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 [email protected] // 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!

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 [email protected] // 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 [email protected] // 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 [email protected] // 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 

One thing everyone who knows anything about wine can agree on: it always pairs well with others! So in the final episode of our Summer Series, Meredith sits down with two of her favorite people -- her mom and dad, Jan & John Hale -- and Lou takes some time in the park with Ethan Glago, one of our favorite people, and, a bit of a Millennial wine expert! In this breezy and light episode, Meredith and Lou simply want to invite our listeners to see how easily people open up when you pair them with a good bottle of wine! By the way, if you want to find out how to get your hands on the wines Ethan represents, feel free to email us at [email protected] and we will get you connected! 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 [email protected]  // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out the entire first season of Major Crush on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts! Episodes of our Summer Series drop every Thursday.

Not everyone gets to hang out in the Wine Country -- and right now, that even includes Meredith! She's been sheltering in place in her new hometown of New Orleans, and so we decided it might be fun for her to interview someone "in the know" in NOLA about all things wine.  We feel so honored to have an episode featuring Morgan Fouss, Director of Wine and Spirits for Langenstein's and Prytania Wine and Spirits. This interview is for anyone who has questions about retail wine buying, and it's packed full of terrific advice! Morgan Fouss, Director of Wine and Spirits for Langenstein's and Prytania Wine and Spirits // Certified Sommelier/ WSET III Advanced. Here is a link for more information: https://www.langensteins.com/prytania-wine-spirits/ 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 [email protected]  // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out the entire first season of Major Crush on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts! Episodes of our Summer Series drop every Thursday.

Meredith is the first one to have a "summer fling!" After listening to the BLANK Interview with Lou and his friends Josh Martin and Lars Williamson, she couldn't resist trying the unusual white wine they raved about from Luxembourg called Elbling! In this episode, eavesdrop on a call between Mere and Lou and hear a little bit more about this amazing summer white! 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 [email protected]  // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out the entire first season of Major Crush on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts! Episodes of our Summer Series drop every Thursday.

Welcome to our first full episode of the Major Crush Summer Series! We're excited for you to meet Lars Williamson & Josh Martin, two up-and-coming entrepreneurs who, we believe, are about to change the wine industry for the better! In this episode, Lou interviews these two down-to-earth and totally switched on guys to talk about the future of wine, and their unique wine brand, Blank Wines. One of the biggest mystery in the wine business today is how to attract more millennials to wine, and it just might be that Josh & Lars have the answer! We'll be inviting these two back for a Season 3 episode once the Blank Wine brand launches, but for now, you can go to www.blankwines.com for more information.  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 [email protected]  // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out the entire first season of Major Crush on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts! Episodes of this short Summer Series drop every Thursday.

The Major Crush Summer Series starts this month! So get yourself ready to have a summer crush — on all things wine!!

It's time for another season of Major Crush, and we're excited to be back! This season we're letting the experiences take us where we need to go, so we hope you'll join us! 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 [email protected]  // Follow us on Instagram: @majorcrushwinecast. // Be sure to check out the entire first season of Major Crush on Spotify, or wherever you access your favorite podcasts! Episodes of Season Two drop every Thursday.