The Crap I Learned in Paris with Kaylynn Raschke and Alexis Van Hurkman

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With a surprise guest appearance by Port! (The beverage!) Our guests, Kaylynn and Alexis, taste our mighty fine French wines and learn all about the stuff Dawn discovered about wines in her recent trip to Paris. This is probably the most educational episode yet! We’re drinking J-P Moueix Bordeaux 2010 and Le Prince de Courthezon…

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Mystery Wines from my Mom’s Basement #2 with Allison Germ and Steve Aggergaard

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The bag of mystery-wines-left-at-my-mom’s-house comes out in this, our most recent episode! Yeah, we have no clue who keeps bringing wine to Dawn’s mom’s house, but we hope they bring lots more! To keep in the family theme, we’re drinking Cannon River Winery Neoveau Red Wine and  Sancerre La Reine Blanche with Allison, Dawn’s…

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Cannon River Winery Wines with Shanan Custer and Joshua Scrimshaw

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A Screw It! first x3! This is our first time doing an episode with wines from the same winery, The Cannon River Winery. We have the delicious Minnesota Meritage and (the not so delicious) GoGo Red from the “Grandma Series” wines. And, the second first, we get to try them with the nummy cheeses,…

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For those of you who aren’t fluent in Klingon (yet) that means, “Laura Thurston and Gregory parks join us while we drink [African] red wine.” The consensus? Klingon is easier to speak after a glass or three of wine. AND African wines are super delicious and Thanksgiving worthy! We talk not only about the…

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Ice Wines with Tim Uren and Steve Schroer

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What a perfect way to say goodbye to summer and hello to all the scary things October has to offer! Like Steve’s obsession with uvulas and our fear of harassing, non-firefighter Vulcans. Not to mention that this is the sober-est episode of Screw It! ever. OOOOOoooooOOOOoooooOOOO!!!! We drink Isis Alexis Bailey and Winter Ice…

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Minnesota Renaissance Festival Edition: 2014

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So much wine at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival and only two of us to drink it all. How did we fair? Or should we say, how did we Faire? It was an exciting day filled with wine, stupendous weather (for the most part) and lots of wonderful people who actually took the time to…

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From the Vaults: Cabernet under $20 with Wendy Ruyle and Tim Uren

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Lookie at what we found! It’s a lost podcast (no offense Wendy and Tim) discovered in the vaults…or should we say “cellers?” during which we drink Chateau Ste. Michelle 2012 and Seven Oaks 2011. You’ll hear many tales regarding Carlos Rossi jug wine! Discover that Wendy has a preference for things with pictures of…

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Convention Edition: Nerd wines at CONvergence with Sharon Stiteler, Bill Stiteler, and Rob Callahan

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Here they are! The most disgusting nerdy wines you can imbibe drunk by us so you don’t have to. Please don’t try Downton Abby Claret, Middle Earth Pinot Noir, or Fangria. Will Sharon give up her whiskey? Will Gollum like this wine? Will we come dangerously close to LARPing? Answers to this and more…

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Mystery Wines from my Mom’s Basement #1 with Ishmael Williams and Rob Callahan

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Poor Ishmael and Rob! They have no idea what wines they are going to drink…and neither do we for that matter! Surprisingly, the bag’o’mysterious wines left at my mom’s basement actually yielded yumminess in 19 Crimes, 2012 red wine and Avalon California Cabernet Sauvignon, 2011. And here’s that uber distracting Connie wallpaper! Learn more…

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Convention Edition: CONsole Room wherein a banana was brandished

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For those of you who missed the first dedicated Dr. Who con in 20 years, shame on you! We had such a great time interviewing the nerds who put in a ton of time to make this event unique and special. We got to chat up the queen of CONsuite, Michelle, and the empress…

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