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Introducing: NOT DRINKING POISON – The Newsletter
Introducing the NOT DRINKING POISON newsletter. A subscription-only, bi-monthly review of natural wine culture.
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JULES CHAUVET: The Aesthetics of Wine – Now Available in English
This month sees the release of my English translation of Jules Chauvet‘s The Aesthetics of Wine, published by Editions de l’Epure in collaboration with Cher valley vigneron Marie Rocher. It’s the second Jules Chauvet translation I’ve done for Rocher and Epure, after retranslating his Wine In Question for last year’s reissue. But this new bilingual […]
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AFTER COVID-19 – Wine versus disinfectants
On a jog down the boulevard de Belleville yesterday, I passed a street cleaner in protective gear spraying something on the streets. I held my breath for a block, concerned it could be hazardous. Later I was relieved to learn that Paris has, for now, resisted calls to rinse the streets with bleach in misguided […]
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ANJOU – The Mystery of Babass’ 2015 “Roc Cab”
Among the least consequential effects of the coronavirus presently upturning the world economy is that fresh reports in wine writing will become somewhat scarce. Few of us writing about wine are free to travel. This is perhaps not a bad thing, in the short term, for it forces us to spend more time considering the […]
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WINE IN AN AGE OF POPULIST OUTRAGE – Tariffs, wine caves, and sausage parties
Wine in America is under political threat like it hasn’t seen since Prohibition. How did we get here? And could sausage parties save us? President Donald Trump, having already imposed tariffs of 25% of certain French wines in October, now threatens to impose tariffs of up to 100% on a much wider swathe of EU […]
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