Vino Bozo

We do drink a wine with this episode - the Aphelion Affinity Grenache Mourvèdre. But it's not about the wine! We are launching a new event called the Vinobozo Vinolympics that will be at the Noori Wine Bar on August 23 if we can get enough people to come along! This is the episode where we designed the event. See you at the Vinolympics.

Warning - no wines were tasted in this episode. This week we get into wine beef about the Port region. Jacob is upset about the Beneficio system in the Duoro Valley and Darren cuts loose about the Port Wines he had to study for his Diploma. Let us know which one of us is better at beefing (whinging) about Port. Have fun!

In our third match up, two delicious wines, along with some of the usual shenanigans. Get some of this into you - Fiano is just getting more and more interesting. Donna Paolina Fiano di Avellino DOCG 2024 (Campania, Southern Italy) vs Olivers Taranga Vineyards Fiano 2025 (100% McLaren Vale, 100% Fiano)

This week we do a profile of the Poco Vino brand by Australian Vinatage in 187.5mL glass that is on prominent display in most bottle shops at the moment. Normally we are looking at small producers; this week we are reviewing a high volume wine - see if you agree with us.

In this episode, we indulge - Heyson Blue Cheese from Udder delights, Golden North vanilla ice cream with four fortified wines. A Madiera Malvasia, two styles of fortified Muscat - one from McLaren Vale and another from Rutherglen and a Pedro Ximénez (PX) Sherry. Come along and see how it went 

In this episode Piquepoul v Picpoul de Pinet - our unique perspective on the French v McLaren Vale versions. Wines tasted were: Réserve Delsol Picpoul de Pinet 2023 Coriole McLaren Vale Piquepoul 2025 Correction: in the podcast Darren spoke about spelling of Picpoul being restricted. Afterwards we looked it up and both Picpoul and Piquepoul are probably allowed spellings in Australia, although Piq...

This week, on the verge of winter we explore wines for deep conversation. This episode we range across the Souther Fleurieu peninsular in the search for the perfect conversational wine. Wines reviewed for this quarters Fleurieu living were: Saltfleet 2025 Sangiovese (McLaren Vale and Sellicks Hill in Kaurna Country) Oria Riff 2025 Grenache (McLaren Vale - Blewitt Springs, Fiona Wood's Vineyar...

We couldn't think of a better reason for a matchup episode than two French wines that have similar names - Jura and Jurancon. It didn't matter to us that they are from completely different parts of France, different climates, different elevations or different varietals. We just wanted you to know about them. In addition, we have chosen styles that are represenattive of the regions, but n...

We taste three sparkling wines, but with a twist: every one of them comes with a little extra flavour and a lot more fun. Come along for a fizzy ride through sparkling wine, spritzes and a few deliciously questionable ideas that turn out to be very good ones. We get stuck into sparkling wine with added flavour adn gone on about adding soda, ice, mint and cassis, and stir up a bit of wine beef alon...

Join us as Darren tries his first ever boilermaker: whisky and beer side by side. It turns into a fun chat about flavour, surprising pairings, and which combos really work. We had a great time recording this one and were seriously impressed by some of the matches. In this episode, we try Redbreast Irish Whiskey and Sazerac Rye Whisky with pilsner, then mix things up with an all-Australian brandy a...

Join us as we taste through some Mhoba Agricole Rum that Jacob bought back from South Africa. All the rums were Agricole style so come and learn a little about that too. Warning almost entirely wine free except for a couple of fortified wine recommendations in the cocktail section at the end, where we cover at home recipes for Dark and Stormy, Spiced Rum, and Old Fashioned.

Our first ever producer profile (perhaps there will be more) is dedicated to Saltfleet Wines (we tasted the Sangiovese, Mourvèdre, and GSM) - they describe themselves as "fine wines from exceptional vineyard sites across McLaren Vale." We did this episode because Jake had just tasted the wines and is putting them on the wine program at Noori. Find out why!

Today we discover the new crisps-based late night food innovation at Noori and taste with various fish, pepper, and meat accompaniments and some very interesting wines - a cool climate Viognier from Victoria and two types of Sherry.

Today we taste two Australian fortified wines with tonic (delicious - do try this at home), discuss the whole port and tonic thing as well as getting into our strong feelings about chocolate and ice cream with wine.

In this episode, we start with a reflection on McLaren Vale Grenache then move into Jacobs recent exciting  travels in South Africa, experience with that vineyard pest, the Baboon, and then some South African Chenin Blanc and a Cabernet Blend. Come for the wine, be terrified by the Baboons.

Part 2 of the summer reds review for Fleurieu Living

Part 1 of a 2 part episode reviewing some fabulous wines from the Southern Adelaide Hills and McLaren Vale - join us for the ride! This is our third episode of the Fleurieu Living Wine Review.

Unfortunately, we agreed to edit this episode - this will not be happening again, Angela. After all we refused to edit for Matt Wilson.  As a result it is late - and I forgot to photograph the bottles. Which means that I now can't rescue the wine bottles to get full details of producers. I am very sorry about that to everyone - producers and listeners. We tasted: A magnificent Mt Barker (WA)...

We talk a lot about food pairings. Even writing this is making me hungry.  In our second Fleurieu Living wine review, we review seven wines from Adelaide Hills Sauvignon Blanc to McLaren Vale Chardonnay. This time we squeezed it all into one episode to meet publication deadlines! We focussed on pairing these wines with a BBQ and discovered Jake's love of accompaniments and Darren's focus...

We have managed to come back after a break and have an accidental Semillon episode. And without a Hunter Semillon in the mix - an oversight we will have to fix.  Why did we have an accidental Semillon episode - well Darren wanted to show a David Franz Eden Edge Riesling Semillon (2021) and Jacob had a Cullen Grace Madeline Semillon Sauvignon Blanc (2024). This is in line with our new (perhaps it w...

Based on a listener enquiry from Becky in the UK, we got into getting started on the wine journey in wine this week. We may not have agreed on everything, but we're happy to have a go - hope we helped. We focussed on wines available in Oz and The Old Blighty. You may not agree with our recommendations, so we are looking forward to you letting us know what you would advise. Any WINE BEEF with...

Join us with famous and opinionated wine photog Matt Wilson for our most chaotic episode ever. At the end, I wasn't quite sure what we had just done! Pizza and wine: we had lots of opinions, substantiated by live on-podcast research. Plus your views!! Ceretto Dolcetta D'Alba 2023  Somos McLaren Vale Aglianico 2023 Domaine Marcel Deiss Alsace Complantantion 

Watch out, this is is a long one. We really shouldn't try to do more than 2 wines. Sweet wines Darren bought back from Germany are in our glasses - go and find some! We do talk a bit about how these are made, which is damn interesting. Other than that, the focus of the show is hard to work out. However, neither of us had stolen any bicycles recently. Oh... several mea culpas from Darren about...

It was an uncomfortable episode this week with confessions from Jacob about stealing bicycles from small children, reminding Darren that he had his bike stolen by adults as a child. Note: All bicycles were stolen from very naughty boys - listen in to find out. A trip to Madeira for the very special sweet wines from this amazing Atlantic Island, probably not our last fortified episode as Jacob face...

In a week that we couldn't get Darren to shut up about his recent trip to the German Rhineland, we had a red from the Ahr Valley and a White from the Rheingau - both from historic estates. We really could not shut him up. Wine 1 is a Schloss Johannisberg 2021 Silberback Rheingau Riesling GG (Dry). Founded in 1720 on vineyards originally planted in 817, they are the oldest known Riesling wine...