The Tim Atkin Cork Talk Podcast

Cork Talk with Matt Walls

Matt Walls studied French at university, so it was a natural move to go into the wine business. After working in retail, he became a wine writer, specialising in the Rhôn

Cork Talk with Adam Brett Smith

A lover of Dickens, Nelson and large motorbikes – how’s that for a combination – Adam Brett-Smith runs Corney & Barrow, one of the world’s most profitable wine companies.

Cork Talk with Irakli Peradze

Irakli Peradze developed a successful career in telecommunications after university, but always wanted to be a wine producer at heart. After a Saperavi he’d made as a hob

Cork Talk with Margaret Rand

The daughter of a vet and an author, Margaret Rand started her life in publishing, but moved into wine after meeting Serena Sutcliffe MW. After spells editing various mag

Cork Talk with Noelia Orts

Noelia Orts was born and brought up in Benidorm, but after studying viticulture and oenology and Spain, and an overseas harvest in New Zealand, moved to Chile in 2009, wh

Cork Talk with Guy Woodward

Guy Woodward has spent his working life as a journalist, writing about food, travel, sport and even casinos before turning his attention to wine when he moved to Decanter

Cork Talk with Cristina Mercuri MW

Cristina Mercuri had a successful career as an international lawyer in Milan but gave it all up to study and create a second career in wine, becoming Italy’s first female

Cork Talk with Dr Peter Stanbury

Dr Peter Stanbury has spent most of his working life in international development, advising multinationals and intergovernmental organisations, sometimes in some distinct

Cork Talk with Sandra Tavares

A former professional volleyball player and fashion model, Sandra Tavares feL in love with the wine world at a young age, treading grapes at her grandfather’s wine estate

Cork Talk with Victoria Mason

Victoria Mason was working as a plant buyer at Waitrose when she heard about a vacancy in the wine department. She got the job and has never looked back. A long-distance

Cork Talk with José Vouillamoz

José Vouillamoz is a botanist, ampelographer and grape geneticist who has made a significant contribution to our understanding of the past, present and future of wine. Co

Cork Talk with Beth Willard

Cricket-mad Beth Willard’s journey in wine started with a part-time job at Hardy’s Cellar Door operation in Canberra. Since then, she’s lived in France, the United Kingdo

Cork Talk with Katia Nussbaum

Katia Nussbaum was born in London, but has lived most of her life in Italy, where she and her partner Gigi have owned the highly regarded San Polino estate in Brunello de

Cork Talk with Xavier Rousset

Xavier Rousset fell in love with wine on a family holiday in Collioure. After writing to fellow Frenchman Gérard Basset, one of the world’s most famous sommeliers, he got

Cork Talk with Luke O’Cuinneagain

Luke O’Cuinneagain grew up close to the vineyards of nearby  the Constantia Valley, but originally wanted to be a vet rather than a winemaker. A weekend job working at a

Cork Talk with Sarah Abbott MW

Born into a family of Methodists, half of whom were teetotal, Sarah Abbott ‘s wine journey began when got a job with specialist Burgundy merchant, Domaine Direct. Since 2

Cork Talk with Mike Paul

Mike Paul’s parents ran a hotel in Torquay, so maybe wine was part of his destiny. After a history degree, he got a job with Saccone & Speed, where he was in charge of Bl

Cork Talk with Kathy Burk

Kathy Burk grew up on a grape farm in California, but went into academia rather than viticulture, specialising in Anglo-American relations. Alongside her teaching and res

Cork Talk with Sarah Hwang

Sarah Hwang studied psychology at university in the United States, but moved into the wine business after her parents created a new estate in Tokaj, Domaine Királyudvar,

Cork Talk with Harry Eyres

The son of an independent merchant, Harry Eyres was brought up visiting vineyards and cellars and has inherited his father’s love of wine and classical music. A published