Bruce Tyrrell on 170 Years of Wine, Risk and Reinvention
Bruce Tyrrell AM has spent more than five decades shaping Australian wine. As the fourth generation of one of Australia’s oldest family-owne...
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While many of us enjoy wine, we don’t necessarily feel confident talking about it. It can often feel intimidating and a little highbrow. Journalist, and deputy editor of Halliday Wine Compan...
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How Halliday Really Judges 9000 Australian Wines
What really goes into reviewing thousands of Australian wines and selecting the very best for the Halliday Wine Companion? To celebrate the...
The world underestimates Australian wine. Eddie McDougall wants to change that.
A single glass of Alsatian pinot blanc changed the direction of Eddie McDougall's life. In this episode of the Halliday Wine Companion Podca...
Inside Henschke: Gwyn Olsen reveals what it takes to make Hill of Grace and Mount Edelstone
In this episode of the Halliday Wine Companion Podcast, Anna Webster sits down with Gwyn Olsen, senior winemaker at Henschke, one of Austral...
Winery of the Year’s secret to world-class Hunter Valley wine | Stuart Hordern of Brokenwood
What makes a truly iconic Australian wine? In this episode of the Halliday Wine Companion Podcast, Anna Webster sits down with Brokenwood Ch...
The ambitious winery hidden 35 minutes from Melbourne CBD
What happens when a former linguistics student leaves the Hunter Valley to help build one of Victoria's most ambitious wine estates from the...
Why Australian wine must change now | Louisa Rose of Yalumba
In this episode of the Halliday Wine Companion Podcast, host Anna Webster sits down with legendary Australian winemaker Louisa Rose from Yal...
The King of Chardonnay: Tony Bish on reinvention, innovation and obsession
What does it take to become known as the "King of Chardonnay" ? In this episode of the Halliday Wine Companion Podcast , we sit down with Ne...
Bushfire recovery & rebuilding with Matt Fowles of Fowles Wine
Matt Fowles of Fowles Wine in Victoria's Strathbogie Ranges describes surviving a catastrophic bushfire that burned through his 1400 acre pr...
How Melbourne’s best wine bars are built | Lyndon Kubis (Toorak Cellars, Milton Wine Shop, The Alps, Clover)
What actually makes a wine bar successful? In this episode of the Halliday Wine Companion Podcast, we sit down with Lyndon Kubis , the force...
Gentle Folk’s Gareth Belton on seaweed, science, and sauvignon blanc
Gareth Belton from Gentle Folk joins the Halliday Wine Companion Podcast to talk about his unlikely path from marine botany and seaweed fiel...
From flute to ferment: Medhurst’s Rohan Smith on changing careers, making rosé, and the art of picking.
In this episode of the Halliday Wine Companion Podcast , host Anna Webster sits down with Rohan Smith , Chief Winemaker at Medhurst in the Y...
Jasper Hill’s Emily McNally: Family, place and 50 years of Heathcote wine
Emily McNally has spent the past two decades furthering the legacy of her parents, Ron and Elva Laughton, who bought a young vineyard in the...
Wines with swagger: The Michael Hill-Smith Story
In this episode of the Halliday Wine Companion Podcast, host Anna Webster sits down with Michael Hill-Smith AM MW, one of the most influenti...
Wine with altitude: Tessa Brown from Vignerons Schmölzer & Brown
In this episode of the Halliday Wine Companion Podcast, winemaker Tessa Brown shares her remarkable journey from growing up on a sugarcane f...
Unlocking the secrets of terroir with Pedro Parra, aka Dr Terroir
In this episode of the Halliday Wine Companion Podcast , we sit down with Pedro Parra , one of the world's most respected terroir consultant...
Matt Preston meets his match | The ultimate food and wine pairings
In this episode of the Halliday Wine Companion Podcast we sit down with food critic, author, former MasterChef Australia judge, and wine ent...
"Wine should be judged by style, not variety." | Mike Bennie is a Podcast Natural
In this episode of the Halliday Wine Companion podcast, Halliday taster, drinks writer and liquor merchant Mike Bennie shares his path into...
2026 Halliday Wine of the Year | Giles Cooke of Thistledown Wines
In this episode of the Halliday Wine Companion Podcast, Giles Cooke MW, co-founder of Thistledown Wines , shares his journey in the wine ind...
2026 Halliday Winemaker of the Year: Virginia Willcock, Vasse Felix
In this episode of the Halliday Wine Companion Podcast, recorded the morning after the 2026 Halliday Awards, Anna Webster sits down with Vas...