Cork Talk with Matt Gant
A university course in the historical geography of viticulture prompted Matt Gant to get on a plane from London to New Zealand to do harvest. Since then, he’s never looked...
Cork Talk with Núria Altés
Núria Altés was born into a family of grape growers in Batea in southern Catalunya and worked at the local co-operative before she set up her own bodega, Herència Altés,...
Cork Talk with Jerry Lockspeiser
Jerry Lockspeiser dreamt of being a professional footballer, but ended up in wine by accident in his early thirties. A serial entrepreneur and risk taker, who built Vinceremos and Bottle...
Cork Talk with Tony Bish
Tony Bish got a harvest job at a winery in Gisborne to fund a ski season in New Zealand’s South Island and has never looked back. After 27 years at...
Cork Talk with Marta Casas
Marta Casas originally trained as a pharmacist but switched to wine after she met her future husband and accompanied him and his family on a fact-finding tour to Australia. Now...
Cork Talk with Philippe Melka
Philippe Melka grew up in Bordeaux studying geology — never planning to make wine — until a further university course in oenology and viticulture and an internship at Château Haut-Brion...
Cork Talk with Cathy Marshall
Cathy Marshall studied Physical Education and English Literature at university, but got interested in wine because of a few late nights in the bars of Stellenbosch. After a further degree...
Cork Talk with Michael Schmelzer
Michael Schmelzer is a citizen of the world, brought up in Italy, France, Germany and the United States. Today, his home is the beautiful Monte Bernardi estate in Chianti Classico,...
Cork Talk with Jade Gross
Jade Gross was all set to become a human rights’ lawyer when she got a bursary to study cookery in Paris. After a very flourishing career as a chef, culminating...
Cork Talk with Martin Hofstätter
Martin Foradori Hofstätter is a fourth-generation producer from the Alto Adige, who also makes wine in Trentino as well as Germany’s Mosel Valley. He’s a passionate believer in terroir and...
Cork Talk with Anouck Dann
Anouck Dann was born among the vines of the Valais in Switzerland. After a spell in the hotel industry, where she was inspired by the example of César Ritz, she...
Cork Talk with Chiara Boschis
Chiara Boschis comes from a historic winemaking family in Piedmont but she had to struggle to follow the same career as her other siblings. Taking over the E. Pira winery...