Rocket Rankings - "Sparkling Wine"

 Andy, Emma, and Siobhan join Matt, embarking on a fascinating journey through the world of sparkling wines, exchanging stories, personal anecdotes, and some surprisingly informative insights on wine tasting.

First up, we blind-tasted six different sparkling wines, each of us rating them out of 25. Our conversation turned hilariously chaotic as we shared tales of our past boozy exploits. We grappled with the sweet versus dry wine debate, causing our scores to veer wildly from wine to wine.

Our scores and opinions diverged, igniting a spirited debate about the merits of each wine. Which sparkling wine will be the highest ranked? So join us as we raise several glasses of effervescent goodness, and who knows? You might even discover a new favorite bubbly. Cheers!

The sparkling wines we tasted:
Chardone Brut
Easton Wine Project Sparkling Wine
Korbel Extra Dry
Lamarca Prosecco
Scandi Frizzante
Verdi Spumante

Transcript

Intro and Introductions

Matt 1:01

Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. We have liftoff. Welcome to Matt and Friends Drink the Universe. Welcome back to Matt and Friends Drink the Universe. Today we are going to do Rocket RANK EYES. That's one small sip for man, one giant taste for maniac Rocket EYES.

Andy 1:53

I feel like way too much effort went into that.

Siobhan 1:56

Sweet Jesus.

Emma 1:56

Yes, I'm here for it.

Siobhan 1:59

I think Rob and Matt are definitely the definition of all the effort on you.

Matt 2:05

I mean, we try. I'm going to say it again. I said it last episode, but the high note at the end was all me. Rob didn't think I could do it. Oh, that was good.

Andy 2:13

And I did it once.

Matt 2:14

I did it thrice and Rob was ready to fall off his chair. So he was like you cannot do that again and I was like let's go All right. I couldn't do it now on demand no.

Siobhan 2:24

No, absolutely no see. Oh, you tried, that's okay, you know as an ass-flat miner.

Matt 2:29

He's what that one was.

Siobhan 2:32

Okay.

Matt 2:33

Let's all go around the table here and introduce ourselves, and we're going to go this way. Hi, my name's.

Andy 2:37

Andy.

Emma 2:38

I'm Emma, here for you. I'm.

Siobhan 2:39

Siobhan.

Matt 2:41

So today we're going to be doing rocket rankings and initially Siobhan and I talked and I was on vacation and I said what should we do for rocket rankings? And Siobhan said, yeah, like champagne and sparkling. And then, as we went through, we realized that champagne is expensive and nobody bought any. So what we're doing? Rocket ranklings, rocket. Who? Rocket ranklings, Rocket?

Siobhan 3:02

ranklings.

Matt 3:03

Sparkling wine. Indeed, we have six different sparkling wines here lined up and, for any of you familiar with the show, you know how me and pronouncing things go, so I'm going to let Siobhan pronounce the six different kinds of sparkling wine that we have yeah, I will.

Siobhan 3:20

So we have a chandelon brute. We have a corbel brute, I believe I don't know if it's a brute. We'll see A scandali risante which is cool sounding La Marca Prosecco, easton Wine Project hardest one to pronounce and Verdi it's a 1752 Easton Wine Project it is. I think that's part of their name. I don't know, maybe We'll see.

Matt 3:42

I don't think it was made in 1752. I hope not, Because we're we see you guys later.

Siobhan 3:45

It was nice knowing you and we're drinking the corbel is actually extra dry oh extra dry, it's great. Yes, okay, good to know. So once again, jen has assisted us I just tell you, mine is cheap as shit.

Emma 4:01

That's it. Mine was not Mine was not.

Matt 4:04

Is it cheaper than the $6 bottle of Verdi? I threw in there for fun, maybe. Probably not, I don't think so.

Siobhan 4:10

I'm too old for this.

Matt 4:11

Let's see what well we talked about it. I almost brought champagne.

Siobhan 4:16

I really did. And then I was like I love these people, Do I love these people? Do I love them?

Matt 4:23

that amount of money, Listen and full disclosure.

Siobhan 4:25

my dog just had knee surgery, and so I was like listen Until I get that reimbursement we done, buying the sparkling wine.

Matt 4:36

I'm glad he's okay.

Siobhan 4:37

He's more than okay.

Matt 4:38

He's okay after knee surgery, if it was Chris, you probably just would have put him down, oh yeah, I definitely would have bought the Vove.

Siobhan 4:44

if it was Chris having surgery. I'd be like I need this.

Matt 4:46

There, you go.

Emma 4:47

Yup and Shyvana are keeping it classy with our lovely flutes. Yes, they have flutes.

Siobhan 4:52

Yeah, because we need. Yeah, we need the fun classy time.

Matt 4:58

We can do that too, matt ready, we can. Yeah, that sounds nothing the same.

Emma 5:03

I hope that picked up on me too.

Siobhan 5:06

You better do that.

Matt 5:07

Those were the Matt and Friends Drinking Universe. Yeti's there colliding.

Siobhan 5:10

Which I normally enjoy, but for a sparkling wine, oh, we need to go classy.

Matt 5:14

Yes, hashtag not sponsored. Okay, so the girls are going classy today.

Siobhan 5:18

Hashtag want to be spawn.

Matt 5:20

Yeah, well.

Siobhan 5:21

I have said it several times Yeti call me. Call me please. Hashtag, please spawn.

The Tasting Begins

Matt 5:27

I'm back to yellow color. So once again Jen helped us out by de-identifying our champagne and sticking them in bags, so we really don't know overall what they are. She also did that thing where she wrapped some aluminum foil around the top again, so Love that.

Emma 5:42

I love these bags.

Matt 5:44

Everybody please be aware that one of those caused Rob to spill bourbon all about his pants when we did this with bourbon.

Emma 5:50

So just be really careful on those pores.

Matt 5:52

Okay, all right, why don't we get started with number one? And what we're going to do is we're going to blindly taste each sparkling wine and then we're going to rate them out of 25. At the end of the first round, we're going to add up all of those scores and see who guessed what brand each was, or maybe we'll do it as a group. We'll see what's going on when we get there For the second round. What we're going to do is we'll take the top three. We're going to taste two and three against each other and then we'll taste which one scored the highest out of two and three against the top overall.

Andy 6:23

That is a hefty porpoise. Yeah, tasting, that's okay, sorry friends.

Siobhan 6:28

I'll give you fewer but, I like it so apparently.

Emma 6:31

I'm not driving, I will say already.

Andy 6:33

It is like a nice rosy. But you are, it's got a nice color. It looks good in the Yeti Cup here.

Siobhan 6:39

Well, kids, we got two rosy options today, and number one is one of them.

Matt 6:43

So there we are. There's rose in there, for sure.

Emma 6:48

Smells nice, oh I like this it smells delicious, mmm, I think it's going in Delicious I like it.

Matt 6:55

I like it. Champagne yeah, I don't need it. I think this is the Riz.

Emma 6:59

It might be, and I'm not going to lie, I think this is the one I brought, which I actually got at Brewery Run and I was just trying to make it a one shop all and so when I was there I was like y'all got champagne or something bubbly, and they were like we got these four options.

Matt 7:14

There you go.

Emma 7:15

One of these were it, I was like I'll do it.

Matt 7:18

I also think it is the Rosante.

Siobhan 7:21

I think you're probably correct, guys, full disclosure. This is a story that no one will care about, except for me and maybe Chris, if he's listening. But we watch Love Island UK on the regular because we're big reality show fans. And Chris is going to say I'm not. And I'm going to say you are, because he puts it on.

Matt 7:37

If you watch it on a regular basis, I'm definitely.

Emma 7:40

Whatever his wife watches.

Siobhan 7:42

We're like a 50 50 on that, like there's definitely some shows that he is not into, but last night in there for anyone that doesn't know what the show is it's a bunch of 20 somethings who are single that go on to like an island in, like you know, mallorca in Spain and have to pair up with each other.

Ratings and Tasting of Sparkling Wine

Siobhan 7:59

And one of them was like do you know what carpet DMM means? And he's like, oh yeah, seize the day. And she's like, yeah, that's like great, but I don't know what language that is and I had to leave the room, just so you know. Yep, yeah, andy, you got to leave the room. Yep, feel the same? Yep, hey, that's how it goes. Oh, come on now.

Matt 8:19

Wow.

Siobhan 8:19

Uh-huh, so just saying yeah.

Matt 8:24

Jen and I used to watch the Bachelorette when we were first together.

Siobhan 8:26

She's very much in the Bachelor.

Matt 8:27

Bachelorette, yeah, and I think the last season I saw was Ali season.

Siobhan 8:31

Oh, that's a while ago.

Andy 8:32

Yeah, it's been a minute.

Emma 8:34

I'm here for it. I love all of those.

Andy 8:37

I used to watch Road Rules in the real world. Love that, do you watch?

Siobhan 8:39

the challenge. You should watch the challenge. It's awesome actually, and that's another one that Chris and I watch, and actually we watched that when we started dating, like 18 years ago, literally, and that is awesome now because it's badass, oh. Like the challenges because, like Road Rules, real world challenges. Back in the day they were like drink six margaritas and then try to drive a car and you're like this isn't right.

Siobhan 9:02

Now they're like hey, by the way, you have to be strapped to this big giant thing and also jump from like truck to truck also, then drive a car after.

Andy 9:10

Seems like a good idea.

Siobhan 9:11

Yeah, so it's pretty cool actually. I will recommend that to you because it's very cool, anyway, wine.

Matt 9:17

I'll give this one an 18 to start off.

Emma 9:19

I don't know, I think it's higher for me, maybe 22. Oh 22. It's delicious. It's like babbley and fruitful and flavoring.

Matt 9:28

Now I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that Siobhan and Emma probably drink a lot more sparkling wine than Andy and I do.

Emma 9:34

Yes.

Matt 9:34

Truth.

Andy 9:35

Okay.

Emma 9:35

Yeah.

Andy 9:38

So I felt like this would bring a good balance to the episode here. He's like I'm generally I'm a bourbon guy, I'm a beer guy.

Siobhan 9:43

Right.

Andy 9:44

I like wine.

Siobhan 9:45

It's fine, you like reds, though I like whites as well.

Emma 9:47

Oh, you do.

Siobhan 9:48

Interesting, oh, that's great to know, yeah.

Emma 9:49

That's cool.

Siobhan 9:50

You got a very diverse palette.

Andy 9:51

I don't generally like the really sweet stuff, fair, you know I'm not real picky with it, but it's all right, do you?

Siobhan 9:58

have a rating on this one.

Andy 10:00

If we're going out of 25, 25 being like mind blowing right.

Matt 10:04

Ooh, maybe away.

Andy 10:05

Yeah.

Emma 10:06

As he goes for another drink.

Siobhan 10:08

He's tested it. It's so sweet.

Andy 10:10

I think I'm going with the 18. I agree with the 18.

Siobhan 10:12

Okay, I might go with a 15. That's not a dig, yeah, it is, just because 15 is pretty good out of 25.

Emma 10:20

I agree that's more than half.

Siobhan 10:22

Not bad. It is a bit sweet for me, but it is good.

Andy 10:24

It is sweet.

Emma 10:25

Yes, it's definitely sweet.

Siobhan 10:25

It also doesn't have as much bubble which it doesn't yeah which I have, which?

Emma 10:32

some people enjoy and some people don't, which I like. More carbonation, me too. Yeah, girl, I got you, you know you would, as in our CO2. That's right, bring it on. Yes, I know yes.

Matt Once Ended up on Stage with a Famous Rapper

Matt 10:43

So since we mentioned MTV when we pour the second one, I'll tell a really funny MTV story that involves me and is relatively unbelievable but true.

Siobhan 10:52

I wonder. I don't know this story. I don't think you might. You might want to start telling it, okay.

Matt 10:58

It actually involves the same trip I talked about in episode one when I climbed the pyramid. It was actually a day after the pyramid that.

Siobhan 11:04

Really this occurred, oh cool.

Matt 11:07

All right All right Number two. Number two Number one that's dedication. That's dedication there.

Andy 11:15

Outstanding. Yeah, good job, she just threw black. Yeah, I'm not going to do that like half a fluto champagne there.

Emma 11:20

I was like damn, siobhan just did it all. I'm going to take another.

Matt 11:25

It's worth noting that the Matt and Friends Drink the Universe spaceship does have some sofas for people to sit off the episodes of any of these.

Andy 11:31

I think she's going to need one, and we got more of a.

Matt 11:36

Definitely a very different color.

Siobhan 11:39

That's not your son. Don't try and steal my flu. No, I noticed that you're pouring a little less this go around because I felt bad last time. All right, I appreciate you for less for Emma, for the record.

Matt 11:49

So, as you're pouring, I'll tell this silly story.

Andy 11:51

So, if this is just like I was on TV during the Times Square. Bullshit once like no, no.

Matt 12:00

So I was in a nightclub in Cancun on spring break and it was the day after I climbed the pyramid, so it's probably still intoxicated from the day before and then working on another one and the way the club was set up. There was a big stage up in front. So I'm drinking a tequila sunrise. I'm standing on the stage. All of a sudden the lights go up and some rappers walk out and I'm not really paying attention to what's going on because I've been drinking for four days.

Siobhan 12:24

Wait, is this a fat Joe story? Yes, okay, I've heard this story.

Matt 12:27

Yes, and all of a sudden I hear over the loudspeaker Joe Gordo, and I look to my left and there is fat Joe and Joe Gordo is. You know, no way light blue velour suit, probably 30 feet to my left, sing in, lean back, lean back.

Matt 12:45

Okay and somebody that I went to school with a few weeks later said to me hey, were you in Cancun? And I said I was. And they said were you at the fat Joe concert? And I said I was. They said, yeah, mtv spring break got you on stage. Yeah, I didn't mean to. It was just like here's $30 all you can drink to get into this club, because that's what it was. And Three hours later, there the concert starts and apparently MTV got a good shot of me on stage with Joe so yes, pretty good story.

Siobhan 13:19

Yeah okay, why number two? It is not red not my favorite.

Emma 13:24

It is a white kind of love it.

Siobhan 13:26

It's boring though.

Andy 13:29

It's very bubbly love that flavor wise, especially after something. Yeah, flavor forward is the last one.

Siobhan 13:36

Yeah, can't decide what it is though.

Andy 13:38

I think it's the core bell. Just kind of tastes like seltzer to me. I think it's the core birdie.

Siobhan 13:43

I. The only reason I'm not going with that it's the Verdi is because I'm not offended by it. I assume that I will be offended.

Matt 13:54

Salt of sweetness when we get there. And just for the record, I bought that one at a beer distributor, not a liquor store. That one came from Tanzos beverage, so shout out to Tanzos, they're pretty great, I was there yesterday. As was.

Siobhan 14:08

I. I'll be honest, though, if I'm taking this in isolation, I do enjoy this because I tend to like a drier sparkling wine not that I don't want to taste anything. Like I'm okay with it because I like something that's just like chill, you know, like it's spritzy, it's good, it's not trying to do too much.

Matt 14:28

This is in my glass and somebody's like let's toast to the new mister and Mrs.

Siobhan 14:32

You know what's in there. I was gonna say this is the cheap shit.

Andy 14:36

I would like do it up like a party exactly the same like let's just ask this is the kind of stuff that I would mix with something.

Siobhan 14:43

This would make a nice momosa. Yes, yeah, yeah, cuz all you're adding is fizz.

Emma 14:47

Really right, yeah, you're right with an orange, you're enough. This might be amazing.

Andy 14:51

Yeah, a little bit of Dory.

Siobhan 14:53

Oh, and he loves my daughter.

Andy 14:55

I love my Dory. I haven't had it for the longest time, but I used to love that is such a throwback.

Matt 15:00

I'm gonna say this is core ball and I'm gonna give it corbel yeah, corbel, and I'm gonna give the core bell EL a. So I like drier champagne, I like drier wine. Overall, I'm gonna give this a 20 because I'm actually really enjoying it. Wow.

Emma 15:18

So now, do you, like you know, a wine with your steak?

Andy 15:21

because if it's, like that was away from the mic. Yeah, that was pretty good that was good.

Emma 15:26

If it's like you know sometimes, if it's like super dry tastes amazing with your steak, you know telling you about your steak to wine ratio if I was having a steak, it would be a Cabernet Savignon or a Keanti red. I really like it no.

Siobhan 15:46

Doing it wrong. I don't.

Matt 15:48

I don't like liver at all if somebody shows up at drinkable with a slice of liver I'll throw you out.

Siobhan 15:54

I Know I have members of my family. That's where that liver and onions are the greatest thing for the record, if anyone finds liver at a gas station, please leave.

Emma 16:04

Yeah.

Siobhan 16:08

It was we just done. Did the urban legend like yeah, I'm like.

Emma 16:12

Oh, I grew up the family that we're like. You know we used to pig feet and all kinds of stuff and I can't.

Siobhan 16:19

The person that doesn't do avocado isn't really going for pig feet. Yeah, just so you know that and I are in kindred spirits on that.

Wine Tasting and Rankings

Matt 16:27

Yeah, we are, but power to you for eat. I've seen pickled pigs feet, but I. Wanted. I gotta ask when you eat that? I think this is like suck on it like a lollipop, or do you just like?

Emma 16:37

oh, you just get it down.

Matt 16:39

Okay.

Siobhan 16:39

All right, I've never I've seen people eat chicken.

Andy 16:43

Okay, yep hard pass on that one.

Matt 16:45

Yeah, many hard passes.

Siobhan 16:47

Yeah, all right, we're hard passing so, but I'm not hard Passing on this one, because I actually really do like it.

Emma 16:52

I like it better than the first one. We are so different not by a lot.

Siobhan 16:56

That's okay. That's listen.

Andy 16:59

I love different people, that's all right, different strokes for different.

Emma 17:05

Tell me, you're on my side.

Siobhan 17:07

I do. I do want a little more out of this, though, so I don't know that I'm gonna give it a 20, but maybe I'll do the 18 that others were doing in the last okay episode, or the last episode, the last round, oh damn.

Andy 17:26

What are we committing to friends? Cuz I'm keeping score seven, seven, seven. So much me down for a 10 there. That makes the math any at us. Thank you, yeah, I mean it's, it's fine. It just on its own it doesn't do anything for you Fair enough.

Emma 17:41

Yeah, I agree, on its own it doesn't do anything, and I think that's what dry wine is for me. Like it. Just if it's on its own it doesn't do anything with me. But if I have a great dry wine with an amazing Juicy red, fair and I bloody steak.

Siobhan 17:57

Oh my god fair enough with wine parents. Oh yeah, cuz that's good I think you need to go steaks. Yeah.

Andy 18:11

All right, I'm ready for number three.

Siobhan 18:15

This is got like that classic champagne color.

Andy 18:19

That's a lot of bubbles though. Oh, I love the bubbly like this looks very wedding toast ready here.

Siobhan 18:24

Yes, yes.

Matt 18:25

I'm gonna call it without even tasting it.

Siobhan 18:28

I think that's the Verdi oh it doesn't smell that sweet, though I smell that sorry.

Matt 18:35

All right, maybe it's not.

Siobhan 18:37

Right, and we were just waiting for Verdi to suck and it maybe it doesn't.

Matt 18:41

I was gonna say, if I called Verdi the Corbalt corbell.

Siobhan 18:49

So funny. I you know what Full disclosure. I questioned the blindness while we were kind of doing all this meaning like I was like why do I? I care what it is like do, do, do, do, do, do. Yeah, I feel like it's actually really adding to the experience that I don't know what it is Agreed, especially the border.

Matt 19:07

Which is interesting. So I'm gonna ask a question here which one was the other? Like strawberry sweet one. Which, which one was the other?

Siobhan 19:15

Well, the Easton wine project is a rosé.

Matt 19:18

It's a rosé, but it's not necessarily sweet.

Andy 19:21

This is definitely not that no.

Emma 19:24

Clear so and the Was also pink.

Siobhan 19:29

Yeah, and I'm pretty sure we might be correct, with the first one being that.

Emma 19:33

I'm not gonna like, as this is even drier like.

Siobhan 19:38

I have more flavor out of this one.

Andy 19:40

This actually kind of reminds me of some of the apple ciders we've had.

Matt 19:45

I think it actually might be the birdie. I think my initial instinct was correct.

Emma 19:50

But it doesn't smell sweet. No, it doesn't. So this isn't all messed up.

Siobhan 19:56

All messed up.

Andy 19:58

So remember that's.

Siobhan 19:59

Somebody put that on a smallie test.

Emma 20:03

Test.

Matt 20:10

That sounds like highly painful. So there are two, remember, there are two birdie. There's the strawberry sparkle, teeny or whatever it is, and then there's the regular. This is the regular, not the strawberry, that's yeah, we know, because it's not strawberry colored or there's a it's raspberry. Is it right?

Siobhan 20:28

Disgusting.

Matt 20:30

To woofies in Indiana PA for making that your six dollar end of the night.

Siobhan 20:33

Champagne $2 or something better have been two dollars yeah no for a whole bottle, they just. Well, now I'm on board.

Matt 20:47

Oh no, it was definitely the end of the night. They were like celebrate getting your drinking diploma.

Siobhan 20:52

Here's a bottle of raspberry, yeah drinking diploma, did I go there once?

Matt 20:56

I probably subjected you to that at least once.

Siobhan 20:58

Yeah, I think so, because we visited Indiana like three times, I think, indiana.

Emma 21:03

Yeah.

Matt 21:04

There's there's a certain story about a parking meter that originated there.

Siobhan 21:08

I was not there for the parking meter.

Matt 21:10

I'll tell that one in a later episode.

Siobhan 21:12

I was there for the. Chris did like a seven hour keg stand with PBR Wow.

Emma 21:17

Oh, yeah, that was impressive seven hours, but it was long.

Siobhan 21:20

He would have he would have kept going to, and they were like we're gonna cut you off.

Matt 21:24

Yeah, like.

Siobhan 21:28

Chris was a champ he could drink.

Matt 21:33

Yeah somebody else start this one with the rankings in the thinking well, I like this more than the.

Andy 21:40

What would I do?

Siobhan 21:43

Oh, these are painting shorts.

Andy 21:46

Oh, I did not dress nice for the podcast, so my shorts are literally covered in paint spots.

Siobhan 21:58

Short.

Matt 22:06

Oh.

Siobhan 22:07

We said happy little droplets and I'm out. Oh, Anyway, Andy please continue with your wine. What you got to say.

Andy 22:18

So I do like this more than number two what I do so.

Siobhan 22:23

I, that's funny that you don't. I don't know. Interesting, but not a lot.

Emma 22:27

I'll give it a 13, Okay and I'm gonna drop down to a five on this one. Wow, girl, I know.

Matt 22:34

I'm actually with oh, she's not not even finishing it.

Emma 22:37

I can't, I can't with Emma.

Matt 22:39

I'm the other way on this one. I like the other one, so the last one I gave 20, 20. I'm going down to 15 on this one. This one was.

Siobhan 22:48

I didn't mind this.

Matt 22:49

It's got it for me. I feel like toothpaste at the end. I don't know. I don't know. It's really weird. Okay, after finished thing going on after finish thing.

Siobhan 22:58

All right, well, I'm gonna. I'm gonna go down one point and give myself crappy math. I do later math math. You say I do what we talking about Matt math equals MC. Hammer. We talking about numbers, are we? We've got to talk about them later when I can't figure them out?

Matt 23:20

Rob did classify my voice at the end there's drunk fozzie bear, so walk a walk, a walk.

Siobhan 23:28

All right. No Number four okay, this smells terrible.

Andy 23:34

It really does this is.

Siobhan 23:36

I'm not gonna lie you guys, this might be the Verdi and we screwed up last round. This smells terrible.

Matt 23:42

That's got like a rose a thing going for it, but it's not rose a dude.

Siobhan 23:48

Yes yeah, this is this is the vodka okay.

Emma 23:53

Up and down away. This is a very I will fight somebody is Verdi.

Andy 23:57

This has to be, very, though this is awful.

Siobhan 23:59

Yes, it has to be the Verdi which we screwed up last round, because I think everything is all weird, so I literally wrote at the top of the score sheet. That three is probably either the chandel or the Prosecco. And now this is definitely this is not okay, taste wise I actually like it.

Emma 24:18

So if I like, plug my nose.

Andy 24:23

Get the picture ready.

Siobhan 24:23

I'm about to put a five For myself, and you know that like dude.

Matt 24:28

What is it like? Taste is like 70% smell or something. Oh, she von just killed it.

Siobhan 24:32

No, I just had two steps. I hate it. Why am I doing?

Matt 24:40

that.

Siobhan 24:42

Cosmic Chug Me. I already got rid of it.

Matt 24:48

I'll do it if that is what I brought on there.

Siobhan 24:50

Yeah, you should.

Andy 24:53

I, so I don't think I can give it a zero, but it's getting a one.

Siobhan 24:57

Yeah, fair.

Andy 24:58

That's getting a one from me I gave it a five, which is generous.

Siobhan 25:06

Only after taste no, it's so bad for it's like someone took.

Andy 25:12

My, your dedication to try to make this work.

Siobhan 25:16

I'm trying to make the other one work. The taste is normal. This is amazing.

Matt 25:22

I'm gonna say that this barely edges out the option of sobriety over drinking this, and that's why it got a four like.

Siobhan 25:29

Yeah, that's real bad.

Andy 25:30

I would rather take a trip back to your non-alcoholic episode then drink that, oh, okay.

Siobhan 25:35

That's fair, because some of that stuff was not great, but it wasn't too bad. No, do you have a score? It's a 12 for me, because I'm here for.

Matt 25:54

So if you don't taste it, it's really good.

Andy 25:58

It's great if you have a COVID diagnosis going.

Siobhan 26:02

You cannot smell or taste anything, laughing at that.

Matt 26:06

Yeah, no, so there's actually a video of me when I had COVID and and thankfully, and some people had a rough time with it Thank God I had it really lightly, but I lost my sense of smell and taste and Jen and I went out to the fridge. We're literally tasting things that we would have net like horseradish, things that we would not have loved to do that. Oh, it's hysterical, I know that I don't want to.

Siobhan 26:25

And then silver lining, some of that. No no but I people had horrible times.

Matt 26:31

I firmly believe in finding this over lighting in shitty situations. So one of the things that I did amen my friend Aaron, who was on the podcast before you know, Aaron too, Him and I've gone out drinking many times together, and I was like, man, I got COVID.

Matt 26:42

This really sucks. I was missing marching band rehearsals that I was supposed to be at at the time. I was really upset, and I was like, hey, I got a really cool party trick, though, and I picked up a bottle of tequila and took a video of me literally doing like a Three second, four second chug. I couldn't taste it, and it was the weirdest thing, because just in my belly I just felt this warm sensation, and then, like 10 minutes later, I was like, oh crap you just have like three shots, four shots.

Siobhan 27:09

Basically, I was done, I just laid down on the couch and watched football.

Matt 27:12

I was like, yep, all right, we're not moving for a couple hours, because that was a lot of.

Andy 27:16

Feel like you're gonna have to put a like sound clip of a doctor saying this is not a good idea.

Matt 27:22

Yeah, please listen to the disclaimer at the beginning of the episode. Don't do that.

Andy 27:28

Matt and friends go to meetings.

Siobhan 27:31

I had COVID twice and I never lost my sense of smell or taste.

Matt 27:34

Oh, I totally did and it took a long time. It took like six weeks to come back. It was a long time before I got it all the way back.

Emma 27:40

My brother-in-law also lost his like sense of smell and taste and he was like, literally pouring hot sauce on everything.

Tasting and Discussing Different Wines

Andy 27:46

Yeah, I mean, all right, that just sounds good.

Siobhan 27:49

I think you could do that in real life if you want.

Matt 27:52

But.

Siobhan 27:53

I have to say, did we all score that?

Emma 27:54

Yeah, we did yeah in german I loved it with my nose shut.

Siobhan 27:59

Cinco. Five oh my god, I can't okay.

Andy 28:02

Japanese.

Siobhan 28:02

I believe it's go go Going number five, not Rose and I think in no.

Emma 28:09

I think in chinese or korean it's chi great Ichi ni saw she love that guy?

Andy 28:14

No, that's japanese.

Emma 28:15

That's okay, that's fine, I'm one of those.

Matt 28:17

That's all right, you tried, emma. I told star for trying, told star for trying my husband, be proud, my asian beautiful husband. In latin it's me oh yeah.

Emma 28:29

Hooray.

Matt 28:31

I was waiting for what sexy husband is in latin, as mo was. It is senator working up latin Damn it, you guys. Now I think everything's verity and in english, senator is someone who doesn't get anything done, so this smell.

Emma 28:47

What are you guys like in america?

Siobhan 28:52

I can't.

Andy 28:53

I usually think of with sparkling.

Siobhan 28:56

Like that. Do you want this? I'll be honest, I don't love the smell. I think this might be the prosecco.

Andy 29:01

I, I agree.

Siobhan 29:02

I think this is a little. I think this is kind of the prosecco, because it's that sweet but dry-ish.

Emma 29:10

Yeah.

Siobhan 29:11

And it's like a nice like light.

Emma 29:12

This is my go-to guys. What was I going to say?

Matt 29:15

I think it is also. I agree.

Emma 29:16

Pist kind of color. Pist color, Pist color. Wait whoa.

Siobhan 29:20

That's some hydrated pee. Yes, it is, that's good.

Emma 29:23

You know, with some nice bubbles coming up from the bottom.

Matt 29:26

Does that count? Sure for hydration. There you go, Come on.

Siobhan 29:30

Oh, science, science.

Andy 29:32

Hydration makes your pee Different colors.

Matt 29:34

It does you guys, there we go.

Emma 29:36

Hydration is important, shout out to you I did not do Rob Just because Rob is very good.

Siobhan 29:42

Some of the rest of us know what science is too.

Matt 29:45

Rob, rob Nye, the science guy we're going to.

Siobhan 29:48

Rob, rob, rob, rob, Rob, rob. I agree, I did that on the last one with Bill Nye.

Matt 29:53

You did, you did All right.

Siobhan 29:55

I enjoy this. Yes, I enjoy this. I'm going to give.

Emma 29:59

Color, smell, taste. I agree, this is like the kind you would have at a wedding or party.

Siobhan 30:03

I really think this is the prosecco.

Emma 30:05

New years. You would just be like cheers.

Siobhan 30:07

Cheers. Everybody be OK with it, absolutely, I'm giving this a 20 because I'm enjoying it.

Emma 30:12

You know what? Me too, girl Put one yeah.

Matt 30:15

At the risk of Siobhan bludgeoning me. I believe this is the prosecco, but it's not doing it for me. I'm going to give it like a 14.

Siobhan 30:22

So rude it's OK. A 14 is pretty good still.

Matt 30:26

Yeah, I mean, it's not. I'm not saying awful, but I'm not saying no that's fair.

Emma 30:30

It does have a very dry, I know, but I love that. Do you like taste that?

Matt 30:35

on your teeth. I like it, like that little dryness. It is dry. If I had a choice, between that number one.

Andy 30:42

I personally would go with number one, so I'm going to give this a 16.

Emma 30:46

OK, yes, because I think that one would be. I'm happy with it. Bring it Number one was good, the risk I like number one a little bit better.

Siobhan 30:52

So interesting my gastatio. You know what? Can I change my score?

Andy 30:58

Sure, you can do whatever you want. You're in charge of the math, siobhan.

Siobhan 31:01

You're right, I am. So I'm just going to give myself a shmillion, not, and I'm going to preempt by saying I do think this is the Prosecco, but I'm not changing my score because of that.

Matt 31:14

OK.

Siobhan 31:14

But I like this a lot.

Matt 31:16

I might I might.

Siobhan 31:16

I might undo like 22. All right, I might undo 22. That's all right.

Matt 31:21

The classical studies major and the psychology major are going to do math after this. This is going to go really well, Guys humanities, math.

Siobhan 31:26

We're going to do real good.

Matt 31:27

Oh yeah.

Emma 31:28

We just need a sociology person and we're going to be F, like that's all right, absolutely, that is exactly me. That's why I married a nation Like oh, that's so smart.

Siobhan 31:39

You know what, though? Oh my god Law. No, I did not marry an Asian, but Chris is very good at math. He is.

Matt 31:47

He is extremely good at math, all right.

Siobhan 31:49

We ready for number six.

Matt 31:50

Let's hit it. So did we miss a Rose? Because I feel like I did not.

Siobhan 31:54

No, I bet you this is the first one, the first one and the last one. Look at us end capping.

Matt 31:58

Oh, look at that and my color blindness. That is slightly pink.

Andy 32:01

Matt can't tell. Would you look at that?

Emma 32:03

So I have to say that.

Siobhan 32:05

I agree, because that's already, I think this is what you brought. I agree.

Andy 32:08

Yeah, I think number one was the Easton Wine Project.

Siobhan 32:10

I agree, I think it was too.

Emma 32:13

OK, so this is a light rosier this is red Sweet it has some sizzling bubbles coming up to the top, some bubbles around the edge.

Andy 32:23

It's not as bubbly as I would want from a sparkling.

Emma 32:26

It smells delicious. Siobhan, I think you like it. It is.

Siobhan 32:29

But your face is sweet.

Matt 32:31

Siobhan's face.

Siobhan 32:32

F and A cotton. This is like I just ate a candy.

Matt 32:37

Siobhan's face was someone has passed guess.

Andy 32:40

This tastes, and we've been driving a while, do you? Remember those little strawberry hard candies. Exactly, I literally just envisioned that in my head the grandma.

Emma 32:49

No, I don't hate it either.

Siobhan 32:51

Which I will say was quite a lovely end. Cap yes, maybe Jen did that.

Stories of Our Grandmothers

Matt 32:57

But let's give Jen some credit, right.

Siobhan 32:58

Yeah, maybe she planned it that way. Ok, girl. Like she done, picked the one, but I do think that that means really number one was.

Andy 33:06

I think number one was the Easton Wine Project.

Siobhan 33:07

Yeah, and I really think that this is number six Interesting.

Emma 33:12

So I have to say, no matter what, this is like sweet and delicious and so sweet and, as somebody that loves a good, like sweet, is it sweet you?

Matt 33:23

didn't say sweet enough.

Siobhan 33:25

Is it what I could drink? The amount that I pour to my glass is how much of this?

Matt 33:32

You can drink.

Siobhan 33:33

I can manage. So there's that.

Emma 33:37

I miss those little hard candies I used to get so excited.

Siobhan 33:39

Those are really good though, yeah.

Matt 33:41

Oh, it's Graham's.

Andy 33:42

It's Graham's hard candy right.

Matt 33:43

It was the ever refilling bowl of strawberry hard candy that no one knows where it either had that or the Worthers originals.

Siobhan 33:50

Which is so different? I am here for the Worthers originals and they have those cute little things that they say on it.

Emma 33:55

So like, love you and like.

Matt 33:58

Since I mentioned Graham, well, also, I'm going to tell a little anecdote about my lovely grandmother, who was all of like four foot nine.

Emma 34:05

And four foot nine.

Matt 34:06

Four foot nine and a quarter. She was very proud of that quarter and I'm like that too. Yeah, and she, she didn't drink. She was card carrying Methodist most of her life and would not drink. And when I graduated college, it was the first time that we were sitting around and we were all having some like champagne.

Matt 34:22

And she looked at me and my dad and was like I want a glass of champagne and everybody in the room just stopped and looked at her and was like you want a glass of champagne. She was like, yeah, and we had a bottle of Corbel.

Emma 34:33

I love that Look at that so nice. So we do family Friday dinners, and every Friday night G-ma is always like bring on the gin.

Matt 34:44

Yes, I love it, my grandmother.

Siobhan 34:47

Well telling grandma stories, Chris's favorite story about my grandmother, who is a lot. This is my mom's mom right. Who is? She had red hair. We are similar humans in a few ways.

Emma 35:00

Do you have red hair? Very distinct in other ways but amazing how they find women like us. Oh yeah, love it. I say that all the time.

Siobhan 35:08

Like it's the best.

Matt 35:10

So we just tripped and fall head first.

Siobhan 35:11

She was like 83 or something and she lived in Florida and we went to visit her and she just went to her fridge and brought out a Budweiser Regular Budweiser, not a Bud Light. She's 83.

Matt 35:25

But OK.

Siobhan 35:27

And she just ripped open a 16 ounce can of a Budweiser and poured it in the glass and was like Chris, nice to meet you. And Chris was like this is amazing.

Andy 35:36

All right.

Siobhan 35:36

Yeah, it was amazing.

Andy 35:37

There you go. My grandma called beer monkey piss.

Siobhan 35:41

Oh no, which she's not wrong, depending on what she was talking about.

Andy 35:45

So they owned the farm through the Depression and apparently the farmhands wanted to still drink their beer, but they weren't allowed to do it with Grammy around. So the farmhands apparently would go behind the barn and drink the beer behind the barn and then to hide it above the milking area there was, like this crawl space. They would just chuck the bottles there. And the reason we know this is because after Graham Papp died and we're cleaning out the farm, we found all these Depression era beer bottles.

Siobhan 36:17

So wow, that's really cool, very cool, awesome, that's amazing, all right.

Andy 36:22

Unlike this wine Yikes.

Scores and Recap of Round 1

Siobhan 36:27

All right so we have Emma's Emma. I've written this very five she is all in 25, baby.

Emma 36:34

I love this. I then gave it a 12.

Matt 36:36

She's in for it. I gave it a 12.

Siobhan 36:39

I'm sorry, I gave it a 12.

Matt 36:40

I'm giving it a 12. Anybody?

Emma 36:42

I'm giving it an eight. I hope it's that we are on this An eight. And he's going eight. An eight.

Siobhan 36:46

It is quite sweet.

Matt 36:47

It's too sweet for me, However not offensive he did give one a one, you guys Right over there, so they're fairly enough. So I will say about this Siobhan and Emma might be a little upset, but my mouth tastes drier after drinking this. I don't really feel refreshed.

Siobhan 37:02

I'm going with the eight. I don't even know, I think eight is accurate.

Matt 37:05

I'm with the eight. I'm going to be on the eight.

Emma 37:07

Really, I taste sweet after. I'm like give me more.

Andy 37:09

I don't think I would choose sobriety over this.

Matt 37:14

Is that the gauge we're going with? Oh damn, it's definitely the gauge.

Siobhan 37:17

Oh wow, I gave this a lot. Then I don't know, I'm like drink up, give me more.

Matt 37:21

Yeah, I mean that tends to be the gauge for some of the things we drink around here. So sobriety or this.

Siobhan 37:25

Yeah, all right. What's the next step?

Matt 37:28

All right, the next step is you, and I do math.

Siobhan 37:32

Math E equals MC Hammer.

Emma 37:35

We talking about numbers Okay.

Siobhan 37:38

Hello, we went through. I did the math, you did the math, we helped we.

Matt 37:44

No we nothing. It was a group effort A calculator A calculator did the math, that's true, but you told me numbers, the humanity style calculator.

Siobhan 37:51

The calculator did the math.

Emma 37:52

Yeah.

Siobhan 37:52

Okay. So what we're doing here, people, is we are talking through the scores that we did and then also the guesses in the brands, but I think we all sort of aligned in what our guesses were in the brands we did. It's not like there were a bunch of dissenters on brand names, so we're just gonna go through and see. We had a guess for number one that it was either cause guys, full disclosure.

Siobhan 38:12

It's a disagreement Two rosés right, two pinky looking things. So we thought originally that it was the scandali rosante, but I don't know, because once we got to the end we done made a quick old switcheroo.

Andy 38:26

Switcheroo.

Siobhan 38:27

So many of us meaning me, cause I'm talking right now think that the Easton Wine Project is number one.

Emma 38:35

I'm still saying it's the rosés.

Siobhan 38:37

Big reveal, big reveal.

Emma 38:40

Get it down this way it is.

Siobhan 38:41

The Easton Wine Project. Wow, that is the winner.

Andy 38:45

Drink local friends. That's right, fair enough, shout out to the Easton Wine Project.

Matt 38:49

Yeah, it was good. It was a delicious time. Yep, one of.

Siobhan 38:53

Emma's highest scores, I have to say high. That was the highest overall score.

Emma 38:57

It was the highest overall. Yes, I loved it.

Matt 38:59

Yep 73 out of 100 was the score on that one Grabbing number two there.

Siobhan 39:03

Okay, so wait. Number two in the rankings was number five. We thought number five was the Prosecco.

Andy 39:13

Right, lamarca Prosecco, and it is.

Emma 39:17

Oh the Corbell, corbell, corbell.

Siobhan 39:19

Look at that Number five. Number five.

Matt 39:21

So that's number five.

Siobhan 39:22

So that was the second place winner.

Matt 39:25

See, that's my go-to. When somebody says, bring a bottle of champagne, that's the one I grab.

Siobhan 39:30

What Well done, All right. Number three was number two.

Matt 39:35

There's three was number two.

Siobhan 39:36

We're doing a lot of things here, so we thought If you're drinking along with us.

Matt 39:40

I'm really sorry.

Siobhan 39:41

We thought number two was Corbell, so who?

Matt 39:44

the hell knows it is, it is, it is.

Siobhan 39:48

That's the Prosecco.

Andy 39:49

All right, we were correct, so we had those switched.

Emma 39:52

No, we weren't, we had them switched around.

Siobhan 39:55

Okay, number four was number three. Let's go ahead and switch that around.

Emma 39:58

This is the one I gave the lowest score. Number three Right, am I crazy? It is Maybe I'm Shandong, shandong, shandong.

Siobhan 40:08

Because I don't know what's happening, but anyway.

Emma 40:10

Shandong was number what Crunchy? Number three yes.

Siobhan 40:14

Because I really like Shandong wine. It is a Napa Valley California wine, but it is French made, but it is female run.

Emma 40:23

Oh yeah, so the head winemaker Kind of girl power.

Siobhan 40:26

Is a wonderful woman. And just quick story. I went on a cruise over New Year's two years ago and I did a wine tasting and it was all female run wineries that we tasted, which was wonderful. It was like decoy Shandong, like a couple of other ones and I then the rest of the cruise was like Shandong is all I want for sparkling wine, like it was just wonderful clean lovely. So yeah, pauline, okay, what are we doing?

Matt 40:55

What we got, so we should be on number five. I think Wasn't that number four? Yeah, which?

Siobhan 41:00

the. I screwed something up, so it's fine, just go to number six. What was number six?

Matt 41:04

All right, so we're going backwards.

Siobhan 41:06

We thought number six was that Rizzante.

Matt 41:09

And number six is it is.

Siobhan 41:12

Oh, mine it is, so we were right.

Matt 41:14

It is the Rizzante, okay, so that means number four has to be.

Siobhan 41:18

Yeah, absolutely, it's got to be the Verdi. It's got to be the Verdi.

Matt 41:22

Is that the lowest number?

Siobhan 41:23

Yeah, and it's the only one left.

Andy 41:25

Yeah, pull the string. Oh, there you go.

Siobhan 41:26

There you go, Lowest one yeah lowest one.

Emma 41:30

Not gonna lie, I would never get this.

Siobhan 41:33

Yeah, it was real bad. That was everyone's lowest score.

Matt 41:37

Yeah, that was bad, you gave it a one, I gave it a four.

Siobhan 41:39

Oh, maybe not everyone's. It was not Emma's lowest score, no, all right, so our top three are oh, great question, andy. Sounds like the top three are Easton Wine Project, which is let's talk about the wines, yeah, what do we got? We got Easton Wine Project, american. What does it say? American Rose? Okay, so number one, easton Wine Project, american Rose. And then number two was the Corbel. That makes me laugh. And we were only one point off on that to be fair, not bad. I give that a lot.

Siobhan 42:10

And then number three is the Prosecco.

Matt 42:13

Let's do two and three and then we'll taste the winner of this against one and we'll see how that goes.

Emma 42:17

So what's interesting is that we all feel like the local was better. Do you think it's because it's fresh or do you really feel like it's because? Is that?

Matt 42:25

Delaware River water that we're on.

Siobhan 42:28

I think part of it is because it's rosé. So I feel like we're kind of feeling.

Andy 42:34

I'm not like judging stuff on like how champagny is this champagny, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm judging on like what I like and Okay, so this is the Corbel.

Matt 42:42

This is the Corbel. All right, let's hit the Corbel first, we'll taste the second one, and then we'll rank them against each other here.

Siobhan 42:49

Oh, they're so different, you guys.

Matt 42:50

They are. They're very different things.

Siobhan 42:53

Really, I still love the Prosecco man.

Matt 42:56

And it's not just because, but this was one of the major struggles, like the initial concept for this episode was we'll do rocket rankings wine. Then, all of a sudden there was this eye-opening moment where it was like we can't do that because wine is just such a diverse spectrum.

Emma 43:08

Oh, gosh, wine is so hard.

Siobhan 43:09

Yeah, yeah, you must need to stick to like you got your reds.

Andy 43:11

White red, you got your whites.

Siobhan 43:13

You got. Reds, whites, you got, sparkling, you got sports books.

Andy 43:15

There's three different kinds of sports books.

Siobhan 43:16

Oh yo, yeah, that's all there is. Yeah, okay, right, not blush, not anything else. No, there's not, not sweet red.

Matt 43:23

Concord? There's not.

Siobhan 43:24

Concord your cabinet.

Matt 43:26

There's, not your.

Siobhan 43:28

Listen, are we getting really good dude? All right, so we're ranking these two here.

Matt 43:30

Okay, so we do want to do some numbers with this as well. We do want to do some Frick, really yeah.

Andy 43:37

I think putting them next to each other go on sip for sip here. I like the Prosecco better, but it's not a lot.

Siobhan 43:42

You gotta give it a score, though I give the Prosecco. That's the second one I'm giving the.

Andy 43:47

Prosecco an 18. All right, and I'm giving the Corbel a 16.

Siobhan 43:53

Ooh, look at that, the very close score. But I put the Prosecco just a. I will say I am quite impressed with how satisfied I am by the Corbel.

Matt 44:03

All right.

Siobhan 44:04

I would not have pegged that If I had found that in a store, because I don't know that I treat Corbel as seriously as maybe I should depending on now that I'm having this tasting.

Emma 44:16

All right.

Siobhan 44:18

Cause that chandelion was more than this Corbel, and even though I like that chandelion a lot, I can understand why we maybe rated this better. All that to be said, I will thank you. We did already cover that. I was told to not talk as much.

Matt 44:35

I never said that to you, never.

Siobhan 44:36

No, no, no. I'm saying I was told that in school and you were not shocked. Is what we covered?

Round 2 Scores and Recap

Matt 44:41

Oh yeah, that yes.

Siobhan 44:42

So I'm going to give this Prosecco a 20.

Matt 44:44

All right.

Siobhan 44:45

And I'm going to give this Corbel a 16.

Matt 44:48

All right.

Siobhan 44:50

Meg, you knew the math this time.

Matt 44:51

I can Emma. I wish that was Emma.

Andy 44:55

I know it's not, it's Andy yeah but my God, it's all the bubbles, man.

Siobhan 45:00

Yeah, it is a lot of bubbles.

Emma 45:02

I'm not going to like. I really like the second one and I'm going to go 19, 15.

Siobhan 45:08

19 for the Prosecco.

Matt 45:10

Yes, 15 for the other, let's get her.

Siobhan 45:12

She didn't even give that a good score the last time.

Round 3 and Declaring the Highest Ranked

Emma 45:14

Wow. Okay, it's all relative, it's all different when they're compared. Yes, I just I'm really loving the bubbles compared.

Siobhan 45:22

Yeah, the Prosecco is definitely bubblier which I appreciate.

Emma 45:25

Yeah, yeah.

Siobhan 45:26

So that's why Andy's burping so much.

Matt 45:28

Apparently I need to be me for this one. So the core bell I like more than the Prosecco, and that makes me the only one I gave that one a 20 and I gave the Prosecco a 15.

Siobhan 45:40

Okay, do the math.

Andy 45:42

Please hold math loading.

Matt 45:46

All right, people. Here's the final verdict of numbers two and three against each other. We have the core bell at a 67. We have the Prosecco drum roll.

Siobhan 45:58

Do we need drum roll? Yes, 72.

Matt 46:05

Oh wow 67 to 72,.

Siobhan 46:10

That's pretty good.

Matt 46:11

Yes, the drum roll sound effects are because your husband gave me crap about being a drummer and not having a drum roll sound effect.

Siobhan 46:17

That's very fair. I stand by that for him.

Andy 46:19

It was a thing that happened. You stand by that. For him, eastern versus Prosecco.

Matt 46:23

Indeed. So let's go ahead and we'll do number two first. We're going to taste the Prosecco first, and we're going to hit Eastern Wine after that. So let's see there's the Prosecco I still love it.

Emma 46:33

Tastes, just like it did a couple minutes ago, a second ago Exactly like it did 20 seconds before. I love the bubbly. That's like left on your tongue.

Siobhan 46:41

I'm telling you guys, this is my go-to. It's also not that expensive, which is kind of the best.

Matt 46:45

Eastern Wine. Eastern Wine, it's so different y'all.

Siobhan 46:50

It's like and by y'all I mean everyone I don't know, I mean it feels like it shouldn't be in the same cup, right? I know Well, none of them are in pain, but. Lamarca makes a sparkling rosé, and I will say, having had that one, even though we're not drinking it in real time. This Eastern Wine project has a lot more flavor to it than that sparkling rosé Absolutely.

Emma 47:13

I like it a lot. That doesn't. I'm not allying to it, I'm just saying no, I am aligning to it because it has all the flavor I want in Creed. It is really good.

Matt 47:26

Yeah, it's good. I still like the Prosecco though.

Siobhan 47:28

So good, ooh, okay, wait, now that I'm reading about this, eastern Wine project wine it all makes sense it says a sparkling rosé wine blend of Niagara, catawba and Concorde grapes. There's a lot of Concorde.

Matt 47:42

There's the Concorde flavor, yeah.

Siobhan 47:44

It's almost like it named it for me, because I was like, oh, this is really grape-y. This trio comes together in perfect harmony for a balanced mouthfeel highlighted by a classic fizz.

Matt 47:54

I'll dispute the balanced mouthfeel as the Concorde grape is on the front of that train.

Siobhan 47:58

It is a lot of Concorde which I absolutely really enjoy, which I absolutely really enjoy.

Andy 48:01

I'm going to say I will buy this again.

Siobhan 48:03

You should. I want to get it some now. I'm glad that we made you well made you, didn't make you Inspired.

Emma 48:09

Yes.

Siobhan 48:10

I'm glad that we inspired you to get a sparkling wine which maybe you wouldn't have gotten.

Andy 48:14

Definitely not.

Emma 48:15

Yeah, definitely not Generally speaking, we are buying dry at the Eastern Wine project. At the Eastern Wine project that is located at the.

Siobhan 48:22

Silk Mill.

Andy 48:22

Yeah, we went right. I went right to it. Right, but yeah.

Siobhan 48:26

So I feel like I'm in two very different seasons here, right? This wine, right, the Prosecco I would drink anytime. But also it makes me think of summer. It's very light, it's very effervescent, but this Eastern Wine project, sparkling wine, makes me think like late summer heading into fall. Yeah, ready for a Concorde grape, it's got body. Yes, ready for a body adi, ready for, like, a little more substance. They're two wonderful wines.

Emma 48:55

I will say I feel like it almost starts to go into. The wine Started off, Matt.

Matt 49:02

Head to head because we have two very different things here and we're trying to pick a winner against the two. The Prosecco was very, very good, but head to head here I'm giving it a 16 and the Eastern Wine project I'm giving it a 23 because I think it is that close. It didn't put me over the top, that's not close at all when I'd say perfect.

Siobhan 49:21

Okay.

Matt 49:23

But I think a 23 is good. I like the flavor. It is much more complex, in my opinion, than the Prosecco was, where the Prosecco just gave me a white grape and a little bit of.

Siobhan 49:35

That's what it is bizz.

Matt 49:36

Yeah, there wasn't. I can't even pick out what it was, but now that we've talked about it, I can tell you the Catabua and the Concorde.

Siobhan 49:44

I can taste Big words. Can you spell that, matt? I can taste. No, it's on the back of the label.

Matt 49:49

Well, I can't see the label from here Okay. Well, so, but I can definitely taste those. I think the flavor in the Eastern Wine project is much more complex, so I'm going to go with that one at a 23.

Andy 50:00

I think the first time around, I put the Eastern Wine project at a 18. I'm sticking with that.

Siobhan 50:06

Okay.

Andy 50:07

But I think I'm also sticking with the 16 for the Prosecco. Oh, it's given itself a good score. I will say though, if you put the amount of fizz in the Prosecco in the Eastern, oh yeah, good feedback, that puts me up to 25.

Matt 50:24

Yeah, that would be phenomenal. Yeah, a little more fizz, I agree, I agree.

Siobhan 50:30

I think there's a bunch of people on this podcast previously that have not enjoyed a fizz no. Chris is the same.

Emma 50:36

Chris is very similar.

Siobhan 50:37

He's like oh, it's too much carbonation. I'm like you're drinking a carbonated beverage.

Emma 50:41

Right, that's what you're here for, what you want, and Siobhan and I love a good like CO2 sparkling.

Siobhan 50:47

Yeah, I love a CO2. And so we appreciate people that love a bubbly.

Emma 50:50

Yes, so thank you, yes, come over to the dark side, thank you.

Siobhan 50:54

Thank you for the feedback on that.

Matt 50:56

Thank you, darth Rarich, we appreciate that.

Siobhan 51:00

What's your?

Emma 51:01

score Emma.

Andy 51:01

Going around.

Emma 51:02

I'm not going to lie, I still love the Easton, it's just it's so good, it's got so much body. I need numbers.

Siobhan 51:12

Give me some numbers, numbers, numbers, numbers, numbers.

Emma 51:14

Numbers, numbers. Numbers Numbers, numbers, numbers, numbers, numbers, numbers, numbers, numbers, numbers, numbers, numbers, numbers. I am kind of confused.

Siobhan 51:27

It's just I. I am kind of confused.

Matt 51:38

It's just, it's just, it's just it's just what I meant to say.

Siobhan 51:40

So that's it, thank you, and I'm going to give the Easton a 20. Alright, and then I'm about to give this Prosecco like a 23. Really, yeah, they're both really good they are, they're so close. They are, they're so close, but they're so different.

Emma 51:54

They are. So part of me is like that at least speaks to their like good effort. Like you know, new Year's anniversary Like this is.

Siobhan 52:02

I will choose with either yeah, yeah, I feel like I would love to like, just sit with this sparkling rosé, just like a fire pit situation.

Matt 52:12

All right, are we ready? Yeah, all right. I got a different drum roll.

Andy 52:18

That is the.

Matt 52:23

We have the Prosecco at 72 and the Easton Wine Project at 83.

Siobhan 52:30

Oh.

Matt 52:31

So for the.

Siobhan 52:32

Easton Wine Project.

Matt 52:34

Representing.

Siobhan 52:35

Yeah.

Matt 52:35

FTDubs Easton Wine Project. This is for you, stellar.

Andy 52:41

Still a little bit. I'll tell her to sit to that, all right.

Emma 52:44

Cheers. But I really am curious Because it's local so it's just so fresh.

Andy 52:51

Maybe classically with wine. It's the aging right Like, yeah, the older the better, that's the classic.

Siobhan 52:58

I'll also be honest, like Easton and this area and Matt can back up on this because he's at a wine class- True, like PA is all about like this sweeter kind of whitey, blushy, kind of like Kataba stuff, Cause like we're in a good place for that flavor.

Matt 53:16

Yes.

Siobhan 53:17

And so I think Easton probably does really well because, like this state is set up to, like really support this.

Matt 53:23

So yes, yes and no, I agree and disagree with you because we're set up really well for wine in general, where we can do a variety of flavors, and the reason for it is our clay soil here in Pennsylvania, which we have an interesting mix. It's either solid rock or clay and the clay soil with the water deep down. When those grapefruit, when those grape leaves go down that far, 20, 30 feet to be able to suck up the water through that clay, you get wonderful clean water and therefore we have very similar soil to what they have in the wine regions of France.

Siobhan 53:55

Right, so we get. It's a latitude thing to you guys.

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Matt 53:57

Yes, we get phenomenal wine which here in Pennsylvania were a bit undersold, because we really can compete with Napa Valley and we can compete with France flat out. Yeah, and I think this Easton wine project sparkling here is a great example of how literally at outclassed everything else we had here.

Siobhan 54:14

Yeah, really cool it was wonderful.

Matt 54:16

The body was there.

Siobhan 54:17

It had a sweet flavor.

Matt 54:19

If somebody was to serve that as a wedding or reception or any kind of toast I was at, I'd be happy. So, stirlers, we get another one.

Siobhan 54:28

We get two of them. I did look it up.

Andy 54:32

According to their website, Easton Wine Project gets their grapes from Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York.

Matt 54:39

It's a wonderful wine region around here.

Siobhan 54:41

Absolutely, and I love that we paired the kind of final countdown with a not American wine, because LaMarca is truly from Italy and it's from the Veneto region.

Matt 54:55

And it was fantastic. And with that, I believe it's time to wrap up. So thank you all again for joining us today and listening as my friends and I drink the universe. Hope you'll join us again soon. Bye.

Emma 55:07

LaMarca Yay Cheers.

Matt 55:11

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