Cork Talk with Hendrik Thoma
Hendrik Thoma trained as a chef, but fell in love with wine when he was working at a restaurant in the Napa Valley. It was a decision which led to...
Cork Talk with Ginny Povall
Ginny Poval had a successful career as an insurance industry executive before she bought a flower farm called Protea Heights in South Africa that changed her life. Now the owner...
Cork Talk with Rosamund Barton
A chance meeting with the great Steven Spurrier in Paris convinced Rosamund Barton that she wanted to work in wine. After spells as a buyer and a newspaper columnist in...
Cork Talk with Larry Cherubino
Larry Cherubino can’t seem to stop winning awards at the moment. He’s flying all over the world to collect them, so I was lucky to track him down for an...
Cork Talk with Christoph Hammel
Interviewing Christoph Hammel is a lot of fun. Sometimes described as a cellar cabaret artist, he brings a theatrical flourish to everything he does. Our fascinating chat covered the climate...
Cork Talk with Essi Avellan MW
Essi Avellan is a journalist and Master of Wine who probably knows more about sparkling wines than anyone else on the planet. I caught up with her from her base...
Cork Talk with Greg Lambrecht
Originally trained as an engineer, Greg Lambrecht is an innovator, inventor and entrepreneur who works in the medical as well as wine sectors. Listen to us chat about needles, noble...
Cork Talk with Yves Cuilleron
Yves Cuilleron took over his family’s estate in Condrieu and Saint Joseph in his early twenties. In the space in of just three decades, has turned it into one of...
Cork Talk with Philip Cox
Since he arrived in the country in 1991, Philip Cox has transformed the image of Romanian wine. Having first tried his hand at selling beer, he bought a run-down winery...
Cork Talk with Barbara Banke
Barbara Banke of Jackson Family Estates has been described as the most significant woman in the world of wine. Originally a Supreme Court lawyer, she switched her attention full-time to...
Cork Talk with László Mészáros
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, László Mészáros took an Interrail holiday around Western Europe and fell in love with wine. After further studies in France, he returned to...
Cork Talk with Zelma Long
One dubbed “Miss Oblivious” because of her single-minded focus, Zelma Long has had a remarkable 50-year career as a winemaker on three continents. Our chat covered her early years as...