NOT DRINKING POISON

NOT DRINKING POISON

A Decade of Vins Hodgson

Emigré vignerons Kenji and Mai Hodgson reflect on ten years of natural winemaking in Anjou.

Aaron Ayscough
Jan 22, 2021
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Tasting in the Hodgsons’ cellar in April 2019, with their neighbors Richard Leroy and Sébastien Dervieux.

Japanese-Canadian couple Kenji and Mai Hodgson followed an interest in natural winemaking to France in 2009, after experiences working for wineries in Japan (Coco Farm) and Canada (Joie Farm). Encouraged by Anjou biodynamic pioneer Mark Angeli, the H…

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