Wine with Meg + Mel
Wine with Meg + Mel
Mel Gilcrist, Meg Brodtmann
Can you trust a wine label or is it just marketing guff? We test it.
27 minutes Posted Nov 6, 2025 at 7:00 pm.
Setting The Challenge: Trust The Label
Marketing Speak Versus Winemaker Language
Fun Fact: Pinot Science And Regionality
How We’ll Test Three Kunawarra Cabernets
Wine One: Old-School Cabernet Notes
Wine Two: Plush, Approachable, Oak-Forward
Wine Three: Age, Tobacco, And Decanting
Occasion Matching And Cellaring Advice
The Reveal: Producers, Vintages, Prices
Do The Notes Match The Wine
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Send us Fan Mail We blind-taste three Kunawarra Cabernets and then compare our notes to the wineries’ own descriptions to see what holds up. Along the way we share a science-backed look at regional character, practical decanting and cellaring advice, and a simple rule to spot trustworthy tasting notes. Wines: Redman 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon Brand and Sons 2026 Cabernet Sauvignon Zema Estate 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Notes: • what “old-school” Kunawarra Cabernet tastes like •...