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The Real Wine ShowAuthor: The Real Wine Show
Join hosts Chaad Thomas, Matt Kuhr and Kristie Brablec, along with their panel of guests, on this fun, insightful, and slightly irreverent wine game show! Youll meet personalities from across the wine world, including winemakers, importers, wholesalers, sommeliers and retailers, and learn about how they indulge and experience their passion for wine through a segment of challenging true-or-false news stories and an emotive blind tasting, where we ask the panelists to talk about how a wine makes them feel! Through humor and seriousness, we open wide the door to the world of wine! Language: en Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Episode 4
Sunday, 26 April, 2026
Serious boss ladies get into it with Paper Bottles, Fake Wine Trains, and why stickies rule, plus a grenache-to-lamb pairing on The Real Wine Show (S8E4)Special thanks to our sponsor Gabriel Group (gabrielgrp.com) for helping us make another great episode!The show opens with intros to panelists Elisa Weber-Saintin (Little Guy Wine Company, celebrating 19 years; critic of predictable three-Michelin-star dining), Anna Nolan (Russian-born sommelier and co-owner of Vino and Vibes in Utica, aiming to “un-snob” wine), and Kristen Jonna (Michigan wine family royalty and owner of Vinology in Ann Arbor; she follows the moon!). In news debates, they discuss the viability of low-carbon “Frugal Pack” cardboard bottles versus glass, and a (fake) story about Japan’s underground wine trains, prompting talk of Michigan wine trains. Glass checks feature wines including Los Malditos Tempranillo, a Cremant de Loire sparkling wine, and a Slovenian pét-nat. The Wine Cipher note matches Château d’Yquem. On the Grape to Plate segment, Chef Jason Berthold pairs a 2022 McLaren Vale Grenache from Worlds Apart with grilled lamb loin crusted with black trumpet mushroom powder and pomegranate molasses plus chickpeas and grilled onions, sharing a grilling meal-prep hack. An emotive blind tasting generating Sound of Music vibes is revealed as a 2021 Lulu “BB1” Chardonnay/Savagnin blend from the Jura, and a 1975 Rivesaltes dessert wine stands out; Kristen takes home the big win!00:00 Welcome and Sponsor01:01 Meet the Panel02:10 Elisa on Dining Hype05:09 Anna Unsnobs Wine07:54 Kristen’s Wine Royalty10:40 Glass Check Tasting17:36 Debate Paper Bottles24:30 Fake News: Wine Trains31:34 Wine Cipher Challenge36:12 Dessert Wine Revival38:22 Grape to Plate 38:44 Chef tastes40:18 Food Pairing Pivot42:01 Grilled Lamb Plan43:41 Mushroom Pomegranate Crust46:00 Chickpea Ragu Sides48:09 Bottle Reveal: Grenache49:07 Practical Hack: Grill Extras50:22 Second Glass Check54:20 Somm Slam Event Plug59:05 Emotive Blind Tasting01:06:39 Unveiling Lulu BB101:08:13 Wines of the Show01:09:47 Final Scores; Farewell
