Wine Tasting with Helen McGinn and Olly Smith
Friday 4th September, 7pm
The Lighthouse Auditorium, Chapel Street, Ely, Cambridgeshire CB7 4EG
6.40pm
7pm
Saturday Kitchen Live wine experts Helen McGinn and Olly Smith bring their expertise to choosing the best bottle of wine.
Celebrating the breadth and quality of wines stocked on our high street, this money-saving selection covers recommendations for every major supermarket, with over 180 bottles divided into seven key chapters - red, white, rose, sparkling, orange, sweet & fortified and non-alcoholic.
Wine doesn't have to be expensive, complicated or full of jargon. Whether you're standing in the supermarket wondering which bottle to choose, ordering wine in a restaurant or planning a dinner with friends, Olly and Helen will show you how to enjoy the wonderful world of wine.
Author Biography: Helen McGinn is the resident wine expert on BBC1's Saturday Kitchen and ITV's This Morning and an ex-supermarket wine buyer. She is an international wine judge and drinks writer for Waitrose Food Magazine as well as various TV appearances including Celebrity Mastermind, Celebrity Weakest Link, Between the Covers and more. Helen has won various awards for her blog "The Knackered Mother's Wine Club", including Fortnum & Mason's Online Drink Writer of the Year and Red Magazine's Best Blogger.
Author Biography: Olly Smith is the UK's best-loved wine expert, with 18 years' presenting wine on BBC1's Saturday Kitchen. He has written about wine for the Mail on Sunday and the Daily Mail for 17 years and has six award-winning Glass House wine bars across P&O Cruises fleet. He has won countless awards in the wine industry, including International Wine and Spirits Communicator of the Year and Drinks Writer of the Year, and tours the UK every year as one of the Three Wine Men. Olly has appeared on primetime shows including Celebrity Mastermind, Bridge of Lies and House of Games. He has hosted more than 80 episodes of his hit drinks podcast 'A Glass With' featuring a dazzling array of celebrity guests. Olly is also patron of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust. He is the author of Home Cocktail Bible (2021) and World Cocktail Atlas (2023).