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September 2024

Fall 2024 Natural Wine Salons
A calendar of upcoming natural wine salons for September, October, and November 2024. Plus: A chat with Cécile Perrin-Lemasson of La Plage, and lunch at…
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Aaron Ayscough
Dining on the Wine Trail: La Plage, Candé-sur-Beuvron
Between cyclists, retirees, and the local wine trade, Cécile Perrin-Lemasson's cosy riverside natural wine tobacconist is a lifeline to many.
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Aaron Ayscough
Becoming Cécile Again: Cécile Perrin-Lemasson
A chat with Cécile Perrin-Lemasson of Loir-et-Cher natural wine bar - and village tobacconist - La Plage.
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Aaron Ayscough
Dining on the Wine Trail: Odessa L'Ecole, Lormes
Lyonnais chef-restaurateur Mathieu Kochen has transformed a dilapidated Morvan schoolhouse into a thriving natural wine canteen in the hinterland…
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Aaron Ayscough

August 2024

Remembering Justin Chearno
An archive interview with the beloved musician and natural wine buyer, the influential wine mind behind Williamsburg restaurant The Four Horsemen, who…
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Aaron Ayscough
DROPLETS: The Week in Natural Wine
Vital natural wine counter-propaganda. This week: Pete Wells on hospitality tech. Rachel Cusk's mouse encounter. Tesco's hybrid wine. L'Amitié Rit…
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Aaron Ayscough
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Copenhagen Natural Wine Chronicles, Pt. II
Podcasts with Georgia-based ex-Noma sommelier Mads Kleppe and restaurateur Riccardo Marcon. Plus: Fri Vin, and a visit to Marcon's beyond-Italian…
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Aaron Ayscough
Ep. 28: Mads Kleppe
A chat with ex-Noma sommelier Mads Kleppe, who from 2009-2022 piloted Noma into radical natural wine. Now based in Tbilisi, Kleppe is beverage director…
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Aaron Ayscough
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Mads
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Ep. 27: Riccardo Marcon of Barabba
And Propaganda and Bar Vitrine. A chat with the daring Venice-born Copenhagen restaurateur pushing the boundaries of the Italian restaurant genre (among…
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Aaron Ayscough
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Riccardo Marcon
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Dining on the Wine Trail: Barabba, Copenhagen
An abiding playfulness belies the striking maturity of Riccardo Marcon's beloved post-Italian destination, which illuminates a path beyond caricature…
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Aaron Ayscough

July 2024

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