Uncorked: A Cult Wines Podcast

🍷 Is wine still culturally relevant? What makes someone become a collector? And how can the fine wine trade connect with the next generation? In Episode 13 of Uncorked, Tom Gearing and Jonathan Stevenson welcome Pauline Vicard , Co-founder and Executive Director of Areni Global , for a wide-ranging discussion on the future of fine wine. Drawing on Areni Global's landmark research into under-4...

Welcome to Episode 12 of Uncorked, the Cult Wines podcast. Tom Gearing, our Co-founder and CEO, is joined as always by Jonathan Stevenson, EVP of Cult Wines North America, with special guest Aarash Ghatineh, Cult Wines’ CRO. Aarash returns for what Tom calls the ‘big guns’ episode, because we have reached that point in the year where the market story matters. We are already at the end of Q1, and w...

Welcome to Episode 11 of Uncorked, the Cult Wines podcast. Tom Gearing, Co-founder and CEO of Cult Wines, is joined by Jonathan Stevenson, EVP of Cult Wines North America, with special guest Damon Segal, an entrepreneur, marketing strategist and AI specialist, and a passionate fine wine collector. AI is changing how we search, decide and buy across everyday life. In this episode, we bring that len...

Episode 10 of Uncorked feels like a proper milestone. Tom Gearing, Cult Wines ’ Co-founder and CEO, is joined by Jonathan Stevenson, EVP of Cult Wines North America, with special guest Luke Spalding, General Manager and Viticulturalist at Everflyht in Sussex, England, UK. Luke brings a rare blend of vineyard and commercial reality, speaking as someone who has planted, tended, measured, learned, an...

We kick off 2026 with our ninth episode of Uncorked, a Cult Wines podcast. Tom Gearing , Co-founder and CEO of Cult Wines, sits down with Jonathan Stevenson , EVP of Cult Wines North America, and special guest Libby Brodie , wine writer, City A.M.’s  Wine Without Snobbery  columnist, presenter and judge, to explore where fine wine culture is heading and why the line between drinking, collecting an...

We are kicking off 2026 with our special year in review episode. Tom Gearing, Co-founder and CEO of Cult Wines , sits down with guest Joe Alim, Managing Director, Cult Wines Asia, to look back at how the fine wine market moved in 2025 and where it could be heading in 2026. In short, it was a year that asked for patience early on, found its feet in the middle, and finished with a brighter tone towa...

Welcome to Episode 8 of  Uncorked, the Cult Wines podcast , and our final show of 2025. Tom Gearing, Cult Wines ’ Co-founder and CEO, is joined by Jonathan Stevenson, EVP of Cult Wines North America, with special guest  Victoria Daskal . Victoria is a wine writer, educator, WSET instructor and global traveller whose tastings and experiences bring history, culture and people together. We wrap the y...

Welcome to Episode 7 of Uncorked, the Cult Wines podcast.  Tom Gearing, Co-founder and CEO, is joined by  Jonathan Stevenson , EVP of Cult Wines North America, with special guest  Han Lian , wine influencer, storyteller, and ambassador whose path runs from China to Australia, France and now London. Together they talk about how people fall for wine, how learning shapes confidence, where curiosity l...

Welcome to Episode 6 of Uncorked, the Cult Wines podcast. This week, Tom Gearing, Co-founder and CEO, is joined by Cult Wines’ Chief Revenue Officer, Aarash Ghatineh, with Alexa Atkinson, Cult Wines’ Senior Marketing Manager, stepping out from behind the camera and onto the couch. Expect a quick market pulse check, a stack of listener questions, and a few candid stories from the road. 📌 What’s co...

Welcome to the fifth episode of Uncorked, the Cult Wines podcast. Hosted by our Co-founder and CEO, Tom Gearing, and joined by Jonathan Stevenson, EVP of Cult Wines North America, this week’s guest is Sean Wright, Fine Wine Buyer based in our London office. This episode weighs how price shapes judgment. The team unpacks what the latest release season is signalling, how buyers balance value against...

We’re back with Episode 4 of Uncorked: A Cult Wines Podcast. Hosted by our Co-founder and CEO, Tom Gearing, and joined as always by Jonathan Stevenson, EVP of Cult Wines North America, this episode features a new voice from inside the Cult Wines team, Hermione Egerton-Smith, our Senior Fine Wine Buyer. Hermione brings years of experience and a finely tuned palate to the table, along with a refresh...

We’re back with the third episode of Uncorked, the Cult Wines podcast. Hosted by our Co-founder and CEO, Tom Gearing , joined once again by Jonathan Stevenson , EVP of Cult Wines North America, this episode welcomes special guest Paul Declerck , one of our London-based Client Relationship Managers, and author of the upcoming book ‘ How to Appreciate Wine ’. Together, we dive into Paul’s unique jou...

Welcome to the second episode of Uncorked, the Cult Wines podcast that takes you inside the world of fine wine, from the people who help shape it. This time, Cult Wines’ Co-founder and CEO, Tom Gearing , is joined by Jonathan Stevenson , Executive Vice President of Cult Wines North America, and special guest Aarash Ghatineh , Cult Wines’ Chief Revenue Officer. Together, they dive into the state of...

Welcome to Uncorked – our brand-new podcast series and the first-ever podcast from Cult Wines . We’re kicking off with a proper corker: an insider’s look at the fine wine market from three continents. Hosted by our Co-founder and CEO, Tom Gearing , with guests Joe Alim (Managing Director, Cult Wines Asia) and Jonathan Stevenson (Executive Vice President, Cult Wines North America), this first episo...