DISCUSSIONS DU JOUR:TODAY FOLKS we are in CASTILLA Y LEON following along the Duero River from Ribera del Duero in the middle of Spain all the way to Arribas on the border of Portugal. A river journey! Grab your inner tube! Grab your wine!

We start with some big bold Tempranillos from the middle there, and the move onto some lighter fare from the border region. Fun!

We also discuss Elodie's work trip where she tasted one million wines.

In therapy, we talk about work stuff… understanding and accepting our bandwidth. We talk about the compulsion to do everything and the work culture we have that creates false urgency, and how we are trying to push against that.

We talk about being patient with ourselves at work, the time it takes to master things, and the discomfort of not knowing.

Then a bit about relationships… bids for affection and how to meet your partner in the while also honoring your boundaries. A fine balance!

Wine 1: Viña Sastre Ribera del Duero Roble ($23)

Wine 2: Bodega Frontio Deldoma ($28)

ABOUT THE QUE SERA SYRAH PODCAST:

After many consecutive Sunday mornings at the wine bar discussing our wine obsessions and our personal lives, we thought to ourselves… do you think other people might care about this stuff? The answer to that question is still ambiguous. But we recorded a podcast anyway.

Here's the deal:

🎤It’s a podcast about wine & therapy

🍷Dan and Elo will each bring a wine each week to taste & discuss

😩We will also bring our traumas & triumphs from therapy that week to share openly with the world

The goal is to learn about wine and get a little tipsy and be VULNERABLE TOGETHER. How cute?!

CREDITS:

Creators / Cast: Dan Mekpong & Elodie Oliver

Producer / Editor: Jeremy Keeler

DISCUSSIONS DU JOUR:

WEEK 2 OF ~ESPAÑA~ and we are in the Northeast

Starting in CATALUNYA, which borders France and Mediterranean sea (must be nice!!)

There is a lot of contrast in the wines from here, ranging from light & crisp sparkling wines… like in PENEDES the land of CAVA!

… to big bold reds… like in PRIORAT where we find ripe, full-bodied, punchy red wines made from Garnacha and Carineña

In therapy we are in Tarot world (as we like to be) and we are flowing and reading and reflecting …

Elodie's card brings convo about moving in with your partner, co-dependency, binaries vs. spectrum & nuance…

Dan's card brings convo about noise vs. quiet, turning inward, and moving away from distraction

DO YOU SEE THE POWER OF TAROT? DO YOU SEE HOW DEEP YOU CAN GO HERE?

Link to deck HERE if you're interested 👀

Note: we did post these last two episodes in reverse order so if things seem a touch amiss just DON'T FREAK OUT!

Wine 1: Dignitat Cava Brut ($15)

Wine 2: Meritxell Palleja Nita Priorat ($28)

ABOUT QUE SERA SYRAH:

After many consecutive Sunday mornings at the wine bar discussing our wine obsessions and our personal lives, we thought to ourselves… do you think other people might care about this stuff? The answer to that question is still ambiguous.But we recorded a podcast anyway.

Here's the deal:

🎤It’s a podcast about wine & therapy

🍷Dan and Elo will each bring a wine each week to taste & discuss

😩We will also bring our traumas & triumphs from therapy that week to share openly with the world

The goal is to learn about wine and get a little tipsy and be VULNERABLE TOGETHER. How cute?!

CREDITS:

Creators / Cast: Dan Mekpong & Elodie Oliver

Producer / Editor: Jeremy Keeler

DISCUSSIONS DU JOUR:

Welcome to GALICIA in North-West Spain and the BASQUE REGION further East. Why these two together? We're not sure, really… we're sort of losing the plot. But STICK WITH US!

We talk about three key sub-regions:

1. Basque Country - known for cider AND Txakoli (chock-oh-lee), which we are talking about today. Its acidic, its spritzy, its fun!

2. Rias Baixas - its cool, its coastal, its 95% Albarino!

3. Ribeira Sacra - the "sacred river" with lovely terraced vineyards and elegant but fruityred wines

Nice!

Then… we talk about… death…

Books about death

Thoughts about death

Pets and death

And also about growing up !! But not in the sense that it leads to death…

More in the sense of how it means we have to make big hard choices and sacrifices… and that is HARD!

Wine 1: Ameztoi Getariako Txakolina Blanco 2023 ($29)

Wine 2: Constantina Sotelo Maristerra ($26)

Wine 3: Finca Ladeira Mencia Ribeira Sacra ($17)

ABOUT THE QUE SERA SYRAH PODCAST:

After many consecutive Sunday mornings at the wine bar discussing our wine obsessions and our personal lives, we thought to ourselves… do you think other people might care about this stuff? The answer to that question is still ambiguous.But we recorded a podcast anyway.

Here's the deal:

🎤It’s a podcast about wine & therapy

🍷Dan and Elo will each bring a wine each week to taste & discuss

😩We will also bring our traumas & triumphs from therapy that week to share openly with the world

The goal is to learn about wine and get a little tipsy and be VULNERABLE TOGETHER. How cute?!

CREDITS:

Creators / Cast: Dan Mekpong & Elodie Oliver

Producer / Editor: Jeremy Keeler