Ask Jilly Goolden transcript
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| This event took place Monday 26th November, 2001 |
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Jilly Goolden
Jilly Goolden, joined us for a Live Chat and answered your questions about her favourite place to visit and her good taste in wine ...
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Question from Andrew Barnes: If you were on a desert island and you could only take one wine what would the wine be?
Jilly Goolden: I think I'd want a wine that lasted a very long time because I wouldn't want to feel the pressure to drink it at the very first minute. Perhaps, like a holiday, the planning is as exciting as the arrival! Possibly I would take, on this rare occasion, something like a vintage port, that would take 15 years to mature. So for 15 years, I could look forward to it!
Question from Ben Peers: Which country is your favourite to go on holiday to?
Jilly Goolden: I have traveled all over the world, luckily for me. I love travelling and I'm going to Uganda soon - a new experience. However, I think it has to be New Zealand. It's as beautiful as England, and that's difficult, but with very few people, and the people there are incredibly welcoming.
Question from Tasha: Did your children find it hard to learn to ski?
Jilly Goolden: Children learn very much more quickly than adults. Paul, my husband, found it hard to learn, but Verity, who had only been on two one-week skiing holidays before, was whistling down the black run. Phillip, aged 10, both skied and snowboarded down the Black Run.
Question from Colin: Have you ever got really drunk (by accident or on purpose!) when tasting wine?
Jilly Goolden: You try to be as efficient as possible with the spit, but tasting huge numbers of wines, it's impossible not to be affected a little! Usually, when tasting though, I'm pretty sober but that doesn't mean always in life!
Question from Peter: If you could only drink the wine from one country, which one would it be?
Jilly Goolden: The great bonus of living in Britain is that we never have that problem with 45 different countries selling wines here, so I'm not limited, but, if I were, it would have to be New Zealand. I like wines from New Zealand because the flavours are very vivid and pure, and the variety they do - not a huge number - have a sort of clarity to them, like Claret. But obviously, France and Italy have a much greater variety.
Question from Steve Critchley: Jilly, what is your ambition at this time of your life?
Jilly Goolden: Having worked ceaselessly from my late teens, I now realise how precious family life is, and although I still work full time, my ambition is to spend more time as a mum.
Question from Ricky: Which three people would you most like to share a bottle of wine with?
Jilly Goolden: It would have to be Oz Clarke, he's not just a great friend, but he enjoys his wine! Nelson Mandela is my hero, and if he shared anything with me, I'd be privileged. And Joanna Lumley, because she's charming.
Question from Rebecca Dorman: Do you think that organic wines taste better?
Jilly Goolden: It's very difficult to be completely dispassionate about flavours in organic wine and food. I certainly believe they have more vivid flavours, and I believe I feel better after drinking them but I'm easily persuaded!
Question from Rajesh: Should you judge a wine by its label?
Jilly Goolden: The wine world spins on a new axis now, and previously you could only go by famous names. Now you can afford to be adventurous, and if you are daring, and choose a wine that is very different from your normal tipple, you can have a great treat. But in a shop, the only thing you can go on is the label. They don't give you a taste.
Question from Simon Daniels: Can you recommend a vintage champagne for Christmas that won't break the bank?
Jilly Goolden: A really good non-vintage champagne is better than a cheap vintage one so, therefore, I wouldn't be hung-up on vintage. If I felt I had to have a vintage for some reason, I would go for a Roederer. However, if you are watching the price, a non-vintage champagne that has been hanging around for a time, will taste as good as a regular vintage. My suggestion is keep some non-vintage champagne in the back of a cupboard and pull out for special occasions.
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