Cork Talk

Viviana Navarrete is one of the most awarded winemakers in Chile, famous for the quality of here cool climate wines from the coastal Leyda Valley. Listen to us chat about...

Steve Browett leads a double life. As chairman of Farr Vintners, one of the world’s leading fine wine dealers, he’s in charge an annual turnover of £100 million. And he’s...

Lenz Moser is a fifth-generation Austrian winemaker who is every bit as dynamic as his famous grandfather, also called Lenz, the inventor of the vineyard trellising system that bears his...

In little over a decade, Stephen Cronk has built Maison Mirabeau from nothing into a global Provence rosé brand, using what he calls the “OVP method”, or “Other People’s Vineyards”....

Matteo Ascheri is a person who spreads happiness and good humour. Based in the town of Bra, where his family winery has been located since the 1880s, he’s responsible for...

Known as El Colorado because of his red hair, Alejandro Sejanovich is one of the key figures in the modern Argentinian wine industry: a man who combines expertise in the...

Nina Caplan is an Anglo-Australian journalist and author, whose first book, The Wandering Vine, won just about every award going. It’s a fascinating and very personal deep-dive into how the...

Master Sommelier Isa Bal was born and brought up in Turkey and – if you can believe it – didn’t taste his first glass of wine until he was 20....

Master of Wine Nova Cadamatre originally wanted to be a ballet dancer or a florist until she got the wine bug. Since she graduated from Cornell University, she’s spent the...

Emma Rice got into the wine business the hard way. She started out working in a pub, then did a spell at Oddbins before completing a self-funded BSc in Viticulture...

Veronica Ortega must be the only winemaker in the world who is the daughter of a famous bullfighter. But that’s not her only claim to fame. She’s also one of...

Born in England, but based in Chile, Matt Wilson has been described as the “bad boy of wine photography”. He’s famous for his surreal images of winemakers wielding chainsaws among...