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

Ben Gould


    • Nov 9, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 3m AVG DURATION
    • 13 EPISODES


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    Will Berliner - #013

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2021 77:01


    This Episode is brought to you by Unreal Wine Club. Get the juice from the Real Wine People guests. Will Berliner is the founder, grower and winemaker at Cloudburst Wines.  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.

    Vanya Cullen - #012

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2021 64:39


    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

    Ryan OMeara - #011

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2020 70:27


    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

    Jasper Button - #010

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2020 56:21


    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.

    Alex Shulkin - #009

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2020 69:49


    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

    Tom Shobbrook - #008

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2019 53:05


    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. 

    Brendon Keys (BK) - #007

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2019 83:26


    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.

    Iwo Jakimowicz - #006

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2019 74:50


    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.

    Gareth Belton - #005

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2019 68:14


    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.

    Josephine Perry - #004

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2019 52:54


    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.

    Gary Mills & Brian Conway - #003

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2019 60:07


    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.

    Mike Bennie - #002

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2019 43:45


    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 Wine

    Taras Ochota - #001

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2019 54:12


    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.

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