ot everyone has taken to the current series of The Wine Show, including this paper’s TV critic, but I’m impressed by the way it makes wine accessible to new drinkers without descending into excessive silliness or ponderous mansplaining. True, not everything works. The use of the immensely knowledgeable Jancis Robinson simply to pronounce on which of two wines goes best with a particular dish, for example, is a waste of a talented TV presenter, but on the whole the show is commendably ambitious in its scope. Biodynamic wine, Georgian wine, wine from Canada’s Okanagan Valley … no one can accuse The Wine Show of being interested only in supermarket wines.
But are they right to be so wide-ranging? Well, that’s an issue I struggle with every week. Would you rather hear about Aldi or Asda’s latest bargain, or discover a wine or region about which you previously knew nothing? Obviously, it’s partly a question of cash, although it seems it’s younger drinkers, who are not necessarily the best off, are the most curious and willing to try new things.
Source : theguardian
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