Episodes
![Cork Talk with Giorgi Dakishvili](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog8359705/Giorgi_Dakishvili_300x300.jpg)
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Cork Talk with Giorgi Dakishvili
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Giorgi Dakisivhili is one of Georgia’s most accomplished winemakers, a man who’s equally comfortable employing historic and modern techniques. One of a family of oenologists, he studied in the Ukraine and California before returning to his native Kakheti region, where he set up Dakishvili Family Vineyards. Our wide-ranging conversation covered everything from Saperavi to amber wines, Georgia’s 525 grapes to the country’s 8,000 year old wine culture.
To read more about Giorgi have a look at his website. You can also follow him on Instagram at @giorgidakishvili.
Don’t forget, Cork Talk is now available on Spotify as well as Apple Podcasts. You can listen to this week’s episode, plus my back catalogue of interviews with some of the world’s most extraordinary wine figures.
![Cork Talk with Pieter Walser](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog8359705/Pieter_Walser_300x300.jpg)
Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Cork Talk with Pieter Walser
Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Thursday Jul 18, 2024
Pieter Walser is one of the wine industry’s great mavericks. Surfer, artist and creator, he’s the man behind some of the Cape’s most distinctive labels, famous for brands such as Family Murder, Little William and Moment of Silence. I caught up with him from his home near the ocean to chat about surfing, epilepsy, old vines, white gloves, adventurous hearts and living on the edge. It’s a fascinating conversation with the so-called Hunter S Thompson of winemaking.
To read more about Pieter have a look at his website. You can also follow him on Instagram at @blankbottlewinery.
Don’t forget, Cork Talk is now available on Spotify as well as Apple Podcasts. You can listen to this week’s episode, plus my back catalogue of interviews with some of the world’s most extraordinary wine figures.
![Cork Talk with Jane Anson](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog8359705/Jane_Anson_300x300.jpg)
Friday Jul 12, 2024
Cork Talk with Jane Anson
Friday Jul 12, 2024
Friday Jul 12, 2024
Author of Inside Bordeaux, Jane Anson started out as a journalist in Hong Kong but fell in love with wine on a trip to South Africa. She moved to France full time in 2003 and has since become one of the world’s most admired and influential wine critics. Our in-depth chat covered everything from tasting technique to wine websites, the future of En Primeur to tasting a bottle of Château Pétrus that had been aged in space.
To read more about Jane have a look at her website. You can also follow her on Instagram at @jane.anson.
Don’t forget, Cork Talk is now available on Spotify as well as Apple Podcasts. You can listen to this week’s episode, plus my back catalogue of interviews with some of the world’s most extraordinary wine figures.
![Cork Talk with David Way](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog8359705/David_Way_300x300.jpg)
Friday Jul 05, 2024
Cork Talk with David Way
Friday Jul 05, 2024
Friday Jul 05, 2024
David Way specialises in the wines of Piemonte, although he writes about the whole world for his day job at the Wine & Spirit Education Trust. A theologian and historian by training, he brings academic rigour to the study of this fascinating and still comparatively little-known corner of north-west Italy. Our fascinating chat covered soils, climate, the region’s 60 DOs and DOCGs and 80 grape varieties and his enduring love of Nebbiolo.
To read more about David have a look at his website. You can also follow him on X at @davidonpiemonte.
Don’t forget, Cork Talk is now available on Spotify as well as Apple Podcasts. You can listen to this week’s episode, plus my back catalogue of interviews with some of the world’s most extraordinary wine figures.
![Cork Talk with Debra Meiberg](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog8359705/Debra_Meiberg_300x300.jpg)
Friday Jun 28, 2024
Cork Talk with Debra Meiberg
Friday Jun 28, 2024
Friday Jun 28, 2024
Debra Meiburg grew up in California, but moved to Hong Kong to work as an accountant in 1988. She quickly discovered that wine, not spreadsheets, was her real passion in life and switched careers. Writer, taster, educator, consultant and TV performer, she’s one of Asia’s most talented and engaging communicators. Playfully disruptive, as someone once described her, Debra is as fun to interview for a podcast as she is in person.
To read more about Debra have a look at her website. You can also follow her on Instagram at @debrameiburgmw.
Don’t forget, Cork Talk is now available on Spotify as well as Apple Podcasts. You can listen to this week’s episode, plus my back catalogue of interviews with some of the world’s most extraordinary wine figures.
![Cork Talk with Vicente Cebrián](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog8359705/Vicente_Cebria_n7q624_300x300.jpg)
Friday Jun 28, 2024
Cork Talk with Vicente Cebrián
Friday Jun 28, 2024
Friday Jun 28, 2024
Vicente Cebrián was born in Madrid, but says his blood is almost all Galician. Put in charge of two family bodegas – Pazo de Barrantes in Rías Baixas and Marqués de Murrieta – in 1996, at the age of just twenty-six – he’s even surpassed the legacy of his larger than life father. Our revealing chat covered his aristocratic titles, Atletico Madrid, Albariño, oak barrels, stone masonry, working for the long-term and the best way to update a classic winery.
To read more about Vicente have a look at the Marqués de Murrieta website. You can also follow the bodega on Instagram at @marquesdemurrieta.
Don’t forget, Cork Talk is now available on Spotify as well as Apple Podcasts. You can listen to this week’s episode, plus my back catalogue of interviews with some of the world’s most extraordinary wine figures.
![Cork Talk with Nicole Rolet](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog8359705/Nicole_Rolet_300x300.jpg)
Friday Jun 14, 2024
Cork Talk with Nicole Rolet
Friday Jun 14, 2024
Friday Jun 14, 2024
Brought up in a trilingual household in New York, Nicole Rolet worked in banking and international relations before she set up Chêne Bleu in the southern Rhône Valley with her husband, Xavier. Our wide-ranging chat covered everything from lay lines to the pursuit of legacy, Grenache’s underdog status to the future of fine wine. Listen to Nicole tell us why she doesn’t do woo woo and why she’s always marched to the beat of her own drum.
To read more about Nicole have a look at the Chêne Bleu website. You can also follow the domaine on Instagram at @chenebleuwine.
Don’t forget, Cork Talk is now available on Spotify as well as Apple Podcasts. You can listen to this week’s episode, plus my back catalogue of interviews with some of the world’s most extraordinary wine figures.
![Cork Talk with Norrel Robertson](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog8359705/Norrel_Robertson_300x300.jpg)
Friday Jun 07, 2024
Cork Talk with Norrel Robertson
Friday Jun 07, 2024
Friday Jun 07, 2024
Born in Dundee, close to what the calls “the Côte d’Or of raspberries”, Norrel Robertson got interested in wine through a part-time job at Oddbins. After passing the Master of Wine and studying viticulture and oenology in New Zealand, he visited Calatayud in Aragón in 2003 and has never left. A self-confessed Garnacha nut, the Escocés Volante, or Flying Scotsman, has gone on to become one of Spain’s most dynamic winemakers. (Sorry for the slightly scratchy recording!)
To read more about Norrel have a look at the Escocés Volante website. You can also follow him on Instagram at @escocesvolante.
Don’t forget, Cork Talk is now available on Spotify as well as Apple Podcasts. You can listen to this week’s episode, plus my back catalogue of interviews with some of the world’s most extraordinary wine figures.
![Cork Talk with Daniel Lambert](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog8359705/Daniel_Lambert2_300x300.jpg)
Friday May 31, 2024
Cork Talk with Daniel Lambert
Friday May 31, 2024
Friday May 31, 2024
After stints working at Sainsbury’s and in a Guildford nightclub, Daniel Lambert set up his own wine business in 1992 and has turned it into an award-winning success story, specialising in French wines. I caught up with him from his new home in Montpellier to discuss his outspoken criticism of the UK’s proposed new alcohol duty scheme, the role that Sauternes played in his early career, what he’s learnt from being dyslexic, going viral on Twitter and which regions offer the best value for money.
To read more about Daniel have a look at the Daniel Lambert Wines website. You can also follow him on X at @DanielLambert29.
Don’t forget, Cork Talk is now available on Spotify as well as Apple Podcasts. You can listen to this week’s episode, plus my back catalogue of interviews with some of the world’s most extraordinary wine figures.
![Cork Talk with Anne Krebiehl](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/ep-logo/pbblog8359705/Anne_Krebiehl_MW_300x300.jpg)
Thursday May 23, 2024
Cork Talk with Anne Krebiehl
Thursday May 23, 2024
Thursday May 23, 2024
Anne Kriebehl MW arrived in London to study English literature at university with two suitcases and a rucksack. After publishing her first piece about the 50th anniversary of the end of rationing in the Financial Times, she slowly moved into wine writing and has never looked back. Hers is an inspiring tale of perseverance and talent, leading to the Master of Wine qualification and recognition as an expert on Pinot Noir and German wines.
To read more about Anne have a look at the Institute of Masters of Wine website. You can also follow her on Instagram at @anneinvino.
Don’t forget, Cork Talk is now available on Spotify as well as Apple Podcasts. You can listen to this week’s episode, plus my back catalogue of interviews with some of the world’s most extraordinary wine figures.