Real Wine People

Long form conversations with vineyard & wine folk about their stories and experiences within the fast changing wine landscape.

Will Berliner - #013 11/09/2021

Will Berliner - #013 This Episode is brought to you by . Get the juice from the Real Wine People guests. Will Berliner is the founder, grower and winemaker at . A small close planted, chemical free vineyard in Wilyabrup, Margaret River. Cloudburst sent shockwaves through the local industry in 2013 when it took a clean sweep of all trophies at the Margaret River Wine show. Not only was Cloudburst unheard of locally, but the wines sold out to New Yorks top restaurants at a record price, and wasn't even available for purchase in Australia. /episode/index/show/realwinepeople/id/21097238

Vanya Cullen - #012 03/01/2021

Vanya Cullen - #012 Vanya Cullen is the winemaker at Cullen Wines in Margaret River. Vanya is considered the matriarch of Organic and Biodynamics for the Australian wine industry Cullen wines celebrates 50 years of winemaking in 2021 following a rich history of innovation, awards, crafting beautiful wines and care for the land. This is reflected in their ethos of quality, integrity and sustainability /episode/index/show/realwinepeople/id/18132650

Ryan OMeara - #011 12/31/2020

Ryan OMeara - #011 Ryan O Meara is a winemaker, grapegrower, surfer, father and beer drinker who started Express Winemakers, based in Denmark, in the Great Southern of Western Australia His vineyard sites stretch across all sub-regions in the Great Southern, with Ryan dry-farming all blocks without the use of synthetic chemicals. All wild-ferment in the winery and minimal movement all help Ryan to express his sites /episode/index/show/realwinepeople/id/17378984

Jasper Button - #010 03/01/2020

Jasper Button - #010 Jasper Button returned home from travelling and surfing the world, along with his sister Sophie, to help out at their family vineyard, planted over two decades ago by their mother. They began restoring the site and moving to organic and biodynamic farming. Then started making wines rather than sell off their grapes. The wines are made naturally with only minimal sulphur additions and cool, slow and gentle ferments. /episode/index/show/realwinepeople/id/13357331

Alex Shulkin - #009 01/19/2020

Alex Shulkin - #009 Alex Shulkin and Galit Shachaf hail from Ashton, in the Adelaide Hills, and are the lovely people behind The Other Right wines. Alex was born in Russia, and landed in Australia via Israel 32 years later. His day job is a wine scientist with the Australian Wine Research Institute (AWRI) and is possibly the only wine scientist in the world that makes natural wine /episode/index/show/realwinepeople/id/12796019

Tom Shobbrook - #008 12/30/2019

Tom Shobbrook - #008 Tom Shobbrook is a beautiful human, boundary-pusher, winemaker, father, husband and owner of Shobbrook wines. As one part of the 'Natural Selection Theory' collective, he is partly responsible for a paradigm shift in the Australian Wine industry. /episode/index/show/realwinepeople/id/12559889

Brendon Keys (BK) - #007 12/13/2019

Brendon Keys (BK) - #007 Kirsty and Brendon Keys are the fine people behind BK Wines, established in 2007, and located high in the Adelaide Hills. BK wines are crafted from single vineyards sourced exclusively from the Adelaide Hills. The wines are handmade and bottled onsite between dropping in on the skateboard ramp, DJ'ing and raising two boys. /episode/index/show/realwinepeople/id/12388244

Iwo Jakimowicz - #006 11/18/2019

Iwo Jakimowicz - #006 Iwo Jakimowicz along with his wife Sarah Morris are the great people behind Si Vintners. An amazing BD winery and vineyard in the deep South of Margaret River. Iwo and Sarah also own several vineyards in Aragon, Spain which they travel too each year and make wine also. /episode/index/show/realwinepeople/id/12072098

Gareth Belton - #005 10/22/2019

Gareth Belton - #005 Gareth and Rainbo Belton are the founders, owners, winemakers and vineyard people of Gentle Folk, a winery based in the Adelaide Hills. Originally phycologists (seaweed scientists) diving the coastlines of Western and South Australia, they have since shunned the wetsuits and dived fully into vineyard life. /episode/index/show/realwinepeople/id/11736134

Josephine Perry - #004 09/24/2019

Josephine Perry - #004 Young Gun of Wine winner Josephine Perry is a winemaker based in Margaret River. Josephine is a serial vintager, owner and founder of Dormilona Wines, Mica Wines and Yokel Wines, also a saviour of endangered tortoises, Surfer and mother of two. /episode/index/show/realwinepeople/id/11381825

Gary Mills & Brian Conway - #003 09/10/2019

Gary Mills & Brian Conway - #003 Gary Mills of Jamsheed Wines and Brian Conway of Izway wines are displaced West Australians living in Melbourne and making wine in Victoria and South Australia respectively. We catch up in Gary's new slightly built Urban winery and resisted talking about the Fremantle Dockers too much. /episode/index/show/realwinepeople/id/11194985

Mike Bennie - #002 09/10/2019

Mike Bennie - #002 Mike Bennie is one of the most influential wine-writers in the world today. Co-founder of Rootstock Sydney, Wine writer for many wine publications including Gourmet Traveller, Editor of Winefront, co-owner of P & V Wine Cellars in Newtown & Brian wines /episode/index/show/realwinepeople/id/11192747

Taras Ochota - #001 09/09/2019

Taras Ochota - #001 Taras Ochota is a winemaker, punk rocker, surfer, restaurateur and all round good guy. His wines, Ochota Barrels are some of the most sought after in the country. /episode/index/show/realwinepeople/id/11174831

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