The Wine Conversation

What does it take to buy an unknown Napa estate and restore it to greatness? Elin McCoy talks to Juan Pablo Torres-Padilla about how he came to buy the Sullivan Rutherford Estate, why he has replanted it with Merlot, and his vision for the estate’s future.More information at wine-conversation.com

Listen to Tom Gearing CEO of Cult Wines, the leading global wine investment company, talk to Elin McCoy in the second of our “Investing and collecting” series. What should you buy? Is Bordeaux still important? What are the upcoming regions and wineries? All answered in the latest Wine Conversation between Tom Gearing and Elin McCoy – great insights for new and experienced collectors.Find out more at wine-conversation.com

Omnibus Seven is full of politics and controversy this month – Jane Anson on why Ausone and Cheval Blanc are leaving the Saint Emilion classification, Champagne industry’s fury at Putin’s new wine law, new research says sulphites aren’t to blame for allergies plus revolutionary paper bottles, $950 wine tours, Bordeaux 2020 campaign and lots more.Find out more at wine-conversation.com

In the second of our series “The next generation” Maya Dalla Valle talks to Elin McCoy about taking over as head winemaker at her family’s cult Napa winery. She discusses what she learnt on her internships at Petrus, Latour and Ornellaia and how she decided to convert from organic to biodynamic farming after returning from Bordeaux.Find out more at: wine-conversation.com

World-renowned photographer Andy Katz took his son Jesse everywhere with him as a child and ignited his passion to become a winemaker. Today he is one of America’s hottest young winemakers, he made the wine for Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel’s wedding and crafted the highest-ever price fetched for an auction wine. He and his father own cult winery Aperture Cellars near Healdsburg in Sonoma. Listen to Jane Anson talk to them about their remarkable story – where it is “all about the art.”Find out more at wine-conversation.com

The most exciting new regions in South America? Leading South America expert Patricio Tapia names Chubut in Argentina, Malleco and Osorno in Chile and Maldonado in Uruguay. Patricio talks to John Stimpfig about these pioneering regions and their brilliant producers.More information at wine-conversation.com

A frank and fascinating interview with Peter Vinding-Diers, the revolutionary winemaker whose autobiography “Viking in the Vineyard” has just been published. From South Africa to pioneering indigenous yeast at Ch Rahoul, becoming the first flying winemaker and now Mount Etna where he is experimenting again.More information at www.wine-conversation.com/conversations/great-wine-lives-peter-vinding-diers

France’s Priorat? Rosemary George MW talks to Sarah Kemp about the wines of Roussillon. She argues they should be as well-known as some of the stars of Priorat, and discusses her exciting discoveries in this overlooked wine region.

Snoop Dogg has just launched one, George Clooney wants one, top Bordeaux estates are buying in, why everyone wants Rosé. Elin McCoy investigates, plus meteorite corkscrews, the wine Napoleon didn’t receive just sold, and much, much more.

With cryptocurrency becoming more mainstream (over 10% of Americans own it) how is the wine industry getting involved? Jane Anson investigates and talks to Flavien Darius Pommier of Ch Darius and Louis de Bonnecase of BTC Wine who are the wine world’s crypto pioneers.