As one of the best-selling wine writers of all time, with millions of sales to his name and global renown, Hugh Johnson OBE needs little introduction. For this exclusive interview, we head into the privacy of his London home for a rare no-holds-barred, funny, wide-ranging, moving, eye-opening chat. It’s intimate, controversial and thought-provoking. There are few things we don’t cover, and Hugh doesn’t pull his punches. Scoring wines out of 100 points is ‘dangerous’. Some fine wine has entered the ‘tedious’ territory of luxury goods. Over-oaked wines are ‘posh gloss’. Regarding climate change, ‘people need to change pretty smartly.’ Those featured range from Elizabeth David to André Simon, Napoleon, Robert Parker and William Pitt. Hugh talks about tasting wine from 1540, how the English used to be, ‘sozzled all the time,’ the challenges of making wine TV and the emergence of a new ‘Cote d’Or’ in England. 

Hugh Johnson, Chairman and CIO of Hugh Johnson Advisors, on how investors should react to the increasing risk-off sentiment. Drew Armstrong, Team Leader for U.S. Health Care at Bloomberg, on containing the coronavirus. Rosabeth Moss Kanter, thought leader and Professor at Harvard Business School, discusses her new book, "Think Outside the Building: How Advanced Leaders Can Change the World One Smart Innovation at a Time." Richard Chambers, President and CEO of The Institute of Internal Auditors (The IIA) to discuss corporate governance concerns surrounding Boeing, the Business Roundtable, and others. Hosted by Lisa Abramowicz and Paul Sweeney.

Hugh Johnson

Retired National Weather Service Meteorologist

speaks about

How Trump could ruin our National Weather Service and trump our chances to reverse climate change for good

Hurricane Dorian was a monster. Trump took it upon himself to modify a National Weather Service forecast, apparently given an old forecast briefing. Instead of apologizing over the confusion he continued to insist his forecast was correct throwing the NWS forecasters from Birmingham under the bus. However there is a much more grave concern here, how Trump is undermining our chances to reverse climate change. Hugh will address those concerns and how we need to combat them.

Jancis Robinson and Hugh Johnson are wine writers and journalists…that sounds a bit pedestrian! Jancis and Hugh are collectively the most awarded, influential, and respected writers in all of wine. Their awards, books, articles are too numerous to mention. Jancis and Hugh have revised “The World Atlas of Wine” and the 8th Edition is now available.

Join Heritage Radio Network on Monday, November 11th, for a raucous feast to toast a decade of food radio. Our tenth anniversary bacchanal is a rare gathering of your favorite chefs, mixologists, storytellers, thought leaders, and culinary masterminds. We’ll salute the inductees of the newly minted HRN Hall of Fame, who embody our mission to further equity, sustainability, and deliciousness. Explore the beautiful Palm House and Yellow Magnolia Café, taste and imbibe to your heart’s content, and bid on once-in-a-lifetime experiences and tasty gifts for any budget at our silent auction. Tickets available now at heritageradionetwork.org/gala.

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Hugh Johnson, chairman and CIO of Hugh Johnson Advisors, talks about his three-year market forecast. Bloomberg Intelligence's Sam Fazeli discusses big pharma earning as Merck, Eli Lilly and Glaxo report this week. Liam Denning, a Bloomberg Gadfly columnist covering energy, talks about Halliburton earnings and gives an overview of the oil services sector. Finally, Jaimin Patel, a senior credit strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence, tells Pimm Fox and Lisa Abramowicz how a default may be looming for Venezuela.