Take a trip around the world with travel blogger Lizzy Mavrogenes (The Road Liz Traveled) as we do a blind taste test of two “kiwi” wines–– that’s wine from New Zealand, not wine made of kiwis (although to be clear, we’d drink that too).

Can the cheap and cheerful Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc beat the $20+ Cloudy Bay Sauvignon Blanc? Will either of us be able to tell the difference? And just where are all these bays anyway? Get the answers to all those questions and play a brand new game this week on Chris Tries to Review Wine!

Even the Wall Street Journal Wine Club can't convince me to get my MBA in this quick review of both Las Barracas Tempranillo Cabernet and the various European nations I might flee to when the s#!% hits the fan.

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Find out more about the wines we taste at christriestoreview.wine. And follow Chris on Twitter and Instagram @iamchrisbarlow.

Kick off your new year with a resolution to give an old wine a second chance with friend of the pod Anna O'Donoghue and FIVE (count 'em! Five!) cans of wine from Archer Roose. Read more about them at christriestoreview.wine.

Get tickets to see “Adam Adamson: Licensed Realtor” at the L.A. Comedy Festival on 12/1.

Jonathan Horvath joins me to pick the perfect Thanksgiving Cabernet. And by perfect I mean “cheapest you can get away with.”

Can you bring a bottle of Trader Joe’s Petit Reserve or do you need to upgrade to Belle Roche? Will anyone even be able to tell the difference? You’ll be thankful you know the answers to these questions (and more) after listening to this very special holiday episode.

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Zach Hodges stops by to help me recover from last week’s big live show and I show my gratitude by forcing him to do a blind taste test: One Cabernet costs twice as much as the other!

Will he be able to tell the difference? Find out in this week’s new episode!

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(Spoilers ahead!)

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Comedian Mary Cella joins Chris for our first live taping at the Lounge at Dixon Place! They laughed, they cried, but mostly they got drunk as they revealed the secrets to being an amateur internet wine expert. Plus a live tasting of Mezzacorona Rosé and 120 Reserva Especial Cabernet Sauvignon!

Anna Canna O’Donoghue returns to celebrate the can-clusion of everyone’s favorite alcohol-based October festivity, Cantober Fest, with a canstravaganza of canned wines.

From Sauvigno Blanc to Spritzers, from Oregon’s Union Wine Co. to Arthur Roose (who may or may not be a moose), we’ve got all the canned-sized wine you need to make any party a “Yes we CAN!” party (PS–– Remember to vote this Tuesday!).

Who will be crowned Can Champion? Listen to find out!