joidevie Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Has anyone been watching this? I actually found it very interesting.. I really wish I had recorded it.. (did anyone?)I found it accessible and good fun at the same time.. Took a lot of the mystique out and was down to earth.. I felt it really personified the whole process .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 I watched it when it was first aired (the current showing is a repeat) and found it entertaining because of the two characters involved.I must admit the wine tips were less important for me! [:$] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Beg to differ. Staged (but they all are I suppose?) and irrelevent - i.e. anybody interested enough to watch a prog about wine, probably knows as much as they're conveying.For me, amusing enough if you've nothing else to do at that moment in time, but instantly forgettable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sprogster Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 At the moment Oz and James are filming a new series in the wine growing area of California.My brother visited last month the very small Champagne vineyard featured in the series, where the owner pressed the grapes in his garage and was selling the resulting excellent Grand Cru Champagne for just Euro 13 per bottle. Suffice to say, thanks to the programme demand had soared as had the price!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aj_dr Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 I missed it the first time around. Can anyone tell me on what program and at what time it's on?Thanksaj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 The Big Wine Adventure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 here you arehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/food/tv_and_radio/wineadventure_about.shtmlWhoops, sorry Clair, a bit of simultaneous posting going on here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aj_dr Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Thank you both, have marked the calender....which episode is this week? Hope I haven't missed to many of them.aj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Zoff Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Although James May can be entertaining, and there are a few funny one-liners, it would have worked better, I think, had his part been played by someone who really did know nothing about wine. I am quite sure that Mr May has seen and tasted a lot of good wines over the years and knew a good deal more about them before this trip than he is forced to portray. The programme makers seem to want the viewer to believe he's some sort of working class slob when clearly he is nothing of the sort, causing the whole thing to misfire a bit for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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