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Wine does not have to be a mystery. It doesn't need to make you feel you're being tested to join some secret Skull and Bones Society. The stuff is, after all, wine. All you really need to know is how ... more
FAQs about Bottle Talk with Rick & Paul:How many episodes does Bottle Talk with Rick & Paul have?The podcast currently has 176 episodes available.
June 01, 2017Bottle Talk Season 3 Episode 27Our second show recorded with a live audience at Amador Four Fires. We talk about the worst wine advice ever and answer questions about gluten-free wine and about why some writers always recommend wines you can't get....more21minPlay
May 25, 2017Bottle Talk Season 3 Episode 26We recorded this week's show in front of a live audience at the Amador Four Fires Festival, and the crowd did not riot. We talk about the most annoying things wine snobs do and answer questions from the audience about red wine headaches, magazine wine reviewers and about immature men - besides Rick & Paul....more27minPlay
May 18, 2017Bottle Talk Season 3 Episode 25We talk about all the detailed work that goes on in the vineyards, listeners ask about sweet wines, hand harvesting, and information on wine labels. And we explain why we don't grow grapes...See Farming is hard work....more29minPlay
May 11, 2017Bottle Talk Season 3 Episode 24We talk about the most popular wine grape in America – despite the cool kids' anti-Chardonnay babble – listeners ask about labels, different kinds of oak barrels and why supermarket wines keep winning blind tastings. Plus, our horrible wine writing is vociferous and self-indulgent....more30minPlay
May 05, 2017Bottle Talk Season 3 Episode 23We make fun of wine people determined to educate you, even if it ruins your night. Listeners ask about wine email offers, whether bad wine can hurt you, and "white Pinot," plus, we decipher some code words....more28minPlay
April 27, 2017Bottle Talk Season 3 Episode 22An annual survey about what we drink says what you expected, and what some wine writers ignore. Listeners ask about the color of wine, letting a bottle breathe and another poor guy asks for relationship advice. Plus our horrible wine writing is unctuous, yet brash....more28minPlay
April 20, 2017Bottle Talk Season 3 Episode 21We poke fun at a snobby wine writer who insists soils are "the next thing" for flavor, not grapes – despite scientific evidence that says vineyard geology cannot be tasted in wines. Plus listeners ask about wine on tap, alcohol levels in wine and about how to ask for a taste in a restaurant....more29minPlay
April 13, 2017Bottle Talk Season 3 Episode 20We talk about how to store wine, including unfinished wine in an open bottle. Plus we have listener questions from Germany and Hungary, and the Hungary question is about dating – what could go wrong there? – and our Horrible Wine Writing is particularly fleshy....more28minPlay
April 06, 2017Bottle Talk Season 3 Episode 19We have a study that says wine might make you smarter. Plus listeners ask about proper room temperature, dry wines and what to do with a new boyfriend who may be a wine snob....more27minPlay
March 30, 2017Bottle Talk Season 3 Episode 18A listener in Hungary asks how to describe minerality. Paul, as usual, goes bonkers. Plus we answer other questions about old wines, wine scores and what to do in a tasting room. And our Horrible Wine Writing sounds like its describing Fruit Loops....more28minPlay
FAQs about Bottle Talk with Rick & Paul:How many episodes does Bottle Talk with Rick & Paul have?The podcast currently has 176 episodes available.