In a career spanning 50 years – and showing no signs of letting up – Brian Croser has distinguished himself as one of the driving forces of the Australian wine industry. He combines talents as a winemaker, teacher, terroir pioneer, consultant – even a politician. No surprise, he’s a fascinating person to interview. Opinionated, ferociously intelligent and passionately committed to the cause of Australian fine wine, we look back on his remarkable career and speculate about what’s next for this New World giant.

To read more about Brian, have a look at the Tapanappa website.

Don’t forget, Cork Talk is now available on Spotify as well as on my website. You can listen to this week’s episode, plus my back catalogue of interviews with some of the wine world’s most extraordinary figures.