The Wine Show is now on Channel 5

odyssey06

http://www.channel5.com/show/the-wine-show/

Season 2 of the wine show returns on Friday to Channel 5, having previously aired on ITV.

Wine critic Jancis Robinson & actor James Purefoy (Rome) join the cast and the setting moves from Italy to France.

Melendez

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odyssey06

They were certainly operating in the luxury lifestyle space rather than the regular wine on TV which is what wine to buy this week in the supermarket...

Some of it could be OTT, I think the banter in the cast between Joe and the two Matthews made the indulgence of it all tolerable (for me at least).

There's probably a middle ground type programme missing which would be more educational about different types of wine, comparing Pinot Noir from New Zealand or California versus Burgundy ... without necessarily comparing the most expensive elite bottles available.

Melendez

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odyssey06

I think there was a bit of that, more in the early days.

And I never really got the whole tasting 'bingo' thing... do you taste tobacco, do you taste X.

I am looking for things at a more basic level - dry v sweet, fruity, mineral, oaked or not, light or powerful. If it's a Pinot Noir from Chile say, is it going for a Burgundy or New world style.

I think most people when looking to buy are thinking more about whether it is good on its own or with food or either, and what foods...

Slaphead07

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So leave out "taste" and concentrate on the academic stuff? How does that make any sense? If you want a program to be relevant then taste is all that matter. as for teh "tobacco" reference... I've known people who were drawn to a particular wine because it had notes of tobacco! Ex smokers. It actually put me off a bit. It's relevant.

Melendez

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