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We get in a pro to see. Mark Baulderstone, MD of Riedel Australia & NZ takes Meg and Mel through a tasting to test if glassware really does matter.

What Mark's drinking: Dalrymple Vineyards Single Site Ouse Pinot Noir $64

Glassware tasted from:
RIEDEL DEGUSTAZIONE RED WINE $22.5 per unit
RIEDEL WINEWINGS PINOT NOIR/NEBBIOLO $60 per unit

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We're going to dive into Autralian wine regions! We start with something a little less often discussed... Canberra.

Wines tasted:

• 2021 Shaw wines Estate Riesling $30
• 2021 Long Rail Gully ČETIRI Field Blend $25
• 2019 Linear Pinot Noir $30
• 2017 Wallaroo Shiraz $28
  
  

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Make sure you catch part one! In part two we taste and compare three more of the top champagne houses. 

Wines tasted:

• Mumm Cordon Rouge Brut Champagne $60
• Besserat De Bellefon Champagne Cuvee Bleu Brut $72
• Bollinger Rosé $147
  
  

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We've brought back Neil by popular demand, and this time we're talking Champagne! We've got some of the top champanes sold in Australia, Neil is telling us the backstories behind them, and we put them to the test!

Wines tasted:
Monsigny Champagne Brut NV $23
Veuve Clicquot Brut Yellow Label Champagne $78
Pommery Brut Royal Champagne $70

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Meg certainly has an opinion, and we think it might surpirse you! 

Wines tasted:
Rob Dolan Wines Rose ($24)
Haselgrove Wines Grenache Rose ($22.93)
Chapel Hill Parson Rose ($14.95)
Longview Juno Nebbiolo Rosato ($24.70)
Wynns Coonawarra Estate Cabernet Rose ($22.83)

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We know wines which come in alternative packaging can be better for the environment and help with portions... but can they taste any good? Meg and Mel find out.

What Meg's Drinking: Pierre Peters  NV

Wines tasted:

• Golden Oak Chardonnay 4L Cask Wine - $12
• Yalumba Cask Wine Chardonnay 2l - $13
• 'A Glass Of' wine pouches - $45 for 5
• Elephant in the Room cans - $5 Pinot Noir / $3 Chardonnay
  
  
  

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Meg is a Master of Wine who is a top wine judge, but doesn't normally do formal "picks" or reviews for other wines... until now. Meg is counting down the top wines from the hundreds tasted on this season.

What Meg's drinking: Pieropan Soave Classico

Top Wines from the season:
5. 2020 Rob Dolan Wines Black Label Marsanne  ($28)
4. Freixenet Cordon Negro Brut Cava ($14)
3. 2015 Ten Miles East Arneis ($28) 
2. 2016 E Guigal Chateauneuf-du-Pape ($99)
1. 2019 The Remarkables Central Otago Pinot Gris ($19)

Honorable mention: 2019 Dominique Piron Brouilly Beaujolais Crus ($33)

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Meg lets us know the best wines for Christmas day - from your morning wine, all the way to plum pudding. 

Wines tasted: 

• NV Blue Pyrenees Vintage Brut 
• 2015 Peter Lehmann Margaret Semillon
•  Pizzini La Volpe Nebbiolo
• Seppelt Original Sparkling Shiraz NV
  
  
  

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Mel's obsessed with Marsanne but Meg hasn't been completely sold - until now. Find out why Meg and Mel are now Marsanne-crazy!

What Meg's drinking: Pommerol 

Wines tasted:

• 2020 Rob Dolan Wines Marsanne ($28)
• 2019 Place of Changing Winds Marsanne ($35) 
• 2019 J.L. Chave Selection Crozes-Hermitage Silene ($69)
• 2020 Tahbilk Marsanne ($18)
• 2014 Tahbilk 1927 Vines Marsanne ($43)
• 2010 Tahbilk Marsanne 
  
  

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Meg and Mel have been arguing. Mel thinks you need a nice wine to cook with for the flavour - Meg is all about using cheap wine in meals. To put it to the test, Meg has cooked two of the same dishes using the one of each types of wine. Our guest, The Farm Executive Chef for Anthony Cutijar acts as judge to determine once and for all. 

Anthony also covers off what types of wine to cook with, when to add it in, and reveals his top food-and-wine recipe for Christmas.

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