Just Love Wine

Follow along with Kat & Mike- the novice and wine enthusiast's journey to ensure you just love wine!
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Located in the Great Southern Western Australia, Kat and Mike take you on a wine journey minus the BS and jargon to ensure you just love wine! justlovewine.substack.com

Episodes

  1. 2d ago

    Tasting the Great Southern with guest Mark Forrest

    We continue on from last weeks episode… making the most of enjoying our very first guest Mark Forrest from the Great Southern Wine Producers Association. We taste what the Great Southern of Western Australia has to offer and compare to other regions: Gold Turtle: Riesling 2025. Western Australia Kirri Hill: Riesling 2025. South Australia Grant Burge: Shiraz (Barossa Ink) 2025. South Australia Omrah: Shiraz 2020. Western Australia Alkoomi: Cabernet Sauvignon 2017. Western Australia St Hugo: Cabernet Sauvignon (Coonawarra) 2021. South Australia This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit justlovewine.substack.com

    Tasting the Great Southern with guest Mark Forrest

  2. Jul 16

    Our very first Great Southern guest- Mark Forrest talks sub regions and what makes us special.

    Mark Forrest, the Executive Officer for Great Southern Wine Producers Association joins us as our very first guest! We discuss the sub regions (Albany, Mt Barker, Denmark, Franklin River and Porongorups), and why this somewhat underrated region is unique for grape growing and wine making. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit justlovewine.substack.com

    Our very first Great Southern guest- Mark Forrest talks sub regions and what makes us special.

  3. Jul 9

    Another good reason to give Riesling a go

    Mike takes us back to where his wine journey began. We taste wine aged 17 years apart and what that means for taste and cellaring: Plantagenet Wines: Three Lions Riesling 2025. Western Australia Plantagenet Wines: Riesling 2008. Western Australia This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit justlovewine.substack.com

    Another good reason to give Riesling a go

  4. Jul 2

    Whites, swizzling and silly faces

    This episode Mike gives a basic overview of white wine. We taste 3 different whites under $15 to see if we really can get bang for buck- we find a good deal and make some silly faces and sounds along the way. Secret Stone: Sauvignon Blanc 2025. Malborough NZ West Cape Howe: (SSB) Semillon Sauvignon Blanc 2025. Western Australia Annie's Lane: Riesling 2025. South Australia This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit justlovewine.substack.com

    Whites, swizzling and silly faces

  5. Jun 25

    Reds, rain and ripper value

    Mike gets back to basics with ‘what is a red wine’ and some quick tasting tips. We taste three reds under $15 to see if we really can get bang for buck, with a very encouraging result: Taylors: Discoveries Shiraz 2021. South Australia Ferngrove: Cabernet Merlot 2023. Western Australia Houghtons: Classic Red (Cabernet, Shiraz & Merlot). Western Australia This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit justlovewine.substack.com

  6. Jun 18

    Just Love Wine

    Welcome to Just Love Wine! Where long-time friends Mike (wine enthusiast) & Kat (keen novice) get together, discuss, taste and strip back the BS to ensure you too just love wine. Find out what wine means to us and where our journeys into wine began, and today Kat brings in a bottle that started her journey as a young 20-something year old. Wine tasted: Brown Brothers Cienna (chilled), Victoria, Australia This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit justlovewine.substack.com

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Located in the Great Southern Western Australia, Kat and Mike take you on a wine journey minus the BS and jargon to ensure you just love wine! justlovewine.substack.com

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  • Creator
    Follow along with Kat & Mike- the novice and wine enthusiast's journey to ensure you just love wine!
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Kat & Mike
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    Just Love Wine