Cork Talk with Martin Krajewski
Martin Krajewski left school wanting to be a golf pro but got a job in the City that ended up making him a fortune instead. Focused full-time on the wine...
Cork Talk with Matt Wilkin
Matt Wilkin’s parents were teetotal, but that didn’t put him off going into hospitality or developing a passionate interest in wine. After a couple of harvests in Australia, he carved...
Cork Talk with Gerd Stepp
Gerd Stepp was brought up on a grape and apple farm in the village of Bad Dürkheim. After working in wineries in Italy, Zimbabwe and South Africa, and a spell...
Cork Talk with Mary Bridges
Mary Bridges grew up on a farm in Inverness and worked in a Michelin-starred restaurant before deciding she wanted to be a winemaker. After a vintage in France, she got...
Cork Talk with Felicity Carter
Felicity Carter is a journalist who specialises in the business of wine. More recently, she’s become an acknowledged expert on health and alcohol policy, interviewing several of the key figures...
Cork Talk with John Duval
John Duval is one the legends of the Australian wine industry. He’s known for his work as chief winemaker at Penfolds, where he was in charge of making Grange (among...
Cork Talk with Toti Undurraga
Toti Undurraga’s family have been well-known in the Chilean wine industry since the late 19th century, but he was always determined to forge his own path. After six years overseas,...
Cork Talk with Jen Parr
Jen Parr started out working in the software industry after studying English and Spanish literature at university, but moved into the wine business after she did a harvest in Gaillac....
Cork Talk with Elizabeth Gabay
Elizabeth Gabay MW was born in New York, grew up in London and has lived in the French Alps for the last 20 years. Following a mixed early career in...
Cork Talk with Rod Smith
Rod Smith began his working life as an illustrator but moved into wine after landing a part-time job at Oddbins. After a brief spell in the fine wine world in...
Cork Talk with Praisy Dlamini
Brought up on a sugar cane farm in Kwa-Zulu Natal, where her parents were teetotallers, Praisy Dlamini got a bursary from the Department of Agriculture when she was 16 and...
Cork Talk with Roman Roth
Roman Roth was brought up in the Black Forest, where his father was a cooper, but decided to become a winemaker in his teens. After vintages in California and Australia,...