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Th Grape Escape – How living the wine dream in Bordeaux became a reality
Sally is interviewed by Rebecca Oliver-Mooney on the highs and lows of making a major life change with hints and tips on how to tackle it! Available to listen as a podcast or to view via YouTube
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From Boardroom to Bordeaux: A Château Dream Realized
Sally chats to Laurie Forster about swapping 'spreadsheets for soil' and creating Château George 7 with the challenges this entailed.
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Start a Bordeaux Winery and Make The Midlife Move with Sally Evans
What’s one of the most challenging aspects of being a new winemaker in Bordeaux, especially if you’re a middle-aged foreigner who is making wine for the first time?​
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The Courage to Change: A Midlife Vineyard Dream – The Happy Menopause Podcast
Do you have a dream? I bet you do – most of us do! But do you dare to make it happen? That's what I talked about on this podcast.
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Be Your Best Self!
My book, Make the Midlife Move, has been featured in the print edition of Platinum Magazine, Issue MARCH 25.

A Lire, A Ecouter
My book, Make the Midlife Move, has been featured in the print edition of ELLE France, Issue #63 - a special edition on ageing well.
"Lives Less Ordinary"
I had the incredible honour of joining Gordon Smart on his Lives Less Ordinary segment to share my journey—from closing the laptop on my corporate career to creating a vineyard in Bordeaux.
I'm here to tell you that you can change your life after 50
After a career climbing the corporate ladder, Sally Evans moved to Bordeaux and created a winery from scratch in her 50s. Her experience has inspired her book, Make the Midlife Move
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‘At 52 I quit my corporate job and bought a vineyard in the South of France’
EXCLUSIVE: After spending her life climbing the corporate ladder, at 52 Sally Evans decided to embark on a new adventure and moved to Bordeaux where she bought a plot of vines.
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Real Life: We moved to France and became winemakers
Having left her corporate life behind and seen her grown-up sons leave home, Sally Evans needed a project – so she created a successful winery in Bordeaux, says Richard Webber…
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International Women’s Day: Spotlight on the women driving wine tourism in Bordeaux
To mark the annual celebration, taking place on 8 March, we take a look at the female driving forces behind the boom in Bordeaux’s wine tourism from pioneers of vine-to-cellar experiences...
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Career change at 50: why it’s the perfect age to rediscover your purpose
Often with decades of professional experience, fewer personal commitments and greater self-confidence, your fifties can be a brilliant time to reassess your working life and try something new.
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How to move to France and become a star winemaker
Ever dreamt of owning a vineyard and producing your own wine? The Bordeaux estates are waiting for you — but be patient. ​
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