Bottle Talk with Rick & Paul

Rick Kushman & Paul Wagner
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Bottle Talk with Rick & Paul

Wine does not have to be a mystery. It doesn't need to make you feel you're being tested to join some secret Skull and Bones Society. The stuff is, after all, wine. All you really need to know is how to get it open and which end of the glass to drink from. We're pretty sure it's the open part. Most of us drink it because it's fun.

  1. Bottle Talk Season 6 Episode 20

    06/04/2020

    Bottle Talk Season 6 Episode 20

    As part of our pandemic distraction tour, we have a Bottle Talk classic (aka repeat). A listener asks if wine is different in summer. We say, sort of. But with more details. Other listeners ask about carrying open bottles in a car, about the difference between Sauvignon Blanc and Fume Blanc, and about tasting room tasting notes that seem to make no sense. And speaking of making no sense, our Horrible Wine writing is perfectly paired with obscurity.

    23 min
  2. Bottle Talk Season 6 Episode 18

    05/07/2020

    Bottle Talk Season 6 Episode 18

    Listeners asked, so we explain using our signature clarity, wit and charm a bit about how the wine industry operates. Also, listeners ask about plastic wine glasses and stemless glasses, whether it’s OK to chill wine in the freezer and for how long, and if red wines that leave purple on the glass are a thing. Plus or horrible wine writing has a satiny, vibrant, dry-yet-fruity, tingling, amusing, medium-to-medium long finish

    35 min
  3. Bottle Talk Season 6 Episode 17

    04/23/2020

    Bottle Talk Season 6 Episode 17

    We give props a blog called SpitBucket written by longtime wine pro Amber LeBeau who explains why force feeding an education on customers is bad for, well, everyone. Plus listeners ask if Rosé is cheaper to make than other wines, how to tell if a wine will age if you get no clue from the label, and whether all wines need to be stored on their side. Plus, our horrible

    30 min
  4. Bottle Talk Season 6 Episode 16

    04/09/2020

    Bottle Talk Season 6 Episode 16

    We continue our pandemic distraction tour with another meaningless episode: We answer listener questions about the purpose of oak, why an unoaked wine tasted buttery, whether a flawed wine can make you sick, and just what the heck is a Claret. Plus our horrible wine writing has pulverized notes of effortless minerality. Really. Someone wrote “pulverized minerality.”

    30 min
  5. Bottle Talk Season 6 Episode 15

    03/26/2020

    Bottle Talk Season 6 Episode 15

    One extremely loyal listener – and very tough man – binge listened to every “Bottle Talk” from all 5½ seasons, and no surprise, had some questions about our confusion. He also admits to nightmares. So we answer some of his questions, including one about the shape of wine glasses, minerality, gadgets that supposedly make wine better when you pour it, and why we don’t have super impressive wine degrees. (Simple answer: Too much work.) Plus our horrible wine writing is cliché, meaningless, repetitive and it repeats itself with meaningless clichés.

    34 min
  6. Bottle Talk Season 6 Episode 14

    03/12/2020

    Bottle Talk Season 6 Episode 14

    In this Best of Bottle talk episode, we have research that says wine can improve your language skills, listeners who’ve been wine tasting recently ask questions about acid, fog and why the wines in stores taste different. Plus another jerk wine writer tries to tell us what “real” wine lovers drink.

    26 min
  7. Bottle Talk Season 6 Episode 13

    02/27/2020

    Bottle Talk Season 6 Episode 13

    We compare wine descriptions from major magazine about the same wine – and they are, here’s shocker, totally different. Plus listeners ask about headaches, letting wine breathe and food pairings for port style wines. And for a change of pace, we’ve got some wine writing we really like.

    26 min
  8. Bottle Talk Season 6 Episode 12

    02/13/2020

    Bottle Talk Season 6 Episode 12

    The restaurant industry calls Valentine’s Day “Amateur Night,” because lots of folks go to very nice restaurants they don’t usually frequent. We know all our listeners are cool, sophisticated people, nonetheless we offer some handy dining out tips. Plus, we’ve got some classic Valentine’s Day information, including a study that says a man’s scent can drive a women to drink, listeners who should know better ask us some wine and relationship questions, and we pulled out some of our favorite examples of horrible wine writing that shatters with allusions of love

    26 min
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Wine does not have to be a mystery. It doesn't need to make you feel you're being tested to join some secret Skull and Bones Society. The stuff is, after all, wine. All you really need to know is how to get it open and which end of the glass to drink from. We're pretty sure it's the open part. Most of us drink it because it's fun.

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  • Creator
    Rick Kushman & Paul Wagner
  • Years Active
    2014 - 2020
  • Episodes
    174
  • Copyright
    © 2018 Rick Kushman & Paul Wagner
  • Show Website
    Bottle Talk with Rick & Paul

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