Posts tagged with: wine

Episode 94: The Ancient Romans Liked to Put Lead in Their Wine

Continuing in the spirit of odd news stories from around the world, the Biddies explore reporting that the Ancient Romans liked to sweeten their wine with a sweet liquid contaminated...

Episode 93: What’s Happening in the Wine World?

The Boozy Biddies return from their impromptu hiatus with some updates from the wine world – the good, the bad, and the weird. Join them to learn about climate change,...

Episode 88: Volcanic Californian Wine

The biddies revisit California as part of the volcanic wine passport tour. Several AVAs within both Napa and Sonoma counties have volcanic soil and volcanic wine. Tune in to learn...

Episode 87: The Volcanic Wine of the Azores (Mini)

The biddies continue their passport tour of volcanic wine with the Azores, an autonomous island chain of Portugal, located in the middle of the Atlantic. Tune in to learn more...

Episode 71: Is Wine Actually Healthy For You?

The eternal question strikes again… is wine (or other kinds of alcohol) actually healthy for you? The biddies cover the medicinal use of alcohol throughout the centuries, dive into some...

Episode 62: Decanting Wine + Whiskey

The biddies take a detour back into barware as they discuss the practice of decanting. Who knew you could talk about pouring liquid from one vessel into another for 30...

Episode 53: The Barolo Wars (Minisode)

In last week’s episode we talked about how Barolo is a BIG DEAL in Piedmont, and this week we’re filling you in on a little thing called the Barolo Wars....

Episode 52: Wine from Piemonte (Piedmont) Italy (Passport Tour)

The biddies are back with season three with Piedmont, discussing the king of wines and the wine of kings – Barolo. They also touch on a delicious white from this...

Episode 1: Our Wine Rules

Kara and Calla introduce Boozy Biddies – their new podcast concept where two ladies discuss why and how they came to put this project together.  These two college friends both...