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Happy 2024!  Thank you for your support and encouragement during our launch year! We’re so excited to start the new year off with a deep dive into WINE TRAVEL!  Join us as we discuss how to prepare everything from where to go, what to do in advance and how to ensure your experience meets your wine travel goals!

We would love to know what topics YOU would like us to cover this year so please comment and share!

Cheers to an amazing year - what does 2024 have in store?  Follow, download, like and SHARE Somm Women Talk Wine podcast!

Charisse & Kristi

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Happy New Year from Somm Women Talk Wine!  2023 was an amazing launch year and Charisse and Kristi could not be more thankful for every single person who has listened, downloaded, liked and most importantly shared our podcast with fellow wine lovers!

In launching our 2024 season, we’re kicking off with a recap of our top listened to and top downloaded episode on Summer Whites You’ve Likely Never Tried.  Join us as we chat with Dr. Kerri Lesh, Txakoli and Basque Country expert, and Peter Hemsted from St. Croix Vineyeards.

We’ll kick off our next new episode on Wine Travel January 17 and we know you won’t want to miss it!

Cheers to 2024!
Charisse & Kristi

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Cooler weather isn’t just for red wines.  Join Charisse and Kristi as we explore white wines perfect for all of your winter dinners, events and celebrations!  What makes a white wine winter delicious?  Tune in to learn stylistic differences, new varietals and tips and tricks to put white wines on your winter table.

Our Summer Whites You’ve Likely Never Tried being one of our most popular episodes.  So, we’re taking advantage of crisp cold mornings, fires in the fireplace and foods with richer sauces, creamy bases and winter herbs.  These shifts are driving our transition from crisp whites to luscious, round, spicy, and aromatic whites to warm your belly and put a smile on your face. 

Pop a cork, fill your glass and put a fire in the fireplace as you learn a while new style of wines to make your winter white wine list this year!

Cheers!
Charisse & Kristi

Special thanks to our sponsor The Magnolia Wine Bar in FTW and our theme song Swinging Sheppard by the late, great Paul Grey.

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Wine lists are an integral part of a great dining experience.  Some people (Kristi being a guilty party) choose restaurants specifically by the wines on their list.  But how wine lists are built and curate takes special attention, focus, care and selectivity.  Ever wonder what goes into building them?  Then this is your episode!

Join Charisse and Kristi as they discuss the subject and have guest visits from a Huneeus Wines, AJ McGuckin, Director of Sales, and others in the industry to learn their tips for building a successful wine list.  Cuisine, atmosphere, menu pricing, and customer preferences all play important roles. Bottom line, wine lists are an extremely important part of the “identity” of a restaurant.

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Cheers!
Charisse & Kristi

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Live from The Magnolia Wine Bar!  SWTW’s first live event was a smashing hit and this episode has 2 parts - our pregame interview with Weston Eidson and snippets of our live discussion with audience participation - in the wine tasting of course!  We’ll apologize in advance for the background noise!

When winemaker Weston Eidson lets Mother Nature play leading lady in his wine styles for Montagu and Silver Ghost, popping the cork on his verticals is a delicious exploration.  In prepping for this episode, Charisse, Weston and Kristi searched high and low for the Silver Ghost 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon to round out our vertical tasting.  Not every plan comes together and we had to get creative!

• 2019 Silver Ghost was obviously a huge fan favorite - we couldn’t find any anywhere!
• 2020 fires in Napa were Mother Natures cruel way of testing Weston’s winemaking legacy as he scrapped his entire harvest rather than make smoke tainted wine

Never fear, we had the perfect solution!  2020 Montagu Pinot Noir, 2021 and 2022 Silver Ghost Cabs!  Not the typical vertical, but the wines led us down a fabulous path of exploration!  Stay tuned for a fun filled, informative chat followed by a whole lot of wine chatter!

For more on Weston’s wines check out:
Montagu Wines
Silver Ghost Cellars

Cheers and HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!
Charisse and Kristi 

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Let’s get down and dirty and talk about terroir, in particular soil.  Terroir is a word tossed around flippantly in the wine world without much explanation.  Simply put, it is a reference to the “sense of place” where grapevines grow.  This can include location, weather, altitude, rainfall, fog, proximity to water, angle to the sun or aspect, and many other elements, including soil. 

In this episode, Charisse and Kristi break down the most common soils ideal for vineyards and explain how the differences can influence wine long before harvest, fermentation and bottling.  Geomorphology, climate, flora and fauna as well as traditions can play a part in terroir.  But the one grounding element is the soil.

Join us as we deep dive into the grungy, dirty, dusty topic of soil!

Cheers!
Charisse and Kristi

PS: Special thanks to our sponsors:  The Magnolia Wine Bar and Texas Wine Club

And a special shout out for our theme song Swinging Shephard by the late, great Paul Gray.

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Thanks for joining Somm Women Talk Wine!  Check out our socials for more fun filled wine exploration!

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All episodes are also on our website:
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Support the show

Thanks for joining Somm Women Talk Wine!  Check out our socials for more fun filled wine exploration!

Instagram:
@somm_women_talk_wine
@kristiwinenerd
@charissehenryfw
@kmayfield109

All episodes are also on our website:
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Charisse and Kristi 

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Support the show

Thanks for joining Somm Women Talk Wine!  Check out our socials for more fun filled wine exploration!

Instagram:
@somm_women_talk_wine
@kristiwinenerd
@charissehenryfw
@kmayfield109

All episodes are also on our website:
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Hello and welcome to Part 2 of our Food and Wine Pairing episodes!  Charisse and Kristi continue to explore food and wine pairings in an unconventional way.  Leveraging training methods from wine certification experts, we break down a few pairing myths and explore three wines against the 5 flavors your tongue identifies - salty, sweet, bitter, sour and umami. 

With a "charcuterie tray" of sugar, salt, lemons, tomatoes, mushrooms, brie, popcorn and dark chocolate, we set out to dissect the influence of each flavor against 3 wines. 

White Wine:  Texas Heritage Oaked Albariño
Red Wine:  Boeger Merlot
Dessert Wine:  Casa Mandel Boullosa Carcavelos

In Part 2, we start with a recap then dive right into the Boeger Merlot to explore how red wine is impacted by our “charcuterie items”.  This fruity, mildly tannic and medium acidity red responded in surprisingly different ways to the food and flavor pairings than the Oaked Albariño.  Tune in to find out how!

Wrapping up with an amazingly unique and rare 1988 Carcavelos dessert wine, what can two wine loving friends do but pop the cork and continue the science experiment.  We hope you’ll try similar pairings for yourself and take our nerdy tips and savvy tricks along with you on your own wine journey!

Wrapping up the episode with our Wine Find, this time we bring a little technology into the game.  Stelvin (or screw caps) embedded with website NFC tags called “Edivinum” sending consumers straight to the winery’s website.  This not only provides marketing content and wine details, it is an inventory control mechanism to help winemakers know exactly where their products are and when they are consumed.  Just unscrew the cap, pour a glass then register the 4 digit code inside on the website as “consumed”!  How cool!  Our example is from Vigneti Massa Timorasso Derthona / Piccolo Derthona 2021.

Thanks as well to our sponsors:

Texas Wine Club and The Magnolia Wine Bar

We couldn't do this without you!

PS:  Want to help us continue bringing you great content?  Become a sponsor on our Patreon page!  Special sponsor only content is getting rave reviews!  And don't forget to follow us on Instagram too!

Cheers!
Charisse & Kristi

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Charisse and Kristi 

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Hello fellow wine lovers!  Join Charisse and Kristi as we explore food and wine pairings in an unconventional way.  Leveraging training methods from wine certification experts, we break down a few pairing myths and explore three wines against the 5 flavors your tongue identifies - salty, sweet, bitter, sour and umami. 

With a "charcuterie tray" of sugar, salt, lemons, tomatoes, mushrooms, brie, popcorn and dark chocolate, we set out to dissect the influence of each flavor against 3 wines. 

White Wine:  Texas Heritage Oaked Albariño
Red Wine:  Boeger Merlot
Dessert Wine:  Casa Mandel Boullosa Carcavelos

In Part 1, we debunk a few wine and food myths then dive into the Oaked Albariño.  Listen in to learn how each of our charcuterie options impacted the wine.  While our approach may be a little more scientific, the lessons translate to any food and wine pairing you might wish to try!  High acidity food - no problem!  Creamy pasta - we've got you covered. 

Stay tuned for Part 2 airing Sept 27th and don't forget to FOLLOW, LIKE, SHARE with all your wine loving friends!

Thanks as well to our sponsors:

Texas Wine Club and The Magnolia Wine Bar

We couldn't do this without you!

PS:  Want to help us continue bringing you great content?  Become a sponsor on our Patreon page!  Special sponsor only content is getting rave reviews!  And don't forget to follow us on Instagram too!

Cheers!
Charisse & Kristi

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Thanks for joining Somm Women Talk Wine!  Check out our socials for more fun filled wine exploration!

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All episodes are also on our website:
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