The Vinimark Podcast
Episodes
AI Innovation in Viticulture
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jono sits down with Professor Carlos Poblete Echeverria to explore how AI is reshaping the future of viticulture. From electrical con...
SA Sommeliers Leading Change
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Vinimark Podcast, we sit down with four leading voices from the South African Sommelier Association following their recent West...
A Century of Pinotage – From Perold to the Present
04 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode marks 100 years since the birth of Pinotage, South Africa's most iconic and debated red grape. We're joined by wine writer and historian ...
The state of barrel use in wine making
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this latest episode, our host Jono le Feuvre talks to Mark Goldsworthy, Sales Manager at Chene South Africa, about the changing face of barrel use ...
Tara Southey on the future of viticulture and wine in South Africa
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jono chats to Tara Southey, the CEO of Terraclim, a company that provides some veritable space-age insights into the future of viticu...
Wild and Wonderful Wine Yeasts with Neil Jolly
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jono dives into the wild world of wine yeast, along wit the microscopic revolution that's underway! Our guest is Neil Jolly, ...
The 2024 Tim Atkin SA Wine Review
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Atkin has just completed his 12th South African Wine Report, including notes on more than 2200 wines. Jono sat down with Tim to mine out some of...
Elleunorah Allsopp on Phylloxera
24 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jono chats to the supremely eloquent Elleunorah Allsopp, the Senior Researcher at Nietvoorbij Research Farm. Elleunorah shares the fa...
Bio-solutions in viticulture, with Johan Reyneke
26 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Jono chats to Johan Reyneke; owner of Reyneke Wines, and pioneer in biodynamic viticulture in South Africa. The episode is primar...
The Old Vine Project Digital Wine Academy
29 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Vinimark Podcast, we interview Nadia Hefer - the driving force behind the Old Vine Project's brand new digital education platfo...
Wine's future unearthed: South African vineyards' soil revolution in a climate crisis
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Vinimark Podcast, we explore the future of grape farming in the South African Winelands and discuss how vignerons can adapt to ...
CapeWine 2022: Feedback and insights from WOSA CEO Siobhan Thompson
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Following on from a successful CapeWine 2022, we met up with Wines of South Africa CEO, Siobhan Thompson, to unpack the strategy behind its theme of "...
The Tim Atkin SA Wine Report - Insights from the man himself
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Just moments before the historic Tim Atkin 95+ point wine tasting in Cape Town, Jono got to sit down with Tim Atkin to discuss a full decade of Tim's ...
The buying power of black wine consumers
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In July 2022, Vinimark gathered a panel of some of South Africa's pioneering black wine marketers, distributors and retailers to discuss the expectati...
What is Regenerative Viticulture?
04 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the run-up to Cape Wine 2022, and its theme of Sustainability 360, we spoke to author Jamie Goode about the concept of Rege...
Yeasts, Thiols and Wine Flavour Development
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Wine geeks, assemble! In our latest podcast episode titled Yeasts, Thiols and their effect on wine flavour development, we have a fascinating contribu...
Future-Focussed Wine Brands
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In our latest podcast episode titled Future-Focussed Wine Brands, Jono speaks to Lulie Halstead, CEO of Wine Intelligence about her incredibly useful ...
The Fine Wine Debate with Pauline Vicard - shortened version
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this Vinimark podcast episode titled The Fine Wine Debate, we speak to CEO of the Areni Global Institute, Pauline Vicard, about her wine industry s...
The Fine Wine Debate with Pauline Vicard - Part 2
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the second of our two-part series titled The Fine Wine Debate, we continue the conversation with Areni Global Institute CEO, Pauline Vicard. In thi...
The Fine Wine Debate with Pauline Vicard - Part 1
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this two-part series titled The Fine Wine Debate, we speak to CEO of the Areni Global Institute, Pauline Vicard, about her wine industry study: "Th...
Women of Wine (WOW) Series: Felicity Carter
13 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As part of Women's Month, Jono sits down with Felicity Carter to discuss everything from the structure of the female brain - and the dangers of geneti...
The Future of the On-Trade
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Over the last year, restaurants, wine bars and tasting rooms have had to find creative ways to minimise the economic damage caused by sales bans, curf...
Climate Change with a focus on drought
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest Vinimark Podcast episode, Jono talks to the enigmatic Callie Louw - the custodian, farmer and winemaker at Porseleinberg, about the effe...
Old Vines – the future of these going forward
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the Vinimark Podcast, we talk to Rosa Kruger, the founder of the Old Vine Project (OVP) here in South Africa. Rosa shares some fasc...
Biodynamic, Organic & Natural Wines
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Over the past few decades, consumers have become increasingly aware of the impact their purchases have on their well-being and that of their families ...
Going beyond gender equality
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Vinimark Podcast host Jono le Feuvre sits down for a candid conversation with Samantha O'Keefe, award-winning winemaker, owner of Lismore Wines, singl...
Wine goes Back to the Future: Old-fashioned customer service in the age of Information Technology (Part 2)
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Following on from Vinimark's Online Wine Revolution Webinar, Jono continues chatting to Paul Mabray, Emetry founder and eminent e-commerce authority. ...
Wine goes Back to the Future: Old-fashioned customer service in the age of Information Technology (Part 1)
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Host Jono Le Feuvre sits down with Paul Mabray, Emetry founder and eminent e-commerce authority to talk frankly about data, sales technology and why t...
De-mystifying De-Alcoholised & Low-alcohol Wines
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of the Vinimark Podcast. With South Africa currently experiencing regular alcohol sale lockdowns, conversations over non-al...
Women in Wine: Economic inequality
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Picking up where we left off with our Women in Wine webinar back in October, Vinimark Podcast host Jono Le Feuvre sits down for a conversation wit...