Red Wine Of The Year crowned to 2018 Persistence By Reynolds Family Winery with a classic score of 96 points secures second spot in the winner's list of Sommeliers Choice Awards.

Wine podcasts have moved on from being a niche and have become a genre of podcasting altogether. Here are eight podcasts that are steering the conversation.

Being in a region with a grape-growing history that stretches back to the 18th century, when Franciscans at Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa produced some of California's first wines of distinction, planting wine grapes was a natural choice.