Cork Talk with Richard Kershaw
Richard Kershaw MW started out as a chef, but then switched to wine instead. After a spell at La Réserve in Hampstead, where the comedian Peter Cook was one of...
Cork Talk with Ben Witchell
A musician by training, Ben Witchell moved into winemaking after a career in IT, working first in Beaujolais before setting up in his own venture, Flint Vineyard, with a tenant...
Cork Talk with Anne McHale
A talented singer and linguist, Anne McHale is a Northern Irish Master of Wine who’s one of the best teachers in the business as well as gifted storyteller. Our amusing,...
Cork Talk with Pierre Henry Gagey
Pierre-Henry Gagey is a passionate Burgundian who believes that his region is a “kind of miracle”, working at top négociant Maison Louis Jadot since 1985, including a 30-year stint as...
Cork Talk with Matt Thomson and Sophie Parker-Thomson
Matt Thomson and Sophie Parker-Thomson MW set up Blank Canvas Wines together in 2012, focusing on terroir-driven wines from single sites in the North and South Islands of New Zealand....
Cork Talk with Beverley Blanning
After spells in accountancy and advertising, Beverley Blanning decided that what she really wanted to do was write about wine, specialising in the Loire Valley, where she also has a...
Cork Talk with Eduardo Chadwick
Eduardo Chadwick is one of the most significant figures in the Chilean wine industry. He’s the man behind such famous brands as Don Maximiano Founder’s Reserve, Seña, Las Pizarras and...
Cork Talk with Robin Copestick
Robin Copestick got into the wine industry by accident when he saw an advert in the window of a wine merchant in Maida Vale. That led to a 19-year-career at...
Cork Talk with Michael Zaccagnini
Michael Zaccagnini is a second-generation producer in Ribera del Duero, who trained under the legendary Mariano García, formerly of Vega Sicilia, as well as his late father, Javier. A lover...
Cork Talk with Pierre Mansour
Pierre Mansour caught the wine bug after drinking a bottle of 1982 Château Léoville-Las-Cases with his Lebanese dad while he was at university. After jobs at the Antique Wine...
Cork Talk with Christina Makris
Dr Christina Makris is a philosopher, art lover and wine writer, three passions that she’s combined in her latest book, Art In Vineyards, pairing the palate and palette, as she...
Cork Talk with Dermot Sugrue
Dermot Sugrue could have made a living as a professional cyclist in Ireland, but a post-university harvest job in Bordeaux led to a career making wine in England instead. After...