Vino Bozo

In the second half of the Sparkling Fleurieu episode, things get hectic. Still very focused ongoing a serious review of amazing Fleurieu bubbles in a not very serious way, things go sideways when Darren's whole family eventually rock into the tiny studio during the episode. I remember laughing a lot and loving the three method ancestral wines and a delightful spritzer. Special guest Angela pl...

What an adventure. What a wild ride. Special guest Angela Oemcke joins us for a sometimes weird ride through the first four of eight sparkling wines that Jake is reviewing for Fleurieu Living. The effort to balance wine reviewing and not being serious hade me in stitches (DO). This episode covers the method traditionally and Chamat wines. Wines were all fantastic - the article is available in Fleu...

We really got excited and talked .... for another 40 minutes about Burgundy. We have been in quite a good mood. Again, the amazing wines: Jean Fournier 2020 Borgogne Côte d'Or red Burgundy (available form d'Or to Door) Hubert Lignier 2021 Morey-St-Denis 

Jacob spends about 10 minutes waiting for Darren to remember how much he loves Burgundy. Darren had a lot on his liver this week. Amazing wines: Jean Fournier 2020 Borgogne Côte d'Or red Burgundy (available form d'Or to Door) Hubert Lignier 2021 Morey-St-Denis (hard to get)

With Jacob starting to study for his WSET fortified exam, we decided to try a pile of fortifieds that will never be on any exam - all of those por WSET students missing out on th this breaks our hearts. Honey Moon Vineyards in the Adelaide Hills, you made us happy. Very happy as it turns out. This weeks wines were: Honey Moon Vineyards Sweet Cream Apera Honey Moon Vineyards Classic Tawny Honey Moo...

Second part of the double episode - this time we went culty and hipster. Darren was all hipster in his flanno and uggies and Jake in a hoodie. It is bloody cold here. This weeks wines were: Munjabel Etna Rosso 2020 - Available at your fancy wine shop (particularly Fall from Grace in Aldinga). Nittardi Chianti Classico Riserva 2018 - Good luck finding this one.

Wine Beef and 321 are now permanent! Also welcome to the first episode in the spaceship. We are really pleased with the new audio kit, hope you like the sound. (And Jake's sound effects) This weeks wine s were: Silent Noise from the McLaren Vale's Riverland Uva Di Troia - Get it from the Cellar Door in the Vale. Stony Rise Tasmania Trousseau - at your wine specialist retailers. Enjoy. Do...

This week two and a bit wines. We had a little bit of fun making this - hope you enjoy. We have two segments now - yes actual segments, organised and all. But we want your help. You will hear 3,2,1... in this episode. Any ideas for starting terms, hit us up. You won't hear "wine terms I hate" because the mic broke and we couldn't save it. But it will be back - send us any terms...

This week we just kept going on the two Vintage Aussie fortified (from when we were allowed to call them Port) Two vintage Aussie ports - that you will not be able to find. A great example of Australian fortified history - Sevenhill Vintage Port 1988 and Bleasdale Vintage Port 1990. These were a gift from a mate of Jakes who uncovered a lost cellar. Plus the usual random thoughts. We love the new...

In the first of a double banger episode, we hit three wines and Jalapeños Wine 1 is a Yalumba Gen Organic Sauvignon Blanc which we tasted then added some frozen Jalapeños to find out about this years wine TikTok craze. Our verdict - a resounding yes. The wine over-delivers on its own and with the Jalapeño is a great weekend drink. We bought the SB from Dan's for $14. Two vintage ports - that...

JB on a new Mike today, so might not quite have the levels right. Will work on it next week. Two wines plus Maple Syrup fraud today. Wine 1 was a Pol Roger Demi-sec - I'm starting to get used to this now, will miss all this when JBs sparkling exam is done. He is taking it on a date, but there is less than a half bottle left after the podcast. Hard stuff to find. We got it from East End Cellar...

In an episode where Darren expresses just how happy he will be when Jacob finishes his sparkling exam, JB insists that he will bring Champagne to the episode after he does the exam to celebrate. Will it never end.... (but woohoo). This week Coates McLaren Vale, Langhorne Creek and Adelaide Hills La Petite Cuvee NV (Shiraz and Friends) reminded us that great Sparkling Shiraz is not just for Christm...

With the drama of the now lost early episodes behind us, we decided to do an episode 1-10 retrospective. We prognosticated and came up with our faves from episodes 1-10. You will have to listen to find out which they were. Sadly, you can't go back and listen to the episodes we discussed some of them. You should know that we agreed on a couple, that Jacob bought every last bottle in Australia...

Jacob finally gets a pop filter and gives Darren back his explorer socks. Happy all round. No surprise with exams coming up that we tasted a sparkling wine - this was a sparkling Vouvray (Vouvray Mousseux) from Dan's - Pure Loire Sparkling Vouvray Brut by Maison Bougrier. Number 2 was a BK Wines 2021 The Fall Single Vineyard Chardonnay from Carey Gully in the Adelaide Hills. Jacob suggested t...

We advertised three sparklers - one Aussie and two Italians, but we changed our mind and went 100% Italian - 2 sparklers and one still. Blatently false advertising. Also Darren threw out two of the bottles before we got the full details off them - oops and sorry. Finally, why we are talking stuff-ups, Darren tried to put the deleted episodes back up (and re-deleted two of them) - turns out that is...

This weeks wines: Brown Brothers Tarrango - available just about anywhere. Darren got this from BWS. Domaine de Chatillon Vin de Savoie 2021 Chardonnay - Darren bought this from the D'or to Door wines mailing list. Find it here . It's great value. Insta @Vino_Bozo

Three wines this week: In the GNT was: Unico Zello Yuzu Sweet Vermouth available here . The pre-exam prep sparkling for Jake was : Granary Estate 2022 Mclaren vale Sparkling Shiraz Grenache. The still wine was: Head Wines 2021 Montepulciano, Nero D'Avola & Grenache available here .

As Jake continues to prepare for Sparkling exams... This weeks wines Sparkling wine: Freixenet Metodo Tradicional Cordon Negro Gran Selección Cava. Available at Dan Murphy's. And a still wine: Setiono 2021 Barossa Flaxman Syrah available online here .

Chardonnay in everything today. Champagne Duperrey Epernay Vintage 2012 Brut Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and PinotMeunier. Available at Dan Murphy's. Small Things Wine 2021 Margaret River Chardonnay. Available from www.smallthingswine.com .

Without really thinking about it we went to two of the oldest wine producing countries in the world: China with a 2,200 year history of making wine from grapes then Georgia with a massive 8,000+ years of winemaking history. Georgia is considered the likely original winemaking. Of course we did not discuss this at all in the podcast. But we did enjoy the wines. China: Xiao Pu Someone in the Crowd,...

Just a mix of wines that have come past us in the last week. The wines: 2022 Tornatore Etna Bianco DOC, Sicily available at Noori Wine Bar or online at WineSquare 2022 Larnook Blewitt Springs Grenache (2023 here) 2023 Stones + Thunder Margaret River (Wilyabrup) Wagtail Vineyard Echoes of Fury Bordeaux Blend 

The first of our recovery mission for the previously lost episodes. We first introduced the concept of Matt Wilson in this episode, discussed big issues like pizza and wine adn pineapple on pizza, and had a huge Wine Beef (before the wine beef segment even existed) about chilli in wine focussed restaurants. Like went on and on and on... We also went on and on about the SubRosa Mourvèdre and it is...