Welcome back! We are strapping on our favourite bathing suits and heading to the beach with a bottle of rose or a cooler of rosé, who am I kidding? Yep it's summer and we are going to talk about the Bandol today - so it's all things rosé.... an

Cyprus

Jul 6th, 2022 22m 45s

This episode is called Cyprus but it really should be called Cyprus AKA Commandaria, the story of the worlds oldest wine still made today. We cover a lot in 23 minutes with this one - The Crusades, Monks, PDO laws, native grapes but I think tha

Chablis

Jun 14th, 2022 25m 39s

House Wine is back and we are going to finish off Season 2 with some fun wines! I took a bit of an unannounced hiatus to catch up on life and get reorganize but now I have some more episodes ready to go and I am looking forward to a new postin

British Columbia

Mar 9th, 2022 24m 28s

Welcome back nerds! This episode not only do we get to learn all about the emerging and exciting wine regions of British Columbia but we also get to back in time and glimpse into the angst ridden teenage years I spent on the West Coast... but m

South African Wine Law

Mar 1st, 2022 26m 10s

Here it is, another wine law episode! I do spend quite a bit of time pontificating about how complicated the wine law is in South Africa before I get into the real topic itself... but suffice to say every time that I sit down and study this top

Phylloxera

Feb 22nd, 2022 18m 55s

***CORRECTION: The soils in the Mosel valley are slate. Phylloxera does not like slate soils. For some reason I say schist in this episode. Welcome back! This is a subject that comes up again and again every episode and that is Phylloxera, but

Cahors

Feb 1st, 2022 29m 16s

Yes, Cahors. The region that launched a thousand Malbecs. This week we are talking about what is in my opinion one of the most underrated, undervalued wines that France has to offer. This region has been copied, counterfeited, and undermined si

Armagnac

Jan 26th, 2022 29m 12s

Just like when we talked about Cognac, I will preface this episode with saying that I know this is not a wine. BUT, Armagnac like it's more famous younger brother Cognac does in fact come form grapes and therefor it has a spot here on house win

Cava Part 2: Classic Penedès v. Cava

Jan 18th, 2022 31m 2s

Ok, most of this episode is dedicated to Cava - all the things that make Cava what it is that we didn't cover last episode: Appellations, ageing requirements and sweetness levels of Cava all make an appearance in this episode. But we can't fini

Cava Part 1 : Grapes and Place

Jan 6th, 2022 27m 5s

Better late than never! I wanted to have this episode out before New Years so we could all talk about sparkling wine together but alas... I had a lazy holiday and I decided not to continue this season until the New Year. So Happy New Year I ho

Mulled Wine

Dec 22nd, 2021 17m 42s

Happy Holidays House Wine nerds! I love the holidays, I love the holiday season and I have always wanted to do a holiday special, cue the sleigh bells in the intro! <3We have all of our favourite players in this episode. Romans? Yes! Monks? Yes

Priorat

Dec 14th, 2021 32m 50s

This week we are taking on one of Spains most prestigious wine regions and that is the region of Priorat. Just in case you were left asking yourself last week if Spanish Wine Law could get any more complicated, well this episode is here to answ

Spanish Wine Law

Nov 30th, 2021 29m 6s

It's time for us all to dive into another episode on Wine Law. I know how much you all love wine law :) Spain has a lot of it! Ever wonder how a fascist regime can stunt the development of wine regions ( I mean I guess we already have done Ita

Bonus

Technical Difficulties

Nov 23rd, 2021 1m

I had a bad cold this week and sound terrible! Head on over to @housewinepodcast instagram for some quizzes while I drink tea heal my voice :)

Washington State

Nov 17th, 2021 33m 24s

Welcome back to House Wine and the beginning of an all new season! After declaring to the world that Cognac was wine I seemingly vanished off the face of the internet... I put away my podcasting pillow fort and went into serious study mode in

Cognac

Sep 7th, 2021 27m 4s

Is Cognac a wine? No. But they make it from wine, so it counts! This episode we talk about all the things that make this one of the most famous and popular Eau de Vie's on in the world. From music, to movies, to Tom Cruise and alchemists we rea

Madeira

Aug 31st, 2021 31m 7s

Welcome back!Madeira is one of the most historic and (in my opinion!) most fascinating wine regions that there is. An uninhabited subtropical island off the coast of Morocco that ended up making some of the worlds longest lived and most expensi

"The Rest" of Argentina

Aug 10th, 2021 26m 22s

Yes, it is true they are making wine outside of Mendoza in Argentina, and once you get outside the main areas, they are making way more than just Malbec! In this episode we talk about Salta and history and origins of Torrontes, Argentina's true

Mendoza

Aug 3rd, 2021 36m 50s

I'm back! I took a spontaneous and unannounced break for the month of July but now I am back and we are going to be covering a bunch of great topics in the next couple months from Mendoza to Madeira. Today we are getting right into it with the

Marsala & Pantelleria

Jul 2nd, 2021 26m 11s

Hi wine friends! The schedule is a little out of sorts this week so I am releasing this on Friday and we will be back not next Tuesday but the Tuesday after with regular schedules episodes. Marsala may not be the most popular wine now, but it u

Sicily

Jun 22nd, 2021 25m 23s

Hi friends, welcome back! I now release the show on Tuesdays, so if you were thinking that I missed the release day yesterday... well, I did. BUT it was intentional. Ever wanted to try wine from a still active volcano? Maybe you have been sitti

Minisode: Pliny the Elder

Jun 14th, 2021 11m 31s

Hi wine friends! We are once again doing a deeper dive into history with a minisode on Pliny the elder. Ever wonder what wine was considered the most beneficial to your health in Ancient Rome or why we don't still drink Falerian, well ... I mig

Le Marche

Jun 7th, 2021 25m 50s

Welcome back! Today we are longing for the sun drenched Adriatic Coast as we dream of rolling out our beach towels, kicking off our flip flops and taking in the Italian Seaside. What did you bring to the beach with you? A cold bottle of Verdicc

Italian Wine Law

May 31st, 2021 26m

Hi friends. Welcome back after a brief one week hiatus we are talking all things the fall of Rome, the rise Medieval wine making families and the scandalous ups and downs that make up Italian Wine Law - the long eluded to episode! Of course I u

Bonus

BONUS: The 1855 Classification of Médoc and Graves

May 19th, 2021 12m 34s

Hi friends!Wine Nerd Alert: You have to be seriously wanting to know a lot about Bordeaux to listen to this episode. This is a pretty unnecessary bonus episode, but as I say at the top of the show this week - this was really one of my big inspi