UK Wine Show

Zork is a revolutionary wine closure that seals like a screwcap and pops like a cork. It has been developed to help solve the problem of cork taint and random oxidation associated with natural corks. John Brooks, co-founder of Zork, explains the benefits.

Sopexa work with the French generic bodies to promote French wines as a whole. Chris Skyrme brings us up to speed with how they are promoting their wines to the UK consumer.

This week we preview The Wine Show with wine expert Isabelle Legeron and head of PR for the French Wines Experience, Chris Skyrme. The Wine Show is on from 26-29 October 2006 at the Islington Business Design Centre in London.

The Granite Belt in Queensland, Australia is at 28 degrees latitude - outside the normal range for growing grapes. Chris met up with Leanne Gangemi of Ballandean winery to find out how they are able to successfully make good wine.

Steve Caracatsanoudis runs Robinvale Organic Wines with his brother Bill. Their biodynamic vineyards were established in 1980 in Victoria, Australia. We find out how bio-dynamic farming puts life into the soil, the grapes and ultimately, the wine.

Lance Pigott is a founder of Vintage Roots, the UK's leading organic wine company. We catch up with him to find out about a thriving organic wine industry that includes biodynamic, vegan and sulphur-free wines.

Richard Halstead of Wine Intelligence provides an insight into how UK consumers approach wine, revealing our attitudes and behaviour when it comes to buying and drinking the stuff.

We get the lowdown from Richard Halstead of Wine Intelligence on market research into wine and the wine industry. In the first of two interviews with Richard catch up on the latest trends on the UK high street.

In our second interview with Decanter we talk to Clare Seel about the Decanter World Wine Awards. The 2006 results are just out providing wine drinking recommendations for consumers across the globe.

This week we interview Guy Woodward and Adam Lechmere at Decanter, the UK's top wine consumer magazine. We find out who is reading it and what to expect inside the covers.

The Wine Show was launched in 2005 at the Business Design Centre in Islington. 12,000 consumers attended, making it one of the largest wine focused shows in the UK. We talk to the people behind the show and see what they have in store for us this year.

Pieter Ferreira, winemaker at Graham Beck, tastes three wines with us and explains how they are made. Find out why he makes sparkling wines in barrels and how he prefers his barrels burnt on the inside to a medium toast!

In a two part series we talk with Pieter Ferreira winemaker at Graham Beck, one of South Africa's top sparkling wine producers. Peter talks about South African wine industry social responsibility and Nasa satellites.

In the last of our three part series we speak to Huw Gott of gastro pub, The Marquess Tavern, to find out about their wine list and the wines people are drinking this summer.

This week is the second in a three part series looking behind the scenes at restaurant wines. Matthew Cooper, wine buyer at Ellis of Richmond, reveals some of the differences between restaurant and supermarket wines.

We talk to James Ellis of Ellis of Richmond, supplier of wine to the independent restaurant trade, and pick up tips on what to look out for on wine lists.

New Zealand wines have the highest average price in the UK market. Ant Mackenzie, chief winemaker at Spy Valley talks about New Zealand's largest and most famous wine region, Marlborough, and gives us his perspective on sustainable viticulture.

Riedel's glass making history dates back to 1678. We find out how the shape, size and quality changes your wine drinking experience.

As the nation is gripped by World Cup fever we explore how German wines are faring in the UK with Lisa Grimley from Wines of Germany.

Natural cork, plastic or screwcap? They all seal the bottle but which wine closure is best? This week we hear from Pieter Ferreira of Graham Beck with the latest on this hot debate.

Owen Elias from Chapel Down talks to us about winemaking in the UK and how the industry has changed over the last decade from amateur hobbyist to professional business.

We interview Nyetimber's winemaker, Dermot Sugrue. Dermot is an effervescent character from Ireland producing England's top sparkling wines.

This first show gave me great satisfaction to finally get completed. It gives an overview of the show's format and a taste of things to come.