The Wine Situation

Ah yes it is another brooding look into the life of a young goth wine girl. Aka Elle is going to play some games, drink an Aglianico del Vulture made by a woman and wax poetic on what happens when you add wine to your movie experience. Cheers! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What a life it has been! It’s time for another season as Elle gets into wine, the changes at hand and drinks a rich and heady Zinfandel by Dutcher Crossing. There is also another rendition of the game that is a game, WhoWhatWhenWhy Wine! And then! There is an interview with the extraordinary sommelier Cha McCoy! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad...

One more!!! This week Ellen dips into another game of WhoWhatWhenWhereWhyWine, drinks a wine made by Brown Estates, eats Grenache?! Then it is time for a Final Five, this time with sommelier Nathaniel Muñoz! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In honor of the 100th episode Ellen brings you an extra goth episode! There is a goth grape, a goth On the Food Side, and Ellen drinks a goth wine made by a woman!? She doesn’t know if the winemaker is goth but the winery’s name is POÉ. Crack open a bottle dark angels and get in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

Wooooo we are 99 episodes in and while Ellen has a stellar 100th episode plotted, this week is far from shabby! Pop a cork and pour a glass, this week we’ve got good news, another rendition of WhoWhatWhenWhereWhy Wine, a cocktail, and of course wine. This week Ellen is drinking a delicious red from the Douro Valley in Portugal that has a rich feminist history. Cheers! Hosted on Acast. See acast.co...

It’s a mixed bag this week with wine adjacent fun, another WhoWhenWhereWhy Wine, Pink’s pink wine and another On The Food Side which is just...twisted...grab a glass and join in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

These days probably maybe who the hell knows is the theme of the year. But I definitely have wine. And games. And rambling thoughts. And segments and tangents. What else do you want? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Going Old-school wine sitch here and doing a full-length Interview here! Actor/creator/Dancepartyextraordinaire Kiersten Dolbec joins me for a full on Zoom wine part...from grandma’s house. Tune in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week it’s a brave new world on the pod as Ellen eschews the WhoWhatWhenWhy game in favor of a Goth Grape, a Boozy Book and a new segment reviewing glassware! This week it is the Grassl Cru glass. She drinks a Rhone blend made by friends of the show Stanley Barrios and Elena Martinez of TOP except this wine is their new line of wine: HOOD! And it is very good Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...

Wooo another week in pandemic days. Another chance to pop a bottle pour a glass take a sip and chill out with Ellen for a little wine intel. There’s a WhoWhenWhereWhy Wine, there’s a wine made by a woman, and there’s a drunk dial with the awesome Erik Segelbaum! Listen in Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another very solo episode that may or may not get raucous, you make the call! Play another round of WhoEhatWhenWhereWhy Wine, think food shape applied to food type, and virtually enjoy Pink Flamingo rosé! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What an episode! More wine games, another wine by a woman, another edition of Just Add Wine, andddddd the Final Five is with the amazing Julia Coney, founder of Black Wine Professionals! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A shorter but certainly sweet episode this week: there's philosophy, a game of Who What When Where Why Wine, a Happy Cocktail Hour, and, of course, wine! This week red blend by the McBride Sisters--a winery with a spectacular origin story! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Woooooo more wine. This week Ellen has another round of WhoWhatWhenWhereWhy Wine, a delicious Pinot Noir from Merry Edwards to virtually share with you and more more more. The Boozy Book this week is Love By the Glass by Dorothy J. Gaiter and John Brecher. And there is a drunk dial with Alisha Blackwell-Calvert! Cheers:) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about...

As the world goes out, Ellen is staying in. With wine. This week there another goth grape, Grenache! There is also a bottle of Theopolis Petite Sirah Rosé and it is a glory. Plus, an On the Food Side topic: waffling! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode was recorded before the news of the murder of a George Floyd, and so begins with a quick explanation for its perkiness and promise from Ellen of what she is going to be doing differently. Now, pour a glass and drink with her, and a thing or two about wine while you're at it. This week there is a game of WhoWhatWhatWhenWhereWhy Wine, a bit of philosophy, and On the Food Side covers the...

It's another action episode! There's a game of Who/WhatWhenWhereWhy Wine, a hot tip, the first edition of Just Add Wine (find out what happens when you hike with wine), a final five questions with Claire Coppi! What's to drink? This week's wine is another one from a woman winemaker, Martian Ranch Vineyard Tempranillo! Pour a glass and drink along! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

This week it’s all about the dark side! And a nice little wine discount. Ellen will regale you with both a Goth Grape and and Goth Cocktail, as well as sample a lovely Malbec by Loscano. She then dials up Kristin Fauth from Free Run Juice Wines for the Final Five and Kristin shares favorite drinks, ginsa, and more—plus a code to get 20% off two or more bottles on freerunjuicewine.com! Hosted on Ac...

Good week! Good wine. That's what Ellen has for you this week on the wine situation. Over a bottle of another women-wine (this week it is Honig Sauvignon) you'll be treated to another game of WhoWhatWhenWhereWhy Wine, a bit of philosophy on how much we can have in life, a segment of Side, and more tangents than you can shake a winery at. Then it is final five with writer and all-around wine and sa...

This week is exciting! I possibly say that every week but this week the drunk dial is "Wine Girl" author and sommelier Victoria James! In addition, we have poll results and a review of "Uncorked". The wine of the week is a Grenache/Syrah/Cinsault blend from Terraces de Larzac by Domaine de la Reserve de l'O from another woman wine maker! Pop a bottle, drink along! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

Keeping it SO very real this week, Ellen leans into solitude as a single lady. With wine. There is another rousing round of WhoWhatWhenWhereWhy Wine with a secret bonus hidden clue so keep your ears! Plus, a review of Wine Girl in another edition of Boozy Books. But what to drink? This week's woman winemaker is Leah Jorgensen, who makes Cabernet Franc in Oregon, who'd have thunk? Ellen pops the bo...

This week Ellen checks in with exhaustion but reins it in and gets back to gratitude and vino. There's another WhoWhatWhenWhy Wine, a poll and a bottle of sparkliné from Portugal! At the end she dials Highland Park Wine's Andrea Onofre to talk drinking pink, pairing, being a Yola Mexcal ambassador and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choic...

Keeping it fresh, mixing it up, and pouring the good juice is what we are all about here. And by we I mean me, Ellen, your fearless wine seeker. This week we are gonna have a goth grape, taste a phenomenal wine made but the phenomenal-er woman winemaker (spoiler alert it is Two Wolves wine made but Alecia Moore aka Pink), review a boozy book, have a fun wine boost (as opposed to last week’s wine b...

Ellen is coming to you from her secure bunker in downtown Los Angeles with another solo pod of wine smack. On this week’s show you’ll play another round of the WhoWhatWhenWhereWhy Wine game, get to know and join Ellen in tasting another woman-made wine —this week it’s Alaina by Ntsiki Biyela Sauvignon Blanc from South Africa—hear the results of wine poll, listen to some wine bull, learn about a bo...

It’s week two of the solo pod and woooo-eeee is Ellen happy to have you listen because she is still so very alone.  In this episode there is another game of WhoWhatWhenWhereWhyWine with a small twist at the “When”. There’s a wine story, a reminder to take part in the poll on Instagram, and of course, a nice drunk dial with fellow wine writer Carrie Dykes. On tap is Jules Taylor OTQ Marlborough Pin...