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Summer 2025 Natural Wine Salons
A calendar of upcoming natural wine salons for June, July, and August 2025. Plus: a visit to Auvergne natural wine destination Hostel Orfenor, and a…
Jun 3
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Aaron Ayscough
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Dining on the Wine Trail: Hostel Orfenor, Brioude
Laura Victor & Zach Watson's adorable restaurant-auberge embodies the pluck and can-do spirit of the Auvergne neo-paysan new wave.
Jun 3
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Aaron Ayscough
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Dining on the Wine Trail: Hostel Orfenor, Brioude
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My 2023 Vintage
A belated report on my third vintage of wines from abandoned vineyards in the Languedoc. (And another wine from an abandoned vineyard in the Loiret.)
Jun 3
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DROPLETS: The Week in Natural Wine
Vital natural wine counter-propaganda. This week: Jefford on autocracy. Why winery start-ups fail. Eco concern-trolling in the Guardian. Still Prosecco…
May 23
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Aaron Ayscough
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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.
Apr 8
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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…
Apr 8
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Harry Lester
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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.
Apr 8
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Aaron Ayscough
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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…
Apr 8
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Aaron Ayscough
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Mateo Brena
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