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Wine Times

Wine Times

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Wine columnist Will Lyons shares his love of wine with restaurant critic Charlotte Ivers and a host of special guests in this grape-drenched series from The Sunday Times.


Join them as they share three wines and one dish to discover the remarkable ways different wines can make any meal special from picnics to pick-me-ups with the cheese course!


So, please pull up a chair, pour yourself a glass and join the conversation.


This podcast is produced in association with the Sunday Times Wine Club.


All the wines in the series are available at www.sundaytimeswineclub.co.uk


www.drinkaware.co.uk

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Episodes
  • Fish and chips and wine beside the seaside

    Fish and chips and wine beside the seaside
    Jun 28 2025

    Will Lyons - wine critic - and Charlotte Ivers - restaurant critic - and both with The Sunday Times head off to the seaside for a fish and chip finale to the current Wines Times season. They are joined in Brighton by local chef Sophie Taverner, where they discover the perfect paring for battered cod, chips and mushy peas - is it English sparkling, Spanish white wine, or sherry (yes, really)?


    Wine 1 - NV Harrow & Hope Brut Reserve No.8, Marlow, Buckinghamshire ,England

    Wine 2 - 2023 Heredad Chavarri Albariño Rías Baixas, Spain

    Wine 3 - NV Delicado Fino Sherry, Jerez, Spain


    All wines are available from The Sunday Times Wine Club


    Photo of Will Lyons, Charlotte Ivers and Sophie Tavener - credit-Tim Allen

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    27 mins
  • A rainy day picnic with white wine and rosé

    A rainy day picnic with white wine and rosé
    Jun 21 2025

    Will Lyons - wine critic - and Charlotte Ivers - restaurant critic with The Sunday Times planned an alfresco picnic on Hampstead Heath, but the changeable English weather means a last minute change of venue. Join them in Charlotte's kitchen where they try Rosé, Rioja and French white wine with Charlotte's summertime spread. While the country now bakes in a summer scorcher, we recall cooler times!


    Wine 1 - 2023 Provence Rosé, Whispering Angel, Côtes de Provence, France

    Wine 2 - 2024 Vignobles Canet Picpoul de Pinet, Languedoc, France

    Wine 3- 2023 Flor de Muga Rosado, Rioja, Spain


    All wines are available from the Sunday Times Wine Club

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    29 mins
  • Will, Charlotte, Giles, & Esther, with wine & fish roe pasta

    Will, Charlotte, Giles, & Esther, with wine & fish roe pasta
    Jun 14 2025

    Will Lyons - wine critic - and Charlotte Ivers - restaurant critic with The Sunday Times drop in to the home of fellow columnists and podcasters, Esther Walker and Giles Coren - restaurant critic of The Times. Giles prepares lunch with one of his signature dishes “Linguine alla Bottarga” - a Sardinian fish roe favourite of his. But will the four agree on which of the three C's should go with it? - Champagne, Chianti or Chardonnay. Around the kitchen table they discus why writing about food and wine is actually not the best job in the world (really?) and Charlotte's love of natural wine divides opinion.


    Wine 1 - NV Champagne Tattinger Brut Réserve, Reims, Champagne, France.

    Wine 2 - 2021 Chianti Classico, Fontodi, Tuscany, Italy.

    Wine 3 - 2021 Chardonnay, Vasse Felix, Margaret River, Western Australia.


    All wines are available from The Sunday Times Wine Club.

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    20 mins
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