WINE

Everything You Need to Know

By: Olly Smith

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Hardcover | 30 September 2025

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All for wine and wine for all!

You don’t need to be rich or have expert knowledge – you just need to feel confident in choosing wines that will bring you joy. Drinks writer and broadcaster Olly Smith is here to walk you through the wonderful world of wine, teaching you how to find what you like and understand why.

From the basics of how to choose a bottle of wine, how much to spend and how to taste it, to demystifying wine jargon, Olly tells you everything you will ever need to know. Discover Olly’s top wines to try before you die, as well as his own Ten Commandments of Wine, and a handy ‘Grape Thesaurus’.

Fun, witty and informative, Wine is the perfect accompaniment to a leisurely glass of vino.

About the Author

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).

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