Cork Talk with Michael Zaccagnini
Michael Zaccagnini is a second-generation producer in Ribera del Duero, who trained under the legendary Mariano GarcĂa, 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...
Cork Talk with Giles Cooke MW
Giles Cooke MW started his career at Majestic, before working for Scottish merchant Allied Wines for 30 years. Since 2011, he’s also had his own distinctive brand in Australia, called...
Cork Talk with Amanda Thomson
Amanda Thomson was a successful TV journalist, interviewing the likes of Salman Rushdie and George Clooney, when she decided to give it all up and move to Paris to study...
Cork Talk with Andy Neather
Andy Neather worked at Friends of the Earth in the late 1990s, and it turned him into an environmentalist. Now a freelance journalist, he’s just co-authored a very timely book...
Cork Talk with Natasha Hughes
Beaujolais suffers from a lot of myths that “don’t stack up”, according to Natasha Hughes MW, whose new book about the region is the most comprehensive yet. We sat down...
Cork Talk with Simon Farr
Simon Farr’s career in the wine business spans 50 years, a half-century that’s seen him work in vineyards, retail, wholesaling and the fine wine as well as investing in a...
Cork Talk with Chris Carpenter
Regarded as one of the best winemakers in the world, with a particular love for Cabernet Sauvignon and other Bordeaux grapes, Chris Carpenter oversees seven different projects for Jackson Family...
Cork Talk with Jonas Olofsson
Author of The Forgotten Sense, a fascinating book about smell, Jonas Olofsson is an olfactory scientist and a professor of psychology at the University of Stockholm. Our in-depth chat covered everything...
Cork Talk with Donovan Rall
Donovan Rall is one of South Africa’s gentle giants, a former second-row rugby player with the touch of a pianist. After spells overseas in New Zealand and the Rhône Valley,...