Italian Wine Podcast

Welcome to Episode 1822, in which Cynthia Chaplin interviews Carolyn Martin in this installment of Voices, on the Italian Wine Podcast. More about today’s guest Carolyn Martin is the co-owner and creative director of Creation, a wine farm in the Hemel-en-Aarde Region of the Western Cape, South Africa. Dynamic, and a champion of innovation, Carolyn is considered a wine and food pairing expert of note. Her passion and the estate’s well-founded reputation for producing fine wine, have culminated in Creation’s position in the top 50 of the World’s Best Vineyards in 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023 and as number 1 in Africa in 2021, 2022 and 2023. Currently holding the position as number 4 in the world. Creation Wines has also been awarded with the “Best Brand Experience” by V d’Or in 2024.  In 2019 Carolyn was designated a Paul Harris Fellow by Rotary International, honouring her deep sense of the needs of the community she serves. Her name appears on the 2021 WINWSA list of the world’s 50 most influential women in wi