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Whisky, Words and Wine
by gvfryer
Join Graham and Jack for an entertaining discussion between friends on things they have seen, read or heard that are funny, intriguing, or just plain weird. Join us with a glass of your favourite beverage, sit back, relax and enjoy the conversation and their recommendations.
Episodes
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CdP and Scottish wanderings
Graham is the anchor, Jack is the roving reporter, Graham does Chateauneuf Du Pape, Jack does whisky and Guinness, Graham reads books, Jack reads signs, Graham watches SciFi TV, jack watches 4th tier Scottish football, Graham is stuck at home, Jack wanders the world. Jack wins! Email us:...
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25 Tickets to Live Aid please.......
A special episode this week whereby our roving reporter, Jack, speaks with someone woo was actually at Wembley Stadium for the legendary Live Aid concert in 2025. And what a tale she has to tell….. Thanks to Elaine for sharing her story with us (and making sure Jack survives Scotland unscathed)....
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How to chew whisky.....
Just when you thought it was safe to go to the bottlo/off-licence, Jack finds out we have all been drinking whisky incorrectly. Chew for 51 seconds and apparently it tastes brilliant! Meanwhile both Graham and Jack have apologies for errors committed in past pods (hard to believe, we know….). We...
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Blue and Green and nothing in between
Jack pulls Gaham up on a simple historical inaccuracy involving the colour of the ground, and decides alarm clocks are not for him. We read about tennis and glam rock, watch Deadpool rescued by Branagh, Bowie as you you’ve never heard him before, tornadoes, and that traditional Olympic sport –...
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We love Herons (and Herron)
An indulgent week with great food, great wine and whisky, and a lot of fun. A little bit of reading, a little bit of listening , and a lot of watching – a mixed bag this week – some very good, others … well….meh. Recommendations for The Whisper Man film (De Nero), Jam Café in Sydney and Zareh...
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Death of a salesman on a bench
A favourite pod – Strangers on a Bench – comes to an end at its 100th episode – we are almost half way to that – will we put up with each other for another year? We have both started new books – one an Australian mystery, the other a whimsical Japanese reflection on how to make good decisions at...
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Bonus Episode: Four men against nature
Graham and three friends head off on their annual cross country ski trip, - chaos ensues! Hear about their trip and their recommendations for things they have seen, read and heard. Seen: Lucky (TV), Wellington Paranormal (TV) The Tudors (TV) The Sheep Detective (Film - Hugh Jackman). Read: "The...
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Back from the brink
Graham beat the elements and has returned from his backcountry ski trip but has saved the stories for a bonus episode to be published later. Meanwhile Jack has successfully returned from the wilds of the Southern Highlands and an extended visit to a distillery. It didn't stop him falling down a...
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Almost Whisky and Cointreau in hot chocolate
Jack is sampling another Scotland/France combination – distilled in Scotland, aged in France (although this is but a juvenile so doesn't qualify as whisky…). We plan a “research” trip to Tasmania – home of the world’s best whisky, spectacular pinot noir, and a nude swim at the winter solstice. As...
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Bitch Diesel anyone?
A bit of follow up from last week’s pod regarding Sam Neill (from whom we borrowed the title for this episode) and more on the Odyssey film and its amazing production (no CGI!). And somehow Jack slips in his one impression – this being - Connery, Sean Connery - (who always sounds like Sean…
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Dinner with Circe
The Odyssey - What a film! But that has to wait until we have got the World Cup Football off our mind and Jack justifies drinking French Whisky While we discuss the cinematic sword and sandals phenomen that is The Odyssey which has been at the forefront of our minds since we each saw it, but we...
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BEST TV EVER - Beef or Bear?
The pod starts well with the usual dip into a whisky and a wine, but Graham gets apoplectic about restaurant wine-list cheating and thereafter loses the plot completely when he talks about the TV series called Beef, but really means the series called The Bear, which, just to add to confusion…
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Writers Tears and Cats Out of Bags
Half the title of this episode is a whisky and the other a wine – but don't mix the two. Words follow. The Football World Cup rolls on, with or without political interference, but that didn't stop Graham actually finishing reading a book and delivering a big recommendation for it. Meanwhile, we...
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An Italian waiter called Hamish.....
This week an Italian waiter called Hamish upsold Jack on a whisky that he poured over ice-cream (he was having a tough day). And Jack claims a different whiskey as his own. Meanwhile Graham goes to a friend’s coronation. Nothing cerebral on the watch list this week - World cup football has been...
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Finally together
Excited about a few things – firstly, we are in the same place for the first time in our podcast (we are normally a few hundred kilometres apart), and we have our new theme song – written and performed by Jack, Jack gets a whisky-related recommendation from an Italian waiter called Hamish, and...
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Scurryfungeing around
Scurryfungeing around The Scotsman goes Irish (Whiskey) while the Australian drinks a Jack Rabbit. Word of the week: Scurryfunge - both have admitted to doing this at various times. Jack reads John (not of the Bible, but of John), Graham finishes Norwegian Wood (though didn't sleep in the bath to...
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WCF!!
World Cup Fever is afflicting both Jack and Graham - great starts by both Australia and Scotland buoying the spirits – hope lives eternal and already they are looking forward to the knockout rounds. So many great individual and team performances and it is only the first week of the greatest show…
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When is a falcon not a falcon?
Graham likes bubbles – who knew? (actually several wineries in the King Valley now know). Two words of the week – Galloway (relating to the height of horses), and Aptronym – a name which accords with the profession or other attribute of the named person. Both are getting through their respective...
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When is a walk a waste of time?
Graham may (or may not) have been wrong about where Aran knitwear comes from, but Jack is certain that the whisky he is drinking this week is from Lochranza on The Isle of Arran. Jack has stopped taking his phone on walks - not because he forgets where he has put it but it is actually a life…
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🎼What a way to make a living….🎶
Graham and Jack are in the same country again, and we cut through the whisky haze to round off Jack’s travels, while plutons and googlewhacking make an appearance. Graham is recovering for the devasting spygate scandal (only a true football fan will understand the depths of despair this creates)....
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Bungarunga Sumo and a cautionary wine tale
Tonight is the second of this week’s podcasts featuring a cautionary tale about not drinking wine soon enough, childhood clothing trauma, and large sweaty men grappling with each other. Please listen to the Sumomainichi podcast – it is a blast - hosted by Dave and Amy, (and one episode this week…
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Why you should keep 6 year-olds in barrels....
A special episode this week involving Jack's jaunt around Scotland and a really interesting chat with the head of one of Britains largest distilleries, Alan Kilpatrick. Everything you wanted to know about Scotch but were afraid to ask. A quick quiz to answer at the end: How many barrels of Scotch...
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What's worn under a Scotsman's kilt?
“What’s worn under a Scotsman’s kilt? – Nothing! – it is all in perfect working order!” (Spike Milligan). Jack is back in the old country and living the life, planning a grand tour of highland distilleries. Graham is jealous and resorts to arcane books on historical borders......say no more. Jack...
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Art for Art's sake?
This week Jack manages to throw the whisky down his mouth rather than all across his desk, and practices word of the week: “scambiari” – meaning sharing and exchanging. Graham sees Art in the theatre (not the gallery) - in a play which questions the value of art and friendship - and also sees a…
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Cosplay and spilt Scotch
Jack was so excited about telling us about his Scottish Cosplay weekend, that he spills his 18yo Scotch . Recovering, he discusses a great distillery in Kinglake, Victoria. While Graham thought Jack throwing his Scotch around was hilarious, he gives another curmudgeonly review of a top-rating...
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Last One Not Laughing
For the first time in three weeks there weren’t any issues with the production of last week’s podcast so no groveling apology required. This week however Graham had another senior moment and mentioned a Youtube video he had twice previously recommended (over to our editor to remove it). Graham…
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Going over to the Dark Side
In a world that currently seems apocalyptic, the Artemis moon shot has provided a welcome distraction this week and has revealed word of the week “bacronym”. Whisky also provides a distraction this week, particularly the Kentucky kind (which isn’t whisky at all – but “Bourbon whiskey”) – Jack has...
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Once in a Blue Moonshot
We look skyward this week as Jack nerds out on the Artemis moonshot, while Graham watches “Blue Moon” a sad depiction of Broadway lyricist Lorenzo Hart – he wrote the classic Broadway hit “Blue Moon”. Artemis was of course was Apollo’s sister in Greek mythology – so a nice reference back to the...
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Rambling on about perambulatory rambles
The boys have been walking this week – albeit a thousand km apart. Jack for a cause, Graham just because……Both were rambles to remember not just for the spectacular coastal scenery but for the people they shared their walks with and who they met on the way. Drinking-wise Jack gets the Monkey off...
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Fish!...for Playlunch?
Graham makes the most of being stood up by having a “readaway” (word of the week). A mention of Seattle prompt musings about how flying fish in the Pike Place Market took over management theory. Graham has been out and about at different music events and found himself standing when everyone in…
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Why is your upper lip twitching?
“Sgriob” - say no more (Bill Bryson knows though). We welcome new listeners from around the globe, - and wonder how WW&W is topping the pod charts in Hong Kong. What is “value for money” in a wine/whisky? And are you drinking too much if your name is on the cellar door of a local winery? Discuss....
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Lulu, Leogate, and Lark
What were you listening to in 1976? (for our younger listeners ask your parents …..or grandparents). Although it was a golden time for great music, the top 10 for that year was, well, mixed. No Deep Purple or Billly Thorpe, but it did give us Bohemian Rhapsody, and Rumours. Jack tells an…
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A whisky drinker’s guide to coffee….
The unusual tilt in the Earth’s axis is corrected this week when Jack gets back to whisky and Graham to wine. And like a latter day Joe Cocker, Jack goes full Rock God by imbibing whisky before, during and after his gig (although where Joe measured it in bottles per performance, Jack takes…
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Drookit in Milano
Jack gently steers Graham through this episode as he finishes his Aussie Whisky odyssey - it's a big one – 64% proof. Word of the week is from Jack (or more specifically his Mum) – after rattling through a few Scottish descriptions for a no-hoper, he finally settled on the “drookit”……. What is...
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Has Wuthering Heights been Slade?
Lots of music listening this week, although Graham doesn't Shut Up and Listen. Jack finally finishes Traitors but has a different response to the finale to Graham (who has largely forgotten it given how long Jack has taken to catch up). Meanwhile Jack tries to inveigle Graham into watching yet...
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We're not Vibecoding here......
Graham can't tell his Freds from his Keiths but still loves his Playlunch. Jack is gasping for a Scotch, but enjoyed a great Einaudi gig at the Opera House. Graham has been spending too much time watching various things including Marty Supreme, (at the cinema) and a lot of streaming such as the...
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You've gotta be ballkidding me.......
……… Jack still hasn't finished Traitors UK and Graham can barely contain himself. Retreating to less emotional ground Graham and Jack discuss the various dictionaries’ “Word of the Year” – some land well, but “Vibe Coding” (which is two words) is ridiculous (….Collins Dictionary I am looking at...
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Mixtapes and lightning, very very frightening
Lightning has taken out Graham’s internet and TV; Jack goes back to the future with vinyl and cassette tapes (remember those?) - who knew how much friction is involved?. Graham gets Traitorous, and both discuss “What You Can Know – Ian McEwan’s new book on a near-future partial apocalypse caused…
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New Year not resolved
Why is Jan 1st the start of the year? Why wasn't Xmas Day a holiday in Scotland? Why is Graham drinking whisky? Jack has his band (Electric Avenue) but why should everyone also see "My Brothers Band"? Why did the bus get lost? What is so exciting about books about maps? What were Jack and…
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Our best of (almost) everything seen, read, heard in 2025
Following their resoundingly successful "Top 3 Xmas Songs" list, Jack and Graham are emboldened to name this year's top 3 podcasts heard, films and TV seen, books read, live performances seen, and places visited. Graham hasn't quite recovered from forgetting "Adolescence" and leaving it off his...
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Bananas, Venn Diagrams and the end of the world (perhaps)
Graham goes bananas with the Venn diagrams of life, Jack relives the past with an old friend, gives feint praise to the streaming series Hostage, and wonders if the characters in Down Cemetery Road were just "too too much". Graham and Jack pull back from the brink of getting too serious when...
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This week's oxymoron: "the best Xmas songs"
It turns out Graham is a bit of a Xmas Grinch, not helped by the fact that Jack sings Xmas songs and sends the audio to friends, so the anticipation is terrible. Top 3 Xmas songs from Jack (actually 4, you'd never guess he was once an accountant...) - (approved by Carol) included Xmas Song - Nat...
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Nuremberg, a new drinking game, and the Electric Avenue Sessions
Jack and Graham discuss Jack's band recording the eponymous "Electric Avenue Sessions". Films include Nuremberg (in cinemas now starring Rusty Crowe and Rami Malik), House of Dynamite (Netflix - starring Rebecca Ferguson and Idris Elba) and Wicked (Disney: which includes an actor who Graham…
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It’s never about the golf
More than just golf, Traitors deliver, and The Church go to the Pub. Recommendations: Books: Jane Harper Last One Out Streaming/TV: Celebrity Traitors UK (Channel 10, Australia, BBC UK) All her fault - starring Sarah Snook (Foxtel Australia); Karen Pirie (Scottish crime drama)
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Melb Cup Slow Horses
We have both been to see Bruce Springsteen the Movie and ponder on the state of both recorded music and movie theatres, have watched Slow Horses, and remember fast horses when we first met (is there a more flimsy excuse for a public holiday....?). And of course we review our current whisky and…
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All for a good cause
Graham and Jack cover a wide range of topics in this week’s podcast from Scottish pubs with no whisky to celebrity traitors !
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Graham Commits Podultery
More observations from Graham and Jack over wine and whisky. Graham admits to cheating on Jack but gives him some tax advice, and this week they also cover spies, murder mystery and tipping points !
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Whisky, Words, and Wine (Pilot)
The Venn diagrams of life, Graham is so-so about Anora, Jack is effusive about Shetland (the TV show and the actual place), both revisit last week's recommendations and have some great new podcast recommendations.
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Join Graham and Jack for an entertaining discussion between friends on things they have seen, read or heard that are funny, intriguing, or just plain weird. Join us with a glass of your favourite beverage, sit back, relax and enjoy the conversation and their recommendations.
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