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Chefs Who Give A Shit About Wine
Introducing Series V of the NOT DRINKING POISON podcast, featuring interviews with chefs Harry Lester, Jonathan Schweizer, and Mateo Breña.
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Aaron Ayscough
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Ep. 32: Harry Lester of Le Comptoir Central des Bazars
A chat with the British chef whose series of Auvergne bistrots - L'Auberge de Chassignoles, Le Saint Eutrope, and Le Comptoir Central des Bazars - have…
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Aaron Ayscough
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Harry Lester
43:04
Ep. 31: Jonathan Schweizer of Café Les Deux Gares and Le Goncourt
A chat with the Luxembourgish Paris chef and natural wine aficionado behind Café Les Deux Gares and Le Goncourt.
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Aaron Ayscough
40:10
Ep. 30: Mateo Breña
A chat with the peripatetic Mexican chef and horse-plowing adept, whose résumé includes work for Gut Oggau and Domaine Dandelion, alongside innumerable…
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Aaron Ayscough
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Mateo Brena
48:29
Ep. 29: Christian Binner of Domaine Binner
A chat with the trailblazing Ammerschwihr vigneron, who, in collaboration with his wife Michèle Ramponi, has launched a new négociant project focused…
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Aaron Ayscough
48:26
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
38:41
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
50:52
Copenhagen Natural Wine Chronicles
A series of podcasts exploring the influence of the Danish capital on natural wine culture. In Part I: importer Sune Rosforth, winemaker Anders Frederik…
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Aaron Ayscough
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Ep. 26: Martin Ho of Pompette
And Poulette and Villette. A chat with the well-traveled Copenhagen sommelier-restaurateur, whose very casual wine bar reveals a painstakingly curated…
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Aaron Ayscough
41:27
Ep. 25: Anders Frederik Steen
A chat with the renowned Danish sommelier turned importer turned Ardèche négociant-vigneron (and author).
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Aaron Ayscough
43:02
Ep. 24: Sune Rosforth of Rosforth & Rosforth
A chat with the pathbreaking and iconically dapper Copenhagen wine importer and restaurateur, who began importing what would become known as natural…
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Aaron Ayscough
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Sune Rosforth
31:58
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