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Wine with Meg + Mel

NouveauFiano, Can We Change Meg's Mind?11 novembre 2026 · 25 min
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The fun + frank podcast which helps you navigate the world of wine. Hosted by Australia's first female Master of Wine Meg Brodtmann, and self-titled Master of Sabrage Mel Gilcrist.

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Épisodes 244

  1. Fiano, Can We Change Meg's Mind?

    25 min

    Send us Fan MailGet down Dan's and taste along with us, these were stunning.We taste Fiano across Italy and Australia and realise we’ve been underrating just how complex, food-friendly and age-worthy the …

  2. Does price matter when buying rosé wine? We're blown away putting it to the test.

    23 min

    Send us Fan MailWe thought this would be a neat little rosé experiment. Instead, it turned into a reality check about how we buy wine, how we judge “quality”, and how quickly our brains fill in the blanks when …

  3. Wine News: The Return Of Family Owned Wineries, Endeavour Agree To Transparent Labeling Rules and A Wine Heist In The Italian Countryside

    47 min

    Send us Fan MailA lot can change in the wine world while you’re away, and coming back to the headlines can feel like whiplash. We’re unpacking the big Australian wine industry moves that sit behind the bottles …

  4. From QR Codes to Ice in Rosé: Opinions from Sommelier and Wine Communicator Cyndal Petty

    37 minSaison 5

    Send us Fan MailWine can be the most welcoming drink on the table, and somehow we’ve also managed to make it intimidating. We’re joined by Western Australia’s Cyndal Petty, a wine communicator with a deep …

  5. Champagne Problems: The Deepest Dive In Sparkling Wine! Part 2

    43 min

    Send us Fan MailWe taste how time changes sparkling wine, comparing lees-aged cellar release bubbles with an older bottle-aged Blanc de Blancs that turns fruit into caramel, fudge and nuts. We also break down …

  6. Champagne Problems: The Deepest Dive In Sparkling Wine! Part 1

    51 min

    Send us Fan MailSparkling wine looks effortless in the glass, but the work behind it is anything but. With Meg away in Spain, we (Mel and Austin) crack on with a proper deep dive into Traditional Method …

  7. Why Is the Wine Industry Losing Good People? Women in Wine on Careers, AI and the Future of Wine

    1 h 30 minSaison 5

    Send us Fan MailWine is a “sexy” industry right up until you see what the hours, expectations, and unspoken rules do to the people who make it. We’re joined by three powerhouse voices from very different …

  8. Wine News: Changing Of The Guard In Australian Wine, Mac Forbes Administration, The Buyback Scheme We Have Been Waiting For and So Much MORE!

    40 min

    Send us Fan MailA premium Yarra Valley name going into administration is not the headline anyone wanted, but it is the one we need to talk about. With Meg away, we jump into Wine News and break down what …

  9. Can A Wine Podcast Help You Pass WSET Level 2?

    31 min

    Send us Fan MailMeg was meant to be on mic. She misread a message, didn’t show, and we made the only sensible choice: pour a glass and turn our producer Austin into today’s guest. The catch is he’s drinking …

  10. Career Pivots & Passion Projects: How to Transition into the Wine World with Warwick Tiernan

    53 min

    Send us Fan MailWe catch up with our old mate Warwick Tiernan to unpack how a lifelong love of food, travel, and good chats at bottle shops turns into genuine wine confidence. We taste our way through a …

  11. Wine History: Wine & War

    22 min

    Send us Fan MailWe follow the trail of wine and war across the 20th century and it gets stranger, darker, and more human than most wine trivia ever admits.We talk through why the French state treated wine as a …

  12. Wine News: Has The Australian Wine Industry Reached It's Breaking Point, New Members For The Australian Wine Board, Len Evans Tutorial Breakdown, and What's On In Wine PLUS MORE!

    34 min

    Send us Fan MailWine people love a good crisis chat, but what happens when the story gets so grim that customers start believing wine itself is the problem? We’re tackling that head-on, with a glass in hand and …

  13. Listener Questions! We Answer All Of Your Burning Questions

    32 min

    Send us Fan MailYour DMs run the show this time, and the questions swing wildly between deeply practical wine advice and the kind of chaos you only get when you put three opinionated people in front of …

  14. Wine Education: We Blind Taste Spätlese Riesling

    47 min

    Send us Fan MailWe build a fast, practical way to remember German Riesling by region, then test it with a blind Spätlese flight that forces us to use Mel's... interesting study technique. Along the way we …

  15. Wine News: National Vintage Report 2026, European Heatwaves & Shifting Consumer Behaviours, Look at Gen Z Go

    30 min

    Send us Fan MailThe Australian vintage just shrank, but the story is not as simple as “less wine equals higher prices”. We unpack Wine Australia’s national vintage report, why production is down across regions …

  16. Wine News Goes Rogue: A Heated Debate About Whether Winemakers Matter To Brands Anymore

    30 min

    Send us Fan MailA winemaker gets cut, a flagship winery gets prepped for sale, and suddenly we are not talking about tasting notes anymore. We dig into the Oakridge bombshell: David Bicknell, the winemaker many …

  17. Gamay Gets Technical: Unleash The Geek!

    40 min

    Send us Fan MailGet your clipboard, lab coat and pen at the ready as Meg and Mel NERD OUT on this episode about Gamay. We go deep on Gamay and Beaujolais, from Nouveau history to why carbonic maceration can …

  18. The $25 Australian Shiraz That Beat The World

    32 min

    Send us Fan MailA $25 McLaren Vale Shiraz wins Best Shiraz in the world, so we put Beresford to the test with side-by-side pours and zero patience for hype. We chase what makes the wines feel so seamless, from …

  19. Wine news: who won the world wine awards, disease resistant vines, mental health in wine, bulk wines update, and is there a silver lining in all this?

    36 min

    Send us Fan MailWe stack up the week’s wine news with a mix of hard numbers and genuine bright spots, from rock-bottom bulk prices to a more diverse global awards landscape. We also get real about mental health …

  20. Does Price Matter? The Ultimate Langhe Nebbiolo Blind Taste Test

    27 min

    Send us Fan MailWe test a bold theory about Langhe Nebbiolo by blind tasting four bottles across wildly different price points. The surprise isn’t just which wine wins, but how often this Piedmont red delivers …

  21. Pinot Gris v Pinot Grigio: The Blind Taste Test

    42 min

    Send us Fan MailWe taste Pinot Gris versus Pinot Grigio blind and find the difference is real when we focus on structure instead of label hype. We also share the tricks we use to call style, origin and quality …

  22. Sweet Red Wines... WHY?!

    23 min

    Send us Fan MailSweet red wine keeps flying off shelves, so we taste what people actually buy and try to work out what’s driving the demand. We get blunt about confected flavours, then land on a more useful …

  23. Wine News: Endeavour Sells Wineries As The Aussie Wine Industry Hits A New Normal

    45 minSaison 5 · Épisode 17

    Send us Fan MailWe jump from rare Grenache by the glass to the bleak reality of industry restructuring, and ask what keeps wine alive when the money and the politics turn cold. Along the way, we dig into …

  24. The Riverland, a Region Worth Saving Ft. Bottle Shock's Brendan Carter

    1 h 23 min

    Send us Fan MailWe sit down with Brendan Carter from Unico Zelo and Bottle Shock to unpack why the Riverland became synonymous with bulk wine and why that mindset blocks real solutions for growers. We chase the …

  25. How To Pair Fried Chicken With Wine Without Ruining Either

    26 min

    Send us Fan MailWe test how much fried chicken changes what we taste in wine. We taste Fried Chicken (known for its 11 Secret Herbs & Spices) with four different wines and land on a big big winner!And the …

  26. Our Most Unpopular Wine Opinions. Fight Us.

    33 min

    Send us Fan MailWe put our reputations on the line with a rapid-fire round of unpopular wine opinions, then dare you to come for us in the comments. From cheese pairing myths to rosé shade, Sauvignon Blanc …

  27. Beechworth, Bottled: The Deep Dive on Our Smallest GI

    33 min

    Send us Fan MailBeechworth may be Australia’s smallest GI, but we taste why it’s become one of the most talked about premium wine regions in Australia. We dig into the price reality, the Beechworth Chardonnay …

  28. Wine News: Italy Reclaims Prosecco, a $1.5M Piece of Wine History, and the Great Wine Bus Debate

    31 minSaison 5 · Épisode 12

    Send us Fan Mail“Prosecco” is one word, but it carries a whole fight about history, labelling, and who gets to own a name. We unpack the newly completed EU trade deal that lets Australian producers keep using …

  29. IYKYK: A Buyers Guide to Sourcing the Best Alternatives to World Famous Wines!

    26 min

    Send us Fan MailWe chase “quiet luxury” wines that give you the feel of Burgundy, Sancerre and cult Italian reds without the eye-watering price tags. We taste our way through smart substitutions, explain the …

  30. Queensland Wine, Is This Australia's Next Great Wine Story?

    33 min

    Send us Fan MailQueensland wine sounds like it shouldn’t work, so we taste our way through the Granite Belt and talk through the climate science that makes it possible. Four bottles later, we’re genuinely …

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