SEASON 1 FINALE: Wine and...Music - Snoop Dogg Presents Christmas in tha Dogghouse (2008)

We try THREE of Snoop Dogg's 19 Crimes wines (Cali Red, Cali Rose, and Cali Gold [sparkling]) and see if they pair with his 2008 Xmas album!

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Happy holidays and peace, y'all.

Chapters

• 4:38 Snoop Dogg's Xmas Album and 19 Crimes Wines
• 21:48 Snoop's Cali Red Wine
• 29:44 Background on Snoop Himself!
• 33:40 Snoop's Cali Rose and Cali Gold
• 42:11 Collaborators on the Album
• 49:00 Thoughts on the Album
• 1:04:20 Which Snoop Wines Do We Pair With the Album?
• 1:15:53 Christmas Outro

Transcript

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Jingle, jangle, it's Christmas in the hood We smoking mistletoe and drinking are we feeling good? Jingle, jangle, it's Christmas in the hood We smoking mistletoe and drinking are we feeling good? That's DIMMIN'CHY Produced This is Christmas with Snoop Dogg. Hope you enjoying the CD. I know, you ain't never heard Christmas like this, Come on. He's Dave and I'm Dallas and we have opinions on just about everything. Sometimes they're on point and sometimes they go down better with a glass of wine. Join us. This is the Wine and Podcast. Welcome everybody to the season one finale of wine and woo celebrate we get to take a break celebrate. This is of course the podcast where we pair wine with entertainment to lute ourselves into thinking you want to hear what we have to say about different pieces of pop culture and art but know for a fact that you need to hear what we have to say about wine because man who knows anything about wine we sure as hell don't. 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Come find out who we are. and other things that we do besides just this podcast and come get to know us. And by the time we drop in 2025 with season two, you will be well prepared for it. Know us better and know what to expect better. Know our sense of humor. actually, you're probably learning our sense of humor. Just listening to this anyway. Today for the season finale, I'm going to let Dallas introduce us to the topic at hand. So without further ado, take it away, dilly dally. All right, people. Ever wonder what Christmas, ganja, and wine have in common? If you entered anything other than Snoop Doggy Dog, then you'd be very, very wrong. But that's okay. A little wine, a little ganja, or even a little Christmas might make you care less about being so wrong. Snoop Dogg presents Christmas in the Dog House is the album we are spinning today. And in a twist that only wine and could bring you, we've paired his curation of three wines with the 19 crimes label with this curiously Christmasy compilation. Released on December 16, 2008, this digital-only compilation album is not your typical holiday soundtrack. Curated by the one and only Snoop Dogg under his Doggy Style Records label, features 20 tracks that showcase a variety of West Coast hip-hop artists from the Dog Pound to Nate Dogg. This album is a funky exploration of Christmas themes through a distinctly hip-hop lens. Forget the traditional carols. This is a holiday celebration with a twist. and probably lots of Christmas ganja. But first, the wine. And with some information on the curation of three wines from the 19 Crimes label, let's swing it back over to my partner in crime, Snoop, Davey Dave. Snoop Davey Dave. All right, guys. So we have three of the Snoop Dogg 19 Crimes wines that we are going to try today. I did not realize this, but there are actually six Snoop Dogg. They're ours. I know. I figured that would be a bit of a surprise. It was a surprise to me. I was like, shit, what, what, Now they're very popular. Three of them. They are very popular, very great sellers. But let me introduce you to the overall scheme of what these wines are, where they came from. And then we're going to talk about, I'll mention the three we don't have here today. And then the three that we do, the three that we do tend to be the, standard bearers of the group. And the other three, one of them is a limited edition. get the feeling it was for the holidays that it came out and it probably will only be around for the holidays. One of them is the other one of them is brand new and we did not. I've never seen this in the wild yet, so I feel like it must be very new. And we didn't find it in any of the wine shops or I didn't eyeball it. To be fair, I'm not usually looking for the Snooze dog wine, so it could be my eyes just glaze over it every single time, though it's one of the more colorful. labels of the six. So I feel like I would take note of it. And then one of them I I'm more of a red than a white drinker. So there is a snoop white that I feel like, yeah, my eyes probably just glazed over that one as well. And I don't spend enough time in the White Isle, especially the White Isle where a 19 crime Snoop Dogg bottle would be. But OK, all that said, what are these wines? Why are there Snoop Dogg wines? So 19 crimes. is a brand that is owned by Treasury Wine Estates. And according to the VP of PR, John Wardley of Treasury Wine Estates. So all of this is going to be the official story of these wines from Mr. Wardley of Treasury Wine Estates. So take everything I say here with a sea salt of salt. But this is the official story behind all of this. that is that, you know, Snoop Dogg He actually let's start with 19 crimes. So 19 crimes is a brand that is all about it's an Australian brand that is all about the 19 crimes that got people sent to Australia in the first place, right? Because it was a country of convicts that Britain just sent people over there. some of these crimes. Yeah. it's okay. But there are 19 crimes and some of them are fucking absurd. It's true. So there is there is obviously there's what and I love I love the descriptions of these. So there's grand larceny and petty larceny. Right. Petty larceny is theft under one shilling. That's right. Fuck yourselves. What I humanity what is wrong with us? theft under one shilling gets you exiled to a another column like a convict colony or penal colony. My God. then grand larceny is just theft over what two shillings is grand larceny. I'm like, I swear to God, like nothing in between. We suck. We suck as a species. I think it's fair to say this. And then there are things like impersonating an Egyptian. I don't I don't know. I have no idea. I don't even know the historical context for that. I that is baffling. to me, apparently that is one of the 19 great crimes of Britain at the time that got you sent to Australia. There is stealing fish from a pond or river. There is stealing roots, trees or plants or destroying them. There's bigamy, of course. There is assaulting, cutting or burning clothes. There is clandestine marriage. There is stealing a shroud from a grave. There is watermen carrying too many passengers on the Thames if any drowned. I mean, that's actually that I get that one. Okay, I get that. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's sort of like, it's like you can speed, but if you kill someone while speeding, now it's a problem, right? Exactly. Yeah, yeah, exactly. Incorrigible rogues who broke out of prison and persons reprieved from capital punishment. Like you get a reprieve from capital punishment, but you're fucking off to Australia. Tell me that much. Yeah, there are there are so many. So 19 crimes all told. And the point of this is that, you know, Snoop Dogg is someone who. I wordly says he was a fan, maybe, maybe not. But there is a lot of synergy because Snoop Dogg, you know, he is a rapper. It is a story of 19 crime story is, course, convicts who were sent to this penal colony to have a harsh life and they overcame that adversity and founded their own country. And the Australia that exists today is nothing like the Australia that was originally well. you know, I don't know about that, but I don't know about that. But it is about overcoming adversity and coming from somewhere that's a tough situation to becoming something. and going somewhere amazing, like making a life out of adversity and making a life that's richer and greater than what anyone thought you'd be able to do with that adversity. And so there is that sort of the 19 crimes for Australia and sort of the standard American, you're growing up in adversity, you're growing up in the hood, you're growing up where the crime is rampant, the authorities are not on your side, they're not helping you out, there's... systemic issues that keep you from easily rising out of your station in life. So similar in that regard. so 19 crimes and Snoop and Snoop at this point by 19 crimes, because this was the 2010s, they really started to get together and do this. Snoop had become an entrepreneur at this point, he was far more than just a musician. One thing we're going to talk about probably a little bit with his Christmas album is he already had a deal with Landy, which was I had to look up what Landy was I was like, fuck is Landy? But there are no less than three songs on this Christmas album to talk about Landy. One of the it's even in the title of one of them. And apparently Snoop had Landy is a cognac and Snoop had a deal with them where they it wasn't the kind of deal with 19 crimes where you slap your face on the label. But it was a marketing deal where it was like Landy would show up to Snoop's marketing events and Snoop would show up to Landy's marketing events and they would market each other and plainly Snoop saw this Christmas album as like This is where I give Landy what they need and we're gonna put them all throughout this album. Because I was like, there's a lot of Landy and I've never even heard of Landy before, what is going on? But yes, he had a deal with Landy at the time. So Snoop is a very sharp businessman. Now, according to 19 Crimes, Snoop picked all the blends for his wines. He tasted them all and decided what he wanted. Now maybe, absolutely, maybe, maybe. I'm sure there's a reality somewhere in between where 19 crimes put together at most a half dozen blends and Snoop chose between that half dozen. I'm not sure they brought them into a room with 50 different barrel samples and were like, Snoop, we're gonna mix and match until we find the exact thing, maybe, but I doubt it. My guess is they probably curated a little bit for him and then Snoop picked the final blend, but near and dear to my heart, Snoop, my man. It is predominantly the Snoop Kali Red is predominantly Petit Sarah. It is. Yeah, it is my grape. My great baby. Petit Sarah Zinfandel and Merlot. Now, it is interesting. I saw that in previous vintages like the 2020 vintage, it was usually over 14 % alcohol. We have the 2022 vintage with us here today, which is 13.5. So they got that alcohol down, which is for a Kali Red. That's interesting. The So for the Cali Red, is 65 % Petitsera, 30 % Sinfandel, 5 % Merlot, and the acidity is low. It is a 3.77, which is low for acidity. So it's going to be a quote unquote sweet and jammy red, and Petitsera is known for low acidity. It's known for higher tannins. So we'll see how the tannins work. So we have that. We have the Cali Rose. which is its own blend that we'll get to here in just a moment. And then we have the Cali Gold, which is a sparkling white. kind of his spark, I'm not gonna call it a champagne, but you know, his sparkling, probably gonna be closer to Prosecco, where it's got that fresh fruitiness. Not really, I doubt they're doing traditional method and getting those bread and biscuit flavors in there and doing extended aging. None of these wines are expensive. These are all like in the 10 to $20 range each at most. I think on the 19 crimes website, they're all like 15 bucks apiece at World Market. think we got them for like 1099 or something like that. They were they were on world market sale. And so we have those three wines. Now there are three others. There is a limited edition Callie Rose Sparkling. So they made a sparkling version of the Rose. This they say this is a limited release. So my guess is this is a sparkling for the holidays. But it looks to be the rose that they just they added bubbles to and not really anything else there now There's also a white Cali white which is our Cali Blanc, which is a seven young Blanc that is medium sweet So that's actually a significantly sweet seven young Blanc, which I was surprised to see But it is a Cali seven young so it's not gonna have that fresh acid a fresh bite of a New Zealand semi on Blanc Cali seven young block tends to be more tropical fruit notes a little quote unquote sweeter on the palette. So adding that little bit of sugar, I can see how this is gonna be more of a crowd pleaser by making it a little more sweet in that regard. We don't have the Cali Blanc, we don't have the sparkling rosé, we just have the still rosé and the non-rosé sparkling. And the last one that I'd never seen, and I was surprised that this even existed, is the 19 Crimes Snoop Dogg Cali Smooth. Which is a red. From the breakdown on the website, it is the same red blend as the Cali Red, 65 Petite Syrah, 30s in, 5 Merlot. I don't know if someone copied and pasted on the website and that is the actual blend and it's not any different. But according to the website, the smooth is no different, but it is apparently this red blend, quote unquote, this is what they say on the site, this red blend is a gentle spin. on the familiar Cali Red recipe, ripe with dark fruit notes and toasted oak, caramel and vanilla undertones make for a silky smooth finish. What? I'm assuming maybe this is like an extra oak aged version of the same blend. That might be what it is. So it's like the extra oak agent, which is going to smooth those tannins out further than your basic tannin Cali Red, but also probably make it very oaky, which maybe makes it smoother, like more vanilla, more oak. And the Cali Red is aged in American oak, which is going to be American oak is usually more punchy than different. It's got spicier. It's a lot more vanilla, a lot more flavor usually gets dumped into the wine from American oak. Rio has surprisingly traditionally are often aged in American oak. They're actually the most infamous ones for always using American oak or traditionally they did nowadays. I think some people use French oak up in Rio ha, but traditionally always American oak. where most places were like, French oak, no Americans, even Americans were like, we're not using American oak. Yeah, aggressively, we're not doing that. But American oak does add a little something, something extra that French oak does not. It is a different oak, it does have a different aromatic and flavor profile. So my guess is the smooth is extra oak aged, but I've never seen that in the wild. Now the Cali Rose that we're gonna try here today is 75 % Zinfandel. 20 % Grenache, 5 % Pinot Noir. And for those of you unfamiliar with how rosé is made, you crush the juice and just give it a little bit of skin contact. So you start to make it like a red, but it's like maybe a few hours on the skins, maybe even less, and then you get them off. So you turn it pink, and before it gets any darker and goes anywhere near red, you get rid of it. So you get very little out of the skins. You generally don't get a lot of tannin. which is the thing that really makes it dry in the dry mouth feel and really gives it all that texture of a full bodied red. And this way you keep it light like a white, give it a little bit of flavor, a little bit of aerobatics from the skins and then get rid of it before any of the rest of it comes out. you're using all those grapes and that is the blend of the Cali Rose. And then the Cali Gold is a blend of 10 % Muscat Alexandria 26 % white Riesling, 28 % French Columbard, and 36 % mixed white of other things that they don't specify. Of other white varietals. And 11 % alcohol. So this might be a little sweet. We're gonna find out as we go, depending on the method that they use. My guess is they probably just use like a tank method to make this. It's the cheap method to make a sparkling wine. You don't have to do the secondary fermentation in the bottle. Or they used an OSTI method and kept it sweet, which is a single fermentation. And that's also a quick way to produce wine, especially if you want to leave it a little bit sweet. All right. Those are the wines. and I will say, let's see, were there a few more details? There's not really. so a couple more fun facts, actually. Sorry, I did write these down. Of course, the 19 crimes labels are infamous for their augmented reality. We will put a little video of screen recording of Snoop Dogg talking in his augmented reality. It's fun. It's just Snoop Dogg. They recorded his voice saying these lines. Obviously, it's interesting. The one thing that kind of annoys me is like, wish they would. The augmented reality looks like a CGI version of Snoop, which is because they took a photograph and animated it. Right. And so it's like it is like a computer generated version of Snoop. Like it doesn't move. Like it's not that. Actual life like I wish they would have just recorded snoop Saying these things and what they're like in black and white that probably would have gone over better But whatever it's still fun this augmented reality and apparently the rose a was snoops idea After the Cali read snoop was just like look rose is party in the bottle I really want to have a rose a too and so it was according to him his idea to do that And he also Snoop Dogg is instrumental. He's the one who brought Martha Stewart on board to make her Chardonnay. That makes sense. Snoop and Martha are tight. They are. Yeah, they are. They really are. They have a bit of an empire together since they did their potluck show. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So if you like any of these wines or hate them, blame Snoop. It's all him. He's the reason all of these damn things exist. But we're going to try the three wines we have today and let you know how well They go with the album Dallas. Do you want to open these bottles first or want to talk about the album first? Let's. Why don't we break and get the bottles together? And I have them here. Yeah, me too. I just need to. I just need to actually pull them over here and get the glasses. OK, OK. But yeah, let's do a quick break and then maybe let's taste the wines first. I'm going to start with the Cali Red. Cool. you're going to start with the red? Yeah. All right. All right. All right. So a lot lighter in color than I'd expected. yeah. And on the nose, it's very, it's weirdly floral. It's like rose water. It is. Yeah, it is very aromatic. is very, it's a celebration wine for sure. It's a good time wine. I'm not sure how much I like the nose. It does smell just like, I mean it smells like rose water and kind of nothing else, like a hint of fruit. And for a wine that is 65 % petite sera, like this is, you can kind of see when I hold it really close to the camera, you can kind of see how see through the lighting here makes it look dark, but man man guys, it's not. It is see through. It looks like, I mean, it looks like a fucking pinot, but purple instead of red. It looks like a purple pinot. Very good description. It looks like a purple pinot. Yeah. Yeah, huh. All right, that is that is candied. It is it is very handy. Yeah. Like I said, it's this is a this is a good time wine. All right. This is a brunch get together with the girls or the guys wine. It is. It's true. It's true. And it's, you know, it's not if there's any if there's a hint of residual sugar in this, which I don't know if there is. Probably there usually is in wines of this caliber. it's probably just a hint. It's probably just a hint. But when I said candied, it's not literal sweetness per se, but it does taste like candy, like the actual flavors you're getting are like candy cherry and candied strawberry, cherry and strawberry through the roof. almost maybe a hint of raspberry, but there's very little tart in this and for a purplish wine. It's a very red fruit. You know what it is. Like there is no black fruit in this. It's it's black. I say blackberry because blackberry technically lives closer to raspberry than it does to other black fruit. Right. It. yeah. Blackberry cobbler. Yeah, but I still get raspberry more than blackberry. I think I'm getting blackberry for sure. Yeah, pleasant. Yeah, interesting. This one, unfortunately, I was hopeful because the 65 percent petite sera. I was like, OK, even if this is like very run of the mill, no frills, not exciting or anything like that or mind blowing. But I got to say, this is not what I'd hoped for. It's not what I hoped. Did you did you let it sit for a while or did you just open it? i just opened it yeah i i i i imagine i imagine with the little like a few few hours on on the on the with air this might open up a little It's a little and it's got that sometimes with big bulk brands like this, you can get this like metallic key aftertaste and metallic key on the nose and on the palate. And I definitely get that from this wine. It's not like unpleasant or anything like that. yeah, was hoping for something fruity or I was hoping for something a little richer with that blend as it was described. I something a little more concentrated, a little more richer, even if it wasn't like super high quality or artisanal or any of that bullshit. Like just something that would have been, yeah, rich. And this is very light and very. Yeah, I'm just not getting enough out of it. Yeah, blackberry, blueberry. There is a little oak in there, just a little smoke. the Tanic, mean, again, the extraction is very light, very little Tanic structure. They kept this very gentle. The alcohol is medium. They even brought the alcohol down from previous vintage. Is there Zin in this? Zin's in this, right? Yeah, yeah. 30%. Okay. All right. Yeah. And then a hint of Merlot. So two of Dallas's least favorite red grapes. Right. But then but then a lot of Petite Syrah, predominantly Petite Syrah, which I'm just I'm like I'm a little shocked by the Petite Syrah. like, where? How? And only that purplish color a little bit kind of gives it away. Some of them is in and Merlot can get a little purple. You know, this is and this is low acidity. So it's on that that purple spectrum. This is a little This is little overly sweet on the front for me. Yeah. 100%. Yeah. It's not. Again, I don't know how much literal sweetness is in this wine. think only a hint. But and I've been missing like in class, I drank a. What was it? It was something that was like I thought it was like I marked it down as medium sweet. Something about it made it so ridiculously sweet to me and know. It was like not even remotely. Was that correct? So I can get I can get fooled by by by certain flavor elements. I will say very sweet, sweet. The the tannins are really, really well integrated. They're quite I mean, they're there. Yeah, I dig the I mean, again, it's there's not a lot of extraction here. Like they kept I don't I'm almost a little tempted to be like, did you carbonic macerate this shit? Like, how did you do this? Like, there is so little pigment and tannin in there. And again, that almost cotton candy-ish candy, right? Yeah. Flavor, there's something about it where I'm like, semi-carbonic maceration might have been involved in this. I'm uncertain, but it almost feels that way. It's a little bougerlaie. I do think a lot of these wines, These accessible wines are created with food pairings in mind. And I could see this going, holding up very well with barbecued meats and, you know, really heavy celebratory wines. There's that touch of sweetness on the front. And again, it is pleasant. It's pleasant. There's nothing offensive about this glass whatsoever. There isn't a whole lot of complexity. isn't a whole lot of complexity. But, pleasant. I'm gonna go with a little bit of offensiveness for me, for my palette. Again, it's got this weird metallic-iness to it that is a little off-putting. That's my one. It's not overbearing, it's not overpowering, but it's not great. Agreed. For our palettes, I agree with you. But I think for the general public who are just sort of... reaching for the bottle. think that adds a certain- But we gotta be honest to ourselves. For this one, is something, there is a little bit of unpleasantness to this one. And definitely disappointment on my part for that petite Syrah. But I'm moving on to the Rosé. Actually, before we do that, actually let me pour some rosé and then I'm going to pick up with some info on the album. Man, this nose is... That's something. I actually like the nose on this one better than the red. Alright, yeah, see this. Yeah, this is this is pleasant for me. This is the one where I'm like, OK, yeah, party in a bottle. Absolutely. it's got more acidity. what my mouth is watering. OK. Is it? No, this I like this. I like I can tell. See, I think I just like the red far more than you. And now now we're switching places. You know what's funny? I do think these are going to these are going to open up so relatively well. So I'm going to keep this around and these bottles open once we finish this. I'm going to sneak back in for a glass maybe in like three hours. I'm going to do it because they're whole bottles and what else am I going to do? But I'm going to bet against that. I don't think these are going to really open up much more at all. I think so. I think so. But we'll see. All right. So now for some info on our dear sir Snoop Doggy Dog. The man behind the magic. Snoop Dogg, born Calvin Cortezar, brought us Junior on October 20th. 1971. know. If you thought his name was just a clever play on words, think again. His mother nicknamed him Snoopy after the beloved Peanuts character because he resembled the cartoon dog. Who knew that would lead to a legendary rap career? Snoop first burst onto the scene in the early 90s with his debut album Doggy Style, which sold over 800,000 copies in its first week. That's in its first week, back when people had to get up off their asses, find a record store, go inside, find it, grab it, buy it, take it home, and listen to it over and over again, until they had every single line memorized. None of this streaming nonsense. But we also had nothing else to do except go to malls. Exactly. But none of the streaming nonsense you young whippersnappers do today. Snoop's not just a rapper, he's a cultural icon who has dabbled in everything from acting to film and TV production and even wine production. You heard that right. It's the whole basis for this episode. And just a hint, look for us to cover more celebrity wine brands in the future. Snoop has collaborated with some of the biggest names in music, including Dr. Dre, Tupac, Pharrell. His laid back style and smooth style have made him one of the most recognizable figures in hip hop and culture in the last 30 years. That's right. He's been at this for 30. years. is a grandfather and I think even a great grandfather. And curiously enough, he's almost eternally young. People don't understand that Snoop is a man well in his 50s at this point. Beyond music, he's known for his philanthropy. Not only does Black Knot crack, but he's skinny enough. He is skinny enough that like... He never looks different. Sometimes you get older and you start to lose the weight because you have health problems and things like that. then you you look a little like you do look a little like baggier or wrinklier because of that weight loss or things of that nature. You lose your just slight youthful cherubness. Snoop never had youthful cherubness. It didn't exist on his body. Skin and bones from the get go. And so he looks the same. He does. No, as he always has. Nothing changes. Anyway, beyond music, he's known for his philanthropy. particularly through the Snoop Youth Football League, which provides opportunities to underprivileged youth. And real quick, we're going to check back in with the wine here, Dave. I got to tell you, I agree. This rosé, and I'm not a guy who enjoys rosé at all, generally. This is fun. This is fun. This is fun. This is fun. And it is pleasantly, it smells sweeter than it tastes. This is fun. So. smelling this, I'm like, I like the smell, but I'm also like, man, this smells almost medium sweet. Like this is going to be like a kick of sweet. then honestly, it's mostly dry. It's nice. I'm digging this. And this was once again, this is a 75 % Zin, 20 Grenache, 5 % Pinot, Rose with 12 % alcohol. So yeah. This is is just fun. This is this is fun. Not mind blowing. No, no, no great complexity here. But the acidity is on point. So it lifts it up. Unlike the red was a little like the acidity wasn't there. Then there wasn't a lot of concentration of flavor. So the red just came across as weak sauce. It is very weak. This is very weak. The red is very weak. Yeah. But this has a little bite to it, the acidity solid, as you said, is some complexity. The nose alludes to sweetness, but it's surprisingly more complex than the nose gives away. It is fucking two in the afternoon, and I just finished this class while we've been sitting here. I mean, it's five o'clock somewhere. It's one o'clock somewhere, of course, but it is two in the afternoon. And this was one episode. Normally we don't drink when we record these episodes. I'm drinking coffee because I usually record this at noon sometimes. I was just running late today. But today I was like, we're drinking Snoop Dogg wine. It's fine. Let's let's get it done. And I think it helps that I've been doing the WC classes where I drinking at nine thirty. I'm like, OK, the seal is broken. Anything goes. There are no rules. Yeah, this is surprisingly tasty. this is again is coming from Dave, as Dave knows, and maybe many of you. I don't dislike rosé, but you got to you got to force it down my gullet sometimes. this is just and this one's got it's got a little bit of bitter flavors to mix with those fruit flavors. This is mostly fruity ever. Like it's got a sweetness on the palate. There might I believe there probably is a touch of residual sugar in this one as well, but it's not overpowering. It works with the acidity in this rosé, unlike with the red. So, yeah, this one, this is balanced and this this is working for me. I like this. Yeah, yeah. So Snoop, Cali, Rosé, that one, that one go for now, Dallas, just to open it before we keep going. 19 crimes, Cali gold. All right. Fine. The sparkling now, Dallas. Can you tell me what do you think the W set instructions are for opening a bottle of sparkling? how do you do it? W set instruction. I'm going to say you find a what step one a. step one is probably remove the no, you keep the foil, remove the foil. Almost almost remove the foil. OK, step one is you should always serve it well chilled. absolutely. So it needs to be like ref. refrigerator temperature because Especially the colder it is that's right the less active the bubbles are so the less risk There is of any of the cork popping or exploding or what have you? Yes, sexy bottle though pretty sexy little magnum here a little bottle here totally sexy bottle This is a proper sparkling bottle. Yeah, of course, of course Snoop is giving his best his best sultry Come hither face on the bottle. Fuck. Yeah Yeah, actually, be fair, is the same that that is the same face on all the I know, but this bottle is black. So it's by contrast. It's much sexy. All right. Hold on. OK. Well, the one critique I will give of this bottle is they don't give you an easy in on this foil. I'm having at least for me on this bottle that I got, I'm having to cut the foil with the knife because there's no little tab to help you do it. OK, remove the foil with step number two. Place a towel over the cork. Nah, nothing that extreme. That's not what the sommelier says. But let's see. I have no idea. What? This is service. this is service. Remove the wire cage. the wire cage, Remove the wire cage. And once it's removed, never take your thumb off the the cork. That's right. Never. Yeah, yeah. And actually, a sommelier. A former former friend of mine said you could keep the cage on because that allows you. You could unlock it, but if you keep the cage on, it adds to the idea. You could. Hey, hey, I'm not. Hey, hey, hey. I am. I'm just saying, officially, that is not the end. Those are not. I would fail. I would not get a point. All right. There we go. So there is that. Now you grab hold of the cork. And the last step. Because you want to do this making as little noise as possible. it in frame. Do it in camera, Dave. Do it in camera. There you go. All right. So you hold onto the cork and another on the bottle. There you go. And then you turn the bottle. That's right. Turn the bottle. Yeah. And that is how. My damaged hand from the car accident can't do this. You're going to ruin your computer. Exactly. I'm still in recovery. The hand that would hold the cork is not quite up to grips enough at this moment because, so yeah, I might have to ease this out and let it There But poof. There you are. Good man. Good man. There it is. Good bubbles on that. All right. Solid bubbles on that. Or good smoke. Ooh. Apple. That's curious. strong apple nose. Apple is normal. Strong, but strong for me. Yeah. Not too bad. So yeah, this is very Prosecco like it's got that, you know, just fresh and fruity. So you've got like yellow apple versus green apple more. You've just got that yellow apple, a little bit of citrus, but nothing too sharp. Nope, not really bready or yeasty. So this is definitely, it's definitely a youthful, not traditional champagne method where they, where they soak it on the leaves. This is, this is just a bright, fun one. That's something. yeah. My guess is this was Ostea Method that they used on this. This has some sugar left in it. It's a good time. I can even feel the stickiness on my fingers. Yeah, there is some sugar. There is some sugar left in this bad boy. So this is is Moscato d'Ostea style. This is a good time. This is a good time sweet one. Yeah. And the oste method, which all Moscato d'osti goes through, and honestly, there are some delicious Moscato d'osti out there as well. This is actually quite nice. It will be a little sweet. So you want to make sure that's what you want. But this is a, the oste method is where you literally just freeze the grape juice or you chill it to almost freezing to store it. Right. You chill it. And when you're ready, you just bring it out and use basically the tank method. And then you halt fermentation while the alcohol is still fairly low to keep the sugar in it. This has 11 percent. Let me go back. it? 11 percent. Yeah, 11 percent alcohol. OK, wow. So that's not terrible. But again, not as much. Oste would probably be closer to like 8 percent and they would have left a lot more sugar in there. Whereas this one probably just left a teeny bit of sugar in there. Yeah. Alright, as we continue to taste, I'm going to pick up here with some of the featured collaborators on this album. The Dog Pound is a hip hop duo consisting of Daz, Dillinger and Corrupt. They are known for their contributions to West Coast hip hop and their collaborations with Snoop. They performed this Christmas on the album, continuing their long standing collaborations with Snoop. Since the album's release, The Dog Pound has remained active in the music scene, releasing several projects including Dog Chit 2013 and Dillinger. with Young Gotti and Young Gotti II in 2021. J Black is an artist featured on Xmas Soul. He is known for his work with West Coast hip hop scene, of course, and for his very smooth vocal style. Since the album, we can't necessarily find a whole lot of information on J Black, but he is very, very active in the underground music scene. Damani is featured on a GIF that keeps on giving and every day is like Christmas to me further solidifying his connection with snoops musical endeavors since the album's release. Damani has released several solo projects and collaborated with many other artists. Bad luck that L. U. C. C. is a rapper from L. A. Who gained recognition for his work in the West Coast hip hop scene. Of course, he appears on My Little Mama, Trippin' on Axmus, The Grinch and Landy in My Eggnog, which is reference a call back to what Dave was mentioning. earlier showcasing his style alongside Snoop's festive vision. love that. I like that phrase when I came up with it. Snoop's festive vision. Bad Luck has continued to produce music and collaborated with so many different artists. Chris Starr is known for his R &B and hip hop orchestrations. His smooth vocals have made him a sought after collaborator. He features on five tracks of this album, including This Christmas. Chris has pursued very many various musical projects since 2018. And of course, let's not forget Nate Dogg's memorable chorus on Lookout, which adds a wonderful hip hop flair to a festive mix. And on that note, Dave, let's talk about this album real quick. Let me know what your initial response and thoughts. were what you thought going into it when I mentioned it like three months ago and how it stands up to you as a Christmas album. So my thoughts when you mentioned it to me originally was essentially just yeah, yeah, that's true. That's very true. I was like, why not? Why not? I've never listened to the Snoop Dogg Christmas album, but I was all for it. I was like, yeah, let's see what was going on. I didn't know what era it was from. So when it was all the way back in 2008, I was mildly surprised by that. didn't think it would go quite, I thought it would be in the 2010. And it was digital only in 2028. my God, wow. That's why it was amazing to me. And the first iPhone is 2007, the first smartphone ever was right at that time. So we did not have streaming on our phones yet really, but you had iPods. Right. had iPods. for a little while. You had an app. Napster and that whole legal drama was going on already. like, yeah, digital music was a big thing and people were trying to see what they could do. And Snoop is an entrepreneur at heart. Like we that's something we're going to harp on a lot here. And I do think this Christmas album, the first thing I noticed when I started listening to it is I started looking at all the people that were on it, because at first I was surprised how little of actual Snoop is on this album. So I was like, it's not a it's a snoo. And I believe the technical full title of this album Snoop Dogg presents. Snoop Dogg presents the Dogg House. Christmas in the Dogg House. He's the he's the brand curator. And as a matter of fact, you he does the intro. This is a very common thing in the 90s and early 2000s with the intros and interludes and outros. As a matter of fact, those were taken to a a new level, a new height, artistic heights in the 90s. And Snoop does a lot of that on his early work. But with this compilation, he does the intro. sort of a master of ceremonies and the outro where he essentially on board you on ramps you into this idea of this sort of alternative hip hop Christmas and then leaves you with parting sort of word and thanks. So yeah, this is him being the central curator for this hip hop Christmas experience. I think my next thought when I started listening and I realized how many other artists were on this album and not really it wasn't really a Snoop Dogg album directly, right? is I started looking up all the artists and on Spotify on streaming, like almost most of them don't have a lot on there. They would always but the interesting thing is they would almost all to a T have an album or two that dropped right around this time. Exactly. The Christmas album dropped. Right. So they were all giving it their go. And I believe a lot of these guys are like music producers, predominantly more than like their own or seemingly more music producers. They were working with Snoop, they were producing other other rappers. And then this was like, they're okay, we're gonna try our hand at our own album. And we're gonna get on the Snoop Dogg album as like the big promotion, part of the big promotional push to like, can this launch me into where I want to go? And I did notice I looked at a lot because like my favorite songs on this album are from Bad Luck. And I looked him up online and he is still he's made lots of indie albums, like Bandcamp or things like that. He, you can find it. Like he made one in album in 2023, 2022. I'm like, he's still going strong, but he only has his like one album from like 2000. Right around the time this Christmas album dropped. that's big one that was like probably on a bigger label. note about that is when these compilations, what's amazing in is you can find so many of these label compilations. And what happens is they would take a lot of the artists who are on the label who had were, you know, finding difficulty finding that sort of fire. And this is a great way to get them out there, to get them some little bands and bandwidth by associating the name with Snoop Dogg, of course, because in 2008 Snoop Dogg was, you know, he'd been out for 12 years, I guess, or something, know, 15 years or something like that. He was still sort of a big guy on the streets. his name carried weight. And unfortunately, with a lot of these compilations, they are filled with acts and artists who you don't necessarily hear from again, or who ended up going back behind the scenes as writers and producers. And the same thing that happened with this compilation, for sure. Yep. Yep. And I will say the first listen of this album, I kind of liked the whole thing. I was like, this is fun. liked it. I liked it quite a bit. It's very different. You mentioned when we got together earlier this week that you were like, it's not very Christmassy. And I didn't really know what you meant by that because I was like, it's 100%. It's definitely it's own brand. Yeah, there are no carols. Right. There are no traditional covers. There's traditional Christmas. There's some interpolations of Christmas traditional Christmas carols for sure that they're mixed it in mixed in and blended in, which are fun and no straight up covers. Yeah, no straight up covers. Yeah. Yeah. And so Don't come to this album expecting any quote unquote Christmas songs as you know them. Like these are all original songs, original compositions from each of these artists. But the first listen, I was like, this is just a good time. It's fun. Kind of like the lines, right? was like, this is great. I will say, I listened to this about four times all the way through. And even starting from the second time, a number of these songs are a bit And this is a little hypocritical of me because I like traditional Christmas songs which suffer the same thing, but repetitive. 100%. They're a little too... Like once you've heard it once, you start listening to it a second time and you're like, God, do I have to listen to four and a half minutes of Right, the rhythmic signatures are similar, the sort of the structure, the ABA, the structure is very similar. I'm not going to say it was a lazy sort of production because it wasn't. There's a lot of work and... artistic sort of endeavor that went into it. probably was fast though. But it was definitely a little slapdash. But there are some gems on this album and let's point out a few of them. What are some of your faves? So my all-time favorite is gonna be Little Mama Trippin' on Christmas. Okay. That one does it for me through the roof. The title alone. was like, okay fine. This needs to be added to the the can and the Christmas cannon Yeah, and what's crazy is it's it's okay. I was just gonna say it's got a great sense of humor Yeah, it's the first song to really have a sense of humor Yeah, whereas everyone all the other songs are like a little more straightforward and then this one comes out of nowhere and the rhythm and the ways playing with the rhythm and the lyrics and I'm just like this is so well put together And then it's got that lyric, my little mama trippin' on Christmas. And I'm just like, yeah, this fits on this album. It's an untraditional Christmas song in that regard, right? A little unconventional. and then it's got that great sense of humor and like that one I could that's going on my own custom absolutely 100 % that's one of the songs from this album that I'm like yeah I could listen to this forever 100 % This shit hurt like a motherfucker dying and I'm crying in my room I was trying to be a player, she played me for the fool And I'm calling but I can't use the phone after eight And her mama like she gone, I'm like the street lights is on and it's cool I ain't trippin', tell her call when she get this Lil mama trippin' on Christmas I say my lil mama trippin' on Christmas Call me with a girl and she scratch me off her gift list I get a letter from my girl like what is this? It say it's quits and you get nothing but Christmas I say my lil mama trippin' on Christmas I will say, do think, you know, we discussed this because of the way my brain works. I do consider things in terms of like their future sort of canonical potential, just the way my brain works. And I really think that there are a number of songs on this album which in about 10 years, people are going to look back and go, no, no, no, we gotta add that to the proper Christmas canon. We gotta add that to the proper, it's going right behind White Christmas, Bing Crosby, yeah, uh-huh, that's great. But we need a Snoop Dogg number in there because It is so fun. It's just so much just fun. It's just fun. Yes. Yes. And as crassly commercial as it is, Landy and my eggnog. I can listen to that one forever. Here's the thing, though. Most of the Christmas songs. Here's the thing. Most of the traditional Christmas songs we got were commercial, right? Most of them were written and sort of, you know, just furthered because of their... rooting their faces are all about like you know sugar plums and Biggie pudding and I'm I need some landy and my egg nog I done lost a cup of homies, shook a cup of phony so man I need some landy and my egg nog We gon' do it real big, tonight I'm going in so man I need some landy and my egg nog I God that I made it, I know you suckers hate it so dead Pour me some landy and my egg nog I got up early in the morning spending Christmas with my fam bam The homie whippin' like a trans am But I'm cool, it's a holiday, laughing at my nef Cause he love his Thomas train and I gotta fool me up And I'm stuntin' in my smoke jacket, I don't even smoke live a little low, hard times a nigga broke And I'm loving this season, cause everybody cool When the music come on, everybody do the fool We laughing and we lollygagging, jiving like the old heads Used to say when I was hanging, slanging with my old bread Sit him down, unc on his tip again, talking out loud Yeah he shouldn't have had a sepagin I done learned my lesson so I'm easy in the moan Night a little different, sharing stories with the old men Think about my life and I tell y'all, man I be stressed, I need some landy and my eggnog And I ain't lying if I So that was perfect. And I do think I will also say my least favorite. This one stood out for me. I'm so the only one there is the guy, the Damani rapper. And he did two songs. He did A Gift That Keeps On Giving, which is fine. I like that song. But Every Day Is Like Christmas to me was the only song on the entire album that was actually kind of like Dickish and noon spirited. Well, here's the thing, though. That's the one. That's one of the ones I see, that's the only one that I outright hated. Yeah, because here's the thing. You know, I guess it's just sort of my realist kind of in generally indifferent, agnostic to everything kind of, you know, expression of my personality in the world. But yeah, Christmas is there. Yeah, it's yeah. Yeah, it's okay to be dickish during Christmas. It's okay to be annoyed. It's okay to be dickish during Christmas, it was still there. There's a certain kind of self aggrandizement that I think, you know, can be very off putting and very like it's just a turn off. And that one was like, yeah, I can't get into this. Like I hate listening to it. I don't I don't like the lyrics. I don't like the style. I don't like like nothing about that song did it for me. So That's the one song that I would like exercise from this entire album where I'm just like, I don't think it fits. Like it doesn't fit this because literally just pops out. It stands out as being a tonally at odds with the rest of the album. And if the album had more tonal shifts, that'd be one thing, but it doesn't. It's just this one. And so I'm like, yeah. They said the fat white dude had gifts until I see my dad with a bike. thinking he slick, all the lies, my eyes is wide not to see through the BS but still they tried now every day of my life I get a gift, the gift of gab the gift of Gabrielle Union lookalikes, yeah the shit I write, keep my pockets tight I ain't no peasant, my presence is a fucking present everyday is like Christmas to me, everyday is like Christmas to me, yeah, yeah everyday is like Christmas to me, everyday is like Christmas to me, just like that Not a fan. That's the only one that I outright didn't like. But at the same time, like I said, a lot of them are a little like even his first song. What was his first one? This. Not Every Day is Like Christmas to Me. That's the one I don't like. Yeah. A gift that keeps on giving. I kind of like the tune. But then, like again, halfway through the song, I'm like, God. We're only halfway through. gets a little repetitive without offering more. So I think that album does suffer from this. And I will say this. No, no, no. I'm going to talk about the wine in a minute. But for you, are your highlights? So standouts for me are going to be Look Out. It's the classic Christmas vibe. think it's most classic adjacent Christmas vibe on the entire album. with Nate Dogg who is a, for those of you who don't know, Nate Dogg had a couple of really great sort of seminal hip hop hits, hip hop and R &B hits in the 90s. And his voice is really accessible. So most of his music is very singable, which is why it holds up so well. And that's another thing about classic Christmas music is that it generally is written in keys that are very singable. That's how you have that sort of pop staying power. And so Lookout was again a classic vibe featuring the Dog Pound and Nave Dog. It will definitely be the album, the song you put on when you're wrapping gifts late at night. Cause she taught me about life and that's a trip If you're living on Christmas then that's your gift How about that? Nah homie how about this? See, cause I'ma put you on my Xmas list Cause I care about it, don't worry about it It was rowdy and crowded cause I invited everybody That's how Christmas is, you supposed to spread love So I'ma spread love and give it to those who ain't got none Get up! How about that? Gifts under the tree I'm fine, they care about me It's just another Christmas, still my daughter's at me Kisses, then my feelings got up in it Now I'm down to spread the spirit, look out As a matter of fact, a little sort of personal story here, which rarely happens. When I was a kid, my dad and his uncles and his brothers and his contemporaries, the night before Christmas, which is, guess, called Christmas Eve. Sorry. Put that back up, Dave. Sorry, guys. If you're watching this stuff through the Patreon, you'll see him putting up the image that's emblazoned on the bottom of the cork, which doesn't look like Snoop, but it's supposed to be Nope, not really. Not really. It's not a very good representation. Anyway. What the hell was I saying? All right. So when I was a kid, my dad and his uncles and his contemporaries on Christmas Eve would get together at someone's house, an appointed house in the neighborhood to put together all the crit, all the gifts of the bike or the drum set or whatever it is. And it was a yearly tradition. But I was the only child who was ever who would ever come along because I would usually sit quietly in the corner and read an encyclopedia. And And so I would just have this view of their world as adults. They would usually put on some classic Christmas music, was, you know, you got the Temptations Christmas songs. You've got Donny Hathaway. You've got, you know, Bing Crosby, the classic middle American good stuff, you know. And I imagine that this song, had they still been around and getting together every Christmas to put away, to put together the Christmas gifts. This song Lookout would actually be in that mix. That was a nice warm fuzzy sort of connection for me and again. I'm not a very warm and fuzzy guy so eat it up. It doesn't happen often. Another favorite is this Christmas performed by the Dog Pound with Chris Star. It is another holiday sort of R &D twist on the holiday cheer. Twisted Night before Christmas was great. That was a fun take. Xmas Trees was a playful nod to the tree. So yeah, there's some like Dave said earlier, I've got a number of these that are going to go on my Christmas sort of playlist because I don't want to forget them. I think they do add something to the Christmas Canon like that Christmas Canon is just so stale and really is. I hate to say it, but in general, the Christmas Canon, the most recent addition to that Christmas Canon is Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas. which now is two decades old. reaching back even further because of this hip hop kind of orchestration of production, it does seem a little more current than it actually is. But this album is, you know, again, almost 30 years old and I guess, you know, 15, 20 years old. yeah, I will also say the super fly. I miss them days. Yeah. I like the ones that have a little bit of humor to them, I think the best, especially because Christmas is one of those things where it's like, God, please don't take it too seriously. Like you can't. At this point, you can't take it seriously. Yeah, you can't, which is why, and I'm not a religious person, so like the Jesus song, I was just like, God, stop. I know. Well, and it's funny because there's there's sort of like it's like Santa Claus ain't real. Let's talk about Jesus. And I'm like, do we have to? know. I'm like, I'd rather I'm like, I'm all for crass capitalism if comes if it's between that and Jesus, frankly, for me personally, just because I'm I'm an atheist, guys. I'm sorry. All We're going to cut that out. Don't let me in half. It is what it is. whatever. They're already leaving comments that we suck. We're good. But I gotta see who that is. I want to invite that person. Please tell me more. Please tell me more. I'm curious. If you had to pick one of this curation, if you had to pick one of this curation to pair with the actual album, what are you doing? What's happening? OK, so first off, my ideal is going to be, and this is what I thought it would be going in, but I needed to taste the wines. I don't think it changes. I think this is still the ideal. The order we just opened them in is the order you would drink a glass while listening to the album. So I think you've got an hour and eight minutes of music. And I think the first third of the album, you do the red. The second third of the album, you do the rosé and you end on the sparkling. And the reason I think you do that. The first third of the album is a little more traditional and a little heavier and not as light on its feet as the next two thirds of the album. It kind of starts where you're just sort of you're kicking off and you're like, go with the red, go with the thing that's got a little more weight to it. And by the middle of the album, you're getting into the first comical bits, you're getting more light about it. I think it's more of a party in a glass and at that point you get to the rose. And by the end, it's a celebration. I think that's where your sparkling and effervescence comes in. I would drink, pour a normal size glass, guys, no more than four to five ounces, like do a proper glass so you get through it in an hour and eight minutes, three of those. And you progress. And if you want to pour a little less, in an hour, eight minutes, you're doing like three, three ounce pours or something like that, that'd be perfectly fine. But go in that order, red to rosé to white. Having tasted the red and not really enjoyed it. And I think the Rosé was my favorite. So if I'm only picking one, I'm picking the Rosé. It's a party in the glass still. It's got a little bit of weight to it. It's a perfect little halfway point between the other two. And I think it does fit this album and all its many facets the best as one single wine. So Cali Rosé is what I would go for if you're only picking one or do a, what I like to call, the escalation flight where you're going, but sort of a reverse escalate, but an escalation of lightness where you're going from the red to the rosé to the sparkling. All right. All right. I see that. I see that. I have no qualms with that whatsoever. I'm going to say me personally. I'm to challenge you guys, actually, if you are throwing a Christmas party this year or a holiday function and you have the kind of crowd which would appreciate something a little quirky, a little off-kilter, a little outside the norm, put this album on. From start to finish, put this album on. And I'm of two minds. Either you do the curation, but with the red, you make a mulled wine with it. Make a mulled wine with this red. I think it would stand up fairly well to a solid little mulled wine. You can find mulled wine spice packs at any of your traditional markets. World Market has a great mulled wine packet sachet. On its own, don't, I'm not a fan, a huge fan of the red, but I think it would do, it would make a very solid base for a mulled wine. And you can find a recipe. know, I have my own recipe, which we used last year on our legacy show. And maybe we'll repost that in the notes as well. So I would say put this album on, put this album on, make a mulled wine. I got to go drag that. no, I've got it. worry. Make a mulled wine. Or just serve the sparkling because sparkling is one of those things, particularly on festive evenings. People are OK just sitting in the sparkling all evening. So yeah. I think for the holidays too, like right wintertime holidays, the sparkling is going to get you the farthest. So I agree, even though I pick the Rosé for myself personally as the one to pair with this album, if it's the holidays and you're playing an album and you're having a party and it's the fucking holidays, sparkling guys. the sparkling. Go with the sparkling as a stand alone. I would say in other circumstances, make a little mulled wine with red. Personally, I'm probably going to drink the rose and finish that. I probably won't finish the others, but don't tell anyone. We can cut that out. Hey, Snoop. 19 I'm not a Bubbles fan. I'll probably finish this sparkling even not being a Bubbles Yeah, it's solid. It's fun to I think the red is going to be my sacrificial goat where I'm like, well, I had to try it. Yeah, and we'll see I wonder if the smooth version might add so much more with that extra oak aging in terms of like flip the flavors I was missing. I agree. I may have to try I may have to try and track down a bottle of that just to compare because yeah, I said there are some definitely redeeming qualities about the red but I Know compared to the others I was like, yeah, yeah Lord. Yeah, it's one this one and I expected the red with that petite sir. I was like, okay It's just going to be jammy. It's just going to be fruit forward. it kind of wasn't any of those things, which is shocking. Just shocking. And again, I'm extra befuddled and disappointed because of that petite serrat element, which should have been totally different. That's probably the point. Maybe we shouldn't have looked at the actual ingrid, the wine. No, if it's made with petite sera, it's like, what are you doing with that petite sera to make this wine? Come on, guys. Like, give it give it some legs, give it some substance like a little bit more than and possibly they just I'm timing like, you know, how quickly they pump it out. It's just like you're not going to get that extended skin contact. But skin contact isn't it's usually the and then if you give it more tannin and extraction, you have to more oak aging to calm it down to make it pleasant. So it extends that timeline all the more. So if you're pumping this stuff out fast, like year in and year out, I kind of get it. It's like, all right, all right. So you make it very light in extraction, but it's missing too much for me on that one. Where is the rosé and the sparkling? Perfect. Spot on. So there you have it, guys. This is Snoop Dogg presents Christmas in the Dogg house. I highly, highly recommend it. was just going to say, by the way, Christmas outro. is my second favorite track on the whole thing. Again, the outros. I love a couple others, but. Go ahead, go, go, I just I love the little string vamp that's going on through the whole thing. And then everything Snoop Dogg says, I'm like, this is I'm ending every Christmas playlist with this fucking thing. This is amazing. So a little note about the outros and intros. For those of you who are very familiar with R &B. of the late eighties and up until the late nineties and hip hop. The outros it's it's it's such an interesting evolution in music they became an art form and I will tell you the greatest sort of artists artisans in that realm are Janet Jackson and probably Snoop Dogg their intros and outros and interludes and Mary J. Blige is another one. They're phenomenal on their own because what they end up doing is they sort of, they weave connective tissue between the songs. They really, really do. And they leap out or into the mood. And it's fantastic. It's such a great space. And Snoop Dogg does it very well in this album. Yes. And in this genre, there's a lot of self-referentialness going on. Self, self, that's not a word. But how are you say that? There's a lot of self-referencing going on. You you say this is all, you know, it's the dog house. like, you know, it's your man Snoop Doggy dog. It's always about, you know, Supa fly kept dropping like, you know, Supa, you know, in the way like you keep like kind of mentioning like this is about you. This is about your world. This is about your life. And so the intro outro makes sense. And even the interlude tracks because each album is like this is where I am when I made this album. It's a body of work. is about me. It like I'm taking you on this journey from a you know, note one to till the last note and I'm weaving these textures and creating these sort of roads and occasionally I need to pop in and remind you of what the mood is or is the kids like to say the vibe so it's kind of a fantastic little space and for you musicologists out there, people are just generally interested in music. I highly recommend you do a Google search for some of the best interludes and outros and intros and music. And to be fair, that's probably the top. That list is going to be populated by hip hop and R &B. So yeah, there you have it. Snoop Dogg presents Christmas in the Dog House is not just an album. It's an experience that blends hip hop culture and the holiday spirit in a way that only Snoop could pull off. I honestly do believe that whether you're decking the halls or just chilling at home, these tracks will bring a unique flavor to your festive celebrations and the wines, while interesting, they are festive wines. They celebratory wines, as Dave said. You know, if you're going to do a little don't Yeah, there's six of them. So throw a party. One bottle of each. All six. See what people think of all six while playing the Snoop Dogg presents Christmas album Christmas in the Doghouse in the background. Do two or three rotations. See who is still standing after six bottles of Snoop Dogg 19 crimes wines. And I guarantee you, probably everyone's going to find one. that is their jam. Absolutely. Because we found two out of three that were our job that were like I'd stay at a party that was serving this. This is great. Have a little Christmas listening party. Not blowing your mind, but yeah, nice. Yeah. Yeah. All right, guys. This has been the finale of season one of Wine and we will be back next year with more wine and entertainment pairings for your entertainment. But until then, happy holidays, Merry Christmas, all that fun stuff. Happy New Year's. Happy end of 2024. Jesus fucking Christ. Happy beginning of 2025. Jesus fucking Christ. We're gonna see how that goes. And we will be there to continue to suggest wines, suggest entertainment, talk about them at length and in depth with special guests from both the wine industry and the entertainment industries next year. We have some big plans and some big ambitions for doing things outside of that as well. So we will see how that goes and how those shape up in the next couple of months. but we will see you then folks catch us on Substack wine and dot Substack.com. will still be posting a few things here and there while we're on break with this podcast. And if we don't see you until the next podcast drop, we will see you then. Don't forget to subscribe so you know when that drops. Cause it won't just be every week. You'll have to actually, you know, get an alert for when this happens and when the next podcast drops. we will see you then take care. Once again, happy holidays. Drink some Snoop Dogg 19 crime wines. Listen to Snoop Dogg Christmas album. and some other Christmas albums. Get off the beaten path. Don't just listen to the traditional Christmas carols. All right, guys. Later, guys. We will catch you next time. We love that you listen to us. Thank you so much for being here. This has been an amazing first year. a friend. Amazing first partial year. It's been quite a ride and we can't wait for part two. Check you then. Ciao for now. Bye bye. It's Cracker like it y'all, Dog House And in case you don't know, won't know We going online with this right here, man Digital So get it get it get it while it's good Merry Christmas y'all, get it, get it, get it while it's good. I get some of black Santa Claus. Yeah, it is y'all. So we gonna just sip on some of this Landy. Roll up some of this Christmas tree, tear open some of these gifts, enjoy some of this food and these festivities, yeah, and just keep it crackin' y'all. God bless you. May he keep you. Real Joe. made it, we made it, it's another year y'all Go hard or go home Be on the lookout for the war zone. Yeah, Snoop Dogg You know how I do it TV show cracker lacking Fatherhood Yeah, my team won the Super Bowl Yeah, Pomona Steelers y'all That was my gift Ho Ho Ho I'm bout to get on up outta here I'm finna jump on my sleigh And slide away Until we meet again Peace, peace, peace, peace Bang. Music bang right there. Yeah.