The Wine Situation

This week Elle's got the November wine update! Then she introduces a La Scolca Gavi dei Gavi aka a refreshing white wine made from Cortese, hailing from the Piedmont region in Italy. Next up is On the Food Side. This month the food of choice is pho--that's right, Elle actually enjoyed a soup, but she wants the word broth to be banned. Lastly is the Final Five where Anush O'Connor. Anush is your go...

Elle's back for October! This time she'll take you on a journey with her to the Languedoc, in a first time ever segment she calls Wanderlust. Then, she'll try a Malbec from Coen Wines you should lean into too! Lastly, the final five is with Urban Wine Tribe's John Michael Morcilio! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...

It's the September edition! Chock full of goodies as Ellen gets into the situation that is wine. Which is to say, you're going out more and you want to know more about wine so you can be the "person who knows wine" at the table! This week she'll teach you about a Sexy Soil and drink an autumn-ready Cabernet Sauvignon by Materra and yes that is a wine made by a woman! Lastly she calls one of her fa...

This week Ellen is back with a wonderful sparkling rosé by Ultraviolet Wines!! Per the usual it’s a terrific woman-made wine. Elle also has rewatched Sideways, so you don’t have to. Does she still hate it? Tune in to find out! And lastly, Elle calls Casleah Herwaldt, the superpower behind By the Stem, creator of Casleah Wines, and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Elle is keeping it short n sweet this week!!! She’s got butterbeer pairings , drinks a fabulous Chenin Blanc from South Africa, and talks with Matthew Lindsey, sommelier and creator of the Advanced Wine Course. If you want a fifty percent discount, use the code THEWINESITUATION! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoi...

Keeping it short n sweet again this week, Ellen updates (doesn’t she always, as well as poll results! Then she gets into a bottle of old-vine Zinfandel from Testa Vineyards where she recently had lunch with winemaker Maria Martinson. Lastly, her musings on Somm III and blind tasting. Pour yourself a glass and listen in!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more abou...

Back after another break, but with every so many tales to tell!!! In addition to an update, Elle has a meeting poll for you: what are your wine/cheers-ing superstitions? She will also share a glass of Ehlers Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, explore tortilla chips in another On the Food Side, and finally has a Final Five questions with sommelier Alissa Bica!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

This week is a smorgasbord of follow-ups! Plus a tasty wine from one of Elle’s favorite wine regions. The first follow-up is the unexpected (to Elle) results of the tasting of the wine that went into space. The other follow-up is the long awaited On the Food Side on the glory of potatoes that aren’t French Fries. Pour a glass of Fleurie and get in!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

She’s back! Elle is ready to dive into season six, all washed down by a nice glass of Banshee Pinot Noir. She will also give you a life update and had a new On the Food Side. It’s all polished off with a final five questions with the wonderful sommelier Matthew Arnall. Pour a glass and listen in!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

What more could you want than booze and dirt! Ellen has that in spades for you this week. She gets into silex, has a game of WhoWhatWhenWhereWhy Wine, a cocktail to tell you about, and of course a nice bottle of bubbles made by a woman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week is easy breezy fun—Elle promises to not use up too much of your precious time!! She will reveal the results of her stemware poll, get into a wine made by a woman—this week it is a 2018 Giovanna Tantini Bardolino Chiaretto rosé, and then has another edition of On the Side. This week the topic is Fuego Box hot sauce of the month Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

It’s a stellar episode this week, in more ways than one! Ellen has a poll to kick things off: what sort of glass do you prefer?! She also has another round of WhoWhatWhenWhereWhy Wine, a stellar bottle of Outward Cabernet Franc to drink, and a Just Add Wine segment that gets into outer outer space! Lastly, she talks with the amazing sommelier Philippe André! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

Elle is mixing it up once again! This week she has a short form interview with Theodora Lee of Theopolis Vineyards! After the conversation, instead of drinking another wine, Elle decides to try out one of Theo’s cocktails called The Beautiful. Can’t get enough? Listen to episode 4.12 titled “Wine On” where Ellen reviews another Theopolis wine! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inform...

Ellen is going back to the old-school interview this week! And she a discount code for you if you want to taste the marvelous wines of Lisa Warr-King Packer for yourself! Go to their website and use the code thewinesituation for 20% off, then pour a glass and get to know Lisa!!! What’s in the glass this week? Ellen and Lisa are tasting a vertical of Cabernet Sauvignon from 2015-2017...it is fascin...

This week Elle has some big news and a celebration Champagne to go with it! Plus a game of WhoWhatWhenWhereWhy Wine and a deep dive into what to drink if you are also obsessed with Bridgerton. Ahem. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elle can’t resist a good gothic label or another excuse to devote another episode to all things goth. She kicks it off with a goth grape she can scarcely believe she hasn’t done a deep dive on yet: Pinot Noir! Amd then of course she opens a very goth Pinto Noir indeed: Bloodroot Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir! Lastly (and arguably less goth) there is another On the Food Side that gets salty—this week Ell...

What fun we will have flexing our vinous muscles, all while enjoying a delightful sparkling wine that is being all want it to be! This week Ellen has another round of WhoWhatWhenWhereWhy Wine, a Sexy Soil to tell you about and Final Five with the wonderful Rebecca Rose Phillips of Let’s Taco Bout Wine! She’s drinking a fabulous bottle of Dr. Konstantin Frank Brut 2013, a traditional method wine fr...

This episode celebrates polymaths in wine! But first Elle digs into the poll results. Her listeners enjoy the variety of “guilty pleasure” drinks! Then she dips into wine that polymath Mary J Blige (singer/actor/wine person) is behind: Sun Goddess. Ellen is trying the Pinot Grigio Ramato bottling. Next she reviews “Pinot Rocks” a book by polymath Michael Browne (drawer, woodworker, circus member,...

It’s getting uncanny in here...well not really actually it’s very canny. Canned wine canny! This week Elle unboxed some Wine Society treats, plays another round of WhoWhatWhenWhereWhy Wine, posts a poll (what’s your guilty pleasure, and shares a Happy Cocktail Hour! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy day, wine friends!!! At least Elle is trying to bring some happiness into your vinous life. This week there is a game of WhoWhatWhenWhereWhy Wine, a Home brewing conundrum and a party invitation! Plus Ellen dips into a fabulous bottle of Roussanne by Ware- wines, another winery with a woman winemaker! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choic...

There a lot packed in here! This week Ellen is as (almost) always sipping on a wine made by a woman! This week it is a sparkling Zinfandel from Rock Wall Wine Co., purportedly a favorite of vp elect Kamala Harris! There is also another game of WhoWhatWhenWhereWhy Wine, an On the Food Side that delves into Elle’s blue velvet Thanksgiving, and a Happy Cocktail Hour where Ellen teaches you to make th...

And as we head back to lockdown, here Ellen is hopefully keep you company! This week’s segments include a Sexy Soil, commentary on the Court of Master Sommeliers sex scan, and a Final Five with Katherine Jarvis! Elle is drinking a Merlot from Broadside, open something good and join her! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f...

And we’re back!!! This week brings another round of the game: WhoWhatWhenWhereWhy Wine! Plus per the usual Elle is drinking a wine an amazing woman had a hand in. This week it is Clau de Nell, which Anne-Claude Leflaive helped revive. Not only is it a fabulous Loire valley pick but it is made from the Grolleau grape (say that five times fast)! Then there is a Just Add Wine situation to contemplate...

It is a new day! And a new show. A blue drink, a delightful bubbly made by a woman, a breakdown of the Great British Baking Show and a Final Five with the Pairs With Life host John Taylor are all here for your earholes! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elle is! And she is here to distract you on this Election Day with an all new segment: Sexy Soil. This week she is tackling that beautiful slate and quartz darling of Priorat called llicorella. Also on the agenda is drinking a truly gothic wine. So goth it is made by Gothic Wines. Their “Telltale” rosé out of the Willamette Valley is killer. Then she gets philosophical on frankenfood for One The F...