Cork Talk with Prue Henschke
Prue Henschke might have ended up working with baboons. But luckily, she met her future husband Stephen Henschke and chose vines, following him to Germany to attend the Geisenheim Institute....
Cork Talk with Raj Paar
Born in Calcutta, Raj Paar didn’t drink wine until he was 20. He made up for it in no time, rapidly becoming one of the best sommeliers in the United...
Cork Talk with Franck Massard
Born in Brittany and brought up in the Loire, Franck Massard made his name as an award-winning sommelier in the UK before moving to Spain in 2004. Acquiring a small...
Cork Talk with Mel Knox
Mel Knox became a barrel broker by accident when he was working in a wine shop in California. Over the space of a 43 year career representing such famous cooperages...
Cork Talk with Pedro Parra
Pedro Parra wanted to be a jazz saxophonist until he realised he’d never be the next John Coltrane. Instead, he became a terroir expert. As a consultant, he’s had a...
Cork Talk with Mac Forbes
Mac Forbes is one of Australia’s most thoughtful winemakers, a man who lives and breathes his native Yarra Valley. I caught up with him during vintage to chat about his formative...
Cork Talk with Miles Beale
Miles Beale started his working life as a Eurocrat in Brussels before becoming private secretary to two very contrasting Labour Party politicians in Mo Mowlam and John Prescott. For the...
Cork Talk with Carole Meredith
Over a 22-year academic career at the University of California Davis, Carole Meredith changed the world of wine for ever. Using genetic markers and DNA fingerprinting, she helped to identify...
Cork Talk with Olly Smith
Olly Smith is one of the UK’s most engaging wine experts, known for his appearances on Saturday Kitchen, his newspaper columns, his podcasts and his books, as well as his...
Cork Talk with Stephanie Toole
Born in New Zealand, Stephanie Toole has zigzagged across the globe as she nurtured her love of wine. She became interested in wine in London, ran a wine wholesaler in...
Cork Talk with Miguel Merino
Miguel Merino didn’t always want to be a winemaker, despite the fact that his dad owned a bodega. He worked in sports journalism and as a TV screenwriter, before finally...
Cork Talk with Maureen Downey
Maureen Downey has been described as the Sherlock Holmes of wine, an expert in exposing counterfeiting and fraud. I caught up with her from her home in California to talk...