Wojciech Bońkowski is Poland’s first Master of Wine and something of a polymath who speaks five languages and has a PhD in musicology. I caught up with him to about his country’s dynamic wine industry, his weakness for strange and unknow regions, his predilection for white wines over reds, why smart practice is the way to improve as a taster and the similarities between tea and wine.

To read more about Wojciech have a look at his website. You can also follow him on Instagram @bonkowskimw.

Don’t forget, Cork Talk is now available on Spotify. You can listen to this week’s episode, plus my back catalogue of interviews with some of the world’s most extraordinary wine figures.