Wine with Meg + Mel
The fun + frank podcast which helps you navigate the world of wine. Hosted by Australia's first female Master of Wine Meg Brodtmann, and self-titled Master of Sabrage Mel Gilcrist.
Podcasting since 2021 • 214 episodes
Wine with Meg + Mel
Latest Episodes
Wine News: Winemakers under pressure, Trump's... "interference" in Iran and its influence on the wine industry, and the passing of a wine icon
We move through the week’s biggest wine headlines, from career-building opportunities in Adelaide to the very real stress of smoke over vineyards during harvest. We also unpack rising fuel costs, what redundancies signal about the market, and w...
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The Right Glass: A deep dive into Glassware with SPIEGELAU CEO Richard Voit
We taste and test how different glasses change the way wine shows up, from aroma to texture, with SPIEGELAU CEO Richard Voit. We land on a simple, practical setup for real life: buy fewer glasses, buy better, and match the glass to what you act...
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$50 Small Town Supermarket Wine Survival Guide for a Weekend Away!
You know that moment on a weekend away when you’re standing in a local supermarket with bananas in one hand and a basket in the other, staring at a random wall of wine and thinking, “How am I meant to pick something good from this?” That’s the ...
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Goon Review! "Traditional" Goon Vs the Modern Bagnum
We put goon on trial by tasting Bagnum versus a classic tap cask, blind, and learned just how easily packaging can mess with perception. Along the way we unpack why a Goon Bag can inflate (unintentionally, unlike Austin's high school pillows), ...
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Wine News: How Hedge Funds, Record Exports, And Troye Sivan (?!) Are Shaping Australian Wine
We break down why hedge funds are shorting Treasury Wine Estates in plain language, explore how Victoria Wine posted a record year, and unpack Penfolds’ culture pivot with Troye Sivan and the switch from the Australian Open to F1. We close by m...
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