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Jancis Robinson is on a festive mission to recommend wines to famous guests.

Jancis Robinson is on a festive mission to recommend wines to famous guests. Uncork a bottle, reveal a person.

Uncorked: Jancis Robinson talks wine with actor and comedian Adrian Edmondson

Jancis Robinson talks wine with actor and comedian Adrian Edmondson

BBC Radio 4 - Uncorked, Jancis Robinson talks wine with actor and comedian Adrian Edmondson

Jancis Robinson talks wine and personality with actor and comedian Adrian Edmondson.

Jancis Robinson recommends wine to actor and comedian Adrian Edmondson. Taste, opinions, slapstick, and festive cheer.

Uncork a bottle, reveal a person…  Jancis Robinson recommends wine to actor and comedian Adrian Edmondson.

Jancis Robinson is on a festive mission to recommend wine to famous guests. The key is to find wines that match her guest's personality - both their public persona and more private self. After all, wines are a bit like people - some are bold and fruity, some elegant and refined; you’ll get aging smoothies and sharp young things.   But what will she recommend to someone who was the hell-raising Vyvian in The Young Ones, performed punk music on folk instruments in The Bad Shepherds, has been in Star Wars and supports Exeter City?

What follows is a lively conversation about wine and personality – about a person’s taste, their passions and opinions.  On the way we’ll learn a lot about wine - about tasting, and style, about balance, acid and tannin; about winemaking and winemakers.  

Jancis and Adrian were drinking...

(Felix Solis) Vega Roja Tempranillo/Shiraz 2017 Vino de la Tierra Castilla (13%) £3.89 - "...light fresh red that's not over-sweetened or overripe. Sets a benchmark for really low-priced wines. Perfect for parties." 

Sottimano Nebbiolo 2015 Langhe, PIedmont Italy (14%) £19.75 - "...a baby Barbaresco from younger, 15 year old, vines. Nebbiolo is the grape, Langhe the name of the hills where Barolo and Barbaresco are grown."

(Concha y Toro) Tesco Finest Limarí Valley Chardonnay 2017, Chile (13.5%) £10 - Pacific cooled new-ish region that produces wines that are so much better value than white Burgundy." 

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