The Cellar Door Podcast
Join lawyer/wine explorer, Tom Massey, in the Cellar Door to hear the stories of the people and wineries in the wonderful world of wine. Tom is joined by winery owners, wine makers and other wine personalities to hear and share their stories, the stories of the wineries and the stories of the wines. It's a podcast about where it all came from and where it's all going.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 59 minutes
- Episodes
- 182
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Ray Costanzo of Golden Grove Estate - an innovative flag bearer with bucketloads of pizzazz
Ray Costanzo and Golden Grove are a wine enthusiast’s dream. Ray, born and raised in the emerging Granite Belt region, made it his mission, after working vintages all over the world, to…
Tasting the Wright Way - Cofield Prosecco, Hugel and Tillie J Magic
Lindsay and I are blown away by a Rutherglen Prosecco, courtesy of Rutherglen pioneers Cofield, Lindsay serves up a classic Alsatian blend and we finish with the magic of the cool clima…
Jill Upton - hard work, perseverance, and - hard work!
I was lucky enough to sit down with Jill Upton, host of the Wine Australia Show and Brand Manager for Accolade. Jill’s relationship with wine was galvanised in her 20’s when she got her…
What's new at Tillie J Wines - with Tillie Johnston
It seems like just yesterday I met the incredible Tillie Johnston. the Yarra Valley girl, who traversed the cool climate wine trail before setting up shop, for at least the present, bac…
Tasting the Wright Way - Show Block's Paramour Shiraz & Domaine De Pajot
Welcome to Tasting the Wright Way, where I sit down with my good mate and ultimate wine man Lindsay Wright to compare our value for money finds – here we taste, compare, learn and laugh…
Wes Hagen of Santa Barbara - Allowing wine to become
Wes Hagen is an icon of the modern US Wine scene. The flame was lit young for Wes, being known as the wine guy around university campus due to his access to his father’s wine cellar, fr…
Carissa Major of Claymore Wines - there's something magical about Clare Valley
The Clare Valley has always been one of my favourite Australian wine regions. The incredible diversity of the place, from producing some of the world’s best Riesling, to also producing …
V is for Vino - with Vince Anter
I hate to sounds cliché but I think I have met the Anthony Bourdain of the wine world – Vince Anter is a premier wine educator – when he decided to put an emphasis on place, he decided …
Luke Jolliffe of Stella Bella Wines - capturing the very best of the Margaret River
Stella Bella Wines in Margaret River. I remember the first thing I noticed when I came across the winery was the name – a beautiful name, but quite unique especially when grouped with t…
Sarah Crowe of Yarra Yering - you never know where life can take you
There was a time when wine maker super star Sarah Crowe wasn’t sure that she was going to be a wine maker. Growing up as a beach loving girl in Wollongong, she studied horticulture with…
Max Allen - the power of story telling in the wine world
It’s interesting to think that once upon a time, multi-award-winning Australian author Max Allen nervously submitted his first article hoping it would be published. It was published. Th…
Andrew Thomas of Thomas Wines - Guardian of the Hunter Valley
The Hunter Valley, some three hours’ drive north of Sydney, is the spiritual home of wine in Australia. It is where the first Australian vineyards were planted. With a relatively warm c…
Ian Trinkle and Wineism - pure creativity and letting the good times role
Nestled in a very inconspicuous section of Brisbane’s Albion is a treasure adding to the growing prowess of the Brisbane, cultural, culinary and wine scene. Here lies Wineism, owned and…
Lindsay Wright - WSET and beyond
Lindsay Wright walked into a wine store looking for a job when he was 20. He doesn’t boast enormous wine pedigree, though he has researched that his family has heritage stretching back …
The Local Batch - Champions of the little guy
The wine world is full of hidden treasures - hidden wineries that you stumble across and have a great experience with, both tasting the wines and meeting the people. But many of these h…
Ella Pradella - The Cheeky Vino and the Winegram
I think the first ever social media platform I recall hearing about was Myspace. Can’t ever say I got amongst that one when I was at school, but in the blink of an eye, its out with the…
Robin Brockett of Scotchman's Hill - The Importance of Place
The Bellarine Peninsula in Victoria’s Geelong region is one of Australia’s magical maritime subregions. Together with the Mornington Peninsula to the southeast it separates Port Phillip…
Steve Leszczynski - having an eye for the details
The wine market is a buzzing production line of activity, from the vignerons and wine makers on one end, through to the consumers on the other end, all teaming together like a complex e…
Peter McGlashan of Ridgemill Estate - the story of Strange Bird
Queensland’s Granite Belt. It’s one of Australia’s exciting emerging wines scenes, possessing a unique beauty and identity which expresses itself through the region’s wines. As the regi…
John Hughes of Rieslingfreak - a riesling love story
I was fortunate enough to cut my teeth on some of Australia’s Big Reds. The first wines I remember tasting were from my dad’s collection of Barossa Shiraz or it could have also been Coo…