Ep 606: Sally Evans, Owner of Château George7 in Fronsac Bordeaux, & Author of the Bestselling "Make the Midlife Move"
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4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2026
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
After a career in global consulting and raising a family, Sally Evans decided to pursue a dream of owning a winery. She took WSET (Wine and Spirits Education Trust) wine courses and traveled to Bordeaux to explore the city and its appellations and discovered Fronsac (on the right bank, Episode 593 is on Fronsac!), which captured her heart.
Photo: Sally Evans. Courtesy of Ch George7
She went for it – she bought a small plot in 2015 and decided to build a new château from scratch. She found the right plot, and the right people and that château today is the award-winning Château George7. She makes two other reds besides her main wine and a white Bordeaux.
Sally has offered us a discount if you order 12 bottles of wine to be shipped to you from www.chateaugeorge7.com -- you get 15% off and the price on the site includes everything -- wine, shipping, taxes, etc.
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Because she is so smart and ambitious, Sally didn't stop there, she wrote a best-selling book to help other people who are questioning what to do in midlife, called "Make The Midlife Move: A Practical Guide to Flourish after Fifty".We also discuss her book -- a must read, especially for women making a midlife change. It's a practical guide to help people reimagine their lives. Here's the blurb from Sally on what it covers:
"I lead you through:
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the process of defining your dream,
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dealing with those inevitable fears then
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building the confidence to take the leap, and
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flourish in the new chapter, no matter what your midlife move entails.
It shares the realities of a major midlife change - my journey from corporate life and Mum, to creating a wine château in Bordeaux from scratch. I hope my story and the practical guidance in this book inspire you and other women (and why not men?) to embrace your midlife transformations with confidence and passion."
Sally was on the podcast previously discussing her project with Wendy Narby, Wineand2Veg, about how to pair Bordeaux with vegetarian food. In this show Sally returns to share her story with us and talk about Fronsac, one of the most underrated appellations in Bordeaux.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Wine for Normal People, the podcast for people who like wine, but not the snobbery that goes with it. |
| 0:15.9 | I'm your host, Elizabeth Schneider, author of the Wine for Normal People book, and Certified Wine Dork. |
| 0:21.8 | Join me as I hit record on this conversation with a friend in the wine industry. |
| 0:26.2 | This and all shows with guests are informal, but educational discussions between passionate |
| 0:30.9 | wine friends. All guests are personal friends or friends of friends in wine, not strangers. |
| 0:36.5 | And like any conversation between |
| 0:37.9 | friends, we're going to talk back and forth, interrupt each other, laugh, have fun, debate, |
| 0:43.1 | tough questions, voice opinions. Most of all, enjoy sharing our time together and with you. If you're |
| 0:48.5 | in, pour yourself a glass, pull up a chair, and join us for this great chat. |
| 0:54.5 | This episode is brought to you by Wine Access. |
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| 1:11.9 | So you learn about the wines as you drink them. And they ship the wines right to your door. Head to wineaccess.com |
| 1:17.2 | slash WFMP. Listen in the middle of the show for more details. After a career in global |
| 1:24.2 | consulting and raising a family, Sally Evans decided it was her time to shine |
| 1:29.6 | and she pursued a dream of owning a winery. She took WSET, Wine and Spirits, Education, Trust |
| 1:35.8 | courses. She got her W-Set diploma, traveled to Bordeaux to explore and found Fronsac, |
| 1:43.9 | which captured her heart. And I know that from the |
| 1:46.7 | podcast I did on the Greats of Bordeaux and on Fronsec, it's captured a lot of your hearts, too. |
| 1:52.1 | She went for it. She bought a small plot. She decided to build a new chateau from scratch, |
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