Olly’s Guide to Wine

All for wine and wine for all!

You don’t need to be rich or have expert knowledge - just 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 good bottle, how much to spend and how to taste, to explaining wine jargon, Olly tells you everything you need to know to love wine more. Discover Olly’s Top 30 Wines to Try Before You Die, the Ten Commandments of Wine, his ’Grape Thesaurus’ and also learn to pair the perfect wine to your food or mood.

Fun, witty and informative, Wine is the perfect accompaniment to a leisurely glass of vino delivered in Olly’s uniquely descriptive style.

Olly Smith is a much-loved wine expert, with 18 years’ presenting wine on British television. 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. He has hosted more than 80 episodes of his hit drinks podcast ’A Glass With’ featuring a dazzling array of celebrity guests including P!nk and Kylie Minogue. Olly is the author of Home Cocktail Bible (2021) and World Cocktail Atlas (2023).