If you enjoy Steyn's Song of the Week at SteynOnline, please note that there'll be a live stage edition during the 2026 Mark Steyn Queen Mary Cruise - along with many other favourite features from SteynOnline and The Mark Steyn Show.
Happy New Year to our listeners, viewers and readers around the world. Last week's edition of Mark Steyn on the Town used a Sinatra song title - A Very Good Year - to preview the seasons ahead. So we thought for our first Song of the Week of 2026 we'd explore that number a little more specifically. We think you'll enjoy Steyn's appreciation of a song that uses the vintages of a well-stocked wine cellar as a metaphor for life - and which, somewhat belatedly, eventually found the perfect singer.
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This airing of Steyn's Serenade Song of the Week is a special presentation of The Mark Steyn Club. Thank you for your kind responses to this series. Simon Arnold, a Highland Steyn Clubber, writes:
Mark always digs right down to the very roots to explain the wonder and mystery of these songs, composers and artists.
Thank you, Simon. We do enjoy your comments on the show. Club members are welcome to leave them below - or anybody can leave them over at Serenade Radio, where they love hearing from listeners.
Steyn's Song of the Week airs thrice weekly on Serenade Radio in the UK, one or other of which broadcasts is certain to be convenient for whichever part of the world you're in:
5.30pm Sunday London (12.30pm New York)
5.30am Monday London (4.30pm Sydney)
9pm Thursday London (1pm Vancouver)
Whichever you prefer, you can listen from anywhere on the planet right here.