# Desert Island Drinks - Paul Schaafsma Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drinks-business-podcast-6750908/desert-island-drinks-paul-schaafsma Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drinks-business-podcast-6750908/desert-island-drinks-paul-schaafsma.md Podcast: [The Drinks Business Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drinks-business-podcast-6750908) Published: 2025-11-18T11:02:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/thedrinksbusiness/episodes/desert-island-drinks-paul-schaafsma Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/65969bb3e8a8fd0018f597d6/e/69130c13830e2623bf58bdc8/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-drinks-business-podcast-6750908/episodes/desert-island-drinks-paul-schaafsma Duration seconds: 3472 ## Resource What eight drinks, book and sole luxury would you take if cast away to a desert island? Master of Wine Patrick Schmitt speaks with Paul Schaafsma, founder and MD at Benchmark Drinks, the business behind several successful celebrity-backed brands such as Kylie Minogue Wines. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-drinks-business-podcast-6750908/episodes/desert-island-drinks-paul-schaafsma/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drinks-business-podcast-6750908/desert-island-drinks-paul-schaafsma.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.