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What Comes After Carbo?
I come from the Beaujolais school of natural wine. The curriculum needs an update. Plus: Lapierre's new poster. Visits to Eloi Gros & Les Vignes de…
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Aaron Ayscough
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Ep. 23: Mathieu Lapierre of Domaine Lapierre
A dive into carbonic maceration with the Morgon vigneron, who has just produced a handsome new educational poster on the much-discussed winemaking…
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Aaron Ayscough
33:06
Eloi Gros: An Homage to Vanishing Beaujolais-Villages
Domaine Lapierre's cellar master of recent years hails from a lineage of organic polyculture in Blacé. Since 2022, he's made his own unsulfited wines…
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Aaron Ayscough
Jacques Néauport, Le Dilettante
A review of Hélène Bertin & César Chevalier's 2021 book of interviews with the reclusive natural winemaking legend.
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Aaron Ayscough
Renewal in Leynes: Les Vignes de Paulette
Clara Cauquil and Simon Mialon work on both sides of the Beaujolais-Mâconnais border, farming several vineyards obtained from retired Leynes natural…
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Aaron Ayscough

March 2024

Les Emigré(e)s Pt. II: Expat Natural Winemakers in France
Four new podcasts with expat winemakers in Ardèche, Anjou, Provence, and Gaillac: Stephana Nicolescou, Kenji Hodgson, Stephen Roberts, and Oriane…
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Aaron Ayscough
Ep. 22: Oriane Rosner of Ori Vin
From New York to Montreal to London to Gaillac. A chat with the corporate events producer who has vaulted to the vanguard of radical natural wine in the…
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Aaron Ayscough
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Oriane
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Ep. 21: Stephen Roberts of Fondugues-Pradugues
From Illinois to Saint Tropez. A chat with the American expat producing the only natural wine in the luxury enclave of Ramatuelle.
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Aaron Ayscough
40:11
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Ep. 20: Kenji Hodgson of Vins Hodgson
From Vancouver to Anjou. A chat with the Canadian expat vigneron, presently attaining, alongside wife and collaborator Mai Sato, the dizzying heights of…
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Aaron Ayscough
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Ep. 19: Stephana Nicolescou of Domaine Andrea Calek
From Chicago to Ardèche. A chat with the highly experienced Illinois native who has, since 2017, made wine alongside famed Czech vigneron Andrea Calek.
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Aaron Ayscough
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February 2024

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