Drinking with Phill & Mags

Actually Mags is only on this recording in spirit as BA failed to fly her back from France in time!  Meanwhile Phill samples some of the wonderful Hampshire fizz, talks to artisan food producers and chats with the chair of the vineyards of Hampshire who aims to make Winchester the UK capital of wine. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this repeated edition of Drinking, Phill and Mags report back on their respective exam results, Napoleon gets name checked twice, Phill enjoys Türkiye and Mags waxes lyrical about Corsica. Plus we have some weird and wonderful items of wine news to educate and entertain! This edition of the programme was first broadcast in June 2024. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This month we finally bring you mead  a drink that is both ancient and now very modern.  We also have a fantastic variety of beverages found at markets in the square - one interview including the immortal line "No penguins were harmed in the making of this coffee"! There is news chat and the usual free-wheeling excursions to enjoy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This month we bring you news from France, the rise of the aluminium bottle, Bangla beer in Lavant Street, Sue of the 300 Gins and much more.  Bleak or delightful is here again along with all your drinking days. Mags has had exciting news :-), and I have a broken wine fridge:-( See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We start the new year with a look back at some of our favourite pieces from 2025.  There was a lot to choose from and if we have not picked your favourite then why not listen back to the archive at shineradio.uk We visit France, Holland and London (by way of Vietnam) and also come a little closer to home with a trip to Hambledon. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This month we go Christmas Crazy with a cocktail special, a dedicated wine what's on, gift ideas and a festive "bleak or delightful".   Unfortunately there are also a number of cracker jokes thoughout the show for which we can only apologise!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This month we go Double Dutch with wine from the Netherlands.  Phill visits Petersfield's most local nano brewery, we talk to Butser ancient farm about grapes and we play "Bleak or Delightful" with dark drinks for dark nights!     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Suddenly Autumn is looming but we will keep you warm with thoughts of wine harvests, and whiskey, with and without an e, as both drink and investment. Mags shares some drinking days and we discuss Sober October and the merits of apple juice. We feature an interview with Hambledon vineyard just as they start their wine harvest, the earliest ever on the estate. If you enjoy the show have a question...

Anxious to learn the answer Phill Humphries, of Drinking with Phill and Mags, visited the Hambledon vineyard to ask how this year's harvest is looking. Hambledon vineyard is not only our closest vineyard but it is the oldest commercial vineyard in the UK.  This week they are starting to harvest the grapes that will make their sparkling wine.   Caron Fanshaw from the vineyard shared...

We're back from a brief Summer respite with a new show full of news and chat about all things drinking, but mainly wine! Phill shares some thoughts from his French trip and tries out his language skills whilst Mags has been further afield to Nicaragua quaffing cocktails in large measures. We explore the strange goings on in the world of Bordeaux classifications and furnish you with a new set of dr...

This month is a really feature rich episode with cider, mead, award winning wine, cocktails, a new bar in Petersfield and ... a bottle of J2O! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This month we are talking Turkey - the country not the bird.  Phill has been visiting the London Wine Fair and finally deliver on our promise to talk about low and no alcohol wines - there are some which we like and others which are less successful.  We console ourselves with a chat about the aperitivo and some drinking days including a cracking breakfast martini which would suit Padding...

This month alongside our regular chit chat and wine news Mags tells us about being an International Wine Judge.  Phill goes down the rabbit hole that is beer measures in Spain, with a side bar on Cava. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this month's edition we eventually get around to talking about Muscadet and the Lower Loire, Vietnamese wine and beer and the tannat of Uruguay.  This is only after a diversion into the world of chocolate and wine and what Phill has in his glass! Wine recommendations, cocktails, drinking days and news make their usual appearances so come along and have a listen. See omnystudio.com/listener...

In this month's programme Phill and Mags are working without a safely net as they taste wine live to answer the questing is £30 a bottle wine really that much better than a £10 bottle.  We also visit the wines of Alsace and the Gin of old England with Andy Catto. All this plus news and chat and more wine! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This month the show really is packed - we talk to an expert on vintage port who is writing a book about it, Mags takes us to Argentina, Phill visits the Hambledon Vineyard as they prepare to open the new restaurant complex and interview the head sommelier from the three Michelin star L'Enclume restaurant.  Plus news, wine days, recommendations and anarchy. See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...

After a long wait the new restaurant complex at Hambledon vineyard is opening its doors on 5th February.  Phill Humphries, from Shine Radio's "Drinking with Phill and Mags", went along for a sneak preview. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are starting off with quite an international edition as we give you a potted guide to the wines of Greece, Mags samples some wine in Japan, and Phill chats to an Australian winemaker. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Catching up and running late we have made a special show for the end of the year.  Phill takes a trip to Basingstoke, while Mags is off to Holland and Asia Minor!!  We bring you a snow drift of winter cocktails and, for the teetotal and the hangover sufferers, we have a "Darned fine cup of coffee" See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Phill and Mags are talking about their travels!  We visit two less well known French wine regions and the even less well known Kazakhstan. Phill waxes lyrical about beer, Mags brings you the drinking days and her wine recommendation and we generally rabbit on about things.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Back from our summer break we explore the Southern Rhone wine region, discuss wine in bottes, bags, boxes and cans, and take you on an extensive tour of Harry's cider farm.  We also have our usual wine news and drinking days plus it is the last edition of the Lost pubs of Petersfield (please read that in a spooky voice) If you enjoy the show ,have a question or a topic you think we should cover em...

This month we delve into the Northern Rhone, suggest a selection of Summer cocktails, regale you with lots of wine news (including Zebra and Mammoths!) and introduce the little known Italian appellation of Ciro. You also get another episode of the lost pubs of Petersfield because this edition has to last you two months!! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This month we report back on our respective exam results, Napoleon gets name checked twice, Phill enjoys Türkiye and Mags waxes lyrical about Corsica.  Plus we have some weird and wonderful items of wine news to educate and entertain! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This month we have been eating at and talking to Hambledon vineyard enjoying their new Cellar Door dining experience.  We also variously celebrate and lament our choice to undertake some more training in wine and beer.  Our grape of the month is Bacchus and Mags have a jolly nice recommendation.  Plus our wine news, drinking days and stream of consciousness waffle! See omnystudio.com/listener for...

The tension builds as exams approach for both of us! We have news of rivers of wine in Spain, paper bottles in Aldi, and reflect on alcohol duty. Mags fills us in on Cabernet Franc and comes close to guessing Phill's recommendation. We visit the the South Downs Natural Mineral Water company and learn about the differences between spring water, mineral water and natural mineral water. There is anot...