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<p>Get every Vininspo! episode as soon as it drops on Substack: edmerrison.substack.com; follow on Instagram: @vininspo.wine</p><p>Jane Thomson still gets grossly underestimated. Her substance, strength and...

<p>Get all these stories as soon as they drop bt subscribing to ed.merrison.substack.com</p><p>Follow on Instagram: @vininspo.wine</p><p>There’s a moment in our interview where Stephen Wong talks about playing twin...

<p>Don't miss an episode! Subscribe on Substack</p><p>Instagram: @vininspo.wine</p><p>Felicity Carter is in demand. It would probably be better for us wine-lovers if she weren’t—but if anyone is fit to report on a wine...

<p>“1663 is just a number,” Philipp Wittmann tells me, and in some ways it is. But also, 350-plus years of growing fruit in your village is likely to give you some kind of edge. The Dönnhoff family’s farming roots in...

<p>I don’t remember when I first became aware of Eyrie’s existence. It just isn’t possible to interact with Pinot Noir obsessives without this domaine coming to your attention. It owes its existence to a pioneering...

<p>Giuseppe Vaira is one of those tireless torchbearers whose faith in his region is matched by an exemplary work ethic, the uniformly beautiful results of which constantly justify and fuel that belief. It’s a virtuous...

<p>Pioneer stories always draw me in. No matter how niche the thing—and Nelson might still be considered niche—sticking vines in the dirt with no grounds for belief that your venture will bear fruit is a leap of faith...

<p>The smiling faces of Marcus Satchell and Lisa Sartori are synonymous with Gippsland food and wine. Anyone who’s taken off from Melbourne Airport in recent years will have seen them beaming down from a billboard above...

<p>The Vininspo! podcast is still on holiday. Here instead is a spoken version of a relatively recent story you might have missed. (If you’d prefer, you can read it here.)</p><p>This is the story of Kerri Thompson...

<p>The Vininspo! podcast is on holiday. Here instead is a spoken version of a relatively recent story you might have missed.</p><p>This is the story of Sarah Fagan, chief winemaker at TarraWarra in the Yarra...

<p>I first heard Ginny Willcock speak about wine in Adelaide back in 2013 when I attended Savour Australia as a freelance journalist for Business Insider. This event courted wine-buyers, writers and opinion-shapers from...

<p>You'll find extensive show notes below to help clarify any details in this wide-ranging conversation. In the meantime, I'd love to count on your ongoing support to make this and other Vininspo! work possible. Here is...

<p>It’s weird and fitting that the first serious comment on a wine blog I wrote came from Stephen Pannell. The lack of preceding remarks speaks volumes about the anonymity in which I was operating; the fact that the...

<p>While Italian footballers are known for their histrionics, Trembath & Taylor has scored goals and won fans while sparing us the theatrics. Arguably Australia’s foremost importer of Italy’s wines plays the game with...

<p>The first time I met Corrina Wright, she was done up in Viking garb and grinning like a Cheshire cat. It was Melbourne’s inaugural Game of Rhônes tasting, a celebration of all things Grenache, Shiraz et al, and one...