But I’ll Take a Pinot Grigio

A pop culture professor, a restaurant industry veteran, and a former socialite turned psychologist  walk into a podcast. They're rewatching Vanderpump Rules but also dissecting some of the most popular shows.  Reality TV taken seriously and with wine. Find us on Instagram,Tik Tok and YouTube @takeapinotpod or email Jeff@pinotpod.com

Episodes

Jun 3, 2026

1 hr 21 min

Part 2 of the Summer House reunion and episode 3 of In The City have some juicy bits. It's a West and Amanda pile on in the former and Kenny-is-a-douche in the latter. 
New city. Same bad instincts. We're covering every Tuesday. Check your feed.
Watch, listen, and find visual aids and questionable life choices at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Hot takes, complaints, and confessions go to sundi@pinotpod.com. Leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.
 

Jun 3, 2026

1 hr 21 min

Jun 1, 2026

1 hr 6 min

It's been a great season, but we're down to the final 4 and they must plate their food on an unconventional "vessel." Sundi didn't realize she hated the word vessel so much until this episode of television. 
The Pinot Pod has left London and is in the city. Emilie will now be applying her expertise to these young, beautiful NYC dwellers as we discuss “in The City” the spin off of the much debated Summer House. 
Find us for vintage VPR on Wednesdays  and Fridays. And our new show, the Mega-Mini-Crossover, where we get the whole gang together to chat what's made us happy this week, a little hot goss, and we give a few recommendations. 
Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Questions, complaints, and hot takes go to sundi@pinotpod.com. And please leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.
Thanks to Nutwood Winery for all their support an for helping to keep the Pinot pod a party. 
 

Jun 1, 2026

1 hr 6 min

May 29, 2026

1 hr 11 min

Don't let the title of this episode fool you, we got it all. The lead up to the season 4 season finale is all about engagement party-prep as everyone schemes and complains their way through the penultimate episode. 
 
We're almost to the end of season 23 of Top Chef, where Jeff is the expert and Sundi is along for the learning (and the food).
The Pinot Pod is leaving London and heading to the city. Emilie will now be applying her expertise to these young, beautiful NYC dwellers as we discuss “in The City” the spin off of the much debated Summer House. 
Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Questions, complaints, and hot takes go to sundi@pinotpod.com. And please leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.
 

May 29, 2026

1 hr 11 min

May 28, 2026

55 min

A midweek mega-mini episode featuring our ranking of Top Chef's final four and Jeff's outsider impressions of the Summer House reunion, not to mention some Vanderpump and Mormon Wives  gossip, and our recommendations for the week. 
They also dive into true crime and darker documentaries like Hollywood Demons, Teen Mom retrospectives, and The Many Lives of Benjamin Kyle while questioning production ethics and media spectacle.
Find us on Mondays as  take a look (and rank) the remaning cheftestants as we count down the final 4. It's been a great season, y'all.
The Pinot Pod has left London and is heading to the Hamptons and then the city. We're watching the Summer House reunions and Emilie is applying her expertise to these young, beautiful NYC dwellers as we discuss “in The City” the spin off of the much debated Summer House. 
Find us for vintage VPR on Wednesdays  and Fridays.
Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Questions, complaints, and hot takes go to sundi@pinotpod.com. And please leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.
 

May 28, 2026

55 min

May 27, 2026

1 hr 3 min

Tequila Katie is back and is, apparently the "Shakespeare of rage texts" Stassi is hoping to win her way back into the group, but her looming influence has some folks really nervous.
We're almost to the end of season 23 of Top Chef, where Jeff is the expert and Sundi is along for the learning (and the food).
The Pinot Pod left London and is in the city now. Emilie will now be applying her expertise to these young, beautiful NYC dwellers as we discuss “in The City” the spin off of the much debated Summer House. 
Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Questions, complaints, and hot takes go to sundi@pinotpod.com. And please leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.
 

May 27, 2026

1 hr 3 min

May 27, 2026

1 hr 11 min

It's a Summer House/In The City crossover. We dissect the first part of the reunion and the second episode is juicy, ya'll. 
Watch, listen, and find visual aids and questionable life choices at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Hot takes, complaints, and confessions go to sundi@pinotpod.com. Leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.
 
 

May 27, 2026

1 hr 11 min

May 25, 2026

56 min

Today we’re getting to dish on our new favorite show in its 23rd season, Top Chef! They are headed to the Carolinas this year and we will be watching and talking all about it.  Jeff (our resident hospitality expert) finally gets to discuss some food and Sundi (with her Professor of Pop Culture POV) gives her ever evolving thoughts on what a chef exactly is.  Hope you can join!
Top Chef is leaving South Carolina and headed back to Charlotte, after a very quick but entertaining pit stop in beautiful Asheville.
The cheftestants put on a for real Appalachian party for 200 this week, in the woods and under the microscope of some serious nitpicky judges.  
 
TC alum Asheligh Shanti makes an appearance and we honor the unity and culinary scene and how it can bring a comunity together.  The charities they helped were Belove Asheville and Manna Food Bank in Asheville. 
And always World Central Kitchen is great to donate to, if you'd like to help any of these charities please follow these:
 
Manna Food Bank:
Belove Asheville
World Central Kitchen
 
Things get a little explosive at the end in a new way but nothing we can't handle so stick around and follow along with us, we're great!
The Pinot Pod has left London and is heading to the city. Emilie will now be applying her expertise to these young, beautiful NYC dwellers as we discuss “in The City” the spin off of the much debated Summer House. 
Find us for vintage VPR on Wednesdays  and Fridays.
Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Questions, complaints, and hot takes go to sundi@pinotpod.com. And please leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.
 

May 25, 2026

56 min

May 22, 2026

1 hr 13 min

Jax is having a midlife crisis, Lala is better off without James and meanwhile, he's losing his mind at Pump - courtesy of one, Ms. Kristen Doute. 
We're also in deep with season 23 of Top Chef, where Jeff is the expert and Sundi is along for the learning (and the food).
The Pinot Pod is leaving London and heading to the city. Emilie will now be applying her expertise to these young, beautiful NYC dwellers as we discuss “in The City” the spin off of the much debated Summer House. 
Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Questions, complaints, and hot takes go to Jeff@pinotpod.com. And please leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.
 

May 22, 2026

1 hr 13 min

May 21, 2026

54 min

The whole family is here as Jeff, Sundi and Emilie all get to discuss Top Chef (with the lack of drama), The Crash (all the real life drama) and give our own pop culture recommendations from the week from The Judds to the same knowledge we share with Oprah.  
We don't have a Last Chance Kitchen any more so we are finding all kinds of new material to get into your earholes.
The Pinot Pod has left London and is heading to the city. Emilie will now be applying her expertise to these young, beautiful NYC dwellers as we discuss “in The City” the spin off of the much debated Summer House. 
Find us for vintage VPR on Wednesdays  and Fridays.
Watch, listen, and find visual aids and poor decisions at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Questions, complaints, and hot takes go to sundi@pinotpod.com. And please leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.
 

May 21, 2026

54 min

May 20, 2026

56 min

The Pinot Pod is leaving the Hamptons and heading straight to Manhattan. There is still MUCH left to sort out with Kyle and Amanda, but in the mean time, we're gonna get to know these folks a little better. 
New city. Same bad instincts. We're covering every week, so check your feed.
Watch, listen, and find visual aids and questionable life choices at @takeapinotpod on Instagram and on YouTube. Hot takes, complaints, and confessions go to sundi@pinotpod.com. Leave a review so more people can suffer through this with us.
 

May 20, 2026

56 min

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