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
Sara Newberry of Shottesbrooke - a sense of taste
Sara Newberry’s earliest memories of wine involved her reluctantly tasting a less than pleasant red pushed at her by her mother. However, after stepping away from her early career to be…
Tim Donegan of Trocchio Wines - Australia's smallest commercial winery!
Have you heard the story about the Irishman who married the Italian woman and started a winery? Well, you better tune into Tim Donegan’s story which also happens to be the story of what…
David O'Leary of O'Leary Walker - he simply wants to make great wine.
David O’Leary grew up riding horses and trapping rabbits in the Adelaide Hills. Pretty perfect childhood. Then there was the wine. David loved vineyards and wineries from an early age. …
Priscilla Queen of the Barossa
You don’t have to be born into the wine industry to be captivated by its mystery and beauty. Priscilla Hennekam is a native of Brazil and after studying gastronomy she pulled up stumps …
Fred Peacock, Bream Creek and Tassie Wines
Fred Peacock is more or less synonymous with the development of the Tasmanian wine industry. His name is also synonymous with Bream Creek, a Tasmanian Winery renowned for crafting sensa…
Coriole - a McLaren Vale family of the past, present and future
Coriole wines, nestled in South Australia’s enchanted McClaren Vale, boasts stunning scenery, a stunning winery and majestic wines. Coriole can also boast the Lloyd family, the owners o…
Mason Canning Pt 2 - the Brisbane wine scene
When I last sat down with Mason Canning, the Queensland Manager for Terroir Selections, Mason shared the story of his initial foray into the wine scene and his time working cellar doors…
Ballandean estate - the story of the QLD wine industry
The story of Ballandean estate is the story of the Qld wine industry. It’s a story of courage, immigrating to a distant land, having an eye for opportunity, seizing the opportunity and …
Terry Chellappah from Plan B Wines - You always need a Plan B!
When Terry Chellappah founded the Plan B wine project in Western Australia, he wasn’t quite sure how it was all going to turn out, an incite into the name’s etymology. However Plan B ha…
Angus Vinden - respect for the past with an eye for the future
There is something of a revolution taking place in the Hunter Valley. A crop of young wine makers are coming through and blending exciting wines with an emphasis on place. Young gun win…
From Vineyard to bottle - with Andrew Koerner
Ok, so we all love wine, or we are on our way to that glorious destination. Many of use love pouring, swirling, sniffing, studying, eventually sipping, then ruminating…over a glass of w…
Alister Purbrick of Tahbilk Winery - "I'm going to be a wine maker"
The Tahbilk winery, in the Nagambie Lakes area of Victoria, boasts being one of Australia’s oldest wineries and is also part of the First Families of Australian Wine. The Purbrick famil…
Tillie Johnston of Tillie J Wines - putting the world in a bottle
Tillie Johnston was working at cellar doors in Victoria’s Yarra Valley to support her studies in Sports Science. Whilst pondering life’s crossroads, a friend suggested that Tillie try h…
Duncan Thorn - setting customers up for success
Duncan Thorn has spent his time perfecting the art of customer service in wine. Having worked as a rep with Penfolds, and a myriad of other top shelf wineries, Duncan has developed his …
Bruce Tyrrell and Tyrrells Odyssey
The Tyrells winery has a massive history and reputation, producing amongst other things the Vat 1 Semillon, arguably, and definitely to my mind, the greatest semillon around. Bruce Tyrr…
Chris Coulter of Coulter Wines - Minimal intervention with maximum attention
Chris Coulter had worked 20 years as a chef, when the world of wine called. After working as a winemaker at some of Australia's biggest wineries Chris launched his side hustle, Coulter …
Mason Canning's Cellar Door Story - Part 1
I’ve often heard it said that the most important characteristic necessary to succeed in the wine game is passion. Mason Canning has always been passionate. Mason and I went to school to…
Chester Osborn of d'Arenberg - History in the McLaren Vale
The d’Arenberg winery and the Osborn family boast a history in the McLaren Vale wine scene dating back to the mid 1800. In 1969, not long after man walked on the moon d’Arry Osborn was …
Chris Ringland - sitting atop the wine world
Chris Ringland has made it to the top of the wine world, receiving world-wide acclaim for his work at Rockford in the Barossa Valley and his own Three Rivers which later became Chris Ri…
Andrew Koerner - a master of fine wine making
Born and bred in Adelaide, a young Andrew Koerner was fruit picking with some mates, when the wine gods picked Andrew. Andrew began dabbling as a cellarhand before undertaking studies a…