But I’ll Take a Pinot Grigio

In the season finale of one of the greatest seasons of television ever been made, our WeHo dummies are being the most iconic versions of themselves. From The Bubba's engagement party at Villa Rosa, to Stassi and Jax mending fences, to Lala and Kristen fighting over the White Kanye West, it was a ride.  The Pinot Pod is in the city. Emilie will now be applying her expertise to these young, beautifu...

Part 2 of the Summer House reunion and episode 3 of In The City have some juicy bits. It's a West and Amanda pile on in the former and Kenny-is-a-douche in the latter.  New city. Same bad instincts. We're covering every Tuesday. Check your feed. Watch, listen, and find visual aids and questionable life choices at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Hot takes, complaints, and confessions go...

It's been a great season, but we're down to the final 4 and they must plate their food on an unconventional "vessel." Sundi didn't realize she hated the word vessel so much until this episode of television.  The Pinot Pod has left London and is in the city. Emilie will now be applying her expertise to these young, beautiful NYC dwellers as we discuss “in The City” the spin off of the much debated...

Don't let the title of this episode fool you, we got it all. The lead up to the season 4 season finale is all about engagement party-prep as everyone schemes and complains their way through the penultimate episode.    We're almost to the end of season 23 of Top Chef, where Jeff is the expert and Sundi is along for the learning (and the food). The Pinot Pod is leaving London and heading to the city...

A midweek mega-mini episode featuring our ranking of Top Chef's final four and Jeff's outsider impressions of the Summer House reunion, not to mention some Vanderpump and Mormon Wives  gossip, and our recommendations for the week.  They also dive into true crime and darker documentaries like Hollywood Demons, Teen Mom retrospectives, and The Many Lives of Benjamin Kyle while questioning production...

Tequila Katie is back and is, apparently the "Shakespeare of rage texts" Stassi is hoping to win her way back into the group, but her looming influence has some folks really nervous. We're almost to the end of season 23 of Top Chef, where Jeff is the expert and Sundi is along for the learning (and the food). The Pinot Pod left London and is in the city now. Emilie will now be applying her expertis...

It's a Summer House/In The City crossover. We dissect the first part of the reunion and the second episode is juicy, ya'll.  Watch, listen, and find visual aids and questionable life choices at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Hot takes, complaints, and confessions go to sundi@pinotpod.com. Leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.    

Today we’re getting to dish on our new favorite show in its 23rd season, Top Chef! They are headed to the Carolinas this year and we will be watching and talking all about it.  Jeff (our resident hospitality expert) finally gets to discuss some food and Sundi (with her Professor of Pop Culture POV) gives her ever evolving thoughts on what a chef exactly is.  Hope you can join! Top Chef is leaving...

Jax is having a midlife crisis, Lala is better off without James and meanwhile, he's losing his mind at Pump - courtesy of one, Ms. Kristen Doute.  We're also in deep with season 23 of Top Chef, where Jeff is the expert and Sundi is along for the learning (and the food). The Pinot Pod is leaving London and heading to the city. Emilie will now be applying her expertise to these young, beautiful NYC...

The whole family is here as Jeff, Sundi and Emilie all get to discuss Top Chef (with the lack of drama), The Crash (all the real life drama) and give our own pop culture recommendations from the week from The Judds to the same knowledge we share with Oprah.   We don't have a Last Chance Kitchen any more so we are finding all kinds of new material to get into your earholes. The Pinot Pod has left L...

The Pinot Pod is leaving the Hamptons and heading straight to Manhattan. There is still MUCH left to sort out with Kyle and Amanda, but in the mean time, we're gonna get to know these folks a little better.  New city. Same bad instincts. We're covering every week, so check your feed. Watch, listen, and find visual aids and questionable life choices at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Ho...

The Pinot Pod is leaving the Hamptons. Ahead of the ‘In The City’ premiere,  Sundi and Emilie chat about the finale, and no stone is left unturned. Join us on our trudge toward new faces and continued bad decisions: Check your feed every Wednesday morning for the next 3 weeks as we get into the very juicy reunion. Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @takeapinotpod on Instagra...

Stassi extends her excruciating apology tour and Jas is "the number one guy in the group." That's right... we're here already.  We're also in deep with season 23 of Top Chef, where Jeff is the expert and Sundi is along for the learning (and the food). The Pinot Pod is leaving London and heading to the city. Emilie will now be applying her expertise to these young, beautiful NYC dwellers as we disc...

Our cheftestants are back at, and for some reason back at it outside.  In the heat.  Once again.  That's right, another outdoor quickfire challenge and this one's along Greenville's Swamp Rabbit trail.   Please, y'all, keep these folks indoors; they're qualified individuals in the running for a major award.               Jeff and Sundi stay inside like normal people to discuss our favorite food sh...

The iconic season 4 continues, however this epsiode is heavy on the stalking with a side of inappropriate talk in front of Max's mom. Katie is trying her best to be a grown up, despite Schwartz's constant sabotage and Scheana be Scheana-ing real hard.  We're also in deep with season 23 of Top Chef, where Jeff is the expert and Sundi is along for the learning (and the food). The Pinot Pod is leavin...

Part two of our Summer House Season 10 overview. We had so much to say about this set of episodes we had to break it up into two. So... you're getting double your money's worth. Enjoy (and try to ignore the ubiquitous sound of wine glasses hitting the table, corks being popped and drinks being topped off). This is the last week Summer House is an only child. For the next few weeks, we'll cover it...

This was a sprint, y'all. We had so much to say about this set episodes we had to break up into two. So... you're getting double your money's worth. Enjoy (and try to ignore the ubiquitous sound of wine glasses hitting the table, tops being unscrewed and drinks being topped off).   This is the last week Summer House is an only child. For the next few weeks, we'll cover it and In The City, so come...

The mystery of Stassi's sextape is revealed and has anybody checked on Scheana? The fallout of Jax's Hawaiian crime spree as Lisa makes him regret the day he was ever born.  We're also in deep with season 23 of Top Chef, where Jeff is the expert and Sundi is along for the learning (and the food). The Pinot Pod is leaving London and heading to the city. Emilie will now be applying her expertise to...

It's a day on the lake for Top Chef, Season 23 Episode 10.  These chefs haven't done enough for their dinners yet so now they've got to fish for it as well.  They get a day on the lake to (hopefully) get a little break, but no.  It's a three challenge episode and, really, that's too many.  Plus, it's hot. But our chefs aren't complaining, they're giving it their all and, of course, one must have t...

We're also in deep with season 23 of Top Chef, where Jeff is the expert and Sundi is along for the learning (and the food). The Pinot Pod is leaving London and heading to the city. Emilie will now be applying her expertise to these young, beautiful NYC dwellers as we discuss “in The City” the spin off of the much debated Summer House.  Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @tak...

Sundi and Emily recap episodes 1–8 of Summer House Season 10, summarizing the major storylines: Kyle and Amanda's doomed marriage, the Scamanda of it all, the new faces, the old beefs and how to watch knowing what we know.  Episodes 1 to 8 first, then 9 to 15  next week. Thursdays for now, but moving to Tuesdays after the In The City debut.  Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions a...

You're not imagining it, Pinot Squad. This episode is a little Jeff-light as our audio was acting a bit wonky. He comes in and out, and has plenty of feelings about the dummies in Hawaii, but I promise it won't be so much Sundi in the upcoming episodes.  We're also in deep with season 23 of Top Chef, where Jeff is the expert and Sundi is along for the learning (and the food). The Pinot Pod is leav...

The cheftestants are taking their show on the road as they head to Greenville, South Carolina for a high intensity quickfire/elimination challenge combo. Each dish had to be based on Duke's Mayonaise and Sundi is a happy camper. Exhausted and feeling sentimental, the remaining chefs fight to stay upright and take home the major prize.  We'll take a look at all the cheftestants and see which catego...

Yea... so Katie and Schwartz are engaged.. now what? Jax gets in deeper and deeper with his Lala liesw and the ghost of Stassi looms.   We're also in deep with season 23 of Top Chef, where Jeff is the expert and Sundi is along for the learning (and the food). The Pinot Pod has gone posh, y’all and we’re delving into season 4 of Ladies of London. Listen to Sundi and special guest and former sociali...

Sadly, this is our goodbye to season 4 of Ladies of London... maybe. Nonetheless we get into all the cuckoo takes, the fashion and the way in which American is NOT beating the allegations. As LoL winds down, join us for our 'In the City' coverage starting with our retrospective look at Summer House, season 10. We're gonna get to the bottom of it all, y'all.  We're also in deep with season 23 of To...