Barrel to Bottle, The Binny's Podcast

 Grower champagnes are growing in popularity, with more making their way to our shelves every year. Champagne A. Bergère have been growing grapes since 1848 and making those grapes into champagne since 1949. Adrien Bergère is the fifth generation of his family, continuing these traditions, and having a name that starts with A. A. Bergère Origine Brut A. Bergère Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut A. Bergère Millesime Extra Brut 2015 A. Bergère Solera Blanc de Blancs Brut A. Bergère Les Clos Extra Brut 2019 If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

It's become a yearly pre-holiday tradition at Binny's to unveil our top 50 wines under $50. As usual, we have submissions from all 46 Binny's stores, plus our wine buyers at HQ. After several rounds of tasting and some difficult decisions, our experts narrowed it down to the top 50 and this week we're sampling seven of the wines from the list, with special guest wine consultant Kevin from Binny's Downtown. Langlois Crémant de Loire Brut Craggy Range Sauvignon Blanc Te Muna 2025 Arterberry Maresh Pinot Noir Dundee Hills 2024 Travaglini Gattinara 2022 Petit Ducru de Ducru Beaucaillou Saint Juliet 2023 Domaine Saint Damien Gigondas Vieilles Vignes 2023 Marenco Brachetto d'Acqui Pineto 2026 If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.  

What's new in beer? What's old is new again, that's what. While this may seem like an episode recorded fifteen years ago and just discovered in the vault, it's not. Because our favorite beer styles from the heyday of craft beer are making a comeback; Belgians, stouts with little to no adjuncts, and piney IPAs. Ommegang Hennepin Dupont Moinette Blonde Ale Allagash Foliage Report Allagash Cabin Weekend Sierra Nevada Northern Hemisphere Harvest Wet Hop IPA Alaskan 40th Anniversary Ale Three Floyds The Morrigan collaboration with Women of Binny's Firestone Walker Parabolita Mocha Latte If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.

This week we're taking a tour of the British Isles with British Ales. It's not just centuries-old UK breweries either; we have local breweries embracing milds, bitters, olds, browns and more. Art History Perfect 12 collaboration with White Oak and Binny's Bellhaven Scottish Ale White Oak Extra Medium Mild Midwest Coast Women of Binny's Brown Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout Fuller's London Pride Ale Pollyanna Pub Ale Pollyanna 12th Anniversary Lager Goose Island Honker's Ale Morland Old Speckled Hen Goose Island Stout Cordage Cuveé collaboration with Binny's If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.      

Turley Wine Cellars was founded in 1993 by Larry Turley. It has since become a Napa Valley legend, highlighting Zinfandel grapes. But they've branched out with the help of Larry's daughters. This week Barrel to Bottle welcomes Whitney Turley, Wholesale Manager for Turley.  Turley Sauvignon Blanc 2025 Turley Zinfandel Rosé Turley Cinsault Bechthold Vineyard 2025 Turley Zinfandel Juvenile 2024 Turley Zinfandel Estate Vineyard 2023 Turley Zinfandel Fredericks Vineyard 2023 If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.  

Join us for part 2 of our wide-ranging conversation with Buffalo Trace Global Ambassadro Freddie Johnson. He has more stories to share, more insight to give us and more products to sample. If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.  

Freddie Johnson is the third generation in his family to work for Buffalo Trace. While his career didn't start there, he ended up there as a tour guide and eventually Global Ambassador for the brand. Freddie is full of stories and insights into the bourbon industry, so much so that we had to make this a two-parter. E.H. Taylor Small Batch Buffalo Trace Bourbon If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.  

We're following up last week's Fortified Wine podcast episode with an episode on Fortified Wine Cocktails. You don't just have to drink fortified wine from a fancy glass at the holidays; they also make great cocktail ingredients. Find all the recipes on our blog. If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.  

If Chris is here with six or so bottles, usually it's a casual episode. But someone let Chris team up with Dan and suddenly we have more than double the number of bottles. That's because we're trying fortified wines along with the spirits that they are traditionally barrel-finished in. It's arguably the best way to understand how a cask influences a spirit. Gonzalez Byass Tio Pepe Palomino Fino Glen Scotia 9-Year-Old Fino Cask Finish Emilio Lustau Don Nuño Oloroso Dry Sherry Signatory Speyside M 13-Year-Old 100 Proof Edition 2011 Penelope Project X Oloroso Sherry-Finished Bourbon Barrel #2027-2 Emilio Lustau San Emilio Pedro Ximénez Sherry Dunville 10-Year-Old PX Cask Finish Single Malt Irish Whiskey Lux Row Small Batch Bourbon PX Sherry-Finished Fonseca Bin 27 Angel's Envy Port Barrel-Finished Bourbon Chateau Doisy Vedrines Sauternes 2023 Ardnamurchan Highland Peated ex-Sauternes Cask Aged Highland Single Malt Blandy's Malmsey 5-Year-Old Nelson Brothers Madeira Cask Blended Bourbon   If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.  

We were just minding our own business when Chris showed up with five different vintages of Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes. He was also joined by friend of the pod and Montgomery Binny's wine manager Emily. These are the most lauded sweet wine on the planet, so getting to try five different vintages is quite a treat. Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes 2022 Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes 2017 Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes 2016 Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes 2007 Chateau d'Yquem Sauternes 2005 If you have a question for the Barrel to Bottle Crew, email us at [email protected], or reach out to us on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. If we answer your question during a podcast, you'll get a $20 Binny's Gift Card! If you like our podcast, subscribe wherever you download podcasts. Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts.