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Drinks Adventures - Wine, beer, whisky, gin & more with James Atkinson

Wine, Beer & Whisky Network Australia

Wine lover? Craft beer fan? Drink whisky, bourbon, cognac or rum? Or maybe it"s gin or vodka or mezcal you"re into? Based in Australia, but globally minded, Drinks Adventures covers all these drinks and more: Japanese sake, cider, tequila, champagne, cocktails... we could go on! Listen in as award-winning drinks writer James Atkinson interviews the world"s biggest names in craft brewing, winemaking, distilling and mixology, along with sommeliers, mixologists, sake samurais, masters of wine and

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26:59

Tin Shed Distilling hoists its flag in the Adelaide...

Drinks Adventures - Wine, beer, whisky, gin & more... ·

2024/11/07

In this episode we meet Ian Schmidt and Vic Orlow, founders of South Australia’s Tin Shed Distilling, the company behind Iniquity Whisky and other brands.The original tin shed was in Adelaide’s inner west, adjacent to Ian’s other business manufacturing flagpoles, of all things. Ian has since exited the flagpole game to focus on whisky, and he and Vic have relocated their distillery to a different tin shed in the Adelaide Hills. There, they will soon be able to open their doors to the public for the

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28:40

Queensland Rum Day with Bundy and Nil Desperandum

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2024/10/30

In this episode we meet two of the founders of Queensland Rum Day, Matt Hobson of Cavu Distilling and Nil Desperandum Rum, and Duncan Littler of Bundaberg Rum.The second ever Queensland Rum Day is coming up this Saturday 2 November 2024, and this year brings with it a special collaborative rum showcasing liquid from four distilleries, two of which I’ve already mentioned – the others being Beenleigh and Kalki Moon. They’re calling themselves The Rum Consortium, and there are just 1920 bottles

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28:36

Meet the mavericks tackling wine's generational problem

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2024/10/28

This is a special episode of the show looking at the future of Australian wine, produced in partnership with Endeavour Drinks. First up, we meet Endeavour’s head of fine wine, Andrew Shedden, who sets out the challenges that the category is currently facing. In short, those of us who love wine are getting older, and we’re not buying as much as we did in the past. And younger consumers are choosing to drink beverages other than wine, which is facing tougher than ever competition from beer, spirits

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21:11

Seven Seasons Spirits back in family hands

Drinks Adventures - Wine, beer, whisky, gin & more... ·

2024/10/16

We welcome back to the show Daniel Motlop of Seven Seasons Spirits, who we previously met back in May 2021.Coming up, Daniel reveals that Seven Seasons has returned to majority family ownership following the demise of his former business partner and distributor, Mighty Craft. Mighty Craft backer Pure Asset Management has emerged as Daniel’s new business partner and together they have big ambitions for the brand that has showed so much promise with its innovative products showcasing Australian

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17:58

Diplomatico's super premium rums, with master...

Drinks Adventures - Wine, beer, whisky, gin & more... ·

2024/10/01

Nelson Hernandez is master distiller at Venezuela’s Diplomatico Rum, where he has worked for an incredible 38 years.After studying mechanical engineering, Nelson initially worked in the oil industry before taking a job in 1986 as Maintenance and Project Manager at the Diplomatico distillery. Working alongside rum master Tito Cordero, Nelson learnt the craft of rum production the Diplomatico way, which means applying the highest quality standards at every step of the rum-making process from the

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38:42

Soda company StrangeLove's unlikely origin story

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2024/09/23

We're joined this episode by James Bruce, who together with school friend Stafford Fox founded StrangeLove Beverage Co in Byron Bay, Australia, in 2012. StrangeLove is an unlikely story of entrepreneurialism that began with a single product –StrangeLove Organic Ginger Beer Energy Elixir – ‘a ginger beer so hot it was almost undrinkable’ that also contained functional ingredients like green tea and yerba mate. Over an at times tumultuous decade in which James and Stafford were continually running out

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25:38

McLaren Vale's Chapel Hill Winery celebrates its 50th...

Drinks Adventures - Wine, beer, whisky, gin & more... ·

2024/09/16

Michael Fragos is chief winemaker and general manager at McLaren Vale winery Chapel Hill, which this year celebrated its 50th vintage. Michael has been with the company for the last 21 of those vintages. So, in this special episode of Drinks Adventures – produced in partnership with Chapel Hill – he shares his insights on the winery’s evolution and the attention to detail that defines its winemaking process. This meticulous approach has this year inspired the release of a new flagship wine, The

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23:42

Australian spirits targets $1 billion export opportunity

Drinks Adventures - Wine, beer, whisky, gin & more... ·

2024/09/02

This is a special episode of the show reporting on Australian spirits’ ambitions of becoming a $1 billion export industry by 2035.We all know the quality is there, and that $1 billion objective is what economics firm Mandala Partners believes is achievable if the Federal Government gets behind the Australian spirits industry, just as it has done for wine over several decades now. The spirits industry tabled its ambitions in the Federal Inquiry into Food and Beverage Manufacturing in Australia,

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23:09

Keg thieves meet their match with Konvoy

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2024/08/27

We're joined this episode by Wade Rushton-Clarke, chief executive officer, Australia and New Zealand at keg rental company Konvoy Kegs.The issue of lost and stolen kegs has long plagued brewers in Australia. But you may have seen earlier this year, a spike in instances of large-scale keg theft by opportunists who were then flogging the empty kegs off as scrap metal. This unscrupulous practice is very financially damaging for brewers who have a lot of money tied up in kegs, which they must be able

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40:28

From beer to seaweed: Mountain Goat founder Cam Hines

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2024/08/12

We're joined this episode by Cam Hines, co-founder of pioneering Australian craft brewer Mountain Goat.Cam exited the beer industry after the sale of Mountain Goat in 2015 to Asahi, which was one of the first in a series of craft beer acquisitions by the major brewers over the last decade. I was pretty intrigued when I learned that Cam had returned to entrepreneurship as founder of Southern Seagreens, a business farming seaweed on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. So, as we take a little bit of a

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30:39

Kristy Lark-Booth's eclectic Tasmanian spirits

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2024/08/08

We’re joined this episode by Kristy Lark-Booth, founder of Killara Distillery in Tasmania.Kristy is a second-generation distiller, following in the footsteps of her parents Bill and Lyn Lark, who of course pioneered the modern Australian craft spirits industry when they opened Lark Distillery in 1992. Kristy founded Killara Distillery in 2016 and is now making an eclectic line-up of quality spirits at a 26-acre property in the Coal River Valley. She’s established her own gin garden where she is

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17:44

Mumm Terroirs sparkling wine with chief winemaker...

Drinks Adventures - Wine, beer, whisky, gin & more... ·

2024/07/29

We’re joined this episode by Trina Smith, chief winemaker of white wine and sparkling wine for Pernod Ricard Winemakers.Sparkling is one of the top performing wine styles in Australia, with current economic conditions driving many of us to choose more affordable wine alternatives to champagne. This scenario has been a boon for Mumm Terroirs, the range of sparkling wines produced in collaboration with the renowned champagne house G.H.Mumm. Comprising cuvees from Tasmania here in Australia,

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28:35

Black Hops Brewing rebooted: New CEO speaks

Drinks Adventures - Wine, beer, whisky, gin & more... ·

2024/07/17

Veteran drinks industry executive Nick Boots returns to the Drinks Adventures podcast, having just taken on a new challenge as CEO of Gold Coast, Queensland-based brewery Black Hops Brewing.This follows a 12-month stint consulting with craft breweries in Australia and New Zealand under the company name The Business Of Beer, prior to which he was general manager of Stone & Wood Brewing Company. Nick took the reigns at Black Hops shortly after the company emerged from voluntary administration with

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36:04

Danish whisky pioneer Stauning is going global

Drinks Adventures - Wine, beer, whisky, gin & more... ·

2024/07/10

In this opening episode of Season 19 we meet Alex Munch, co-founder of Denmark’s Stauning Whisky.Stauning was founded in 2005 by nine friends with diverse career backgrounds, none of them related to the drinks industry. But what they didn’t know ultimately took them down a path of craft whisky production that was quite distinctive and on trend; showcasing locally grown barley and rye that they floor malt in-house at the distillery. Coming up, Alex explains how the endorsement of Denmark’s famed

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30:30

Tasmanian whisky stalwart Hellyers Road crowfunds new...

Drinks Adventures - Wine, beer, whisky, gin & more... ·

2024/05/20

In this episode we meet Derek Charge, who is CEO of Hellyers Road Distillery in Tasmania.Hellyers Road was founded in 1997 by a group of dairy farmers who decided to diversify their business into the production of whisky. At the time of this episode going to air, the company is in the final stages of an equity crowdfunding campaign that has already generated almost $3.5 million worth of investment. I've never known much about Hellyers Road beyond what I've heard anecdotally from people. So, this

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29:19

World champion gluten-free beer: Two Bays Brewing

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2024/05/14

In this episode, we meet Richard Jeffares, founder of the gluten-free brewery Two Bays, which recently won a gold medal for its Session Ale at the World Beer Cup. The World Beer Cup is often referred to as ‘The Olympics Of Beer’. It's held in America every two years and unlike most of the other drinks competitions around, there is only one gold, silver and bronze medal awarded in each beer category. It's frightfully difficult to win a medal, especially for breweries on the other side of the world,

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34:57

A whisky nerd turns pro: Rod Berry of Amber Lane...

Drinks Adventures - Wine, beer, whisky, gin & more... ·

2024/05/06

We're joined this episode by Rod Berry of Amber Lane, a whisky distillery based in the Yarramalong Valley, north of Sydney. Rod’s longstanding enthusiasm for whisky gradually evolved into an obsession while working in his previous career as a lawyer. Ultimately, Rod joined forces with friend and fellow whisky enthusiast Phil Townsend to set up the Amber Lane distillery on Phil’s property in the Central Coast hinterland. Since leaving the legal pro behind, Rod has been fine-tuning his craft, inspired

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27:00

Chef Michael Ryan's spirits venture, Beechworth Bitters

Drinks Adventures - Wine, beer, whisky, gin & more... ·

2024/04/29

In this episode we return to Beechworth in High Country Victoria, after having Ben Kraus from Bridge Road Brewers on the show last year.This time we’re joined by chef Michael Ryan from the highly acclaimed Beechworth restaurant, Provenance, to discuss Beechworth Bitters Company, his side project dedicated to amaro and cocktail bitters. A few years ago I brought you an episode about Italian amari, produced in partnership with The Italian Cultural Institute. This episode puts an Australian angle on

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25:49

F1 star Valtteri Bottas and Corrina Wright of Ihana Wine

Drinks Adventures - Wine, beer, whisky, gin & more... ·

2024/04/22

Ihana Wine is a boutique wine brand launched by Finnish Formula One driver Valtteri Bottas in partnership with sixth generation McLaren Vale wine company Oliver’s Taranga. A ten-time race winner currently driving for the Kick Sauber F1 team, Valtteri shares with us his longstanding passion for wine, and specifically South Australian shiraz, which has been crystallised through his relationship with South Australian Tiffany Cromwell, the professional cyclist. Listen in as Valtteri opens up about the

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23:48

Chuck Hahn returns with Chuck & Son's Brewing Co

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2024/04/15

We're joined this episode by the founders of Sydney’s newest craft brewery, Chuck & Son’s Brewing Company.And yes, we’re talking about Chuck Hahn, who is sensationally making a return to the brewing industry in partnership with his son Scott. Chuck notched up 50 years in the brewing industry in 2021, which we celebrated on this podcast with this special documentary episode. I naively thought that would be a footnote to his incredible brewing career. But it turns out Chuck has unfinished

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