How much wine is good for you? Scientific research indicates that one of the healthiest ways to eat and drink is what’s known as the Mediterranean diet. This specifies a small amount of wine per day with meals. But how much is ‘a small amount’? TV presenter and Master of Wine Susie Barrie explains as part of the Drink Well Eat Well project.
We’re making an English sparkling wine as part of a charitable project. Here, Susie proves she’s more about quality than quantity. Head over to this page for more!
After harvesting and making the wines, now we blend. This is an important decision, so Peter is largely ignored. Find out more about our English Wine Adventure here.
Why visit Burgundy and the Rhône? Cheese, architecture – wine of course – and don’t forget the obscure laws about UFOs! A mini-series with Riviera Travel.
Tuscany’s famous Sangiovese grape variety literally means ‘blood of Jove’. That’s quite a reputation to live up to – something the Tuscans are doing better and better…
What do you get if you distil France and Germany down into liquid form and then blend them together? Something like Alsace – as delicious as it is surprising.
A short film about the Vintners’ Company, an historic yet little understood wine institution dedicated to charitable giving, fellowship and education. That, and looking after a few swans… Its motto is Vinum Exhilerat Animum (wine gladdens the heart). Made by Peter in association with Stepping Stone Media.
Thrills and spills from ‘the best show in the business’.
Beyond football and Fray Bentos of course… Peter goes in search of the answer in this entirely amateur footage filmed hours after landing, on the beach with his iPhone.
Pioneer of gay and women’s rights, with state-controlled marijuana supply, widespread renewable energy, free education – not to mention delicious wine.
Check out this fly-on-the-wall footage of the high jinks at Wine Fest Winchester 2017!
Susie gets up close and personal with a spittoon while discussing how and why to spit wine when tasting. (Production: Paddy Bowerman)
Wine is often served at the wrong temperature. This can make a big difference to the taste and your enjoyment. Here’s Peter with his 20-20 rule to help you get it right.
For the Boxing Day 2015 edition of BBC1’s Saturday Kitchen, Susie and Peter recruit a little extra help – and find a sweet wine to go with biscotti and syllabub by Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussein. (BBC1/Cactus TV)
A taste of the action from Wine Festival Winchester 2016 – fun, food and wines galore!
Wine Festival Winchester featured on BBC1, with a focus on English wine.
Wine Festival Winchester 2015 – the one minute video. Thanks to Paddy Bowerman and to Marsicans for the awesome soundtrack.
Jason Atherton’s got a festive fish stew on so Susie and Peter head out to find some white wine – and hit the shops. (Courtesy BBC1/Cactus TV)
How to keep your wine fresh once it’s been opened? Here’s Peter’s take.
Look beyond the hammy acting and see…well, what Christmas is all about. A horse-drawn carriage and a good old-fashioned marital dispute over the wine.
Susie in Bromley finding a wine to go with a wonderful turbot dish by the fabulous Sanchez-Iglesias brothers. (In memoriam Jonray) (BBC1/Cactus TV)
Peter goes rugby crazy on Saturday Kitchen. (Courtesy BBC1/Cactus TV)
Chile’s centuries-old wine history was largely forgotten until a brave band of winemakers started championing old vines in places like Itata. Peter visits.
Susie does her best Jane Austen impersonation before finding solace in wine to match with Gennaro Contaldo’s chicken. (BBC1/Cactus TV)
How to terrify a wine expert: 1) put him on a tray with wheels at the top of a hill and 2) push. Peter needs a stiff drink after this one. (BBC1/Cactus TV)
Susie and Peter chose three delicious, eclectic wines to sit at the heart of Mercure Hotels’ wine list in the UK, as part of their consultancy for the group. (MBA)
Peter clearly has no idea what’s in his glass as he relishes discussing everything that makes Spain delicious. Salud!
Vivek Singh’s cooking a prawn curry – time for Chilean Riesling. (BBC1/Cactus TV)
Susie’s stalking the vineyards of Kent (Chapel Down, actually) in this wine VT from Saturday Kitchen. (BBC1/Cactus TV)
Peter calls on the chancellor to end the booze super-tax in this edition of Daily Politics, which includes a VT filmed at Hampshire sparkling producer Hambledon. (BBC2)
Susie finds a wine to go with Tom Kitchin’s tomato salad from among the thousands on offer at the London Wine Fair. (BBC1/Cactus TV)
Peter meanders around Wimbledon in this tennis-themed quest to find a perfect wine to go with Wolfgang Puck’s Szechuan steak. (BBC1/Cactus TV)
It’s London Marathon weekend so Susie speeds off to the shops to find a wine for Gennaro Contaldo’s ravioli. (BBC1/Cactus TV)
A follow-up to Peter’s Daily Politics appearance, calling for less tax on wine, discussing the matter with three Baronesses. As you do. (BBC1/Daily Politics)
Susie visits an English wine estate and recommends fine Sussex fizz from Ridgeview in this Saturday Kitchen wine VT. (BBC1/Cactus TV)
Newquay – mackerel salad – Saturday Kitchen – that can only mean one thing. Surf’s up! (BBC1/Cactus TV)
Susie and Peter host and judge the first ever edition of The Palate, a nationwide quest to find the UK’s best amateur wine taster. (Stepping Stone Media)
Peter uses a boat to hunt down his Saturday Kitchen wine. (BBC1/Cactus TV)
Susie gets a few helping hands in her Saturday Kitchen wine quest. (BBC1/Cactus TV)
It’s Mother’s Day, you see. Peter’s dad also makes a very brief cameo – see if you can spot him! (BBC1/Cactus TV)
It was a big moment on Saturday Kitchen when presenter James Martin left after 10 years. Susie visited Yorkshire in his honour. (BBC1/Cactus TV)
Susie & Peter team up with Stepping Stone Media and Jacob’s Creek to make this video on how to choose the right fizz for you.
Why are the production company so keen to send Peter out on boats? Anyway, here is in finding a red for Adam Byatt’s Coq au Vin. (BBC1/Cactus TV)
Santa-related silliness in this festive Saturday Kitchen VT finding wine for Antonio Carluccio. I mean, where did they find that costume for Susie..?! (BBC1/Cactus TV)
In this vintage episode of Saturday Kitchen from November 2011, Susie’s in Banbury finding a red wine for Theo Randall’s sausage pasta. (BBC1/Cactus TV)
It’s vintage Saturday Kitchen alright: Peter capers around Birmingham finding a white wine for Rick Stein’s shrimp fritters. (BBC1/Cactus TV)