Joe Fattorini's diary

Advising Ian Beale, drinking history, and the future. A diary in the style of The Spectator, but in the voice of Alan Bennett. Snippets from a life lived carelessly.

I once found myself giving historical wine advice to Ian Beale. Not the fictional, tragi-comic character in the UK soap opera Eastenders. But the next best thing. Adam Woodyatt the actor, who texted me while he was on set playing Ian Beale. “What sort of wine would people have drunk in the late 15th century?” he asked. “I’ve been speculating with the so…