Wines We Drink

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.

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S5E7: Syrah

In Season Five’s seventh episode, Keith Herndon and Charlotte Varnum are enjoying a luscious Syrah that hails from an unexpected vineyard discovered accidentally by a vacationing French winemaker.

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S5E6: Champagne

In Season Five’s sixth episode, hosts Keith Herndon and Charlotte Varnum are celebrating the midpoint of the season by drinking and talking about an excellent Champagne, discussing bubbly and celebrations and suggesting a food pairing most may not expect.

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S5E5: Chardonnay

In Season Five’s fifth episode, Keith Herndon and Charlotte Varnum are back in the Napa Valley for one of our favorites – a beautifully balanced Chardonnay from one of the region’s most accomplished wineries that is also renowned for its scenic grounds.

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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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