We are losers. After failing to participate in the last several Wine Blogging Wednesdays, we decided - at the very last minute - to record a quick episode and join our fellow oenophiles, especially since the topic du jour is Biodynamic Wines. So, what could possibly go wrong? In short, Everything. First - Joe (I) was late in getting home from work, not showing up until around 9PM. Next - I was responsible for picking up a wine, and we had a good one picked out, an excellent selection from Benziger Family and one that complied with the rules that Jack and Joanne of Fork and Bottle had laid out. Unfortunately, although our local store has a great selection of Benziger wines, they didn’t have the Benzinger Tribute that we needed for the show. Instead, I picked up a bottle of the 2002 Benzinger Syrah, and a 2003 Benziger Merlot, and on the drive home, thought how about how we could still play the game with these excellent - although technically disqualified - wines.
After getting home, yet another distraction - the god forsaken American Idol was on TV and although we have TiVo, the show was just a train wreck and we had to watch parts. (Please pray for our souls). After setting up the recording gear, we cut through a show, mixed everything up, and low and behold, our levels were way off, and by this time, we weren’t in a position or a mood to re-record. Insert Frowney-Face here.
In short we were bummed. We have some great audio that we wanted to share with you as part of a larger show, but we couldn’t pull it together. We do have some audio of not only Bob Benzinger talking about Biodynamics, but also the reclusive, esoteric, extremely verbose, and all around great guy Randall Graham talking about Biodynamics.
Bob Benzinger on Biodynamics
Randall Graham on Biodynamics (sorry for the quality on this one!)
What we learned from our previous outings is that biodynamics is the science of the life forces, a kind of earthy, nature spirituality, recognizing the basic principals at work in nature and the cosmic rhythyms. A biodynamic farm is totally self contained by preserving and recycling all the life forces, such as manure, leaves, food scraps, thus making composting the key in biodynamic farming.
So where does that leave us? No official participation in WBW#29, no new episode of A Guy a Girl and a Bottle, and some significant time lost on our end. The non-biodynamic wine we chose was a 2002 Benziger Syrah, we figured since Benziger is Demeter certified biodynamic producer we were in the spirit of the challenge. We both enjoyed drinking this wine, it was very smooth and very drinkable at 14.5% alcohol, and not very tannic.
This leaves you, reader, without a new podcast but for your listening enjoyment we are posting the two short clips we mentioned above. Enjoy, and as Arnold says - “We’ll be back”!
Cheers!
-A Guy & a Girl
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Wine Blogging Wednesday #31 - Alternative Wine Packaging
alternative wine packaging. For most people that means boxed wine. In fact, the Boxed-Wine-Guy is hosting this months’ event (Thanks Roger!) but Pam & I are not your average wine drinkers. Nope, not us. We have to be different. We went out and found some wine in a can. With a straw. The horror! Although it is wine, technically speaking it is sparkling wine in a can, and comes to us from Francis Ford Coppola and the wine is his daughter’s namesake, Sofia. The Sofia Mini comes in a package of four cans, neatly packaged in a hexagonal box, and retails for about $12.99. Following the hip trendy set, you can also find the cans for purchase at your local disco. We wonder out loud if Karen and Karla from the Rumor Girls are listening as this seems like a product right up their alley. Listen now as we give you are impressions of this marketers dream product. Have you tried Sofia? Let us know! Give us your thoughts on the wine-in-a-can concept. 
