We talk wine and the holidays, with party tips, gift ideas and questions from listeners about what to do when the jerky snob cousin shows up and what wine to bring for dinner with the boss.

We have studies on how wine affects our moods—anyone want to guess?—and on the health benefits of bubbly, we answer lots of questions about wine and holiday parties, and just in time for the holidays, we'll tell you about the calories in your drinks.

We answer lots of questions about wine and holiday parties, we have studies on wine labels, on how wine affects our moods – anyone want to guess? – and on the health benefits of bubbly. And just in time for the holidays, we'll tell you how many calories are in your wine and other drinks.

We have some research on wine and health, some weird stuff in the wine world – including jalapeño pepper wine and a sub-zero outdoor tasting. We get jokes from an old friend, and a listener asks about what wines to bring to parties, including work parties with "normal people."

An encore of our "classic" Thanksgiving show: We suggest wines to go with Thanksgiving, give tips for dealing with toasts, answer questions about headaches and tell you what the Pilgrims really ate.

We talk about wine lists, especially the ones that fail completely at their job, which is: help us have a nice time; we'll give tips on what to watch out for on lists; a listener asks what the heck does terroir mean, and we'll tell you what wine cost at the Copacabana in 1943. (Hint: not much.)

We explain why some wine prices are what they are, especially in restaurants and bars; a listener asks if our palates change as we age; and we have some fun news about wine and weed.

We explain why Americans name wines after their grapes and why it works for us. Plus we have listener questions about wine on airplanes, wine on tap, and about good ol' hangovers.

We'll tell you how not to ruin those wines you drink as you walk with the kids, we argue that sweet wines are for everyone, a listener asks about buttery chardonnay, we have the history of ice wine, and our food pairing is, yes, candy and wine.

We attempt to explain why wine writing is often so useless, and whether wild thimbleberry and mountain blueberry are different from the regular kind (and, while we're at it, what is thimbleberry)? And listeners ask about what to do with expensive wine and more.