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Cantina Furlani: Genuine Hospitality And Wild Charisma in Trentino

February 5, 2020 by Alexander Gable

It’s been four years now, but I can still taste that first swig from an ice-cold bottle of Furlani wine. Despite a slight breeze on my back porch that muggy Washington, DC evening, the mosquitoes were relentless as usual. While frantically scratching at our ankles, my wife and I shuffled back through the screen door into the kitchen and put the floor fan directly on top of … [Read more...] about Cantina Furlani: Genuine Hospitality And Wild Charisma in Trentino

Giampiero Bea of Paolo Bea: The Sprudge Wine Interview

November 13, 2019 by Alexander Gable

It was a sweltering hot and humid August morning somewhere south of Perugia in the Umbrian hills, and I was still one of only two people seeking shade in front of the tiny local train station. The iconic Italian espresso bar and ticket booths that are always open were all closed during the almost three-week-long national holiday break. I had checked the bus schedules and … [Read more...] about Giampiero Bea of Paolo Bea: The Sprudge Wine Interview

Journey To The Center of Gut Oggau

October 16, 2019 by Michael Butterworth

If the natural wine movement can be seen as a revival of traditional agricultural and viticultural techniques, it’s fitting that Gut Oggau, one of Austria’s most high-profile natural wine domaines, offers its own take on one of Austria’s most cherished wine traditions: heuriger. “A heuriger is hard to translate, but probably best put as wine tavern,” says Stephanie … [Read more...] about Journey To The Center of Gut Oggau

Poiré In The Loire: Les Capriades Gets In The Sparkling Pear Game

June 19, 2019 by Emily Dilling

Famed Loire Valley winemaker Pascal Potaire is the mind behind Les Capriades, a line of pet-nat wines that have helped inspire global interest in the humble fizzing form. But Potaire has long had another love on the horizon. That would be Poiré—the sparkling pear counterpart to apple cider—but it wasn't until last year that pears came into his life in a very real way. “I'd been … [Read more...] about Poiré In The Loire: Les Capriades Gets In The Sparkling Pear Game

Inside Wild World, The Great New Texas Natural Wine Festival

May 29, 2019 by Zac Cadwalader

There’s a saying round these parts that if you don’t like the weather in Texas, wait a minute and it’ll change. The truth of this quaint sentiment anxiously awaited all foreigners (read: non-Texans) over the weekend of May 18th and 19th, where Austin’s Jester King Brewery hosted the first-ever Wild World Natural Wine Festival. Over the course of the mostly outdoor two-day … [Read more...] about Inside Wild World, The Great New Texas Natural Wine Festival

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