Talking of Wine

Talking of Wine

thatwineblokeuk and vinesack

Episodes 36
Avg. Duration 34m
Activity Sporadic
Apple Rating 5.0 (1)
Since Mar 2024
Latest Episode Feb 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Every 2 Weeks
Format
Episodic
Consistency
52%
Hosting
feeds.acast.com

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About This Podcast

Generally chewing the cud grape on all things wine. Joe Wadsack and, whether Richard or Alex Avery, they both love their wine. Both have various connections within the wine world. Whether Talking of Wine between themselves or with invited guests they will invariably have a glass of something in hand. Learn a bit, laugh a bit and please send in any questions or suggestions. Bottoms up!

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Recent Episodes

S2E12 The Producers

Feb 23, 2026 32m

Where we discuss the element of nurture in wine-making. To be honest, a lot of the episode focuses on Burgundy but that is because it contextualises the role of the producer so well. Individuality…

S2E11 Orange Wine

Feb 09, 2026 32m

Orange Wine. What is it? The realm of the Hipster or an historic nod to winemaking? Actually a deceptively simple explanation but a more complicated role within todays wine world. Relationship to…

S2E10 Sherry

Feb 02, 2026 31m

Again Joe talks us brilliantly through the different styles of Sherry. Similarly to other fortified wines, particularly Madeira, the grades of sherry depend greatly on dryness and sweetness. From…

S2E9 Methode Traditionelle

Jan 26, 2026 31m

Carefully treading through the legalities of what we can call what. Perfumiers and Elderflower extractors beware. Aiming to speak all things champagne, we quickly digress, and stick, to explaining…

S2E8 Madeira

Jan 19, 2026 28m

Logical progression from Port is to Madeira and we are nothing if not predictable here. Very similar vilification but inevitably some differences. We discuss those here and clarify the distinctions…

S2E7 Port

Jan 12, 2026 36m

Small word but clearly a massive topic. Following our brushstrokes in Alt-Christmas, we decided to dedicate a whole episode to Port. Who would be crazy enough to attempt it in just the one? Well, us,…

S2E6 Rum Cocktails

Dec 15, 2025 45m

Again, we get a bit chatty here, why wouldn't we, its Rum! Coming in around 45mins we can hopefully keep your interest and enthusiasm high. As we drift our way through the exotic world of rum…

S2E5 Tequila Cocktail

Dec 08, 2025 41m

Our relentless cocktails journey continues. Went a bit more in depth with this one. Slightly longer as we delve into the intricacies of what tequila actually is. After deviating into Mescal, we then…

S2E4 Vodka Cocktail

Nov 17, 2025 28m

Onwards we go. Third instalment of our cocktail series. Big hitting Vodka, or is it? Russian or Polish? Ukranian…or… err Scottish?!? As usual there are a few references to popular culture and some…

S2E3 Gin Cocktail

Nov 10, 2025 32m

Continuing on our recent theme, this week we dive into the Gin Cocktails. Having dealt with the Martini in its own episode, here we suggested a few more big hitters in the world of evening libations.…

S2E2 The Martini

Nov 03, 2025 30m

For the next few weeks, as we journey through to New Year, we thought we would run a series on cocktails. We start with possibly the most iconic of all, The Martini. It can generally be seen to both…

S2E1 Alt-Christmas

Oct 27, 2025 32m

Welcome to season 2 of Talking of Wine. We were going to come back with a ubiquitous festive episode but, as is our way, we rambled a bit. The result is what we call an Alt-Christmas episode where we…

Wildwood VII

Nov 13, 2024 50m

Talking of Wine wraps up the 2024 vintage reports from Wildwood Vineyard. Dr Paul joins us for this last episode where we look at the month of October. This is harvest month so Paul finally gets to…

S1E15 Appellations

Oct 28, 2024 32m

Talking of Wine here links the classification of wines around the world with our previous episode on Phylloxera. How could such a devastating etymological event have such a positive impact on the…

Wildwood VI

Oct 22, 2024 31m

Talking of Wine's monthly wander through the vines of Wildwood. It's crunch time as we near the harvest and the moment of truth is upon us. Have we had a summer or not? Spoiler alert, we talk about a…

S1E14 Cans and Bags

Oct 15, 2024 30m

Following on from our episode on closures, we have a closer look at the more modern options of Cans and Bags. Value, recycling options and aesthetics are all deliberated. As ever we digress or make…

S1E13 Phylloxera

Oct 04, 2024 56m

With the help of the wonderful Dr Erica McAlister this episode of Talking of Wine attempts to bring Joe's scientific knowledge of Phylloxera down to Richard's level of understanding. We thought it…

Wildwood V

Sep 14, 2024 36m

So, August has been and gone and whatever Summer we had this year with it! Whatever the weather though, Dr Paul has to continue to tend his vines. This month he talks us through various mildews and…

S1E12 Closures

Aug 25, 2024 26m

Obviously this is a wide ranging subject that will pop up regularly but we thought we would give it its first solo gig. This episode introduces the basics of bottle closures. Particularly the…

Wildwood IV

Aug 13, 2024 45m

Once again the Prof joins us for our monthly vineyard maintenance update. Have the vines flowered? Have the flowers survived? Will the UK have a summer, or were those few hours it for the year? We…

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Talking of Wine has published 36 episodes since March 2024, covering topics in Arts, Education.

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