Wine & Dime

Tiers for (WNBA) Fears

On this episode of Wine & Dime, Chris and Lyndsay are back to talk bold wines and bold players. They discuss the merits of Bordeaux before organizing the WNBA into tiers to find out who the contenders are, which teams are just pretenders, who is just happy to be here (and the Chicago Sky), before wrapping up with some brief thoughts on the NBA Finals, coaching searches and the wild world of NCAA basketball. 
Wine Pairing: Château Timberlay Bordeaux Supérieur AOC 2023
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Unicorns in the Desert

Chris and Lyndsay are back, this time celebrating the start of rosé season and the WNBA being all the way back. They start off with some quick thoughts on the NBA conference finals before diving into the W where they discuss the underwhelming Aces start, the Mystics stealing the draft, the dark clouds in Skytown, and Chris spreads Phoenix Mercury propaganda. 
Wine Pairing: Gerard Bertrand Cote des Roses Languedoc Roussillon AOC 2023 (France)
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Speaking of Yikes! The Cleveland Cavaliers

It's playoff pinot gris time on this special Wednesday edition of Wine & Dime as the crew dive into all of the action of the second round of the NBA playoffs including Tatum's unfortunate injury, Boston not being a real place, Cleveland collapsing like a cheap tent, a Pacers Knicks conference finals feeding families, Julius Randle being a natural Wolf and Jokic's arm scars. They finish off with a brief discussion about Giannis' landing spots and a quick vibe check on the Mercury, Aces, Sky, Liberty and Fever heading into the opening weekend of the WNBA. 
Wine Pairing: Willm Pinot Gris 2022 (Alsace AOC France)
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Could've Been an Email

The NBA Playoffs are rolling and the Sauvignon Blanc is flowing as Chris and Lyndsay return to discuss all the action. They discuss how Steven Adamas inspired the wine choice, the playoff viewing enjoyability tiers (Grizzlies-Thunder could have been an email), the disparity in the quality of the conferences, react live to Aaron Gordon's game winning dunk, and debate whether the Play-in tournament has been the success the NBA wanted. 
Wine Pairing: Stoneleigh Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2022 (Marlborough, New Zealand) 
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The Sun Never Sets on the NBA

Chris and Lyndsay return to talk about the NBA's basketball colonial project (European league expansion), UConn beating the brakes off everyone in their path to win the NCAA tournament, and put the NBA playoff/play-in teams in tiers to determine who is a real contender, who the pretenders are, and the teams destined to always be in the play-in (here's looking at you, Atlanta). 
Wine Pairing: Campo Viejo Rioja DOCa 2022 (Spain) 
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Mulkey Madness is Over

Chris and Lyndsay are back, this time to break down what has happened in the tournament since last time: Kim Mulkey did her best Michael Jackson impression, South Carolina is winning ugly, and LA basketball is back! They finish up with a quick round of NBA "Would You Rather?" as a way to talk about the sadder situations int he NBA. 

G.O.A.T's Do Roam

After some technological difficulties (i.e Chris being disconnected from the world), Wine & Dime is back in action and back drinking South African wine. Diana Taurasi has officially retired and this inspired Chris and Lyndsay to have a discussion about greatness, how we don't appreciate it enough in real time, and why celebrating the small things is important to fandom. They finish off the episode by picking their NCAAW March Madness bracket. 
Wine Pairing: Fairview's Goats Do Roam 2022 (South Africa)
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RUN IT BACK: Grit & Grind(er)

Due to some technical difficulties we decided to run it back with one of our favourite early episodes.
The Wine & Dime crew is back and this time they're drinking South African wine. After some discussion about Pinotage, Chris and Lyndsay name their starting fives if wines were basketball players before bemoaning the lack of creative player nicknames/ doing a draft of the ones that are actually good.
Wine Pairing: The Grinder Pinotage 2021 (Western Cape, South Africa)
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I'm Sorry, Jaren Jackson Jr, I Am For Real

Another All-Star game has come and gone and since no one seems satisfied, Chris and Lyndsay decided to fix things once and for all. Ideas include an NBA Jam style WNBA/NBA 2v2 tournament, Team World vs Team USA, and the ultimate 1v1 tournament. They finish off with a quick vibe check of the San Antonio Spurs and Memphis Grizzlies. 
Wine Pairing: Villa Antinori Toscana 2022 
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An Eye-Popping NBA Trade Deadline

Chris and Lyndsay are back sampling Chilean wine and discussing why the NBA trade deadline is so back, the end of the Jimmy Butler Saga, more WNBA offseason moves, and a Mark Williams inspired story about eyes. 
Wine Pairing: Concha Y Toro Casillero del Diablo Carménère 2022 (Central Valley, Chile)
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