Cabernet Queens
Cabernet Queens
Podcast Description
Grab a glass and settle in for Cabernet Queens, the podcast where wine, travel, and friendship blend seamlessly.Hosted by Deb Lee, a mortgage and protection advisor with Aldridge Mortgages & Protection, and Matt Morgan, a travel expert with Travel Counsellors, this show brings you a mix of mystery wine tasting and entertaining stories.Every episode features a mystery bottle of wine. Deb and Matt take turns guessing the wine’s origin, type, and price, sparking lively conversations and fun anecdotes along the way.If you love wine, enjoy travel stories, or simply want to feel like you're hanging out with friends, this podcast is for you. Whether you’re sipping a glass of your favourite wine or dreaming of your next getaway, Cabernet Queens is the perfect mix of entertainment and relaxation.About the HostsMatt Morgan is a passionate travel specialist committed to turning your dream holidays into reality. Offering expert, impartial advice and 24/7 support, Matt ensures every step of your journey is stress-free. From crafting itineraries across all continents to arranging weddings, honeymoons, cruises, and city breaks, he handles every detail, including visas and check-ins. With strong industry relationships and ATOL protection, Matt delivers personalised, worry-free travel experiences tailored to your needs.Find out more: https://luxurytravelexperts.co.uk/Deb Lee is the owner of Aldridge Mortgage & Protection, a family-run business focused on helping clients achieve their property goals. From first-time buyers to seasoned investors, Deb offers tailored advice on purchasing, refinancing, and borrowing. Based in the West Midlands but serving clients nationwide, she provides flexible support through remote or face-to-face consultations. With a client-first approach and a passion for making the mortgage process simple and stress-free, Deb ensures her clients' property dreams become reality.Find out more: https://aldridgemp.co.uk/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast blends themes of wine exploration, travel experiences, and personal anecdotes. Episodes cover a variety of topics such as travel highlights from wine regions like Stellenbosch and New Zealand, relatable commentary on the challenges of self-employment, and the duo's personal stories that emphasize their shared love for wine and travel, offering listeners a blend of casual conversation and engaging storytelling.
Grab a glass and settle in for Cabernet Queens, the podcast where wine, travel, and friendship blend seamlessly.
Hosted by Deb Lee, a mortgage and protection advisor with Aldridge Mortgages & Protection, and Matt Morgan, a travel expert with Travel Counsellors, this show brings you a mix of mystery wine tasting and entertaining stories.
Every episode features a mystery bottle of wine. Deb and Matt take turns guessing the wine’s origin, type, and price, sparking lively conversations and fun anecdotes along the way.
If you love wine, enjoy travel stories, or simply want to feel like you’re hanging out with friends, this podcast is for you. Whether you’re sipping a glass of your favourite wine or dreaming of your next getaway, Cabernet Queens is the perfect mix of entertainment and relaxation.
About the Hosts
Matt Morgan is a passionate travel specialist committed to turning your dream holidays into reality. Offering expert, impartial advice and 24/7 support, Matt ensures every step of your journey is stress-free. From crafting itineraries across all continents to arranging weddings, honeymoons, cruises, and city breaks, he handles every detail, including visas and check-ins. With strong industry relationships and ATOL protection, Matt delivers personalised, worry-free travel experiences tailored to your needs.
Find out more: https://luxurytravelexperts.co.uk/
Deb Lee is the owner of Aldridge Mortgage & Protection, a family-run business focused on helping clients achieve their property goals. From first-time buyers to seasoned investors, Deb offers tailored advice on purchasing, refinancing, and borrowing. Based in the West Midlands but serving clients nationwide, she provides flexible support through remote or face-to-face consultations. With a client-first approach and a passion for making the mortgage process simple and stress-free, Deb ensures her clients’ property dreams become reality.
Find out more: https://aldridgemp.co.uk/
See the wine they drink and keep up to date with their adventures: https://www.instagram.com/cabernetqueens/
Get in touch with Cabernet Queens with any questions: [email protected]
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In this special episode of Cabernet Queens, Matt Morgan is thousands of miles from the usual setup – broadcasting live from Kruger Shalati, a Michelin-keyed lodge elevated over the Sabi River inside Kruger National Park, South Africa.
With Deb Lee back home and a stunning sunset over the bush, Matt is joined by Carmen, Sales Manager at Moths My Collection, and Tinashe Chirukure, resident sommelier at Kruger Shalati, for a three-wine tasting unlike anything the show has done before. Three South African bottles, all hidden in brown paper bags, a sommelier who grew up identifying fruit in his grandmother’s garden in Zimbabwe, and a podcast that goes rather later into the evening than planned.
Key Takeaways
Kruger Shalati is unlike anywhere Matt has ever been on his travels.
Elevated directly over the Sabi River, with two Michelin Keys and its own sommelier, it is the kind of property that has to be seen to be believed – and Matt has promised the pictures on Instagram.
South African wine is barely represented in what reaches UK shelves.
Between tax, export logistics and the sheer exclusivity of the estates producing the best bottles, what most British wine drinkers know of South Africa is a fraction of what is actually out there.
The second wine sparks the most debate of the evening.
Both Matt and Carmen suspect Pinot Noir. Tinashe lets them go back and forth before revealing that the grape in the glass has a fascinating South African backstory rooted in a case of mistaken identity that lasted decades.
The third wine comes with one of the most famous names in South African history on the label.
An Italian cultivar, a story that neither guest sees coming, and a bottle that prompts the admission from Tinashe that the best wine is not always the most expensive one on the list.
Key Moments
“If it helps him become impartial with his sound judgement – I can do my job better with wine too.”
“The wine they have in the stores is not the wine we actually have here. Don’t judge us off that basis.”
“Tea time, dinner time, anytime.”
About Cabernet Queens
Cabernet Queens is the podcast where great wine meets even better stories. Each episode, hosts Matt Morgan and Deb Lee uncork a mystery bottle, share travel tales and take listeners along for the ride.
Part wine show, part travel podcast, part catch-up between two brilliant friends – grab a glass and drink along.
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