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The Punch Down Wine Show Episode One Is Coming (With Guest Eric Asimov, December 4th 1PM ET!)3 min read

Posted on November 27, 2012January 29, 2015 by 1WineDude

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I’m really excited to share with you all the launch of The Punch Down!

For the last few months, I’ve been working with London-based wine educator and author Tara O’Leary on the concept of a video wine show idea that I’ve had brewing in my noggin’ for a loooong time. I’m stoked to be able to tell you that idea is finally coming to life, and thrilled that Tara is joining me as co-host! It took a lot of work by her, my hardworking intern The Young Unpaid Shelby, and even a few of the helpful tech-heads at Google (on both the Left and Right coasts), and we are now ready to step on the gas on this thing.

Our inaugural guest:

The first episode of The Punch Down is airing live on the Google+ platform on December 4th at 1PM ET. We’d love for you to join us live with NYT wine guru Eric Asimov, who has kindly agreed to be put on the hot seat to discuss the more controversial side of his new book, the thought-provoking How To Love Wine.

What the hell this is all about:

Put simply, The Punch Down is like an ESPN sorts talk show, but instead of getting into heated debate and discussion about ground-out rules, penalty time, or pass interference calls, we’re going to dive deep into the geekiness of wine topics. Each episode, we’ll have a prominent wine personality as our guest, and will get right into the meaty topics, followed by a quick run down (and Op/Ed style commentary, of course) on noteworthy developments in the wine world. We’re focusing on the controversial stuff here – this is not a show that will be coddling to wanna-bes!

We’re using the G+ Hangout format for the show, which creates a sort of round-table video discussion (for an example, check out the G+ Hangout I did earlier this year with Andrea Robinson). Personally, I think the G+ platform is perfect for this style of lively wine talk, and the Google team has been downright awesome in helping us get this off the ground. Combine the platform, the subject matter, the style of the show, and the fact that we’re co-hosting live with Tara and me separated by the entire Atlantic Ocean, and I think we might have an Internet first here (or at least we’re closer to the cutting edge than we are away from it!).

How to join in:

You’ll be able to hit us up with questions, peanut-gallery commentary, and the like during the event by joining us at https://plus.google.com/events/c9rqsm5k9v4j42a37l0s9eitkq4 on Dec. 4. You can also hit us up with questions for Eric on twitter using the hastag #thepunchdown as well as through email (thepunchdown @ gmail.com). You are of course also welcome to leave comments here on this post with any questions, suggestions, and ideas. Finished episodes will also be posted to TPD  G+ page and YouTube channel (and embedded back here on good ol’ 1WD as well). You know, just in case you do the totally unthinkable and actually miss our first episode (c’mon, you weren’t going to do any work for those 30 minutes on the 4th anyway, were you???).

I’m all jazzed up about this! I hope that you can join us!

Cheers!

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8 thoughts on “The Punch Down Wine Show Episode One Is Coming (With Guest Eric Asimov, December 4th 1PM ET!)3 min read”

  1. jeffeckles says:
    November 27, 2012 at 11:27 am

    Very, very cool. Looking forward to this and hope I will be able to join live.

    1. 1WineDude says:
      November 27, 2012 at 11:43 am

      Thanks, Jeff!

  2. gabe says:
    November 27, 2012 at 1:01 pm

    sounds really cool. can't wait to see it

    1. 1WineDude says:
      November 27, 2012 at 1:32 pm

      Thanks, Gabe. Come & heckle us!

  3. vinomadic says:
    November 27, 2012 at 7:59 pm

    Kudos, Joe! You keep raising the bar, & topping yourself. Expect to be in LA next Tuesday, let's see if I can round a few of the usual suspects & join in…

    1. 1WineDude says:
      November 27, 2012 at 9:48 pm

      Thanks, vinomadic. I'll try to live up to that!

  4. Steve Matthiasson says:
    November 28, 2012 at 10:40 am

    Congrats on making this happen! This is huge! I'll be listening live on my drive to Mendocino to hunt mushrooms (will have to watch on YouTube later for any visuals). Great name too.

    1. 1WineDude says:
      November 28, 2012 at 10:50 am

      Thanks, Steve! So… What kind of shrooms are you hunting, exactly? ;-)

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