The Tim Atkin Cork Talk Podcast

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, where she is in charge of the premium wine portfolio at Viñedos Orgánicos Emiliana. Our chat covered her love of travel, cover crops, the art of blending, climate change and what it’s like being involved with the largest organic and biodynamic estate on the planet. To read more about Noelia have a look at the Viñedos Orgánicos Emiliana website. You can also follow her on Instagram at @noeliaorganicwine. Don’t forget, Cork Talk is now available on Spotify as well as Apple Podcasts, where you can listen to this week’s episode, plus my back catalogue of interviews with some of the world’s most extraordinary wine figures.  

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 magazine. As an editor, columnist and content provider, he can look back over more than two decades of achievement. Our chat covered music, fine wine, competitions, the changing media landscape and what it’s like to exchange legal letters with Robert Parker. To read more about Guy have a look at his website. You can also follow him on Instagram at @guyawoodward. Don’t forget, Cork Talk is now available on Spotify as well as Apple Podcasts, where you can listen to this week’s episode, plus my back catalogue of interviews with some of the world’s most extraordinary wine figures.  

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 Master of Wine within a decade. A consultant, educator and journalist, Cristina likes to describe herself as a “cultural bridge” between Italy and the rest of the world. She’s also on a mission to bring more women into the wine industry and make wine less “self-referential”. To read more about Cristina have a look at her website. You can also follow her on Instagram at @cristinamercuri_wine.  Don’t forget, Cork Talk is now available on Spotify as well as Apple Podcasts, where you can listen to this week’s episode, plus my back catalogue of interviews with some of the world’s most extraordinary wine figures.  

Dr Peter Stanbury has spent most of his working life in international development, advising multinationals and intergovernmental organisations, sometimes in some distinctly scary places. He is now the research director of the considerably less dangerous but equally important Sustainable Wine Roundtable, driving change and best practice in the wine industry, with a particular focus on reducing bottle weights and carbon footprints. To read more about Peter have a look at the Sustainable Wine Roundtable's website. You can also follow the SWR on Instagram at @sustainable_wine_roundtable. Don’t forget, Cork Talk is now available on Spotify as well as Apple Podcasts, where you can listen to this week’s episode, plus my back catalogue of interviews with some of the world’s most extraordinary wine figures.

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 near Lisbon. Since 2001, she’s run Wine & Soul, one of Portugal’s best wineries, with her oenologist husband, Jorge Serôdio Borges, helping to redefine the Douro Valley. Focused almost entirely on field blends of very old vines, Sandra is a brilliant, globally recognised superstar. To read more about Sandra have a look at the Wine & Soul  website. You can also follow her on Instagram at @sandratavareswineandsoul. Don’t forget, Cork Talk is now available on Spotify as well as Apple Podcasts, where you can listen to this week’s episode, plus my back catalogue of interviews with some of the world’s most extraordinary wine figures.