Trinkfluss Wines Podcast

Dim the lights and light a candle for the Halloween Special of the Trinkfluss Wines Podcast! On a dark October night, here at Church Street, Bastian and Matteo sit down by candlelight to talk about favourite horror films, childhood cinema traumas and the stories that still give them a shiver. Their companion for the evening is a shared bottle of 2022 La Crotte du Rossignol Malbec from Cahors in so...

What happens when a former TV director at CNN Turkey ends up running a coffee shop on Godalming’s High Street? In this episode, Bastian and Matteo are joined by Merve, founder of The Journalist, a coffee shop whose name has had Matteo imagining spy stories since day one (spoiler: MI6 is not involved). For the first time, it’s a two-bottle episode. Merve brings a Kayra Öküzgözü 2022 from Turkey, an...

We sit down with Tom and Nick, two Godalming locals who turned a lockdown daydream into a craft beer taproom. Now firmly established as a local institution, The Antelope has a story worth pulling up a chair for. We head back to the beginning, when family and friends put their shoulders to the wheel to help make the dream a reality. Along the way, Bastian learns about picklebacks, and Matteo shares...

What do a two-week skin-contact Pinot Grigio and a jack-of-all-trades virtual assistant have in common? Neither one wants to be put in a box. In this episode, Bastian and Matteo are joined by Ilona McKie, a Godalming-based virtual assistant who swapped a decade of PA and EA roles for running her own business — and hasn't looked back since. To match a conversation all about defying categories, Bast...

What happens when you bring stand-up comedy out of the big city and into the heart of suburban life? In this episode of the Trinkfluss Wines Podcast, Bastian and Matteo sit down with Lynne Morris, founder of Rural Roars , alongside her four-legged companion Ted, to chat about the power of grassroots comedy. Lynne shares the hilarious realities of running pop-up comedy nights across local village h...

What happens when a wellness studio, coworking space and a full calendar of community events all end up under one roof? In the case of Well & Good in Godalming, quite a lot. In this episode, Bastian and Matteo are joined by Charlie, founder of Well & Good, to talk about building a business that doesn’t fit neatly into one box. Yoga, Pilates and barre sit alongside hot desks, quiz nights, p...

What makes a bottle truly memorable? Sometimes it is the wine itself. Sometimes it is the people around the table. And other times it is a childhood Babycham memory that somehow finds its way into the conversation. In this episode, Bastian and Matteo are joined by Kevin from The Godalming Deli for a wide ranging chat about food, travel, local independent businesses and the kind of places that make...

In this episode, Bastian and Matteo are joined in the shop by Angus from Heinrich Winery in Burgenland, Austria, just before a winetasting event at Trinkfluss Wines . Heinrich has become one of the names that shows just how exciting Austrian wine can be: thoughtful farming, careful work in the cellar and bottles that feel full of life and energy without being loud. And because this is still Trinkf...

What happens when you bring together a Sicilian red fermented in ancient clay vessels and a local shopkeeper with a talent for finding life’s finest little treats? Quite a delicious conversation, as it turns out. In this episode of the Trinkfluss Wines Podcast, Matteo and Bastian are joined by Emily, owner of The Peppered Pear Pantry on Godalming High Street - a shop filled with carefully chosen t...

What do New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc and a jar of penny sweets have in common? Quite a bit, as it turns out. In this episode, Matteo and Bastian are joined by Ewan, owner of the iconic Godalming Delights- the communities most beloved sweet shop and ice cream parlour on Church Street. While many locals might know Ewan’s partner Albert from the shop’s funny and wonderfully entertaining Instagram reel...

Ready to trade screen time for some real, face-to-face connection? This week, we are thrilled to welcome our very first guests: Katie and Sarah, the brilliant minds behind Godalming High Street's favourite board game hub, The Wayfarer's Rest ! Moving to the UK from the States, Katie and Sarah bonded over a shared love for Dungeons & Dragons and gaming communities. On New Year's Day 2020, they...

Episode 1: Taking Wine Off Its Pedestal (and How It All Began) Welcome to the official first episode of the Trinkfluss Podcast! To kick things off, we’re taking you behind the scenes of Trinkfluss Wines in Godalming to share the story of how this whole project actually came together. In this episode, Matteo and Bastian sit down to chat about the chance encounter that started it all. It turns out,...

🎙️ The Trinkfluss Wines Podcast is Coming Soon! Have you ever felt like the wine is made more complicated than it needs to? Welcome to the Trinkfluss Wines Podcast , brought to you by Trinkfluss Wines and Take One Studio. We are stripping away the pretension and keeping wine exactly what it should be: fun, interesting, and deeply connected to people. Think of it less like a lecture, and more like...