily, Miguel is a serious professional and this episode really cooks! Please! Shop Miguel's collection at Drink Proxies for all your non alcoholic needs. They are delicious and Miguel made them for you and they won't make you say stupid shit. ////LIST//// | |||
| Episode 220: Bordeaux in the USA, Part One: South by Sud-Ouest (ft. Michael Cruse of Cruse Wine Co.) | 24 Oct 2022 | 01:23:56 | |
Noted bubble hunk Michael Cruse was kind enough to get totally deranged with us one fine afternoon and discuss wines of the French Southwest. This is the introduction to our Bordeaux season and it feels like sinking into a warm bath and I'm so excited. If you want to drink along, the whole list is on patreon, please don't tell the wine berserkers its basically all right bank stuff whoops. Please buy Michael's wine constantly and without heed. They are truly something wonderful and we're lucky for them. ////LIST//// Domaine du Pech, Buzet, 'Jarnicoton,' 2018// Domaine des Costes, Pecharmant, 'Cuvee Tradition,' 2018// Elian da Ros, Cotes du Marmandais, 'Chante Coucou,' 2018//// | |||
| Episode 219: Mr. Bojo Risin' (ft. Amanda Smeltz and Aaron Ayscough) | 17 Oct 2022 | 01:32:58 | |
Duck welcomes esteemed sommelier Amanda Smeltz and pioneering natural wine journalist Aaron Ayscough for a scintillating conversation obout the Beaujolais. Amanda and Aaron are basically the most interesting voices in natural wine right now, so it’s crazy we’re not charging you to listen to this. Please buy The World of Natural Wine at your local bookstore and subscribe to Aaron’s Substack (https://substack.com/profile/15653834-aaron-ayscough). Kalche, Apple Piquette, “Lenticularis,” NV// Bernard Vallette, Beaujolais, ‘Quatre Saisons,’ 2021// Selene, Beaujolais, ‘Cuvee de Printemps,’ 2021// Frederick Aublanc, Brouilly, ‘Les Hauts de Huire,’ 2020// Christian Ducroux, ‘Expectatia,’ 2020//// | |||
| Episode 218: Chile: Valleys of the Pod, Part Six: Aconcagua Teen Hunger Force (ft. Rafa Garcia Febles) | 10 Oct 2022 | 01:09:25 | |
Rafa Garcia Febles, aka Mr. Two Damn Cute and Anti-imperialist came on to get nasty and weird and discuss the Northernmost Valleys of Chile, but basically to discuss what, exactly, the remnants of Fascism do to a country. This, I'd say, is canonically one of our "Angry" episodes, so sorry in advance. There's something we're really struggling with here, but also, more importantly, flashes of really beautiful wine and (don't laugh at me for saying this) a little bit of a better world too. | |||
| Episode 217: Chile: Valleys of the Pod, Part Five: I Po, You Po, We All Po for Maipo (ft. Keara Driscoll) | 03 Oct 2022 | 01:08:19 | |
Hi, John is in France probably making women do his laundry, so it's Kevin here to explain the episode. Maipo is where Chile starts to get... complicated? Keara is the funniest there is, and if I remember right, we both roast the hell out of John for most of this Episode and he gets really upset. Oh, also, we try to drink an expensive bigger Chilean wine and, spoiler alert, it's not that fun. But Keara shows us that she has a bright future as a master blender. Vina Casalibre, cab Franc del Otro Planeta | |||
| Episode 216: Chile: Valleys of the Pod, Part Four: Rapel the Shell with Shoes On | 26 Sep 2022 | 01:07:19 | |
It's a Kev /John silly episode, but instead of silly it's pondering. Damn, I think we solved the New World on this one. Uh, no big plugs, but check out Carignan. That shit rules. ////LIST//// | |||
| Episode 304:Last Pfalz mit Mary Jane ft Rafa and James | 11 Mar 2025 | 01:16:18 | |
Four guys, 8 corrective lenses, one haunting meditation on mortality while drinking wine with the blokes. Check in on your mates folks. We love you. We should stop recording episodes during John's birthday month. ////LIST//// Brand Bros, Pfalzer Landwien, 'Holy Chapel,' 2018 // Piri Naturel, Nahegauer Landwein, ' Weisburgunder,' 2021// Durst, Pfalzer Landwien, 'Portugeiser,' 2017//// | |||
| Episode 215: Chile: Valleys of the Pod, Part Three: Darth Maule (ft. Zach Mimms) | 19 Sep 2022 | 01:08:26 | |
Friend of the Pod and new Popina superstar Zach Mimms comes on to talk about his love for Chilean wine, the Maule valley and of course, famous French winemakers in Chile. We're starting to enter the "evil part" of our season, which means its just a little less exuberantly joyful and more like, "damn," but strangely enough, the wines whip almost as hard. Go visit Zach. ////LIST//// | |||
| Episode 214: Chile: Valleys of the Pod, Part Two: In Itata, Da Vino (ft. James Sligh) | 12 Sep 2022 | 01:27:58 | |
SING THE TITLE OUT LOUD TO UNDERSTAND THE JOKE ITS V SMART. James Sligh aka Meatball came on to talk about Itata, the post colony, fascism, the pigeons that have watched every episode of Disgorgeous since April, and puerh tea, which is the dumb thing John won't shut up about currently . According to James "this was a good number of wines to choose for this. I'm going to black out." According to me, the guy who writes these, this was a fun time. Support Jame's work at Childrensatlasofwine.com ////LIST//// | |||
| Episode 213: Chile: Valleys of the Pod, Part One: Bío Bío-logical (ft. Daryl Nuhn) | 05 Sep 2022 | 01:12:00 | |
Local business impresario Daryl Nuhn came to party and talk Bio Bio and to kick off our Chile season and newsflash, this is gonna be a banging season. We're starting in the South and going North, which i'm told is "down" in the Southern Hemisphere, so like, get ready to have your perspective shifted. Please visit People's wine and Prima to get your Daryl fix. ////LIST///
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| Episode 212: OOPS! All Blinds Summer Spectacular | 29 Aug 2022 | 01:00:53 | |
Listen. In a way... We both got the blinds right. Take care of your kidneys, folks. ////LIST//// | |||
| UNLOCKED: Episode 50 of the Crush Pad "The good kind of garagiste-a" ft Deidre Heekin | 08 Aug 2022 | 00:38:59 | |
Folks, this is a real treat for you all. We're unlocking Duck's interview with Deidre Heekin, aka La Garagista. Normally this content is only available on Patreon.com/disgorgeous, but what can we say... 50 is an important number. Please continue to drink Deidre's wines, and support Vermont agriculture. If you'd like to hear more stuff like this, please go to patreon.com/disgorgeous and check out the rest of the Crush Pad. | |||
| Episode 211: Hybrid Theory, Round Seven: Euro League (ft Miguel De Leon) | 01 Aug 2022 | 01:13:48 | |
James Beard award winning friend Miguel de Leon came on to finally end hybrid season. Listen you know it’s john who writes these right? I actually know the difference between the Netherlands and Belgium don’t fucking @ me. | |||
| Episode 210: Hybrid Theory, Round Six: Pacific Rim Division (ft Jahdé Marley) | 18 Jul 2022 | 01:16:58 | |
The boys are joined by Jahdé Marley of By The Hand / ZRS to talk about hybrid grapes in Japan and California. To be honest, most of this season wouldn't have existed without Jahdé. She's be absolutely critical to the recent turn towards hybrids and alternative ferments in NYC and beyond, so like, uh, buckle up for some knowledge. This is the last domestic episode of the season, and I have to be honest, nothing has made us love US wine as much as the last 2 months have, so really, seek these wines out ok dorks? //// LIST//// | |||
| Episode 209: Hybrid Theory, Round Five: Central Division | 11 Jul 2022 | 01:11:00 | |
It’s a sad one as the boys go solo and try to do a wine podcast while America Burns. Fuck all this shit please continue to donate to abortion funds. In other news, there is a ton of incredible wine in the middle of the country. This is why we did the season, but holy shit is it hard to think about wine. ////LIST//// | |||
| Episode 208: Hybrid Theory, Round Four: New York State Division (ft Christy Frank) | 27 Jun 2022 | 01:25:10 | |
The boys are joined by their wine idol, Christie Frank to discuss NYS hybrid wines. It's a bop, even though John made it kind of weird. Honestly, it's fun to taste some experiments from NYS -- it's now canonical that NYS everything else beats NYS riesling, so write that down. Please visit Copake Wines in Copake to tell Christie which one of the Disgorgeous crew is your favorite, and DM all the winemakers to buy so much wine their heads spin. ////LIST//// | |||
| Episode 207: Hybrid Theory, Round Three: Canadian Division (ft Adrienne Friesen) | 20 Jun 2022 | 01:19:01 | |
Our mole in Canada, Adrienne Friesen joins the dumb boys to slander the commonwealth and drink incredibly good hybrid wines. Like jesus christ guys, did you know they had these there? Call us Vidal Sassoon, because these wines make us swoon. Please drink a Canadian wine and don't be mad at us for not knowing how many meters is in a parliament or whatever. ////LIST//// | |||
| UNLOCKED BONUS: Wine and Everything - a Manifesto from Disgorgeous | 03 Mar 2025 | 00:22:30 | |
Hey guys, Kevin has his anniversary and I have my birthday today, so I'm uploading a talk I gave about a year ago that is the closest thing to a Disgorgeous Manifesto you'll get. Thanks to the New School's critical drinking squad for making me get this on paper, sorry I sound so nervous. I was a child last year!!!!!!!! If you want more stuff that is accidentally serious, please consider subscribing to the Disgorgeous patreon and listening to our "Crush Pad" series of interviews.
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| Episode 206: Hybrid Theory, Round Two: Southern Division (ft Lee Campbell) | 13 Jun 2022 | 01:10:51 | |
Hybrid theory continues with a deep dive into "the South" featuring the incomparable Lee Campbell, currently an ambassador for the Virginia wine industry / wine culture emeritus for ever. Crabsolute joy of an episode -- get ready to hear all of our brains melt at the muscadine. It's truly impressive to see all these wine hubs popping up and transforming the landscape of wine. I hate how optimistic this all makes me feel <3. No one asked me to say this, but maybe the new motto of Virginia should be "Virginia is for wine Lovers." Do you think we could get it trending???????? ////LIST//// Botanist and Barrel x DeFi, Traminette Pet-Nat, 2020 // Midland x Domestique, ‘Loss for words,’ 2021 // Early Mountain, ‘Young Wine,’ 2020 // Pleb Urban Winery, ‘Noble Carlos,' 2021 // Pleb Urban Winery, ‘True Player Red Blend,’ 2020 //// | |||
| Episode 205: Hybrid Theory, Round One: New England Division (ft. Ryan Williams) | 06 Jun 2022 | 01:41:46 | |
New England farmer and winemaker Ryan Williams joins the boys on this, the first day of Hybrid Theory to discuss parts of New England, genetics, and what to drink when it's too hot. This is certain to be Kevin's parents' favorite episode, and honestly if its not yours you need to do some soul searching. Please drink some fucking New England wines and rejoice in the sheer unknown pleasures. ////LIST//// | |||
| Episode 204: Der WeinKringuses ft Amanda Smetz | 23 May 2022 | 01:10:41 | |
***** THIS IS A RECORDING DONE ON TWO LAPTOPS IN AUSTRIA PLEASE FORGIVE SOUND QUALITY****** | |||
| Episode 203: Language of Wine Fun Zone from Jahde Marley and James Sligh | 18 May 2022 | 02:08:50 | |
I told James he could do whatever he wanted this week. I haven't listened yet, but he and Jahde are way smarter than us, so, fuck, looks like it's probably better than normal. Please buy wine from Jahde's killer portfolio, By The Hand, and DM James all your weirdest questions and buy his maps. A Los Viñateros Bravos, Pais Volcánico, Itata 2021 Pellé, Sancerre Blanc 2020 Vina Maita, carignan/pais, "Aupa Pipeño", Maule 202? (can) | |||
| Episode 202: Piedmont Hyper-decanted, Part Five: "I am the eldest son" (Connor Roy) (ft. Ryan Looper) | 02 May 2022 | 01:19:10 | |
I wish Ryan Looper was my real dad, but he's not but sometimes he comes on the podcast. He came on to talk about Piedmont via the lens of Connor Roy. Please subscribe to Looper Tuesday on instagram and buy many wines from De Maison East. ////LIST/// | |||
| Episode 201: Piedmont Hyper-decanted, Part Four: "I’m dumb, but I’m smart." (Roman Roy) (ft. Justine Belle) | 25 Apr 2022 | 01:38:34 | |
The boys are joined by Justine from Kalche wines to discuss feet stuff, types of kisses and of course Piedmont wine via the lens of Roman Roy. This is officially a silly episode, but holy shit do the wines rule. Bizarre alt Piedmont shit is, unsurprisingly, our jam. Another thing that is our jam, of course, is Kalche wine, a totally rad wine cooperative in Vermont. You should probably get a bunch of their wine. ////LIST//// Andrea Scovero, Vino Bianco Sauvignon, ‘il Campesino,’’ NV// La Vecchia Posta, Poggio dello Scagno, ‘Derthona,’ 2016 // Jean-yves Peron, Grignolino, ‘I Vicini,’ 2018 // Cascina val Liberata, Slarina, ‘Ceneria,’ 2019// Kalche wine cooperative, ‘Tucker cider,’ 2021//// | |||
| Episode 200: Piedmont Hyper-decanted, Part Three: "I'm Not Declining, I'm Just Not 'Clining'" (Shiv Roy) (ft. Kilolo Strobert) | 18 Apr 2022 | 01:28:40 | |
The boys are joined by Kilolo Strobert, the owner of Fermented Grapes in Brooklyn New York, to discuss how Piedmont can be seen through the lens of Shiv Roy. It’s 3 episodes in and I gotta be honest this concept is really working for me, I think Kevin is a genius. We got great new mics too, so uh, thanks Patreons sorry we still have terrible voices. Go visit Kilolo and buy something fun, we’re so excited for her. ////LIST//// | |||
| Episode 199: Piedmont Hyper-decanted, Part Two: "Nothing But Bangers" (Kendall Roy) (ft. Patrick Kattner and Keara Driscoll) | 10 Apr 2022 | 01:22:44 | |
Keara Driscoll returns with dreamy newcomer Patrick Kattner to wreak havock in Duck's v cute home. I think we talked about Kendall Roy and the concept of 'new piedmont,' but we drank like 4 bottles of 15% alcohol wine so basically derangement happened. I am not apologizing we did nothing wrong. Patrick is amazing and Keara is unknowable and they both brought the heat. Please support their future endeavors which are secret, sorry, keep refreshing their linkedin profiles until the truth reveals itself. Also, Patreon.com/disgorgeous, lol go there. ////LIST//// | |||
| Episode 198: Piedmont Hyper-decanted, Part One: "Fuck Off" (Logan Roy) | 04 Apr 2022 | 01:22:16 | |
This is the first ep of our new Piedmont x succession season and also first in the new “studio .” We are sorry for the audio but we are not sorry for how much fun we had. Get ready for an insane conversation about the vibes in Piedmont and like the general outlines of the new season. I am heartbroken about how good the wines are and we didn’t share them with a guest, whoops oh well. ////LIST//// | |||
| Episode 197: The Turtle Crescent (ft. Eddie Chami of Mersel Wine) | 28 Mar 2022 | 01:24:11 | |
Eddie Chami, the hottest winemaker, came on to talk about holding his breath, getting kidnapped in Syria, making wine in Lebanon and getting respect for indigenous varietals in the fertile crescent. Absolutely incredible knowledge drop, holy shit, and its hard to overstate how dope the wines we tasted are. This is your wake up call to taste a lot more Eastern Mediterranean wines, like basically ASAP. Specifically, probably snag some Mersel Wine.////LIST//// | |||
| Episode 303: Die Badische Revolution, ist sie real? Ft. Jonathan Lundquist | 18 Feb 2025 | 01:05:53 | |
This is about Baden, I guess, but to be honest we just had fun with Jonathan. Wines went crazy hard in the paint tho. You should have been there. ////LIST//// Ziereisen, Badischer Landwein, "Gutedel Steinkruble,' 2020 // Wasenhaus, Badischer Landwein, 'Bellen,' 2017// Holger Koch, Badischer Landwein, 'Chardonnay *N*, 2022 //// | |||
| Episode 196: Strange Brewsy (ft. Katherine Clary of The Wine Zine) | 21 Mar 2022 | 01:19:28 | |
We made really terrible wine with one of our favorite natural wine writers, Katherine Clary. We used the brewsy kit and holy shit is it bad. Don’t use it, wine actually comes from the earth not a kit. Sorry to be a jerk about it. Katherine is great though. Please purchase Wine Unfiltered, subscribe to the Wine Zine, and support local farmers. Duh. | |||
| FLAWLESS Season Finale ft Disgorgeous | 14 Mar 2022 | 01:04:53 | |
*Crosspost w/ our beautiful child, Flawless* | |||
| Episode 195: Catalonia: Breath of the Wild part 5: Heat (ft Miguel De Leon) | 07 Mar 2022 | 01:11:58 | |
Hey guys, it's Kevin here. John is busy taking a "Gentleman's Intermission" in Mexico to mourn the aging of his gross body, so I'm in charge now, baby. This week, we're doing Heat, and I don't mean the Michael Mann movie. This is a surprisingly smart episode by two of America's most hung over wine critics. Thankfully they're joined by king of the zine and the smartest person in wine, Miguel. It's a fitting finally to one of our most fun seasons yet. Don't forget to rate and review, buy our merch, and join our patreon. Cellar La Salada, Penedes Blanc, 'L'ermot,' 2019 Succes Vinacola, Conca de Barbera, 'Parellada El Pedregal,' 2017 Costers del Priorat, Priorat Negre, 'Petit Pissarres,' 2018 | |||
| Episode 194: Catalonia: Breath of the Wild part 4: Rock (ft. Eric Moorer) | 28 Feb 2022 | 01:32:16 | |
Eric Moorer of Domestique wine in DC came to talk about rocks, and boy did we realize, accidentally, that we were almost talking about *terroir.* Luckily, we are always capable of getting dumber (and how!), so what we did talk about is mostly insane. Eric is an absolute gem and came to NYC to visit us, so I guess we have to go to DC now and get drunk and tell those clowns in congress how we really feel? Please go to and shop at Domestique, it's an incredible store, and if you tell Eric that Disgorgeous sent you, he'll show you a picture of Yuma. ////LIST/// | |||
| Episode 193: Catalonia: Breath of the Wild part 3: Water (ft. Talia Baiocchi of Punch Magazine) | 21 Feb 2022 | 01:19:31 | |
Don't worry, we explained to esteemed wine critic Talia Baiocchi, founder of Punch Magazine that Prince Sidon is the sexiest fish on earth. Okay? Are you happy? We had one chance to seem normal and we really blew it. As always, the wines don't make up for us being idiots but they come really close. This season is batting 1000% so far, even if all we want to do is talk about chillwave (again.) Please buy Talia's books and read Punch Magazine. ////LIST//// | |||
| Episode 192: Catalonia: Breath of the Wild part 2: Air (ft Rafael Garcia Febles and James Sligh) | 14 Feb 2022 | 01:28:26 | |
This is the most we've spent on a single episode and we had two of our favorites on. Rafa and James came to party and talk about Zelda and Catalonia, and holy shit did they ever.`This season IS NOT about terroir, but holy shit, you guys should drink more wine from Penedes, just as an aside. Did Kevin play with the music any more? Let me know via text or DM. Please subscribe to the Children's Atlas of Wine on Patreon after you're done with Disgorgeous and just send Rafa $5 a month because he's nice. ////LIST//// | |||
| Episode 191: Catalonia: Breath of the Wild part 1: The Great Plateau | 08 Feb 2022 | 01:21:43 | |
The boys are back with a 'tutorial episode' for the next season, explaining which one is Zelda and what, exactly a nation is. If you ever wanted to know, exactly, when Napolean was around, this is the podcast for you. We should be back on our regular schedule now, thank you for being patient don't make any new variants ok????? ////LIST//// Finca Parera, Penedes Xarello Vernil, 'Litrona,' 2020// Oriol Artigas, Alella, ‘la Rumbera,’ 2018 // Les Enfants Sauvages, Cotes Catalanes Rouges, 'Che Chauvio,' 2020//// | |||
| Episode 190: Savoie Faire Part 6: Bad and Bugey (ft Maia Fleming of Rebel Rebel) | 17 Jan 2022 | 01:44:10 | |
We recorded this 6 weeks ago with the amazing Maia Fleming, the queen of Somerville. It was the first episode recorded of the savoie season and is the last one to drop. I’m pretty sure it was the most delicious too? 6 weeks ago is a long time ago, and the world has changed. Please safely visit Maia at Rebel Rebel in Somerville, and drink all the bugey you can handle. ////LIST//// | |||
| Episode 189: Savoie Faire Part 5: Isere Anybody Out There? | 10 Jan 2022 | 01:10:58 | |
Each hermit, a monk who is or who will be a priest, has his own living space, called a cell, usually consisting of a small dwelling. Traditionally there is a one-room lower floor for the storage of wood for a stove and a workshop as all monks engage in some manual labour. A second floor consists of a small entryway with an image of the Virgin Mary as a place of prayer and a larger room containing a bed, a table for eating meals, a desk for study, a choir stall, and a kneeler for prayer. Each cell has a high walled garden wherein the monk may meditate as well as grow flowers for himself and/or vegetables for the common good of the community, as a form of physical exercise.[12] Next to the door is a small revolving compartment, called a "turn", so that meals and other items may be passed in and out of the cell without the hermit having to meet the bearer. Most meals are provided in this manner, which the hermit then eats in the solitude of his cell. There are two meals provided for much of the year: lunch and supper. During seasons or days of fasting, just one meal is provided. The hermit makes his needs known to the lay brother by means of a note, requesting items such as a fresh loaf of bread, which will be kept in the cell for eating with several meals. Carthusians observe a perpetual abstinence from meat.[10] The hermit spends most of his day in the cell: he meditates, prays the minor hours of the Liturgy of the Hours on his own, eats, studies and writes, and works in his garden or at some manual trade. Unless required by other duties, the Carthusian hermit leaves his cell daily only for three prayer services in the monastery chapel, including the community Mass, and occasionally for conferences with his superior. Additionally, once a week, the community members take a long walk in the countryside during which they may speak. On Sundays and solemn feast days a community meal is taken in silence.[6] Twice a year there is a day-long community recreation, and the monk may receive an annual visit from immediate family members ////LIST//// | |||
| Episode 188: Intermission: Dick Clark's New Year's Trocken Eve | 03 Jan 2022 | 01:01:15 | |
Well it happened again. We got surprised by the year becoming BAD. We should have learned. This is a year end review/ laying groundwork for next year ep. Don’t get mad at us if it’s your first episode This is just being silly for once. //// LIST//// | |||
| Episode 302: Rheinhessen: im Schatten von Keller ft. Hannah Crosbie | 04 Feb 2025 | 01:13:32 | |
Hannah Crosbie, the incredibly cool and funny wine critic for the Guardian and author of Corker joins John to, finally, once and for all, figure out what the heck a Rhenihessen is. ////LIST//// Bastian Beny, Rheinhessen Sekt, 'Blanc des Blancs Brut Nature,' 2021// Moritz-Kissinger, Rheinhessen Landwein, 'Sauvignon Blanc,' 2021// Keller, Rheinhessen Landwein, 'Weisser Burgunder & Chardonnay,' 2021// Dominik Held, Rheinhessen Landwein, 'Cuvee Rot,' 2022 //// | |||
| Episode 187: Savoie Faire Part Four: How to Mondeuse A Guy In Ten Days (ft. David Hatzopoulos) | 27 Dec 2021 | 01:35:08 | |
David Hatzopoulos, AKA "Big Dave from Chambers," came through fucking bossed up to talk about Mondeuse, his life, and what's going on with Kevin's big toe. Oh no, fuck, we accidentally open 5 bottles (again), so frankly, we're experts now too. Go visit David at Chambers Street wines (they ship, don't be a dork), but more than anything, make sure you get the Chambers street newsletters. Anything David signs off on is gonna be bomb af. He's got a bright future ahead of him as long as we cut out all the weird shit he said. ////LIST//// | |||
| Episode 186: Savoie Faire Part Three: Take Off Your Pants And Jacquère (ft. Roland Benedetti of Living Wine) | 20 Dec 2021 | 01:24:18 | |
The boys welcome Roland Benedetti of Living Wine to eat too much cheese and drink 6 bottles of Jacquere in an afternoon. We really recommend doing that sometime soon for everyone -- it's incredible for your brain and mood. Roland has forgotten more about his home, the Savoie, than we could ever hope to know, so it was an absolute treat to hear the real gossip. Please seek out his wines and demand your local wine stores carry them... or else. ////LIST//// | |||
| Episode 185: Savoie Faire Part Two: Altesse My Patience (ft. Erica Catubig) | 13 Dec 2021 | 01:26:32 | |
Erica Catubig lives in NYC and we didn't know because we're terrible and it's so great that Duck creeped on her instagram and made her come on because she's fucking awesome folks. This week, her philosophical genius was integral to a discussion of the mercurial-est ass grape in the Savoie, Altesse. It's like the Shiv Roy of grapes, in that Duck can't stop putting it in his mouth (cut this? Kevin? What do you think? Let me know and I won't post it.) Absolute master class in guesting from Erica, folks, she brought a fucking notebook with questions. You can hire her. Do it. She's the best. ////LIST//// | |||