Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWhy Bother Matching Food and Wine? (Here's Why - and How)
Season 3 Episode 25
Some people say choosing the right wine for your food (or vice versa) is too complicated. Or that it's all nonsense, so not worth bothering with - ju…
3 years, 9 months ago
Wine from the Arab World
Season 3 Episode 24
Aghi Ourad is a Brit of Algerian descent who wants to change the way we think about wine from the 'Arab world' (his phrase).
Places like Algeria and L…
3 years, 10 months ago
The World's BIGGEST Wine Competition
Season 3 Episode 23
Fancy tasting 18,000+ bottles of wine in a week? Humping and dumping 73,000+ bottles? Herding 250+ international wine judges? Dodging bottle crushers…
3 years, 10 months ago
Armenia's Ambition: ancient, conflicted, hopeful
Season 3 Episode 22
Armenia is not the first country to spring to mind in terms of wine.
But this is one of the most ancient winemaking cultures in the world. The broade…
3 years, 11 months ago
Tasting 1982 Bordeaux
Season 3 Episode 21
Some wines or vintages achieve legendary status. The 1982s in Bordeaux are a case in point. So what's it really like to taste a bunch of 1982 clarets…
3 years, 11 months ago
Adventures in Dosage: the cherry on the sparkling cake
Season 3 Episode 20
Did you know that sugar and brandy can be added to sparkling wine? Were you aware that champagne was originally a sweet fizz? And that it regularly h…
4 years ago
Fake Booze - Pet Nad to Yoda
Season 3 Episode 19
What's this about the world's first 'pet nad' wine? Why has a wine-list-free restaurant been told to, 'stop being so bloody stupid'? Who is releasing…
4 years ago
On Natural Wine
Season 3 Episode 18
So what exactly IS natural wine?
How to define it - or is that even possible? What does it taste like? Why are we seeing so many natural wine bars, s…
4 years, 1 month ago
Georgia 4 Ukraine - For Peace
Season 3 Episode 17
This episode is dedicated to the people of Ukraine.
We talk to two leading figures in the Georgian wine scene - John Wurdeman (Pheasant's Tears) and…
4 years, 1 month ago
Boxing Clever?
Season 3 Episode 16
Scooter basket. Pet coffin. Vinyl shelves. Zoom stand. Veg storage. Bird box. Fire starters. And, if you're the Prime Minister - for making models in…
4 years, 1 month ago