The Wine Situation

By Ellen Clifford

The Wine Situation is a show where host Ellen Clifford is here for you, whether you want to be the friend at dinner everyone trusts to pick a bottle, or just want a virtual drinking buddy. Every episo... more

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March 30, 2022 Finger Lake Wines!!!
It's your March edition! Just in the nick of time. First up, Elle has the deets on a sexy soil from the Northern Rhone. The wine she is drinking is an Rkatsteli (a Georgian grape) made in the Finger Lakes by Dr. Konstantin Frank, whose eponymous founder hailed from the Ukraine. Lastly, Elle calls Robert Cameo, the author of "South of Somewhere", a book about southern Italian wine. She asks him the final five and the two get into that Italian vino!
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34min
February 18, 2022 Collaborative Wines!!!
This month Elle's got the goods and they are...great. Just great, really. She shares a Sexy Soil named wolfey, and tasted the Kwaya Sangiovese, a collaborative effort! Lastly she calls Maryam Ahmed, star of SommTV's Sparklers, and cofounder and leader of the Diversity in Wine Leadership Forum, for the Final Five! Get yourself a bottle and dive in!
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42min
January 28, 2022 Giving Back Wines!!!
This month Elle keeps it short-ish and dry with a her usual segments n' tangents, plus a stellar woman-made wine! She starts with a Sign of Wine Times, aka exciting news about suphur-ing wine, if such things can be exciting (she says they can)! Next she sips a Geodesy Cabernet Sauvignon, then wraps it all up with a Final Five questions with musician and writer Lamar Woods!
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41min
December 31, 2021 Illegal Wines!!!
Oh hi, just in the nick of time its the December edition!!! This week Elle chats with John Taylor of Pairs With Life Cellars about how he got into wine, and why he started his own line! She also recaps tasting of his Big Gay Rosé and Tous les Jours Pinot Noir--spoiler alert, both were delicious.
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November 16, 2021 From Soup to Wine!!!
This week Elle's got the November wine update! Then she introduces a La Scolca Gavi dei Gavi aka a refreshing white wine made from Cortese, hailing from the Piedmont region in Italy. Next up is On the Food Side. This month the food of choice is pho--that's right, Elle actually enjoyed a soup, but she wants the word broth to be banned. Lastly is the Final Five where Anush O'Connor. Anush is your go to for all things Armenian wine--although she's making some of her own in Southern California right now!
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44min
October 19, 2021 Switching It Up Wines!!!
Elle's back for October! This time she'll take you on a journey with her to the Languedoc, in a first time ever segment she calls Wanderlust. Then, she'll try a Malbec from Coen Wines you should lean into too! Lastly, the final five is with Urban Wine Tribe's John Michael Morcilio!
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45min
September 15, 2021 Autumnal Wines!!!
It's the September edition! Chock full of goodies as Ellen gets into the situation that is wine. Which is to say, you're going out more and you want to know more about wine so you can be the "person who knows wine" at the table! This week she'll teach you about a Sexy Soil and drink an autumn-ready Cabernet Sauvignon by Materra and yes that is a wine made by a woman! Lastly she calls one of her favorite and funniest friends, actor/comedian Beth Burnham!

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55min
August 12, 2021 Ultrawines!!!
This week Ellen is back with a wonderful sparkling rosé by Ultraviolet Wines!! Per the usual it’s a terrific woman-made wine. Elle also has rewatched Sideways, so you don’t have to. Does she still hate it? Tune in to find out!
And lastly, Elle calls Casleah Herwaldt, the superpower behind By the Stem, creator of Casleah Wines, and more!

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45min
July 15, 2021 Get in Wine!!!
Elle is keeping it short n sweet this week!!! She’s got butterbeer pairings , drinks a fabulous Chenin Blanc from South Africa, and talks with Matthew Lindsey, sommelier and creator of the Advanced Wine Course. If you want a fifty percent discount, use the code THEWINESITUATION!
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53min
June 24, 2021 Moving Forward Wine!!!
Keeping it short n sweet again this week, Ellen updates (doesn’t she always, as well as poll results! Then she gets into a bottle of old-vine Zinfandel from Testa Vineyards where she recently had lunch with winemaker Maria Martinson. Lastly, her musings on Somm III and blind tasting. Pour yourself a glass and listen in!!!
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38min

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How many episodes does The Wine Situation have?

The podcast currently has 172 episodes available.

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