Episodes

4 days ago
S5E4: Riesling
4 days ago
4 days ago
In Season Fives’s fourth episode, hosts Keith Herndon and Charlotte Varnum are drinking an exquisite Riesling from the Finger Lakes in upstate New York based on the style recommended by an esteemed Cornell University viticulturist interviewed in Wine Conversations.
For more insights on this week's wine, our book, as well as other episodes from previous seasons, head to wineswedrink.com. You can also find us on Instagram @thewineswedrink.

Wednesday Jun 25, 2025
S5E3: Vermentino
Wednesday Jun 25, 2025
Wednesday Jun 25, 2025
In Season Fives’s third episode, hosts Keith Herndon and Charlotte Varnum are drinking and talking about the Italian varietal Vermentino, but our bottle of this dry white wine is produced by a legendary Napa grape grower from his family’s Rutherford Dust vineyard.
For more insights on this week's wine as well as others from previous seasons, head to wineswedrink.com. You can also find us on Instagram @thewineswedrink.

Wednesday Jun 18, 2025
S5E2: Rosé
Wednesday Jun 18, 2025
Wednesday Jun 18, 2025
In Season Five’s second episode, hosts Charlotte Varnum and Keith Herndon are visiting California for a wonderfully bubbly rosé that highlights the expertise of a pioneering winemaker.
For more insights on this week's wine as well as others from previous seasons, head to wineswedrink.com. You can also find us on Instagram @thewineswedrink.

Wednesday Jun 11, 2025
Welcome to Season 5!
Wednesday Jun 11, 2025
Wednesday Jun 11, 2025
In Season five’s opening episode, join us co-hosts Keith Herndon and Charlotte Varnum as we express our enthusiasm for returning for another season of our summer fun project – a case of episodes expressing our love of wine and the joy we get from talking about it and sharing our finds with our audience. We’ll talk about our big trip to Beverly Hills for the Taste Awards red carpet, publishing our book and then we’ll set up the overall season.
For more insights on this week's wine as well as others from previous seasons, head to wineswedrink.com. You can also find us on Instagram @thewineswedrink.

Wednesday Aug 14, 2024
S4E12: Sancerre Rouge
Wednesday Aug 14, 2024
Wednesday Aug 14, 2024
In our final episode of this season of Wines We Drink, hosts Keith Herndon and Charlotte Varnum drinking and enjoying an exceptionally bright wine from Sancerre, but it is a Pinot Noir and not the Sauvignon Blanc that made the region famous. We will see you next summer for season five of Wines We Drink!

Wednesday Aug 07, 2024
S4E11: Bordeaux Blend
Wednesday Aug 07, 2024
Wednesday Aug 07, 2024
In Season Four’s eleventh (penultimate) episode, hosts Keith Herndon and Charlotte Varnum explore a red blend from the renowned Bordeaux region of France that is a seductive combination of mostly Merlot and a bit of Cabernet Sauvignon.

Wednesday Jul 31, 2024
S4E10: Canadian Red Blend
Wednesday Jul 31, 2024
Wednesday Jul 31, 2024
In this episode of Wines We Drink, hosts Keith Herndon and Charlotte Varnum open another red blend, this time one from Canada made in the Bordeaux style that is described as “full of fruit with a classic and elegant structure.”

Wednesday Jul 24, 2024
S4E9: Red Blend
Wednesday Jul 24, 2024
Wednesday Jul 24, 2024
In Season Four’s ninth episode, hosts Keith Herndon and Charlotte Norsworthy Varnum are opening a red blend, but simply calling it a red blend is only the beginning of the story for this amazing Pacific Northwest wine.

Wednesday Jul 17, 2024
S4E8: Saperavi
Wednesday Jul 17, 2024
Wednesday Jul 17, 2024
In Season Four’s eighth episode, our hosts, Charlotte Norsworthy Varnum and Keith Herndon, are opening a full-bodied red from the country of Georgia made from Saperavi, a unique grape that calls the birthplace of wine its home.

Wednesday Jul 10, 2024
S4E7: Valdiguié
Wednesday Jul 10, 2024
Wednesday Jul 10, 2024
In Season four’s seventh episode, hosts Keith Herndon and Charlotte Norsworthy Varnum are enjoying a California red wine perfect for hot summer barbecues. It’s made from a varietal – Valdiguié – that was misidentified for decades.