Podcast

9 April 2019

Podcast: Life on a Vineyard with Todd Alexander

Podcast: Life on a Vineyard with Todd Alexander

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Todd Alexander, the author of eleven books, joins Cheryl Akle on this week’s podcast to talk about leaving the city to run a boutique accommodation business and vineyard in the Hunter Valley, and his new book, Thirty Thousand Bottles of Wine and a Pig Called Helga.

Podcast guest: Todd Alexander

Todd is the author of eleven books including his latest, Thirty Thousand Bottles of Wine and a Pig Called Helga. A graduate of Law and Arts, Todd started his career as a bookseller and spent 12 years working at eBay.  Today, Todd runs a boutique accommodation business and vineyard in the Hunter Valley with his partner, cat, pigs, ducks and chooks.  He is also an advisor to the online marketplace, Bountye.

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                      Publisher details

                      Thirty Thousand Bottles of Wine and a Pig Called Helga
                      Author
                      Todd Alexander
                      Publisher
                      Simon and Schuster
                      Genre
                      Biography and Memoir
                      Released
                      01 March, 2019
                      ISBN
                      9781925791334

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                      Synopsis

                      Once I was the poster boy for corporate success, but now I’m crashing through the bush in a storm in search of a missing pig. How the hell did we end up here?Todd and Jeff have had enough of the city. Sick of the daily grind and workaday corporate shenanigans, they throw caution to the wind and buy 100 acres in the renowned Hunter Valley wine region, intent on living a golden bucolic life and building a fabulous B&B, where they can offer the joys of country life to heart-weary souls.Todd will cook, Jeff will renovate. They have a vineyard, they can make wine. They have space, they can grow their own food. They have everything they need to make their dreams come true.How hard can it be?
                      Todd Alexander
                      About the author

                      Todd Alexander

                      Todd is the author of eleven books including his latest novel, Tom Houghton, released by Simon & Schuster in October 2015.  A graduate of Law and Arts, Todd started his career as a bookseller and spent 12 years working at eBay.  Today, Todd runs a boutique accommodation business and vineyard in the Hunter Valley with his partner, cat, pigs, ducks and chooks.  He is also an advisor to the online marketplace, Bountye.

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                              Thirty Thousand Bottles of Wine and a Pig Called Helga
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                              You've Got To Be Kidding: A Shedload of Wine and a Farm Full of Goats
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