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...
Cork Talk with Christian Seely
Christian Seely is as well known for his bow ties as he is for his generosity and sense of humour. I don’t often get job envy, but I wouldn’t mind...
Cork Talk with Jeremy Seysses
My guest this week on Cork Talk is Jeremy Seysses of Domaine Dujac in Morey-St-Denis. Raised in Burgundy, he went to university in England before returning to help run the...
Cork Talk with Peter Sisseck
My guest this week is a Dane who started his career in Bordeaux, almost made a career in California, but ended up in Spain, where he created one of the...
Cork Talk with Samantha O’Keefe
My guest on Cork Talk this week is one of the best winemakers in South Africa. Born, brought up and educated in the United States, Samantha O’Keefe first came to...
Cork Talk with Alberto Antonini
Welcome to the first episode of Tim Atkin’s Cork Talk. My guest this week is Alberto Antonini, one of the world’s most famous winemakers, who works in 12 different countries...
A wine lover’s guide to vineyard soils
by Tom Stevenson
SOIL Topsoil is of primary importance to the vine because it supports most of its root system, including most of the feeding network. Subsoil always remains geologically true. Main roots...