Bill Downie's guest appearances

Bill Downie

The Vincast - a wine podcast with The Intrepid Wino

Fermenting Place

Ashley Huntington

Stefano Lubiana

Steve Lubiana

William Downie Wines

Angela Brown

Alister Purbrick

Mimi Casteel

Marco Tinessa

John Harris

Alex Hunt

Alice Feiring

David Clarke

Tessa Brown

Chris Moore

Elaine Ingham

OwlTail

My guest for Episode Fifteen of the Fermenting Place [podcast] is winegrower, Bill Downie. Some say, Bill is the O.G. of site specific pinot noir in Australia, who commands a cult following of fervent wine disciples that consider him the grand daddy of the natural wine movement... I dunno, to be honest. Bill's a nice guy, a great winemaker, and especially good to sit down and have a yarn about all things fermentative coming from a place. Bill grows wine on a farm called Guendulain, set amongst the green rolling hills of the Baw Baw Shire, in the Gippsland region of Victoria. Here, he grows close planted pinot noir, and makes wine from them with as little premeditated intention as possible.  In Episode Fifteen, Bill and I discuss... ˚ Working in Bottleshops ˚ Drinking Booze and Being a Farmer ˚ Winemaking as a Team Sport ˚ His One Point Wine System ˚ Getting to know Place and Being Shaped by It ˚ Americana ˚ And so much more... obviously... - - Connect: - William Downie  - @williamdownie / williamdownie.com.au - Fermenting Place - @fermentingplace / fermentingplace.com - - If you dig what you hear, please consider giving the podcast a follow, subscribe, rate, and comment via your favourite podcast listening platform, like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Soundcloud. It takes no time at all, and it really helps the all seeing algorithms discover and connect with new listeners, like you. This episode is brought to you by the Fermenting Place [podcast] Patreon Supporters. Thank You! Show your support for sustainable, listener led, ground-up content - go to, fermentingplace.com - - Thanks for listening... and reading this far down! x  ---   Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fermenting-place/support

My guest for Episode Fifteen of the Fermenting Place [podcast] is winegrower, Bill Downie. Some say, Bill is the O.G. of site specific pinot noir in Australia, who commands a cult following of fervent wine disciples that consider him the grand daddy of the natural wine movement... I dunno, to be honest. Bill's a nice guy, a great winemaker, and especially good to sit down and have a yarn about all things fermentative coming from a place. Bill grows wine on a farm called Guendulain, set amongst the green rolling hills of the Baw Baw Shire, in the Gippsland region of Victoria. Here, he grows close planted pinot noir, and makes wine from them with as little premeditated intention as possible. In Episode Fifteen, Bill and I discuss... ˚ Working in Bottleshops ˚ Drinking Booze and Being a Farmer ˚ Winemaking as a Team Sport ˚ His One Point Wine System ˚ Getting to know Place and Being Shaped by It ˚ Americana ˚ And so much more... obviously... - - Connect: - William Downie  - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/williamdownie" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@williamdownie</a> / <a href="http://www.williamdownie.com.au/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">williamdownie.com.au</a> - Fermenting Place - <a href="https://instagram.com/fermentingplace" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@fermentingplace</a> / <a href="http://fermentingplace.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">fermentingplace.com</a> - - If you dig what you hear, please consider giving the podcast a follow, subscribe, rate, and comment via your favourite podcast listening platform, like Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Soundcloud. It takes no time at all, and it really helps the all seeing algorithms discover and connect with new listeners, like you. This episode is brought to you by the Fermenting Place [podcast] Patreon Supporters. Thank You! Show your support for sustainable, listener led, ground-up content - go to, <a href="http://fermentingplace.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">fermentingplace.com</a> - - Thanks for listening... and reading this far down! x --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fermenting-place/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fermenting-place/support</a>

Episode Fifteen - Bill Downie [William Downie Wines]

It's impossible not to like Bill Downie as he is such a down-to-earth person, a brilliantly talented winemaker, and is also incredibly humble. His skills are not his technical prowess, skills which he picked up for the most part learning on the job, but his ability to simply capture the essence of what nature provides in a certain place. He joined me on this episode of The Vincast to discuss his background, his approaches to wine, and how he imparts as little of himself to his pinot noir for William Downie Wines and the singular 1000 Candles from the Yarra Valley.

Bill Downie from William Downie Wines & 1000 Candles