Dominic Sandbrook

Oh, isn't that kind?

That's a nice note on which to end.

I think it's about competition, frankly, but there you go.

Lovely.

Such an interesting story.

And if you're interested in hearing more about the history of wine, we will be talking about wine in the New World and its relationship to deeper historical changes, not least the rise and fall of the British Empire.

in Wednesday's bonus episode for Rest Is History Club members with the great wine writer and friend of the show, Henry Jeffries.

And if you're not a member of the club and you'd like to hear that episode, you merely need to head to therestishistory.com to sign up.

And of course, if you're keen to hear more about the history of wine or indeed about the subject of our next regular episode, which is about the Mona Lisa, then there will be lots more in our Super Sorority newsletter, to which I'm very much looking forward.

All right.

Thank you very much, Tom.

Cheers and santé, everybody.

Bye-bye.

Goodbye, everyone.

It's brilliant.

And along the way, Tom and I will be debating some of the most important questions of history.

So, for example, was Caligula an irredeemable monster or was he simply an early example of an influencer?

Was Wojtek the Bear a true hero of the Second World War or was he more of a cuddly mascot?

And was Elizabeth I really a virgin queen or...

Or was she just brilliant at branding?