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Five Green Bottles

Wine critics offer personal reflections on the personal, political and historical stories of bygone bottles of wine.

Radio 4,5 episodes

Episodes

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Series 1
The Terroirs of Burgundy
Barry Smith heads to Burgundy to profile a 1994 Meo-Camuzet Vosne Romanee, Aux Brulee.
03 Nov 2017,12 mins
Series 1
The Choicest Wine
Tim Atkin profiles Klein Constantia Vin de Constance, the New World's most historic wine.
02 Nov 2017,12 mins
Series 1
The Rise of the Super Tuscan
Rebecca Gibb travels to the Tuscan coast to profile the Italian red wine Sassicaia.
01 Nov 2017,11 mins
Series 1
Ancient Steinwein
Hugh Johnson profiles a 1540 Steinwein, one of the oldest wines to have ever been tasted.
31 Oct 2017,11 mins
Series 1
The Parker Effect
Jancis Robinson profiles a Chateau Pavie and tells the story of wine critic Robert Parker.
30 Oct 2017,11 mins