Tony Laithwaite and the history of Direct Wines
Tony Laithwaite owns Direct Wines, a global business selling wine direct to consumers through mail order and the internet. In this first interview we find out how it all started.
Mar 10, 2011
UK Wine Show
The UK Wine Show is all about wine and the UK wine scene. We interview winemakers, consumers, wine bar owners, scientists, you name it, if it is about wine in the UK we will cover it. Almost all good wine from around the world washes up on these shores so we'll find out more about the people behind the wines that are making a splash.
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Episodes
Limari and Botrytis wine with Nicolas Jarpa from La Playa
We talk to Nicolas Jarpa from La Playa winery in Colchagua Valley, Chile about botrysised wine and a new wine region, Limari.
Mar 04, 2011
Colchagua with Nicolas Jarpa from La Playa
We talk to Nicolas Jarpa from La Playa winery in Colchagua Valley, Chile about the region's climate, soils and grapes.
Feb 25, 2011
Ian Meadows on Roman vineyards in the UK
In this second interview with archaeologist Ian Meadows we find out about the excavation of the first proven Roman vineyard in the Nene Valley, Northampton.
Feb 17, 2011
Ian Meadows on ancient English wine drinking
We interview archaeologist Ian Meadows who excavated the first proven Roman vineyard in the Nene Valley, Northampton, to find out how the English were first introduced to wine.
Feb 11, 2011
Stanlake Park with Vince Gower
We talk to Vince Gower, the winemaker at Stanlake Park Wine Estate in Berkshire, England to find out about the vineyard and the wines they produce.
Feb 04, 2011
Miguel Torres on Chile
In our final interview with Miguel Torres we hear about the company's winemaking operations in Chile.
Jan 28, 2011
Miguel Torres on low alcohol wines
In this second interview with Miguel Torres of Spain's Torres winemaking family we discuss the company's introduction of de-alcoholised wines.
Jan 21, 2011
Miguel Torres, growing up in Spains 1st wine family
We interview Miguel Torres of Spain's Torres winemaking empire to find out the history behind the company and how Miguel has worked his way up to his current role as president of Miguel Torres Chile.
Jan 14, 2011
Improving your nose with George Dodd
George Dodd is a perfumer and an expert on the sense of smell. In this interview we discuss ways to train your nose.
Jan 07, 2011
Flutes with Ian Bailey of Zwiesel Kristallglas Part 3
In this third interview with Ian Bailey of Zwiesel Kristallglas we discuss Champagne flutes and other types of glasses.
Dec 17, 2010
Wine glasses with Ian Bailey of Zwiesel Kristallglas Part 2
In this second interview with Ian Bailey of Zwiesel Kristallglas we hear about different glass shapes.
Dec 10, 2010
Wine glasses with Ian Bailey of Zwiesel Kristallglas Part 1
In this first interview with Ian Bailey of Zwiesel Kristallglas we hear how the company came to develop the world's most durable crystal wine glass.
Dec 03, 2010
Australian update with Tim Smith and Matthew McCulloch
We interview Tim Smith and Matthew McCulloch of Chateau Tanunda, Barossa Valley to bring us up to speed with what's happening in the Barossa and Australia.
Nov 26, 2010
Chateau Tanunda with Tim Smith and Matthew McCulloch
We interview Tim Smith and Matthew McCulloch of Chateau Tanunda, Barossa Valley who have just picked up best Australian producer at the International Wine and Spirit Competition 2010.
Nov 19, 2010
Martinborough Vineyards with Paul Mason
Paul Mason is winemaker at Martinborough Vineyards, New Zealand, one of the first wineries to put Martinborough on the map as a wine region. We talk about Pinot Noir, the grape the region is best known for.
Nov 11, 2010
Hermann Seifried of Seifried Winery
Hermann Seifried of Seifried Winery in Nelson, New Zealand talks to us about volatile acidity and dessert wines.
Nov 06, 2010
Paul Millen of NZDFI on vineyard posts
Paul Millen is project manager for the New Zealand Dryland Forests Initiative. Paul talks about the research and development of sustainable Eucalyptus forests in New Zealand.
Oct 29, 2010
Bulk wine importing with Roger Goose and Nancy Wendrock from EPT
Nancy Wendrock and Roger Goose of EPT (Environmental Packaging Technologies) talk to us about the new Wine-Pac they have developed for shipping wine in bulk.
Oct 22, 2010
Ann Smith on Carbon Zero and wine
Ann Smith of Landcare Research talks to us about the carboNZero programme and what it means for wine.
Oct 15, 2010
Caroline Gilby MW on Eastern Europe Wines Romania Bulgaria Moldova and Georgia
Caroline Gilby is a Master of Wine and has a PhD in plant sciences. In this second interview we find out more about the wine regions of Eastern Europe.
Sep 27, 2010
Caroline Gilby MW on Eastern Europe Hungary Slovakia and Slovenia
Caroline Gilby is a Master of Wine and has a PhD in plant sciences. Caroline brings us up to speed on the wine regions of Eastern Europe.
Sep 27, 2010
Wine Aromas with George Dodd
George Dodd is a perfumer and an expert on the sense of smell. In this interview we discuss how we perceive the aromas in wine.
Sep 24, 2010
The difference in ability to smell with perfumer George Dodd
George Dodd is a perfumer and an expert on the sense of smell. George explains how we all have different levels of sensitivity to smells.
Sep 17, 2010
George Dodd Perfumer on how smell works
George Dodd is a perfumer and an expert on the sense of smell. George explains how it all works.
Sep 08, 2010
Wines of Turkey Taner Ogutoglu
Taner is a director of Wines of Turkey, the generic body representing Turkish wineries. We hear about the wine industry in Turkey, a Muslim country which freely permits the consumption of alcohol.
Sep 03, 2010
Yealands Estate with Peter Yealands
Peter Yealands of Yealands Estate talks to us about his winery and vineyards located in Marlborough, New Zealand.
Aug 24, 2010
Rexam Wine Cans with Graham Fenton
Graham Fenton of Rexam discusses the benefits of packaging wine in aluminium cans.
Aug 20, 2010
Wickham Vineyards with Jo Nowak
We talk with Jo Nowark about the diverse range of business run under the Wickham vineyards group and find out how this small English producer has has integrated vertical and horizontally.
Aug 13, 2010
Stu Powell Frost Protection strategies
We talk with Stu Powell climatologist and frost forecaster about how vines and grapes react to frost.
Aug 06, 2010
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