Two Girls and a Grape

Two Girls and a Grape

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Two Girls and a Grape episodes

  • Que Syrah Syrah

    Jules and Drea drink a syrah from 16/600, take a deep dive into Sonoma history, and give a Broadway worthy musical performance!

    58 min
  • It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood

    On episode 28, Jules and Drea keep it local with chilled red wine, The Darkstar from Charlie & Echo in San Diego, California. Along the way, they invent a new word, provide a tour of San Diego wino haunts, and lose a potential corporate sponsorship. Pairings include picnics, a sandwich, and perfect San Diego weather.

    1 hr 14 min
  • Hello, Goodbye

    On this episode, we close season 1 and pop a bottle in celebration of Anne's final episode and the introduction of our new co-host, Jules. We drink Cava, share some fun facts, and we find out that one of us speaks decent Spanish...Salud!

    57 min
  • Ancient Vines

    In this episode, Anne and Drea get down with the Greek Gods and have their minds blown by Gai'a's Ritinitis Nobilis. Pairings include all the Greek food, books by Madeline Miller and Rick Riordan, and the daddies from Mamma Mia. Also stay tuned 'til the end for a special podcast announcement.

    57 min
  • I Guess It Wines Down in Africa

    Drea and drink a Pet Nat from Mother Rock in South Africa, talk about (surprise!) colonialism, and really like sandwiches. Pairings include Girl Scout cookies, wildly different taste in music, and wrap around porches.

    1 hr 1 min
  • Grenache Goals
    Drea and Anne compare new year’s goals, then Drea shares a bit about the history of Tin City, as they split a bottle of grenache from the winery Sans Liege. Pairings include all things easy: take out, indie music, poetry and fairy tales.
    1 hr 1 min
  • The Christmas Spirit Series: Dealer's Choice
    Anne and Drea wrap up the holiday season with champagne cocktails. Anne makes a cross between a mimosa and a French 75 that pairs well with Timothee Chalamet, Paul Rudd, Amy Winehouse, and Roald Dahl stories, while Drea has a romantic evening with Oscar Isaacs, Javier Bardem, Selma Hayek and the great Spanish novel The Shadow of the Wind with her cocktail, the Little Luxury.
    58 min
  • The Christmas Spirit Series: Bourbon
    In this Spirit of Christmas present episode, Anne and Drea get messy with two very different bourbon based cocktails and learn about their friendship -- a Christmas miracle. Andrea traces the history and development of bourbon, beginning with Indigenous alcohol production across the American continents and following the US Revolutionary War, prohibition, through to Congress's recognition of bourbon as a "distinctly American product and all the way to the bourbon renaissance in the 2000s.
    To make Drea’s Left Hand cocktail:
    1 ½ ounces bourbon
    ¾ ounce vermouth
    ¾ ounce campari
    3 dashes of chocolate bitters
    Cherry and orange wedge garnish
    Shake with ice and pour into a coupe
    For Anne’s “adjustment:” take Drea’s drink + 1.5 ml of ginger simple syrup + juice of an orange + club soda to taste
    Pairings include: 2000s pop punk, Steely Dan, the novels Emma and the Maltese Falcon and as many Muppets as we can find.
    1 hr 13 min
  • The Christmas Spirit Series: Gin
    In the first of their Christmas spirit episodes, Anne and Drea are visited by the ghost of gin past. Anne tells Drea all about the London gin craze and they share a beet and ginger gin martini.
    Recommendations include: Future Gin and Gin Mare, baked brie and artichoke dip, short stories by the writer Saki, especially “Bertie’s Christmas Eve,” and the novel The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker.
    Want to learn more about the history of gin? Check out Gin: A Global History by Lesley Jacobs Solomonson or “The Intoxicating History of Gin” by Anthony Lane, published in The New Yorker.
    Follow us at @twogirlsandagrapepod on Instagram for this episode’s recipe and other shenanigans!
    59 min
  • Indigenous Grapes

    On this episode, Anne and Drea break down some colonial fantasies while drinking Henry of Phelham Baco Noir, a Canadian wine made with grapes indigenous to North America. Pairings include national mythologies, getting foxy with a bunch of hot dudes on our imagine winter getaway, celebrating the spirit of the season . . and telling everyone to get stuffed.

    Also check out these cool websites:

    https://www.aich.org/

    stopline3.org

    HonorEarth.org

    1 hr 16 min

About Two Girls and a Grape

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Friends and wine fans, Drea and Jules, get together every other week to share a bottle of wine, have a good time, and maybe sometimes learn something.