The Podcast sits down with New Zealand wine royalty! Nigel Greening, the owner of Felton Road.

Nigel went from this September 28th, 2000 ‘Wine Spectator; headline: “Pinot Noir Fanatic Buys New Zealand's Felton Road Wines” to helping spear head vineyard specific wines in Central Otago.

Nigel has such a great story.

Enjoy!

On the latest ‘Matt Talks Wine & Stuff with Interesting People’ Podcast 

My guest is Jeffrey Roel, Sommelier at Blue Bovine Steak + Sushi House AND the 2025 CAPS Cup Tasting Challenge Winner!

An engaging conversation on all things wine competition, training to be a Master of Wine and what goes into proper wine service.

Some fall in love with because they come from a family of winemakers. For others it's during a trip to Burgundy.

But how many winery owners got hooked on wine because of White Zinfandel??

That is exactly how it got started for Marquis Sauvage, owner of Burn Cottage Vineyard ... a source of killer Pinot Noir in the heart of Central Otago New Zealand.

Marquis was such a fun interview. An ambitious, unique and gregarious man.

On the latest episode of the ‘Matt Talks Wine & Stuff with Interesting People’ Podcast I talk with Todd Stevens, the GM and Winemaker for Neudorf Vineyards from South Island New Zealand. Fell in love with their Pinot’s this past summer, thrilled he had time to do the Podcast.

Super fun podcast with author Danielle Frank to discuss her new book ‘A Wine Lover’s Guide to Parenting’.

A great book for Parents, Wine Lovers, Professional Uncles and of course “Auntie Extraordinaire’s”

This book takes a fun look at how life lessons from wine can find their way in the world of parenting and vice versa. 

IE: Letting the moment breath works in both cases! 

One of the top three wines I had this past year was a 2020 Burn Cottage Vineyard Pinot Noir.

I stumbled upon it by accident while hunting at the @LCBO and immediately feel love.

Located in the famed Central Otago wine region in South Island New Zealand, this winery has been producing elite Pinot for ages.

My interview is one of the people responsible for these wines, winemaker Clair Mulholland! 

The Podcast is heading to Tasmania! 

I could go on about how this Australian island is the source of so much excellent Pinot Noir and Sparkling wine but I'll let my guest, winemaker Jonny Hughes do the talking.

Jonny and his brother Matthew started Mewstone Wines and hughes & hughes back in 2011.

What started as a passion project and an old cherry orchard turned into one of the top Tasmania wineries.

You ever visited a wine region, fallen in love with it and daydreamed about taking that MASSIVE leap and diving headfirst into the world of wine?

I bet many of you have.

How many of you actually followed through with that crazy dream?

I bet the number is LOW.

My guest on the wine podcast did just that!

Meet Corey Mio who had never tried any wine from Niagara a decade ago and now his own vineyard.

Yup ... a fun interview!

My latest guest on the 'Matt Talks Wine & Stuff with Interesting People' Podcast Geoffrey Moss has such an impressive wine resume.

He earned his Master of Wine back in 2020. There is less then 500 of them in the world!!

He founded a boutique wine marketing company, Lithica Wine Marketing in 2019

Finally he and his friend/winemaker Ryan McKibbon have started a virtual winery called Søren.

One of their latest releases: Soren Boundary Spring Red 2022 a classic Bordeaux blend from Okanagan ... An elegant/refreshing Cabernet Sauvignon led wine with savoury notes on the end.

Love the wine origin story of Richie Allen, the winemaker for Rombauer Vineyards, located in Napa Valley.

Australian born, Richie’s wine journey started at a surprise birthday party in Sacramento. From there it was living out of two suitcases going from harvest to harvest before ending up at Rombauer producing award winning wine. 

One of my favourite California Zinfandels plus killer Chardonnay’s Rombauer is one of the prettiest vineyards you can visit. 

Fun conversation.