The Cellar Door Podcast

What Happens When Wine Becomes Personal?

Send us Fan Mail I’ve spoken to Giles Cooke before on the Cellar Door Podcast, usually about his successful Thistledown. But this conversation is a little different. I

What Is a Wine Business Actually Worth?

Send us Fan Mail What makes a wine business worth buying? You might think it's the vineyard. Or the winery. Maybe it's the brand, the wine sitting in the cell

What Makes a Place? Mac Forbes on Wine, Identity, and the Yarra Valley.

Send us Fan Mail For Mac Forbes, wine has never been just about what’s in the glass. It’s about identity. Place. Curiosity. And the willingness to choose the harder pat

There Is No Such Thing as the Wine Market

Send us Fan Mail Most conversations about wine start with a simple assumption: that there is such a thing as the wine market. Joe Fattorini argues that's completel

200 Years of Excellence: Inside the Sydney Royal Wine Show

Send us Fan Mail For most wine drinkers, a wine show is something that happens in the background. A medal on a bottle. A trophy announced at an awards dinner. A score t

Seeing Ghosts: Who Really Controls Australian Wine?

Send us Fan Mail This episode welcomes back Ed Cavanagh — wine writer, historian, policy researcher, and author of the forthcoming book Crushed: The Hand of Government o

Navigating Wine Distribution's Commercial Minefield - with Will Taylor

Send us Fan Mail For many wineries, making great wine is only half the challenge. The other half is getting that wine into the hands of consumers. Behind every bottle t

The Greatest Marketing Story Ever Bottled? Professor Kathy Burk on How France Conquered Wine

Send us Fan Mail For centuries, France has occupied a unique place in the world of wine. Its vineyards, classifications, language, and traditions have shaped how we thin

Keeping the Faith: Charlie and Sophie Melton on Brand, Legacy and the Future of a Barossa Icon

Send us Fan Mail For more than four decades, Charles Melton has been one of the defining voices of the Barossa Valley. His journey stretches from the wine glut of the 19

The Hidden Life of Vineyards - with Dylan Grigg

Send us Fan Mail Wine is full of simple stories. Old vines are better than young vines. Great vineyards are all about terroir. Climate determines quality. Pick the righ

Part 2 with Robert Joseph - The Next Chapter for the Wine Industry

Send us Fan Mail In Part 1 of my conversation with wine industry commentator, producer, and recovering wine critic Robert Joseph, we explored a deceptively simple questi

How the wine industry makes money - and how it doesn't

Send us Fan Mail For a long time, the wine industry has sold itself on romance. The rolling vineyard. The family story. The passionate winemaker chasing perfection in a

Travis Schultz on harnessing the connective power of wine

Send us Fan Mail Over the last year, while speaking with people across the Australian wine industry, one name kept unexpectedly coming up in conversation in connection w

The People Building Geographe

Send us Fan Mail Late last year I had the pleasure of speaking with Pipa Nielson who gave an exciting and colourful introduction to the Western Australian region of Geog

Catching up with Doug Neal

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Something Completely Different: A Mystery Box Tasting with Marc Malouf

Send us Fan Mail To borrow from Monty Python: now for something completely different. This episode steps away from the usual B2B conversations and industry stories, and

Revisiting the 4 Ps of Marketing with Joe Fattorini

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The Spirit of the Hunter Valley: Garth Eather of Meerea Park on History, Wine and Hard Markets

Send us Fan Mail The Hunter Valley occupies a special place in the story of Australian wine. It is, in many ways, the spiritual birthplace of the industry - a region whe

Chuck Hayward reflects on 40 Years of Australian Wine in the US Trenches

Send us Fan Mail Australian wine once rode a remarkable wave of success in the United States — built on strong personalities, passionate importers, and wines that connec

Ireland, Melbourne, and MasterChef: The Journey of Phil Conway

Send us Fan Mail Phil Conway embraced adventure and the unknown when he moved from Ireland to Melbourne in Australia. Phil describes a love of food from an early age, a