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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Arne Bercher on the wines of Baden
26/10/2011Arne Bercher describes the different styles of wine from the Baden region in Germany in this second interview.
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Arne Bercher on Baden
21/10/2011Pinot expert Arne Bercher tells us about the wine region of Baden and the different grape varieties grown there.
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Ernst Ruhl on Geisenheim Root Stock Breeding
14/10/2011Professor Ernst Ruhl from the Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute explains how root stocks are bred in this third interview.
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Ernst Ruhl from Geisenheim on Vine Breeding
07/10/2011Professor Ernst Ruhl from the Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute explains how vines are bred in this second interview.
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Ernst Ruhl from Geisenheim on Phylloxera
30/09/2011We ask Professor Ernst Ruhl from the Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute to explain how phylloxera attacks grape vines.
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Guillaume Tardy on Australia and barrels from a Burgundian perspective
23/09/2011Domaine Jean Tardy is located in Vosne-Romanee in the Cote-d'Or, Burgundy. In this third and final interview we speak to son Guillaume on his experience of Australian winemaking.
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Guillaume Tardy on Vintage review
17/09/2011Domaine Jean Tardy is located in Vosne-Romanee in the Cote-d'Or, Burgundy. In part two of our interview with Guillaume Tardy we hear about the 2011 vintage.
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Guillaume Tardy on inheritance in Burgundy
06/09/2011Domaine Jean Tardy is located in Vosne-Romanee in the Cote-d'Or, Burgundy. We speak to son Guillaume on how the business is shared between the family.
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Croatian grape varieties with Sasa Spiranec
02/09/2011In this second interview with wine writer Sasa Spiranec we find out about the indigenous grape varieties of Croatia from the different wine regions.
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Wine regions of Croatia with Sasa Spiranec
26/08/2011We interview wine writer Sasa Spiranec on the wine regions of Croatia and the history and winemaking culture of the country.
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Rowan Gormley on Naked Wines
19/08/2011Rowan Gormley is the founder of Naked Wines. In this second interview we hear how about the small producer strategy that is central to the Naked Wines proposition.
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Rowan Gormley profile of a Wine Entrepreneur
12/08/2011Rowan Gormley is the founder of Naked Wines. In this first interview we hear how he started out at a private equity firm where he eventually met Richard Branson and launched Virgin Money and Virgin Wines.
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Willi Klinger on Austria Part 2
05/08/2011Willi Klinger represents the Austrian Wine Marketing board. In this second interview we find out about the 4 wine regions of Austria and the different grapes and wines.
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Willi Klinger on Austria Part 1
18/07/2011Willi Klinger represents the Austrian Wine Marketing board. In this first interview we find out about the history of winemaking in Austria and talk about the most planted grape variety Gruner Veltliner.
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BevScan with Colin Jeffress
15/07/2011Colin Jeffress of Jeffco tells us about BevScan, a device for analysing wine using near infrared to classify and authenticate bottles without needing to open them and without causing damage.
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Chris Parker on Virginia wines
08/07/2011Chris Parker of New Horizon Wines exports Virginian wines to the UK. He tells us about the history of the region, the geography, climate and wines.
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Madeira with Geoffrey Cole and Luis Oliveira from Pereira DOliveira Vinhos
01/07/2011We interview Geoffrey Cole and Luis Oliveira from Pereira D'Oliveira Vinhos on fortified Madeira wine and its history and present day winemaking.
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Dermot Sugrue of Wiston Estate on autolysis
24/06/2011Dermot Sugrue is winemaker at Wiston Estate Winery in West Sussex. We find out how sparkling wines develop through the process of autolysis.
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Dermot Sugrue of Wiston Estate on contract winemaking
16/06/2011Dermot Sugrue is winemaker at Wiston Estate Winery in West Sussex. We find out how contract winemaking works and what it takes to set up a winery.
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Stuart Smith on selecting clones for vineyards
10/06/2011Stuart Smith of Ryedale Vineyards in Yorkshire, North England talks to us about his vines and wines and how different root stocks are selected for vineyards.