Wine Times

Food, wine and conversation with Sunday Times wine columnist and vice president of The Sunday Times Wine Club Will Lyons and Sunday Times restaurant critic Charlotte Ivers. From taste and heritage to grapes and growers, everything that makes a good wine special. Together they introduce new combinations of food and wine, suggesting surprising pairings and different ways to enjoy old favourites. Join them as they try a simple combination of three wines and one dish. Here, Will and Charlotte experience the differing taste of Camembert and other cheeses with English sparkling, French white, and a Spanish red wine.

Wine 1: Rosé de Noirs, Roebuck Estates, Sussex, England 

Wine 2: 2022 Sauvignon Gris, Château Le Coin, Bordeaux, France

Wine 3: 2022 Mencia (Kew Series), Bierzo, Spain

All the wines in the series are available at www.sundaytimeswineclub.co.uk

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Wine Times is back! With fresh ideas about how to choose the best wines to go with the simplest of foods, to make any meal an occasion!

Three wines and one dish - which will be best for the taste of both the wine and food?

Here's a taster from Will and Charlotte. Follow us now. The new series starts very soon.

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In this episode Will Lyons shares one of his all time favourite episodes from the Wine Times archive...

Discussing and decanting with Anneka and Will is broadcaster and writer, Clare Balding CBE. As well as three great wines to taste from Argentina, Clare gasps over a £100 bottle of wine, Will shares one of his greatest blind wine tasting moments and Anneka reflects on when she caught Clare walking backwards along the Thames. 

Wine 1: 2022 Torrontés, Alma Andina, Mendoza

Wine 2: 2021 Chardonnay, Trapiche Terroir Series Finca Las Piedras, Mendoza, Argentina

Wine 3: 2019 Cheval des Andes

All the wines in the series are available at www.sundaytimeswineclub.co.uk

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In this episode Will Lyons shares one of his all time favourite episodes from the Wine Times archive...

Discussing and decanting with Suzi Ruffell and Will Lyons is Michelin star chef Angela Hartnett. As well as three great wines to taste, Angela supports Will for his love of pairing champagne with parmesan, Will questions whether tasting menus are still fashionable and Suzi worries that robots will soon take over the production of wine.

Bollinger Rosé, Aÿ, Champagne 

2020 Clos de la Vierge, Jurançon, France 

2019 Chianti Classico, Marchesi Antinori Tenuta Tignananello, Tuscany, Italy

All the wines in the series are available at www.sundaytimeswineclub.co.uk

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In this episode Will Lyons shares one of his all time favourite episodes from the Wine Times archive...

Raising a glass with Will Lyons and Miquita Oliver is the multi award-winning musician Gregory Porter; who is an avid wine collector. As well as two great wines to taste; Gregory talks about his new album "Still Rising" and reveals his vinous rider, Will explains the history of Bond and Bolinger, and Miquita learns all about "Two Buck Chuck".

Champagne Bollinger Special Cuvée Brut NV

2019 Le Prince de Courthézon Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Rhône Valley, France 

All the wines in the series are available at www.sundaytimeswineclub.co.uk

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Today’s special guest is… WINE! Will and Anneka round off the series with their focus firmly on the star of the series. Will introduces three wines, one from the past, one from the present, and perhaps a taste of the future? Plus, Anneka looks back on the best bottles from the series and together they choose which guest they’d most like to travel with. 

Wine 1: 2019 Le Pavillon de Targé, Saumur-Champigny 

Wine 2: 2020 Polkura Syrah, Colchagua Valley, Chile 

Wine 3: 2021 Gentle Riot Orange Wine, France

All the wines in the series are available at www.sundaytimeswineclub.co.uk

Series producer: Anya Pearce

Producer: Calum McCrae

Assistant producer: Sharna Johnson

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Will and Anneka are joined by Hugh Dennis, star of Outnumbered and Mock the Week, as they sip their way around South Africa. Hugh impresses Will, as he turns out to be quite the curious student of wine. And Anneka, an unashamed fan of Outnumbered, wants to know what the timeless BBC sitcom was like to work on. 

Wine 1: 2022 Chardonnay, Hamilton Russell, Hemel-en-Aarde Valley, South Africa 

Wine 2: 2018 Pinot Noir Appellation Series, Boschendal, Elgin, South Africa 

Wine 3: 2019 Pinotage, Bellemore Family Selection, Stellenbosch, South Africa 

All the wines in the series are available at www.sundaytimeswineclub.co.uk

Series producer: Anya Pearce

Producer: Calum McCrae

Assistant producer: Sharna Johnson

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Discussing and decanting with Anneka and Will is Paralympian and Crossbench Peer in the House of Lords, Tanni Grey-Thompson. As well as three great wines to taste from New Zealand, Tanni reveals that she has a lifetime supply of wine, Will shares how Sauvignon Blanc came to be and Anneka falls in love with a New Zealand red.

Wine 1: 2023 Sauvignon Blanc, Hunter’s Home Block, Marlborough, New Zealand

Wine 2: 2021 Chardonnay, Trinity Hill Gimblett Gravels, Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand

Wine 3: 2020 Pinot Noir, Greywacke, Marlborough, New Zealand

All the wines in the series are available at www.sundaytimeswineclub.co.uk

Series producer: Anya Pearce

Producer: Calum McCrae

Assistant producer: Sharna Johnson

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Anneka and Will are joined by Michel Roux Jr. for three jaw dropping French wines. Michel is the chef patron of Le Gavroche, the first restaurant in the UK to receive one, two and then three Michelin stars. As he closes the doors to his historic restaurant for the final time, Michel explains his future plans. And Anneka is seriously impressed with Will’s wine selections. 

Wine 1: 2018 Pinot Noir, Domaine Bott-Geyl, Galets Oligocène, Alsace, France 

Wine 2: 2018 Chassagne-Montrachet, Maison Joseph Drouhin, Burgundy, France

Wine 3: 2019 L’Epiphanie de Pauillac, Pauillac, France 

All the wines in the series are available at www.sundaytimeswineclub.co.uk

Series producer: Anya Pearce

Producer: Calum McCrae

Assistant producer: Sharna Johnson

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Jenny Eclair, the trailblazing comedian, joins Anneka and Will for a tour of Greek wines (with a brief detour to Hungary). Will gives a surprising lesson in how the Ancient Greeks enjoyed wine, Anneka amusingly bemoans restaurant wine menu formats and Jenny rethinks her usual aversion to all things sweet as she sips a mouth watering dessert wine. 

Wine 1: 2019 14/27 Agiorgitiko, Nemea, Greece 

Wine 2: 2019 Invicta Xinomavro, Amyndeon, Greece 

Wine 3: 2017 Royal Tokaji Blue Label 5 Puttonyos

All the wines in the series are available at www.sundaytimeswineclub.co.uk

Series producer: Anya Pearce

Producer: Calum McCrae

Assistant producer: Sharna Johnson

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