Podcasts about budget wine

Jen and Erin discuss a scandal involving Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and a local doughnut shop as well as the normalization of parental leave. This episode remarks the triumphant return of Pop Culture Blindspot — Erin has never seen/read Little Women! — and Free Press drinks guy Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson swings by for an $8.99 beauty for Budget Wine of the Month Club.

Would you give someone a kidney? Winnipeg Free Press writer and editor Jill Wilson donated one of hers so that Arts & Life editor Alan Small could get the kidney he really, really needed. She joins Erin and Jen to talk about her experience with live organ donation. Elsewhere, the gals talk about how how retirement is a far-off dream for Millennials, and Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson drops by with a truly infernal bottle of wine for Budget Wine of the Month Club.

It's episode 100! To celebrate, we have sound problems :( We promise we will figure out how to use our new equipment next week! This episode, Jen and Erin discuss the necessity of Disney remakes, the rash of recent concert cancellations in Winnipeg and the fact burnout is now a medical condition. Also, Ben is back for a radler/citrus beer edition of Budget Wine of the Month Club, and Jen and Erin have a fun giveaway to celebrate their 100th episode.

Jen and Erin discuss the fire that ravaged the Notre-Dame cathedral last week, and the outpouring of support for the storied landmark. They also discuss a series of Winnipeg events aimed at slowing down fast fashion, and Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson is back for Budget Wine of the Month Club with a Spanish rosé.

Jen and Erin talk about I Love to Read month and all the books they loved as kids, as well as the new security measures at the Millennium Library in Winnipeg. Then, drinks and books writer Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson joins them for a special segment of Budget Wine of the Month club in which they taste whisky instead. Jen does not enjoy this.

Free Press drinks guy/literary editor Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson joins Erin as a special guest host for this week's episode while Jen nurses a back injury (she's fine!)They try out a Chilean blend for Budget Wine of the Month Club, and chat about how to develop and train your wine-tasting palate (Ben tastes some 2,000 wines a year!). Elsewhere, they discuss Erin's recent experience at a weekend-long Catholic marriage prep course which, as it turns out, Ben has also taken.

Jen and Erin talk about holiday- and event-related stress and the strange ways it manifests itself in your subconscious. They also give tips on how to navigate holiday stresses and maintain self-care during what can be the busiest season of the year. Also, Winnipeg Free Press wine/drinks writer Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson returns for another segment of Budget Wine of the Month Club, in which he gives the ladies the low-down on winter whites. And keep your ears peeled around the 16-minute mark! Jen and Erin announce a very special holiday BtL event you'll want to put on your calendar.

Jen and Erin dive deep into fall, discussing why pumpkin is not the same as pumpkin spice (and why apple is clearly the superior fall flavour), the NHL's newest mascot, Gritty, and why Ticketmaster fees are the worst. Also, Free Press wine and drinks writer Ben Sigurdson returns for another installment of Budget Wine of the Month Club.

Jen and Erin share all the details from their Rural Eats Roadtrip, in which they scouted out the best places to eat in nine Manitoba towns, and were thoroughly charmed in the process. Elsewhere, Free Press drinks guy Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson joins them for the August installment of Budget Wine of the Month Club, which isn't about wine at all but cocktails in cans.

Jen and Erin pool their collective festival-attending knowledge and offer up some tips and tricks for tackling Winnipeg's numerous summer festivals. They also touch on Ireland's recent repeal of an anti-abortion law and wine and drinks editor Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson is back for another Budget Wine of the Month Club segment featuring canned wine (spoiler: it was actually pretty tasty).

In this week's episode, Jen and Erin listen to Yanny/Laurel, the mind-bending audio clip that's breaking the Internet. Not since The Dress has social media been so divided. Elsewhere, they discuss the royal wedding as well as an innovative Winnipeg pilot project that is raising awareness for the need for public toilets by actually providing some. Free Press drinks guy Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson returns for Budget Wine of the Month Club.

Bury the Lede turns one this week! Jen and Erin talk about their first year of podding and they also introduce two new segments: Budget Wine of the Month Club with drinks and books editor Ben MacPhee-Sigurdson and Tough Love, during which Erin dolls out advice to listeners who write in with their problems. As a birthday treat to all the loyal listeners, Jen and Erin also have some comedy fest tickets to give away, so listen to the end for instructions on how to enter.

Robert Camuto, author of Corkscrewed, recommends French Beaujolais for budget-minded wine drinkers. He does not mean Beaujolais Nouveau.