Topic: Wine Spectator

The podcast reports a significant drop in donations, resulting in a lack of executive producers for the current episode. This leads to a debate on whether discussing food and wine alienates the audience. A story about a deceptive wine list in Athens, Greece, serves as a critique of Wine Spectator's reliability, followed by a review of a 2004 Damilano Barolo from Siena Ristorante in Austin.

A personal anecdote describes a deceptive "award-winning" wine list at an Athens restaurant where rare bottles were listed but unavailable for purchase. The story also compares the poor service and smoking on Olympic Air flights to the modern fleet of Turkish Airways.