A Question of Drinks

By Felicity Carter and Lulie Halstead

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Why do we drink what we do? Is it just the taste — or are there other drivers behind what's on the shelf? Drinks data expert Lulie Halstead joins writer and editor Felicity Carter to explore the economic, technological and social turning points that determine what's in the glass.

Episode Date
Ep 32: The Great Wine Reckoning (And Why We're Drinking It Anyway)
Jun 03, 2026
Ep 31: What 1961 Can Tell Us About the Future of Wine
May 20, 2026
Ep 30: Why Big Drinks Companies Have Stopped Innovating (And What They're Doing Instead)
Apr 30, 2026
Ep 29: How Wine's Storytelling Obsession Became Its Most Expensive Delusion
Apr 15, 2026
Ep 28: Non-Alcoholic, The Category That's Booming, Stumbling, and Broken, All at Once
Mar 26, 2026
Ep 27: The $5 Party Drink Outsmarting the World's Biggest Spirits Brands and Other News
Mar 11, 2026
Ep 26: Justin Cohen on Why Most Wineries Are Marketing to the Wrong People
Feb 26, 2026
Ep 25: How Marian Leitner-Waldman Turned Archer Roose Into a Scalable Brand
Feb 12, 2026
Ep 24: The Truth About No and Low Drinks and Why Moderation Is Winning
Jan 28, 2026
Ep 23: 2025's Beverage Battles: Who Won, Who Lost, and What's Next
Dec 22, 2025
Ep 22: Everyone Swears They Want Authenticity. But We Keep Buying Big Brands. Why?
Dec 10, 2025
Ep 21: The Real Reason You Can Remember the Name of Your Favourite Spirits, But Not Your Wine
Nov 21, 2025
Ep 20: Wine's Dirty Secret: Why Everything Looks the Same When Everything's Changed
Nov 05, 2025
Ep 19: The 5 Psychological Traps Dominating Your Liquor Cupboard
Oct 22, 2025
Ep 18: Why the Reign of Red Wine Is Ending
Oct 08, 2025
Ep 17: Why Does Natural Wine Make Some People So Angry?
Sep 25, 2025
Summer Repeat: Why Isn't There More Wine In Small Bottles? (Or Cans?)
Sep 10, 2025
Summer Repeat: The Unstoppable Rise and Rise of Rosé Wine
Aug 27, 2025
Ep 16: How Do Celebrities Influence What We Drink?
Aug 13, 2025
Ep 15: Why Do Holidays Change the Flavour of Wine?
Jul 30, 2025
Ep 14: Is Gen Z Giving Up On Alcohol? Part 2
Jul 09, 2025
Ep 13: Is Gen Z Really So Different When It Comes to Alcohol? Part 1
Jun 25, 2025
Ep 12: Lies on the Label and Other Wine Crimes
Jun 11, 2025
Ep 11: Who Really Invented Champagne?
May 28, 2025
Ep 10: Why Are So Many People Signing Up for Wine Education?
May 14, 2025
Ep 9: Is The Wine Trade Out Of Touch? Understanding Why People Get Confused by Wine
Apr 30, 2025
Ep 8: How The World Went Wild for Prosecco and Launched a Trade War
Apr 09, 2025
Ep 7: Why Isn't There More Wine In Small Bottles? (Or Cans?)
Mar 26, 2025
Ep 6: Why Is Everybody Drinking Guinness All of a Sudden?
Mar 12, 2025
Ep 5: The Unstoppable Rise and Rise of Rosé Wine
Feb 26, 2025
Ep 4: What’s Driving Us All to Drink Less?
Feb 12, 2025
Ep 3: Do Award-Winning Wines Taste Better?
Jan 28, 2025
Ep 2: The Surprising and Sometimes Violent History of the Gin and Tonic
Jan 28, 2025
Ep 1: The Hidden Drivers of Fashions in Wine
Jan 28, 2025
Trailer: Welcome to A Question of Drinks
Jan 09, 2025