{"podcast":{"title":"Vininspo! podcast","slug":"vininspo-podcast-7294502","podcast_index_feed_id":7294502,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/4111444.rss","website_url":"https://edmerrison.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/4111444/b5320a104bbe27e40feb594c508e8567.jpg","author":"Ed Merrison","episode_count":58,"summary":"A weekly multimedia newsletter in plain English about connection through wine—linking nature, time, place and people—to unlock its meditative, restorative, inclusive and expansive potential and brighten the experience of anyone with the vaguest interest.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T10:17:16.011163+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vininspo-podcast-7294502"},"episode":{"title":"Vininspo! Episode 46: Liam McElhinney, Tasmanian Vintners","slug":"vininspo-episode-46-liam-mcelhinney-tasmanian-vintners","published_at":"2026-07-16T21:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vininspo-podcast-7294502/vininspo-episode-46-liam-mcelhinney-tasmanian-vintners","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vininspo-podcast-7294502","url":"https://edmerrison.substack.com/p/vininspo-episode-46-liam-mcelhinney-tasmanian-vintners","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/207081249/ff81d8ac4f061cd882e72d3053fd1ecb.mp3","summary":"Subscribe to this Substack and follow on Instagram so you never miss a story! Liam McElhinney’s astonishing show-circuit success at Lowestoft once seemed to me like lightning from a blue sky. The land of the long white cloud had seen it all before—twice over—but I was oblivious. The irreverent, self-effacing bloke I met during the Covid years, who spun a tragicomic tale of lording it up in a Tassie mansion during lockdown while his wife and kids were sequestered in New Zealand, wasn’t obviously a wine wunderkind grown old and wise. But that’s Liam, I guess; one of the most easy-going hard-workers you could meet. This was an enjoyable conversation with a charismatic raconteur. As is always the case, there is plenty of depth, though—both in detail and in the up-and-down, cut-and-thrust of an ambitious go-getter with an open, original mind. And succeeding, mind you, in an agricultural pursuit that is rarely, if ever, straightforward. When Liam and I first crossed paths, he was in Melbourne with Julian Langworthy, who gave a cracking interview—similarly lighthearted with several serious lessons—for episode 26 of the Vininspo! podcast . Liam and Jules are kind of distant cousins within an Australian family winemaking tree, which itself could do with some untangling, not least so you can get to grips with some of the brands mentioned. That family business is called Fogarty Hall Fine Wine Estates. One of its founders, Peter Fogarty, appears in the chapter where Liam is lured to Tasmania. In 2019, Fogarty and a partner, Rod Roberts, acquired the assets and business of the collapsed contract facility Winemaking Tasmania, rechristening it Tasmanian Vintners. Liam became chief winemaker of this new entity. Fogarty Hall’s Tasmanian portfolio now includes the brands Ossa (founded b…","meta_description":"Subscribe to this Substack and follow on Instagram so you never miss a story! Liam McElhinney’s astonishing show-circuit success at Lowestoft once seemed…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3821,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/vininspo-podcast-7294502/episodes/vininspo-episode-46-liam-mcelhinney-tasmanian-vintners/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vininspo-podcast-7294502/vininspo-episode-46-liam-mcelhinney-tasmanian-vintners.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}