Disgorgeous
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About
John McCarroll and Kevin Diamond are booze industry paragons and total hunks. Follow their journey as they open rad wine, kick back, and learn valuable lessons about being true to their own appellations.
Episodes
- Episode 317: The Last Episode or: How to Succeed in Wine Without Really Trying
Thanks guys. It's been an honor. We love you all, show us your algorithms. The last episode is a cider episode by the way, but we don't really talk about it ////LIST//// Aaron Burr, Choke Pear, 2021 // Aaron Burr, Shawangunk Ridge, 2021 //…
- Episode 316: Burgundy / The End: Pokemon ALIGOTE to the Polls ft Emily Labonte
Sturge came on to talk about various disorders and Aligote. ////LIST/// Domaine de la Cassiopee, Bourgogne Aligote, 'En Gerlius,' 2023// Syvain Pataille, Bouzeron, 2021 // Alice and Oliver De Moor, Bourgogne Aligote, NV //// Support the sh…
- Episode 315: Burgundy / the End: As Good as it Gets ft. Ryan Looper
Our baffled king composes one last hallelujah. ////WINE//// Chanterêves, Chorey-Lès-Beaune,'Champs Longs' 2020// Simon Bize & Fils, Savigny-les-Beaune, 'Aux Grands Liards,' 2019// Dominique Lafon, Beaune 1er Cru, 'Vignes Franches,' 2017///…
- Episode 314: Burgundy / The End: Piss on the Bug ft. Amanda Smeltz
The return of the urinal cake thing. Thank you Amanda. ////LIST//// Domaine Rougeot, Bourgogne Blanc,'Les Grands Gouttes,' 2022// Domaine Renaud Boyer, Saint Romain, 2023// Yann Durieux, 'Les Ponts,' 2021//// Support the show
- Episode 313: Burgundy / the End: Chablis is kinda sexual ft. Rafa García Febles
Wow an emotional episode. Please donate to the Caribbean. ////LIST//// Thomas Pico / Pattes Loup, Chablis 1er Cru, 'Butteaux,' 2020// Moreau0 Naudet, Chablis 1er Cru, 'Forets,' 2015// Clos Beru, Chablis, 'Clos Beru Monopole,' 2015//// Supp…
- Episode 312: Burgundy/ the End: If Not Burgundy then Where? Ft. James Sligh
Goodbye horses. ////Wines//// Domaine de la Cras, VDF Blanc, 'L'Aigle et la Chouette," 2022// Julien Guillot/ Domaine Vignes du Maynes, Macon Rouge, 'Cuvee 910,' 2023// Clos Rougeard, Saumur Champigny, 'Le Clos,' 2010//// Support the show
- Episode 311: Burgundy/The End: God Forbid a White Wine Get a Little Motion ft. Tira Johnson
Kind of a blind episode, tbh. We drank three stellar wines from Simon Colin with our dear friend Tira and tried to put them in order of quality. This was so much fun, it sucks we're ending this shit... feels crazy rn.... can't be alone. Go…
- Episode 310: Burgundy / The End: The Intro
This is the last season of Disgorgeous. It is about Burgundy. It will go on until we have said our piece. We explain this all on the episode but we are serious. This, however, is NOT the last episode Support the show
- Episode 309: Star Wines: Ghorman ft Rafa Garcia Febles
Rafa came on to discuss Ghorman but also to have a slight elder millenial midlife crisis. I can't believe we keep getting older, lol. Weird. You should take an opportunity to listen to the Hold Steady. ////Wines//// La Rogerie, Alsace Pino…
- Episode 308: Star Wines: Naboo ft Justine Belle
Justine came on to talk about the Gungan planet, Naboo, the origin of humans in the Star Wars Galaxy and Zinc supplements. This is a v good episode.//// ////List//// La Garagista, White Sparkling Wine of Vermont, 'Ci Confonde,' 2024 // Muc…
- Episode 307: Star Wines: Coruscant ft. Miguel de Leon
There's no way around this: all time banger of an episode, maybe Miguel's finest appearance yet. I'm pretty sure I cut all the bad parts so if this makes you mad at any of us that's due to a problem with your heart. The twisted throuple di…
- Episode 306: Star Wines: Mustafar FT Pete from Llewelyn Wines and Sturge
We're back and dumber than ever. Kevin decided this theme and it's perfect, but he was with his family and wasn't able to actually figure out how it should go, so I asked the two smartest people in wine, Pete and Emily, to help me figure i…
- Episode 305: The Wines of California ft. Elaine Chukan Brown and Christie Frank
We're back. The boys welcome the truly incandescent Elaine Chukan Brown to discuss their incredible The Wines of California. Please stop what you're doing and read it. It is, full stop, absolutely required reading if you would like to ever…
- Episode 304:Last Pfalz mit Mary Jane ft Rafa and James
Four guys, 8 corrective lenses, one haunting meditation on mortality while drinking wine with the blokes. Check in on your mates folks. We love you. We should stop recording episodes during John's birthday month. ////LIST//// Brand Bros, P…
- UNLOCKED BONUS: Wine and Everything - a Manifesto from Disgorgeous
Hey guys, Kevin has his anniversary and I have my birthday today, so I'm uploading a talk I gave about a year ago that is the closest thing to a Disgorgeous Manifesto you'll get. Thanks to the New School's critical drinking squad for makin…
- Episode 303: Die Badische Revolution, ist sie real? Ft. Jonathan Lundquist
This is about Baden, I guess, but to be honest we just had fun with Jonathan. Wines went crazy hard in the paint tho. You should have been there. ////LIST//// Ziereisen, Badischer Landwein, "Gutedel Steinkruble,' 2020 // Wasenhaus, Badisch…
- Episode 302: Rheinhessen: im Schatten von Keller ft. Hannah Crosbie
Hannah Crosbie, the incredibly cool and funny wine critic for the Guardian and author of Corker joins John to, finally, once and for all, figure out what the heck a Rhenihessen is. ////LIST//// Bastian Beny, Rheinhessen Sekt, 'Blanc des Bl…
- Episode 301: Die Mosel, Wiege der Zivilisation ft Jirka Jareh
Jirka came to talk about John's mental health. It went pretty well, all things considered. Great wine. LIST: Jonas Dostert, Landwein der Mosel, 'Pure Dolomite,' 2022// Hofgut Falkenstein, Mosel Trocken Rosé, 'Niedermenniger Herrenberg,' 20…
- Episode 300: Riesling ist Verboten 1: Sturm auf das Kapitol - Riesling in 2025
300 episodes is quite a milestone, luckily we forgot to talk about that because we recorded this on January 6th and we had to be a little silly ok? That's what being a patriot is all about. This is the first episode of our new high concept…
- Episode 299: Top Tens of 2024
The boys go over their top ten lists, get weirdly nostalgic, and drink unicorn wines. What's that in their voices??? Is it ... Hope? ////LIST//// Champagne Marguet, Ambonnay Grand Cru, 'Les Bermonts,' 2014// Jacques Puffeny, Arbois Trousse…
- Episode 298: Volcano Season: Lava ft Jesse Shapell
Jesse Shapell came on for an absolutely pitchfork style episode and the best closer to a season we could imagine. You'll love it. Go to Barboncino and eat pizza with him.////LIST//// Insula, Azores, 'Chao de lava AA,' 2022 // SRC, Etna Bia…
- Episode 297: Volcano Season: Magma
Oh no, the boys are back to being dismayed about politics. Please before you do anything else donate to Doctors Without Borders, Red Cross Lebanon, Palestinian Children's Relief Fund, Brigid Alliance, find your local abortion fund at Natio…
- Crush Pad Teaser: Episode 101: Austria's Female Wine Collective
To hear the full episode please check out Patreon.com/disgorgeous Fred Duhme, the founder of Austria's Female Wine Collective sat down with dumb ol' John to discuss empowering women in the Austrian wine scene, the pervasiveness of old boys…
- Episode 296: Volcano Season: Rock ft Bianca Sanon
Recorded at a very chic location in midtown Manhattan, and everyone is LOVING it. The boys welcome Bianca Sanon, superstar sommelier and new distro goddess to discuss rocks. That's it, that's the bit folks. With just a tiny scaffolding lik…
- Episode 295: Are we Calling this a War? Dispatches from Lebanon ft. Heya Wines
I cried 3 times interviewing Claudine and Michelle from Heya Wines, who are making truly gorgeous wines in the North of Lebanon and supporting communities of women and children displaced by the Syrian Civil war. You should seek out their w…
- CRUSH PAD TEASER: Episode 99: A Whiggish Wine History ft. Jennifer Regan Lefebvre
Please buy Jennifer's book, imperial wine, which is the wildly interesting take on the invention of the new world in wine. When all of you jerks write your wine books, I will yell at you for not citing it. Jennifer, also, is incredibly fun…
- Episode 294: Volcano Season: Ash ft. Daryl Nuhn
We're joined by "Feral" Daryl Nuhn of Prima cafe to continue our deep dive on volcanos. A thrilling episode of queening out and explaining brat summer to our elders. Please don't get mad at us for talking about politics the world is on fir…
- Episode 293: Volcano Season: Smoke
We're back losers, and now we're talking about the hot forges that built the world... Volcanos. This week, we're talking about smoke, maybe you'll enjoy it? ////LIST//// Koutsogiannopoilos, Santorini, 2021// Holger Koch, Baden Spätburgunde…
- Episode 292: wonderful mailbag spectacular!
It’s been 6 years and we’ve never answered any reader questions. High time we fix that :). New season coming v soon, as well as some new Patreon content👀👀👀 . We’ll talk soon ok? Support the show
- CRUSH PAD TEASER: 20 Ppm so we can sleep at night ft James Erskine of Jauma Wines
https://patreon.com/disgorgeous The instant we finished this interview i yelled at my girlfriend that James is like, the coolest winemaker on Earth. He's so fucking smart and the wines are incredible please seek them out and buy them where…
- Episode 291: Rhône-in on the River 4: The Delta of Genius
Solo boys episode to finish our Rhône season strong. It sucks to say it, but damn it's fun doing France again. Uh, this is probably one of those "important" episodes we'll reference a lot in the future because we accidentally spell out our…
- Episode 290: Rhône-in' on the River 3: Put the South in Your Mouth ft. Todd Cavallo of Wild Arc Farm
The boys are re-joined by Todd Cavallo from Wild Arc to do two things: hype up New York Natural Wine and figure out what Slow South of the Rhône Valley does exactly. There's some light Robert Parker Chatter, and then all of a sudden everyo…
- Episode 289: Rhône-in' on the River 2: The Northern Rhône Valley ft. Ryan Looper
It really feels like we are describing a real mood on this ep with our spiritual dad, Ryan Looper. We accidentally just yapped and gossiped about the decaying corpse of the fine wine industry. I guess this is cathartic? The wines are notab…
- Episode 288: Rhône-in' on the River 1: The Headwaters of the Rhône
James Sligh, AKA the Children's Atlas of Wine joins us for our first modern Rhône Episode to kick off and complicate our first French Season in, like, a million years by making us drink two Swiss wines. Sure, we all know about the Rhône Va…
- Episode 287:Mr. Blindside Ft. Amanda Smeltz, Llewelyn Wine and Big Sturg
When four incredibly powerful mouths get together, you know some crazy magic is gonna happen. Thank you Vine Wines for absolutely stumping and delighting us, do yourself a flavor and buy every single bottle of LLewlyn wines you can. Slide…
- Episode 285: The Many Saints of Iberia: Saint Jordi
No guests, no hope, no filter: The boys finish the Portuguese season the way we always knew they would -- talking about Dragons, Democracy and the Damn Catalans. Kevin teases the next big season towards the end, but please get ready for SU…
- Patreon Preview: A Lunatic or Maybe onto Something ft. Eddie Chami
Eddie Chami, perhaps the most visionary winemaker in the middle east right now graciously sat down for a phone interview with me instead of seeing his kid graduate. The power I fucking wield i swear to god. Everything from Altitude - Zioni…
- Episode 284: The Many Saints of Iberia: Saint Vincent ft Max Eddy
Saint Vincent is the patron saints of winemakers because he got squished and is the patron saint of Murcia and Lisboa and that's good enough for us to absolutely become earnest and weird. First time Max burned down the house holy shit. Go…
- Episode 283: The Many Saints of Iberia: Mary, The GOAT, Ft. Cherry Iocovozzi
Mary,,, you're one crazy chica.... Thank you Cherry Iocovozzi of Neng Jr.'s and vvvv soon Harmony, soon to be Asheville's destination for karaoke, natural wine and confessing. This episode is so close to actually discovering theology it's…
- Episode 282: The Many Saints of Iberia: St. James the Greater ft. Rafa Garcia Febles
I can die happy. Rafa and Kevin said this episode made sense and that the whole *concept* is good. Damn I needed that. Please tell a friend, just something as simple as "I listen to a really parasocial wine podcast and I think you'd like i…
- Episode 281: The Many Saints of Iberia: St. Elizabeth of Portugal ft. Mackenzie Gasset
New guest / America's new favorite green point wine queen Mackenzie Gasset @_baby.cham_ came on to learn and teach about St. Elizabeth of Portugal, connections within the Iberian Peninsula, the Pope's latest goof-up, and, of course, victor…
- Patreon Preview: Domestic Terroirism ft. Patrick Cappiello
Duck and Patrick chop it up over the future of American wine. No big deal, except, obviously, it's essential listening. Hear the whole thing Patreon.com/disgorgeous Support the show
- Episode 280: The Many Saints of Iberia: Portugal the Land
SOLO BAD BOYS EP: Welcome to our Portugal season about the cults of saints in Iberia, which I'm sure is exactly what you all wanted. This is explained in the episode, along with why it took us so long to do Portugal and, like, a general ou…
- Patreon Preview: Chasing the Chalk with Michael Cruse of Ultramarine Wine Co
Kettlebells, Shogun, Bbq, Polo Shirts and site-specific traditional method sparklers. You're god damn right it's a toxic boys episode on Patreon.com/disgorgeous Support the show
- Episode 279: Sauv's The Day Pt 5: Stagiaire Blanc ft Brent Mayeaux
Brent Mayeaux of Stagiaire wines came on to drink unicorns, talk Hamilton, and bemoan the fate of his truck. Buy his wines at https://www.stagiairewine.com/store. ////LIST//// Arquils, Sierra Foothills, Sauvignon Blanc, 2021// Pierre Beaug…
- Episode 278: Sauv's the Day pt 4: Crouching Dog Hidden California Wine Season ft.Tira Johnson
America's number 1 Phish fanatic Tira Johnson came on to talk shit about her least favorite varieties. Too bad the wines accidentally whipped, like they were criminally tasty, so I guess these grapes are good, actually??? Anyhow, this is t…
- PATREON PREVIEW: Simon Woolf on Natural Wine, Fine Wine, and Getting Beyond France
Full episode at patreon.com/disgorgeous :) Simon Woolf, of the https://themorningclaret.com/ came on to discuss "Fine Wine," "Natural Wine," "Commodity Wine," and Central Europe writ large. His work is probably some of the most interesting…
- Episode 277: Sauv's the Day pt 3: Grumpy Old Men ft James Sligh
James aka Children's atlas of wine came on to discuss getting older, wine trends and transformations, the history of Napa, white wine's healing powers, and new hyperpop fixations. Please go to his classes ////LIST//// Girard, Napa Valley C…
- Episode 276: Sauv's the Day Pt 2: Total Eclipse of a Cab ft Kenneth Crum
The hero of upcoming Heroes NYC, Kenneth Crum came to discuss our turn towards right wing / red wine extremism, the upcoming eclipse, Napoleon and John's worrying chemical imputs. This is the second episode in a row we recorded on the couc…
- Episode 275: Sauv's The Day Pt 1: From Couple to Throuple (ft. Amanda Smeltz)
The bit is that our guest picks the wine for the episode this season. One cab sauv, one sauv blanc. This is not exactly what happened with our esteemed guest, Amanda Smeltz, the inventor of hot honey, but we had a really good time doing co…