Cork Talk with Faouzi Issa
Faouzi Issa is one of the superstars of the Lebanese wine industry, often talked of as the natural successor to the late Serge Hochar of Château Musar. Trained in France,...
Cork Talk with Emily Faulconer
Emily Faulconer of Viña Carmen is one of the most talented and well-travelled young winemakers in Chile. Listen to her talk about why she speaks English with a cut-glass accent,...
Cork Talk with Daniel Pi
As winemaking director of Grupo Peñaflor, Daniel Pi is at the helm of one of the biggest wine producers in the world. He’s also widely recognised as being among of...
Cork Talk with Rosa Kruger
Rosa Kruger is one the key figures of the new South African wine scene. Best known for her work with the preservation of old vines and her role as an...
Cork Talk with Veronique Drouhin
Véronique Drouhin is a Burgundy institution. She’s not only one of the most important figures in Burgundy, she’s also one of the best liked. Véronique is part of the dynamic...
Cork Talk with Katie Jones
Katie Jones had been living in the Languedoc for 15 years, working for the Mont Tauch co-operative in Tuchan, when she decided to set up her very own domaine after...
Cork Talk with Francisco Baettig
Francisco “Pancho” Baettig is the winemaker responsible for three of Chile’s most iconic wines: Don Max, Seña and Viñedo Chadwick. Yet, despite being the man who has helped shaped the...
Cork Talk with Victor Urrutia
Victor Urrutia was 29, happily living and working in Brazil, when he got the call from his father to come back and run CVNE, the family wine company that was...
Cork Talk with Jean-Marie Fourrier
Jean-Marie Fourrier is a Burgundian superstar, but his winemaking life hasn’t been easy. At the age of just 23, he took over a failing domaine in Gevrey-Chambertin with five unsold...
Cork Talk with Gaia Gaja
This week’s episode is a juicy one featuring – no hyperbole here – the amazing Gaia Gaja. Gaja is Barbaresco’s most famous winery and Gaia is the fifth generation of...
Cork Talk with Susana Balbo
Susana Balbo is extraordinary in many ways. Not only did she become Argentina’s first female oenologist in 1981, she’s also won countless awards for her entrepreneurism as well as her...
Cork Talk with Chris Alheit
My guest this week is one of South Africa’s leading young guns. Chris Alheit of Alheit Vineyards is perhaps best known as the producer of cult wine Cartology, first produced...