This is a long one but a good one! This month, Elle tastes the 2018 No Girls Wines Grenache, quite ironically made by a woman. The name has a cool origin story! She then goes longform in an interview with Cara Patricia of DECANTsf a wine shop in San Francisco. Cara is an advanced sommelier, and she and Elle get into everything from the Court to cats to natural wine, whatever the heck that means. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 27, 2022•1 hr 24 min•Season 6Ep. 20
Elle is back! With the September issue, at least half as stylish as Vogue's thanks in part to the awesome bottle art of this month's woman-made-wine, a Carolina Gatti bubbly bought from Vinovore, a shop specializing in wine made by women, and by her Final Five interview with Agnes Hewitt, host of the Goop Yourself podcast which goes above and beyond the empire that Gwyneth Paltrow built. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...
Sep 30, 2022•46 min
This month Elle has a special treat, tailor made for her Sex in the City Fandom. Elle kicks it off by reviving a segment she hasn't done in forever, the Hip Sip Tip, then she's drinking the 2021 Invivo, X SJP Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc, wine that Sarah Jessica Parker helped blend. Will Elle like it? Is it worth it? Tune in to find out. After that she calls Meaghan Odum (aka @trillwinewife), wine educator and influencer, to go through the final five. They get into everything from goldfish cracke...
Aug 28, 2022•47 min•Season 6Ep. 18
Ohhhhh a kinda sorta return to old form! In that I spend a hot extra several minutes hanging out and taking to Christopher Ruhland, my fellow WSET Diploma graduate and author of "Press or Champagne". But first I ever so briefly review some rosé Champers and recap other wine goings on. Tune in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 31, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 6Ep. 17
It's the June edition and it's a good one! Elle has boatloads of wine-person updates-- she's been to a ton of tastings (Alsace! Abruzzo! Line39 spritzers!), taken trips (Italy's Garda DOC!) and was a behind the scenes helper at the LA Spirits Awards, so the juice flows, and how! She then does a bit of a dive into Côte du Rhône wines and tastes a village level one. Lastly, she chats with friend of the pod Mike Stone, host of the Tall Mike Wine Podcast and tasting room manager of Sonoma's Nicholso...
Jun 27, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 6Ep. 16
Wowwww has the wine scene in Los Angeles ever been happening! This month, Elle recounts five tastings (she's now a Barolo pro, just saying), drinks a fabulous bottle of Pinot Noir by Thomas T Thomas, gets into why she thinks cottage cheese is a fabulous food in an edition of On the Food Side, and lastly but not leastly, she talks with wine writer Kathleen Willcox! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 19, 2022•59 min•Season 6Ep. 15
April's episode is all things Malbec! Plus a Final Five with a wine woman:) April 17th is Malbec World Day, so in its honor, Elle is reviewing Malbec, Mon Amour, a book by Laura Catena and Alejandro Vigil, the winemakers at Catena. Then, naturally she drinks a delicious glass of Catena Malbec. moving in a different direction, her Final Five segment is with Katja S. Newman of La Cienega Vineyard. Elle can attest to the deliciousness of her wine! Listen in to hear what's she's drinking, what she l...
Apr 17, 2022•49 min•Season 6Ep. 14
It's your March edition! Just in the nick of time. First up, Elle has the deets on a sexy soil from the Northern Rhone. The wine she is drinking is an Rkatsteli (a Georgian grape) made in the Finger Lakes by Dr. Konstantin Frank, whose eponymous founder hailed from the Ukraine. Lastly, Elle calls Robert Cameo, the author of "South of Somewhere", a book about southern Italian wine. She asks him the final five and the two get into that Italian vino! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more ...
Mar 30, 2022•34 min•Season 6Ep. 13
This month Elle's got the goods and they are...great. Just great, really. She shares a Sexy Soil named wolfey, and tasted the Kwaya Sangiovese, a collaborative effort! Lastly she calls Maryam Ahmed, star of SommTV's Sparklers, and cofounder and leader of the Diversity in Wine Leadership Forum, for the Final Five! Get yourself a bottle and dive in! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 18, 2022•41 min•Season 5Ep. 12
This month Elle keeps it short-ish and dry with a her usual segments n' tangents, plus a stellar woman-made wine! She starts with a Sign of Wine Times, aka exciting news about suphur-ing wine, if such things can be exciting (she says they can)! Next she sips a Geodesy Cabernet Sauvignon, then wraps it all up with a Final Five questions with musician and writer Lamar Woods! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 28, 2022•41 min•Season 6Ep. 10
Oh hi, just in the nick of time its the December edition!!! This week Elle chats with John Taylor of Pairs With Life Cellars about how he got into wine, and why he started his own line! She also recaps tasting of his Big Gay Rosé and Tous les Jours Pinot Noir--spoiler alert, both were delicious. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 31, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 6Ep. 9
This week Elle's got the November wine update! Then she introduces a La Scolca Gavi dei Gavi aka a refreshing white wine made from Cortese, hailing from the Piedmont region in Italy. Next up is On the Food Side. This month the food of choice is pho--that's right, Elle actually enjoyed a soup, but she wants the word broth to be banned. Lastly is the Final Five where Anush O'Connor. Anush is your go to for all things Armenian wine--although she's making some of her own in Southern California right...
Nov 16, 2021•44 min•Season 6Ep. 8
Elle's back for October! This time she'll take you on a journey with her to the Languedoc, in a first time ever segment she calls Wanderlust. Then, she'll try a Malbec from Coen Wines you should lean into too! Lastly, the final five is with Urban Wine Tribe's John Michael Morcilio! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 19, 2021•44 min•Season 6Ep. 7
It's the September edition! Chock full of goodies as Ellen gets into the situation that is wine. Which is to say, you're going out more and you want to know more about wine so you can be the "person who knows wine" at the table! This week she'll teach you about a Sexy Soil and drink an autumn-ready Cabernet Sauvignon by Materra and yes that is a wine made by a woman! Lastly she calls one of her favorite and funniest friends, actor/comedian Beth Burnham! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...
Sep 15, 2021•55 min•Season 6Ep. 6
This week Ellen is back with a wonderful sparkling rosé by Ultraviolet Wines!! Per the usual it’s a terrific woman-made wine. Elle also has rewatched Sideways, so you don’t have to. Does she still hate it? Tune in to find out! And lastly, Elle calls Casleah Herwaldt, the superpower behind By the Stem, creator of Casleah Wines, and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 12, 2021•44 min•Season 6Ep. 6
Elle is keeping it short n sweet this week!!! She’s got butterbeer pairings , drinks a fabulous Chenin Blanc from South Africa, and talks with Matthew Lindsey, sommelier and creator of the Advanced Wine Course. If you want a fifty percent discount, use the code THEWINESITUATION! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 15, 2021•53 min
Keeping it short n sweet again this week, Ellen updates (doesn’t she always, as well as poll results! Then she gets into a bottle of old-vine Zinfandel from Testa Vineyards where she recently had lunch with winemaker Maria Martinson. Lastly, her musings on Somm III and blind tasting. Pour yourself a glass and listen in!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 24, 2021•37 min
Back after another break, but with every so many tales to tell!!! In addition to an update, Elle has a meeting poll for you: what are your wine/cheers-ing superstitions? She will also share a glass of Ehlers Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, explore tortilla chips in another On the Food Side, and finally has a Final Five questions with sommelier Alissa Bica!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 10, 2021•41 min
This week is a smorgasbord of follow-ups! Plus a tasty wine from one of Elle’s favorite wine regions. The first follow-up is the unexpected (to Elle) results of the tasting of the wine that went into space. The other follow-up is the long awaited On the Food Side on the glory of potatoes that aren’t French Fries. Pour a glass of Fleurie and get in!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 20, 2021•51 min
She’s back! Elle is ready to dive into season six, all washed down by a nice glass of Banshee Pinot Noir. She will also give you a life update and had a new On the Food Side. It’s all polished off with a final five questions with the wonderful sommelier Matthew Arnall. Pour a glass and listen in!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 06, 2021•43 min
What more could you want than booze and dirt! Ellen has that in spades for you this week. She gets into silex, has a game of WhoWhatWhenWhereWhy Wine, a cocktail to tell you about, and of course a nice bottle of bubbles made by a woman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 23, 2021•37 min
This week is easy breezy fun—Elle promises to not use up too much of your precious time!! She will reveal the results of her stemware poll, get into a wine made by a woman—this week it is a 2018 Giovanna Tantini Bardolino Chiaretto rosé, and then has another edition of On the Side. This week the topic is Fuego Box hot sauce of the month Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 16, 2021•35 min
It’s a stellar episode this week, in more ways than one! Ellen has a poll to kick things off: what sort of glass do you prefer?! She also has another round of WhoWhatWhenWhereWhy Wine, a stellar bottle of Outward Cabernet Franc to drink, and a Just Add Wine segment that gets into outer outer space! Lastly, she talks with the amazing sommelier Philippe André! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 09, 2021•1 hr 7 min
Elle is mixing it up once again! This week she has a short form interview with Theodora Lee of Theopolis Vineyards! After the conversation, instead of drinking another wine, Elle decides to try out one of Theo’s cocktails called The Beautiful. Can’t get enough? Listen to episode 4.12 titled “Wine On” where Ellen reviews another Theopolis wine! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 16, 2021•32 min
Ellen is going back to the old-school interview this week! And she a discount code for you if you want to taste the marvelous wines of Lisa Warr-King Packer for yourself! Go to their website and use the code thewinesituation for 20% off, then pour a glass and get to know Lisa!!! What’s in the glass this week? Ellen and Lisa are tasting a vertical of Cabernet Sauvignon from 2015-2017...it is fascinanting! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choice...
Feb 09, 2021•1 hr 6 min
This week Elle has some big news and a celebration Champagne to go with it! Plus a game of WhoWhatWhenWhereWhy Wine and a deep dive into what to drink if you are also obsessed with Bridgerton. Ahem. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Feb 02, 2021•46 min
Elle can’t resist a good gothic label or another excuse to devote another episode to all things goth. She kicks it off with a goth grape she can scarcely believe she hasn’t done a deep dive on yet: Pinot Noir! Amd then of course she opens a very goth Pinto Noir indeed: Bloodroot Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir! Lastly (and arguably less goth) there is another On the Food Side that gets salty—this week Ellen is talking French Fries! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more ...
Jan 26, 2021•52 min
What fun we will have flexing our vinous muscles, all while enjoying a delightful sparkling wine that is being all want it to be! This week Ellen has another round of WhoWhatWhenWhereWhy Wine, a Sexy Soil to tell you about and Final Five with the wonderful Rebecca Rose Phillips of Let’s Taco Bout Wine! She’s drinking a fabulous bottle of Dr. Konstantin Frank Brut 2013, a traditional method wine from the Finger Lakes! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about y...
Jan 19, 2021•1 hr 2 min
This episode celebrates polymaths in wine! But first Elle digs into the poll results. Her listeners enjoy the variety of “guilty pleasure” drinks! Then she dips into wine that polymath Mary J Blige (singer/actor/wine person) is behind: Sun Goddess. Ellen is trying the Pinot Grigio Ramato bottling. Next she reviews “Pinot Rocks” a book by polymath Michael Browne (drawer, woodworker, circus member, winemaker, writer) all wrapped up with an interview with the author! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...
Dec 22, 2020•59 min
It’s getting uncanny in here...well not really actually it’s very canny. Canned wine canny! This week Elle unboxed some Wine Society treats, plays another round of WhoWhatWhenWhereWhy Wine, posts a poll (what’s your guilty pleasure, and shares a Happy Cocktail Hour! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 15, 2020•49 min
