The Empty Glass Episode 2 - Good Idea/Bad Idea. Who let it happen again?

First and foremost we should genuinely apologise for the expletives, specifically the quantity of them. But seriously though you must have expected this seeing as you have shuffled back here to what is essentially a conversation you would find in the back of a poorly lit pub in a time forgotten that happens to serve nice wine.


In this episode we discuss the following;



You guessed it the theme of this show is good ideas and bad ideas in wine with plenty of other tangential and tenuously linked topics.

We discuss bio-dynamic wines at one point and my incredible editing of most of Rob's potentially litigious remarks make it more stream of conscious than dialogue. Also for anyone wondering what bio-dynamic wines are have a look here.

Rob also unravels at the end while eating a pizza and forgetting where he is. All in all a successful second episode.

Our recommendations this week are;

Bürklin Wolf Riesling Deidesheim 2014:
Floral and earthy undertones with delicious tropical fruit. Almost new world Riesling flavour profiles due to the Pfalz microclimate. Delicious stuff and of course bio-dynamically produced. Good Idea.

Hegarty No.2 Cuvée 2011:

Full to the brim with dark berried fruits, sweet spice from twelve months in oak with floral and herby aromas over the beautiful base of fruit and spice. A great example of a complex wine with all of its components in harmony, just like the aforementioned 'Good Idea' of bio-dynamic principles. Good Idea.

Luigi Maffini Kratos Fiano:

According to Rob, 'Italy's answer to Riesling'. Need we say more? Oh ok, heaps of minerality from volcanic soils are complimented by cool, pure apple, pear and peach fruits. Incredibly structured. Good Idea.

Top Out, The Cone:
According to Rob the best IPA in Scotland. This time we won't say anymore. Good Idea.


On a side note, both myself and Rob will occasionally recommend wines from our employers, but this is merely as we have been enjoying them recently and always endeavor to have as  wide a scope as possible, but there are only so many hours in the day, or as Rob puts it, 'only so many wine merchants on his commute'. These are also expressly our thoughts etc. 

Also don't take us too seriously. Except when we say we don't care for Boris Johnson. We mean that.