Cosy Crime & Wine with Olly Smith

Join us for an evening of cosy crime and wine with beloved television presenter, wine expert, columnist and author: Olly Smith! Join us to discuss this sparkling debut novel, paired with a delicious glass of something - it's time to uncork Death by Noir, the most exuberant and irresistible mystery of the year!

In an idyllic Sussex town, murder is fermenting...

Barclay Flint is the charmingly eccentric proprietor of The Bottle Bank wine shop, nestled in a picturesque Sussex town renowned for its gloriously anarchic Bonfire Night celebration.

Barclay can taste a kaleidoscopic universe in a single glass of wine and delights in matching customers to the grapes of their dreams. But when his close friend, struggling regenerative vineyard owner Victor Crawshaw, is found dead, Barclay finds himself a prime suspect.

To crack the case and clear his name, Barclay must deploy his wine detection skills and follow his nose through the rolling Sussex hills where a tangle of old resentments and rivalries awaits to ensnare him.

With a killer on the loose and Bonfire Night fast approaching, the town crackles with anticipation. This year the fireworks might not be the only things to explode...

Olly Smith is the UK's best-loved wine expert, with 19 years' presenting wine on BBC One's Saturday Kitchen. With a background in screenwriting, Olly has written about wine as the wine columnist for the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday and has six award-winning Glass House wine bars across P&O Cruises fleet. He has won numerous awards in the wine and screenwriting industries. Olly has appeared on primetime shows including House of Games, Celebrity Mastermind and The Wheel and is a familiar voice across BBC Radio.