Bottle Talk with Rick and Paul Season 7

Rick Kushman and Paul Wagner

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Bottle Talk with Rick & Paul has moved back to our original show page. Please click the following links for those pages to listen to ALL previous & new episodes moving forward. Bottle Talk with Rick & Paul Seasons 1-7: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PVg4ESiu04yqZuqc9TCVA Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bottle-talk-with-rick-paul-seasons-1-7/id943149650

Oct 28

Episode 715 - What a Wild and Weird Harvest Season. Expect More Like This

What a Wild and Weird Harvest Season. Expect More Like This Harvest set records for starting early, weather was complicated, everything ripened at once, and the crop was small in California, the Pacific Northwest, the Mid-Atlantic region, Europe, and, well, pick a spot in the Northern Hemisphere. The verdict is still out on quality – every winery says the vintage will be great, because they have to – but the reason is not in doubt: Our changing, deteriorating climate is just getting started messing with us.
Oct 14

Show 714: An Episode Worth a Double Gold Medal

Show 714 An Episode Worth a Double Gold Medal We explain how wine competitions and judging work, how those gold medals get awarded, and what they mean to people looking for wine. Plus, listeners ask about cooling breezes, decanters and why most wine labels don’t list calories. And our Truly Horrible Wine Writing features a wine that’s a bit of a flirt and another that needs air traffic control.
Sep 30

Show 713 From Our Curated, Exclusive, Hand-Crafted Dictionary: Dumb Marketing Words That Won’t Die

Show 713 From Our Curated, Exclusive, Hand-Crafted Dictionary: Dumb Marketing Words That Won’t Die We poke at the worn out – and meaningless – words many wine marketers use to allegedly promote themselves but mostly confuse their customers. As always, our insights are distinctive, artisan and iconic with a deep commitment to being passionate. (Any of that put you to sleep yet?) Plus, listeners ask whether critics have guidelines for their wines scores, what to do about servers who overpour the wine, and what might happen to wine prices while the industry struggles. And our Truly Horrible Wine Writing is piquant yet rich and features an incoherent blogger copying marketing material.
Sep 16

Show 712: Do I Need Financing to Buy Wine in a Restaurant?

Show 712 Do I Need Financing to Buy Wine in a Restaurant? In part two of Wine & Restaurants, we talk about wine costs, corkage and how to deal with them. (Spoiler: The least costly bottles on a list are usually very good.) Plus, listeners ask the eternal cork vs screwcap question and about leaving wine in the fridge, and our Truly Horrible Wine Writing has muscular brawn and a huge dose of expensive snootery.
Sep 2

Show 711 - Dear server: Please Oh Please Give the Wine List to Someone Else

Show 711 Dear server: Please Oh Please Give the Wine List to Someone Else This is the start of two episodes trying to help folks feel a little more comfortable with wine lists and restaurant wine in general. One hint: you don’t have to pretend the novel-length wine list is comprehensible. It’s their job to help you. Plus, listeners ask about secondary flavors and how much wine to order for a group, and our Truly Horrible Wine Writing has one description so long, it, too, could be a novel, and another so short, it might as well be an abbreviation.
Aug 19

Show 710: Wine Ratings: 100 points? Pass/Fail? Do any help?

We talk about the good/bad of giving number scores to wine. Do they really help or make wine even more confusing? And we hear a few alternative proposals – a 1,000-point scale anyone? Plus, listeners ask if wine thermometers are a croc, if some grapes could ever earn 100 points, and how much is climate change affecting wine quality. Pus, our Truly Horrible Wine Writing includes sensual melancholy, orbiting characteristics and, of course, scaffolding.
Aug 5

Show 709 - New Wine Drinkers vs the Wine Industry: The War No One Wins

Show 709 New Wine Drinkers vs the Wine Industry: The War No One Wins A respected research group showed that the wine industry continually tries to sell new wine drinkers wines they don’t like, and it disparages what they do like. The group also showed that one bad experience with wine can put people off for years. So, uh, way to go, wine industry. Plus, listeners ask about old vines, European wine labels, and is it douchey to hold your wine glass by the stem all night. (Of course it is!) And our Truly Horrible Wine Writing has purpose and grit and takes on mountain airs.
Jul 22

Show 708 - Hello, I’m a Robot. I’ll be Your Wine Server

Show 708 Hello, I’m a Robot. I’ll be Your Wine Server We talk about using AI to help you choose wines you like, even if it doesn’t wear a fancy suit – yet. (Spoiler alert: Human sommeliers hate the idea but we kind of like it.) Also today, listeners ask why writers talk so much about a wine’s color and if it’s OK to put ice in your wine. And our Truly Horrible Wine Writing involves a newspaper, a choir of schoolchildren and what we think was a writer with an overactive imagination.

Bottle Talk with Rick & Paul has moved back to our original show page. Please click the following links for those pages to listen to ALL previous & new episodes moving forward. Bottle Talk with Rick & Paul Seasons 1-7: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PVg4ESiu04yqZuqc9TCVA Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bottle-talk-with-rick-paul-seasons-1-7/id943149650

Creator

Rick Kushman and Paul Wagner
Years Active

2026
Episodes

15
Rating

Clean
Copyright

© Rick Kushman and Paul Wagner
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Bottle Talk with Rick and Paul Season 7