#161 - Quinn Hobbs on Natural Wine Making, Finding Farmers And Sustainability

Published: April 17, 2022, 1:52 p.m.

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Quinn Hobbs is the founder and winemaker at Hollow Wines, a 7-figure ethical wine brand producing fantastic wines as they are supposed to be: as free from additives as humanly possible while ethically employing people, sustainably farming the grapes and educating the world about how we can produce amazing things without a terribly bad impact on the planet. Today Quinn will share his story, from a former bicycle enthusiast turned marketer/entrepreneur to getting into natural wine making. All this and much more, up next.

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(00:09) Intro

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(02:47) The start as an entrepreneur

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(07:38) Getting into ecommerce

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(10:29) Getting into wine

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(13:40) Why wine?

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(16:30) Approaching different challenges

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(20:32) Finding farmers

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(23:34) What is a natural wine?

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(26:16) Why most wines are not vegetarian

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(30:39) Where to find out more

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(32:46) Rapid fire question round

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(33:01) If you ever had to start again, how would you make your money?

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(34:48) What is the most common or biggest mistake that leaders make?

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(36:27) Who is a great leader (alive or dead) and why?

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(38:26) How do you hire top talent?

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(39:42) What is one of your proudest moments?

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(41:19) What is one interesting fact about you that not many people would know?

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(43:14) What daily routines do you have (morning or evening) that have helped make you successful?

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(45:47) What book (or books) changed your mindset or life?

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(46:37) What advice would you give your younger self?

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(48:33) What unusual or underrated food or drink should more people try out?

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(51:46) What makes you happiest?

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(52:48) Any asks or requests for the audience?

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