Cork Talk with Duncan Forsyth
By his own admission, Duncan Forsyth spent a lot of his twenties travelling, skiing and partying. A chance attendance at a wine tasting back in Queenstown inspired him to get...
Cork Talk with Jason Haas
Jason Haas studied archaeology at university and worked in the tech industry for four years before joining the family winery, Tablas Creek, in Paso Robles in 2002. Since then, he’s...
Cork Talk with David Gleave
Born in Toronto, David Gleave started out working in bars in London and Dublin and fell into wine by chance. He’s since gone on to become one of the world’s...
Cork Talk with Giovanni Manetti
Giovanni Manetti’s family has lived in Tuscany since the 1650s, but they were in the business of producing terracotta tiles, not wine, until his father bought the run down Fontodi...
Cork Talk with Álvaro Espinoza
Álvaro Espinoza’s dad was a winemaker, but it wasn’t automatic that his son would follow the same career path. As it happens, he nearly became a marine biologist. But despite...
Cork Talk with Pablo Alvarez
Pablo Álvarez was still in his twenties when he was given the responsibility of running Vega Sicilia, one of Spain’s greatest wineries. Over the last 40 years, he’s taken it...
Cork Talk with Prue Henschke
Prue Henschke might have ended up working with baboons. But luckily, she met her future husband Stephen Henschke and chose vines, following him to Germany to attend the Geisenheim Institute....
Cork Talk with Raj Paar
Born in Calcutta, Raj Paar didn’t drink wine until he was 20. He made up for it in no time, rapidly becoming one of the best sommeliers in the United...
Cork Talk with Franck Massard
Born in Brittany and brought up in the Loire, Franck Massard made his name as an award-winning sommelier in the UK before moving to Spain in 2004. Acquiring a small...
Cork Talk with Mel Knox
Mel Knox became a barrel broker by accident when he was working in a wine shop in California. Over the space of a 43 year career representing such famous cooperages...
Cork Talk with Pedro Parra
Pedro Parra wanted to be a jazz saxophonist until he realised he’d never be the next John Coltrane. Instead, he became a terroir expert. As a consultant, he’s had a...
Cork Talk with Mac Forbes
Mac Forbes is one of Australia’s most thoughtful winemakers, a man who lives and breathes his native Yarra Valley. I caught up with him during vintage to chat about his formative...