Voyager Food & Wine Cast: Recent Episodes
Micah Buck & Jordan Burich
Hello and welcome to the official podcast of Voyager Wine & Cocktail Bar in Milwaukee! Here at the Voyager Food & Wine Cast, we discuss what's new in our shop, food and beverage trends around the world, and restaurant reviews from around the world. Along the way we'll be cracking jokes and chatting with chefs, bartenders, and other luminaries.Join us for an informative and irreverent discussion of things culinary and beyond!
Jordy is on the road, chatting with potter and Sonoma winemaker Sam Barron of Kivelstadt Cellars. Cheeched out on herbs and dank juice, the dudes wax philosophic on a range of topics like surfing, the natty wine scene, pottery, and everything in between. Come to Voyager on Wednesday May 31st to taste with Sam!
Jordy sits down with Chef Alexis Burgos. They nerd out on organ meat, beef, and fire... amongst other things. Get your tickets to our pop-up dinner Gatto/Nero, happening Sunday October 30th. It's a mash-up of Italian & Argentinian flavors featuring this episode's guest (Burgos) and the ladies from Strega. 8+ courses with wine pairings; $175/person. Tickets are available at voyagermke.com, or in person at Voyager! Get yours today, as seating is limited!
Tales of the Walking Dead; apocalypse NBD; Vice News says drinking just isn't cool anymore . . . WELP; side hustles? you're regular hustle ain't that good; stoners and boozehounds since the GET; Jordy gets some serious Bill Pullman vibes; cheese talk: Massimo Magaya di Sidra + Toma della Rocca; Jordy sits down with South African winemaker extraordinaire Lukas Van Loggerenberg; Regalis Gourmet Buffet; Riesling + Chinese Food event; holiday shopping with Voyager's Explorer's Club.
Music: Space Crime Beats
Roadtrippin' through the American middle west; Dubuque IA: Hotel Julien / L. May restaurant; Excelsior Springs, MO: The Elms Resort and Spa / Joe's Kansas City BBQ; Lake of the Ozarks, MO; Redneck Riviera; just piss at the bar; #LakeLife; Peoria, IL: prostitution palace; Lukas Von Loggenerberg tasting; Wine & Brine III; Regalis Gourmet Buffet invites; Dane Baldwin, do you read me?; spirits walk around upstairs; autumn is coming; softbois and soft cheese; watch the Packers at Voyager!
Featured cheese: Vacherousse d'Argental
Featured wines: Red Tail Ridge "Sans Oak" Chardonnay + Domaine Les Aphillanthes "Bragalou"
Theme music: Spacecrime Beats (John Brander)
All Apologies; house business / updates to the crew manifest; pink wines and grill life; Regalis Gourmet Buffet; Wine & Brine; Noble Rot is back in stock; Jordy reads "Take the Heat" from issue #29; HEAPS of killer wines from Australia by Unico Zelo; Alp Blossom--a year in the life of a Swiss cow.
New host alert; ya can't swallow it all; wine tasting fashion police; Mumford & fascists; 100 spits to the peepers; white people are dumb; Misoo spritzes from Chicago; The Publishing House; the Windy City steals Paul's heart; Milwaukee needs to be more diverse; the furious and fastest; the cast is working; Andy Silverman sells a holiday; FIBs?; track suit dreams; Slovenian Wines WI; writing off modesty; Hungarian war beards; Batic Wines; shocking amounts of macaroni and cheese; the worst plates.
Drinking: Pivnica Cajkov "Vulcanica #5" pet nat
Music: Spacecrime Beats
Produced by: Faux Real
Quick and dirty?; Guthrie is having a baby; Jordy is off San Francisco; Tre Bicchieri gets recapped; QXY Dumplings, Bonchon Korean fried chicken wings; Roncal cheese; Jose Andres: Made In Spain; bad dad jokes; Guthrie gets involved; get witchy wit it; waiter, there's a fly in my Vaseline; this wine smells like Nike Airs; not like, burnt . . . but like, fresh; Desiccated and Leafy: the Guthrie Neumann Story; Nebbiolo is a figure skater; what is amaro, generally?; casting spells and taking potions; hating on Jaegemeister; Jordy puts on some muscle.
Tasting notes:
Roncal cheese; Navarra--Pyrennes. Spain.
Falanghina. "Svelato" Terre Stregate. Sannio--Campania; 2021.
Nebbiolo. Prodotti di Barbaresco. Langhe--Pidemont; 2019.
Ebo Lebo; Amaro. Aosta Valley--Italy.
Music: Spacecrime Beats Produced by: Faux Real
A fireside chat with Goodkind Chef and Co-Owner Lisa Kirkpatrick, finally! Again! A magical dinner at Goodkind; never get between a man and his cheeks; Take One Fish; Spanish soup magic; fritter away the moments; texture as a tasting component; eat the weird bits; stellar chef nursery; Paul and Lisa are your real parents; cutthroat server shit; cold side/calm side; buttered brioche BFFs; food tastes better when you cook with love in your heart; the creative process; a sense of place and time; Big Tip Energy down at the Oven & Tap; what to expect when buying a "kitchen round;" tip sharing; America = Quantity over Quality; corkage for cake-age; unicorns riding into the sunset; False Spring #1; bad Deutsch and discreet fruit; German engineering and even würst Deutsch; shut up and drink a sunbeam; common rosé misconceptions; living in a post-grape world; upcoming wine shows: Tre Bicchieri + Third Coast Soif; "Car Show Huge," don't be a hero.
Drank: Shäfer-Fröhlich Vulkangestein Trocken Riesling 2016.
Music: Spacecrime Beats Produced by: Faux Real
Houston, we got problems; Lisa, can you hear me?; frozen arctic hellscapes; steeple chasin'; short stories gone long; travel is a privilege; H10 Madison Barcelona; cannabis clubz; CruiX; Bar Mut; that's when the shit kicks in; Sagrada non grata; local traffic in Gracia; life affirming tamales at Cantina Machito; Parc Guell; fanny pack vs bum bag; Bar Salvatge; Can Suriol "Mataro"; beach life in Barcelonetta; Vila Viniteca; Bury Me At Bar Brutal; loud pipes save vacays; The Perfect Con; on to San Sebastian; Bucks in six!; pintos vs tapas; gin & tonic & Rod Stewart; Bodegas Bhilar; eat a pig's face; Galerna Jan Edan; Fismuler; cheesecake of the gods.
Drank:
Do Ferreiro "Licor de Hierbas de Galicia"
Bodegas Bhilar Phincas "Thousand Mils" Rioja Blanco 2016
Music: Spacecrime Beats. Produced by: Faux Real
The dudes chat with Chef Dan Jacobs (DanDan, Fool's Errand, EsterEv); wherefore art thou, Portugal?; adventures at ORD; Xanax sponsorship; Buckster narrowly avoids smashing the monarchy; no nuts on this plane; playing in the sand with Dans; Jacobs + Mayer = Forever; the Grateful Cheese Head; Covid invincibility; "Prote Fragz"; let's go Brandon is for snowflakes; don't Haight, appreciate; burn Bobby Flay; Buckster saves the segue; Jacobs saves restaurants; replenish the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, now!; ballistic missile expiration dates; how to bring balance to the (work) force; ranking Dan's nerdiness; daddy issues.
Music: Spacecrime Beats Produced by: Faux Real
Call or email your representatives to strongly urge them to replenish the RRF in order to keep our vibrant culinary lights shining. We're not out of the woods yet. For more info, kindly visit the Milwaukee Independent Restaurant Coalition at: www.mkeirc.com
Grocery store sushi; intermittent fasting; Buckster survives the Oregon Trail; health nuts; the five ounce curl; the Counting Crows still suck; the wine drought ends; keeping expectations low; will Porto make the dudes love port wine, like for real?; alternate reality where Jordy's a surfer dude; hope springs eternal; Buckster's greatest Segall impersonation; Monsieur & Mrs. importers; Luxembourg Amish; pros and cons of guided wine tours; what is a "Buckster red"?; we travel around the world to bring you tasty juice; hiding your stash in a washed rind cheese; the Nepalese Southwest jet; the Jonathan & Mitch show; Found On Road Dead.
Abbazia di Novacella "Praepositus" Kerner; Alto Adige--Italy.
Quinta do Arrobe "Mensagem Reserva" Cabernet + Merlot; Tejo--Portugal.
Music: Space Crime Beats | Produced by: Faux Real
Gothcast; Remember me, from college?; Bittercube pop-up; Buckster is afraid of basements . . . and airplanes; Genesis, again; Xanax sandwiches; Joe Cool drinks Meiomi; Budweiser's greatest hits; The Producers; Walter Massa & the Timorasso Resurrection; the buds are aroused; paradise by the basement light; ANTICdotes; El Chapo--truffle hunter; jasmine in my miiiiiiinnnd; for real hype shit; freebasing white truffles; keep your guns outta my Christmas.
Wines: Vigneti Massa "Piccolo Derthona" & "Derthona" Cheese: Fromage a la Truffe Noir
Music: Spacecrime
Produced by: Faux Real
Taste this episode on Saturday 12/18; big love; the collective third eye . . . blind; Guthrie needs to cut loose; "remindership," why the five-star rating system is bullshit; stuck in your craw; generals in general; righting the wrongs; Buckster's greatest review; you Cheryl, you!; grow a pair and enjoy yourself; the Rembrandts?; one call, that's all; Guthrie fails French; quick and dirty Jura introduction; Boudry Chardonnay; SCUBA; less soy/more miso; come to Jesus moment; good things take time; no reservations at the bar; wines under flor pair with artichokes and asparagus.
Special guest: Guthrie Neumann
Music: Space Crime
Edited & Produced by: Faux Real
Special Guest: Paul Zerkel, Executive Chef and Co-Owner of Goodkind.
The genesis of the Zerkel and the Zerkel of Genesis; big city dreams at Wong's Wok; "Hey Curly, Where's Moe?"; ancient Milwaukee food empires; hand-me-down Cadillacs; reinventing a culinary scene; ANTIFA; Roots & The Social; when Paul met Danny; smokin' chickens in the Amazon; everybody's got something to give; Paul read the news today, oh boy; left of white Jesus.
Music by: Spacecrime Beats | Produced by: Faux Real
To purchase items from the show, simply visit our online store: www.voyagermke.com
A brief history of service; a cool Bay View bar with some nice wine; black market steak; intelligent design; Venn diagrams; art versus craft: an incomplete philosophical treatise; Maurer Oszkar "Rebel" blaufrankisch blend; Rebholz pinot blanc; Meredith Dairy Farmstead Sheep & Goat cheese; zero/zero on the high seas; cacio e pepe; we want a Vitamix sponsorship; claw machine engagement; ramble on.
Music by: Spacecrime
Produced by: Faux Real
We discuss the perfect wines to drink at Thanksgiving, with our pal Peggy Farrell from Swiss Cellars; a brief history of Nouveau; Poseidon's Pyramid cheese; Frasier; gabagool; Buckster works on his French; Beaujolais-as-weed; hashtag Blessed; Chef's Kiss.