The art & nature of wine transformation: Part 1
Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed ~ Thomas Huxley The subject of wine (not just the wine itself) is sometimes in danger of becoming an intellectual dead-end due…
Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed ~ Thomas Huxley The subject of wine (not just the wine itself) is sometimes in danger of becoming an intellectual dead-end due…
Read Parts 1 and 2 here. Natural Resistance – man against machine Jonathan Nossiter's film Natural Resistance presents the struggle of the artisan vigneron for the life and soul of…
The debasement of appellation DO governance creates sweeping one-size-fits-all policies that ride roughshod over individuals, take no account of tradition, the needs of the land and the rhythms and vagaries…
During walks through the vineyards and relaxed gatherings with a group of alternative Italian wine growers, he trades experiences and arguments. What looks like a bucolic paradise, where intelligent people…
The language of wine commerce is nothing if not redundant, a barely digestible gallimaufry of hollow jargon, euphemism and tautology, infused with self-importance and seasoned with the obsessive desire to…
Jenny & Francois have in large part been responsible for introducing America to the wonderful world of natural wine. Their company began in 2000 after Jenny, a native New Yorker,…
Extracting sunbeams from cucumbers may be beyond their capabilities, but some oenologists seem to have the alchemical inclination to squeeze base gold out of simple grape juice. Wanting more from…
Joseph Di Blasi is a blogger and natural wine importer now based in Poland. Joseph chats with us about the wine culture in both Poland and Norway (his former stomping…
An egg is always an adventure; the next one may be different.” - Oscar Wilde “Love and eggs are best when they are fresh.” - Russian proverb So we are…
It is with sadness that we learn that Pierre Caslot of Domaine de la Chevalerie has passed away at the age of 62. He will be greatly missed. A larger than life…