A Glass With

The epilogue has landed! After all these years romping around glasses with the world’s loveliest sippers, it’s time for me to hang up my headphones with a final joyful roar for all the splendour that wine - and all drinks - offer when shared in good company. Thank you for listening and for your encouraging messages. You can still find me across social media (@ollysmith on Instagram and @ollysmithofficial on TikTok) through my website ollysmith.com or via my brand new book The World Cocktail Atlas released in October 2023. Available for pre-order here. Thank you to my producers PodMonkey and everyone who contributed to this show over the years, especially Richard Hemming MW for all the happy memories. So until the next time on telly, in print, online or even in another pod, most of all, I have loved sharing A Glass With you. Cheers!

In this episode of A Glass With..., Olly is joined by good friend and critically acclaimed Bristol-based chef Freddy Bird. Freddy runs the restaurant Little French with his wife, Nessa, and his love of French cuisine inspired Olly to pair him with a bottle of Les Hauts de Saint Martin Saint-Chinian 2020 from the Languedoc region, as they talk about growing up, all things France, making their own wine and the best music to cook to. Find out more about Olly at his website ollysmith.com or follow him on Instagram @ollysmith. You can find Freddy and his restaurant Little French at their website littlefrench.co.uk or Freddy's Instagram @Freddybirdfood. This episode of A Glass With... is sponsored by Languedoc Wines.

In this episode of A Glass With..., Olly is joined by world-leading food and lifestyle photographer and director Georgia Glynn Smith. Georgia's love for the Languedoc region of France has inspired Olly to pair her with a bottle of Domaine Azan Organic Picpoul de Pinet 2021 as they talk about her career working with the likes of Mary Berry and Jamie Oliver, photographing the faces behind wine, pivoting careers during lockdown and buying a house in the South of France over lunch. Find out more about Olly at his website ollysmith.com or follow him on Instagram @ollysmith. You can find Georgia at her website glynnsmith.co.uk or her Instagram @ggsmith. This episode of A Glass With... is sponsored by Languedoc Wines.

Olly is joined by Ching He Huang, a celebrity chef and cookbook extraordinaire who has been at the cutting edge of Chinese food for over a decade. A lover of champagne, Olly and Ching talk about her upbringing, breaking it onto our screens and the joys of Asian delicacies over a glass or two of Taittinger Prélude 'Grands Crus' cuvée.    Find out more about Olly at his website ollysmith.com or follow him on Instagram @ollysmith.    You can find out more about Ching at her website chinghehuang.com

Olly is joined by comedian and YouTube sensation Nigel Ng, who's challenged Olly to find a wine that pairs well with Asian cuisine. Over a glass or two of Ilahe Vineyard's Pinot Gris from the Willamette Valley in Oregon, Olly and Nigel talk celebrity chefs, Sauternes and stand-up comedy.   Find out more about Olly at his website ollysmith.com or follow him on Instagram @ollysmith.    You can find out more about Nigel, including details of his tour, at his website nigelngcomedy.com.   The Pinot Gris Olly and Nigel enjoyed is available from Lea & Sandeman.

In the first episode of 2022, Olly is joined by good friend and Michelin-starred chef Paul Ainsworth, and over a Tom Collins (made according to Olly’s very own recipe) they discuss, amongst other things, growing up in hospitality, running a business during lockdown and Paul’s love for TV classic Only Fools & Horses.    Find out more about Olly at his website ollysmith.com or follow him on Instagram @ollysmith.    Paul can be found at paul-ainsworth.co.uk or on Instagram @paulainsw6rth. His podcast Knives, Forks & Tunes is available through your usual podcast providers lnk.to/KnivesForksTunes.    Olly’s Tom Collins recipe can be found in his new book The Home Cocktail Bible, available from Amazon and all good bookshops. 

In this episode Olly is joined by Tori Longdon, conductor and co-founder of the Stay at Home Choir, who he pairs with a Matusalem 30-Year-Old Oloroso Sherry, as they talk the similarities between Sherry and choral music and Tori's career as one of the few female conductors working today. Find out more about Olly at his website, or follow him on Instagram @ollysmith. You can find out more about Tori at her website. The Matusalem Sherry featured is available through Majestic. This episode is brought to you by honeycombers.co.uk.

Olly gets to sit down for a face-to-face chat with chef and old friend Asma Khan at her Covent Garden restaurant Darjeeling Express to talk, amongst other things, all-female kitchens, finding her place at the hospitality industry table, serving lunch to Paul Rudd, and chai, all over a glass of Everleaf non-alcoholic aperitif. Find out more about Olly at his website, or follow him on Instagram @ollysmith. Asma's Instagram is @asmakhanlondon. This episode is brought to you by Everleaf Non-Alcoholic Aperitifs.

In this episode Olly pairs actor and writer Ben Miller with the fermented drink kombucha as they talk Caribbean filming, cuddly toys and kids books, including Ben's latest effort, Diary of a Christmas Elf. Find out more about Olly at his website, or follow him on Instagram @ollysmith. You can find Ben @ActualBenMiller on Twitter and Instagram.

In this episode, Olly gets to sit down and talk canned wine and cricket with chef Tommy Banks, pairing Tommy with not one but two wines from his own Banks Brothers range – Syrah Mourvédre No. 1 and Chardonnay No. 3. Find out more about Olly at his website, or follow him on Instagram @ollysmith. You can find out more about Tommy and his new Banks Brothers range of canned wines at their website.

For his latest face-to-face chat, Olly pairs actress and writer Martha Howe-Douglas with a bottle of François Cotat's 2017 Sancerre Les Monts Damnés (available from Lay & Wheeler) as they talk ghosts, Ghosts and homemade wine.   Find out more about Olly at his website, or follow him on Instagram @ollysmith.   You can also follow Martha on Instagram @marthahowedouglas.   Olly and Martha were chatting at The Mayfair Townhouse, so our thanks to the team there for their hospitality.

Olly is joined by comedian Josh Widdicombe and they talk hangovers, soda streams and Watching Neighbours Twice a Day whilst they sip on the South American grape spirit pisco. You can find out more about Josh at his website. Find out more about Olly at his website, or follow him on Instagram @ollysmith. Olly and Josh were drinking Barsol Quebranta Pisco, available from The Whisky Exchange. Olly's new book, The Home Cocktail Bible, is available to pre-order now, and is published in November.

In this episode, Olly is joined for a face-to-face chat by a true legend of broadcasting, Sir Trevor McDonald. Olly has dipped into his own cellar for a bottle of Puligny-Montrachet Les Combettes Premier Cru from Domaine Jacques Prieur to share with Sir Trevor and listen to his memories of programme making, places and presidents. Find out more about Olly at ollysmith.com, or follow him on Instagram @ollysmith. Olly and Sir Trevor chatted at the River Cafe in London rivercafe.co.uk.

In this episode Olly pairs Sandrae Lawrence - journalist, cocktail aficionada and one half of the partnership behind the award-winning publication and podcast The Cocktail Lovers - with the wonderful, albeit quite unusual, Greek wine Rematies Monemvasia from the Ios Winery. Tasting almost like a lemon dry martini, it's a perfect fit for a cocktail lover. Find out more about Olly at ollysmith.com, or follow him on Instagram @ollysmith. Check out Sandrae's work at thecocktaillovers.com.

For this face-to-face episode of A Glass With, Olly pairs cricket legend and King of the Jungle Phil Tufnell with a Bacchus from Phil's very own Tuffers' Tipple range, whilst they discuss their shared passion for cricket and wine. Find out more about Olly at ollysmith.com, or follow him on Instagram @ollysmith. You can find Phil's range of wines at virginwines.co.uk/tuffers-tipple. This episode was recorded at the Wine & Spirit Education Trust, learn more at wsetglobal.com.

In this episode, Olly pairs fellow wine journalist Nina Caplan with a Sauvignon Blanc from The Hidden Sea while they discuss film, family influences and how they found wine. Find out more about Olly at ollysmith.com, or follow him on Instagram @ollysmith. Nina can be found at ninacaplan.com. This episode is sponsored by The Hidden Sea thehiddensea.com.

Joining Olly this week is Anna Jones, the award-winning modern voice of vegetarian cooking, who he's paired with Edinburgh Gin Classic (with tonic, naturally), while they talk ethical eating, potatoes and Anna's new book "One Pot, Pan, Planet". Find out more about Olly at ollysmith.com, or follow him on Instagram @ollysmith. Anna can be found at annajones.co.uk or on Instagram @we_are_food. This episode is sponsored by Edinburgh Gin Classic edinburghgin.com.

In this episode Olly pairs TV's Amanda Lamb with a glass or two of Most Wanted's Montepulciano d’Abruzzo while they talk the sounds of Italy, breaking and entering as a goodwill gesture and Amanda's new show 'My Mortgage Free Home'. Find out more about Olly at ollysmith.com, or follow him on Instagram @ollysmith. Check out Amanda's new show at discoveryplus.co.uk/show/my-mortgage-free-home. This episode is brought to you by Most Wanted Wines mostwantedwines.co.uk.

Legendary actress Britt Ekland joins Olly all the way from Sweden to talk Midsommar and Men (both Wicker and With the Golden Gun) over a glass of Bollinger La Grande Année 2012. Find out more about Olly at ollysmith.com, or follow him on Instagram @ollysmith. For more details about Britt's next stage role in The Cat & the Canary go kenwright.com. For her charity work visit alzheimers.org.uk and alextlc.org. With thanks to Bollinger champagne-bollinger.com.

To mark the release of his new album, singer-songwriter Tom Odell joins Olly for a face-to-face chat over a glass or two of Château Pichon Baron Pauillac 2014 to talk, amongst other things, meditating, martinis and ‘Monsters’. Find out more about Olly at ollysmith.com, or follow him on Instagram @ollysmith. Tom’s album ‘Monsters’ is out today (9th July), and you can find out more at tomodell.com. To learn more about the wine Olly pairs Tom with, go to pichonbaron.com/en/.