The Thiirsty with Kat Daou

Listen, grieving is fucking hard.

Kat is coming to you solo this week to close out Season Two with a deeply personal episode kind of about her divorce but mostly about what it means to grieve and the long, sucky process of moving on. She discusses the moment she realized she had grieved the divorce but still hadn't healed from it, how being young during a divorce doesn't make it any easier (despite what some people think), and her tips for how to deal with your healing process. Above all...Don't. Be. Afraid. To Heal.

Get out of your way and get on your path!

Kat is joined by medium and spiritual therapist Karie Gonia to discuss her work as a spiritual intuitive, including how connecting with her spirits changed her life mentally and physically, what happens when you mix spiritual intuitiveness and white wine, and how facing ancestral trauma with family constellation therapy can change your fucking life.

Girl...you're an Easy Breezy Genius!

Kat and Kiara Boccia Fenlason, the newest assistant winemaker for Mia Marie Vineyards and Co-Host of the Stay Tipsy Podcast, get together to talk about their similar paths from fashion to wine, why eating shit and starting over at the bottom might just help you gain the perspective you need, and the incredible importance of just PUTTING YOURSELF OUT THERE as a first step to success.

New 100-point rating, who dis?

Five months ago, Daniel Daou, Kat's father and Daou Vineyard's principal wine maker, was our first ever guest on the pod. In the episode, he discussed his desire to create a 100-point rated wine and why he felt it was just a matter of time before he got there. Well, we're stoked to announce that he fucking did it...TWICE!

He's back to talk about why Paso is quickly becoming a world-renowned region for Cabernet Sauvignon, what it feels like to achieve perfection, and what's in store for Daou Vineyards and Patrimony Estates.

Kat is joined by Wally's Wine ans Spirits president and "Wine Therapist to the Stars”, Christian Navarro, a genuine leader in the wine industry with a truly inspiring passion for charitable work. They discuss Wally's history and journey to becoming an LA staple, the concept of tearing down your rear view mirror (metaphorically, of course), and a concept so simple to understand but so easy to forget: "Don't Fuck It Up"

This week's episode is moving, motivating and overall just plain fucking magical! We're keeping the International Women's Day energy going with sommelier and 2020 Wine Enthusiast 40 Under 40 Tastemaker, Cristie Norman. She's the CEO/Founder of The Online Wine Course, which won her Wine Enthusiast's 2020 Educator of the Year honors, and Co-Founder of The United Sommeliers Foundation, a nonprofit that has raised over $800k for sommeliers in need, and trust us when we say she's only getting started. She chats with Kat about her incredible journey from barback to award-winning CEO, the struggle of feeling like you're not 'doing enough' even when you're literally doing it all, and the simple act of not accepting 'can't'.

If you hear the phrase 'natural wine' and think, "Ooh, sounds fantastic...I really want to try one", then we have some sick news news for you, dude: You probably already HAVE.

This week, Kat is joined by Matthew Kaner, 2013 Food & Wine Magazine Sommelier of the Year honoree, 2019 Wine Enthusiast Magazine 40 Under 40 Tastemaker and co-founder of too many dope bars to list here, to talk about his improbable path to the wine industry, the 'ethos-based commerce movement' driving natural wine's popularity and why being 'organic' doesn't mean shit without sustainability.

Kat dives into the world of luxury branding with Official Bestie of the Pod, Pasha Saberi, as they discuss what 'luxury' actually means (it's not all about price), the behind the scenes things you're paying for when you purchase luxury products (someone's got to pay for the giant art pieces) and why some products won't ever be regarded as luxury, no matter what that their labeling says (looking at you, "luxury biscuits").

Kat is joined by Kevin 'Mr. Top Shelf' Atkins to discuss the absolute TRUTH behind the saying 'cheap is expensive', what surviving cancer taught him about moderation and his journey from teenage moonshine drinker to vesper martini connoisseur.

Kat officially kicks off Season Two as she sits down with her cousin, Lelia Olenik, for a conversation about her transition from designated driver to daily drinker, her struggles with food addiction and how it all lead her down the path to 'sober curiosity'.