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Jun 2022
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Wine Times: Comedian Tom Allen raises a ...

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Today's episode comes courtesy of our sister podcast: Wine Times.

Sloshing along with Suzi Ruffell and Will Lyons is the comedian, writer and broadcaster Tom Allen - who has his own wine wardrobe. As well as three great wines to taste Tom talks about his life of wine and performing for royalty, Will discusses the power that the film Sideways had on the wine industry, and Suzi reveals why the Queen is the doyenne of physical comedy.

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2019 Sparkling Rosé, Windsor Great Park, Berkshire

2018 Maximo Oro, Croatia

2020 Purple Owl Pinot Noir, California

All the wines in the series are available at www.sundaytimeswineclub.co.uk

Producer: Ben Mitchell.


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