The Cellar Door Podcast

About The Cellar Door Podcast

Join lawyer/wine explorer, Tom Massey, in the Cellar Door to hear the stories of the people and wineries in the wonderful world of wine. Tom is joined by winery owners, wine makers and other wine personalities to hear and share their stories, the stories of the wineries and the stories of the wines. It's a podcast about where it all came from and where it's all going.

Publisher

Tom Massey

Category

arts · business · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 Dec 2021

Latest episode

22 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

222 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Aug 2026

   What Happens When Wine Becomes Personal?

   Send us Fan Mail I’ve spoken to Giles Cooke before on the Cellar Door Podcast, usually about his successful Thistledown. But this conversation is a little different. I must warn listeners that some of the themes in this conversation are heavy, including loss, mental health and suicide. Behind Giles’s Our Fathers label is a story that I found genuinely moving. It’s a wine project that came out of an extraordinarily difficult period in Giles’ life, the loss of his father and mother, and t...

2. 

   15 Aug 2026

   What Is a Wine Business Actually Worth?

   Send us Fan Mail What makes a wine business worth buying? You might think it's the vineyard. Or the winery. Maybe it's the brand, the wine sitting in the cellar, or the customers who have been buying it for generations. But what if one of the biggest things affecting the value of a wine business is actually the person who owns it? To answer these questions I reached out to Toby Langley of Langley and Co. Toby has spent decades working with buyers and sellers of wine businesses, and he has a f...

3. 

   8 Aug 2026

   What Makes a Place? Mac Forbes on Wine, Identity, and the Yarra Valley.

   Send us Fan Mail For Mac Forbes, wine has never been just about what’s in the glass. It’s about identity. Place. Curiosity. And the willingness to choose the harder path in pursuit of something meaningful. Over the past two decades, Mac has built one of Australia’s most respected wine businesses by questioning convention—from dry farming and single vineyards to a philosophy centred on understanding the Yarra Valley on its own terms. In this conversation, we explore the challenges facing Austr...

Who has been a guest on The Cellar Door Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Professor Gerald McDermott
• Joe Fattorini
• Andrew Nalle
• Dr Matthew Horkey
• Jackson Brooke

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

117

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

28 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 70 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

79

Social presence

0

YouTube

66

Engagement

85

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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