This week we're swapping A Level exams for something very different - the fiendish exams you have to take if you want to become a 'Master of Wine', which is exactly what James Simpson (Managing Director at Pol Roger) did after his Classics degree!

In this episode, find out what ancient wine might have tasted like, the origins of champagne, what links Plato and Churchill and some secrets of the Greek symposium...

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We don’t advocate alcoholic consumption, for more information read Drinkaware: https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/tools/ 

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