You're Gonna Need a Bigger Bottle

Part 1 in our Miniseries A PHILADELPHIA TASTING MENU Does Jamie have himself a winner matching Sauvy B with El Merkury’s delightful papusas in the show’s first ever FOOD pairing? Did Scott maybe find a throughline between writer/director kogonada’s near future tale of grief, constructed culture, family, and memory, and the forward thinking, climate-change conscious Von Winning? Hop in your self-dr...

A PALATE CLEANSER What kind of inane nonsense is “zerts and veg” and what does it have to do with The Rock? Will this single barrel, rye-finished, Indian single malt whiskey pair well a mail bag of listener questions? Can Jamie find a silver lining to climate change that his co-host won’t scoff at? Has Scott found a shred of optimism about the future of movie theaters? Have a seat and pour yoursel...

Part 6 of PARENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED?! Does this Sherry-adjacent wine pair well with DORA AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD’s confident, self-aware, homeschool energy hero? Can this unfortified palomino bottling stand up  to PADDINGTON 2’s clumsy, hard-staring, intrinsically good natured leading bear? Grab your sherry butt and a marmalade sandwich before hitting Play on this final episode of our miniseri...

Part 5 of PARENTAL GUIDANCE SUGGESTED… After weeks of big swings and bigger misses, has Jamie found a bottle of wine that Scott actually enjoys? And will it pair with this double feature of beloved comedy classics from two of the silent era’s undisputed masters? Put the kids to bed, pop open that magnum, and travel back to the 1920s with us when you press Play on our latest. THE KID is a 1921 feat...

Part 4 of PARENTAL GUIDANCE, SUGGESTIONS What is it about this robust rosé that Jamie describes as “delightful and charming” but has Scott doing Popeye Face after each sip? Does the petrichor character pair well with MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO’s rainy, natural aesthetic? Or, does the wine’s unexpected nature pair better with the essence of toxic capitalism evoked by KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE and SPIRITED AW...

Part 3 of PARENTAL GUIDANCE: SUGGESTED Which flavor of “Old World” stop-motion does Jamie prefer: the Swiss-watch-precision of WALLACE & GROMIT, or the anarchic lunacy of A TOWN CALLED PANIC? Does Scott actually like this small-production Mencia from Bierzo, or is he still drunk from the episode recorded immediately before this one? Make sure you hide your accidental purchase of 50,000,000 bri...

Part 2 of PARENTAL GUIDANCE, SUGGESTIONS Which of these two gonzo George Miller films resonates more with Jamie: the dark, urban fable of the sequel to BABE, or the sprawling jukebox musical of the second and final HAPPY FEET movie? Will drinking three glasses change Scott’s mind about this natty, sour, unfiltered Catalonian wine, or will he stand by his extremely non-plussed first reaction? If yo...

Part 1 of PARENTAL GUIDANCE, SUGGESTIONS Which of these two Cartoon Network spin-off movies made Jamie feel like he had taken hard drugs: the humanistic sci-fi musical fable STEVEN UNIVERSE: THE MOVIE, or the riotously silly meta comedy TEEN TITANS GO! TO THE MOVIES? Will Scott come around on this Catalonian bubbly pét-nat that initially gave him big kimchi vibes? And does it pair well with either...

To celebrate Robert Eggers' Viking epic THE NORTHMAN, we’re flashing back to our September 2021 discussion of his previous feature THE LIGHTHOUSE. Enjoy this reprise from the show’s early days. How does this loud, expressive Finger Lakes wine pair with this expressionistic black-and-white art house horror film? Is the acidity of this dry Riesling as “screeching” as the mermaid’s distressing call?...

To celebrate the success of EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE, written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Schienert, we’re flashing back to our March 2021 discussion of their first feature SWISS ARMY MAN. Enjoy this reprise from the show’s early days. How well does this somm darling grape pair with a buddy comedy about a farting, reanimated corpse and his suicidal best friend? Has Scott figure...

This discussion contains actually shockingly few spoilers for the plot of THE BATMAN, but there are some! You've been warned! What is it about this grungy, assured, maximalist take on the Caped Crusader that has Scott so enthralled and Jamie so annoyed? How does the super serious vibe of director Matt Reeves’ three hour Bat-reboot pair with the bottlings of heralded winemaker Tomasso Bussola? What...

Part 6 of Pinot Grigio vs THE M4TRIX Has Scott detected brettanomyces in this hazy red Pinot Gris from Willamette, or is Jamie just humoring him? Will Jamie ever successfully explain to his co-host the difference between notes of sweet things and the presence of actual sugar? Why does RESURRECTIONS have such a radically different aesthetic from the original trilogy? Can Scott successfully turn the...

Part 5 of Pinot Grigio vs THE M4TRIX  Did Jamie’s food pairing recommendation for this Willamette Valley landmark help his co-host out, or did Scott still find this Pinot Gris yucky? How is RESURRECTIONS’ new villain The Analyst a way for Lana Wachowski to incorporate critiques of THE MATRIX into the franchise? Is the story of 25-year-old David Lett’s purchase of Oregon land sight unseen an audaci...

Part 4 of Pinot Grigio vs THE M4TRIX Which RESURRECTIONS performance made Scott’s personal 2021 Oscar ballot: Keanu Reeves as Neo, Carrie Anne Moss as Trinity, or Jonathan Groff as Smith? What’s the deal with the Rubber Ducky on Keanu’s head in the bathtub and how is it an unexpectedly apt metaphor for this show? How does Red Newt Cellars’ spirit of partnership and collaboration parallel the theme...

Brace yourself for our progressively drunker discussion of this year's Best Picture Nominees! Which nominee does Jamie pair with a $250 bottle and just how much will his co-host shout about that price tag? What exactly are the three total laughs to be found in the two-and-a-half hour long “comedy” DON’T LOOK UP? Can Scott successfully express his love for CODA while still delivering it a series of...

How will our criminally verbose hosts manage to discuss all ten nominees AND ten bottles paired with them in a single, reasonable-length episode? (Spoilers: they will not. TWO PARTER, BABY!) Will Scott once again rant and rave about how distasteful he finds the very idea of the Oscars, or has he learned to accept them for what they are? Can The Wine Guy successfully explain pricing and economics i...

Part 3 of PINOT GRIGIO VS THE M4TRIX What’s the difference between Grigio and Gris? What exactly is a “Legacyquel”, has Jamie seen ANY of them, and where does Scott place Lana Wachowski’s fourth Matrix film in this dominant franchise trend? Can Jamie talk Scott into liking this Alsatian style Pinot Gris, or will his co-host remain confused by it? Have the vines that produced this bottling been #ph...

Part 2 of Pinot Grigio vs THE M4TRIX Where does this orange wine fall in Jamie’s preferred progression of beverages at a party? Is Jamie’s explanation of “mousy” as a wine descriptor the grossest one yet? How rad is the character Bugs (“as in Bunny, and tech that listens”) played by Jessica Henwick? How many broad generalizations about Gen X and Gen Z will our geriatric millennial hosts drop in on...

Part 1 of PINOT GRIGIO VS THE M4TRIX  Why did Jamie pick a grape stereotypically associated with day drinkin’ white women to dedicate six episodes to? What compelled Scott to match Jamie’s single-varietal-miniseries with Lana Wachowski’s extremely divisive fourth Matrix movie? How did the modernizing techniques of this producer lead to the ubiquity of neutral, garbage wine that Jamie says sullies...

Part 6.2 of IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT (AND I WANT WINE) Will Scott find this Oloroso Sherry “shiny & chrome” or will he whine “MEDIOCRE!” with every sip like he did with Fino Sherry? What’s an Almacenista and why does it take so long for Jamie to explain it to Scott?  Which is more responsible for the booming popularity of Sherry in the ‘90s: the long-running NBC sitcom FRASIER o...

Part 6.1 of IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT (AND I WANT WINE) How did fifteen years of development hell lead to what is inarguably* the greatest action movie of all time? What does 2022’s post-isolation Jamie have to say about Max Rockatansky’s sad loner vibe? What is “sculpting in time” and how does Scott connect it to this madcap, high octane, heavy metal, shiny and chrome car chase epic...

Part 5.2 of IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT (AND I WANT WINE) Can Jamie detect sincerity in the glass? Does Scott actually like a wine with Big Grapefruit Energy (BGE)? How do people from different places and backgrounds define “modernity”? Will Jamie successfully allay Scott’s very reasonable and not at all stupid concerns about native yeast fermentation? And what chances would a movie do...

Part 5.1 of IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT (AND I WANT WINE) How does the iconic bromance of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost compare to that of our hosts? Will our hosts once again bemoan abusive practices in their respective industries? Does this movie’s finale land differently in the hellscape of 2022 than it did back in 2004? How does director Edgar Wright use “the language of action movies...

Part 4.2 of IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT (AND I WANT WINE) Enough Tom Cruise talk, let’s get down on this NZ Malbec! What is Jamie’s personal single-serving size for wine? How long does it take for anything to happen in The World of Wine? What are ‘marginal lands’ and why are they so often dedicated to growing wine? And will Jamie give Scott enough credit for coming up with such an inci...

Part 4.1 of IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT (AND I WANT WINE) Which part of Scott’s verbose pitch for this movie - “a big budget, alien invasion, time loop, Looney Tunes war movie” - is a touchstone for Jamie? What’s the deal with this movie’s incredibly bland title? What happens to a flop after theaters? Can Scott’s impassioned defense of Tom Cruise’s performance convince the haters to gi...