There's no way around this: all time banger of an episode, maybe Miguel's finest appearance yet. I'm pretty sure I cut all the bad parts so if this makes you mad at any of us that's due to a problem with your heart. The twisted throuple discusses wine using the lens of Coruscant, the urban planet at the center of the Galaxy. Weirdly enough, this actually works really well. Please go visit Miguel's new restaurant Beautiful Eyes, opening this fall in Manhattan. ////LIST//// Xiaopu Hualai, Hanbei C...
Jun 30, 2025•1 hr 40 min
We're back and dumber than ever. Kevin decided this theme and it's perfect, but he was with his family and wasn't able to actually figure out how it should go, so I asked the two smartest people in wine, Pete and Emily, to help me figure it out. This is the first episode of our star wars blind tasting season and it is based off of the planet Mustafar, first (canonically!) seen in Revenge of the Sith, but heavily featured in various media since then, notably the Darth Vader (2022) comic run, whic...
Jun 17, 2025•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 306
We're back. The boys welcome the truly incandescent Elaine Chukan Brown to discuss their incredible The Wines of California. Please stop what you're doing and read it. It is, full stop, absolutely required reading if you would like to ever think about wine again. Buy it. Christie came too, just in case we got weird or awkward. (We didn't but we love seeing Christie). After this episode Kevin and I discussed the next season, and lets just say, get ready to be really embarrassed you ever listened ...
May 27, 2025•1 hr 13 min
Four guys, 8 corrective lenses, one haunting meditation on mortality while drinking wine with the blokes. Check in on your mates folks. We love you. We should stop recording episodes during John's birthday month. ////LIST//// Brand Bros, Pfalzer Landwien, 'Holy Chapel,' 2018 // Piri Naturel, Nahegauer Landwein, ' Weisburgunder,' 2021// Durst, Pfalzer Landwien, 'Portugeiser,' 2017//// Support the show
Mar 11, 2025•1 hr 16 min
Hey guys, Kevin has his anniversary and I have my birthday today, so I'm uploading a talk I gave about a year ago that is the closest thing to a Disgorgeous Manifesto you'll get. Thanks to the New School's critical drinking squad for making me get this on paper, sorry I sound so nervous. I was a child last year!!!!!!!! If you want more stuff that is accidentally serious, please consider subscribing to the Disgorgeous patreon and listening to our "Crush Pad" series of interviews. Support the show...
Mar 03, 2025•23 min
This is about Baden, I guess, but to be honest we just had fun with Jonathan. Wines went crazy hard in the paint tho. You should have been there. ////LIST//// Ziereisen, Badischer Landwein, "Gutedel Steinkruble,' 2020 // Wasenhaus, Badischer Landwein, 'Bellen,' 2017// Holger Koch, Badischer Landwein, 'Chardonnay *N*, 2022 //// Support the show
Feb 18, 2025•1 hr 6 min
Hannah Crosbie, the incredibly cool and funny wine critic for the Guardian and author of Corker joins John to, finally, once and for all, figure out what the heck a Rhenihessen is. ////LIST//// Bastian Beny, Rheinhessen Sekt, 'Blanc des Blancs Brut Nature,' 2021// Moritz-Kissinger, Rheinhessen Landwein, 'Sauvignon Blanc,' 2021// Keller, Rheinhessen Landwein, 'Weisser Burgunder & Chardonnay,' 2021// Dominik Held, Rheinhessen Landwein, 'Cuvee Rot,' 2022 //// Support the show...
Feb 04, 2025•1 hr 14 min
Jirka came to talk about John's mental health. It went pretty well, all things considered. Great wine. LIST: Jonas Dostert, Landwein der Mosel, 'Pure Dolomite,' 2022// Hofgut Falkenstein, Mosel Trocken Rosé, 'Niedermenniger Herrenberg,' 2023// Stein, Mosel Spatbürgunder Kabinnett Trocken, 2021 //// Support the show
Jan 21, 2025•1 hr 1 min
300 episodes is quite a milestone, luckily we forgot to talk about that because we recorded this on January 6th and we had to be a little silly ok? That's what being a patriot is all about. This is the first episode of our new high concept season: Westdeutschland, aber Riesling ist verboten - " Western Gemany, but Riesling is forbidden," where we discuss German Wines without the crutch of riesling. Weirdly enough, this episode is all about riesling, but it's the kind of thing that makes sense if...
Jan 07, 2025•59 min
The boys go over their top ten lists, get weirdly nostalgic, and drink unicorn wines. What's that in their voices??? Is it ... Hope? ////LIST//// Champagne Marguet, Ambonnay Grand Cru, 'Les Bermonts,' 2014// Jacques Puffeny, Arbois Trousseau, 'Cuvee Les Bérangères,' 2014//// Support the show
Dec 10, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Jesse Shapell came on for an absolutely pitchfork style episode and the best closer to a season we could imagine. You'll love it. Go to Barboncino and eat pizza with him.////LIST//// Insula, Azores, 'Chao de lava AA,' 2022 // SRC, Etna Bianco, 2021// Clos Marfisi, Corsica, 'Ravagnoli,' NV//// Support the show
Nov 19, 2024•1 hr 16 min
Oh no, the boys are back to being dismayed about politics. Please before you do anything else donate to Doctors Without Borders, Red Cross Lebanon, Palestinian Children's Relief Fund, Brigid Alliance, find your local abortion fund at National Network of Abortion Funds, or Groundswell Fund. ////LIST//// Neumeister, Vulkanland Sauvignon Blanc, 'Straden,' 2022// Moric / Kis Tamas, Somlo, 'Hidden Treasures Nr 2,' 2017 // Victoria Torres Pecis, Canary Islands Negramoll, 'Piezas n1,' 2018 //// Support...
Nov 12, 2024•1 hr 1 min
To hear the full episode please check out Patreon.com/disgorgeous Fred Duhme, the founder of Austria's Female Wine Collective sat down with dumb ol' John to discuss empowering women in the Austrian wine scene, the pervasiveness of old boys clubs, and to besmirch the French. Fred is a treasure and her work is deeply cool and necessary, so keep giving her awards and shit, but also make sure you listen to her. ////LIST//// Francois de Nicolay, Macon Villages, 2020 Support the show...
Nov 08, 2024•7 min
Recorded at a very chic location in midtown Manhattan, and everyone is LOVING it. The boys welcome Bianca Sanon, superstar sommelier and new distro goddess to discuss rocks. That's it, that's the bit folks. With just a tiny scaffolding like that, podcast greatness can emerge. It's really, honestly, heartening and beautiful, especially because this episode is fun. ////LIST//// Davide Vignato, Gambellara Gargenaga Vino Frizzante, 'Primo Incontro,' 2021// Julien Meyer, Alsace Grand Cru Riesling, 'M...
Oct 29, 2024•1 hr 20 min
I cried 3 times interviewing Claudine and Michelle from Heya Wines, who are making truly gorgeous wines in the North of Lebanon and supporting communities of women and children displaced by the Syrian Civil war. You should seek out their wines, imported by the wonderful Terra Sancta Wine Imports . At this moment, US weaponry is being used by Israel in a campaign of terrorism across Lebanon as well as in the Gaza Strip in Palestine, where the conditions verge on genocidal. Death is incredibly clo...
Oct 22, 2024•43 min
Please buy Jennifer's book, imperial wine, which is the wildly interesting take on the invention of the new world in wine. When all of you jerks write your wine books, I will yell at you for not citing it. Jennifer, also, is incredibly funny and cool and this was one of the most fun interviews I've done yet, so, like, please buy the book and demand it from all your favorite stores. Patreon.com/disgorgeous for all the fun stufffff Support the show...
Oct 18, 2024•9 min
We're joined by "Feral" Daryl Nuhn of Prima cafe to continue our deep dive on volcanos. A thrilling episode of queening out and explaining brat summer to our elders. Please don't get mad at us for talking about politics the world is on fire <3. ////LIST//// Lenkey Pincezet, Tokaj, 'FLOW' 2020 // Tetta, Okayama, 'Aki Queen,' 2022// Roberto Henriquez, Itata, 'Super Estrella Rosado,' 2021 //// Support the show
Oct 15, 2024•1 hr 7 min
We're back losers, and now we're talking about the hot forges that built the world... Volcanos. This week, we're talking about smoke, maybe you'll enjoy it? ////LIST//// Koutsogiannopoilos, Santorini, 2021// Holger Koch, Baden Spätburgunder, 'Kaiserstuhl,' 2022// Domaine de la Voûte des Crozes, Côte-de-Brouilly, 2014//// Support the show
Oct 08, 2024•57 min
It’s been 6 years and we’ve never answered any reader questions. High time we fix that :). New season coming v soon, as well as some new Patreon content👀👀👀 . We’ll talk soon ok? Support the show
Oct 01, 2024•1 hr 5 min
https://patreon.com/disgorgeous The instant we finished this interview i yelled at my girlfriend that James is like, the coolest winemaker on Earth. He's so fucking smart and the wines are incredible please seek them out and buy them wherever you are . Support the show
Sep 17, 2024•6 min
Solo boys episode to finish our Rhône season strong. It sucks to say it, but damn it's fun doing France again. Uh, this is probably one of those "important" episodes we'll reference a lot in the future because we accidentally spell out our entire wine philosophy. So, like, this is the best you're going to get about what we actually believe until we get that sweet book deal. Thanks for all the new patreon subs, please tell your friends about us and how much you love us and write to Disgorgeouspod...
Sep 03, 2024•53 min
The boys are re-joined by Todd Cavallo from Wild Arc to do two things: hype up New York Natural Wine and figure out what Slow South of the Rhône Valley does exactly. There's some light Robert Parker Chatter, and then all of a sudden everyone goes full berserk dead-eyed nattie. We love to see it folks, sometimes it really just is that easy. Guys, drink Natural New York wine, hopefully Todd's but if you don't like those he'll help you find something else. Also, uh, let something beautiful happen t...
Aug 27, 2024•1 hr 14 min
It really feels like we are describing a real mood on this ep with our spiritual dad, Ryan Looper. We accidentally just yapped and gossiped about the decaying corpse of the fine wine industry. I guess this is cathartic? The wines are notable for being incredibly good but I think something made us use icky descriptors for nearly all of them. This is the kind of episode I'd like to put in a time capsule. ////LIST//// Dard & Ribo, Crozes-Hermitage Blanc, "Les Karrieres,' 2021// Alain Voge, Sain...
Aug 20, 2024•1 hr 16 min
James Sligh, AKA the Children's Atlas of Wine joins us for our first modern Rhône Episode to kick off and complicate our first French Season in, like, a million years by making us drink two Swiss wines. Sure, we all know about the Rhône Valley, but this damn river is the key to delicious wine all the way to the Mediterranean. This week, we focus on Lake Geneva wines and visit our old crushes, Bugey and Isere, and discuss how the moderating waters makes the best alpine wines possible. Welcome to ...
Aug 13, 2024•1 hr 27 min
When four incredibly powerful mouths get together, you know some crazy magic is gonna happen. Thank you Vine Wines for absolutely stumping and delighting us, do yourself a flavor and buy every single bottle of LLewlyn wines you can. Slide into his DMs. ////LIST//// *SPOILER ALERT!!!* Famille Vatan, Blanc de Noirs of Cabernet Franc, 2022// Domaine Belluard, Ayse Gringet, 'Les Alpes,' 2016// Enfield Wine Co, Amador County Tempranillo, 'Shake Ridge Ranch Gran Reserva' 2014// Llewlyn Wine, Mendocino...
Jul 30, 2024•1 hr 32 min
Peter, Perry and Alyssa of Spinning wheels wine rejoin John to talk about the wine Overton window, the collapse of consensus, air out sulfur disagreements, and discuss conspiracy theories. A great episode to Muscadine pill someone, and I know we all need that. Lord knows they are all on Instagram, bug them to sell you wine. //// LIST//// Claire Naudin, Bourgogne Aligote, 'Clou 34,' 2021// Julian Haart, Mosel Kabinett Riesling, 'J.J.' 2023// Pleb Wines, North Carolina Muscadine, 'Noble Carlos,' 2...
Jul 23, 2024•1 hr 35 min
No guests, no hope, no filter: The boys finish the Portuguese season the way we always knew they would -- talking about Dragons, Democracy and the Damn Catalans. Kevin teases the next big season towards the end, but please get ready for SUMMER PROGRAMMING up next, which means delightfully weird episodes with a lot of your friends and enemies about topics we can't (yet) build a season around. As always, new episodes are going up like biweekly clockwork on Patreon.com/disgorgeous :) ////LIST//// R...
Jul 02, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Eddie Chami, perhaps the most visionary winemaker in the middle east right now graciously sat down for a phone interview with me instead of seeing his kid graduate. The power I fucking wield i swear to god. Everything from Altitude - Zionism gets covered here -- big topics all around but, Eddie is basically the best dude on Earth, even as his project starts to veer into collateral damage territory. Buy some of his wines, ok? Full interview: patreon.com/disgorgeous Support the show...
Jun 27, 2024•6 min
Saint Vincent is the patron saints of winemakers because he got squished and is the patron saint of Murcia and Lisboa and that's good enough for us to absolutely become earnest and weird. First time Max burned down the house holy shit. Go to Lords? ////LIST//// Humus, Palheto do Lisboa, 2021// Laboratotio Rupestre, Murcia Tinto, 'Ruina,' 2017// Antonio Madeira, Dao Tinto, 'Vinhas Velhas,' 2020// Serradinha, Lisboa tinto, ‘Castelão et al' 2020//// Support the show...
Jun 25, 2024•1 hr 20 min
Mary,,, you're one crazy chica.... Thank you Cherry Iocovozzi of Neng Jr.'s and vvvv soon Harmony, soon to be Asheville's destination for karaoke, natural wine and confessing. This episode is so close to actually discovering theology it's a miracle. Go to Asheville and discuss it ////LIST//// Forlong, Blanco 2019 Cadiz / Andalucia // Ramilo, Colares Malvasia DOC, 2019// Jose Luis Ripa, Vino Rosado Cosecha de Rioja, 2019// Mas Candi, Penedes Vi Negre, 'Montombra,' 2019//// Support the show...
Jun 18, 2024•1 hr 22 min
