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The Drinking Hour: With David Kermode - FoodFM

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David Kermode, wine expert, talks through his top drinking picks of the week.

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33:45

Ep 227 - North American Whiskey with Millie Milliken

The Drinking Hour: With David Kermode - FoodFM ·

2025/08/15

In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David chats to spirits writer and author Millie Milliken for a snapshot of North America’s evolving whiskey scene, reflecting on the changes she observed at the IWSC’s prestigious annual Kentucky judging this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

50:54

Episode 226 - Tommy Grimshaw, Langham Wine Estate

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2025/08/08

In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David visits Langham Wine Estate to meet head winemaker, Tommy Grimshaw. The pair discuss the burgeoning English sparking scene, Dorset’s distinctive chalk soils, his winemaking style, and what it takes to make an IWSC gold medal winner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

36:28

Episode 225 - Nina Basset

The Drinking Hour: With David Kermode - FoodFM ·

2025/08/01

In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David’s guest is Nina Basset, co-founding trustee of the Gérard Basset Foundation, named in honour of her late husband - a legendary wine figure, OBE, MS, MW, MBA, MSc and winner of the World’s Best Sommelier - to talk about his remarkable life and legacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

36:03

Episode 224 - UK Sommelier of the Year, Maria Boumpa

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2025/07/25

In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. Fresh from being crowned IWSC UK Sommelier of the Year 2025, Maria Boumpa - wine director at London’s double-Michelin-starred Da Terra - is David’s guest to talk about her victory in the rigorous contest and the wines that excite her most. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

31:15

Episode 223 - Klaas Stoffberg, Babylonstoren

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2025/07/18

In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David travels to Babylonstoren, the Cape Dutch farm in the Western Cape familiar to garden lovers for its patronage of the Chelsea Flower Show, to meet cellar master Klaas Stoffberg and find out more about the wines produced on the estate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

38:48

Episode 222 - Franciacorta

The Drinking Hour: With David Kermode - FoodFM ·

2025/07/11

In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David explores Franciacorta, the Italian traditional method sparkling wine, with Renato Della Bartolomea of Freccianera Fratelli Berlucchi, winner of the IWSC’s Franciacorta Wine Producer Trophy, to learn more about the category. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

47:11

Episode 221 - Eric Heerema, Nyetimber

The Drinking Hour: With David Kermode - FoodFM ·

2025/07/04

In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David talks to Eric Heerema, owner of Nyetimber, the pioneering English sparkling wine brand, and, since last year, The Lakes Distillery in Cumbria, to hear about his plans for expansion to showcase England’s burgeoning drinks scene. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

40:03

Episode 220 - The ‘Nouveau’ Beaujolais

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2025/06/27

In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David travels to Beaujolais reporting on the rebirth of the region - once famous for ‘Beaujolais Nouveau’, but now rightly celebrated for a lighter, fresher style and its complex tapestry of terroir - talking to Director General, Olivier Badoureaux. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

60:46

Episode 219 - Dermot Sugrue

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2025/06/20

In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. To celebrate English Wine Week, David is joined by the country’s top winemaker, Dermot Sugrue, of Sugrue South Downs, who’s celebrating one of the highest scores at the IWSC this year for his cuvée ‘The Trouble with Dreams’ from the 2009 vintage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

42:26

Episode 218 - Tamlyn Currin

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2025/06/13

In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David chats to Tamlyn Currin, wine writer for JancisRobinson.com, sustainability expert and Fortnum & Mason 2024 ‘drinks writer of the year’, famed for her vivid tasting notes, her passion for old vines and her penchant for Madeira. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

58:05

Episode 217 - Highlights of Series 18

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2025/06/06

This week, some highlights from series 18, Mumm’s new cellar master Yann Munier, Sunny Hodge on his cynics guide to wine, Andrew Caillard MW on the Australian Ark, Ian Hongell talks Barossa, Elaine Chukan Brown on California - and Alex Watson on Renais Gin… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

49:15

Episode 216 - Patrick McGrath MW on Domaine Evremond

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2025/05/30

In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. In 2015, when Champagne Taittinger announced it was teaming up with its importer, Hatch Mansfield, to launch an English sparkling wine, it caused a sensation, and now, a decade later, Domaine Evremond is on the market. David visits the winery, at Chilham in Kent, to meet co-founder Patrick McGrath MW. IWSC English gold medal winners featured: Sugrue South Down The Trouble with Dreams 2009 in magnum Bride

61:34

Episode 215 - Elaine Chukan Brown

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2025/05/25

In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David talks to Elaine Chukan Brown, author of The Wines of California, telling the story of the state’s wine industry, from its establishment by indigenous peoples, through Prohibition, to the pioneers who created today’s wine map, while looking to the challenges Californian wine faces in the future. Plus, David has news of the IWSC wine judging results for 2025, announced this week, featuring the three

56:50

Episode 214 - Ian Hongell, chief winemaker, Torbreck

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2025/05/19

In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David’s guest is Ian Hongell, chief winemaker at Torbreck, one of Australia’s most celebrated names, celebrated for its Barossa Shiraz from dry-farmed, old vines descended from those planted in the mid 19th century.IWSC medal winners featured: Campbells Merchant Prince Rare Muscat NV (gold and trophy winner) Morris Old Premium Rare Muscat NV (gold) Peter Lehmann 8 Songs Shiraz 2021 (silver) Soumah

50:45

Episode 213 - Andrew Caillard MW on The Australian Ark

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2025/05/09

In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David chats to Master of Wine, Andrew Caillard, winner of the IWSC Wine Communicator of the Year award, about his epic three volume work ‘The Australian Ark’, the story of the country’s wine industry, from its origins to the present day.IWSC medal winning wines featured, all gold medal winners: Dandelion Vineyards Firehawk Shiraz 2022 Golden Amrita Sunshine Hill Shiraz 2021 Ponting Wines The Pinnacle

52:14

Episode 212 - Alex Watson

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2025/05/05

In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David chats to Alex Watson about Renais Gin, the brand he has founded with his actor sister, Emma Watson, a premium gin produced from the skins of grapes, from the vineyards of Chablis where their father is a winemaker. IWSC gold medal winning gins featured: Three Engineers Oy 3E Gin North of Eden Admiral Navy Strength Gin Karu Distillery Affinity Gin Enceladus Distilling Company Limited Astra Premium

56:39

Episode 211 - English Chardonnay

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2025/04/25

In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. England’s nascent still wine scene gets ever more exciting, with premium cuvées now taking the limelight. David chats to the co-owners of Whitewolfe, Clare Whitehead and Luke Wolfe, to hear about their self-funded project to create a trio of wines from Chardonnay, grown at Kit’s Coty in Kent.IWSC winning wines featured, all silver medals : Chapel Down Kit’s Coty Coeur De Cuvée Extra Brut 2016 Louis Pommery

38:50

Episode 210 - Wines of Lisbon with Libby Brodie

The Drinking Hour: With David Kermode - FoodFM ·

2025/04/18

In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. Lisbon, Portugal’s beguiling capital, is also an enticing wine region stretching north for 130 kilometres along the country’s Atlantic coast. Libby Brodie chats to David about the terrain, climate, grapes and gastronomy of the Lisboa region. Wines featured, all IWSC silver medal winners from Lisboa: Quinta Do Conde Galodoro 10 Barricas Reserva 2022 Aveleda, Mandriola De Lisboa 2022 Aluado Reserva Alicante

59:28

Episode 209 - Sunny Hodge on his Cynic’s Guide to Wine

The Drinking Hour: With David Kermode - FoodFM ·

2025/04/11

In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. Sunny Hodge is David’s guest to talk about his new book, The Cynic’s Guide to Wine, demystifying the subject, using science to take a deep dive into the glass, pulling apart conventional tasting notes and challenging established assumptions.Wines featured, all gold medal winners from Turkey, with Sunny among the judges: Sevilen Sarap Sanayi Sevilen Centum Syrah 2020 Likya Wines Likya Arkeo Acikara 2022 Kuzubag

55:25

Episode 208 - Côtes du Rhône Villages

The Drinking Hour: With David Kermode - FoodFM ·

2025/04/04

In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. In the second special episodes, David’s focus is Côtes du Rhône Villages, the next tier up from Côtes du Rhône in the region’s hierarchy of quality, chatting with Raphaël Knapp, of Château la Borie, and Anthony Taylor, of Gabriel Meffre. Medal winners featured: Château De Ruth 2023 Côtes Du Rhône Villages Sainte-Cécile (silver) Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference Chartreuse De Bonpas 2020 Côtes Du Rhône

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