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🛒 2020 Pascal et Alain Lorieux Expression Chinon

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How to be a savvy wine buyer featuring Karen MacNeil, author of "The Wine Bible" Mar 14, 2024

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Episode 1

March 14, 2024

Season 3 of the Unfiltered podcast is all about sharpening your wine-buying savvy, and our Episode 1 guest is one of the most finely honed minds in wine: Karen MacNeil, author of The Wine Bible, America’s best-selling wine book. Karen is more than the only American to have won every major wine award given in the English language. She’s also an independent and (truly) unfilteredthinker who’s unafraid to challenge the status quo and the sacred. Guests don’t get any more major than this, so get ready for a full-throttle start to Season 3!

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Restaurant Wine Etiquette 101 featuring Drew Talbert Feb 22, 2024

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Episode 36

February 22, 2024

Feeling a little lost reading through a restaurant’s wine list? Have trepidation about sending a wine back? Don’t know if you should tip on an expensive bottle? On the final episode of season 2, Amanda shares her insider tips—after a decade-long career as a restaurant sommelier—on what you should and should not be doing when it comes to wine at restaurants. And since comedy is often the best way to handle these “teachable moments” she enlisted industry vet turned internet-star Drew Talbert —whose viral, hilarious, and all-too relatable “Bistro Huddy” videos resonate with hospitality pros and diners alike— to help.

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🛒 2019 Weingut Tesch Riesling Krone Nahe

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🛒2021 Dust to Glory Cabernet Sauvignon Rutherford Napa Valley

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How To Build A Wine Collection At Home Featuring ‘the Coastal Grandmother,’ Lex Nicoleta Feb 08, 2024

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Episode 35

February 8, 2024

Becoming a wine collector and building your dream cellar at home isn’t as far-fetched as you might think—and also happens to be one of the best ways to learn about wine. Joined by the Nancy Meyers-inspired lifestyle-maven Lex Nicoleta (aka “The Coastal Grandmother”), Amanda shares her fool-proof method for how to build a collection on just about any budget, why you don’t always need a wine fridge, and the ladies discuss which wines you might find your favorite Nancy Meyers movie characters—such as Meredith Blake and Annie and Hallie Parker from ‘The Parent Trap’—drinking.

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Natural Wine, Orange Wine, and Everything In Between featuring Super Vino Bros Jan 25, 2024

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Episode 34

January 25, 2024

“Natural wine” has become the new darling of the wine world, but the lack of an actual certification or definition—like “organic,” “sustainable,” and “biodynamic” wine—has made it a topic of debate. So what exactly IS “natty” wine? And if you’re not drinking it, are you drinking “unnatural” wine? We’ve got TikTok’s favorite natural wine-obsessed New Jersey twins @supervinobros to help us define what natural wine is and how to spot it in the wild. From the surprising cuisine it pairs best with to the regions doing it the best, this is your crash course on natural wine, orange wine, and everything in between

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🛒 2021 Le Ragnaie Civitella Toscano Bianco IGT

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Food and Wine Festivals 101 featuring Anthony Giglio Jan 11, 2024

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Episode 33

January 11, 2024

We’ve got your backstage pass into everything you need to know about food and wine festivals with one of the authorities on the subject. Anthony Giglio —sommelier and contributing wine editor at Food and Wine Magazine—has graced more food and wine festivals stages than any other wine professional in the business. From which festival you’re most likely to taste your bucket list wine to where you’re likely to sip wine next to a celeb, the hilariously funny fan favorite at Aspen Food and Wine is giving us the inside scoop and sharing the embarrassing on-stage moment that haunts him to this day.

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🛒 Vinos Finos de California Sabroso

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🛒 2020 Carol Shelton Coquille Rouge Central Coast

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Holiday Entertaining 101 featuring Erin Darling Dec 21, 2023

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December 21, 2023

Her viral “What Your Champagne Says About You” videos made us cringe AND cackle at our bubbles choices—so we figured we’d invite her onto the program to talk about entertaining with wine this holiday season. Erin Darling (@dahhhhling) —comedian, writer, actress and host of the hit “Hot Pizza Ass” podcast—talks why you may want to reconsider serving your red wine with brie, Jay-Z’s birthday blowout in Bordeaux, the top 3 Champagnes you should be drinking right now, and the surprising choice for bubbles that will make you look like a wine-pairing goddess.

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🍾 2017 M. Brugnon Blanc de Blancs Brut Champagne

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🛒 2021 C.O.S. Frappato Terre Siciliane IGT Sicily

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Food & Wine Executive Wine Editor Ray Isle Talks What’s In Your Glass Dec 07, 2023

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December 7, 2023

Executive Food & Wine Editor and decorated wine writer Ray Isle, whose book The World in a Wineglass: The Insider's Guide to Artisanal, Sustainable, Extraordinary Wines to Drink Now just came out to rave reviews. He and host Amanda McCrossin discuss how important “mindful farming” terms like “biodynamic” and “sustainable” really are, whether these winegrowing decisions manifest in the glass—and give you the scoop on whether you can blame sulfites for that red-wine headache

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🛒 2019 Chateau Suduiraut S de Suduiraut Bordeaux Blanc

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Wine 🍷 Improvement Featuring DIY TV Star Jeff Devlin Nov 23, 2023

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On this Thanksgiving episode, we’re giving back with the two things you’ll need most this holiday season - wine and home renovation tips and tricks. HGTV and DIY TV Star Jeff Devlin asks the wine questions we’re all too afraid to ask—and Amanda has all the answers. What should you do after you find a bottle you love at a restaurant? Is there such a thing as good boxed wine? How can you uplevel your wine drinking at home? So pop a bottle, enjoy the episode (where Amanda shares her favorite fast food pairing), and hold off on your home renovations until tomorrow.

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🛒 2021 Chateau Thivin Brouilly Reverdon Brouilly Beaujolai

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Live Episode: Beaujolais Nouveau Day! Nov 10, 2023

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Episode 29

November 8, 2023

Move over Pumpkin Spice Latte… Amanda’s favorite fall beverage is Beaujolais—and she celebrated it by hosting our second ever live-episode on Beaujolais Nouveau Day! In it, she dove deep into the differences between Cru Beajolais and Beaujolais Nouveau and answered some of the questions she’s been getting on Instagram—including her picks for excellent Napa values for $75 or less.

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