The Drinking Hour: With David Kermode - FoodFM
Episodes
Episode 259 - Vintage Politics with Abbie Bennington
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David’s talks to Abbie Bennington, BBC political journalist ...
Episode 258 - Wines of China with John Hoskins MW
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. Vines have a long history in China, but wine is a more recent ...
Episode 257 - Napa with Jaime Araujo
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David meets Jaime Araujo, who studied medieval history, took t...
Episode 256 - Billy Abbott on China’s spirits
06 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. China is the world’s biggest market for spirits, dominated b...
Episode 255 - Mel Chester of Giant Steps
27 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David visits the Yarra Valley to meet Giant Steps winemaker, M...
Episode 254 - John Hall on gin’s ‘golden ratio’
20 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David chats to chemist-turned-Master-Distiller, John Hall, at ...
Episode 253 - An essential guide to Prosecco’s top tier
13 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG is the theme ...
Episode 252 - Highlights of Series 21
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David reflects on series 21, with guests Sacha Lichine of Chat...
Episode 251 - Calixte Payan, Sober Spirits
30 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David’ talks to entrepreneur Calixte Payan, who has rewritte...
Episode 250 - Sacha Lichine, Chateau d’Esclans
23 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. To celebrate the Drinking Hour’s 250th episode, David’s ...
Episode 249 - Styrian Sauvignon Blanc
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. Master of Wine, Dirceu Vianna Junior, joins David to talk abou...
Episode 248 - Julian Langworthy, Deep Woods
09 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David’s guest is Julian Langworthy, chief winemaker at Deep ...
Episode 247 - Drinks in ’26 with Richard Siddle
02 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. In what’s become a popular annual ritual, David is joined by...
Episode 246 - Wine without alcohol
26 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David explores the innovation and incredible growth of the no ...
Episode 245 - Brown Brothers
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. Established during the gold rush of the 1880s and now in its f...
Episode 244 - Jeremy McKenzie, Isabel Estate
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David talks to the Jeremy McKenzie, winemaker at Isabel Estate...
Episode 243 - Vouvray
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. With one distinctive grape variety, Chenin Blanc, and four ver...
Episode 242 - David Moulton
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David’s guest is David Moulton, chief winemaker at Margaret ...
Episode 241 - Jean-Claude Mas
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David’s guest is the Languedoc legend, Jean-Claude Mas, one ...
Episode 240 - Highlights of Series 20
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David looks back at series 20, with highlights including Lucie...
Episode 239 - Old Vine Conference
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. Jancis Robinson OBE MW is among David’s guests as he reports...
Episode 238 - Rebekah Wineburg, Quintessa
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David travels to the Napa Valley, ahead of the Old Vine Confer...
Episode 237 - Benjamin Abric, Weyborne Estate
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David’s guest is Benjamin Abric, the general manager and win...
Episode 236 - Wine and the climate crisis
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Wine and the climate crisis In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David is joined by the authors of...
Episode 235 - Olly Smith
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David’s guest is the country’s top TV wine expert, star of...
Episode 234 - Loch Lomond’s Master Blender Michael Henry
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. Master Blender Michael Henry of Loch Lomond Distillery, winner...
Episode 233 - Laurent Perrier’s Lucie Pereyre de Nonancourt
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David talks to Lucie Pereyre de Nonancourt, ambassador for Lau...
Episode 232 - The Pocket Wine Book’s Margaret Rand
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. Now in its 49th year, Hugh Johnson’s Pocket Wine Book is an ...
Episode 231 - Alto Adige Südtirol
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. Südtirol Alto Adige is a mountain wine region that’s part o...
Episode 230 - The Whisky World Tour with Joel Harrison
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David’s guest is Club Oenologique columnist, Joel Harrison, ...
Episode 229 - South Africa’s Cap Classique
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David talks to Pierre de Klerk, cellar master at Graham Beck -...
Episode 228 - Highlights of Series 19
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David looks back at some highlights, including Eric Heerema, o...
Episode 227 - North American Whiskey with Millie Milliken
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David chats to spirits writer and author Millie Milliken for a...
Episode 226 - Tommy Grimshaw, Langham Wine Estate
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David visits Langham Wine Estate to meet head winemaker, Tommy...
Episode 225 - Nina Basset
01 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David’s guest is Nina Basset, co-founding trustee of the Gé...
Episode 224 - UK Sommelier of the Year, Maria Boumpa
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. Fresh from being crowned IWSC UK Sommelier of the Year 2025, M...
Episode 223 - Klaas Stoffberg, Babylonstoren
18 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David travels to Babylonstoren, the Cape Dutch farm in the Wes...
Episode 222 - Franciacorta
11 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David explores Franciacorta, the Italian traditional method sp...
Episode 221 - Eric Heerema, Nyetimber
04 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David talks to Eric Heerema, owner of Nyetimber, the pioneerin...
Episode 220 - The ‘Nouveau’ Beaujolais
27 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David travels to Beaujolais reporting on the rebirth of the re...
Episode 219 - Dermot Sugrue
20 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. To celebrate English Wine Week, David is joined by the country...
Episode 218 - Tamlyn Currin
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David chats to Tamlyn Currin, wine writer for JancisRobinson.c...
Episode 217 - Highlights of Series 18
06 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. This week, some highlights from series 18, Mumm’s new cellar...
Episode 216 - Patrick McGrath MW on Domaine Evremond
30 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. In 2015, when Champagne Taittinger announced it was teaming up...
Episode 215 - Elaine Chukan Brown
25 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David talks to Elaine Chukan Brown, author of The Wines of Cal...
Episode 214 - Ian Hongell, chief winemaker, Torbreck
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David’s guest is Ian Hongell, chief winemaker at Torbreck, o...
Episode 213 - Andrew Caillard MW on The Australian Ark
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David chats to Master of Wine, Andrew Caillard, winner of the ...
Episode 212 - Alex Watson
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David chats to Alex Watson about Renais Gin, the brand he has ...
Episode 211 - English Chardonnay
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. England’s nascent still wine scene gets ever more exciting, ...
Episode 210 - Wines of Lisbon with Libby Brodie
18 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. Lisbon, Portugal’s beguiling capital, is also an enticing wi...
Episode 209 - Sunny Hodge on his Cynic’s Guide to Wine
11 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. Sunny Hodge is David’s guest to talk about his new book, The...
Episode 208 - Côtes du Rhône Villages
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. In the second special episodes, David’s focus is Côtes du R...
Episode 207 - Côtes du Rhône
28 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. In the first of two special episodes, David explores the wines...
Episode 206 - Yann Munier, cellar master, GH Mumm
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David meets the new face of GH Mumm, Yann Munier, who joined l...
Episode 205 - Highlights of Series 17
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David reflects on some special moments in series 17, including...
Episode 204 - Austria - Dirceu Vianna Jr MW and Melania Battiston
07 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. Austria is the focus as David chats to Master of Wine, Dirceu V...
Episode 203 - Mike Dawson, Journey’s End
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David travels to Journey’s End estate at the far end of the ...
Episode 202 - Cerasuolo di Vittoria
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. Sicily’s only DOCG, Cerasuolo di Vittoria, is David’s focus...
Episode 201 - The wines of China with Susie Barrie MW and Antony Moss MW
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. China is now the world’s sixth most important producer of wi...
Episode 200 - The creator of ‘The Chocolate Block’, Marc Kent
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. It is one of South Africa’s most celebrated and successful p...
Episode 199 - Ribera del Duero
31 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David travels to Castilla y León to explore Ribera del Duero,...
Episode 198 - Alice Paillard
24 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David’s joined by CEO and co-owner of Champagne Bruno Pailla...
Episode 197 - Dawn Davies MW on North American Whisky
17 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. Bourbon or rye, blended or single malt, the USA and Canada off...
Episode 196 - Bar trends with Emma Hutchison
10 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. Continuing his look at what’s in store for 2025, David talks...
Episode 195 - Drinks in 2025 with Richard Siddle
03 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. ‘The Chief’ is back with his annual predictions for what’...
Episode 194 - Dry January
27 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David’s joined by Laura Willoughby, co-founder of Club Soda ...
Episode 193 - Highlights of Series 16
20 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David brings us his favourite moments from the latest series: ...
Episode 192 - Alsace with Anne Krebiehl MW and Eric Zwiebel MS
13 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David dives into the rich complexity of Alsace with Master of ...
Episode 191 - Whisky’s ‘ultimate experience’
06 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. In what has been described as ‘the ultimate experience for w...
Episode 190 - Rombauer’s Richie Allen
29 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David talks to the head winemaker at Napa’s Rombauer Vineyar...
Episode 189 - Europe’s best sommelier + agave spirits masterclass
22 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David reports from Belgrade on the contest to be ‘ASI Best S...
Episode 188 - Dominique Demarville + ‘pre-loved’ whisky
15 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David travels to the Champagne village of Aÿ to meet Dominiqu...
Episode 187 - South Africa’s winning wines + world whisky with Billy Abbott
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David’s joined by John Hoskins MW, former chief examiner at ...
Episode 186 - Alice Lascelles on The Martini + Japanese whisky with Billy Abbott
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. Author and FT columnist Alice Lascelles is David’s guest to ...
Episode 185 - Michel Drappier
25 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David welcomes one of the most famous names in Champagne, Mich...
Episode 184 - Kristiane Sherry’s whisky report + Irish whisky with Billy Abbott
18 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David is joined by whisky expert, Kristiane Sherry, to talk ab...
Episode 183 - Whisky with Billy Abbott
11 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David delves in the world of whisky with renowned expert, auth...
Episode 182 - Fr’um founder Anthony Peart
04 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. From his humble beginnings in hospitality to the bar of Tom Ke...
Episode 181 - Highlights of Series 15
27 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David reflects on the highlights of series 15 featuring Perrie...
Episode 180 - Gérard Bertrand
20 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David travels to Château L’ Hospitalet in Languedoc-Roussil...
Episode 179 - Margaret River with Alex Hunt MW and Shanteh Wale
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. Responsible for a mere two percent of Australia’s grape crus...
Episode 178 - Amber… the original orange
06 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. They are all the rage on wine lists, but orange wines have a l...
Episode 177 - Tom Surgey
30 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. A familiar face for his work with ‘The Three Wine Men’, wr...
Episode 176 - Turkey with Sarah Abbott MW and Isa Bal MS
23 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. Famously where East meets West, Turkey offers a treasure trove...
Episode 175 - Lebanon with Faouzi Issa
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David chats to the winemaker Faouzi Issa from Lebanon’s Doma...
Episode 174 - Tasmania
09 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. Celebrated for sparklers and more recently for still wines too...
Episode 173 - Paso Robles
02 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David chats to Steve Lohr, whose father Jerry was a pioneer in...
Episode 172 - House of Hazelwood
26 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David talks to House of Hazelwood director, Jonathan Gibson, a...
Episode 171 - Tim Shand, Voyager Estate
19 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David talks to the Chief Winemaker Tim Shand, at pioneering Ma...
Episode 170 - Séverine Frerson, Perrier Jouët
12 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. Only the 8th cellar master in Perrier-Jouët's 200-year histor...
Episode 169 - Highlights of Series 14
05 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David reflects on the latest series, including Eduardo Chadwic...
Episode 168 - Chablis Part Two
28 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. For the second of his special editions dedicated to Chablis, D...
Episode 167 - Chablis Part One
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. For the first of two special editions dedicated to the wines o...
Episode 166 - English wine week, with Zoe Driver
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. To celebrate English wine week, one of the country’s rising ...
Episode 165 - The wines of Etna
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. David visits Sicily’s Mount Etna region to explore the ancie...
Episode 164 - Exploring Austria
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. A traditional wine nation that still offers a voyage of discov...
Episode 163 - Rodolfo Bastida, Ramon Bilbao
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. Chief winemaker at Rioja’s Ramón Bilbao, Rodolfo Bastida, i...
Episode 162 - Hawke’s Bay
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. A special episode dedicated to Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand. Dav...
Episode 161 - Bourgogne Part Two
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. For the second of two special editions dedicated to the wines ...
Episode 160 - Bourgogne Part One
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In partnership with Club Oenologique - the world through the lens of wine and spirits. For the first of two special editions dedicated to the wines o...