Disgorgeous

Four guys, 8 corrective lenses, one haunting meditation on mortality while drinking wine with the blokes. Check in on your mates folks. We love you. We should stop recording episodes during John's birthday month.

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Brand Bros, Pfalzer Landwien, 'Holy Chapel,' 2018 //

Piri Naturel, Nahegauer Landwein, ' Weisburgunder,' 2021//

Durst, Pfalzer Landwien, 'Portugeiser,' 2017////

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Hey guys, Kevin has his anniversary and I have my birthday today, so I'm uploading a talk I gave about a year ago that is the closest thing to a Disgorgeous Manifesto you'll get. Thanks to the New School's critical drinking squad for making me get this on paper, sorry I sound so nervous. I was a child last year!!!!!!!!  If you want more stuff that is accidentally serious, please consider subscribing to the Disgorgeous patreon and listening to our "Crush Pad" series of interviews.

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This is about Baden, I guess, but to be honest we just had fun with Jonathan. Wines went crazy hard in the paint tho. You should have been there.

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Ziereisen, Badischer Landwein, "Gutedel Steinkruble,' 2020 //

Wasenhaus, Badischer Landwein, 'Bellen,' 2017//

Holger Koch, Badischer Landwein, 'Chardonnay *N*, 2022 ////

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Hannah Crosbie, the incredibly cool and funny wine critic for the Guardian and author of Corker joins John to, finally, once and for all, figure out what the heck a Rhenihessen is. ////LIST////

Bastian Beny, Rheinhessen Sekt, 'Blanc des Blancs Brut Nature,' 2021//

Moritz-Kissinger, Rheinhessen Landwein, 'Sauvignon Blanc,' 2021//

Keller, Rheinhessen Landwein, 'Weisser Burgunder & Chardonnay,' 2021//

Dominik Held, Rheinhessen Landwein, 'Cuvee Rot,' 2022 ////

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Jirka came to talk about John's mental health. It went pretty well, all things considered. Great wine.
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Jonas Dostert, Landwein der Mosel, 'Pure Dolomite,' 2022//

Hofgut Falkenstein, Mosel Trocken Rosé, 'Niedermenniger Herrenberg,' 2023//

Stein, Mosel Spatbürgunder Kabinnett Trocken, 2021 ////

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300 episodes is quite a milestone, luckily we forgot to talk about that because we recorded this on January 6th and we had to be a little silly ok? That's what being a patriot is all about. This is the first episode of our new high concept season: Westdeutschland, aber Riesling ist verboten - "Western Gemany, but Riesling is forbidden," where we discuss German Wines without the crutch of riesling. Weirdly enough, this episode is all about riesling, but it's the kind of thing that makes sense if you listen to it enough and also if you join the patreon.   ////LI...

The boys go over their top ten lists, get weirdly nostalgic, and drink unicorn wines. What's that in their voices??? Is it ... Hope?
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Champagne Marguet, Ambonnay Grand Cru, 'Les Bermonts,' 2014//
Jacques Puffeny, Arbois Trousseau, 'Cuvee Les Bérangères,' 2014////

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Jesse Shapell came on for an absolutely pitchfork style episode and the best closer to a season we could imagine. You'll love it. Go to Barboncino and eat pizza with him.////LIST////
Insula, Azores, 'Chao de lava AA,' 2022 //
SRC, Etna Bianco, 2021//
Clos Marfisi, Corsica, 'Ravagnoli,' NV////

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Oh no, the boys are back to being dismayed about politics. Please before you do anything else donate to Doctors Without Borders, Red Cross Lebanon, Palestinian Children's Relief Fund, Brigid Alliance, find your local abortion fund at National Network of Abortion Funds, or Groundswell Fund.  ////LIST////
Neumeister, Vulkanland Sauvignon Blanc, 'Straden,' 2022//
Moric / Kis Tamas, Somlo, 'Hidden Treasures Nr 2,' 2017 //
Victoria Torres Pecis, Canary Islands Negramoll, 'Piezas n1,' 2018 ////

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Fred Duhme, the founder of Austria's Female Wine Collective sat down with dumb ol' John to discuss empowering women in the Austrian wine scene, the pervasiveness of old boys clubs, and to besmirch the French. Fred is a treasure and her work is deeply cool and necessary, so keep giving her awards and shit, but also make sure you listen to her. ////LIST////

Francois de Nicolay, Macon Villages, 2020

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Recorded at a very chic location in midtown Manhattan, and everyone is LOVING it. The boys welcome Bianca Sanon, superstar sommelier and new distro goddess to discuss rocks. That's it, that's the bit folks. With just a tiny scaffolding like that, podcast greatness can emerge. It's really, honestly, heartening and beautiful, especially because this episode is fun. ////LIST////
Davide Vignato, Gambellara Gargenaga Vino Frizzante, 'Primo Incontro,' 2021//
Julien Meyer, Alsace Grand Cru Riesling, 'Muenchberg,' 2021//
Dolores Cabrera, Tenerife, 'La Araucaria,' 2022
Domaine des Trouillères, Puy-le-Dome, 'Bouche a z'oreilles,' 2022////

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I cried 3 times interviewing Claudine and Michelle from Heya Wines, who are making truly gorgeous wines in the North of Lebanon and supporting communities of women and children displaced by the Syrian Civil war.  You should seek out their wines, imported by the wonderful Terra Sancta Wine Imports.

At this moment, US weaponry is being used by Israel in a campaign of terrorism across Lebanon as well as in the Gaza Strip in Palestine, where the conditions verge on genocidal. Death is incredibly close throughout the country, adding another layer of precarity to the already fraught harvest s...

Please buy Jennifer's book, imperial wine, which is the wildly interesting take on the invention of the new world in wine. When all of you jerks write your wine books, I will yell at you for not citing it. Jennifer, also, is incredibly funny and cool and this was one of the most fun interviews I've done yet, so, like, please buy the book and demand it from all your favorite stores.

Patreon.com/disgorgeous for all the fun stufffff

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We're joined by "Feral" Daryl Nuhn of Prima cafe to continue our deep dive on volcanos. A thrilling episode of queening out and explaining brat summer to our elders. Please don't get mad at us for talking about politics the world is on fire

We're back losers, and now we're talking about the hot forges that built the world... Volcanos. This week, we're talking about smoke, maybe you'll enjoy it? ////LIST////
Koutsogiannopoilos, Santorini, 2021//
Holger Koch, Baden Spätburgunder, 'Kaiserstuhl,' 2022//
Domaine de la Voûte des Crozes, Côte-de-Brouilly, 2014//// 

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It’s been 6 years and we’ve never answered any reader questions. High time we fix that :). New season coming v soon, as well as some new Patreon content👀👀👀 . We’ll talk soon ok?

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The instant we finished this interview i yelled at my girlfriend that James is like, the coolest winemaker on Earth. He's so fucking smart and the wines are incredible please seek them out and buy them wherever you are.

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Solo boys episode to finish our Rhône season strong. It sucks to say it, but damn it's fun doing France again. Uh, this is probably one of those "important" episodes we'll reference a lot in the future because we accidentally spell out our entire wine philosophy. So, like, this is the best you're going to get about what we actually believe until we get that sweet book deal.  Thanks for all the new patreon subs, please tell your friends about us and how much you love us and write to Disgorgeouspod@gmail.com with any wine (or "wine" ) qu...

The boys are re-joined by Todd Cavallo from Wild Arc to do two things: hype up New York Natural Wine and figure out what Slow South of the Rhône Valley does exactly. There's some light Robert Parker Chatter, and then all of a sudden everyone goes full berserk dead-eyed nattie. We love to see it folks, sometimes it really just is that easy. Guys, drink Natural New York wine, hopefully Todd's but if you don't like those he'll help you find something else. Also, uh, let something beautiful happen to you every day

It really feels like we are describing a real mood on this ep with our spiritual dad, Ryan Looper. We accidentally just yapped and gossiped about the decaying corpse of the fine wine industry. I guess this is cathartic? The wines are notable for being incredibly good but I think something made us use icky descriptors for nearly all of them. This is the kind of episode I'd like to put in a time capsule. ////LIST////
Dard & Ribo, Crozes-Hermitage Blanc, "Les Karrieres,' 2021//
Alain Voge, Saint Peray, 'Fleur de Crussol,' 2018//
Nicolas Badel, Vdf, 'Intuition,' 2012//

James Sligh, AKA the Children's Atlas of Wine joins us for our first modern Rhône Episode to kick off and complicate our first French Season in, like, a million years by making us drink two Swiss wines. Sure, we all know about the Rhône Valley, but this damn river is the key to delicious wine all the way to the Mediterranean. This week, we focus on Lake Geneva wines and visit our old crushes, Bugey and Isere, and discuss how the moderating waters makes the best alpine wines possible. Welcome to the most expensive season of Disgorgeous ye...

When four incredibly powerful mouths get together, you know some crazy magic is gonna happen. Thank you Vine Wines for absolutely stumping and delighting us, do yourself a flavor and buy every single bottle of LLewlyn wines you can. Slide into his DMs.  ////LIST////
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Famille Vatan, Blanc de Noirs of Cabernet Franc, 2022//
Domaine Belluard, Ayse Gringet, 'Les Alpes,' 2016//
Enfield Wine Co, Amador County Tempranillo, 'Shake Ridge Ranch Gran Reserva' 2014//
Llewlyn Wine, Mendocino Chardonnay, 'Blanc,' 2021////

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Peter, Perry and Alyssa of Spinning wheels wine rejoin John to talk about the wine Overton window, the collapse of consensus, air out sulfur disagreements, and discuss conspiracy theories. A great episode to Muscadine pill someone, and I know we all need that. Lord knows they are all on Instagram, bug them to sell you wine.  //// LIST////
Claire Naudin, Bourgogne Aligote, 'Clou 34,' 2021//
Julian Haart, Mosel Kabinett Riesling, 'J.J.' 2023//
Pleb Wines, North Carolina Muscadine, 'Noble Carlos,' 2021//
Spinning Wheel Wines, Virginia Muscadine, 'Wolf Sisters,' 2023 ////

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No guests, no hope, no filter: The boys finish the Portuguese season the way we always knew they would -- talking about Dragons, Democracy and the Damn Catalans. Kevin teases the next big season towards the end, but please get ready for SUMMER PROGRAMMING up next, which means delightfully weird episodes with a lot of your friends and enemies about topics we can't (yet) build a season around. As always, new episodes are going up like biweekly clockwork on Patreon.com/disgorgeous :) ////LIST////
Rim / Jordi Esteve, Emporda, 'Sarau,' 2022//
Insula, Clarete do Açores, 'Chão de Sa...

Eddie Chami, perhaps the most visionary winemaker in the middle east right now graciously sat down for a phone interview with me instead of seeing his kid graduate. The power I fucking wield i swear to god. Everything from Altitude - Zionism gets covered here -- big topics all around but, Eddie is basically the best dude on Earth, even as his project starts to veer into collateral damage territory. Buy some of his wines, ok?

Full interview: patreon.com/disgorgeous

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Saint Vincent is the patron saints of winemakers because he got squished and is the patron saint of Murcia and Lisboa and that's good enough for us to absolutely become earnest and weird. First time Max burned down the house holy shit. Go to Lords? ////LIST////
Humus, Palheto do Lisboa, 2021//
Laboratotio Rupestre, Murcia Tinto, 'Ruina,' 2017//
Antonio Madeira, Dao Tinto, 'Vinhas Velhas,' 2020//
Serradinha, Lisboa tinto, ‘Castelão et al' 2020////

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Mary,,, you're one crazy chica.... Thank you Cherry Iocovozzi of Neng Jr.'s and vvvv soon Harmony, soon to be Asheville's destination for karaoke, natural wine and confessing.  This episode is so close to actually discovering theology it's a miracle. Go to Asheville and discuss it ////LIST////
Forlong, Blanco 2019 Cadiz / Andalucia //
Ramilo, Colares Malvasia DOC, 2019//
Jose Luis Ripa, Vino Rosado Cosecha de Rioja, 2019//
Mas Candi, Penedes Vi Negre, 'Montombra,' 2019////

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I can die happy. Rafa and Kevin said this episode made sense and that the whole *concept* is good. Damn I needed that. Please tell a friend, just something as simple as "I listen to a really parasocial wine podcast and I think you'd like it." Stuff like this is , to me, greater than all the wine in the world. If you tell a friend let us know and we'll send you psychic kiss. Go to Red Hook Tavern to see Rafa and drink from his v good wine list. ////LIST////
Trabanco, Sidra d'Asturias, 'Alicia,' NV
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New guest / America's new favorite green point wine queen Mackenzie Gasset  @_baby.cham_ came on to learn and teach about St. Elizabeth of Portugal, connections within the Iberian Peninsula, the Pope's latest goof-up, and, of course, victorian erotic novels. A true barnborner of an episode, I actually believe that this season will live forever.  Go visit Mackenzie @PanPanvinovinobk or @nurabrooklyn ////LIST////
Luis Pato Vinha, Bairrada Espumante, 'Pan “No SO2” ,' 2018 //
Envinate, Canary Islands Blanco, 'Taganon Blanco,' 2022//
Talhas XXVI, Alentejo Tinto, 'Mestre Daniel Talha XV,' 2021 //
Cabecas do Regueno, Alentejo Clarete, ‘Respiro,’ 2022 //
Juanvi Viticultor, Aragon Tin...

Duck and Patrick chop it up over the future of American wine. No big deal, except, obviously, it's essential listening. Hear the whole thing Patreon.com/disgorgeous

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SOLO BAD BOYS EP: Welcome to our Portugal season about the cults of saints in Iberia, which I'm sure is exactly what you all wanted. This is explained in the episode, along with why it took us so long to do Portugal and, like, a general outline of how we feel going into this season. It's pretty spooky doing new stuff, but don't worry, we're sneaking Spanish and Catalan wines in each episode to make sure everything is contextualized and to emphasize regional connections, which is apparently, Duck's dumb bullshit thesis.  Anyhow, this season is actually going to be v...

Kettlebells, Shogun, Bbq, Polo Shirts and site-specific traditional method sparklers. You're god damn right it's a toxic boys episode on Patreon.com/disgorgeous

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Brent Mayeaux of Stagiaire wines came on to drink unicorns, talk Hamilton, and bemoan the fate of his truck. Buy his wines at https://www.stagiairewine.com/store. ////LIST////
Arquils,  Sierra Foothills, Sauvignon Blanc, 2021//
Pierre Beauger, Ardeche, 'Sb 16/20,' NV //
Sonoma Mtn Winery, Sonoma Valley, Cabernet Sauvignon, 2009//
Samuel Boulay, Ardeche, 'La Damoiselle,' 2016 ////

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America's number 1 Phish fanatic Tira Johnson came on to talk shit about her least favorite varieties. Too bad the wines accidentally whipped, like they were criminally tasty, so I guess these grapes are good, actually??? Anyhow, this is the part of the season where we reveal that actually the whole point of this was to talk about California and our own burning love and befuddlement with the place. Whoops! Now you have the key to unlock it. Go visit Tira at Ilis and demand a glass full of something Californian. ////LIST////
Isa Wines, Santa Cruz Mtn, "You're a D...

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Simon Woolf, of the https://themorningclaret.com/ came on to discuss "Fine Wine," "Natural Wine," "Commodity Wine," and Central Europe writ large. His work is probably some of the most interesting in the natural wine world today, and we're thrilled to have him on 

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James aka Children's atlas of wine came on to discuss getting older, wine trends and transformations, the history of Napa, white wine's healing powers, and new hyperpop fixations. Please go to his classes ////LIST////
Girard, Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, 1987//
La Portte Saint Jean, VDF, Le Saut Mignon, 2021////

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The hero of upcoming Heroes NYC, Kenneth Crum came to discuss our turn towards right wing / red wine extremism, the upcoming eclipse, Napoleon and John's worrying chemical imputs. This is the second episode in a row we recorded on the couch and it's really addicting.  Please go to Kenneth's new restaurant, Heroes NYC the instant it opens and also many times afterwards. //// LIST////
Franco Terpin,  Collio, 'Sauvignon,' 2017//
Bakkanali, IGT Toscana Rosso, 'Kab,' 2022//// 

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The bit is that our guest picks the wine for the episode this season. One cab sauv, one sauv blanc. This is not exactly what happened with our esteemed guest, Amanda Smeltz, the inventor of hot honey, but we had a really good time doing conpersion and loving without limits. Xoxoxoxo ////List////
Andreas Tscheppe, ‘Green Dragonfly Plus,’ 2021//
Ceritas, ‘Calima,’ 2020////

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It's the last main feed episode of Austro Thirsty Empire (WINE CLUB MEMBERS... YOU GET A SECRET EPISODE NEXT WEEK, and Patreons there's a few more interviews bopping around) so we thought we'd bring in the BIG guns: Welcome Emily Gutiérrez, possibly NYC's best Central and Eastern European sommelier to the pod.  We're talking English Royalty, unveiling new bits, purring, slaying, and contextualizing the shit out of the various Hungarian bits and bobs on the edge of the empire.  Full disclosure -- Duck was really worried the wines weren't going to be good, and it actually turned out to...

hey, It's Kevin. It's John's birthday and he's in Paris or Rome or something, so here I am, in charge of talking to you about this episode. What a good one! I love when James is on cause I know for a fact I'm the dumbest one in the room. For reference: We were sitting in a triangle shape, I was lounging on the couch and the boys were both at the nerd table. This is optimal Podcasting power for me, as I can better be in control of General Vibes this way, which is basically my primary function...