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A podcast about Wine and the impact Climate Change is having on the world of wine, from the vineyards to the wineries, the retailers and the consumers.

I have a background in Psychology and have always been curious about the mind and behaviour. I explore the personalities of the people who are working in the world of wine.

I love music, art and culture so you will sometimes hear a poem or a quote from someone's favourite writer.

Grab yourself a glass of something delicious and let's get amongst the Wild Vines.

Music Credits: Moby Gratis

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In this episode, I speak with Jeanne Bobinet, the Great grandaughter of Ida and the daughter of the wine maker, Sebastien Bobinet. Jeanne shares the story of Ida and George and how they met and the challenges they faced during the first World War.

Growing up as a wine maker's daughter, she tells us from her perspective how challenging it can be when the vines are your life and livelihood. The sacrifices people make and the love and passion they have for treating the land with respect.

Jeanne brings us up to date with the Calvez-Bobinet Natural Wine Estate and the work that her step mother, Emeline Calvez has put in over the years to establish the Estate as a producer of creative and delicious, natural wines. One of the first Orange wines to be made from the grape, Chenin Blanc. This wine is a tribute to Ida and the vivacious and strong female figure that she was.

I hope you will enjoy listening to this episode and to feel inspired to go and visit the Loire Valley and the region of Saumur, especially to the Calvez-Bobinet Estate itself, where you can have a tour of the Vines and the Caves carved from the Tuffeau Limestone.

Here are some links;

Calvez Bobinet – Vins Vivants | Vignerons naturels

Our wines • Domaine Mosse

Giving Space to Coaching

The Loire Valley

Music Credits: Moby Gratis

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Where philosophy meets the wine bar. Eliot has created a space where the locals can experience something that blurs the lines between the dreaming world and the living world. Expect a wine list, it doesn't exist. Go in with an open mind.

Collected Fictions is a natural wine bar that is doing things a little differently. The wines are carefully selected and offered to the locals to engage with the liquid in the glass. Is it a Sauvignon blanc? A Semillon? Or a mind bending Macabeo? And, does it matter? Is the taste of it on your tongue or the feel of it in your mouth the point?

Collected Fictions exists in London Road, St Leonards-on-sea. The place I was born and grew up. This architecturally beautiful seaside town is raw, gritty and equisitely elegant. It's full of quirky spots to eat, taste and experience the eccentric.

Eliot shares his passion for philosophy, flavour and stripped back honesty. He reveals his relationship with performance and how his philosophical readings led him to understand the world with a more structured lens.

What if the living consciousness that appears to be reality is just the dream and the dream is the reality? Confused- Maybe.......but grab yourself a glass of something natural, relax and let's get into the Wild Vines.

https://www.instagram.com/collected.fictions/

The wine is Marius Long, Allo Allo, Region: Padern, Hautes Corbières, Aude, Languedoc, France.

The Quote:

“The mind was dreaming. The world was its dream.”
― Jorge Luis Borges

Collected Fiction. London Road. St Leonards-on-sea, East Sussex.