Bottle Bitches

We’re donning our [Premier Cru](https://fwpbyrae.com/product/premier-cru-supersoft-sweatshirt/) jumpers and discussing one of Angela and Kate’s favourites: Pinot Noir! Not to be confused with [Peeno Noir](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6yttOfIvOw). (Soz, Caro!) 

**WINESUP**

We discuss [this DISGUSTING and very very very old bottle of wine](https://mymodernmet.com/oldest-unopened-bottle-wine-world/). 1,650 years old, in fact. Thank u, next! 

**WANKIEST WINE REVIEW OF THE WEEK**

Rhys & Eggsy of Goldie Looking' Chain fame make a word salad out of a Welsh wine review. Thank you, chaps! 

**THE DRINKING**

We drank an Alpataco 2017 Argentina Pinot Noir from the [Mount Edgcumbe wine list](http://www.themountedgcumbe.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Wine-List-Novemeber-2018.pdf) for £26.95.

This week, we're going Rhône! We're diving into this region with much aplomb and catching you up on what we've been doing – and drinking – for the last few months. 

**WANKIEST WINE REVIEW OF THE WEEK**

Voice actor [Rose O’Loughlin](https://www.wisebuddah.com/voices/rose-oloughlin) makes us swoon with a wanky review of Tempranillo. Congratulations on the baby, Rose!! 

**THE DRINKING**

We enjoyed this beautiful Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2014 Clos de L’Oratoire des Papes that you can find at Majestic for £28.00. 

Check out other [wines from the Rhône](https://www.bottlebitches.com/search?q=rhone) over on our website!

Remember when we [fangirled over Fuggles](https://www.bottlebitches.com/wine-reviews/getting-fugged)? Well, this week we're talking to the Alex Greig, Director/Owner/Beer Guy at [Fuggles Beer Café](http://www.fugglesbeercafe.co.uk/) in Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge. We sit down and talk to him about opening a pub, the proper way to make spag bol (or bowl), and how he decides what wines/beers/gins he puts on the menu. 

**WINESUP**

As Alex is a beer man, we thought we'd share a beer story. And this week, we learned that someone up north somewhere [found a snake tangled up in some beer lines](https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2018/08/brewery-technician-finds-5ft-snake-in-pubs-beer-cooler/) and it's literally our worst nightmare. Or it was, until Angela told us one of her bar horror stories... Seriously, WTF dudes?! 

**WANKIEST WINE REVIEW OF THE WEEK**

Dining in the dark is wanky full-stop, but being wanky about wine _on top_ of dining in the dark is extra wanky. BUT if you know of anyone who had a positive dining in the dark experience, please hit us up.We refuse to believe that this is an enjoyable thing but are happy to hear your positive (and horror!) stories about it. 

**THE DRINKING**

We're drinking a black forest gateau-esque De Martino Estate Carmenere from Chile, which we buy at Fuggles, but you can buy [somewhere else](https://www.ewwines.co.uk/carmenere-de-martino-chile-red-wine.html) at a very reasonable price if you don't have the pleasure of living near a Fuggles.

This week, we have our dear friend [Sula Richardson](https://www.instagram.com/sula_hoop/) on to talk about Women in Wine London, which she founded with Regina Lee (another absolute wine babe!) in 2015\. We think Sula's bloody brilliant, so it was great to have her on to talk about wine, women in wine, [Women In Wine London](http://womeninwine.co.uk), WSET, and the lost art of drinking vermouth.

**WINESUP**

Sula gave us all the details on Covent Garden's newest wine bar, [Lady of the Grapes](https://www.ladyofthegrapes.com/). We can't wait to visit!

**WANKIEST WINE REVIEW OF THE WEEK**

Paul reads a review of a Indian wine from Sula in a truly shocking Wolverhampton accent.

**THE DRINKING**

We drank a [Bourgogne Pinot Noir 2015 Louis Latour](https://www.majestic.co.uk/wines/bourgogne-pinot-noir-3236) that you can get from Majestic for £14.49 but we got for free off Angela's wine rack. Thanks, Angela!

This week, we're channeling Diane Lanes and Sandra Ohs and talking about Tuscan wine. Swoooooon! 

**WINESUP**

Kate puts on her journalist hat and gives us a run-down of the [Corkscrew app](https://www.corkscrew.co.uk/). It's not a dating app, but it could help you find a wine to buy when cruising through the aisles at Aldi or struggling to choke down a truly mediocre pizza at Prezzo. 

**WANKIEST GIN REVIEW OF THE WEEK**

Angela re-lives a truly cringe customer experience. *Excuse me, sir, could you please stop caressing that bottle of wine.*

**THE DRINKING**

Whilst recording this episode, we enjoyed a Il Poggione Rosso di Montalcino which we purchased from Secret Cellar for £21.00\. It's made by the same producer as [the Brunello we recently reviewed](https://www.bottlebitches.com/wine-reviews/brunello-di-montalcino-il-poggione-2012) for [our Sangiovese round](https://www.bottlebitches.com/wine-reviews/?tag=Sangiovese). Isn't that cute? 

**HOW TO FIND A GOOD CHIANTI**

Look for wines with the following words on your Chianti. 

**Chianti Classico** - these are wines from the heartland of the Chianti region in Tuscany. They're the OG of Chianti wines. Don't worry about ageing them, just go for it and drink them up.

**Chianti Riserva** - these wines have to be aged for two years. Drink these wines now or pop them in a cellar if you have one. Your call. 

**Chianti Gran Selezione** - these wines have been aged for at least two and a half years and this means that these wines have more body (joyous news for Angela's creepy customer!) and ageing potential. Get thee to a cellar! 

**SUBREGIONS OF CHIANTI**

There are several small subregions that produce their own styles of Chianti. They include Rufina or Colli Senesi, so look out for these smaller regions when buying Tuscan wines.

We have Sam and Emma, the fine folks behind [Pipehouse Gin](https://pipehousegin.com/), in the house (erm, cave) in this episode and are talking about our favourite summer spirit, gin. 

**WINESUP**

We're getting sciency and talking about the theory that loud music might be the key ingredient in speeding up the ageing process in spirits. Something to do with molecules and all that...

**WANKIEST GIN REVIEW OF THE WEEK**

Turns out gin review are pretty straightforward and generally lack wankery. However, we found one that perfectly suited Paul's old man accent and it does not disappoint! 

**THE DRINKING**

[Pipehouse Gin](https://pipehousegin.com/)! It was founded on our home turf here in Tunbridge Wells but you can buy a bottle of it on Amazon for £37.00 if you live a wee bit further afield.

That's Shakespeare, BBs*! 

In this quiz-tastic episode, we're talking about a grape that has two names: Zinfandel and Primotivo!

**WINESUP**

Forget Winesup, we have a quiz this week! Tell us how many celebrity alter-egos you knew in the comments!

**WANKIEST WINE REVIEW OF THE WEEK**

Our first motion picture will be out in spring 2019\. We'll let you know when you can pre-order tickets. 

This week, we're sitting down with Adam, the man, Beyoncé lover, and food reviewer behind Good Food Tunbridge Wells. We talk about food, wine, reviewing food, reviewing wine, and eating food and drinking wine. It's fun! 

**WINESUP/WHAT'S WINE**

We debate whether or not we have any interest in drinking the wine-flavoured water. O.Vine. (Spoiler alert: no.) 

**WANKIEST WINE REVIEW OF THE WEEK**

This week's WWRotW is equal parts philosophical and shady. We love it! 

**SHOUTOUT***

To our Queen, Beyoncé. We love you. (Even though she's more of a sprits drinker than a wine drinker.)

*Caro is not taking part in this section. Caro does not deserve Beyoncé.

We're coming to you from the Dark Horse Digital studio in Tunbridge Wells and Kate's parents' closet in Florida.

**WINESUP/WHAT'S WINE**

The Helix closure is making waves in the wine world. We debate how to say it and talk about what it is.

**WANKIEST WINE REVIEW OF THE WEEK**

The brilliant [Jayde Adams](https://jaydeadams.com/) teaches Producer Paul how to read this week's word salad/WWROTW with a seductive Bristol accent. Thank you sooo much, Jayde! You have the voice of an angel and the patience of a saint.

Hop on the wine train 'cause we're heading to California and this week we're scratching the surface on wine from America's Golden State. 

**WINESUP**

The California wildfires last autumn were devastating but the area is now rebuilding and we hope that it will be better than ever. Do your part by [donating to relief organisations](https://www.winecountry.com/wine-country-fires-how-can-you-help-fire-relief-efforts/) that are helping to rebuild the area and by drinking plenty of wine from California! 

**WANKIEST WINE REVIEW OF THE WEEK**

A dusty cabernet needs a few more years to get into a place of service and we don't like the sound of that at all. 

**SHOUTOUT:**

To [Robert Mondavi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mondavi) who did loads of great things for wine in America. We'll do a podcast episode about him in the future. Wine Icons here we come!!

To [the hottest Chris](https://goo.gl/images/xoY4Lk) / [the best Chris](https://goo.gl/images/TiJS2a).

To the lethal [Wine Guerilla Zinfandel](http://www.wineguerrilla.com/Wines/Red) that is the Sims family house wine. Drink and enjoy with caution!

To Angela and Lou's eyelash extension lady. You're doing important work and we are forever grateful. 

** THE DRINKING**

[Edna Valley Chardonnay 2015](https://www.majestic.co.uk/wines/edna-valley-chardonnay-18127) from Majestic, which we bought for £15.99. 

This Bottle Bitches episode was produced by Producer Paul (PP) of Dark Horse Digital who knows how to party.