So... I just published something I've been working on for the past year.

It's a 14-minute documentary about a grape variety called Tarrango that most of you have never heard of. And honestly, a year ago, neither had I.

But the story kept nagging at me: Australian scientists designed this grape in 1972 for Australian conditions. It worked. We loved it. Then we sent it to Britain to see if it was actually good. When the UK market moved on, we abandoned it.

Now the climate crisis we were warned about has arrived, European varieties are failing in our arid areas, and this grape we designed specifically for this moment? Less than 50 hectares planted nationwide.

With the help of Brown Brothers, we ended up making our own Tarrango just to understand it properly. Got to interview Dr. Peter Clingeleffer who helped create it. Blind-tasted it with sommeliers, journalists, wine professionals. The whole journey.

It became a film about cultural cringe, climate change, and whether we can believe in ourselves.

I'm really proud of it. And nervous about putting it out there. But here we are.

14 minutes. Make a coffee. Let me know what you think.

https://youtu.be/EOSWmNVI_9g?si=mWWJ_BOQFPL3jnFx