Episodes
Andrew Caillard MW interviewed on Perth's Curtin Radio about The Wine Journal 2023
Published 12/07/22
In preparation for Green Wine Future 2022, Andrew Caillard MW has been asked to create a series of podcasts to explore how the Australian wine industry is preparing for climate change. In Episode 4, Andrew discusses sustainability in Australia with guests from Pernod Ricard, Chief Operations Officer Brett McKinnon and Global Communications Manager Sarah Descher.
Published 05/22/22
In preparation for Green Wine Future 2022, Andrew Caillard MW has been asked to create a series of podcasts to explore how the Australian wine industry is preparing for climate change. In Episode 3, Andrew discusses sustainability in Australia with guests from Pernod Ricard, Chief Operations Officer Brett McKinnon and Global Communications Manager Sarah Descher.
Published 05/21/22
In preparation for Green Wine Future 2022, Andrew Caillard MW has been asked to create a series of podcasts to explore how the Australian wine industry is preparing for climate change. In Episode 2, Andrew discusses sustainability in Australia with guest Ben Harris, Viticulture Manager for Treasury Wine Estates across Australia and New Zealand.
Published 05/09/22
In preparation for Green Wine Future 2022, Andrew Caillard MW has been asked to create a series of podcasts to explore how the Australian wine industry is preparing for climate change. In Episode 1, Andrew discusses sustainability in Australia with guests James March, Chief Executive Officer of Barossa Australia, and Kerrin Petty, Chief Supply Officer at Treasury Wine Estates.
Published 04/27/22
Simon West and Darren Oemcke from Aussie Wine Chat catch up with Andrew Caillard and Angus Hughson to talk all things Vintage Journal and The Australian Ark project - Andrew Caillard's upcoming 3 volume tome on the history of Australian wine, told through over 200 years of stories.
Published 01/18/22
Andrew Caillard, historian and Master of Wine, describes his tasting experience of the Seppeltsfield 1920 100 Year Old Para Vintage Tawny.
Published 10/04/21
Andrew Caillard, historian and Master of Wine, describes his tasting experience of the Seppeltsfield 1921 100 Year Old Para Vintage Tawny.
Published 09/30/21
1970s to Today Australian Grape Vine Stories; A step back into the future.
The golden period of modern wine was enabled by the dreams and hard work of past generations. While 19th Century vinestock reflects the romance and dramas of the Georgian Victorian ages, new material is required to build on those extraordinary efforts. The pursuit for ideal chardonnay clones led to the arrival of 19th Century Californian vinestock material into Australia. In the meantime, alternative varieties might...
Published 11/23/20
1855 to 1960s Australian Grape Vine Stories; Grand dreams and boom-bust-boom
Fortunes were mixed after the great promise of the 1860s and early 1870s. Many of Australia’s greatest 19th Century vineyards were planted during this time. Economic, social and agricultural challenges hampered progress. The arrival of Phylloxera in Victoria in 1875 was met with a scorched earth policy. But South Australia’s quarantine laws protected the vast plantings of grape vines especially around Adelaide,...
Published 11/23/20
1820s to 1855 Australian Grape Vine Stories; Convictions and transportation
There were many new importations of vitis vinifera during the 1820s to 1855. The most famous was the remarkable collection of grape vines imported into New South Wales by James Busby in 1832. William Macarthur of Camden Nurseries becomes a highly influential figure supplying many of Australia’s earliest pioneers with vine stock material for planting in the Australian colonies. This was also the dawn of the steam age,...
Published 11/23/20
1788 to 1820s Australian Grape Vine Stories; A race to the other side of the world
Ambitions for a wine industry in New South Wales were caught up in the British Government’s aspirations of expanding trade routes and wealth creation. From 1788 to the 1820s, colonial wine was a cottage industry but the pioneers from Sir Joseph Banks in London to John Macarthur and nurseryman Thomas Shepherd in Sydney believed that Australia could become the France of the Southern Hemisphere. But the first...
Published 11/23/20