William Shatner's Brown Bag Wine Tasting

On the premiere episode of Brown Bag Wine Tasting, William Shatner sits down with Alton Brown to talk food, family and bubbly wine! Alton discusses the intensity of unspoken cooking competitions between Southern wives to be the very best in town at making certain dishes. He also contemplates the pros and cons of viewing Humphrey Bogart as a father figure, and what criteria justify the use of the word chef to describe someone. Creatively describing their bubbly wine, Alton is reminded of Butterfinger bars.

For this episode of Brown Bag Wine Tasting, William Shatner sits down with magician and television presenter Christen Gerhart to talk wine, magic, and what happens when magicians reveal their secrets! Christen discusses learning magic from old books, the emotional attachment she has to performing magic, and the feeling that anything is possible in the realms of illusion and misdirection. Using magician terminology, Christen describes their white wine.

William Shatner is at Grand Central Market in Downtown Los Angeles to sip wine with Jered Standing, Head Butcher at Belcampo Meat Co. Oh yeah, Jered used to be a vegetarian. Jered talks about the way that the butchers at Belcampo prepare their meat differently, and explains the measures that they take in order to make sure that their livestock live a near natural life. William and Jered discuss the effects that fear has on cortisol production in an animal, and how that impacts the meat. Using butcher terminology, Jered describes the mystery white wine to William.

William Shatner sits down with Dominic, an honest-to-goodness marijuana dealer. They talk about how Dominic got into the business, what kind of living he makes, and when the last time William smoked 'grass' was! William expresses his love for the herb, and Dominic shares that he hasn't sampled his product in over three years. He explains how he can provide a decent life for his son by running his marijuana delivery service. William and Dominic contemplate the relationship between quality and taste for both wine and weed. Dominic doesn't initially enjoy his wine at all.

Chris Dane Owens is a legendary figure. On this episode of Brown Bag Wine Tasting, he joins Mr. Shatner in the great outdoors to discuss fantasy, music, and, of course, wine. Chris talks about his successes with creating music videos that stylistically pay homage to fantasy film trailers, and how he enjoys the boundless and transcendent realities of fantasy worlds. Chris draws upon his musical experience to describe the rosé that he and William share. Wine tasting just got epic.

William Shatner sips with Star Wars cosplayer Stryder, creator of the Hip Hop Trooper. The two talk bartending, hip hop lyrics, and classic Star Trek secrets before popping a bottle of mystery wine. Stryker discusses how his childhood escape routes from reality were hip hop and science fiction films, explaining the amalgamation of the two themes that form his Hip Hop Trooper costume. Utilizing his experience as a bartender, peppered with poetic phrasing, Stryder describes and rates the mystery wine that he and William share.