With a budget of $8 each we each buy a bottle of wine from Trader Joe’s and see which one of us picks the better bottle. We drink through Pars Zinfandel 2016, Vega del Origon Terra Alta 2011, Chariot Gypsy 2015, and Gaetano D’Aquino Chianti 2015.

We taste the Willett Rare Release Straight Rye Whiskey, Dark Horse Big Red Blend No. 33.1, and the Victor Sornin Beaujolais-Villages and Elyas recounts how he straightened all his hairs.

We taste the Gazela Vinho Verde, Cacique Maravilla Pipeño, and Del Maguey Minero Santa Catarina Minas Single Village Mezcal; and Chris recounts living it up while going down.

We drink through Clos Fantine Faugères, Looking Glass Cabernet Sauvignon, and Wathen’s Single Barrel Bourbon while Elyas debuts his sonorous catch phrase.