Wines We Drink

S6E5: Chardonnay

In Season Six’s fifth episode, co-hosts Keith Herndon and Charlotte Varnum are drinking a White Burgundy Chardonnay discovered on Keith’s trip to France’s Maconnais region last year, paired with a flaky white fish inspired by Julia Child's French culinary origins. 

S6E4: White Pinot Noir

In Season Six’s fourth episode, co-hosts Keith Herndon and Charlotte Varnum are drinking a special recommendation – a White Pinot Noir discovered by Charlotte’s parents on their recent trip to the Willamette Valley, paired with a delectable lemon mascarpone cake. 

S6E3: Dry Riesling

In Season Six’s third episode, Keith Herndon is recalling a beautiful afternoon in the Trefethen Winery’s Napa courtyard sipping on a refreshing dry Riesling – one that pays homage to the family’s history of growing this grape and making this wine since 1974. "Chef" Charlotte Varnum returns to pair this wine with succulent crab cakes made with fennel and green apple.

S6E2: Rosé All Day

In Season Six’s second episode of Wines We Drink, Keith Herndon is recounting his French journey in the Côtes-du-Rhône with an amazing pink wine and "Chef" Charlotte Varnum is on board to pair it with a peach and prosciutto flatbread drizzled in a balsamic glaze. 

S6E1: Welcome Back!

In this Season 6 premiere, co-hosts Keith Herndon and Charlotte Varnum kick off another "case" of episodes, previewing what you can expect from this season. Known as our summer fun project, Wines We Drink allows us to bring our listeners some of our favorite wine finds, sip and learn alongside you, and pair these wines with delicious foods to help you explore more of this culinary world. We hope you'll join us for these 12 episodes as we engage on this journey together!

S5E12: Cabernet Sauvignon

In Season Five’s concluding episode, Keith Herndon and Charlotte Varnum are drinking and enjoying a bottle that Wine Spectator described as a “textbook Napa Cabernet—ripe, forthright and well-defined.”

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S5E11: Red Blend

In Season Five’s eleventh (penultimate) episode, Keith Herndon and Charlotte Varnum are featuring a red blend comprised of grapes that thrive in Portugal’s Douro River region.

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S5E10: Châteauneuf-du-Pape

In Season Five’s tenth episode, Keith Herndon and Charlotte Varnum are opening a bottle of Châteauneuf-du-Pape from Southern France as an example of this exceptional red wine that combines elegance and affordability.

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S5E9: Zinfandel

In Season Five’s ninth episode, Charlotte Varnum and Keith Herndon are opening an exceptional bottle of Zinfandel made with grapes sourced from an exceptional vineyard in Sonoma.

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S5E8: Shiraz

In Season Five’s eighth episode, Keith Herndon and Charlotte Varnum are opening an intense, yet energetic, Shiraz from Australia’s Barossa Valley, highlighting how an Old World varietal found its way in a New World terroir.

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.