The Y and D Podcast

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By: Daniel Brennan and Yvonne Lorkin

Philadelphia-born Dan has lived in New Zealand a while now, but many Kiwi-isms still confuse him. Yvonne tries to help. Yvonne's been reviewing wine for a while now, but there's always something about wine tech or wine politics that baffles her. Dan tries to help.PLUS there's social media silliness, sick tunes and sideswipes at stuff in the news. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Season 1 Bonus! Ep 18 with Ian Brosnan from Ely Wine Bar in Dublin, Ireland
#18
08/10/2023

Y is in Hawke's Bay, D is in Ireland with Ian Brosnan, the Somm and overall dude at Ely Wine Bar, Dublin's premier venue for wines of the world. Ian talks about the Irish wine scene as well as his trip through New Zealand for the Pinot 17 Conference.

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Episode 17 with Jono Paetz
#17
07/05/2023

Episode 17 with Jono Paetz: D is in Sweden with Jono, Y records in the evening

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Episode 16: D's in Itlee, Y had her ID stolen
#16
06/26/2023

D is in Itlee, Y is struggling at home in the rain. But she's OK, mostly just sad with a loss of a great loss in the Marlborough wine community.

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Episode 15: Gerard Barron from the Common Room in Hastings
06/15/2023

Y and D talk to Gerard Barron, the epic dude and mayor of the East Block of Hastings, where he operates his administration out of the legendary Common Room.

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Episode 14: Back in studio
#14
06/07/2023

Episode 14: D is back from Welly and Qtown, customer reviews, Dan tries some Jazz on Y, Y goes to an old house party

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Episode 13: D's in Wellington. Y's at home
#13
05/29/2023

We try our first go at recording while D's on the road. It goes OK. But D's microphone needs improvement. Thank the Lord for A-aron's work in post. Y'vonne is sparkly and doesn't know it. We beat around the bush and talk some politics....

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Episode 12 with Olly Styles
#12
05/10/2023

This week, we have on Oliver Styles, writer, winemaker and good dude. We discuss his career, the wine industry, the wine writing industry, and we taste some damn good wines.

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Episode 11 with Philip Barber of Petane Wines
#11
05/02/2023

This week Yvonne and Daniel speak with Philip Barber of Petane Wines. We discuss Phil's story of becoming a winemaker, vineyard owner and viticulturist. We discuss the severe impact of Cyclone Gabrielle on Phil's vineyard, home and family. Please visit https://petanestation.co.nz/ to check out Phil's wines.

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Episode 10: But really it was Ep 7
#7
04/22/2023

Dan did something in rain. Chinese balloons. Sky whirlpools. Dan has his 2nd almost interaction with a NZ Prime minister. Locking cars in movies. Shower somms. Top cocktails around the world, 'What can beat a Rita?'. We taste some Man O' War sticky and a we play some music.

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Episode 9: But really it was Ep 6.
#9
04/06/2023

Dan's too busy with harvest right now. So this is an episode we recorded back in January. So really it was Episode 6, but not really. Dan explains more 'Mericanisms. Best takeaway foods. Boy racers. We taste a great 2020 Syrah from Trinity Hill. And Dan pulls back the curtain and we go deep and geeky on some wine stuff.

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Episode 8: Chat GPT debuts on the podcast
#8
03/30/2023

On episode 8 Yvonne shows a live demonstration of Chat GPT or was it GPT 4. Dan discusses the current harvest in Hawke's Bay. We taste some delicious wines from Martinborough and Marlborough.

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Episode 7 with MW Michael Henley
#7
03/24/2023

We speak with MW Michael Henley about his journey to become an MW, his new online business and wine bar in downtown Hastings.


The Y & D Podcast is the result of a meeting of the microphones for American ex-pat Daniel Brennan, a winemaker and experienced podcaster, and Yvonne Lorkin; a New Zealand wine writer and completely inexperienced podcaster. Dan is the owner of Decibel Wines and Yvonne is the co-founder of WineFriend, a personalised wine subscription service. They both live in Hastings and are proud Hawkesbayliens. They both have past lives in the music and hospitality...


Episode 6 with John Hancock
#6
03/17/2023

Yvonne and Daniel speak with John Hancock after the devastation of Cyclone Gabrielle to the Hawke's Bay Wine Industry. Then we drink some wine.

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Episode 5: We taste things
#5
03/04/2023

Yvonne and Daniel are settling in to their discussions and finally we taste some wine, something we're good at.



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Episode 4: We rollin'
#4
02/18/2023

We're starting to catch our groove.

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Please keep in mind that this was recorded way before the Cyclone Gabrielle tragedies in Hawke's Bay. Yvonne and Daniel are both OK but have some pretty terrible stories to tell. Stay tuned for our next episodes as we discuss this.


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Episode 3: A new year. It's 2023
#3
02/07/2023

We discuss our studio toilet. Yvonne and Dan start to find their groove. We dive deeper into some NZ things that confuse Dan as well as some headlines in the news. Yvonne pulls Dan deep deep into some wine geek stuff. Dan talks about 'purple drank'.


The Y & D Podcast is the result of a meeting of the microphones for American ex-pat Daniel Brennan, a winemaker and experienced podcaster, and Yvonne Lorkin; a New Zealand wine writer and completely inexperienced podcaster. Dan is the owner of Decibel Wines and Yvonne is the co-founder of WineFriend, a...


Episode 2: Post Christmas, pre New Years. Hard out Malic Acid Pops.
#2
02/01/2023

The Y & D Podcast is the result of a meeting of the microphones for American ex-pat Daniel Brennan, a winemaker and experienced podcaster, and Yvonne Lorkin; a New Zealand wine writer and completely inexperienced podcaster. Dan is the owner of Decibel Wines and Yvonne is the co-founder of WineFriend, a personalised wine subscription service. They both live in Hastings and are proud Hawkesbayliens. They both have past lives in the music and hospitality industries and they share the same side-eye attitude to lots of things, things like wine, social media and the news; plus they love a good conflab. So...


Episode 1: Getting started, end of 2022
#1
01/25/2023

The Y & D Podcast is the result of a meeting of the microphones for American ex-pat Daniel Brennan, a winemaker and experienced podcaster, and Yvonne Lorkin; a New Zealand wine writer and completely inexperienced podcaster. Dan is the owner of Decibel Wines and Yvonne is the co-founder of WineFriend, a personalised wine subscription service. They both live in Hastings and are proud Hawkesbayliens. They both have past lives in the music and hospitality industries and they share the same side-eye attitude to lots of things, things like wine, social media and the news; plus they love a good conflab. So...