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I actually didn't know we had wine here. Oh well, I just picked up some wine from Ralph's around the corner. This bottle has called let me take a look. Oh yes, this bottle is Chateau Diana. Okay, it comes in a bottle or a bag, but I got it in a bottle because I'm classie. It has a twist off top which is great and easy to travel with, and has

a gorgeous, sumptuous taste. Very nice. I think it would taste great with a fun fetty cake in front of a TV, or or with a box of those sampler cookies on Christmas morning, or with some meat, any kind of meat. Yeah, a pile of meat. Ooh, and you can even enjoy it on a summer's night. Say your best friends are all together for the first time since a prison break. You're describing really interesting scenarios, but it doesn't really sound like a wine review. Oh, there have

been so many good times with wine at parties. I would drink a bottle of wine before any of my friends arrived, just so I didn't feel nervous when I saw them. I don't think that's healthy. Then a little scotch with boys when they arrived, get us going for the evening, and then we'd get on our tummies in my backyard stare into my coy pond. Carolina, when you're alone in haling a bottle of wine, what what do you like to do? I generally don't do that, actually,

unless I've gone through a breakup or something terrible has happened. Oh, and that that happens sometimes. Do you you want to talk about it? Anyway? Today's episode was going to be on the wine industry actually and how it's changing. For instance, China is now growing. Okay, you can stop that. Stop what that thing you're doing with the tip of the glass office. We need to it's like a siren song. It's not pretty, it's bothersome. Actually, we're recording a podcast.

Are you picking this up? Yep? Yeah? Good. Anyway, today's episode is my tongue purple from the wine. Yes, what you should slow down actually because we have to do an interview next. Anyway, So from what I was saying was for millions of years, China had primarily served grain alcohol, but it wasn't environmentally my ladies in the house. Today's episode is on wine, where to buy it, how to slurp it, and what country it comes from? Answer China. No, that's not what I said. I said, Oh, wine comes

from China. And up next we have a famous Somalia who will tell us the best ways to stay wasted. After these messages, and we are back with the Ron Burgundy podcast. Today we have Roni Ganosh in the house. Los Angeles magazine calls her the star Somali a I caller Roni, Yes, Roni, thank you, thank you for coming to the podcast. It's my pleasure. Where where are you from and when did you start picking grapes? Well, I grew up in New York City and there aren't many

grapes growing there. Now. But I started working as a smiler about yep ten years ago or so just ten years ago, and you've risen to these these heights of fame. Well, you know, I've worked very hard, and uh, you know, I think that stars some is a little bit of an exaggeration. But you know who am I? But that's what Los Angeles Magazine calls you. I don't know who their fact checkers are, but maybe we should call just to make sure. So it's but, but if you're walking

through a crowded place, you get stopped. I often get stopped, Yes, I do. Sure. It's as small city as we know, Los Angeles, so it's a quaint little village. Everyone knows each other. Ronnie. Let me ask you this. You have twenty dollars, you're in a supermarket. What kind of wine do you pick up? I wouldn't recommend buying wine in a supermarket because but if I have twenty dollars and I go to the fancy wine shop, can I even

find something there? You can walk out the door with two bottles of wine still spend under twenty dollars in a fancy wine shop. Okay, so it's so you can you don't have to buy, you know, say the hundred dollar bottle of wine. Who's looking over your shoulder and telling you you have to buy the d bottle of wine. The guy who's running the shop, that guy is there for you, breathing on me with wine breath, Well down, a little bit delicious, Ronnie. I here's a question for you.

What when do wine collectors expect to finish all the wine they store at Coachella? Is the purpose of having a collection so you can call up your other collector friends and go, guess what I'm done? I got through my collection. Uh. If I were a collector, yes that would be. But I'm not a collector. So usually people who collect wine they want to you know, it's for posterity. They keep it. I don't know they keep it forever. Are you an advocate of holding onto the wines or

or enjoying them that's why you bought them. I'm an advocate of enjoying the wines. But there are some ones that you should hold a little while and then buy other ones to enjoy now. But how do you know that? You got to ask a Simalia. That's where I come and that's why we're going to give your your cell phone number out today on the podcast. If that's okay, we're not going to do that. What's a good sample wine pairing, for instance, like a fun, fetty birthday cake

with some Chateau Diana. As you see, I bought some Chateau Diana, very classy rock. Thank you, thank you. We're still in the middle of the interviews. Just maybe take it slow. You're almost done. Favorite bottle of wine that you've ever had two thousand five Chateau Diana. It's not I don't you know. Every It's okay. Did I made a bad choice? I don't think you made a bad choice. It's just not the choice I would have made. I

take it to wine you've never heard of. I've seen it before in the stores in that they have in the delis in New York they have it. Yeah, yeah, right, yeah, So I'm sorry I got you off. What your favorite? Do you have a top five? Well, it's mostly about for me, it's like about where and when, and you know, it's not doesn't have to be fans for the moment. Yeah, yes, you know. It's like you're in your neighbor's hop tub, the sun was setting. First hot time. I'm talking about myself.

The sun was setting, when the sun was setting, and then and and it was just the perfect little taste of something. You know, you're there. Did the neighbor know? And of course not, they were on vacation. Nice glass of chilled ASTI spumante? Am I setting the stage? You are? Yeah, I can really imagine it looking over the hills. But so look, well, let me ask you, what's the oldest wine you've ever tasted? One from the twenties. It was cool. Okay,

that's almost a hundred years ago. I was almost hundred years ago. Yeah, I met you know when you say you're a smile or a wine wine from Well, somebody showed me a bottle of wine from event the other day. She wants me to sell it for her. And I'm like, is it fake? Is it real? I don't know. She's just a lady I met on the street. How do you tell if it's fake? A real? There are people? Yeah? You call so like an art? Yeah? And would I mean, would do you? Would you do? How do you? I

mean you've got to open it. I'm just excited. I mean, you have the bottle from seventy right, Yeah, I have pictures from this lady. She said, But then how because if you open it you can't It's done. It's done, that's it. You can't drink it. Well, I mean it's done in terms of value. Ron, I don't want to be annoying, but I think you've had enough. I'm just

enjoying my wine. UM. I had a question, as the subject of farming and food and drink manufacturing becomes more of a political one, how do you how do you personally want to see the wine industry progress. Well, that's a good question. Um. I actually focus specifically on thatural wine.

So my industry, or subsect of the industry is with smaller farmers, who are you know, farming responsibly, for going the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, um, and you know which is bad for the environments better the person who drinks it and the person who makes it. There's like a huge, crazy number of farmers in Champagne who have all have the same kind of cancer, you know, because they've just been spraying on mass for years, which is what is the same stuff that kills bees and yeah

it kills us too. So yeah, anyway, it would be nice to see people think about sustainability. What are you listening? I'm just how he's reaching funny pages. Well, let's beatle Bailey still makes me laugh. We're in the middle of an interview. Do they stomp grapes like like they did on that I Love Lucy episode? You know what they do they do? Yeah? Is that if you go visit somebody, right, you could do it too, to ask nicely, what's happening? Nothing, we were just so they go and they smell lay feet,

and they go and they stomp on the grapes. It all gets fermented out anyway, so it doesn't matter. Smelly feet not smelly feet. Usually people take their pants off. They were underwear though. But if I had real bad toe fungus, I would say, maybe wash your feet first. Okay, just a little. If I had some toe jam gross gross. But if it's all going to get fermented, I mean, no big deal. Not as bad as pesticides, that's true.

I'd rather have to jam than pesticides. I invested it in a wine maker and the label there was that was the name of the label, to jam wine. How did that do? We didn't sell a bottle, We didn't sell anything. Well, maybe drink a little slower. You're that should Now you're checking. Okay, you're checking. You're checking your wine. No, I'm drinking it. This is how you drink wine, right, Ronnie. You just open up your throat, pour it right in. You're a professional. Do kids still do wine bongs like

beer bongs? Yes? What is the best way to drink wine? Run? So? Um, what's the best way to drink it? Yeah? Like you know, some people wish it a little bit. It's however you feel like you know, there's no That's the thing about whine. Everyone thinks there's a right way in a wrong way about everything. But there isn't a right way in a wrong way. Whatever you feel is right. Run likes to drink with his mouth open, wide open. I like to catch my jaw like a cobra. He's okay. Here's one

who wins in a physical fight. Kate wins it or Kate Blanchet spoiler, it's not who you think. That's a weird question. Are you getting a little drunk. I'm getting a little tipsy. I don't feel qualified to answer that much. Yeah. Then I'm not supposed to talk about my fight club. Are they in your fight club? I'm not supposed to talk about the first rule of fight club. You're not supposed to talk about it. Yeah, that's not the first. Make sure you put out chips and dip um. Okay, Ronnie,

what was the first physical Rony? But I get that because your name is ron which is similar to Rony. What was the first physical fight you ever had after too much wine? Ah? So far in my career, no physical fights. Well that's a plus yet right? Oh? Yet? You know what somalia translates in French? Wine waiter? Has anyone just yelled out a wine waiter? Pick me a wine?

Sometimes people yell at that and then they You know what's funny is that when I come to the table, they're like, oh, I was expecting a man, And I might say, are you yeah? Are you living in the nineteen fifties? Yeah, exactly, not yet in the pot an you got a wine, but you could be, Ronny. I want to ask you. I want to ask you this question. Um, here's the thing. Everyone traditionally says, white wine with chicken or fish, red wine with meats? Is that? Why don't

you push back from that? Is that a rule you have to live by? Honestly, you can drink whatever you want, with whatever you want. Sometimes that's what I say. Yeah, white wine is great with steak. You know, it's a radical thing to say. But who makes the rules? Who? Yeah, there's not some wine Supreme Court out there. No, I mean in some countries there are really. Yeah, they're like bodies of people exactly yes, the board and they say do this, do that, don't do this, don't do that.

You can't, you won't. And then, like the movie Sideways, they just destroyed more low. Right, you're a little bit are you trying to lay down? They made fun of Marlow, and but Marlow is not the worst. I don't get you. Get up a little bit right, you got you? You went back too far. I need to get a little bit close to okay, we'll make up your mind is two clothes? Are my too far? One to close? Right there? Great? Oh my god? Is that the sign of a good wine? One builds up for lim. I need you to push

back from the mic a little bit. I'm pushing back. Then I'm too close. Then I'm too far right here, that's great, Okay, I gotta work on my core. Uh. You know what the funny thing is that after that movie Merlot as a brand, you know, twenty year dip, and now it's like it's coming back. I mean, it's still not cool, but it's not like you know, people are kind of over it because it's a blended wine. Correct,

Marlow is just a grape. Oh but what's what's a blended wine when you put a bunch of grapes like Merlo or Cabernet savignon together in a bottle. So it's kind of like their own cocktail party, Like they have Merlot meat, Cabernet, Gabernet Merlo. I don't really know if I like them. Oh maybe I do. Where are you from from? Okay? No, we got it. That's like what red blend is. Yeah, exactly. You would you like to make out? We don't want to go there. So what's

stepping on it? I just got crushed by a fungus foot. We know what blended is. It's okay hmm. So Napa Valley versus European wines, where do you stand? Um? Both have their merits trying to be diplomatic. You hate California too fruity, right, well, too fruity for too fruit fruit two foot forward fruit forward water fruit forward. M hmm. Some parts of Napa continue that way, yes, but not all of them. There are some great people. But you can still take a trip up there, wouldn't you. Yeah,

it's very beautiful. Cute, little cute little b and b bees. Have a little romped through the vineyard. Go get a cheeseburger. Uh, cheeseburger place. What's that place? Refreshers? I don't know that place, Nick, Do you know that place? No, I'm not familiar. Okay, See some cows, season cows. See some cows. Seesaw cows. See some cows. See see see some cows a special cow called a season cow. I think the hut we went to the farm and we saw some see some cows.

I raised, see some cows. I think maybe we screwed the back. Screw the screw the ye. I can't get the cat back on the hut to a day. Leave it off. I'm gonna have a mint, all right. Do you want me to open that fing Nope, got it. I'm a grown man. Just choose one. H let's write in the MiG curiously Altoid's curiously strong. What does that mean? I think it's time that we get back to the interview and maybe cool a little little bit. RONI, who do you? Who? Do you like any NBA finals? Didn't

that already happen? I'm not positive that wasn't what we were going to talk about today. Did it already happen? Here's the thing. People make a big deal about sending a bottle of wine back. Right. Yes, if you're at a patron who sent a bottle of wine back, and you're you pour it and you're like, this is perfectly fine. There's just being a asshole all the time. And then but you can't do anything right, You just gotta open up the new bottle. Yes, I mean, you can't really

do anything, but it makes me burn with rage. I got in a fight with a Somalia once. What happened? Well, I tried the wine. He said no, it's perfectly fine, and then I said, oh is it? And I poured it out on his shoes, the whole bottle that's on you. So was that the fight? Did he get mad? He was very professional? You have to be. I guess, So was it? What was it bad? I didn't have never tried it. I was just trying to impress a girl. Yeah, we didn't even try the wine. Was she impressed? She was?

And her name Barbie Benten. Well that might be a story to her time. But right now we're in the middle of an interview. Do you have any more questions? What do you what do you think of a nice Burgundy? And I'm not just talking about the wine. Let's just put the chateau away for a little bit while you sober up. I think that we have to get through this interview. You know, I feel like we barely got to talk about I love Lucy. Are you a Lucy or an Ethel? Because I'm a Samantha and Caroline is

a Miranda. No, I'm not. That's you're mixing up shows. I'm and for the record, I'm in Charlotte. Which question should I answer? Lucy or Ethel? You know? M the chocolate machine right the conveyor belt, all the chocolates when we're getting a little often, I wish there's no right or wrong answer. Maybe a Lucy. I'd like to be a Lucy. Oh wow, Well it looks like are you okay? Are you? Are you going to take a little nap?

Do you guys ever wonder what any of it all means? Okay? No, I think Why don't you get your head off the table. You're gonna fall out of your chair. Just sit back. Do you guys have any more Yeah, yeah, we know, we do. We do. We definitely have a few more questions. Okay, hey, hey, hey, come on, come on, you got it. Just didn't see that. Know you're a good run. Don't worry you got it? Oh yeah, ship shape? All right? Where my notes? Yeah,

they're right in front of you. Sometimes I just sit on the floor of my shower and I just think, Wow, who turned off the dance music? There wasn't any dance music playing. I don't know. I want to put on the new song by nine degrees. They aren't abandoned anymore. That's not true. That's not true. You just don't listen to their music anymore. You know what. Let's get back to viticulture. Who yeah, um RONI yes, run. Here's the thing.

We only got so much time on this big blue marble, and I mean it just keeps spinning and spinning and spinning. What's your question. I'm gonna get to it. Four eyes? Sorry, why did I say that? Because I wear glasses? Right, I don't I like your glasses. I apologize that was uncalled for. It's a face. You don't have to get emotional. They just discovered a black hole, you know. That was cool. Yeah, but we're all we're all heading for that black hole.

That's the thing, and I can't stop thinking about it. All right, Yeah, you might just see a nap or so. Anyway, you're my best friend. Whom who am I looking at? Could be looking at Carolina? You're both my best you're you're both my best friends. Ronnie, you're my new best friend, and you're a little I get get a good feeling about you. So I'll put you number one best friend Carolina number two. Thank you? But um boy, okay, cool.

Oh it's been a long day for you. Come on, ah gosh, if you want to read some advertisements, let's get to some mad copy. Ronnie, do you have time to stay? I think she has to go because she was just here for the interview. I just wonder if you walk at that door, Ronny. Sorry, I gotta go. Will never speak to you again. I'm so sorry. I will never speak to you. Wow. Well it's been really nice. Oh you're doing it. Yeah, I gotta go, okay, but

I'll see you around. Yeah. Famous last words. Bye bye, Ronnie. Nice to me. You. Thank you so much for coming on the podcast. It was really amazing. Do you want I have a couple of bottles of shadow Diane, if you want to take them on your way. She just need that right, Okay, but thank you. Okay, we'll get the door. Sorry she wait, Ronnie, she was my best friend and you're my enemy. Okay, that's so nice. We're

gonna take a commercial break. Guys, can we get a cup of coffee and like hot coffee and learn for run. We're gonna get to commercial. We're back with the Ron Burgundy Podcast. Ron's had some coffee. He um. He then took a thirty minute nap on the floor and when he woke up, he cried a little bit more, which was fine, and now he feels better. Listen, I'm a man that you know likes to occasionally have a drink. I don't care anymore people say, oh Ron, stop drinking

at work. Hey Ron, that's not your house. Oh Ron, you can't eat it because it's soap. Hey Ron, seriously, out of that man's hot tub. Look at I'd like to have a good time. It seems like it's becoming a little bit of a problem. I like to have fun. What what are you gonna do? Sue me? I mean, I mean, please, don't. I still love that breaking and entering issue to handle. How's that going? Not great? Not great? I decided to represent myself in court. Yeah I could.

I could use some money. Actually, are you serious? Just a little a few thousand? How many g's do you have on you? I have no gs on me? Okay, well what do you have? Just looking through? I have five dollar bill and I have a Starbucks gift card worth ten dollars. Fuck it, I'll take it all right. That's all, folks, bugs, Bunny the Carrett. He takes a bite out of yum. Good night everyone. Music so loud, I swang in open. They're gonna get to me Rod

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