Wine Trivia Question of the Week:Today's movie is all about parallel universes. If there were such a thing - and there very well might be, don't be a cynical asshole like Dave - what would be the GREATEST wine grape in ALL universes?...

Paired with the lesser known winery of a celebrity winemaker and an oddly nutty yet refreshing white from an "ancient yet local" region (like RDJ! Ancient yet local!)WINE TRIVIA QUESTION OF THE WEEK:What does the bright ruby red c...

Wine Trivia Question of the Week:Cabernet Franc is one of the parent grapes of Cabernet Sauvignon, but it is also the parent of two additional Bordeaux varieties, one equally well-known, the other less so.Are these...

Make sure to listen to PART 1With special guest DECARCERATION, writer of the fabulous substack, "

With special guest DECARCERATION, writer of the fabulous substack, "From the Yard to the Arthouse".He wanted to talk to us about Fake Movies Within Movies, and gave us a list o...

SPECIAL GUEST: Charlotte SimmonsIf you love thoughtful movie Criticism with a capital-C, make sure you follow Charlotte at her own Substack THE TREATMENT<...

Part kid adventure a la GOONIES, part summer camp slasher a la FRIDAY THE 13TH, part sci-fi parable a la BLACK MIRROR, we watched and paired wines with the 2025 under-the-radar indie feature MARSHMALLOW.91% Critic score on Rotten Tomtoes...

One of the $trange$t comics ever published by Wildstorm Studios, Automatic Kafka ran a mere 9 issues but is nevertheless a series worth revisiting in 2025.Paired with the tension between different grapes blended together, and adultified ...

WINE TRIVIA QUESTION OF THE WEEK:Which white wine grape shares a parent with Pinot Noir? (Aka, they both came from the same parent grape.)ChardonnaySauvignon BlancRieslingMuscat of Alexandria

Watch THE RED LINE Documentary HERE.We’ve been following Matt Battaglia on Substack for a couple of years now, but in his role as a c...

Today we tackle Isabella Rossalini's series of shorts, GREEN PORNO, which originally debuted at Sundance back in 2008.Then we pair it with a "Green" wine, a "P...

One of the most criminally forgetten and underseen movies of the 90s! Starring John Hurt and Jason Priestly.

WINE TRIVIA QUESTION OF THE WEEKWhat does the word "dry" mean in terms of wine? When Someone says "This wine is dry," they are referring to:A) The dry feeling it leaves in your mouthB) The level of bitterness ...

Welcome to out first “Vinterfication” episode! Vin-I-fication is what a winemaker does - all the decisions he or she makes - to transform grapes, the raw materials, into a final wine. And so Vin-TER-fica...

Today, for Mom's Day, we tackle the 1987 feature film directed and co-written by Charles Shyer (Father of the Bride) and produced and co-wrritten by Nancy Meyers (Father of the Bride, Private Benjamin).The cast is STACKED - Dianne Keaton...

Today we interview HALEY SIMS, who plays the dead wife that haunts Adam Driver's Caesar Catalina in MEGALOPOLIS. Haley tells us all about her experience auditioning, filming, stunt training,...

Here’s PART TWO of our coverage of Francis Ford Coppola’s Alpha and Omega of his career. Make sure you check out

We saw Sinners in the theater this past weekend, and wanted to do a quick mini-episode covering why it's an important movie at this time in cinematic history.In part because of the Rights Reversion deal director Ryan Coogler struck with ...

Today is the first of THREE PARTS (well, two main parts + a bonus companion "Vinterview"!)In this episode we cover the Alpha of Coppola's career, THE GODFATHER (1972).In PART TWO we'll cover the Omega, MEGALOPOLIS...

Also known as Houdini & Company, The Robbery, The Incident, and (our favorite) Shag-O-Rama.The Linguini Incident was the directorial debut of Richard Shepard, the man who would finally get out of “...

This week we tackle the latest album of a band that's been blazing a trail through the music scene for 2 decades now. Combining boroque British folk, a prog rock structure, and Americana (blues, country, American folk) the band has been feature...

What's that? Y'all are deep into Season 3 already? Yeah, yeah, we slow.BUT, we are finally on this White Lotus train thanks to our special guest, BETH LISOGORSKY of Beth's Film and TV Recom...

From corner bars to Michelin stars, Liz Mendez hails from the Midwest and over the years has developed a portfolio career in wine, tech, and radio, spending three decades immersed in the restaurant industry. She is an award-winning sommelier an...

When superstar Rick James passed away in 2004, an autobiography was rushed out to the public. But biographer David Ritz was never satisfied with that edition, and many years later releaed this definitivie edition,

Yes, we have a new name!This episode is a recap of who we are, where we came from, where this podcast came from, what this podcast will be going forward, and a shout-out to our favorite eisodes of the past, so you can cherry pick previou...