Healthy Minds, Healthy Vines podcast explores connection, change and the future of grape growing

THE role connection plays in supporting the wellbeing of grape growers, including those in the Riverland, is at the heart of a new series of the Healthy Minds, Healthy Vines podcast.

Developed by the Wine Grape Council of South Australia (WGCSA), series 4 brings together 10 conversations exploring the people, relationships and experiences that shape wellbeing in and around grape growing — from family and community to connection with the land, purpose, identity and navigating change.

Returning hosts Callum McPherson and Nick Ryan guide the conversations, bringing together voices from across grape growing, wine and regional communities to explore the different ways people find connection, perspective and purpose.

WGCSA chief executive officer Lisa Bennier said the new series reflected the importance of connection at a time of significant change for South Australia’s grape growing community.

“Grape growers are navigating an incredibly challenging period, and there is no single experience or pathway through it,” Ms Bennier said.

“What these conversations show is the importance of staying connected — to our families, our communities, our land, our purpose and to each other.”

“Series 4 brings together 10 very different conversations, but each offers something we hope growers can relate to, learn from or simply recognise in their own experience.”

Topics and themes highlighted in the new series include:

• The Next Generation — education, new ideas, finding your voice and choosing your own path.
• People and Community — leadership, shared experience, stories and the connections that hold communities together.
• Land and Purpose — stewardship, farming, looking after the land and leaving something better behind.
• Change and What Comes Next — transition, risk, courage, perspective and finding your way through.

Series 4 of Healthy Minds, Healthy Vines is streaming on all major platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, and Audible.