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Spring 2025 Natural Wine Salons
A calendar of upcoming natural wine salons for March, April, and May 2025. Plus: an archive interview with Doubs legend Georges Comte, and a visit to…
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Georges Comte of Le Moutherot: There is No Need For Sulfitage
A 2019 interview with the natural winemaking legend of the Doubs.
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Aaron Ayscough
Nicolas Bernard of Les Miroudots: Vin de France in the Franche-Comté
On the limestone hills east of Vesoul, Nicolas Bernard is expanding the scope of Franche-Comté winemaking with Jura varieties and hybrids alike.
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Aaron Ayscough

February 2025

January 2025

Ten Natural Wine Fascinations of 2024
Ten bottles that counted. Plus: a visit to Marne biodynamic natural Champagne maestro Sébastien Mouzon. And lunch at L'Eurasienne, the adorable and…
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Everything is Electric: Sébastien Mouzon of Champagne Mouzon-Leroux
A chat with biodynamic and natural Marne maestro Sébastian Mouzon of Champagne Mouzon-Leroux.
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Dining on the Wine Trail: L'Eurasienne, Epernay
Julie Gézégabelle-Pham's tiny pizzeria-slash-Vietnamese restaurant is a natural wine haven in the heart of arch-conservative Epernay.
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Aaron Ayscough

December 2024

November 2024

Drastic Change We Can Believe In
A Natural Wine Party platform for 2028 (if we're that lucky).
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What is the Cost of Bargain Natural Wine?
The ubiquity of Pépin and Les Vins Pirouettes, two Alsace natural wine agencies linked to the DUO enology laboratory, is causing a stir in the region…
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Aaron Ayscough
Xavier Couturier of DUO Oenologie: Everyone Wants A Recipe
An interview with Xavier Couturier of influential Alsace consultancy DUO Oenologie, and Les Vins Pirouettes and Pépin.
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Aaron Ayscough
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