It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and The Booze Hags are reliving all of the amazing things they’ve drunk, learnt and loved in 2019. Join us for a wrap-up of our favourites, and our best tips for getting festive this season. THANK YOU to all of our listeners this year - we couldn’t have done this without you, and we look forward to more booze hagging in 2020!

What we’re drinking: 

• Wildflower Noel 2019
• Cos Frappato 2018

Best drinking of 2019:

• Brewski Halo Milkshake Berliner Weisse
• Hop Nation The Brewery
• Wildflower Too Easy: Motueka
• Hop Nation Site Fermentation Project Lapin Cherry Sour
• La Sirene Coolship Collection 2018 ‘The Beginning’ Oak-Aged Wild Ale
• Gut Oggau 2017 Winifred Rosé
• 2017 Occhipinti SP68 Rosso
• Brave New Wine 2018 Ambergris
• 2016 Ruggabellus Quomodo
• le timbre
• Rippon 2014 Tinker’s Field Mature Vine Pinot Noir
• Garage Project
• Mitchell Harris Wine Bar
• Smithward

2019 episodes mentioned:

• #37 Pucker Up: All About Sour Beers
• #5 We Can Drink It!
• #7 Champagne Widows: The OG Booze Hags

Thanks for tuning in this year! 

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It's officially summer! Which means the greatest season of all has arrived – rosé season that is. But have you ever given much thought to how your refreshing glass of pink wine is actually made? Don't despair if you haven't, your Booze Hags are here to do the ... what's the word that rhymes with thinking?? ... for you, and hopefully impart some knowledge over the course of this episode. Enjoy!

What we’re drinking: 2019 Blood Moon Wines Sang de Rosé - Yarra Valley

What we’ve been drinking lately:

• 2016 Ruggabellus Quomodo - Barossa Valley, SA (Terri)
• Sailors Grave Brewing ‘Sake Kasu & Persimmon’ Sour - East Gippsland, VIC (Terri)
• Kings County Brewers Collective ‘LadyBugMan’ Sour - Brooklyn, NYC (Terri)
• 2017 Thymiopoulos ‘Young Vines’ Xinomavro - Naoussa, Greece (Terri)

Where we’ve been drinking lately:

• Kindred, Lower East Side NYC (Terri)
• The Ten Bells, Lower East Side NYC (Terri)

What we’ve been watching/reading/listening to:

• The Crown, Season 3 on Netflix (Cass)
• The Financial Confessions podcast (Cass)
• Mindful Money by Canna Campbell (Cass)
• Fleabag, Season 2 on Prime Video (Terri)
• Chernobyl on Foxtel (Terri)

Further information:

• What Really is Rose Wine? by Wine Folly
• The 4 Rosé Wine Varieties to Know (and Love) by Wine Folly
• A Guide to 10 Different Styles of Rosé by Wine Folly
• The 4 Ways To Make Rosé by Courtney Schiessl, VinePair

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You’ve probably seen a sour beer at your local craft brewery, or seen the quirky cans in the beer fridge at an independent bottle shop, or maybe you’ve just heard us banging on about them on this podcast. But do you know what a sour beer actually is? We thought our love for these funky little beers was complete, but after drinking our way through the five main styles, we have a whole new appreciation for all things sour.

What we’re drinking:

• Anderson Valley Brewing Company Briney Melon Gose, California USA
• Moon Dog Craft Brewery David Boysenbowie Sour Ale, Melbourne AUS
• Rodenbach Classic Flanders Red Ale, Belgium
• Boon Brewery Kriek Boon Lambic Ale, Belgium
• 8Wired A Fistful of Cherries Barrel-Aged Sour Ale, Warkworth NZ
• La Sirene Coolship Collection 2018 ‘The Beginning’ Oak-Aged Wild Ale, Melbourne AUS

What we’ve been drinking lately:

• 2015 Pimpernel GSM2, Yarra Valley VIC (Cass)
• Alesong Brewing & Blending Terroir Chardonnay, Oregon USA (Terri)

Where we’ve been drinking lately:

• Graceburn Wine Room, Healesville (Terri)
• Four Pillars Gin Distillery, Healesville (Terri)
• Beermash, Collingwood (Terri)

What we’ve been watching/reading/listening to:

• Where’d You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple (Terri)
• Holiday in the Wild, Netflix (Cass)
• The Mirror Visitor Quartet by Christelle Dabos (Cass)
• Shine On With Reese, Netflix (Cass)
• The Cut on Tuesdays podcast (Terri)
  • You Driver is Here
  • You Should Probably Quit

Further information:

• Everything You Need to Know About Sour Beers by Zach Mack, Thrillist
• Sour Beer, Explained by Nick Hines, Vinepair
• Sour Beers and How We Brew Them by Black Hops
• The Differences Between Sours and Kettle Sours, Explained by Cat Wolinski, Vinepair

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Can you learn to like... or even love... a wine variety that ordinarily turns your stomach? Sauvignon Blanc is the big bad grape The Booze Hags have always feared, but it turns out not all Savvy Bs need to taste like a pineapple with B.O. This week we're also getting deep into the Christmas spirit (is 7 weeks out too early?), take Uber Eats down a peg and have an exciting adventure to plan for!

What we’re drinking: 2016 Amisfield Fumé Sauvignon Blanc, Central Otago NZ

What we’ve been drinking lately:

• 2018 Good Intentions Wine Co. Gris Diddly Dee Pinot Gris, Mount Gambier SA (Terri)
• 8 Wired Cucumber Hippy Berliner Weisse, Warkworth NZ (Terri)

What we’ve been watching/reading/listening to:

• Netflix Christmas movies
• Modern Love, Amazon Prime

Further information:

• Sauvignon Blanc Wine – Taste, Regions and Food Pairing by Wine Folly
• Pyrazines: Why Some Wines Taste like Bell Pepper by Wine Folly
• It’s Not Sauvignon Blanc’s Fault by Laura Jane Faulds

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This week your fearless Booze Hags brave that elusive spirit known as whisky, Scotch, Bourbon. Did you think they were different spirits? So did we. But as always seems to be the case when we dive deep into a type of booze, we discover a helluva lot more about this “water of life” than we first thought...

Plus! We're extolling the virtues of BYO, smashing cans from Australia's first female-owned brewing company, getting down and dirty with some excellent TV recommendations and so much more. Cheers! 

What we’re drinking: 2018 Foradori Lezer Teroldego, Trentino, Italy

What we’ve been drinking lately:

• 2019 Borachio Pash Rash pet nat, Adelaide Hills SA
• 2018 Ampeleia Unlitro Rosso
• Two Birds Brewing (Terri)
  • Chew Tang Can NEIPA
  • Fruit Tang Can Tropical Sour

Where we’ve been drinking lately:

• Starward Whisky, Port Melbourne
• Lola, Ballarat (Terri)

What we’ve been watching/reading/listening to:

• Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb (Terri)
• Jane the Virgin, Netflix (Cass)
• The Real Dirty Dancing, 7Plus (Cass)

Thanks for tuning in! 

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Pinot Noir: gateway red wine; the world’s most popular red wine; the world’s most revered and collected variety. Sure, we ALL love Pinot Noir, but have you ever given this humble little grape much thought? Neither had we, so off the back of Australia’s largest Pinot festival, we do a deep dive into its history and discover there’s a lot more to this subtle wine than first meets the taste buds.

What we’re drinking: Hop Nation Cobbler Peach Sour

What we’ve been drinking lately:

• Moondarra, Gippsland AUS
• Good Intentions Wine Co, Mount Gambier AUS
• Santolin, Yarra Valley AUS
• Akitu, Central Otago NZ
• Escarpment, Martinborough NZ
• Hop Nation Fool Raspberry Sour (Cass)
• Hop Nation Blossom Cherry Sour (Cass)

Where we’ve been drinking lately:

• Pinot Palooza

What we’ve been watching/reading/listening to:

• The Testaments by Margaret Atwood
• More Than Enough by Elaine Welteroth (Cass)

Further information:

• Pinot Noir by Wine Folly
• Five Facts on Pinot Noir that You Should See by Wine Folly
• Amazing Pinot Noir Wine Facts by Wine Folly
• The 7 Best Pinot Noir Regions in the World by Wine Folly
• The Big Secret About Pinot Noir by Wine Folly
• Know Your Variety – Pinot Noir by Wine Selectors
• Explore Pinot Noir by Halliday

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WE'RE BACK! We’ve got some exciting episodes planned between now and the end of the year, and the perfect way to kick these off was with a bottle of Pét-Nat and a deep dive into just what this type of sparkling wine actually is. We also visit some of our favourite Melbourne boozeries and get hooked on a fantastic beer magazine.

What we’re drinking: 2019 La Violetta Patio Nat

What we’ve been drinking lately:

• BHS x Co-Conspirators ‘The Merchant’ Feijoa Hoppy Sour

Where we’ve been drinking lately:

• Carlton Wine Room, Carlton
• Noisy Ritual, Brunswick East
• Temple Brewing, Brunswick East

What we’ve been watching/reading/listening to:

• Survivor AU
• Splitwise app
• Froth Craft Beer Magazine
  • Where to find Froth
  • Subscribe to Froth for $5 a month

Further reading:

• What Really is Natural Wine? by Wine Folly
• How Sparkling Wine is Made by Wine Folly
• The Booze Hags Podcast: Something to Celebrate
• Understanding Natural Wines: Pét-Nat by Daniel Honan, Halliday
• Australia’s Pét-Nat Pros by Wade Doolan, Different Drop
• The Science of Pét-Nat Wines by Paul Adams, SevenFiftyDaily
• How to Make a Pét-Nat by Rachel Signer
• The Big Reverb of Australia’s Lo-Fi Wine Movement, The New York Time

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Spring is in the AIR! And what could signal the arrival of springtime more than the gusto to crack a bottle of rosé? This episode your Booze Hags bust open an unexpected new release of their all-time favourite pink drop, plus reminisce on a long week of some very fancy drinking indeed. Plus: a special announcement from us...

What we’re drinking: 2018 Latta WHAT-A-MELON (Gusto No.3)

What we’ve been drinking lately:

• 2017 Appellation Ballarat Pinot Noir, Ballarat VIC (Cass)
• 2017 Burja Zelen, Vipava Valley, Slovenia (Terri)
• 2017 Primo Estate Quaranta, McLaren Vale SA (Cass)
• 2017 Joseph Angel Gully Shiraz, McLaren Vale SA (Cass)
• 2017 Occhipinti SP68 Rosso, Etna, Sicily (Cass)
• Barbera (Cass)

Where we’ve been drinking lately:

• Mitchell Harris Wine Bar, Ballarat VIC (Terri)
• Brae, Birregurra VIC (Terri)
• Figo, Elwood VIC (Cass)

What we’ve been watching/reading/listening to:

• Orange is the New Black, Season 6 (Terri)
• Popcast: ‘Is Taylor Swift’s ‘Lover’ the Beginning or the End of an Era?’ (Terri)

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This week your Booze Hags are reunited and we continue our winter-love-affair with Italian wine! Terri gives us the highlight reel from the highly anticipated Blobfish Festival and Cass gives us the lowdown on her trip to Bali. We also totally fangirl over the full T-Swift album Lover, you’re welcome!

What we’re drinking:

• 2017 Ca’ La Bionda Valpolicella Classico

What we’ve been drinking lately:

• The Rare Barrel - Home, Sour Home (Terri)
• The Rare Barrel - Map of the Sun (Terri)
• Stark Wheat Beer (Cass)
• Stark Mango Ale (Cass)
• Stark Lychee Ale (Cass)
• Bintang (Cass)

Where we’ve been drinking lately:

• Blobfish Beer Festival (Terri)
• Potato Head Beach Club, Seminyak (Cass)
• Motel Mexicola, Seminyak (Cass)

What we’ve been watching/reading/listening to:

• Everything I Know About Love, by Dolly Alderton (Terri)
• Lover, by Taylor Swift

Further reading:

• Wine Made in Bali: Local Grapes vs The Imports by Harald Weismann
• Valpolicella Wine Pyramid from Classico to Amarone by Wine Folly

Thanks for tuning in! 

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This episode was produced by Terri Coad

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