Major Crush

It's finally time to share our full-length interview with director Jason Wise of SOMM TV! We've waited so long to share this interview, so we're extra excited about adding this episode to our collection. Jason is one of the best storytellers the wine world has to offer. So we want to invite you to dive into this episode head-first with Meredith and Lou and discover for yourself how delicious a conversation with Jason Wise can be! New episodes of Major Crush will begin dropping later this summer, so be on the look out! CONTACT US: If you have any questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can contact us directly through the app. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast // Be sure to check out all six seasons of Major Crush, plus get the latest episodes of Season Seven wherever you're listening now!

It's been a minute since we've shared an episode, but we're glad you're still here! We are excited to tell you about a full-length Major Crush episode that drops on Thursday, April 6th — it's our latest interview with director Jason Wise of SOMM TV. It's long overdue, but just like a well-made wine, a good story changes with time and when you finally open it up, there are so many beautiful layers to discover. Technically, this interview launches us into our seventh season, but the remaining episodes won't be out until later this summer. We've decided to be extra choosy this season and part of that means that we be recording most of our interviews LIVE with our guests instead of remotely. But we will still be posting updates, fun facts, and helpful food and wine information on social media, so if you haven't started following us yet, find us @majorcrushwinecast

Boy, do we have a fun little tease for you as our last episode of Season Six! Have you ever heard of the film SOMM? Or maybe you've heard of SOMM TV? We got to do a remote interview with Jason Wise, an American filmmaker known for his wine documentaries, Wait for Your Laugh featuring Rose Marie, The Delicacy about sea urchin divers, and the streaming service SOMM TV. This is just a short intro interview for now, but this summer, we plan to drop a full-length interview with Jason after the premiere of his latest film project for SOMM called The Whole Animal. So be sure you've subscribed to our show so the interview will be waiting for you in your episode queue! www.sommtv.com CONTACT US: If you have any questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can contact us directly through the app. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast // Be sure to check out all five seasons of Major Crush, plus get the latest episodes of Season Six wherever you're listening now!

One of our most popular episodes of all time was when Meredith & Lou gave our listeners some tips on coming to the Wine Country. So we thought it was time to do a reboot of that show in this post-pandemic world to give you all a few more pointers on how to make the most of your time exploring the glorious world of wine!! So please enjoy this fun episode and then be sure and let us know how we can answer any of your questions or help you build your itinerary for YOUR visit to the California Wine Country! CONTACT US: If you have any questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can contact us directly through the app. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast // Be sure to check out all five seasons of Major Crush, plus get the latest episodes of Season Six wherever you're listening now!

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One of our favorite things to do on the show is to take our listeners to a tasting room in the middle of Wine Country and invite them into our experience! That's exactly what we did for this sit-down with James Frost, the winemaker from Auburn James Winery in Napa. He's a soft-spoken gentleman with an amazing talent for making wine, and a genius way of explaining everything he does! If you want to learn more about his wines — including his stunning Auburn James Artist series — check out his website: www.auburnjames.com CONTACT US: If you have any questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can contact us directly through the app. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast // Be sure to check out all five seasons of Major Crush, plus get the latest episodes of Season Six wherever you're listening now!

We are always thrilled when we have access to a winemaker we hear about all the time in the California Wine Country, and so when we were formally introduced to Ross Cobb, for us, the crush had started long ago! Ross Cobb is a humble and passionate person who arguably makes some of the most famous Pinot Noirs in all of Northern California. His story starts with joining the family tradition of making wine in the basement, but his love of the soil and his curious and open mind guide him into a career as one of the most noteworthy curators of wine we've met to date. If you want to learn more about Cobb Wines, be sure to visit the website (www.cobbwines.com) CONTACT US: If you have any questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can contact us directly through the app. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast // Be sure to check out all five seasons of Major Crush, plus get the latest episodes of Season Six wherever you're listening now!

We're keeping things international in this episode of Major Crush, but the amazing part is that our friend, Mary Taylor of Mary Taylor Wines thinks like an American through and through! It was such a blast to sit down with Mary in New Orleans earlier this year to hear all about her (quite literally) crazy journey into the world of wine! In her own words, Mary's approach to wine is completely informed by her "broke 24-year-old self" — which makes this one of the purest and most authentic discussions we've ever had about wine. If you want to find a local shop in your area that carries Mary Taylor Wine, use the zip code finder on her website: mt.wines  You'll thank us for the hook-up because Mary Taylor Wine is absolutely crush-worthy in every possible way! CONTACT US: If you have any questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can contact us directly through the app. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast // Be sure to check out all five seasons of Major Crush, plus get the latest episodes of Season Six wherever you're listening now!

In honor of Easter, we wanted to share a different kind of episode with you - one where our producer, Sonja Zant, turns the tables on Mere & Lou by putting them in the "hot seat" with a challenge she already knows they'll find difficult: pairing wine and chocolate! But when you source the chocolates from the very best place, and you intentionally pair each bite with wines you already know you love, an adventure like this was certain to be fun!  We'd like to thank The Chocolate Cow in Sonoma for helping us pick out the most mind-blowingly delicious chocolates (thechocolatecow.com) and Three Fat Guys Wines (threefatguyswines.com) for contributing so much to this experience! Additionally, special thanks to Pere Pons for introducing us to our favorite Cava ever: Miquel Pons! (Talk about a major crush!!) If you'd like to learn more from Meredith on how to go about pairing chocolate with wine, check out this YouTube (https://youtu.be/kCiHgrUS_Po) we created for our Crush Collection members -- it's full of surprises and a lot of tips on how to approach the pairing process! Enjoy! CONTACT US: If you have any questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can contact us directly through the app. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast // Be sure to check out all five seasons of Major Crush, plus get the latest episodes of Season Six wherever you're listening now!

It was an incredible honor for us to interview Pere Pons -- a beautifully spoken and kind-hearted winemaker from Spain! He is our very first international winemaker interview, and boy was he fabulous and fun to get to know! Join Meredith and Lou as they learn all about Cava and the DO of Penedès. Be sure to check out our Instagram feed this week, too, because we will be posting pictures that Pere shared with us so you can have a visual insight into how this family of winemakers has been making their Cava and still wines for 250 years! And unlike many of the wines that we feature on the show, you might be able to find Miquel Ponz wines at your local wine shop -- as Pere's wines are imported by Winebridge Imports and have a presence in 48 states! For more information: www.wbimports.com/miquel-pons // Music featured in this episode: As I Figure - Latinesque by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/   Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100323Artist: http://incompetech.com/ CONTACT US: If you have any questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can contact us directly through the app. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast // Be sure to check out all five seasons of Major Crush, plus get the latest episodes of Season Six wherever you're listening now!

There are a lot of winemakers to admire in the Napa Valley, but for us, there's this one person in particular who makes us stop in our tracks: Cathy Corison. She's been making wine since the 1970s when things really started to take off in the Valley, and so adding her story to the mix of interviews feels like more than just an honor. It feels like a privilege. Cathy's passion for Cabernet Sauvignon is something you can taste in her wines, but listening to her recollections and perspectives is a totally valuable use of time -- especially if you consider yourself to be a "Cab person." We recorded this interview when Meredith was in NOLA, Lou was in Monterey, CA, and Cathy was at her winery in St. Helena, proving, once again, that wine connects people no matter where they are! To learn more about Corison Winery and all of Cathy's wines, visit her website: www.corison.com CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all four seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Six -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

It's our first episode of a brand new season and we really wanted to kick things off with an interview that helps us define the reason we do this show. Our sit-down interview with Dan Fishman, Vice President of Vineyards & Winemaking at Donum Estate is just such an interview. When a winemaker goes out of his or her way to express something poignant and finite from the soil, the vines, the grapes, and the wine itself, that's the making of a story we're gonna want to help them tell! After listening, if you want to learn more about Donum Estate, visit their website at www.thedonumestate.com /  CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all four seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Six -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

A brand new season of the Major Crush Winecast starts next Thursday! So be sure to like and subscribe so you won't miss a thing! CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all four seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Six -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

This might be the biggest interview we've ever had on Major Crush — and, it might also be the most major Major Crush we've ever had! Getting to interview Karen MacNeil was such a privilege because without her book, The Wine Bible, so many people in this world would still have no idea how to even get started with wine. In this very charming and inviting interview, Karen walks Lou & Mere through her origin story and shares so many details about her experiences, and she definitively proves to anyone who listens to this episode how wonderfully she welcomes people into the world of wine. This is our final episode of Season Five and to end on such a high note is so much fun! And as Karen shares her perspectives and life experiences with us, we've gained even more passion for what we're doing and for all of the ways wine simply makes life better! So we will see you in early 2022 for Season Six, but until then, Cheers! And thanks for listening! You can follow Karen MacNeil on Instagram @karenmacneilco, and the Third Edition of The Wine Bible by Karen MacNeil will be out in October of 2022. Be sure to join her weekly dose of wine platform, WineSpeed at www.winespeed.com CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all four seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Five -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

It's a pretty rare thing to meet a winemaker who has made THREE 100 POINT WINES, but that's how we roll! (Just kidding!!) But seriously? We were so honored to sit down to interview Phil Steinschriber of WaterMark Wine for our final winemaker interview of the season. In addition to making fantastic wine, Phil and his wife, Diane, are two of the kindest people you'll ever meet. They opened up their home to us and shared their wine, the story of Phil's journey into his career as a premier winemaker, the origin story of their relationship, and their mountain top estate as well. We always want you to experience the wines we feature on the show, but Phil's style of winemaking takes Cabernet Sauvignon to another level! So for listeners of our show, if you go to www.watermarkwine.com and tell Diane you heard about WaterMark on Major Crush, you'll get an extra 10% off! But we also have a very exclusive collection of wine that Meredith & Lou curated for our good friends Billy & Nick from Vint (Season Five, Episode Two) called the Napa Valley Winemakers Box, which features two of Phil's 2016 Mt. Veeder Cabs. This is an extremely limited collection so act fast if you want a chance of getting one of these rare collections for yourself. Go to www.majorcrushwines.com/pages/vint-companion-box-collections to get your six-pack today! CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all four seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Five -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

Hey Everyone and welcome back to another episode of Major Crush! If you've been a long-time listener of the show, then you know that the motivation behind the Major Crush Winecast is a genuine love of all things wine, and so as we've moved through five seasons, we've interviewed all kinds of crush-worthy people who have added so much to our show, and who have constantly reminded us why we love the world of wine so much! But this episode represents something brand new for us — it's an interview with Christian Fitzgerald, the creator and founder of the Orion Cooker, the best backyard bar-b-que smoker, and a new Major Crush partner. Now without this intro, you might wonder if Mere and Lou have taken a detour away from their focus on wine, but nothing could be further from the truth. For us, one of the best parts about crushing on wine comes into focus when we start talking about food. And that, of course, leads to how to pair food with wine, which eventually leads us to the best part of all: how to transform wine into a memorable and totally crush-worthy experience. We think we might've hit the cover off the ball this time when it comes to setting you up with innovative and super fun food and wine experience. And…we've had the chance to personally use the Orion Cooker to create several meals that we've then paired with a selection of wines that we're calling the Orion Entertaining Collection. Orion Cooker: www.theorioncooker.com / The Orion Entertaining Collection: www.majorcrushwines.com/pages/orion-partnership / Lou's Naughty Meat & Potatoes Video: https://youtu.be/MfnrSQ1Nik0 / Mere's Nice Smoked Pumpkin, Squash & Beet Salad: https://youtu.be/PZ3W0yhiAn8 CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all four seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Five -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

We'll be celebrating Thanksgiving this week but we will be back NEXT Thursday with a brand new episode! Until then, HAPPY THANKSGIVING! We are so thankful for our listeners! CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all four seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Five -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

We were so honored to be able to sit down with Executive Chef Luis Alvarez from Folk Table Catering in Sonoma, CA. He's a beautifully kind "friend of the pod" who has a pretty impressive origin story that starts with work in the kitchen pantry that quickly transitioned into being a highly sought after chef working for some of the most well-known celebrity chefs in their restaurants and behind the scenes on some reality chef shows we're sure you've watched! But it is his passion for food that makes him such a wonderful person to interview, and some of his ideas for how to approach cooking for the people you love this holiday season are guaranteed to inspire you (and make you very, very hungry, too!) So it is our pleasure to offer up this episode just before Thanksgiving -- and one thing we are sure thankful for this year is a new friend who really knows how to share his love in his amazing dishes! CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all four seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Five -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

It was such a pleasure to be able to interview a fellow podcaster like Sarah Malouf on our show! Sarah is the host of the Well Being, Well Said podcast and is an up-and-coming recipe developer who is relatively new to wine. After a visit to the Wine Country to visit her "affection uncle" -- our very own Lou Zant -- Sarah and her husband, Matt, left with a whole new appreciation for wine and all of the ways it can be added to life. In this interview, Meredith, Lou, and Sarah talk about the art of Southern hospitality, her impressions of the CA Wine Country, wine pairings, and one of Sarah's most popular recipes and how to pair it. To follow Sarah and to find her recipes, follower her on Instagram @sarahmalouf__  CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all four seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Five -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

It was such a pleasure for Lou & Mere to interview Gracie Peter, Director of Operations, Kentucky LouVino locations and a Level 2 Certified Sommelier. Gracie is also the co-host of her own wine podcast called Better With Wine (Season One available now wherever you listen to your favorite shows). Chatting things up with Gracie added a unique perspective to the second half of Season Five because right now, we are all about wine and hospitality! And what better resource to find out exactly how it's done than the person who is in charge of making every moment of your time at her busy wine bar and restaurant, LouVino, her number one priority! We invite you to check out the LouVino website and peruse their incredible menu and wine list after you listen to our interview -- we promise you won't be disappointed! https://louvino.com/ CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all four seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Five -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

We're heading into the second half of our fifth season, and we're excited to be shifting our focus to how to pair wine with people and festivities! Be sure to subscribe to the show! New episodes drop on Thursdays, and you don't want to miss a thing! CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all four seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Five -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

We have something different to share with you this week — it's a re-run of an interview Meredith gave to our good friend Amy Kathleen of the Collective Light Podcast earlier this year. You might remember AK from a few bonus episodes of Major Crush that dropped this summer. She's this remarkably kind and insightful friend of the podcast, but she's also a terrific interviewer in her own right. Throughout the five seasons of our show, we've done our best to help you get to know Mere & Lou, but there's just something that happens when someone else turns the tables on us and puts Mere & Lou in the hot seat to share more about their lives. Last season, we re-ran an interview Lou gave about his background on The Law of Relevancy podcast with Cordes Owen (S4/EP 8), but this time, Amy Kathleen helps us dig a little deeper into what makes Meredith tick, and so we wanted to share this interview with you this week. To learn more about AK and The Collective Light Podcast, visit the website: https://insidethecollective.com/ CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all four seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Five -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

Each season when we're working on our line-up, we make a pretty big list of wines we're currently crushing on, and then we start pursuing the winemakers to see how we can fit an interview into their busy schedules. Caddis wines was on Lou's list big time, and so it was pretty awesome to be able to have this one-on-one time with Chris so he could introduce Mere — and all of you — to his delicious collection of wines. At the time that we sat down for this interview, it was late August and Chris was mere days away from starting his 2021 harvest, so we felt incredibly lucky that he found a way to make time for us. And as you're about to hear, Chris's story is super unique because he started his journey with wine in earnest before he was even legally allowed to drink! But his ability to stay the course in a notoriously difficult industry — and then grow into a true artisan winemaker to keep on your radar — makes his story exactly the kind of tale Mere & Lou love to share with you the most! To learn more about the wines -- or to purchase some for yourself, go to www.caddiswine.com and place an order! It's absolutely crush-worthy in every way! CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all four seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Five -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

Episode three of season five is a different kind of episode -- not just because Mere & Lou are tasting tequila with their cheese instead of wine! But the fact is, there's always something interesting going on in the Wine Country and we love sharing our experiences with our listeners. So we want to thank James Ayers from the Sonoma Cheese Factory for inviting Major Crush to partake in such a fascinating pairing experience. Even though we typically keep our focus on wine and wine pairings, one thing we've learned from our times with James is how to experiment with different types of cheeses! So if you follow us on social media, this week we'll be showcasing all of the cheeses discussed in this episode and then offering up some ideas for how to pair each one with wine as well! Check out this series of posts on Instagram @majorcrushwinecast Then, to round out this day-in-the-life episode, we're letting you tag along as Mere & Lou check in on one of the wineries in Sonoma that's near and dear to our hearts: Christopher Creek Winery. In life, relationships are so important, but in the Wine Country, everything winemakers do is built on taking care of their vines and one another! So with the 2021 harvest season fully underway, Mere and Lou wanted to stop in to talk to Joe Fopolli to talk about this upcoming vintage and to share a few glasses of his wine! NOTE: Be sure to check out our interview with James Ayers in S4/EP 3 and with Joe Fopolli of Christopher Creek Winery in S2/EP 3. CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all four seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Five -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

Hey guys! It's Sonja Zant, the producer of the Major Crush Winecast. As I was editing the final cut of Ep  3, I saved a few little gems in an outtakes file because I found them to be so charming. It's an opportunity for me to share the side of Mere & Lou that only I get to see. The thoughtful asides and the tiny pivots they make when seeking ways to invite new experiences into our own little Crush Culture are what always help me know we're on the right track with the show. It's the fact that Mere & Lou would be having the same conversations if the recording equipment wasn't on that makes me smile, and it's the reason I wanted to share this very quick bonus episode with you! CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all four seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Five -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

This is one of those interviews that just gave us one more reason to adore the world of wine! We got a chance to sit down with Nick King & Billy Galanko of Vint - the first fully transparent platform for anyone to invest in fine wine and spirits. To put it in their terms, Vint has the right approach to democratize this high-returning asset class with SEC-qualified collections. Meredith & Lou had a great time chatting with Nick & Billy on the back porch overlooking the vines while sipping on some incredible wines from Tasmania and a 1971 Madeira from Portugal. This is a unique interview to add to our line-up for Season Five, and we are so excited for our listeners to learn more about Vint! Check out their website www.vint.co for more details, and be sure to listen to our Bonus episode where Nick explains their upcoming offer that goes live on October 13, 2021 at 12:00 PM EST / 9:00 AM PST. CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all four seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Five -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

Do you want to learn more about the very latest offering from Vint? Well then check out this quick recap from Nick & Billy and then make sure to set your reminder messages for October 13th at 12:00 EST so you can get in on all the action! CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all four seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Five -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

It's our first episode of the new season and we can't believe how blessed we are to have had a sit-down interview with Michael Muscardini of Muscardini Cellars! It's a huge score for us — and for our listeners — because there is just something pretty amazing about a winery that keeps the focus on Italian varietals. Drinking Michael's wines and having an easy-going conversation gives our listeners a peek inside this super fun tasting experience. If you want to learn more about Muscardini Cellars — and to keep track of Michael on his six-month Italian adventure — be sure to check out their website (www.muscardinicellars.com) CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all four seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Five -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

It's crazy how often we reference the movie Sideways in our interviews, but it really was a pivotal movie for wine varietals like Pinot Noir & Merlot. Every winemaker talks about it, but in our interview with Michael Muscardini of Muscardini Cellars, he brought up another part of this movie that is pretty meaningful. There is a monologue in the film where actress Virginia Masden (who played "Maya") sums up this poignant reality about wine and its ability to mark time. Just so you never feel left out, we had Lou share the quote with you in this short little bonus episode! But we also have a suggestion for you in this bonus - so listen in and then post your thoughts on our social media! We'd love to hear what YOU have to say! You can follow us @majorcrurshwinecast CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all four seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Five -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

Welcome to another Summer Bonus episode! In this fly-on-the-wall, Lou & Mere are reunited, and a good friend of our show, Morgan Fouss, joins them, too! Listen in as Mere & Morgan share the key differences between Champagne and Sparkling wine while roaming around the California Wine Country on their way to sip on something new! CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all four seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Five when they drop later this year -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

The fly-on-the-wall experience continues as Lou and Amy Kathleen of the Collective Light Podcast roll up to Calistoga -- the northernmost AVA in the Napa Valley -- to do a tasting at Madrigal Family Winery. Winemaker and winery owner, Chris Madrigal is an important friend to our show as he was the very first full-length winemaker interview we ever did! You can hear his full story in S1/EP2 any time, but for now, we hope you enjoy learning more about Madrigal's story, AND, we hope you gain a few new insights into how things roll here in the California Wine Country! Be sure to check out Amy Kathleen's series, The Collective Light Podcast wherever you listen to your favorite shows! CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all four seasons of Major Crush on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts! Season Five is in the works, and we can't wait to introduce you to a whole new crop of winemakers, wine influencers, and the people and the wines we're crushing on next!

Our Summer Bonus Series continues this week with more from Lou's private wine tour with Amy Kathleen from the Collective Light Podcast. In this short episode, AK asks Lou a frequently asked question about grapes, but ends up with AK sharing something personal about her own wine journey that only recently dawned on her!  CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all four seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Five -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts when our season cranks up again this fall. New episodes drop every Thursday!

It's another fly-on-the-wall mini-episode with Lou Zant and our good friend, Amy Kathleen of the Collective Light Podcast! This is a continuation of AK and her husband, Mike's, wine tour earlier this summer, and in this bonus installment, the topic of why boutique wines are so different from wines you can find in your local grocery store. Here, Lou has taken AK and Mike to one of our hands-down-favorite wineries, Madrigal Family Winery. Listen in as Lou starts to unpack some of the reasons why the wine industry has been so slow to embrace the realities of the new world of online sales, and then discover one of the main reasons why discovering a new wine in the actual Wine Country can be so very special! NOTE: Be sure to check out Amy Kathleen's show, The Collective Light Podcast as she kicks off her new season on July 15 with her interview with our very own, Meredith Griffin! You can find and subscribe to Collective Light wherever you listen to your favorite shows! CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all four seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of our upcoming Season Five -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

In this bonus episode, you really are listening in like a fly-on-the-wall -- or maybe, safely on the window!! Lou is taking Amy Kathleen of the Collective Light Podcast and her husband, Mike, on a two-day wine tour! Listen in as Lou and AK, as her fans and followers call her, start up the conversation as they motor through the Dry Creek AVA of Sonoma County!  Please be sure to check out Amy Kathleen's podcast, Collective Light Podcast wherever you listen to your favorite shows! We will let you know when AK's interview with Meredith is available, too, as supporting one another in our podcast endeavors is such a huge privilege!  CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all four seasons of Major Crush available now! 

Hey Everyone! Even tho we're on a break, we still have wine stories to share! Tune in on Thursdays throughout the summer to find out what Meredith Griffin & Lou Zant are up to! CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all four seasons of Major Crush -- and Season Five will be here before you know it! You can learn more about us, our wine club, and find some of our awesome blog posts and pairing on our website at www.majorcrushwines.com 

It's our final episode of Season Four and we couldn't be more honored by our final guest -- Angelina Mondavi. She is carrying a pretty big legacy on her shoulders, but there's just something so original and wonderful about this talented winemaker that seems to carry her above and beyond what you might expect from the granddaughter of arguably the most famous California winemaker. Angelina is her own person and her story is as fascinating as the contributions she's making to the world of wine. We felt so lucky to get some of her time, and as you listen to this remote recording, you'll understand just how busy she is! But she was present, kind, and so authentic -- and that's the perfect combination of traits that come together to give us a big old crush on the winemakers we are privileged to interview each season! We hope you enjoy this interview as much as we did -- and thanks for being faithful listeners for yet another season of our little show! (To find out more about all of the wines Angelina is currently making, check out her website: https://www.amondaviconsulting.com/) We'll be taking a break from full-length interviews for the summer, but we will do have some plans to stay connected to our listeners with some bonus episodes all summer long! Our desire is to teach other people how to crush on wines, so we'll be popping in from time to time to share a hint or two, or to give you a chance to enter a few giveaways we've got planned. Speaking of giveaways, we're so excited that Wilna Wheeler is the winner of our Coravin Winecast Giveaway!! (Go Wilna!) But don't worry -- we will drop in to let you know about our next one as soon as we're ready to rock and roll! CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all three seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Four -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

Thankful doesn't begin to describe how our chat with winemaker Erich Bradley made us feel! The man behind some of the most elegant and expressive wines in all of the California Wine Country is a truly unique and gifted person. We were already in love with so many of the wines he makes -- including Sojourn Cellars, Repris, and Pangloss -- but once we had a chance to interview him and understand the thought behind his winemaking style, we were hooked all over again. Even though we've had to do most of our interviews for the last part of Season Four using a remote recording platform, the passion and attention to detail that Erich brings to the world of wine seemed to close the physical distance between us with his incredible ability to share from his heart! We hope you enjoy this interview -- and if you can, we highly recommend seeking out some of his totally crush-worthy wines! https://www.sojourncellars.com/   https://repriswines.com/     https://panglosscellars.com/ TO REGISTER FOR OUR CORAVIN GIVEAWAY, GO TO www.majorcrushwineclub.com/winecastgiveaway CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all three seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Four -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

It’s always better when Mere & Lou record these episodes in the same location, but we decided Earth Day is such an important day for those of us in the wine industry that no matter what, we needed to stop and reflect on the amazing world we live in and then remind ourselves of the responsibility we have to take care of it.  We’ll be back next week with a brand new winemaker interview, plus, Mere and Lou have a little something extra planned just fans, followers, subscribers of the show. Have you ever heard of a Coravin? Well, if you have, then you already know how this rather pricey but highly valuable tool can change the way you drink wine. Next week, at the end of episode 12, we’re gonna tell you how you could win a Coravin compliments of Major Crush! So stay tuned, and be sure to subscribe to the show so you never miss a beat! CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all three seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Four -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

It's WORLD MALBEC DAY today, so Mere & Lou had to drop what they were doing and create a little bonus episode to get the celebration started! But here's the thing: Just talking about Malbec didn't seem like enough of a way to truly honor one of the best wines you can possibly pick as we're heading into the Spring & Summer grilling season. So as a part of the Crush Collection & The Major Crush Wine Club, Mere & Lou decided to put together a special deal on two Malbecs from Argentina that they have been crushin' on for a while now. If you're in our wine club, then you may have experienced the La Puerta Alta Malbec, but we've never offered up the "sister wine," The Classico! We've bundled these two wines into two mind-blowing offers -- that both includes shipping!!!! A mixed case of this wine would retail for $504.00, but for YOU, it's only $165.00 (and that INCLUDES THE SHIPPING)! And a half mixed case is only $90.00 (INCLUDING SHIPPING!!) So hurry up and place your order because we are promoting this offer outside of our listening audience, but we always want YOU to feel the love first! To place your order go to: www.majorcrushwineclub./malbecspecial There is a limit of 5 cases per customer, and believe us when we tell you, with the start of grilling season, five cases will be gone before you know it! HAPPY MALBEC DAY EVERYONE, from your friends at Major Crush! CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all three seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Four -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

When it comes to food and wine pairings, for most people, there's one obvious choice: steak and Cab! But for our own Lou Zant, almost all of his favorite food and wine pairings involve the grill, but that doesn't mean he's only about steaks or all about Cabs. In this episode, Lou is joined by good friends and grill aficionados Warren Hoover, head of our new SmokeMasters Wine Club, and Josh Martin, of Blank Wines and Rollin Blue BBQ. With the upcoming launch of our quarterly Smoke Masters BBQ Wine Club, we decided it would be fitting to sit down and discuss the world of smoking and grilling and how wine is the perfect compliment.  LINKS:  To find out more about the Smoke Masters Wine Club, and to get on the waitlist for the club, check out our landing page: SmokeMasterwineclub.com  We also want to feature our own Josh Martin's BBQ accessory site called Rollin' Blue: https://www.rollinblue.com As Lou mentions in the interview, his grill brush is hands-down the best investment Lou's made for keeping his grill in tip-top shape!  CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all three seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Four -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

We had the best time with our good buddy, Jay Rooke, host of the podcast series "KNOW PAIN KNOW GAIN." He's an entrepreneur coach and fellow wine lover and when we sat down to chat with him over a picnic lunch and a few glasses of wine, it's safe to say we absolutely gained something from the experience! Listen in to learn more about how Jay approaches "failures" and "mistakes," and how easily he connected to Meredith and Lou because there was a common admiration for wine that always ties everything together! Jay Rooke's website is: www.jayrooke.com CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all three seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Four -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

This season, Lou and Mere have been expanding their horizons and using wine as a way to connect with other people who have podcasts that are totally worth listening to! So in keeping with this idea, this week we’re re-airing a podcast that my buddy Lou had the opportunity to be on. It’s called The Law of Relevancy with Cordes Owen. It’s not our typical kind of interview, but for the first time since the start of the show, you’re going to get to really learn all about Lou and his past, as well as all of the things we’re working on right now at Major Crush! CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all three seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Four -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

We're back this week and what an incredible interview we have to share with you this time around! Mere & Lou had the chance to sit down with one of the very best winemakers in Sonoma: Peter Mathis. Sometimes it's our relationship with the winemaker that leads us to the people we interview, but most of the time, it's their wine -- and when it comes to Peter, his wines introduced us to someone we are thrilled to call a friend of the show! Peter is a charming storyteller who happens to make the most beautiful wine you'll likely ever have. His ingenious mind and sincere passion for making wine make him a one-of-a-kind person and one you will want to know better. You can start to get to know him by listening to this episode, but you'll most certainly fall in love with him after you taste his wine! The tire of this episode says it all: we've got a Major Crush on Peter Mathis! You can find all of Peter's wines on his website: www.mathiswine.com CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all three seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Four -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

We'll be back next week with Episode 7 -- See you then! CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all three seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Four -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

Hey everyone! We're kind of excited because WE GOT NEW RECORDING EQUIPMENT for our show! It's been a long-time coming, but we finally found a system we can take with us on-location that we do hope will improve your listening experience! It's a lot more complicated than our old setup, so we thought it would be smart to do a simple Mere & Lou exchange to get the hang of things, but we also wanted to invite you into our world, too. Mere is going for her Level 4 Certification with the Wine & Spirits Education Trust (WSET) and so she decided to share some of the things she's learning with you, and talk out the realities of the wine industry with her buddy, Lou. We want everything we do at Major Crush to invite people in, not make people feel left out or excluded, and the truth is, the wine industry can be so tricky at times it can seem exclusive. But the more you know, the better, so this episode is all about how anyone can set their gauges for "grapeness!" As promised in the final bumper of the show, we've got lots of ways for you to stay in touch. Feel free to drop us a line at info@majorcrushwines.com, or you can even directly email Mere (Meredith@majorcrushwines.com) or Lou (lou@majorcrushwines.com)! To find out more about the four-bottle-a-month wine club Meredith & Lou have created, just go to www.majorcrushwineclub.com and sign up! CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all three seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Four -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!  

It was such an honor for us to be guests on the Texas Wine & True Crime podcast, and we’re so excited that we get to share this interview with our fans, too! Brandy Diamond & Jaimee Hardwidge are such fun hosts, and the content of the podcast was already a topic we thought about a lot — the greatest wine crime in history! We want to thank Brandy & Jaimee for having us on their show, but we also want to give a shout-out to Frances Dinkelspiel, author of Tangled Vines: Greed, Murder, Obsession, and an Arsonist in the Vineyards of California. We interview Frances in Season Two, but if you haven’t heard her speak on this case, you might want to go back and check it out. But even better, read her book — it is one of the best reads about wine and their twisty side of the industry you’ll ever get your hands on. We promise: This story is absolutely worth repeating! By the way, if you enjoyed our interview on Texas Wine & True Crime, they have loads of other fun episodes that span two seasons! You can find Brandy & Jamiee on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or where you listen to your favorite shows! CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all three seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Four -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

For us, it was an incredible pleasure to sit down and chat with Olga Fernandez & Martin Guerrero about their family winery. Their story is heartwarming and deeply inspiring -- and their wines are some of the best we've tasted on the show. Following their dreams has certainly paid off and each wine in their collection has so much heart and a kind of devotion that you can taste in every sip. Lou has been personally crushing on Guerrero Fernandez wines for a couple of years, so to be able to feature Martin's wines on the podcast is something we feel more than just a little excited about! You can learn more about the wines they have to offer on their website: www.gfwines.com or you can call them at 707-953-7956.  CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all three seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Four -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

When we say WINE, the next that comes up for us is CHEESE! So we thought it might be fun to interview a real-life cheesemonger for our show! We couldn't be more proud to present this interview with James Ayers from the historic Sonoma Cheese Factory. We set up our recording equipment right in the middle of the shop, surrounded by a dozen or so refrigerated cases of cheese from all over the world. Listen in as James guides us into this amazing world. Be sure to check out our website for a couple of blog entries inspired by James and his expert knowledge of cheese -- it might change your wine experience like never before! As promised, James gave us the perfect cheese pairing for just about any wine. It's called Foggy Morning, and you can find it here: https://nicasiocheese.com/pages/foggy-morning If you have questions for James, feel free to email them to us at info@majorcrushwines.com. We also have plans to do more with James and The Sonoma Cheese Factory -- including virtual experiences and interactive pairings, so make sure you follow us on social media for details! But you can also contact James Ayers & The Sonoma Cheese Factory directly by calling (707) 996-1931 to find out more or to place a cheese order with James. The shop is open Thursday - Sunday from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm PST. CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all three seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Four -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

Welcome to the first interview of Season Four! We feel so fortunate to have had a chance to interview Laura Donadoni, AKA, The Italian Wine Girl! Her passion for Italian wine and teaching other people how to “crush on it” in her own way is absolutely beautiful to us, and we hope you enjoy this interview as much as we did. As Lou promised in the episode, we’ve got some details in these show notes to help you personally connect to the content Laura has to offer, and we do encourage you to dig into her blog. In addition, we've got some fun posts on our social media that tie-in to this interview and help you keep track of all of the amazing wines Laura talked about. We have already learned so much from our own time with Laura, and now we’re excited to give you all of the ways you can stay connected to her! Subscribe to The Italian Wine Girl:  www.theitalianwinegirl.com Follow Laura on Instagram: @theitalianwinegirl  CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all three seasons of Major Crush -- plus get the latest episodes of Season Four -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!

Welcome Back to the Wine Country, and, Welcome Back to Major Crush! It feels amazing to be starting up our fourth season of the show! We decided to kick things off with an episode that eases us back into the swing by offering you an update on the state of the wine industry, as well as how Major Crush has started to expand to bring that Wine Country Experience to you at home! We love wine, and for us, the only way to express that love is to come up with new ways to invite you into our experiences in every way we can. To that end, we've launched a few new projects that we want to make sure you know all about: The Crush Collection: After receiving a lot of requests from listeners for the wines we feature on the podcast, Lou & Mere decided to launch the Crush Collection -- our four-bottle-a-month wine club featuring wines made by the winemakers we crush on the most! For more information about joining this club, go to www.majorcrushwines.com. Additionally, we've created a simple referral program where club members who refer others to the Crush Collection can earn $20 per month for every new member they introduce -- which makes it fun and a little extra rewarding to help us share these wines with others. To learn more about that, visit our referral website at www.majorcrushwineclub.com The Major Crush Wine App: We are in the very early stages of launching this app-based platform that will help us expand the Wine Country Experience into a virtual realm where wine and wine stories become even more personal. We've only just begun, but things are happening quickly! But we'll always keep our listeners posted on the progress, and we just want to thank you in advance for your support! CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at info@majorcrushwines. // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all three seasons of our show -- plus the latest episodes in Season Four -- on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts! 

CONTACT US: If you have questions or comments for Meredith and Lou, and you're listening on the Anchor App, you can send them to us directly. If you're listening to this podcast on any other platform, and you want to reach out, you can email us at majorcrushpodcast@gmail.com or send us a message on our website at www.majorcrushwines.com // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out all three seasons of Major Crush on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts!