WATCH: Blind Wine Tasting

Join Mike Graham for a chaotic, hilarious and surprisingly educational blind wine tasting session on Plonk of the Week! This week Mike is joined by wine expert and connoisseur Chris Walkey — the man behind the Glass of Bubbly Awards — and comedian and TV personality Lewis Schaffer for an hour of sparkling wine, terrible guesses, and completely unhinged conversation.
Six sparkling wines. Black socks on the bottles. Can three very different men tell their Champagne from their Cava?
The wines tested (revealed at the end!):

🥂 Baron Amarillo Cava Brut — £5.75 from Aldi
🥂 LaGioia Prosecco — £9.50 from Tesco
🥂 Crouch Ridge Estate Blanc de Blancs (English Sparkling) — £42
🥂 Legras & Haas Champagne — 100% Chardonnay, ~£45
🥂 Hunters Miru Miru — New Zealand Sparkling, £17.99 from Laithwaites
🥂 Graham Beck Cuvée Clive — South Africa, £46.99 from Tesco
🍾 BONUS: Ratafia de Champagne liqueur — a rare treat from the Champagne region

Topics covered:

Is English sparkling wine too expensive?
How do professional wine judges score at competitions?
The Glass of Bubbly Champagne & Sparkling Wine Awards
Why the bubbles in your glass tell you more than you think
Free pour in New York vs 25ml measures in Britain
Blind tasting techniques used by expert sommeliers
Best value sparkling wine on the market right now
What does "legs" mean in wine tasting?
Ratafia — the Champagne liqueur almost nobody knows about

Plus: New York in the 80s, celebrity autographs, Woody Allen, stand-up comedy legends, Rodney Dangerfield, Don Rickles, and whether time is actually real.

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