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From corner bars to Michelin stars, Liz Mendez hails from the Midwest and over the years has developed a portfolio career in wine, tech, and radio, spending three decades immersed in the restaurant industry. She is an award-winning sommelier and a previous owner of a Chicago wine bar, though she hit the reset button when she began working in hospitality technology with American Express and their platform "Resy".

Liz is passionate about the immense opportunities within the zero-proof world and inclusive hospitality, which she writes about in her newsletter, The Luncheonette - which you can find at luncheonette.substack.com (link below in the description of this episode.)

Liz is also the founder of Aldea Hospitality + Productions, an agency that works with businesses, retail, and restaurants to reimagine the power, reach, and impact of hospitality as a community-driven art and craft.

And Liz is here to talk to us today about her ideas involving Innovation and Technology within the Wine space, a subject we bonded on over at Substack, and we have a lot to talk about.

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When superstar Rick James passed away in 2004, an autobiography was rushed out to the public. But biographer David Ritz was never satisfied with that edition, and many years later releaed this definitivie edition, GLOW: The Autobiography of Rick James. 

Cobbled together from numerous letters and diary entries that James had written in prison and after, mixed with stories told by Ritz in James' voice, GLOW tells the story of an impulsive musical prodigy who witnessed the highest of highs and the lowest of lows.

We listened to the entirety of James' discography while reading this book, and paired wines we think are perfect to match the book AND James' music!

DALLAS' WINE PAIRING:

Las Jaras 2024 Slipper Sipper Nouveau - 49% Zinfandel | 33% Carignan | 16% Petite Sirah | 7% Vermentino

DAVE'S WINE PAIRING:

2022 The Prisoner Red Blend - Zinfandel with the unlikely mix of Cabernet Sauvignon, Petite Sirah, Syrah, and Charbono.

Read a more robust write up on both wines here: https://vintertainmentstudios.com

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Yes, we have a new name!

This episode is a recap of who we are, where we came from, where this podcast came from, what this podcast will be going forward, and a shout-out to our favorite eisodes of the past, so you can cherry pick previous episodes before OBVIOUSLY following us into the future.

FIND ALL THINGS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE HERE.

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Joe Kelly is best known for his charater-defining run on DEADPOOL - the movies are heavily based on the comics that bear his name, and no other writer has truly strayed rom Kelly's rendition. He also made a spash with the creator-owned Image Comics series I KILL GIANTS with artist Ken Nimura, which was later made into the feature film of the same name starring Madison Wolfe, Imogen Poots, Zoe Saldana, and directed by Anders Walter, Academy Award winner for best live action short film in 2013 (HELIUM).

The duo then came back with IMMORTAL SERGEANT. This is, according to Kelly, a story that took him many years to write. At its core is a personal tale of Kelly's relationship with his own father, who was a lifelong police officer. Accordingly, the comic follows the retirement of Sergeant Jim Sargent, who desperately needs to close one last cold case before he shuffles off into the sunset. But he's going to have to accomplish this while his estranged extended family gathers for both his retirement celebration and his son's birthday.

DAVE'S WINE PAIRING

2020 Quintas de Melgaço Super Reserva Sparkling Alvarinho, Vinho Verde DOC

If you're in North America, the best place to nab this is from Diniz Cellars, an importer of Portuguese wine who can sell direct to the public!

DALLAS' "WINE" PAIRING

Samuel Smith's Old Bull Brewery, Tadcaster Oatmeal Stout

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Happy Valentine's, Galentine's, Broentine's (no, really) Day! Let's celebrate humans loving other humans + the very concept of romance itself, which is a beautiful thing.

Today we celebrate by covering our respective fave romantic movies of all time:

Dallas: ROMEO + JULIET (1996)

Paired with (AI-free search links):

2022 Tres Raices 'Tre' Sangiovese Dolores Hidalgo Guanajuato Mexico

2018 Bocale Montefalco Sagrantino, Umbria, Italy

Dave: SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (1995)

Paired with (AI-free search links):

Otima 10 Year Tawny Port, Portugal

Atost Aperitiff, California

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Plus our fave American Football movies and which Barefoot wines we'd pair with them.

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It's our SEASON 2 PREMIERE! So a special episode was called for.

We sit down with Barefoot Wine's winemaker, Jen Wall, to discuss how Barefoot became the official wine sponsor of the Superbowl, which Barefoot wines pair with which Sueprbowl party food, and of course we then pair with football movies a well.

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We try THREE of Snoop Dogg's 19 Crimes wines (Cali Red, Cali Rose, and Cali Gold [sparkling]) and see if they pair with his 2008 Xmas album!

Thank you so much for listening to us during our first year alive as a podcast. We'll be back soon-ish in 2025 with a whole new Season 2! Check ya then, and make sure to follow us on Substack and/or the socials below in the interim. 

Happy holidays and peace, y'all.

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Penultimate (I love that word, I don’t really know why) episode of 2024!

Today we tackle the directorial debut of Duncan Jones, son of David Bowie, and his shockingly good use of split screen to make a doppelganger movie like no other with actor Sam Rockwell.

We’re joined writer by Jessica Maison, novelist of the PASTIC GIRL Trilogy and graphic novelist of the MARY SHELLEY’S SCHOOL FOR MONSTERS line of OGNs.

Jessica also wrote and co-directed (alongside her husband) her own doppelganger feature film, MY OWN WORST ENEMY (2012). It’s available to rent or buy on Amazon Prime or free to borrow/rent on Hoopla!

Jessica's Cocktail and Wine Pairing:
Pele’s Wrath (with Mezcal)
Phigment Red Blend, Lodi, California (Zinfandel and Merlot, $6.99 Trader Joe's!)

Dallas' Wine Pairing:
2021 Ridge “Lytton Springs” Red Blend (Zinfandel, Petite Sirah, Carignan, Alicante Bouschet, Cinsault, and Counoise.)

Dave's Wine Pairing:
Dry Creek Vineyard’s FOUR CLONES VINEYARD Zinfandel

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A rare Thanksgiving movie in a sea of Xmas movie porn, this is straight up my all-time fave holiday movie. I saw it in the theater back in 1995, and it has stayed with me all thee years.

The second directorial effort by Jodie Foster, starring the insane ensemble cast of Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr., Anne Bancroft, Charles Durning, Geraldine Chapman, Dylan McDermott, Claire Danes, Cynthia Stevenson, and Steve Guttenberg.

We follow a normal American family during a dysfunctional time for three days - the day before, the day of, and the morning after. Way ahead of its time in tackling issues of political divide, LGBTQ+, single motherhood, and more. It was not a box office success, but has since found its very fervent fans.

Special thanks to George Nordahl for turning us onto the Limnio grape/wine! You can read all of George's write up and follow him on Substack:
georgenordahl.substack.com

THE WINES:
Dave's Pairing
2020 Limnio Domanie Tatsis, Goumenissa, Macedonia, Greece
A wine perfect for holidays meals, but also something a bit different if you're bored with the light whites, pinots, gamays, etc.

Dallas' Pairing
Sparkling Eggnog made with NV Alexandrie Brut
Get the full recipe here!

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Today we finally drop the episode covering the winner of our first Substack subscriber poll!

BREASTS AND EGGS is the first novel from award-winning Japanese author Mieko Kawakami to be translated into English (though her other novels have all been translated in the few years since!)

Kawakami is a failed J-Pop singer (she released 2 albums during a J-Pop decline) who discovered she loved writing the lyrics more than the music. She turned this into poetry and prose on a blog during the heyday of blogging and drew in 200,000+ reader PER DAY for her writing.

THE WINES:
Dallas' Pairing:
Domaine Ciringa “Fosilni Breg” Sauvignon Blanc, Slovenia

Dave's Pairing:
2022 Nonesuch Mencia, Silvaspoon Vineyard, Alta Mesa, California

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Our Sponsor: CURATED WINE SHOP, mid-city Los Angeles, they'll help you pair wine with any movie!
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