Episodes

  • Wine Times
    Apr 26 2025
    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.

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    34 mins
  • New ways to enjoy wine and food!
    Apr 23 2025

    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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    2 mins
  • Clare Balding CBE
    Nov 28 2024

    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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    31 mins
  • Angela Hartnett
    Nov 21 2024

    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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    34 mins
  • Gregory Porter
    Nov 14 2024

    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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    35 mins
  • Past, Present and Future of Wine
    Feb 6 2024

    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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    35 mins
  • Hugh Dennis
    Jan 30 2024

    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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    34 mins
  • Tanni Grey-Thompson, DBE
    Jan 23 2024

    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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    29 mins
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