Ep 611: Six MORE Alternatives to Expensive Wines
Wine for Normal People
Wine for Normal People
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 9 July 2026
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
I said in episode 604 that if you wanted my other 6 suggestions, I would do a follow up show! You told me this is what you wanted, so this time I give you six MORE wine regions that make very expensive wines and then provide ideas of less expensive bottles that you could sub in when you don't want to splurge. From Châteauneuf to Brunello I give you some ideas that hopefully you hadn't considered!
The wines I find alternatives for (you'll have to listen to hear the wines I recommend as "dupes"):
- Châteauneuf-du-Pape
- Grosses Gewachs Riesling (I tell you what it is 🤣)
- Hermitage (Northern Rhône Syrah AOC)
- Condrieu (Northern Rhône Viognier AOC)
- Brunello di Montalcino
- Margaux (Bordeaux)
Enjoy it! And go to Grapes the Wine Company to shop for all of these!
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Wine for Normal People, the podcast for people who like wine, but not the snobbery that goes with it. |
| 0:15.8 | I'm your host Elizabeth Schneider, author of The Wine for Normal People book and Certified Wine Dork. |
| 0:21.5 | I am so excited for my new sponsor, Grapes the Wine Company, an actual brick and mortar |
| 0:26.4 | store located in White Plains, New York, that has been recognized by the Wall Street |
| 0:30.4 | Journal as one of the most influential wine retailers in America. |
| 0:34.4 | It's a store owned by my friend Daniel Posner, who has been on the show, who has been |
| 0:38.6 | with the store for over 25 years and transformed it into one of the most respected stores |
| 0:42.9 | in the U.S. |
| 0:43.8 | He has a spectacular selection. |
| 0:46.0 | He's going to work with us to get us wines that coordinate with the podcast that are great |
| 0:49.3 | for classes. |
| 0:50.1 | I hope you'll support him by going to Grapes the Wine Co, G-R-A-P-E-S-TheWineC-O.com. |
| 1:00.0 | And please listen to the show for a lot more details. |
| 1:02.5 | I am so excited for this new partnership. |
| 1:05.6 | It feels very good to be back after I had my mini break. |
| 1:10.0 | It's not that the Champaign podcast did me in, although there was a lot of work, and I had my mini break. It's not that the champagne podcast did me in, although |
| 1:12.8 | there was a lot of work, and I hope you loved them. I sure did. I loved doing them. But I had to |
| 1:18.5 | take a little bit of time to get my children situated for the summer. I'm sure you parents can |
| 1:24.5 | relate. It takes a little bit to get kids ready for camp and jobs |
| 1:29.4 | and all the other stuff. So I gave myself a little break and had friends in town, |
| 1:36.9 | did some great stuff. I hope that your summer's off to a phenomenal start. Now you know the |
| 1:42.6 | details of the new sponsor. I am going to give a plug and tell you that |
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