Our WINES OF THE YEAR (2024)

Wine Blast with Susie and Peter

Is it a white? Is it a red?! Is it a rosé??!!
Or is our WINE OF THE YEAR none (or all) of the above...because it is, quite simply, pure gold?
Welcome to our Wines of the Year show, an annual favourite where we look back over the past year, not always entirely seriously, and raise many a glass in the process.
We recap on key news, play Guess the Missing Word in the Wine Headline, share listener input...and then recommend the wines which have made the biggest impression on us this year, from a great value red and white pair, a left-field fizz, a hot-shot producer of the year...culminating in a truly epic Wine of the Year.
Along the way we talk robots, beefing up Burgundy, tipsy shrews, BBQ sauce, dinosaurs, sherry trifle, Beethoven, childish protests and a long-dead Roman.
Thanks for tuning in. We love to hear from you so please do get in touch! Send us a voice message via Speakpipe. Or you can find contact info, together with all details from this episode including full wine recommendations, on our website: Show notes for Wine Blast S6 E8 - Our Wines of the Year (2024)
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Chapters

1. Our WINES OF THE YEAR (2024) (00:00:00)

2. Welcome! (00:00:05)

3. The OIV considers 100 years of wine: 1924-2024 (00:00:51)

4. Alcohol Consumption is Abundant in the Natural World (00:04:19)

5. Did the Extinction of the Dinosaurs Pave the Way for Grapes? (00:08:17)

6. Smoke-tainted Pinot Noir has found a new use (00:09:41)

7. Can I Eat Myself Drunk? Man vs Sherry Trifle (00:11:38)

8. The robots are coming for wine! (00:14:05)

9. Free Bottle of Wine Hidden in...WHAT? (00:16:59)

10. Did Wine Make Beethoven...WHAT? (00:18:39)

11. Oldest Wine Discovered – mixed with WHAT? (00:20:13)

12. MID-EPISODE RECAP (00:21:22)

13. 80s pop puns on the wine taint theme (00:21:37)

14. Listener feedback on Red Wine Headaches pod (00:22:39)

15. Feedback on Hunter Valley and Wine & War pods (00:23:58)

16. Feedback on Vines of the Future pod (00:24:46)

17. A couple of special reviews (00:26:50)

18. Our WINES OF THE YEAR (00:27:51)

19. Value Wines of the Year (00:28:53)

20. Leftfield Wine of the Year (00:30:16)

21. Producer of the Year (00:31:30)

22. Fizz of the Year (00:32:14)

23. White Wine of the Year (00:33:35)

24. Red Wine of the Year (00:35:50)

25. WINE OF THE YEAR (00:37:51)

26. OUTRO (00:42:39)