Synopsis
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.
Episodes
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Martinborough Vineyards with Paul Mason
11/11/2010Paul 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.
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Hermann Seifried of Seifried Winery
06/11/2010Hermann Seifried of Seifried Winery in Nelson, New Zealand talks to us about volatile acidity and dessert wines.
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Paul Millen of NZDFI on vineyard posts
29/10/2010Paul 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.
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Bulk wine importing with Roger Goose and Nancy Wendrock from EPT
22/10/2010Nancy 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.
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Ann Smith on Carbon Zero and wine
15/10/2010Ann Smith of Landcare Research talks to us about the carboNZero programme and what it means for wine.
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Caroline Gilby MW on Eastern Europe Hungary Slovakia and Slovenia
27/09/2010Caroline 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.
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Caroline Gilby MW on Eastern Europe Wines Romania Bulgaria Moldova and Georgia
27/09/2010Caroline 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.
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Wine Aromas with George Dodd
24/09/2010George Dodd is a perfumer and an expert on the sense of smell. In this interview we discuss how we perceive the aromas in wine.
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The difference in ability to smell with perfumer George Dodd
17/09/2010George Dodd is a perfumer and an expert on the sense of smell. George explains how we all have different levels of sensitivity to smells.
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George Dodd Perfumer on how smell works
08/09/2010George Dodd is a perfumer and an expert on the sense of smell. George explains how it all works.
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Wines of Turkey Taner Ogutoglu
03/09/2010Taner 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.
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Yealands Estate with Peter Yealands
24/08/2010Peter Yealands of Yealands Estate talks to us about his winery and vineyards located in Marlborough, New Zealand.
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Rexam Wine Cans with Graham Fenton
20/08/2010Graham Fenton of Rexam discusses the benefits of packaging wine in aluminium cans.
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Wickham Vineyards with Jo Nowak
13/08/2010We 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.
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Stu Powell Frost Protection strategies
06/08/2010We talk with Stu Powell climatologist and frost forecaster about how vines and grapes react to frost.
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Stu Powell Frost in the vineyard
30/07/2010This month we talk with Stu Powell about the causes of Frost and how the topographical features effect the likelihood of frost.
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Simon Tam on Asian food and wine matching
23/07/2010Simon Tam is a Hong Kong based wine educator. We talk to Simon about Asian food and wine matching.
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Simon Tam on Chinese wine
16/07/2010Simon Tam is a Hong Kong based wine educator. We talk to Simon about the Chinese wine industry and Chinese wines.
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Paul Fenner of Waiters Friend
09/07/2010Paul Fenner is founder of The Waiters Friend Company. We hear how the company has established itself as market leader in the UK wine accessories market through innovation and quality products.
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Ivan Donaldson of Pegasus Bay on Waipara
02/07/2010Pegasus Bay is a top winery in Canterbury, New Zealand run by the Donaldson family. In this interview with Ivan Donaldson we find out how the region has developed over the last 20 years.