- Season 4 Trailer
- Wine 4 Green Pizza
- Inside the Fort Knox of Wine
- Wine 4 Spag Bol
- English Wine and Climate Change
- Wine 4 Fish Pie
- Our WINE(S) OF THE YEAR 2022!
- Wine 4 the ULTIMATE burger
- Selling Net Zero Wine
- The Wine Lover’s Wish List
- How To Be a Better Wine Lover
- Burgundy – The Tipping Point?
- The New Beaujolais
- Wine and Your Microbiome
- Australian Pinot Noir Comes of Age
- The End of the Hangover?
- New Zealand Chardonnay
- News & Views 1
- Santorini – Wine’s Jurassic Park
- Santorini – Wines to Save an Island
- How Wine Gets Rocks Wrong
- Portugal’s Fine Wines
- The Mystery of Minerality
- Germany’s Pulling Power
- The Microbial Face of Terroir
- LIVE Q&A (Winchester)
Summary
So what do we all want from wine in the year ahead? What’s top of our wish list for wine in 2023?
For some it’s drinking better (or simply more) wine. If possible, for less money.
Others are hoping Pinot Noir proves to be a miracle cure and will be prescribed by doctors…
More realistically, combating climate change, responsible political engagement with wine and an end to the war in Ukraine inevitably feature.
And what of no-alcohol wine? The rise of organic and biodynamic viticulture? The quest for fresher wines, with moderate alcohol? Greater diversity and inclusivity in wine? Wine in cans? The growth of English wine? A return to travel? Wines with ‘added value’ (and less marketing nonsense)? And supporting independent wine merchants?
In this frank, opinionated episode, we take in a whole host of views from around the world and also hear from Master Sommelier Gearoid Devaney, wine writer Libby Brodie and Master of Wine Peter McCombie, among others.
Somehow, we also touch on poor taste in jumpers, serendipity, Damp January, the wine fountain of Irache, undies and their openings – and algorithms.
This episode paves the way for the subsequent programme entitled: How to Be a Better Wine Lover.
Starring
- Gearoid Devaney MS, Flint Wines
- Libby Brodie, Bacchus & Brodie
- Peter McCombie MW
- Ricardo and Yoannes, Clarette Wine Bar
- Susie & Peter
Notes
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- Here’s the link to Susie’s Decanter article on English still wines
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Get in touch!
We’d love to hear what’s on your wish list for the year ahead!
Or your views on how to be a better wine lover (our next episode).
OR you can support Peter’s wine jumper quest by sending in pics of your top wine jumpers…
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