Cork Talk with Hans Vinding-Diers
Hans Vinding-Diers was born on a wine farm in South Africa, grew up in Bordeaux, has a Danish passport, and now makes reds in Patagonia. He’s a classic citizen of...
Cork Talk with Paz Levinson
Paz Levinson is one of the best known sommeliers in the world, but she initially struggled to even get a job waiting tables when she was a student in Buenos...
Cork Talk with Isabel Salgado
Isabel Salgado grew up in Madrid, but has always had a special relationship with Galicia, a region where’s she made wine for the last 28 years, specialising in Albariño. Listen...
Cork Talk with Erni Loosen
Ernst Loosen, universally known as Erni, is one of the key figures in the modern renaissance of German wine. He’s a genuine global wine rockstar. Listen to us chat about...
Cork Talk with Alessandro de Stefani
Alessandro de Stefani is the fourth generation of his family to make wine in the Veneto – but the first to have benefited from the extraordinary popularity of Prosecco. Listen...
Cork Talk with Sophia Bergqvist
Sophia Bergqvist’s grandmother, Claire, was given Quinta de la Rosa as a christening present in 1906, but by the time her granddaughter took over eighty-two years later it was in...
Cork Talk with Max Allen
Max Allen moved from the UK to Australia in 1993 and has since become one of that country’s most outstanding drinks’ writers. His most recent book, Intoxicating, is a personal history of...
Cork Talk with Ted Lemon
After studying French Lit at university, Ted Lemon ended up in Burgundy working in vineyards. He subsequently trained as a winemaker in Dijon, then worked at some of the most...
Cork Talk with Kevin Judd
Kevin Judd may have been born in England, but he made his name on the other side of the globe at Cloudy Bay in New Zealand’s South Island. During his...
Cork Talk with Eben Sadie
Since his first vintage in 2000, Eben Sadie of Sadie Family Wines has personified the spirit and success of the South African new wave. Listen to us chat about growing...
Cork Talk with Zorik Gharibian
Brought up and educated in Italy, Zorik Gharibian is part of the Armenian diaspora. When he went back to the land of his parents in 1998, he decided he wanted...
Cork Talk with Viviana Navarrete
Viviana Navarrete is one of the most awarded winemakers in Chile, famous for the quality of here cool climate wines from the coastal Leyda Valley. Listen to us chat about...