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CONVERSATIONS
The wine conversation is all about conversations around wine, be it great wine lives, recommendations or travel.
Every month we will be recording ‘magazine-style’ podcasts, but we will also be having in-depth looks at certain subjects and releasing these as separate episodes.
Find the conversations that interest you the most – search by category, or indeed any term / name of interest. Some of our articles contain audio files of our conversations.
▻ Alexander Van Beek of Château Giscours
Alexander Van Beek, Estate Director of Château Giscours and Tuscan estate Caiarossa.
▻ Don St Pierre of ASC Fine Wines
Don St Pierre Jnr founded ASC Fine Wines in China with his father in 1996, and pioneered the introduction of wine to a nation of Baijiu drinkers.
▻ Christian Moueix
Christian Moueix is the winemaker’s winemaker, the man Hugh Johnson called “a reference point to the Right Bank of Bordeaux”.
▻ Hannes Myburgh of Meerlust
Hannes Myburg talks to John Stimfig about running the iconic South African Meerlust estate, which is celebrating its 50th vintage.
▻ Mike Ratcliffe
Mike Ratcliffe, one of South Africa’s most dynamic producers, talks to John Stimpfig for our series “Great Wine Lives”.
▻ Marc Hochar
As war in the Lebanon yet again fills our news channels Sarah Kemp talks to Marc Hochar of Chateau Musar.
▻ Philippe Guigal
Philippe Guigal is the third generation of the illustrious Guigal wine family from the Rhône. A fascinating interview with one of France’s most dynamic producers, whose family is at the heart of everything.
▻ Lenz Moser
Elin McCoy talks to Lenz Moser about how his curiosity took him from his family estate in Austria to China, California, Hungary and back to Austria to launch a new company based on Gruner Veltliner.
▻ Rajeev Samant of Sula Vineyards
John Stimpfig talks to Rajeev Samant of Sula Vineyards, the man who is the founder of India’s wine industry.
▻ Sacha Lichine
Sacha Lichine, the “godfather of rosé” talks to Jane Anson – find out about his childhood at Château Prieuré-Lichine and how he started the rosé revolution with Whispering Angel.
▻ Gary Boom of Bordeaux Index
Gary Boom of Bordeaux Index on how he built one of the world’s largest fine wine companies, his successes and failures, and his predictions for the future of fine wine.
▻ Edouard Miailhe
Celebrated but not classified, Château Siran is one of Margaux’s most loved properties. Elin McCoy talks to Edouard Miailhe, the 6th generation of his family to run the estate.
▻ Jean-Charles Boisset
The audacious Burgundian who shook up the US wine scene with his consumer-friendly, innovative and sometimes controversial wine experiences.
▻ Francesco Ricasoli
Francesco gave up his life as a professional photographer to restore the family’s winery – possibly the most heart-warming wine story we have covered this year.
▻ Paolo de Marchi
As Paolo de Marchi leaves Isole e Olena after 50 years, find out how he helped change the image of Italian wine forever.
▻ Jean-Guillaume Prats
There are few people who can have had a more fascinating life in wine than Jean-Guillaume Prats.
▻ Eduardo Chadwick
Eduardo Chadwick kick-started modern Chilean winemaking and proved to the world that Chile could make fine wine.
✒ Remembering Jean-Michel Cazes
There is a large void today in the Medoc with the passing of Jean-Michel Cazes – he will be so missed. We were lucky enough to talk to him about his “Great Wine Life”.
▻ Véronique Sanders of Château Haut-Bailly
Véronique Sanders of Château Haut-Bailly talks to Sarah Kemp in our series “Great Wine Lives”.
▻ Richard Geoffroy
Richard Geoffroy talks to Elin McCoy about Dom Perignon, Sake and more in our series “Great Wine Lives”.