Suddenly Autumn is looming but we will keep you warm with thoughts of wine harvests, and whiskey, with and without an e, as both drink and investment. Mags shares some drinking days and we discuss Sober October and the merits of apple juice.

We feature an interview with Hambledon vineyard just as they start their wine harvest, the earliest ever on the estate.

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Anxious to learn the answer Phill Humphries, of Drinking with Phill and Mags, visited the Hambledon vineyard to ask how this year's harvest is looking.

Hambledon vineyard is not only our closest vineyard but it is the oldest commercial vineyard in the UK. This week they are starting to harvest the grapes that will make their sparkling wine.

Caron Fanshaw from the vineyard shared some of her harvest time excitement...

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We're back from a brief Summer respite with a new show full of news and chat about all things drinking, but mainly wine!

Phill shares some thoughts from his French trip and tries out his language skills whilst Mags has been further afield to Nicaragua quaffing cocktails in large measures.

We explore the strange goings on in the world of Bordeaux classifications and furnish you with a new set of drinking days.

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