Alain Allier On Manure

And other subjects pertaining to natural wine production in the clay-limestone valley west of Nîmes. An interview with Domaine Mouresippe's Alain Allier.

After a long career in car repair, during which he dabbled in wine growing, Alain Allier became a full-time vigneron in 2004, following an eye-opening tasting of Eric Pfifferling’s early wines. Like many an Anglore adept, Allier adopted short, cool carbonic macerations for many of his wines. But the technique yields different results on the creek-thread…