Wines We Drink

S5E4: Riesling

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. 

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S5E3: Vermentino

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.  

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S5E2: Rosé

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. 

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Welcome to Season 5!

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.

S4E12: Sancerre Rouge

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! 

 

S4E11: Bordeaux Blend

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. 

S4E10: Canadian Red Blend

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.”

S4E9: Red Blend

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.

S4E8: Saperavi

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.

S4E7: Valdiguié

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.