Today on the podcast we have an old friend of mine, Evan Milne of Stockonhand wines, based in Torquay, on the surf coast south-west of Melbourne in Victoria. He sells the South African wines we send to Australia alongside his much bigger business of wholesale for a number of high-quality boutique wine brands from Australia and New Zealand.
Evan has an unbridled enthusiasm for food and wine. He is a hospitality industry lifer who has decades of experience with most of that time spent in Melbourne. He has a propensity for analysis which I have always found engaging and (hopefully) makes for great conversation.
I initially wanted to chat to Evan about his experiences selling South African wine in the non-traditional market of Australia (WOSA does not operate there), which we covered, and then quickly moved on to other topics. We chat about the state of wine in Australia both from production and consumption perspectives and the current trends on restaurant lists in Melbourne.
Evan is a true wine professional in the best sense, he has the industry’s best interest at heart, this is evidenced in a small way by his 14-year service as an unpaid board member of Sommeliers Australia.
I give you Evan Milne…
