Healthy Minds Healthy Vines

Nigel Blieschke and Tom Bartholomaeus are the viticulturalists behind Torbreck’s towering presence in the Australian wine industry, responsible for making the most of some of the oldest grape vines in the world.

The responsibility of custodianship over such special vineyards isn’t lost on Nigel, who’s knowledge and respect for nature was passed down from his grandfather, growing up in the Flinders Ranges. Tom is a sixth generation...

Sheridan Alm is at the helm of the Riverland’s ‘Starrs Reach Vineyard’, and recently took out ‘Innovative Vineyard of the Year’ at the Young Gun of Wine awards. Sheridan’s family history in the region stretches back six generations, with she and husband Craig now carrying thetorch into unknown territory.

As a mum of 5, Sheridan’s always on the go, and if she’s not careful, can run out of time and energy to look after herself when p...

Steve Schiller is a two-time state pruning champion, and the man behind Tractor Tread Vineyards in the Barossa. Joining him on this episode is the vivacious Rebecca Weatherill, a Coober Pedy girl with an affinity for the wine industry, Rebecca had a change of life direction after enduring a number of devastating events, leading her to start her resilience-based business, ‘Workplace Wellbeing SA’.

Rebecca recently pioneered a series...

On a mission to express the best the Adelaide Hills has to offer, Simon Tolley was in the army, before trying his hand at viticulture and starting his own brand, ‘Simon Tolley Wines’.

Taking inspiration from his father Andrew, Simon’s modus operandi is producing small matches of high-quality wines and striving to improve each season.

Simon’s business was one of many to be burnt by the Cuddlee Creek bushfire. A blaze he fought himse...

Kerri Thompson and Marnie Roberts are two firecrackers with an enduring love for shaking up the Clare Valley’s wine offering and going their own way.

KT couldn’t have known less about making wine when her journey in the industry started all those years ago, in fact she needed a fake I.D just to do her first tastings at uni! Little did she know the fruitful career that was in store…

Marnie is the winemaker, owner, creative director an...

Succession isn’t sexy; no one likes thinking about death and what will happen after they’re gone, but as Mellor Olsson lawyers Matt Dorman and Callen Bubner say, burying your head in the sand doesn’t change the reality we all must face one day; and one thing you can do is be prepared…

Matt and Callen spend the bulk of their time helping agribusiness families craft and implement succession and estate plans, laying a solid foundation...

Richard Leask is an authority on regenerative farming for growers in South Australia and comes with a wealth of experience, that includes taking on the Nuffield Scholarship, which saw him travel the world in search of sustainable approaches to bring back to home soil.

He’s as knowledgeable as he is passionate about protecting the land for future generations, and his own vineyard is a breeding ground ripe for putting new ideas i...

Anita Goode is Wangolina through and through, and the first of her family to branch out and make wine on the land of Wangolina Station, since the Goode’s first arrived more than 100 years ago. Part of the greater Limestone Coast region, Mount Benson is a unique coastal location around 300Ks from Adelaide, halfway between Kingston and Robe in the south-east. A moderate maritime climate provides the biggest drawcard from a viticultur...

Ash Ratcliffe is a character who's not afraid to rattle a few cages... He and wife Holly ambitiously set out to shake things up in the Riverland by going their own way and growing grape varieties others wouldn't have dreamed of planting in the area. 

Since launching Ricca Terra, Ash has proven the doubters wrong, being named Viticulturist of the Year and Riverland Winemaker of the Year. He also had the majority of his crop wip...