Botany & Barrels

Ok folks we are turning the final corner to Christmas. For those of you that are just now realizing Christmas is only an extremely short work week away and desperatly need to get some gifts, look no further than this Sweet Berry Wine from Las Jaras Wines. We'll be pairing the 2018 flagship red blend from Las Jaras with Ethel M holiday truffles. It's the perfect pairing for everyone you love (and even the ones you don't). Your #1 favorite TV doctor approves. Check it out... FOR YOUR WINE!

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Change up! The ladies are going from prestige, best-wine-Nina-has-ever-had to the Trader Joes staple, Two Buck Chuck from Charles Shaw (through their parent Bronco Wine ). How well do you think this will go over? Maybe we can look through some rose colored glasses to find the love for this exceedingly afforable wine. 

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Ever wondered about how all these wine makers have such a green thumb and you don't?? Well this week Nina & Gaby bring on their first guest, Selena Vengco! Before landing in the same graduate school as Nina she researched the spread of diseases in wine grapes in Napa Valley. Selena brought in an extremely special wine for this weeks episode, a 2017 Regusci Cabernet Sauvignon Block 3.  

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It's Thanksgiving morning. Your parents are cooking the turkey, grandpa's asleep in the living room... when it dawns on you... you haven't brought anything! Cousin Lidia is making the stuffing, your uncle's bringing the cranberries. So what about you? You aren't twelve anymore, you have to bring something! Never fear, Gaby & Nina will help you pick the perfect last minute wine that has your family thinking you spent $50 instead of $10. We'll also provide tips and tricks to looking like the cool, successful, and worldly wine drinker that your family will think you are.

Washington Hills 2019 Dry Riesling from Precept Winery.

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It's almost Thanksgiving everyone! This week editor and producer extraordinaire Julia brings the wine! For those of you traveling and want to bring a fancy wine to show off, we've got the wine for you! Nina & Gaby will show you why this is the perfect wine to impress your new boyfriend's yacht-sailing parents. (Seriously? Why are you meeting his parents on Thanksgiving??) Check out this 2016 Pinot Noir from Center of Effort Winery .

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Gaby tires Nina's pick, a 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon from Ravenswood!

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Welcome to November everyone! Nina & Gaby start off the month with a 2018 Estate Vineyard Pinot Noir generiously provided by Lucas & Lewellen Vineyards.  

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Happy Halloween! Special Episode Alert: This week Nina & Gaby try an eerie and frightening red blend, The Weird Ones Are Wolves (2016), from Lightwell Survey Wines. 

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This week Gaby & Nina taste Toccata graciously provided by Lucas & Lewellen. First of three bottles we will be tasting over the coming months from this fabulous Santa Barbra winery. 

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