Send us a text WOW! This is an incredible episode and one which if you ever wanted to understand the difference in wine just by different terroirs, is a must listen! Arnaud talks to us about his family history, the will to succeed and the investigative nature of them looking into soil types and composites closely to really understand the Sancerre region. A brilliant 30 minutes of your time!

Send us a text This is an incredible story of winemaking and changing up the norm. Listen to Mike, head winemaker at Journey's End in Stellenbosch, South Africa explain why at Journey's End they deem themselves to be a cool climate orientated vineyard. How they have looked at terroir and tested different clones, varietals and technological advances to pursue different styles of wines that are changing the landscape globally. Journey's End are at the top of their game and this episode should n...

Send us a text This is a story with head winemaker Jose Quintana of a fantastic model in Vagabonds and how they have evolved from a small production urban winery establishment, taking grapes from across the UK to create fabulous wines, to building for the future. Majestic Wines have taken on Vagabonds to create a mega business and now they are building larger premises to make larger volumes and support more operations. A great insight into a winemaking machine that has taken off and today cre...

Send us a text Located in the renowned Rutherford region of Napa Valley, St Supery Wine Estate, owned by Chanel has all the hallmarks of an incredible wine growing estate. The wines are hugely impressive as is their CEO, Emma Swain. Emma gives a wonderful insight into the inner workings of one of the very best vineyards in Napa Valley in California and gives us inside intel into the environment, viticulture and more from this region. What a show!

Send us a text This is a true example of what can be done no matter the surroundings! Built in the centre of the city of the Hague in the Netherlands is a co-operative vineyard. They create a range of wines and having developed different winemaking techniques, both from their individual experiences as well as collaborative expertise, have created an environment from which this green space is thriving. A true example to all cities around the world and how vines can bring people from all ...

Send us a text This time we head to the Hampshire chalk orientated coast. We find out what Black Chalk Wine have been cultivating and nurturing over the years since inception. We look into the result of having a chalk bed from which to grow the known Champagne varietals and why there is a differential to their wines. Zoe Driver, winemaker at Black Chalk, gives us a deeper level knowledge base and highlights what can be achieved over time with a top wine crew behind them! A super episode for a...

Send us a text WOW! What an episode we have for you here! Series FOUR and we have started it with a cracker. The one and only Fergus Elias, Director of Wine and Head Winemaker at Balfour in the UK kicks us off as our guest for the show. A brilliant winemaker, he discusses everything from the change in duty in the UK to taxation more generally, what Balfour is up to these days and their focus, what he believes are the best grape varietals for the UK and so much more. A must for everyone who wa...

Send us a text Hosted LIVE on Instagram, this is the upload of The Xmas Special, where we recap how much fun we have had during Series 3 and look ahead to what 2025 brings with SERIES 4! Stay tuned as we have a lot of amazing guests coming to your ears very soon.

Send us a text It seems incredible that we have done now the best part of THREE Series and hadn't before, actually spoken to the largest producing nation in winemaking terms in the world! Italy!! So here we are, picking up on that vibe and speak to the vineyard owner, Domenico Veronese of Villa Bogdano 1880. This Italian winery is a story that starts from a very early age and the desire to one day come back and own a vineyard in the area where he grew up. Fast forward and we are all transpor...

Send us a text WOW! What an episode and boy have we got an educational podcast for you! We speak to the award winning winemaker that is Jen Parr from Valli wines in Central Otago, New Zealand. Not only has she won so many awards for her winemaking abilities that it would take me too long to write here, but this is also an INCREDIBLE insight into the whole region of Central Otago in NZ. For anyone who wants to know more not just about their premium wines and selected sites, but climate, soil ...

Send us a text We head back to close to where the podcast originated back in Devon for this episode and speak to one of our good friends, Sarah Massey, head winemaker at the award winning Lyme Bay. In line with English Wine Week, we get an insight into how Lyme Bay create their amazing catalogue of sparkling and still wines plus find out what is Sarah's favourite wine to create and much more. A great winemaker in the UK from a fabulous winery.

Send us a text We bring our next episode of The Andy and Olly Show to you from 3 different places in the world. Olly, sunning himself in Sicily, Andy enjoying the rain in the UK and our special guests this week, Tipchenitza Winery from Bulgaria, 1hr drive from Sofia. Olly and Andy were lucky enough to see and try the range of wines that Tipchenitza Winery offers at ProWein in Dussldorf and at the London Wine Fair this year and were bowled away by their magic. With Velin and Nadia at t...

Send us a text From Somontano to Shrewsbury. This is an episode that will pull on your heart strings if you ever wanted to become a winemaker. From an idea that started which captivates you from youthful exuberance to hard work and effort in making that idea become a living reality. Tom and Emma create wines in Spain and live in Shrewsbury. How? Listen in and better yet find out so much more about indigenous varietals used, regenerative farming and wine production and also better yet -...

Send us a text Wow ! Listeners are in for a cracker! Find out about Domaine Jones - owned and run by Katie Jones, a UK citizen who tells us about her journey to France and the establishment and build out of her wonderful Old Vine orientated plots in Southern France. An incredible journey as well as insight into what it takes to overcome adversity to live a dream. Incredible episode!

Send us a text This is most definitely a show for anyone that would like to learn about: - Biodynamic winemaking and farming - Gravity winery management - Micro climatology - South African terroir and soil types - Utilising and Enhancing Winemaking with the balance of technological advances with holistic winemaking Gaining BALANCE! This is the key takeaway from the episode with the wonderful, Johnathan at Avondale in South Africa. A brilliant episode that encapsulates everything about moder...

Send us a text WOW what an episode we have for you! Special guests Jordan Wines from the Stellenbosch Kloof in South Africa tell us all about how they met, how they took on, developed and enhanced the winemaking business. Alongside that, how they have been leading champions in moving South African Wines ahead, leading by example in development and knowledge. Incredible to have Gary and Kathy on the episode, this is a wonderful advertisement for anyone interested in wine and winemaking. In a...

Send us a text WOW! Swedish Wine Movement is here.....! This is an incredible episode from Jeppe at Vejby Vineyard in Sweden. Find out all about the winemaking practices, utilising a Solera-system style blending process to articulate the biodynamic winemaking culture. The first in the region to create a red wine, it is mindblowingly good! His aspirations are for evolving into Orange wine production too so watch this space. This is a brilliant example of biodynamics and wine production with l...

Send us a text Head winemaker, Dave Sutton gives us an in depth look at viticulture in Central Otago, NZ. The 4 sub region plots that make up the Te Kano culture, the terroir and grape varietals created from a blank canvas as well as how the Te Kano name came about. This is a story of an award winning wine estate in New Zealand that is pushing boundaries with organic winemaking in both white and red wines. A multi generational project which has been built on winemaking excellence. For those...

Send us a text Andy and Olly are joined by the incredible Adam, head winemaker at Saddle Goose, based in the UK. This is no ordinary episode though, this looks at rewriting the script and challenging the norms of winemaking. Adam takes us on a story of exploration, with winemaking experience from working around the globe alongside Masters degrees too! Adam explores the wonderful world of Pet Nat, Natural Wines and UK challenges to wine making. We even get our first dog on the show too...

Send us a text Within the Chiltern hills, between Oxford and Henley, stands Hundred Hills Wine Estate. An exclusive winery which solely produces some of the finest sparkling wines in England and Wales. Listen to this podcast and do not let some of the poor sound quality (we do perform it live) for some of the questions put you off, because the depth of knowledge that you hear from Stephen, head winemaker and owner of Hundred Hills, is nothing short of brilliant. He takes you on a jour...