The Make America Grape Again Podcast

01/11/2021

My bird is an alcoholic.

01/11/2021

Rawr means "I love you" in Conure.

30/10/2021

In our latest episode of the podcast, we sit with guest Timo Geis of Selection Sauvage and talk Natural Wines!

https://makeamericagrapeagainpodcast.com/2021/10/28/season-2-episode-30-natural-wines-and-where-to-find-them/

We’ve explored a few natural wines over the course of this podcast and the associated blog, but we haven’t delved as deeply as we could have into this often-controversial topic. The fac…

05/10/2021

In Season 2, Episode 29 of the Make America Grape Again Podcast, Peter, Sophia, and I discover this amazing dessert wine made from a new varietal called Aromella. Triumph of the Hybrids, folks!

This bottle came from Harvest Ridge Winery in Marydel, Delaware.
https://makeamericagrapeagainpodcast.com/2021/10/05/season-2-episode-29-can-anything-good-come-from-delaware/

If you’ve been following my podcast (and the associated blog) for a while, you know that I’ve come out strongly in favor of varietals that are hybrids between American and French grape …

05/09/2021

In Season 2, Episode 29 of the Make America Grape Again Podcast, "Rosé All Night," we explore four rosé vintages made of Cabernet Franc. Bottles imbibed in this podcast include vintages from DAMA Wines, Harvest Ridge Winery, and two AOCs in France.

https://makeamericagrapeagainpodcast.com/2021/09/04/season-2-episode-29-rose-all-night/

This is an episode that I’ve lost into the ether a few times and even mentioned as lost in another episode, but somehow mysteriously re-appeared. I’m not one to look a gift horse in the…

18/08/2021

Welcome to Season 2, Episode 27 of the Make America Grape Again Podcast, and join us for our "Fünf der Mai Riesling Extravaganza!"

Wines include vintages from Najar Cellars, Del Rio Springs Vineyard, Harper Voit Winery, Dr. Konstantin Frank Winery, Vermilion Valley Vineyards, Neu Cellars, and more.

https://makeamericagrapeagainpodcast.com/2021/08/17/season-2-episode-27-funf-der-mai-riesling-extravaganza/

In the American Southwest, celebrations around the Fifth of May are a big thing. Known as Cinco de Mayo, American pop culture seems to hold that this date is the independence day for Mexico, but th…

01/08/2021

Season 2, Episode 26: "A Sort-of Super-Tuscan by the Sea" (where I drink with Paleontologist John-Paul Hodnett and his wife Sarah Hodnett while hunting for fossil shark teeth.)

https://makeamericagrapeagainpodcast.com/2021/08/01/season-2-episode-26-a-sort-of-super-tuscan-by-the-sea/

Last week, I went to visit the rocky landscape of Moab, Utah, in pursuit of the state’s oldest wineries. This is not a podcast about this experience, though the winemaker for the vintage in t…

11/07/2021

Welcome to Season 2, Episode 25 of the Make America Grape Again Podcast: "Diamond in the Rough." This time, we drink a Pet-Nat from Fossenvue Wines in the Finger Lakes, made of 100% Diamond. The grape, that is... not the Gemstone. Enjoy!

https://makeamericagrapeagainpodcast.com/2021/07/11/season-2-episode-25-diamond-in-the-rough/

Diamond is a grape you might know better than you think. You may not have heard of this hybrid varietal, but there is a decent chance that you might have tasted it… but not in wine. Also know…

29/06/2021

In Season 2, Episode 24 of the Make America Grape Again Podcast, we revisit West Virginia with a bottle of "Uncle Jake's Elderberry Wine," from West Virginia Fruit and Berry.

(We have no idea who Uncle Jake is, either. But it was fun!)
https://makeamericagrapeagainpodcast.com/2021/06/29/season-2-episode-24-uncle-jakes-elderberry-wine/

For many of us city folk, our first introduction to Elderberry (and its alcoholic potential) was probably the infamous line from Monty Python and the Holy Grail: “Your mother was a hamster, a…

01/06/2021

We are here to tell you in Season 2, Episode 23 of the Make America Grape Again Podcast that there's absolutely No Regrets when Drinking Piquettes.

This episode features vintages from Page Springs Cellars, Old Westminster Winery, and Bodega Pierce's Saeculum Cellars Label.

Drink up!

https://makeamericagrapeagainpodcast.com/2021/06/01/season-2-episode-23-no-regrets-when-drinking-piquettes/

Lately in the American wine scene, a new beverage with ancient roots has been taking the world by storm: Piquette. Occasionally described as “White Claw for Wine Lovers,” Piquette is a …